Creation & The Dawn Era - The Elder Scrolls Lore (Lecture 1 of Big History Course)
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2024
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Let me know what you think of the less edited format for lore lectures. I personally like it as it creates a more podcasty feeling, but if you guys dislike it I will do future lectures once again in normal style!
It's a nice thing to sit back and listen to when I'm just trying to relax and take my mind off irl stuff for a while.
Nice! For that purpose is the less edited format better? Or worse? I am really wondering. As music and more diverse visuals are required for normal videos but for these kind of podcast like lectures I have a feeling this might work as well. Let me know!
This is nice. Both formats have their own place. The long lectures are great when I have the time.
Love the lecture format. Also, on your theory at the end, Im not sure that any of the dwemer would be powerful enough to force the power or essence of a divine entity into a device, but maybe thats what the the Divines did and the "Heart of Lorkan" is something akin to an extremely powerful soul gem created by the gods that does indeed contain his power, or a large fraction of it. Idk. But thoughts like these are what keep me up at night so keep the videos coming.
I liked it more before, but this was nice to
Really impressive how you manage to do these while doing your university degree.
Well to be honest my normal videos are very manageable. But these lectures are usually given in the middle of the night so every timezone has a chance to attend. And I give them twice for everyone wanting to attend to be able to attend. So these are a lot of work yes haha
@@ImperialKnowledge We thank you very much!
Wdym? He has a PhD on literature with a doctorate on TES. This was and is his study.
I know this is a 5 year old comment, but Bravo to your efforts. It's comprehensive and easily understood. I hope your degree is going well! Blessings, friend! @ImperialKnowledge
On the Redguard pantheon differences:
- the first Redguards arrived on Tamriel from 1E 792.
- it's possible that the Redguards came from another kalpa. We know that the roles of et'ada can shift between kalpas, so it's possible that the Redguards are remembering previous versions of the et'ada.
- there are several that map directly onto other pantheons. For example, Sep is a direct analogue to Lorkhan, and Tu'wacca maps to Arkay really well. However, there are others that don't (Tall Pappa/Ruptga being the best example here).
On Lorkhan & physical et'ada
- I'm not sure that the Dwemer put the Hear into a device in order to make it physical, but the Five Songs of King Wulfharth notes that "The Heart had been made solid by Sunder's tuning blow and Keening could now cut it out." This means that the Tonal Architecture used by the Dwemer changed the nature of the Heart itself.
- I don't think we can say that the et'ada (despite being called spirits) were immaterial at this point. The Heart's landing created Red Mountain, and in most myths Akatosh created Ada-Mantia (if you read some developer texts, it's actually called his "vessel", or even a spaceship). These are very physical things, so I don't think that we can say that the things that created them weren't physical as well.
Holy shit, the auto-captioning of UA-cam thinks he's speaking Dutch, that's hilarious
Thanks for the video
I absolutely love this channel.
I second this.
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@@ImperialKnowledgeI fourth this
decided to be an imperial investor for a month, all this lore/lecture content for elderscrolls is what my brain yearns for so thank you ❤
As someone who studied anthropology and archaeology in college, I am pleased with how you compared social and technological development between Nirn and real prehistory/history.
Lecture starts at 8:45. Skip to that
I believe the main differences between the Wandering and Old Ehlnofey was, according to The Anuad Paraphrased, the Wandering were more numerous and physically stronger than the Old, but the Old were more intelligent and more powerful individually. Both characteristics are carried down to the respective races we see now. Old Ehlnofey becoming Mer, and they are known to be more powerful and intelligent mages, like the Altmer and Dunmer. While the Wandering Ehlnofey becoming the races of Man, and are known to be buffer and more numerous than Mer.
Yep
I really love this lecture format, so glad you made these, intently listening at work
Thank you so much for the content. Just discovered this two years later. I really like this format.
Unedited is good. I enjoyed this. Even though I feel silly watching a lecture on a game (with volatile lore to add to it).
Looking forward to future ones.
The heart of Lorkhan is literally the molten core of Nirn. Hence it did create Red Mountain, and all other volcanoes for that matter. I agree that the artifact known as the "Heart of Lorkhan" is merely dwemer construction meant to serve as vessel or control interface for the real Heart of Lorkhan... aka the heart of Nirn. At least, that's how I've always interpreted the artifact itself.
A timeless environment is just an environment with no entropy so there are no physical reactions or moving parts. In higher dimensions though, they could have dynamic consciousness which partly exists inside the dimensions in which Nirn eventually exists. The start of "time" could just be considered a "spark" which starts entropy. Some areas suddenly have more energy than others creating gradients which allows reactions to happen. Sounds like Akatosh is more like "chaos" or randomness than time exactly. Before Akatosh, everything in that reality was static. After everything is set into motion chaotically.
I watch 50% for your heavy accent and 50% for the content. Good job, keep it up!
Hahaha thanks!
It's so cool to see other people who like this lore as much as I dom
Wonderful channel!!! Great job as always brother!!! You are my go to guy for TES lore!!!
Amazing to hear!
I like this format
Nice!
Thank you for putting these vids together 👌
Just got into the Elder Scrolls games with Skyrim, and I love your videos. They're a great way to easily understand the greater cosmos behind the game, if you haven't been there for all the games and read all the in game books. Thank you!
Oh this is just beautiful! Love this format, very spontaneous!
for feed back
maybe start within the first 10 minutes
keep your questions, apologies and extra thematic infos(like your life and behind the scenes shit) to the end of the video
Great video
And the end meme couldn't have been more relatable for me, given that's exactly what happened 1st time I played morrowind
specially the part of running into a cave and losing all my fatigue
Holy crap! It like a Great Courses series but for TES lore. Such a cool combo of two things I love. :)
Planning to finish the series *some day* but rn uni and work doesnt allow me to do much more than the regular weekly one subject videos :(
Love the idea! Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
It's great I would like
To have this as a college class.
Tell your college I am willing to give lectures :P
Just kidding dont worry
Considering elder scrolls lore is practically just history, but in a video game, you can in a sense get something similar to this in college. (I.e. the paganistic religions.)
When they said learning can be fun... This is what they meant
I would listen to this 4 times gladly, but won't listen to my physics lecture
I can't wait for the day when Tamreiel history becomes an official topic in intellectual circles lol
Will never happen. I can't even seem to find a real life book club to discuss Tolkien...
On the Ehlnofey that were on Akavir were most likely the ancestors of the Tsaesci since they are known from multiple sources to be able to interbreed with men
I tried to imagine a place without time and I couldn’t do it
I am the Dragonborn and this is my favourite Scholar in the Academy of Winterhold
Your channel reminds me alot of MisterShizno who completly dissapeared off youtube, he had a series of elder scrolls lore vids but i watched those over 10 years ago
I found your channel today and I'm surprised I've never watched any video of yours until now. I like the way you talk about these things, and considering that my graphics card died, at least something I can do while I'm unable to play Skyrim is watch Lore videos.
Greetings from Chile! Not too sure where you're from though.
I tbink the divines ripped out the physical heart. If the creation of nirn was weakening them and turning them mortal it world make sense that lorkan the main architect would become a physical being first among them all. I believe the dwemer built the containment vessel for the heart but that the physical heart already existed. They say if I'm not mistaken that ebony is lorkans blood so he would have had to beat least partially physical to bleed
It's oil.
Perhaps a little video on the knights of the white stallion?
Great lecture, thank you!
I realize im late to the party, but i appreciate the way you make your info concise, rather than trying to tell 100 different stories at once. Lol.
Is there a possibility to upload these lectures as actual podcasts to Spotify? That would be really cool
I am looking into that, might do it once I finish the big history course and upload them as album
So we assume the akaviri races and bird people of tamriel are also descendants of the elnofey?
Great stuff!
I really liked your talking point about the difference in technological development between our species and the races of nirn. What time do you generally do the live lectures? I'm interested in attending, but I work a night job, so I sleep most of the day.
I do it on several different times. I do one for the recording "the first reading" and then a second and possible third reading for people that missed it and want to attend. Then I tweak the time to their likes. 2nd and 3rd reading can still ask questions and the best get edited into the video for UA-cam
six minutes in, and you didn't even start yet. good fucking lord
Well yes, because this is a lore lecture. A direct recording of my live reading, and after polling on the channel it turns out people want me to leave them in tact like this because apparently it gives people the idea they are there during the reading. The people voted, I comply.
Is that a Dutch accent? Fantastic videos btw, so glad I found your channel!
Don't let this long and well researched video make you forget that Lydia is best waifu
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But what about Serana
The hagraven is the best waifu.
Don't let this suprisingly well written joke distract you from the fact that the shirtless Imperial from Morrowind _is_ best waifu
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Didnt the dreugh rule mundus during the dawn era
Time exists whenever events occur. That is what time is...a way to describe the space between events. To be without time is to be in perfect stasis, without events.
In this context, I think what is meant by "without time" is simply that there is no intuitive relationship between cause and effect. "Time" exists, but is not linear or predictable in the way it is in the real world. Effects could precede causes before "time" existed.
Okay on one hand it isn't the First or Second Era BUT on the other hand it's even further back in time I approve Zork. 👍
That appreciation gives me more happiness than all other likes :P
Dude you are amazing
Ralof giving us lectures.
When will the merethic era one come out
I love these
What about the lore that the Yokudans are from a previous kalpa
Any ingame source?
Edit: I know the theory, but since I could not find an ingame source confirming it I decided to leave it out. As that theory, with the gene information we have, seems far fetched to me.
@@ImperialKnowledge The Hunger of Sep is the most blatant: www.imperial-library.info/content/hunger-sep
And the Redguard creation myth in The Monomyth is the only one to really suggest kalpas at all ("jumping between worldskins" is a thing for them), apart from a particular reading of the Anuad.
Thank you! Subscribed!🙂
So thats why the daedra seem to take so much joy on meddling in human affairs. Its almost like a middle finger to the aedra.
Yeah partly, and entertainment
Ha! Ha ha ha! Loved the meme!
Just a tad bit of editing as your intro explaining what this would become was 7 min long.
Anuad is pronouced ANN-YOO-ADD, as Esbern in Skyrim says it this way, giving us an ingame pronunciation.
There was a point in our universe in which there was no time. Before the big bang happened. So you could draw some parallels between akatosh and that of the big bang theory.
True, however in this universe significant things happened (that we know of) before the birth of time
Astoris
Theoretically, at least. They keep cranking out these "get out of God, free" cards.
Aren't the Nords explicitly not descended from the Nedes though?
What's the music I the beginning
Around the fire, skyrim soundtrack
How about giants where did they come from?
While the Altmer are most definitely correct about there being a relation between the races of men and mer, I have doubts about much of the rest of their accounts as the chronology of it doesn't account well for the Dwemer and Khajit, and possibly the Bosmer. However it could be meshed better if we accept that much of it may be more metaphorical than some Altmer tend to insist, and some may be a bit inaccurate (possibly even intentionally altered, in the ways oppressive cultures tend to do).
The Bosmer and Khajit origins already mesh pretty well, where they both speak of a time when the "people" of Nirn where confused about their form, constantly shifting between man and beast, and one god took some of these people, tied their forms to the moons, and taught them secrets, according to the Khajit, while another taught the rest of these people not to take the forms of beasts, among other rules, according to the Bosmer.
I believe the Altmer also had some stage of their mythology in which the forms of the beings in Mundus had yet to stabilize, I forget most of the details of how they took form but eventually, iirc, they become "the first ones", and then the Aldmer when they (somehow) lost Aldmeris, but importantly claim the whole time to be the "original lineage of the gods" (or however they'd phrase it). Meanwhile the Bosmer claim to still be in their homeland, in the presence of the god that taught them to take form, and not to descend from the Aldmer. Also, from the earliest Aldmeri explorers' own admissions, Khajit and Dwemer were definitely already on Tamriel, and they seemed pretty confused about how well established the Bosmer already seemed to be upon contact 🤔
If we accept that Tamriel is (at least part of) what the Altmer call "Aldmeris", and that the Bosmer may be the "original lineage" of Elves while the Aldmer originate as a splinter group that set sail to the south, either before or after the Dwemer splintered off and burrowed underground (possibly even from the Dwemer some time early on, with all their talk of ancient cities, which the Dwemer had but Bosmer don't seem to), things may mesh together a bit better. At least it seems to so far in my head with what scattered info I know, haven't really thoroughly researched this yet 😂
You should edit the video to cut out the live speaking. I just want a long 3 hour video because its hard to put it all together. All videos are scattered and put into channels. Every video says "im not gonna cover that here, watch my other video" no. I just want a huge binge worthy info dump that i can listen to over and over until it makes sense to me
Where did the Dwemer come from?
Elves or something. UA-cam search it, mate!
Then tell me lol
Lorkhan = Prometheus
Time is a form of measurement created by human kind using the sun moon and other relative astrological bodies, we perceive time to such a degree that it is for most impossible to perceive anything without time, but there are humans with no time measurement still alive abd they likely dont perceive time.
No its not a human creation at all🤦♂️
The units of measurement measure time time isn't a measurement itself
That's like saying distance is a human creation no its not the little blocks we measure them by are but not the distance itself, see?
y did u take so long to actually start talkin about the dawn era, i had no idea where to skip to to start learning about the dawn era
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Btw if you don't have to never reveal how big or small you're audience is
We small but we THICC with love for Zork and Lore!!!
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Noticed
Massive intro lost interest
It's why there is a timestamp