Oooh hold up. Imagine if there was a mechanic in Skyrim where if you wanted an essential NPC to be killed, you had to perform the Black Sacrament. Like, gather the ingredients, chant the incantation and a DB assassin would answer your call. Then bam - the essential NPC you can’t stand is dealt with.
The only thing is that the mod author would have to come up with an ending for whatever storyline that makes that npc essential. Such as if you off Maven Blackbriar you would have to have a contingency for the TG, Louie Letrush Quest, and if she becomes Jarl of Riften. The Destroy the TG original mod you can confront Maven if you are finished with the Civil War with imperials and fight her, Hemming,Maul, and the keep guards to the death then inform Laila Lawgiver who will come back to be Jarl. Laila will pardon you for the crime of killing Maven. Basically it resets the original hold government. Any mods also that uses that NPC will be broken as well.
god I love the cinematic quality of your videos. Literally every time I watch I forget ESO exists and fall back in love with the Elder Scrolls. Thank you for your hard work!
Is there any mod benefing textures, color saturation, or general tint/overlay/whatever fancy word I dont know? I've never spent time playing Skyrim on a high end PC nor current gen console, only meh laptops and PS3. Your color palette looks absolutely beautiful and it makes me wonder whether the game just likes to shoot itself in the foot with color-numbing filters on lesser hardware. The cinematography, odd as that feels to say, is excellent regardless.
I absolutely love these deep dives! They really highlight Skyrim's storytelling strengths when it can be easy to focus on its considerable weaknesses. I bet you could do a whole video just on Skyrim's sketchy stewards, as it seems like people like Anuriel, Raerek, Malur Seloth, and Falk all have some juicy secrets they keep even from the Jarls they serve.
I watched Skyrim content for years before ever playing and videos like this are exactly why! And shitpost memes are what made me decide to actually play lol
On the Wilhelm bit, I always had different thoughts on two of the things you counted as suspicious: - him looking for Reyda. He never said he looked for her ALONE, it could've been that he organized a group search for her or was part of one. In that sense 'he' still would've been out to find her. And if it WAS him alone, he's such a hotspot for, well, EVERYONE, Narfi could've come to him in panic because Wilhelm seems to know everyone and everything. - him knowing where she normally gathers her materials. It's not a huge town, and especially if she was also selling the materials, it was probably more 'open knowledge' than a secret you'd need to stalk her to know. On another note, I always figured that the reason he had to SMUGGLE the Black-Briar Mead in was bc he couldn't risk anyone seeing he was housing the girl the son was looking for, but he STILL had to supply it to people to prevent questions as to why he suddenly stopped selling it. I do agree he's ABSOLUTELY one of the most interesting NPCs in the game. And _wow that claw_. I think him having the claw the guy went crazy for had everyone scratching their heads all "But like. . . .???" (( lets never forget that the Altmer lady in Rorikstead is 'barren' -- :'D ))
The very first time I encountered Anise's cabin I thought 'oh this poor old lady out here by herself, I'm gonna go in and leave her some food' and proceeded to try to do that 😂😂😂😂
I think I found your channel through the Skyrim Bandits video (loved it!) so a continuation of delving into interesting NPCs is welcome! I am a newer Skyrim player still getting into all the lore, so it's great to have people still making videos about it. I don't mind the visual mods, for what it's worth, especially the ones that enhance the landscape and lighting. Makes your awesome narration feel more epic and cinematic 🙂
Welcome back, King. Your videos are nothing short of amazing. I hope you know how valued and appreciated you are in this community. Thank you for the top-notch content.
Ahh, been hoping to see another installment in this terrific series that examines this great game, Skyrim! The bandits are definitely interesting but delving into the sometimes bizarre subject that is Skyrim npcs, I think we will be in for a treat! (Sweet rolls of course)
There’s too much that points to the conspiracy in Rorikstead being true imo, it’s TES, they don’t just be doing things for no reason lol The dialogue that hints at the player character’s suspicion, the Daedric books everywhere, no women, etc. There’s too much for it to just be nothing. Rorik said he started the town, right? Well, in the book at Dragonsreach that accounts for all of Whiterun hold’s properties there is a very suspicious entry. “Rorik’s Steading” it says. It says it was founded a long time ago, I don’t remember exactly when but recall the timeline not adding up. Also, Ragnar the red mentions Rorikstead & that song is definitely wayyy older than Rorik. And last thing, if you clip under one of the houses there you’ll see a Daedric book & a weird cave system. I suspect from a cut quest or something. Maybe a quest that would’ve been kinda like the Hackdirt quest in Oblivion. Maybe the deep ones were gonna make a comeback? lol
I didn't know about the underground cave and daedric book, that's really strange and makes theory more believable. Looks like they really planned another Hackdirt in Skyrim but changed mind. That's unfortunate lol.
there is no cave system, there is ONE book about daedra and ONE EMPTY lesser soul gem. I love camelworks but that video gave people brain damage. It's a town settled by veterans of the great war. Theyre blessed by kyne; godess of war and nature.
There is a woman in rorikstead, and isn't it just more likely that Rorik named a new town after one that existed in the past and shared his name? He mentions that he bought the land and started the current town on it, kind of a reach to assume he's actually from the first era and founded both towns based on a single book. If there was cut content about the town, it would more likely be some controversy about why the land is so fertile when it was previously worthless.
I use noble Skyrim for everything and that’s more than enough. It keeps Skyrim looking like Skyrim but just cleans it up a bit. I’m not a fan of the super detailed ones at all
Yeah I don't use any ENB mods. I do use mods that change things like the armor and weapons to look more realistic, like making the weapons more slim. Lighting and some good fog will make Skyrim look fine.
@@_SacredNemesis Same. I prefer Skyrim's dark atmosphere and have mods that enhance that, rather than turning the graphics into a bright fever dream like in Oblivion.
Yeah I don't enjoy at all the glowy look these mods give everything. It's especially not great on the NPCs skin, it looks like they're wearing makeup or something, feels like I'm playing Fortnite. They also tend to remove the gloomy atmosphere from the game which to me is quite immersion breaking. At least he isn't using any coomer mods that make female NPCs dress like street hookers in the Skyrim weather and have ridiculously massive badonkers like I've seen on some other guy's videos lmao
My fan theory is that Wilhelm is a former bandit who decided to settle down in a quiet, forgotten town and tries to keep other villagers from getting the same life regrets he had. Like encouraging a bard to keep practicing her craft, a friend to pursue his love and to care for a sad and sick man. His possession of the claw and his interest in trying to enter the barrow support this theory, I think.
Edit: thanks for expanding on Wilhelm more. It's cool hearing his dialogue with the locals all together. I had heard bits and pieces of these dialogues in brief but usually when I was just passing through, and focused on whatever job i was in the area for. As such, getting this all together, combined with the characterisation we see in the bandit video, Wil is just so mysterious...😮 Great mod list
Calixto is fascinating, because he's one of only a couple of extremely powerful necromancers in Skyrim. They all operate alone, are hostile on sight and their brand of magic is very deep, very ancient and honestly super interesting. Here's a list of those I'd consider to be part of this "group": - Calixto Corrium, for his advances in flesh magic and his attempt at studying true necromancy, i.e. the summoning of the departed, instead of a daedra to inhabit a fallen foe. - Lu'ah Al-Skaven, who is trying the same thing, but from a different direction - you find her in Ansilvunde, having successfully summoned the _original souls_ of two draugr. - Sild the Warlock, who we find in Rannveig's Fast, experimenting with binding souls to the living world. Notably, he doesn't use a soul gem - instead, he seems to be able to enthrall these souls in the form of ghosts, even after they have died. - Arondil, who is located in Yngvild. He seems to be studying the nature of using illusion magic on ghosts, and succeeding (until we kill him of course). His approach differs from Sild, however, because the ghosts are enslaved via an artifact in his throne room, which causes the spell to break when removed. - Malkoran, who is currently corrupting Meridia's temple. Fascinatingly, he seems to have found a way to draw power from a daedric artifact and turn it to ends entirely opposed to that artifact's magic. He is also the only mortal in Skyrim to have figured out a way to survive his own death, because he returns as a powerful shade when we kill him. - Vals Veran, who is in Hillground's Tomb, and has enslaved the entire tomb's draugr population to his will. This is notable because the draugr are originally bound to the will of a dragon priest, meaning he has figured out a way to subvert this spell and substitute it with his own.
@JRexRegis Great stuff! I covered some of them in recent "Strange Bandits" videos and was most impressed by Lu'ah, suggesting that she could easily have her own dlc. I plan covering Malkoran in a future episode!
You could be Jouane Manette yourself, "Secrets? There are no secrets here my curious friend." You've omitted the line that proves Jouane Manette to be a liar, "keep your voice down! Do you want the entire village to learn our secrets?" It's important to recognise Jouane is a liar if you are investigating Rorikstead's secret. The book Holdings of Jarl Gjalund mentions "Rorik's Steading" and Farengar's conversation with Delphine shows us that it is the same place as Rorikstead. It is the only place with a different "terminology" as Farengar says. That means Rorikstead was named after someone thousands of years ago. Who can live for thousands of years in the Elder Scrolls? Vampires. Is Rorik a vampire? No. So what happened then? The real Rorik was a vampire. He was killed in the Great War along with all the other levees in that part of the hold. Jouane Manette found a bandit and groomed him to tell people that he's Rorik. All the inhabitants of Rorikstead were killed and replaced with imposters. This plays into the main quest because what Delphine is asking Farengar before we interrupted their conversation is for confirmation that Rorikstead's Steading and Rorikstead are the same place. Why would she do that? Because Alduin returned when Lokir of Roriksted was killed. Lokir of Rorikstead was the true last Dragonborn. You play an imposter who Delphine tricks into believing is the last Dragonborn. How does Delphine know about Lokir? Hadvar or Ralof tell her. That's why they go to Riverwood instead of with Tullius or Ulfric. That's why they say, "I think it's best if we split up." When Lokir was killed and Alduin returned it was mission accomplished. What was the mission? Before Skyrim starts the Blades have committed genocide in Skyrim and have been killing the descendants of the ancient Nord heroes who banished Alduin to fulfill the prophecy of the last Dragonborn. The Blades were the ones that made the dragons return because they face an existential threat from the Thalmor and what better way to save yourself from that existential thread than to cause anouther one for which an order of dragon slayers would be the solution? What do you think of that?
Beautiful, I came here from your Morthal gothic video and fell in love with the video format. Could you please continue with the more... mysterious stories of Skyrim?
@Iron_Stigmata no but I'm pretty sure the reason I mistook irgrod for helgi because it makes sense with her brother and her coming from a bloodline that's well known for magic and she is the only person who fits the description of the note in Skyrim almost perfectly it just made sense to me and I began to associate her with the note
I love that you posted this when you did because I just found Anise’s Cabin for the first time, mistaking it for the one woman who gives you archery training somewhere in the wilderness of Falkreath (pls someone help me remember her name) and I ransacked her cellar, got attacked by her and killed her, got the hired thug event regarding stealing from her, and you know who sent them, rather than Moira the Hagraven? Anise herself, despite being murdered by me immediately after stealing from her. I thought it was strange but if that even can still happen while having the thugs be hired by someone else makes more sense. Must have been a bug
It's Angi's Camp, sounds similar :) But yeah, that whole hired thugs thing is often glitchy, but it makes each playthrough more exciting, you never know what to expect lol.
I would like to make a little note that makes the letter a bit creepy. Witches have been known to teach children they find worthy of their practice, sometimes kidnapping babies to raise as their students. So i wouldn't be surprised if the letter did mean the ghost child, waiting for a student that will never show up
By the way the house that burnt down might be unrelated and due to venaraus vulpin as in his journal he states he killed a hermit called jokull in ivarstead while looking for the bloodspring but he dropped his torch on a pelt and burnt the house down so thats not narfis house tbh
Out of all the items in Calixto's Ministry of Truth, I feel like the Dancer's Flute may actually be a reference to a real historical event. He says that "men who hear its music are compelled to dance uncontrollably, no matter the peril". I think this is a reference to the Dancing Plague of 1518, where somewhere between 50 and 400 people in Alsace began dancing uncontrollably, to the point that some actually died due to exhaustion. 1518 is probably the most well known case but looking further into it there does seem to be multiple instances throughout history of similar things happening.
Best Skyrim channel fr Edit: Hmm this guy seems like he's involved in the community acting like everyone's brother or dad protecting the villagers and guiding them in pursuing their dreams. What? He bought some illegal mead? That murderous creepy f*ck am I right?
On the road from Helgen to Ivarstead, just east of the cave with the statue of clavicus vile sits a little cabin, which I believe either has a letter from Helgi or from Anise's sister
Narfi’s rare alchemical ingredients could probably mean that Reyda herself was an alchemist, and a talented one at that, since it was her who gathered ingredients. That could probably have been the motive for her murder as well, since Nords in general are quite prejudiced towards these stuffs IINW.
Of all dark stuff happening in Skyrim, the Namira quest is the only one that really bugged me. Especially considering Lisbets off-hand comments. About interesting quests. Morrowing this time: Some weeks ago I played one of the quests surrounding the Dwemer artifacts smuggling ring. It's really interesting how various parts of this unfolds in different quests throughout the game and you can't even complete them all in one playthrough.
Let's go. I'll always have Skyrim as my number 1 in the series due to how it's the first game I'll think about playing after a long week or stupidity at work, that and some Halo 3/Reach multiplayer. Skyrim > Morrowind > Oblivion
Mysterious NPCs like these are one of the elements that make me return to Skyrim every once in a while. While the main and faction quests are mostly boring and generic, these little bits of content placed in the game by devs work, because it's when they were not forced into anything. They had chances to place intriguing characters where your own imagination is supplement the details you find. You can overhear a conversation (why I love stealth characters in Skyrim), find a note, see an environmental detail, but the rest is up to you and often there will be no definite answer. In those brief moments, the game captures the charm of Morrowind and is at its best. Skyrim becomes an entirely different game if you refuse fast travel, do main quests just every now and then, throw away all the useless junk rewards it's throwing at you and just look around. You then see something in the distance and go towards it, probably even not running, just slowly walking and enjoying the view. What Skyrim could have been is best portrayed by Enderal, which captures this exact feeling of curiosity and runs away with it. It's a shame Bethesda games are constantly drifting away from their strengths with each new iteration. Devs should trust their players more and remember that if guided correctly, one's mind can fill in gaps in so many fascinating ways that create their own stories, that it cannot be beaten by any "epic" set-piece thrown at us with a massive budget.
@@EnbyGaemer2005it can be used as a noun, it’s just generally used to refer to animals in that case. Using female as a noun to refer to a woman is dehumanizing
Calixto’s arrogance is frightening. Also, a bit of lore for those not familiar with Flesh Magic. In the Shivering Isles DLC of Oblivion, we get to see flesh magic in action. However, the Ayelids are the ones who pioneered Flesh Magic, and for the purpose of cruel entertainment. Calixto isn’t discovering new magic, he’s unearthing a dark piece of his own people’s history- as he is an Imperial, and therefore a descendant of the Nedes. The Nedes were the ancient humans of the Heartland of Tameriel… who were enslaved by the Ayelids. Given how well traveled he is and educated, he should know this. Clearly in his mind, the ends justify the means.
i dont know the lore deeply enough to give this any credit, or know if this theory was already posed, but i wonder if ‘helgi’ is an endearing nickname for a ‘helga’ somewhere in skyrim.
the hilda one kinda makes sense too me. the dragons have been dead for some time so there’s probably not too many people worried about what’s going on in the sky when all of the dangerous shit in your world is on the ground
Sven’s mother, Hilda has as an ability, Alchemy. I just leave Anise alone, after reading the Alchemy skill book in her cabin. I like to revenge Lynly against Sibbi. If you take Frost and find both of his secret caches he becomes able to be killed. I kill him to revenge the death of Lynly’s brother. In reference to Rorikstead, there is probably the only shrine to Akatosh above the village with a dragon scale that respawns. There are those that say a Daedra cult is involved, but it might be more Akatosh and Kyne that bless the land. Sissel is probably being prepared to become a priestess of Akatosh as there aren’t any that I know of in Skyrim. Her dreams of Parthanax seems to push it more away from Daedric influences. Windhelm is very Dicksonian, the darker side of Victorian London.
What if Wilhelm hired the Dark Bros. to end Reyda for poking around by nord ruins looking for ingredients? She might have caught him in the act of smuggling. Also he dislikes mages and witches. Narfi I think lost the rest of his family because of a rockslide or avalanche. He picks away at the mountain all the time, maybe out of revenge? It could be he was fine as he was... until he got us to look for his sister. And after we questioned Wilhelm about it, we found her remains. Wilhelm might have panicked and hires the Dark Bros. to finish Narfi to keep his secrets quiet. Gabriella of the Dark Bros. uses iron arrows, and her favorite way of disposing of bodies is in water. She might have been the one that took out Reyda: "Well, I enjoy moonlit nights, taking long walks on the beach, knitting and unicorns. In fact, I once took a seaside stroll, on a moonlit night, and discovered a unicorn... which I proceeded to stab in the throat with a crochet needle. I'm a woman of refined, yet simple tastes."
I think wilhelm knew that windelius was after the treasure and decided not to give him the claw because, why would he? Why would he help this foreigner to plunder skyrims ancient tombs? He tried to warn windelius off and as far as he knows, windelius died in the barrow. We did something to help him and Ivarstead. He gave us the sapphire claw because of that.
I’m not sure if these are the journals and notes you mentioned, but one day after having just started and gotten bored with the serial killer quest, I broke into his house because I was just looking to steal stuff. I found two or three journals that basically admitted he was the killer. I thought finding those would advance the quest, or that having found them would unlock new options. I ran to the guards, nothing. Went to the court wizard, and they still had me advance the quest as if we didn’t know who it was. Annoyed me so bad. When it finally came time to wait for the killer, I instead just tracked him down and killed him before he even got close. Nope! Guards arrested me for murder! I had to wait until he actually killed the girl to kill him.
I don’t know how I didn’t realize this sooner but watching this video made me realize William Salyers (Rigby from regular show) voices a bunch of Skyrim Npcs??? And apparently his voice is a playable option in sims 3???
I always wondered why anise is so afraid of being a witch in a place where magic isn't illegal. But female magic users are called mages, not witches. Witches are always associated with hagravens in the game. And it just so happens that lorewise, the raven forsworn clan from whom the hagravens come from also practice regular child sacrifice to namira. You can see some of the results of this at orphan rock
The flute is Greek mythology reference. Even his name is Greek mythology reference. Specifically to Odyssea. When Odysseus sailed back from the war, he went around the island of Sirens. Monsters that looked like beautiful women and their singing enchanted and lured every man to them. And he also stopped on the island of the sorceress Callisto.
In Anises defense you're the one who broke into her home and basement. She tells you to leave her be and you just go and break her locks and go a looting?
24:35 not sure if intentional but there was something about "perhaps he was possessed by a dark spirit..." bit immediately followed with the guys screaming and flailing around in a dark room I found freaking terrifying lol
Oh that was totally accidental lol. A drunken brawl happened during recording, but Narfi got in the way and got killed. So I thought about leaving it in.
Oooh hold up. Imagine if there was a mechanic in Skyrim where if you wanted an essential NPC to be killed, you had to perform the Black Sacrament. Like, gather the ingredients, chant the incantation and a DB assassin would answer your call. Then bam - the essential NPC you can’t stand is dealt with.
Great mod idea!
@@boreanknightright? Thats amazing
That's a great idea
And then you get inheritance lol
The only thing is that the mod author would have to come up with an ending for whatever storyline that makes that npc essential. Such as if you off Maven Blackbriar you would have to have a contingency for the TG, Louie Letrush Quest, and if she becomes Jarl of Riften. The Destroy the TG original mod you can confront Maven if you are finished with the Civil War with imperials and fight her, Hemming,Maul, and the keep guards to the death then inform Laila Lawgiver who will come back to be Jarl. Laila will pardon you for the crime of killing Maven. Basically it resets the original hold government. Any mods also that uses that NPC will be broken as well.
The small towns always have the juiciest drama
Btw i love your videos and editing. I wonder where your channel can grow from here ^_^
@@hizumi8983 Thanks so much!
You forgot to mention that Sissel is having dreams of our pal Parthy.
My Green Pact Bosmer: "You are all being SO weird about this."
That's funny :) Interesting NPCs adds a Bosmer who works for Lisbet and shares same... taste.
god I love the cinematic quality of your videos. Literally every time I watch I forget ESO exists and fall back in love with the Elder Scrolls. Thank you for your hard work!
Thanks! I hope all is well brother!
yup - i was legit just about to comment "always QUALITY, borean"
my 2 cancer slayer internet dads crossing paths, god is good
Is there any mod benefing textures, color saturation, or general tint/overlay/whatever fancy word I dont know? I've never spent time playing Skyrim on a high end PC nor current gen console, only meh laptops and PS3. Your color palette looks absolutely beautiful and it makes me wonder whether the game just likes to shoot itself in the foot with color-numbing filters on lesser hardware. The cinematography, odd as that feels to say, is excellent regardless.
@@kritorys514 Hi, I'm using a modlist "Elysium Remastered" from wabbajack site. It's a collection of about 2000 mods and uses Rudy ENB.
I absolutely love these deep dives! They really highlight Skyrim's storytelling strengths when it can be easy to focus on its considerable weaknesses. I bet you could do a whole video just on Skyrim's sketchy stewards, as it seems like people like Anuriel, Raerek, Malur Seloth, and Falk all have some juicy secrets they keep even from the Jarls they serve.
I watched Skyrim content for years before ever playing and videos like this are exactly why! And shitpost memes are what made me decide to actually play lol
loving this "Skyrim's Strange" series you've started, please keep more coming!
On the Wilhelm bit, I always had different thoughts on two of the things you counted as suspicious:
- him looking for Reyda. He never said he looked for her ALONE, it could've been that he organized a group search for her or was part of one. In that sense 'he' still would've been out to find her. And if it WAS him alone, he's such a hotspot for, well, EVERYONE, Narfi could've come to him in panic because Wilhelm seems to know everyone and everything.
- him knowing where she normally gathers her materials. It's not a huge town, and especially if she was also selling the materials, it was probably more 'open knowledge' than a secret you'd need to stalk her to know.
On another note, I always figured that the reason he had to SMUGGLE the Black-Briar Mead in was bc he couldn't risk anyone seeing he was housing the girl the son was looking for, but he STILL had to supply it to people to prevent questions as to why he suddenly stopped selling it.
I do agree he's ABSOLUTELY one of the most interesting NPCs in the game. And _wow that claw_.
I think him having the claw the guy went crazy for had everyone scratching their heads all "But like. . . .???"
(( lets never forget that the Altmer lady in Rorikstead is 'barren' -- :'D ))
The very first time I encountered Anise's cabin I thought 'oh this poor old lady out here by herself, I'm gonna go in and leave her some food' and proceeded to try to do that 😂😂😂😂
What did you do, hop in her pot?
This comment is so cute. You're a good egg
@ She probably got a 10g bounty from opening her red chest lol
Woah is that the legendary Mr. Dragonfly in the cell next to Sibbi?
I hate that I read his name as Skibidi
The suspicious thing about Calixto that I didn't notice before is that he states that Susanna "had" to die near the crime scene.
I think I found your channel through the Skyrim Bandits video (loved it!) so a continuation of delving into interesting NPCs is welcome! I am a newer Skyrim player still getting into all the lore, so it's great to have people still making videos about it.
I don't mind the visual mods, for what it's worth, especially the ones that enhance the landscape and lighting. Makes your awesome narration feel more epic and cinematic 🙂
Thanks! Elder Scrolls lore is truly massive and weird at times, so there's always something new to discover.
Another video? Yes! An Hour long? YES!
Let's not forget that it was, in fact, Sheogorath who invented music by making flutes out of human bones.
Rumours flow from the House of Troubles...
Good point, totally forgot about that!
Welcome back, King. Your videos are nothing short of amazing. I hope you know how valued and appreciated you are in this community. Thank you for the top-notch content.
You know it's gonna be a good night when UA-cam notifies you of a new BoreanKnight video.
Thank you so much!
Ahh, been hoping to see another installment in this terrific series that examines this great game, Skyrim!
The bandits are definitely interesting but delving into the sometimes bizarre subject that is Skyrim npcs, I think we will be in for a treat! (Sweet rolls of course)
Thanks!
For years ive loved watching videos about elder scrolls lore. Its nice to see more and more great channels!!
Excellent video! Great work. Visuals alone must have taken forever. I can’t even imagine how many hours of downloading stuff from Nexus it took, lol.
A lot lol. This modlist took 2 full days of downloading because I don't have premium nexus.
I'm always helping the priest of Arkeу destroy the cult of Namirа.
There’s too much that points to the conspiracy in Rorikstead being true imo, it’s TES, they don’t just be doing things for no reason lol The dialogue that hints at the player character’s suspicion, the Daedric books everywhere, no women, etc. There’s too much for it to just be nothing. Rorik said he started the town, right? Well, in the book at Dragonsreach that accounts for all of Whiterun hold’s properties there is a very suspicious entry. “Rorik’s Steading” it says. It says it was founded a long time ago, I don’t remember exactly when but recall the timeline not adding up. Also, Ragnar the red mentions Rorikstead & that song is definitely wayyy older than Rorik. And last thing, if you clip under one of the houses there you’ll see a Daedric book & a weird cave system. I suspect from a cut quest or something. Maybe a quest that would’ve been kinda like the Hackdirt quest in Oblivion. Maybe the deep ones were gonna make a comeback? lol
I didn't know about the underground cave and daedric book, that's really strange and makes theory more believable. Looks like they really planned another Hackdirt in Skyrim but changed mind. That's unfortunate lol.
there is no cave system, there is ONE book about daedra and ONE EMPTY lesser soul gem. I love camelworks but that video gave people brain damage. It's a town settled by veterans of the great war. Theyre blessed by kyne; godess of war and nature.
There is a woman in rorikstead, and isn't it just more likely that Rorik named a new town after one that existed in the past and shared his name? He mentions that he bought the land and started the current town on it, kind of a reach to assume he's actually from the first era and founded both towns based on a single book.
If there was cut content about the town, it would more likely be some controversy about why the land is so fertile when it was previously worthless.
Bit off topic but I think this video made me realise I really don't like any visual overhaul mods
Thought I was the only one. I use mods to enhance volumetric fog and add trees but that’s abt it. Skyrim has a nice look without enbs
I use noble Skyrim for everything and that’s more than enough. It keeps Skyrim looking like Skyrim but just cleans it up a bit. I’m not a fan of the super detailed ones at all
Yeah I don't use any ENB mods. I do use mods that change things like the armor and weapons to look more realistic, like making the weapons more slim. Lighting and some good fog will make Skyrim look fine.
@@_SacredNemesis Same. I prefer Skyrim's dark atmosphere and have mods that enhance that, rather than turning the graphics into a bright fever dream like in Oblivion.
Yeah I don't enjoy at all the glowy look these mods give everything. It's especially not great on the NPCs skin, it looks like they're wearing makeup or something, feels like I'm playing Fortnite. They also tend to remove the gloomy atmosphere from the game which to me is quite immersion breaking. At least he isn't using any coomer mods that make female NPCs dress like street hookers in the Skyrim weather and have ridiculously massive badonkers like I've seen on some other guy's videos lmao
My fan theory is that Wilhelm is a former bandit who decided to settle down in a quiet, forgotten town and tries to keep other villagers from getting the same life regrets he had. Like encouraging a bard to keep practicing her craft, a friend to pursue his love and to care for a sad and sick man. His possession of the claw and his interest in trying to enter the barrow support this theory, I think.
I think your accent adds immersion to these videos. You sound like a genuine Nord!!!❤❤❤
Its good to hear from you good to see your doing good.
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Fantastic video and cozy vibes, good work as always, these mean a lot, thank you 😊
Edit: thanks for expanding on Wilhelm more. It's cool hearing his dialogue with the locals all together. I had heard bits and pieces of these dialogues in brief but usually when I was just passing through, and focused on whatever job i was in the area for. As such, getting this all together, combined with the characterisation we see in the bandit video, Wil is just so mysterious...😮
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Calixto is fascinating, because he's one of only a couple of extremely powerful necromancers in Skyrim. They all operate alone, are hostile on sight and their brand of magic is very deep, very ancient and honestly super interesting. Here's a list of those I'd consider to be part of this "group":
- Calixto Corrium, for his advances in flesh magic and his attempt at studying true necromancy, i.e. the summoning of the departed, instead of a daedra to inhabit a fallen foe.
- Lu'ah Al-Skaven, who is trying the same thing, but from a different direction - you find her in Ansilvunde, having successfully summoned the _original souls_ of two draugr.
- Sild the Warlock, who we find in Rannveig's Fast, experimenting with binding souls to the living world. Notably, he doesn't use a soul gem - instead, he seems to be able to enthrall these souls in the form of ghosts, even after they have died.
- Arondil, who is located in Yngvild. He seems to be studying the nature of using illusion magic on ghosts, and succeeding (until we kill him of course). His approach differs from Sild, however, because the ghosts are enslaved via an artifact in his throne room, which causes the spell to break when removed.
- Malkoran, who is currently corrupting Meridia's temple. Fascinatingly, he seems to have found a way to draw power from a daedric artifact and turn it to ends entirely opposed to that artifact's magic. He is also the only mortal in Skyrim to have figured out a way to survive his own death, because he returns as a powerful shade when we kill him.
- Vals Veran, who is in Hillground's Tomb, and has enslaved the entire tomb's draugr population to his will. This is notable because the draugr are originally bound to the will of a dragon priest, meaning he has figured out a way to subvert this spell and substitute it with his own.
@JRexRegis Great stuff! I covered some of them in recent "Strange Bandits" videos and was most impressed by Lu'ah, suggesting that she could easily have her own dlc. I plan covering Malkoran in a future episode!
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Too much mods! And I immediately say this is not Skyrim XD
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36:37 in Skyrim, even the noble Gueric is reduced to stealth archery
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This is a multi part topic because there's so many strange NPCs. One of my favorites is the chickenmancer.
You could be Jouane Manette yourself, "Secrets? There are no secrets here my curious friend." You've omitted the line that proves Jouane Manette to be a liar, "keep your voice down! Do you want the entire village to learn our secrets?"
It's important to recognise Jouane is a liar if you are investigating Rorikstead's secret. The book Holdings of Jarl Gjalund mentions "Rorik's Steading" and Farengar's conversation with Delphine shows us that it is the same place as Rorikstead. It is the only place with a different "terminology" as Farengar says.
That means Rorikstead was named after someone thousands of years ago. Who can live for thousands of years in the Elder Scrolls? Vampires. Is Rorik a vampire? No. So what happened then?
The real Rorik was a vampire. He was killed in the Great War along with all the other levees in that part of the hold. Jouane Manette found a bandit and groomed him to tell people that he's Rorik. All the inhabitants of Rorikstead were killed and replaced with imposters.
This plays into the main quest because what Delphine is asking Farengar before we interrupted their conversation is for confirmation that Rorikstead's Steading and Rorikstead are the same place. Why would she do that? Because Alduin returned when Lokir of Roriksted was killed.
Lokir of Rorikstead was the true last Dragonborn. You play an imposter who Delphine tricks into believing is the last Dragonborn. How does Delphine know about Lokir?
Hadvar or Ralof tell her. That's why they go to Riverwood instead of with Tullius or Ulfric. That's why they say, "I think it's best if we split up." When Lokir was killed and Alduin returned it was mission accomplished. What was the mission? Before Skyrim starts the Blades have committed genocide in Skyrim and have been killing the descendants of the ancient Nord heroes who banished Alduin to fulfill the prophecy of the last Dragonborn. The Blades were the ones that made the dragons return because they face an existential threat from the Thalmor and what better way to save yourself from that existential thread than to cause anouther one for which an order of dragon slayers would be the solution?
What do you think of that?
Wow!! The "serial killer" quest always bugged out on me so I never completed it. I had no idea it was *him*
Beautiful, I came here from your Morthal gothic video and fell in love with the video format. Could you please continue with the more... mysterious stories of Skyrim?
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You are very underrated. I love the Morrowind videos. If you could I'd love it if you did an analysis of Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec.
Ok I think I'm suffering a Mandela effect or something but I remember Anise note mentioning Idgrod not helgi....
Do you play Skyrim in other languages?
@Iron_Stigmata no but I'm pretty sure the reason I mistook irgrod for helgi because it makes sense with her brother and her coming from a bloodline that's well known for magic and she is the only person who fits the description of the note in Skyrim almost perfectly it just made sense to me and I began to associate her with the note
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26:13 "hey Inigo I'm working, stop speaking for a bit."
Such good lore from our good Borean Knight. Huzzah!
I love that you posted this when you did because I just found Anise’s Cabin for the first time, mistaking it for the one woman who gives you archery training somewhere in the wilderness of Falkreath (pls someone help me remember her name) and I ransacked her cellar, got attacked by her and killed her, got the hired thug event regarding stealing from her, and you know who sent them, rather than Moira the Hagraven? Anise herself, despite being murdered by me immediately after stealing from her. I thought it was strange but if that even can still happen while having the thugs be hired by someone else makes more sense. Must have been a bug
It's Angi's Camp, sounds similar :) But yeah, that whole hired thugs thing is often glitchy, but it makes each playthrough more exciting, you never know what to expect lol.
I had no idea Wilhelm was so layered.
God, that is interesting. I knew he was important but I only knew that he knew about the "ghost" in the burrow.
hes back
I want a mod where Hilde does join Anise. Would serve Sven right, the idiot.
Ah yes the ledders some leave behind
If you go to the hagravens dins before those main quests start the look like regular witches.
Yesss oh man perfect timing lml
I would like to make a little note that makes the letter a bit creepy. Witches have been known to teach children they find worthy of their practice, sometimes kidnapping babies to raise as their students. So i wouldn't be surprised if the letter did mean the ghost child, waiting for a student that will never show up
By the way the house that burnt down might be unrelated and due to venaraus vulpin as in his journal he states he killed a hermit called jokull in ivarstead while looking for the bloodspring but he dropped his torch on a pelt and burnt the house down so thats not narfis house tbh
Out of all the items in Calixto's Ministry of Truth, I feel like the Dancer's Flute may actually be a reference to a real historical event. He says that "men who hear its music are compelled to dance uncontrollably, no matter the peril". I think this is a reference to the Dancing Plague of 1518, where somewhere between 50 and 400 people in Alsace began dancing uncontrollably, to the point that some actually died due to exhaustion. 1518 is probably the most well known case but looking further into it there does seem to be multiple instances throughout history of similar things happening.
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Edit: Hmm this guy seems like he's involved in the community acting like everyone's brother or dad protecting the villagers and guiding them in pursuing their dreams. What? He bought some illegal mead? That murderous creepy f*ck am I right?
On the road from Helgen to Ivarstead, just east of the cave with the statue of clavicus vile sits a little cabin, which I believe either has a letter from Helgi or from Anise's sister
Is it alchemist's shack?
@@boreanknight think so
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Anise attacks you if you read that note! I never knew since she dies upon greeting me
Narfi’s rare alchemical ingredients could probably mean that Reyda herself was an alchemist, and a talented one at that, since it was her who gathered ingredients. That could probably have been the motive for her murder as well, since Nords in general are quite prejudiced towards these stuffs IINW.
Only thing that doesn't add up is that Reyda disappeared over a year ago. If human flesh/heart is from her, it would rot away long time ago?
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Of all dark stuff happening in Skyrim, the Namira quest is the only one that really bugged me. Especially considering Lisbets off-hand comments.
About interesting quests. Morrowing this time: Some weeks ago I played one of the quests surrounding the Dwemer artifacts smuggling ring.
It's really interesting how various parts of this unfolds in different quests throughout the game and you can't even complete them all in one playthrough.
Let's go.
I'll always have Skyrim as my number 1 in the series due to how it's the first game I'll think about playing after a long week or stupidity at work, that and some Halo 3/Reach multiplayer. Skyrim > Morrowind > Oblivion
Mysterious NPCs like these are one of the elements that make me return to Skyrim every once in a while. While the main and faction quests are mostly boring and generic, these little bits of content placed in the game by devs work, because it's when they were not forced into anything. They had chances to place intriguing characters where your own imagination is supplement the details you find. You can overhear a conversation (why I love stealth characters in Skyrim), find a note, see an environmental detail, but the rest is up to you and often there will be no definite answer. In those brief moments, the game captures the charm of Morrowind and is at its best.
Skyrim becomes an entirely different game if you refuse fast travel, do main quests just every now and then, throw away all the useless junk rewards it's throwing at you and just look around. You then see something in the distance and go towards it, probably even not running, just slowly walking and enjoying the view. What Skyrim could have been is best portrayed by Enderal, which captures this exact feeling of curiosity and runs away with it. It's a shame Bethesda games are constantly drifting away from their strengths with each new iteration. Devs should trust their players more and remember that if guided correctly, one's mind can fill in gaps in so many fascinating ways that create their own stories, that it cannot be beaten by any "epic" set-piece thrown at us with a massive budget.
calling women females and yassifying silda the unseen...... okay girl....
lol
Yeah I was going to post something similar.
Female is NOT a noun.
@@EnbyGaemer2005it can be used as a noun, it’s just generally used to refer to animals in that case. Using female as a noun to refer to a woman is dehumanizing
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got that Skyrim itch again..
Namira quest made me feel sick
I believe Kilmuk killed narfies sister, every day he stands at the edge of the water near where she died and stairs at narfies cabin
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cool video as usual! the cinematic estetic you create is awesome. what mods are you using for that end?
Calixto’s arrogance is frightening.
Also, a bit of lore for those not familiar with Flesh Magic. In the Shivering Isles DLC of Oblivion, we get to see flesh magic in action. However, the Ayelids are the ones who pioneered Flesh Magic, and for the purpose of cruel entertainment.
Calixto isn’t discovering new magic, he’s unearthing a dark piece of his own people’s history- as he is an Imperial, and therefore a descendant of the Nedes. The Nedes were the ancient humans of the Heartland of Tameriel… who were enslaved by the Ayelids.
Given how well traveled he is and educated, he should know this.
Clearly in his mind, the ends justify the means.
i dont know the lore deeply enough to give this any credit, or know if this theory was already posed, but i wonder if ‘helgi’ is an endearing nickname for a ‘helga’ somewhere in skyrim.
the hilda one kinda makes sense too me. the dragons have been dead for some time so there’s probably not too many people worried about what’s going on in the sky when all of the dangerous shit in your world is on the ground
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Sven’s mother, Hilda has as an ability, Alchemy. I just leave Anise alone, after reading the Alchemy skill book in her cabin.
I like to revenge Lynly against Sibbi. If you take Frost and find both of his secret caches he becomes able to be killed. I kill him to revenge the death of Lynly’s brother.
In reference to Rorikstead, there is probably the only shrine to Akatosh above the village with a dragon scale that respawns. There are those that say a Daedra cult is involved, but it might be more Akatosh and Kyne that bless the land. Sissel is probably being prepared to become a priestess of Akatosh as there aren’t any that I know of in Skyrim. Her dreams of Parthanax seems to push it more away from Daedric influences.
Windhelm is very Dicksonian, the darker side of Victorian London.
I dont think he realizes it, but this guy literally made a UA-cam career based on how terrible skyrims writing is
Time to start a new playthrough
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Bro I swear I have seen Anise sleeping?....... In her bed after I killed her and lay her back there to ensure she never moves again
What if Wilhelm hired the Dark Bros. to end Reyda for poking around by nord ruins looking for ingredients? She might have caught him in the act of smuggling. Also he dislikes mages and witches. Narfi I think lost the rest of his family because of a rockslide or avalanche. He picks away at the mountain all the time, maybe out of revenge? It could be he was fine as he was... until he got us to look for his sister. And after we questioned Wilhelm about it, we found her remains. Wilhelm might have panicked and hires the Dark Bros. to finish Narfi to keep his secrets quiet.
Gabriella of the Dark Bros. uses iron arrows, and her favorite way of disposing of bodies is in water. She might have been the one that took out Reyda: "Well, I enjoy moonlit nights, taking long walks on the beach, knitting and unicorns. In fact, I once took a seaside stroll, on a moonlit night, and discovered a unicorn... which I proceeded to stab in the throat with a crochet needle. I'm a woman of refined, yet simple tastes."
25:58 nice shot
Anise was really the first roaming come to Jesus moment😂😂😂
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I think wilhelm knew that windelius was after the treasure and decided not to give him the claw because, why would he? Why would he help this foreigner to plunder skyrims ancient tombs? He tried to warn windelius off and as far as he knows, windelius died in the barrow. We did something to help him and Ivarstead. He gave us the sapphire claw because of that.
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I’m not sure if these are the journals and notes you mentioned, but one day after having just started and gotten bored with the serial killer quest, I broke into his house because I was just looking to steal stuff. I found two or three journals that basically admitted he was the killer. I thought finding those would advance the quest, or that having found them would unlock new options. I ran to the guards, nothing. Went to the court wizard, and they still had me advance the quest as if we didn’t know who it was. Annoyed me so bad. When it finally came time to wait for the killer, I instead just tracked him down and killed him before he even got close. Nope! Guards arrested me for murder! I had to wait until he actually killed the girl to kill him.
23:25 Narfi broke matrix
fun fact you can marry wilhelm. if you got heathfire
I don’t know how I didn’t realize this sooner but watching this video made me realize William Salyers (Rigby from regular show) voices a bunch of Skyrim Npcs??? And apparently his voice is a playable option in sims 3???
I always wondered why anise is so afraid of being a witch in a place where magic isn't illegal. But female magic users are called mages, not witches.
Witches are always associated with hagravens in the game.
And it just so happens that lorewise, the raven forsworn clan from whom the hagravens come from also practice regular child sacrifice to namira.
You can see some of the results of this at orphan rock
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The flute is Greek mythology reference. Even his name is Greek mythology reference. Specifically to Odyssea.
When Odysseus sailed back from the war, he went around the island of Sirens. Monsters that looked like beautiful women and their singing enchanted and lured every man to them. And he also stopped on the island of the sorceress Callisto.
In Anises defense you're the one who broke into her home and basement. She tells you to leave her be and you just go and break her locks and go a looting?
24:35 not sure if intentional but there was something about "perhaps he was possessed by a dark spirit..." bit immediately followed with the guys screaming and flailing around in a dark room I found freaking terrifying lol
Oh that was totally accidental lol. A drunken brawl happened during recording, but Narfi got in the way and got killed. So I thought about leaving it in.
@@boreanknight that's almost weirdly on brand for this video lol. Could he be able to "skinchange" into other people as well?! Fascinating idea