From what I know of the Masks, they weren't named after the Priests - the Masks were named, and by taking the Mask, the Priest assumed the name as their own - Krosis, for example, translates to Sorrow. Konahriik translates to "Warlord". They aren't names - they are titles.
So I absolutely agree with this and i feel like I know who it is. Check out Iron Bind Barrow when you reach a high level because, there's a specific dragon priest named Warlord Gathrik. If you think it is a title, I agree because I feel like it's Gathrik.
@@maonyghtstorm8602 might be might not, but it's extremely suspicious how he has the name Warlord Gathrik and can be a dragon priest. Not to mention he's the tallest draugr and strongest
& even if that weren’t true for most of them, that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be true this one time. The player is Konahrik. You took the mask. The mask is yours.
We see Omar, we kill Omar we take mask Omar. We know what it's call by seeing the name over the priests head, wooden mask is unknown how would we have it's name.
Just to point something out; the mask isn't named after the wearer. The mask's names are in dragon's tongue. (Ex. Krosis = Sorrow, Konahrik = Warlord.)
I love how old this game is but still how active this community is this video was posted 16 minutes ago from me posting this and there are 173 comments already with a couple thousand views already it’s amazing and so is Skyrim 🔥🙏❤️
Skyrim is currently a product of a good community more so than the game or development itself. The game would not have survived without the already established fanbase which bethesda constantly takes advantage of now
@@quanchuloo4333 Hevnoraak - Brutality Krosis - Sorrow Morokei - Glorious Nahkriin - Vengeance Otar - Doesn't seem to translate... Rahgot - Anger Vokun - Shadow Volsung - Horrible Konahrik - Warlord --- Dragonborn Masks --- Ahzidal - Hunter, Destroyer, Dukaan - Dishonor These are not names (maybe titles given in the dragon tongue); the dragon priests are Nords. These are not nord names. *Pahlok FOOL! Hin kah fen kos bonaar.*
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I think it's more of: "They'd have to kill all 8 of us before they can take Konahrik's mask" rather than "All 8 of us would have to agree before we can use this again."
Probably both, but why not use it in the dragon civil war tho? Could be that Alduin "death" was too big of a hit on their military power and they didn't managed to get the mask before losing it all, who knows
Or it could be "Anyone who's badass enough to kill all eight of us and claim our masks is clearly the most powerful dude ever, and deserves to wear the mask of the warlord." Or "If one of us manages to conquer of the others, they become the warlord".
The priest is called "Vahlok the jailor", so I would assume he owned the wooden mask and here's why... The wooden one has the power to access a pocket dimension of sorts, which was used to lock away Konahrik's mask. The jailor must have been very powerful, since he alone defeated Mirahk, and we could assume he was the most trusted and loyal priest, focusing not on power or wealth, but to devote entirely to his mission, choosing to wear a simple wooden mask and not even bothering to name the thing.
Or simply it belongs to Miraak. Fact that it don't have any other power except that of "a wormhole effect" and don't has a name suggests that once it belonged to a traitor. After his rebellion Miraak lost its grace in dragons' eyes, so they took its powers, so with the name, to erase story of him out of existence.
@Alex Davies Hermaeus Mora didn't have to create that mask. Many of daedric artifacts are created by mortals, and only claimed by daedric lords afterwards. Dragon Masks' source of power was dragons. Why should they sustain mask of blasphemous priest after he rebelled? Moreover what is the point of transforming or as you saying "corrupting" empty vessel with no power whatsoever? Isn't simpler to create one?
What if Konahrik is YOUR mask as the player character? When you put on the wooden mask it is never specified that you travel back in time. What if you are reliving your past life as the Dragonborn in the previous Kalpa? Like a reincarnation thing. We already know that a) reincarnation exists in ES as that is the story of the Nereverine in Morrowind and that b) Azura, who is a daedra prince is behind the Nereverine prophecy, which would help further explain why the daedric smithing perk is tied to Konahrik. This also explains why Alcuin “rescues” you in the opening scene of the game, and how he knows who you are when he resurrects Solakhniir in Kynesgrove My two theories are that in your past life during previous Kalpa you were the Dragonborn leader of the dragonpriests, which being Dragonborn would make the dragons trust you in such a role. You then were either doing Alduins bidding and during the revolt against the dragons the mask was taken from you OR you sided with Parthurnax and fell during Alduins vanishing and the other dragon priests sealed your mask at the alter to save it for the next Dragonborn.
But the Nereverine was reincarnated WITHIN the same Kalpa. Also, as far as we know, while it has been confirmed that the idea of Kalpas exist, we don't know if the main timeline is a different Kalpa or if we are still in the first Kapla. After all, there have been two times that Alduin could have ended it, but decided not to. It seems likely that while Alduin knows he has the power to do this, he does not want to go through with it, as seen in this video he would rather be worshipped as a god.
To add to this, at least for my character, when i learned Dragonrend in the past, Gormlaith and others.. STARED at me, like i was one the warriors that was helping them or something.
That's a horrible theory. It's more likely the wooden mask is simply the key into the room guarded by its own (now very dead) priest. If you look at how Skyrim was structured at the time of the dragons it was a fractured country ruled by creatures with no concept of society. The dragon priests were the go-between between the rulers of men and the rulers among men. The ruling dragon in an area would make a demand of more sacrifices or treasure, the priest would listen to the dragon, assure it that of course it'll happen and go down to the local king and tell him to get three maidens and 5 000 gold or whatever for the dragon, or it'd come down and get it himself. The king would realize that having his subjects and lands burned would not be very profitable and thus pay up. This would foster a culture of very strong tribalism and ties to the dragon and its territory, since there's only so much of your people and wealth you can offer up to every passing dragon before you can't pay and someone burn you anyway, so the deal was most likely this: We very small and flammable humans pay you and ONLY you lord Dragon, and you keep other dragons away from us. You tell this guy here what you want and we get it for him and he'll deliver it to you. This however leave the entire country weak since there's no overall government, and there are still plenty of hostiles living around the Nords at that time, so every now and then a good and proper war is called for where all of Skyrim need to participate either to expand or defend. This would call for a priest to follow the army and keep an eye on the leader to make sure he doesn't get an funny ideas of disrupting the power balance between the units, dragons, humans etc and fry the enemy and display the might of the dragons (and priests) to the Nord warriors. Since all masks has to be placed it's probably a more or less democratic way of appointing someone to this position, either that all agree and place their mask, or they got killed until enough masks were gathered from the opposition to force their choice.
Something I feel is forgotten is the fact that you don't know how far you time traveled back. Konarik could have been destined to be Vahloks mask, signifying him as the greatest Dragon Priest for saving the world from eldritch horror. But the reason he doesn't have it is because YOU TOOK IT before he ever had the chance to claim it himself.
Imagine you're about to get named one of the greatest and strongest members of your society, but before you can even accept some time travelling asshole comes and takes it before(after???) you get back home lmfao
@@Bubbly_Dragon even worse, imagine being that Dragonpriest and going through your lich-like existence knowing you got robbed of a sacred artifact and title that belonged to you, only to have some random chucklefuck walk into your crypt WEARING IT before he kills you.
Hmm, why wouldn't they just make a new one for him? I don't know, I don't like this as much. I'm pretty sure the devs left this as a loose end to provide more story later. It's always a good idea to leave lots of loose ends and info like that in a fantasy universe.
Finally, mystery solved. This is like, the first "quest" I encountered the first time I played Skyrim. Since I ignored all quest markers and just wandered off like most of us do, I found this location but I never understood how it worked, until this video. Thank you.
Same here, I had played when it came out like what 9 years ago. I immediately remembered this area that I had cleared and seemed to serve no purpose at all. This is awesome new information :)
I knew I was supposed to come back with the other masks, I already had one, but I never got around to it. I can't remember if I have all the masks or not...
@@danieljensen2626 what was the deal with the dragon priests anyways? Like I was going along fighting dragons, and then all of a sudden these guys start being bosses. Still not sure what they are or were.
Whenever the Roman republic ran into a situation the senate couldn’t handle, they would appoint a citizen to the position of Dictator. Maybe the mask is like that. When Miraak started becoming a problem, they got together and appointed Vahlok as Konarik. If the snow elves were holding up human expansion into Skyrim, they could have appointed Ysgramor as well.
this is THE MOST underrated comment in this video!! that just makes perfect sense! specially if you imagine this position dissociated from the negative/tyranic aspect, but rather as a neutral and occasional job (that obviously would require a pre-obtained prestige from the "candidates" to the title, such as the deeds achieved by Ysgramor, Vahlok or Miraak)
I remember finding Krosis in my first playthrough and then slowly realizing there’s more than just one mask. I’d wear that mask frequently, it was one of my favorite items in game, and then finding more was so awesome but I literally never stumbled upon labrynthian until like my third playthrough, and I remember realizing that there’s a deeper hidden mystery to the masks and I was so hyped to find them all. This was one of my favorite things about this game. Literally three playthroughs in before I even realized this hidden gem. I’m about to start a new play through soon, and I’m so looking forward to revisiting the things that made this game so great, and to find even more.
I think my first was the Wooden Mask, but I didn’t know what to do with it and haven’t returned to the Labyrinthian in ages. I must rectify this as I now have four other masks.
Kohnarik is to be whoever could defeat all of the preists, the dragons respected strength so whoever defeated all of the priests in combat deserved the title, so the Dragonborn becomes kohnarik it’s a title not a person
But that's a theory! The most popular one, for sure. I love how Nate went to visit other possibilities in this video, like, the other possible side of the story. I still think he should have mentioned this famous theory too.
@@LordEnder86 Oh no that copyrighted. But seriously though did Mattpatt literally Copyright that Phrase? or if it just gonna be Copyrighted if you use Mattpatt actual Audio Line (Which is Understandable, and Obvious)
True. The masks were titles that were given to the wearer rather than a mask given the wearer's name. So who ever defeats the 8 other dragon priests will be given the title warlord or kohnarik. In which case none has been able to do until the dragonborn.
I can understand where your coming from but I never said I didn’t know any of my countries history. I’m rather familiar with it actually, so there’s nothing I should be embarrassed about.
Well it's hard not to so much imagination and story with most countries it's just a bunch of gods raping each other and humans and lies that they existed in the 1st place
"Konahrik" means "warlord" in the common tongue. Since no Dragon Priest is related to Konahrik, what if it was meant to be for the Dragonborn? The Dragonborn is a living army by the time he or she's found all of the Dragon Priest masks. Mastery of the Thu'um over the dragons themselves, blades or spells or shadows, claiming so titles that only one mortal in millenia could achieve without the gifts of the gods. The Dragonborn is also completely autonomous. Like the Hero of Kvatch and the Nerevarine, the Dragonborn's entry into Skyrim is by being released from imprisonment for unknown crimes. The Dragonborn controls his or her own destiny. He or she bows to no one out of obligation or from oppression. If the Dragonborn aids someone, it is the Dragonborn's choice, not the Dragonborn's compulsion. But I'm writing this in the middle of the video.
"Unknown crimes" incorrect..... Crossing the border illegally and being caught with the Stormcloaks by the Imperials. We know why the Dragonborn was captured/arrested, we simply don't know where they came from.
„Kohnarik“ also sounds a bit like „Quanahrin“ or „Konahrin“ which means „superior warrior“, or simply „victor“. So it‘s maybe a mask is reserved to an upmost superior warrior to the dragon priests, needing all of Skyrim‘s masks to unlock.
I can’t believe modders never took the opportunity to make a quest mod out of this. You could have the Dragonborn go back in time and interact with the dragons, dragon priests, old nords, Dwemer(?), pre-falmer snow elves. Maybe you could even be the one who starts the rebellion with the help of the nords. It would be a large undertaking considering you’d need to overhaul all of Skyrim’s map to be set in that time period with altered geography, restoration of the ruins to legitimate holds, and new weapons and armor but it would be amazing.
The reasons why no modded has done that is for all the reasons you stated. It’s a mammoth undertaking. You have to factor in real limits to the game engine and logistics of remaking Skyrim
Its such a shame you can’t ever mention the masks or Konahrik specifically to Miraak or Paarthurnax. Both have such deep insight into the workings an rituals of the cult, Miraak being one of its leading Priests and Paarthurnax being second only to Alduin himself. It would be interesting to see what kind of reaction they’d have if ever presented with Konahrik or the Wooden Mask. Would’ve been a neat bit of hidden dialogue if you approached either of them while wearing it
Now that you mention this, it’s odd how RDO or any other mods don’t really expand upon this dialogue / situation. It would’ve been extremely good content for the mod author / the player if they actually were interested in the LORE as we are. Man, i hope someone has / does a mod like this. Haven’t heard of any tho.
@@Eric-kb2xt because the people who make the "seconhand content" LITERALLY care and are more educated than Bethesda at their own lore... seriously , lil bro . Have you seen how much more of the story and lore modders know comapre to Tod or his devs ? difference is night and day. Modders are the responsible ones that Skyrim hasnt died after a decade . They keep fixing a messy game to make it good
think he's wrong about that once, the masks are named after words in the dovah language, parthuurnax apologizes with the word Krosis multiple times, Krosis is one of the masks names
The Daedric smithing perk, I believe, means that the mask is as difficult to smith as Daedric armor (or its similar to work with) and *not* that Konahrik has Daedric origins. Why? Well if we look at Stalhrim armor, it requires the ebony smithing perk, and we are told in-game this is because a smith has to work with it in a similar way to ebony. It doesn't mean it's ebony, so in the case of Konahrik its not *necessarily* of Daedric origin. Though if it was of Aedric origin (Akatosh/maybe Alduin), that might explain the similarity.
@@christopheredwards9904 the gods don't reproduce fragments break off and become new entities they are called "offspring" because they came from a fragment of a god whether intentional or unintentional the reason you can absorb dragon souls in skyrim is that you are also a fragment of akatosh and you absorb their fragment
Daedric metal is just ebony (aka lorkhan's blood) infused with daedric essence (usually, a daedra heart). Making parallels: this is an alloy of similar in nature to daedric, but based on gold - aka aurum - and is connected to children of an aedra by the name of Akatosh... aka Auriel. This is *definitely* made from some kind of an aedric metal.
My personal theory is that Konahriik, being a title rather than an actual name as some people have pointed out, has a different owner. We know that some Dragon Priests were particularly nasty individuals and I imagine there would be little to no event, even the Dragon War that would have made them unanimously get out the mask, let alone decide who would wear it. Given that the Elder Scrolls saga tends to just have legendary items simply fated to fall into the player's hands, mostly like fate being played out (perhaps as written in the Elder Scrolls themselves), we do exactly what is necessary, to prove us as Dovahkiin as more powerful and greater than all the other Dragon Priests, putting the masks like trophies on the busts to claim Konahriik... OUR mask. For WE are the "Warlord" who felled the others and is the one worthy to wear the greatest mask. Only, we don't serve in the Dragon Cult, which is a bit of a snag in that plan. A second theory, if it's not the first one, is it possible the Spectral Dragon Priest that's sometimes summoned actually Konahriik's soul? Aiding the one who wears his mask?
I like the Idea that the Dovahkiin forms a new Dragon Cult with him being Paarthurnax Dragon Priest teaching The Way Of The Voice. ESO gives a lot of new lore like Zaan the Scalecaller receiving Fire Breathe shout from her dragon Thurvokun. Same happens with Paarthurnax gifting you the Fire Breathe shout.
What do you mean you never served in the Dragon Cult? You were inducted into the order of the Greybeards, last remaining descendant of the Ancient Nord way of co-existing with Dragons. Sure, it's a long changed remnant and they're not an authoritarian draco-dictatorship any more, but they still hold a Dragon as leader. Did you never notice the outline similarities between Greybeard and Dragon Priest robes?
@@allenlindsey1175 sarcasm doesn't carry so well in text and that's my fault. I should have used more exclamation marks or made it more tinfoil hat sounding or something.
What if the dragon priests were named after the masks? Say someone becomes a loyal dragon priest and they are given the mask and the name along with it. Similarly Konahrik was waiting for an owner? And it COULD of been gifted to Vahlok the Jailer when he returned to Skyrim but stayed behind to keep Mirrak from arising. You stumble upon Vahlok and he's aware you're a dragonborn and auto assumed Mirrak had come back, and attacks.
Thats...actually quite the plausible theory. I mean, think about it like this: If someone is loyal enough to give all he has to a cult, its not as much of a stretch to think that he or she would give up his or her own name, to strip himself of his former identity completely to join the ruling elite of a circle of seemingly undying, immortal priests who have ruled for millennia, unbeknownst to the public that the people wearing each masks are most likely exchanged once killed? And since Kohnariik (the mask) is so extremely powerfull, i could totally see it as something of a trump-card only revealed in absolute emergencies, which require all eight dragonpriests to come together, strip themselves off their masks to reveal their most powerfull artifact. Which may or may not have the power to call upon the souls of all deceased dragonpriests and also make its wearer factually unkillable (assuming that the effects of the mask we see ingame are a mere shadow of its true potential if worn by a properly initiated and trained dragonpriest)?
@@WH40KHero yeah, and as Starham mentioned it could of also been taken by the dragonborn when they went back in time. Preventing Vahlok from being named Konahrik or whoever it was intend for, and becoming Konahrik.
I am new to the Elder Scrolls lore in terms of seriously getting into it vs casually playing Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim so don't eviscerate me if I get this wrong, but the names of the Dragon Priests themselves don't seem like normal names for NPCs, that they are the names that the Dova would create for them which makes me like this theory. But I wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong.
All the names are dragon tongue non of the priests are reallynamed like that these masks and their names are titles given to them such as Konahrik which means warlord so this was the title given to them all of the names translated are more like titles
This is probably the truth, with them having to all be there to get it. It also has the power to summon the other priests, which would most likely be obnoxious, and almost useless outside of war scenarios.
My theory would start with the Vahlok the Jailor. Bethesda didn't name him "the Jailor" without a reason. The wooden mask belonged to Vahlok the Jailor. The Breton steals the mask from his tomb or hired some goons to do it for him. On the other hand, Konahrik belonged to Miraak from the beginning. The game represents Miraak as the first Dragonborn so he is very close to being a dovah. The case of the Konahrik has a shape of a dragon head and it is above all other dragon priests' masks. A dovahkiin would count as the cult's highest member from the default and it would also fit the description of Konahrik, meaning warlord. Dovahkiins are beings who can use shout and magic also they are good at melee combat too.
Isn't he called the jailor because he basically forced mirak to be jailed into apocrypha? He imprisoned mirak into the oblivion realms, so he gets the jailor title.
I'm sure everyone already knows this, but look at the bottom center of the altar. It is different, but it kinda looks like the akaviri symbol for dragonborn.
26:34 If you're a high enough level any final draugr in a dungeon can appear as a dragon priest just not a spectral dragon priest, for example, Warlord Gathrik.
Simple: the mask does belong to the Jailer. The reason he wasn’t buried with it is because you took it. Remember: you go into the past to take it, therefor he wouldn’t have it in the future because the mask took the shortcut.
Anonymous Anonymous Because it ties in either way. It could be a “past life” version of the current Dragonborn, as you don’t remember anything when you wake up, and they say you were just caught at the wrong place at the wrong time and weren’t supposed to be executed. You could’ve gone back before that mission or the beginning of Skyrim, and you also can’t remember that because of a time wipe or some negative magic aftereffects. It’s supposed to be paradoxical. Sheogorath and the Wabbajack are both in the game, and Sheogorath IS the Prince of Madness.
@@ananousous that's because sooner or later you will eventually take it, even if that means you stop playing the game and your character canonically goes on their own adventures, eventually finding it
I think, Ysgramor wasn't really working with the Dragonpriests to gain something out of it, but was simply forced to let them rule the land cause of the threat of the Dragons. Some crucial difference between the Last Dragonborn and Ysgramor right there: Ysgramor had absolutely no means to fight the Dragons with, (Thu'um + ability to harvest dragon's souls and kill them for good) so he had no other choice than to submit.
I wouldn't even describe it as forced. I'd say it was more like he was born into that kingdom and it was simply the way life was for him. When the conquerors and explorers of old made their way over to the Americas, they did not claim land for themselves, but for their countries. The Nords were the countrymen of the dragon kingdom. The Nords would have claimed Skyrim for the dragon kingdom, as they were not in rebellion at that stage in time.
M'aiq has seen dragon's, maybe you will see dragon's too. Me wondering what he meant when playing oblivion: wut Me after playing skyrim : m'aiq is a time travelling, all knowing being older than the empire itself. M'aiq is everywhere Wait could M'aiq have owned the wooden mask during the time of oblivion and that is how he had seen dragon's?
Vahlok kicked a dragonborn's ass (Miraak), their fight split Skyrim in two, giving us the island of Solstheim, when we meet Vahlok, he has no mask to boost himself. Either Vahlok is the most badass mortal who ever lived or he used the mask to take down Miraak
@@JargonMadjin The funnies thing about Vahlok? Lore wise he was the most chill of the Dragon Priests. The fight against him is basically him being all get out of my tomb please.
According to UESP: "The Goldbrand is an ancient artifact, which takes the form of a golden katana. It was created by the dragons of the North. According to the legends of thieves, it was given to a great knight who was sworn to protect the dragons" Is it possible this mask is made from the same material as Goldbrand, and that the original wielder of both was Konahrik who was sworn to protect the dragons?
I also find it tangentially interesting that the Eldergleam Amber and the Wooden Mask both resonate a melody or a hum, and that they both have connections to not only gods but time/space too. It's interesting that the Dwemer came to a similar conclusion when trying to tamper with reality/time/space and ascending to a "higher" plane of existence, so they used instruments and devices that emit tonal frequencies to alter these factors of interest. Lastly, also a stretch, the dragons, beings who are capable of using their "Voice" to conjure power and sometimes manipulate the natural structures of reality, are the children of Akatosh; the Dragon God of Time. I don't have anything significant to say while trying to connect these things together, but there seems to be a coincidental trend with sound, frequencies, and tones used and understood as a conduit to the fabric of reality and to reaching Godhood. I wonder if ancient cultures of the series had some deeper understanding to this method that was perhaps lost to time.
Dragons... Auriel being the beginning of time, Akatosh being on-going time, and Alduin being the end of time the wooden mask is to time travel so you are in an ongoing time and travel to the begginingof time to retrieve a mask to fight against the end of time have lots of sense. ALso in our world Nikola Tesla said the future of medicine and humanity was about tonal frequecies
Here is my theory Konahrik is a what Dragon Cult members called their version of a High King. Either through diplomacy or war you had to get all the other masks together to be named Konahrik as the other dragon priests are minor kings in their own right. The dragon priests masks were made by either Alduin, Akatosh, or some other dragon but Miraak's mask was made by Hermaeus Mora as a symbol of their alliance. The Mask of Alkosh is the Khajit dragon cult version of Konahrik. The Mask Konahrik would be the symbol of High King until Harald's rebellion and he created the Jagged Crown, his symbol that he fell the dragons. The wooden mask was/is ceremonial, used to appoint dragon priests, and imbued with power to lock away Konahrik until another worthy of the title came along.
My theory : Each of the masks were forged with the help of individual high-ranking dragons in Alduin's army ,with Konahrik's creation being assisted by Alduin himself. But because of Alduin's disdain for humanity, nobody in his eyes was worthy of the mask. With the wooden mask being forged by Paarthurnax who had alredy turned traitor ,hence why it's made out of wood instead of some precious material. Each of the masks however, is tied to the dragon and most of these dragons were most likely killed or worse, causing the magic of the masks to go berserk and slowly corrupt their users. Hence why the majority of them went insane or were forgotten, with the exception of Nahkriin who is still very much sane and trusted. This also explains how the masked Dragon Priests are able to not only able to serve after death but also retain so much power, to the poont where they are arguibly the most powerfull undead you can encounter in the game. Dragons can't die of old age and can't truly be killed by conventional means, so that's why said priests are still "alive". Konahrik being tied to Alduin also makes sense because the mask exists in the past but not in the future, similar to how Alduin exists outside of time thanks to the Elder Scroll that was used to banish him Feel free to critique , and thx for reading this far 😁
@POOR PIRANO I could be completely wrong but I think that’s the dragon priest that guards the portal to sovangarde in the last quest of the main quest line
Shhhhhh, let some of the fans have their fun - at least it (sometimes) lead to good writing, which you're not getting from the source (arguably, you never did).
Agreed, I just wish that once in a while a studio sees a great fan theory and then confirms it giving special credit to the person who discovered it and implements it for us later in the game or in a new game provided that they really weren't sure where they wanted to go with it in the first place like you said. Oh well I rather it remain a mystery than a bad explanation though. I still believe in the Indoctrination Theory of ME3 to be the true ending and that only the Renegade action allows Shepard to snap out of it.
I always figured Konahrik was the Dragonborn's name in the Dragon cult, and only the Dragonborn could kill all 8 of them and claim the mask. Like, if you meet the Dohvakiin in a future game, they'll be a dragon priest in Konahrik and speak with Alduin's voice (since they slew Alduin and absorbed his soul).
Alduins soul can’t be eaten by a mortal. He is the world eater and destined to bring the world’s end. Alduin became greedy and wanted to conquer the world not destroy it. That’s bad so Kyne created a way to return alduins soul to akatosh so that he can be reborn and follow his true destiny. Akatosh created a dragon by using a mortal body (dragonborn) and Kyne taught it to speak Dovazhul. A dragon that’s born, destined to die. A weak mortal in body but an immortal dragon in soul. This weak dragon is the opposite of alduin and it is why he is stronger. Alduin sought a strong body forsaking his soul and destiny. As Dragonborn you slay him by being weak in body but strong in your dragon soul. Shaming him. Showing him how his destiny was not to be bested by a mere mortal and that he made a mistake through greed. You send him back to his dad for a proper whooping. Dovahkiin is basically just the cop who caught a bratty rich kid drunk in public and beats his ass before dropping him off to his dads house for yet another ass beating
I like that there's no quest to get all the masks. I wish there were more voluntary quests in this game. This is kinda what the bug jars could have been.
after defeating rahlok on solstheim, the nord historian living in skaal village makes a comment about "what a book this will make!". be summat to look out for in the the elder scrolls VI.
Don’t quote me but I remember I heard that it takes place either during the oblivion crisis or shortly after it I think Inside gaming said it or I think IGN Fix said it I’m not sure
@@major_awesome7253 I'm pretty that according to a leak sure it's actually taking place 20 or so years after the events of Skyrim. Other than that we still have absolutely no idea what's confirmed about the game, I don't know where you got this information but it's HIGHLY unlikely that they'll go back in time for no reason.
As others have commented, the mask may have been made for the Dragonborn. Maybe not the player, but a Dragonborn to stand against evil dragons. To keep the balance between Akatosh's children and mortal races. The dragon priests may have taken it from Mirak in the battle and stripped it from his face. But before they could finish the job, Mora swept him away to safety. That resulted in the dragon priests, seeing the power this mask held and how corrupted its user became, took action to preserve the world. They locked it away where it could be found it absolutely needed, but not by any mere mortal. They also renamed it, as an insult to the former priest that wore it. calling it warlord as a way to show what it turned Mirak into. And with that, the mask was left undisturbed by anyone for eons. That might also be what kept them from fully dying. A fear that the mask would be found and used as a weapon against the whole world, and so they stayed in this realm, never fully dead and at peace. Ever guarding the keys to the most dangerous weapon of their age.
@@ambulancekun3142 i was waiting on this. Yes the priests were evil. But Mirak's plan was to undo not only their work but ALL mortal races, and subjigate even the dragons. The world the priests sought was threatened and they took action to handle the issue and preserve what they wanted the world to be. The accidental benefit being that the rest of the world was saved as well
@@michellealinateague9892 an example of this in another lore is the system lord Anubis whose crimes were so great that evil mfs like Ra and Osiris banded together to cast him down. think of it as a lawful evil syndicate who works to keep control and the coin coming in ain't going to like the maniac who wants brandish his weapons in public.
My first playthrough I put on the wooden mask and when I was teleported I dropped the mask instead of unequiping it. Never bothered to revisit it until the next playthrough a few years later
@@bigenemy000 You can store any items in the chests & urns there & display things on the cabinets. I keep all the masks on the altar & place dragon priest daggers & staffs on display. Along with the three masks you gain from the dragonborne solsteim expansion.
I love the idea of who.. or what.. ever made/owned the wooden mask looking on from the afterlife watching this happen... "It's gonna be so cool, when they put on my mask, they will teleport to this secret room and see there are more masks to collect. They are gonna want to get them all, and when they do, they get the ULTRA MASK" >D "Someone found my mask.. FINALLY.. this is gonna be awesome!!!!" =D "Oh.. he got stabbed by his guards.. lame" =[ "No wait, someone else is coming... The Last Dragonborn?!? This is gonna be so much better than planned!!" =D ... "And he dropped it in the secret room, sealing it off forever... that's just... great... just great.." =/ =P
seem llike the Lich's from the previous games. they never died, they simply preferred not being tied to mortal bodies anymore...moved their souls into a vessel...one with their name..
Here is a Theory. What if that Wooden Mask was actually constructed by the Dwemer. The Dwemer dealt in harnessing the power of sound and possible time/realm travel. The mask is said to hum with a sound and sends you back in time.
Yeah! That must be why they took the Elder Scroll! I do think that they also had something to do with the Khajiit mask because it looks sculpted out of Dwemer Ingots because of it's color and carvings.
I personally believe that the dragon priests adopted the names of the masks they were given and not the other way around. That explains why the priest without the mask didn't share the name with Konahrik. In a similar vein as the Umbra sword forces its identity and name on the wielder. That would be yet another interesting way for the dragon overlords to control their highest priests and ensure loyalty. Which would mean that all masks are made by dragons (maybe even including Akatosh/Alduin) and not the priests. I like the idea that Konahrik was made by Alduin (it sends back souls/shades of dead dragon priests, that he might have potentially devoured) and the wooden mask was made by Akatosh (for the time travel powers, but without a recipient) Another idea I've been playing with was that maybe the fact that the wooden mask doesn't have a name is the reason why it doesn't have an owner? Assuming that the priests took the names (and maybe identities) of the masks, someone taking on the wooden mask without a name would become nameless and without identity, becoming a sort of erased from existence. Or maybe it is similar in function to the Cowl of Nocturnal, hiding the wearer's name and identity if they take on the mask as their own. Maybe that one was the mask meant for the maskless dragon priest but he didn't wear it without needing it as it would kinda make him "Ethereal/invisible/non-existing" and his pride couldn't take it.
I think Miraak fits perfectly in this. It's clear that his armor and mask were made for him by Hermaeus Mora judging by their looks and abilities. It's could be that this used to be his original mask but he switched it when he turned against other dragon priests.
@@MysticalTheAutistical Thinking the same thing since it looks like a Dovah mask just with tendrils over it. Basically saying that Hermaeus Mora's rule is greater than that of the Dovah or Miraak's own free will; claiming him as his pawn/champion.
Exactly. And the Wooden Mask belongs to Vahlok, used to seal away Miraak's old mask after he fled to Apocrypha. If Miraak were to try and return to claim his mask, he would have to defeat all 9 remaining priests. It also makes sense that Vohlok would hide his mask elsewhere, knowing that Miraak may come for him first, for revenge over his defeat. It doesn't make sense that Miraak's mask was made after his defeat, because he clearly had a tentacled influence on the 3 dragon priests on Solthstim. (God damn, trying to remember how to spell all these made up names lol)
Hey TheEpicNate315, did you know that if you go to the final fight with Alduin while wearing a dragon priest mask he’ll make a comment on it? I really loved the Krosis mask my first play through and wouldn’t switch it out for any other headgear, so when I got to the fight I remember Alduin saying something like “Ah Krosis, even you would dare to turn against me”.
@@yamysnao5977 I don't know, I don't really remember him saying that to me and I don't wear these masks. I can go back and play Skyrim and kill Alduin without a mask and see for myself.
@@DconStarstormGaming yea I don't remember this dialogue either I do however know that paarthunax says krosis multiple times during speech regardless of your headgear
Don't forget the wooden mask doesn't just take us to the past; it takes us to a sealed chamber that we can't escape from. It doesn't work anywhere else. Which fits both the idea of a safehaven and a prison. It would make sense that Konahrik was Mirak's original mask, and the wooden mask was Vahlock's mask: the security measures to keep the mask safe could then have some sort of symbolism for the details of Mirak's defeat during his revolt.
Well but Miraak and Vahlok were living in Solstheim. And the Konahriik Mask and that time travel place are in skyrim. Do both of them ever visited skyrim or even live there?
@@christopheredwards9904 They cannot be disregarded, they were still ruling over other mortals same as the 8 Dragon Priest Lords, some of them could've been more powerful than the Lords themselves but weren't elected to higher ranks. They were as important, Miraak first Dragonborn. Vahlok is amazingly powerful, his fight with Miraak made Solstheim split from Skyrim mainland. Ahzidal the first great human enchanter, he enchanted the blades of the 500 Companions. Ahzidal, Dukaan and Zahkriisos were Miraak's acolytes. All those Priests were masked, and were named after their masks. Some of them probably were more powerful than the Dragon Priest Lords.
@@kjaldir1089 Unnamed Dragonpriests are most likely no where near the strength of the lord's lol. They literally haven't left any impact on Nirn there's no documentation of their exploits or feats. Also the masks are supposed to be Representative of Rank, it's very rarely power doesn't play into rank and considering Azhidal, Mirak, & Vahlok were some of the strongest mortals ever I'd make a good guess power was the biggest part in ranking them. Even Masked priests with little backstory give reasons to believe they're Exceptionally strong. - Alduin trusts Nahkrin with protecting the portal to Sovengarde. Logically he'd have to be absurdly strong for Alduin to trust him with protecting the portal. -Mirakk Trusted Dukkan & Zahrikosis to some extent. Most likely signifying some level of strength considering Azhidal was also apart of his circle and he's both absurdly strong & Knowledgeable. Majority of the Masked priest have some type of evidence/lore that can be used to quantify their strength and solidify their placement among the Dragon proest lords. The unnamed ones have literally nothing, their's no reason to try and gauge their power to be above the Lords in the Slightest. Edit: The masks were also given to those Alduin Trusted. Why would he give them to weaker Priests? To control them? That wouldn't make any sense considering many consipired with Mirakk, who literally was the only person at the time who could've slain Alduin.
@@probablyDae5832 I never ever said unnamed Priests were stronger. I said there are more than just those 8 Dragon Priest Lords, and I pointed that Miraak wasn't a Lord, was masked and named, and was op as hell. Yet we see Vahlok and he is UNMASKED, he has no mask, whether because he wore the Konahrik mask we don't know. But during the fight with Miraak he was Vahlok not Konahrik, and their fight was land shaping. If he was the Konahrik then 8 Dragon Priest Lords chose the strongest one among themselves to fight Miraak a non Dragon Priest Lord and his acolytes. If he wasn't Konahrik then why would the 8 powerful Dragon Priest Lords send not a Lord after Miraak. Masks weren't given by Alduin to the Priests, they were given by the 'Dragons'. Each Priest had his own Dragon who made a mask for them e.g. Zaan and Thurvokun. Miraak and Ahzidal are examples where you can be powerful and not be a Lord. With both of them reaching into Oblivion for Daedric knowledge because the knowledge of the Dragon Cult wasn't enough for their power lust. Being a Lord doesn't mean you're the most powerful, it could be just you're powerful enough and influential enough as the Dragon didn't care much about how the Dragon Priests ruled and managed mortal related stuff. EDIT: Just because we don't know about many unnamed Priests doesn't mean they weren't powerful. As a fact we know very little about the kingdom of the Snow Elves and they weren't a Cult they were whole nation. Nords are just good at cleaning after they're done. Same goes for the Cult, after the Dragon War, Nords wanted to distance themselves from the Cult days and erased many records.
One potential key distinction: The Eldergleam: I am a unique individual that has existed nearly from the exact beginning of linear time. The Hist: Our species came from a previous time. Yokudins: My ancestors came from another time.
@@feralphantom94 we don’t know much about hist reproduction. It’s entirely possible that there is no death or birth of hist, only motion. Could easily be the same hist in black marsh from previous kalpae. I am inclined to think this is the case, given the presence of a hist at the wedding
Konahrik was a dragon priest who served as one of alduin's top priests during the great dragon wars during the merethic era his name meant "warlord" in the dragon language he was one of the only known dragon priests to be a dragonborn his reputation was so great for the dragon cult that they built an entire city for him to rule and that city is known by us as labyrinthian but back then it was the great city of bromjunaar
To your point about Ysgramor being associated with the Dragon cult, the ancient Nord language is perfect evidence of that, since their use of the Voice has been innate since the beginning of recorded Tamrielic history. That said I like your take on that mask being some kind of Insurance policy for the mortals directly from Akatosh for slaying "evil dragons." That part makes sense if i remember something Paarthurnax said, which was something like "Even Alduin was once noble (or good or something) until he turned evil/ mad." Great video
It would also explain the security around it. If it was gifted prior to all the masks, to slay evil dragons, and then dragons took power and enslaved humanity, it stands to reason for all the dragon priests; loyals to their masters, to hide the weapon who could harm them away from the masses. Sealing the only thing which could bring an end to their control.
@@gerardlacroix6015 and hiding it in a human accessible time pocket no less. Someone would have to be extremely sympathetic to the mortal cause to even have a hope of obtaining it, like a dragon born capable of collecting the masks.
I actually think Konahrik was Paarthurnax's personal Dragon Priest. He was killed when Alduin discovered Paarthurnax's treachery and his mask was preserved and treasured in the Labyrinthian Mask Shrine and only those who can find all the masks and defeat Alduin can obtain the mask. So I feel like Paarthurnax intended for the Last Dragonborn to become the new Konahrik
For the wooden mask: remember how akatosh is the god of time? Something something time-travel something. Could the mask of alkosh be akin to it rather than kenahrik? For the missingno in the room: that bizarre power rangers reference of a mask could be some sort of a ritual mask that was used only with other 8 priests' permission? Also why not noclip out of the room in its past state to explore more? Could this be a part of a cut quest?
Have you ever thought of doing a video on the races of Nirn we haven’t been able to play? For example the Tsaesci, the Kothringi, and the Maormer just to list a few.
@@jonathancollins1868 didn't read any explanation yet, but as materiał engineer I can tell, that both glass and moonSTONE would not be good material for armor as long as it's ceramic. Malachite is, as I remember, also some kind of glass. Yes, yes, I know- fantasy amd magic can make miracles. But so can it make with gold.
@@swierkupitok7264 Yeah bethesda took some libertys with their crafting materials. Another example is quick silver, more commonly known as mercury. Quick silver is a liquid a room temperature and yet in elder scrolls its used in crafting weapons and armor. Just wanted to say that Glass armor isn't the common window glass that most people think of, but something completely different.
@@jonathancollins1868 my first adventure with skyrim was with polish version. When I saw "mercury ore" it was just one great "wtf man?!". Then I though it was mistake or misunderstanding in translation. Then I started playing in English. It was even bigger mindfuck. But that really makes you realise how different is this world... Or maybe it's completely different substance, but, by some strange accident, it have the same name as liquid metal in our world. Imagine altmer reading some book about "earth" and laughing about how brittle glass is.
Certain Irl tank armor was/is made with glass sandwiched between metal plates, so yeah I’m pretty sure that could stop a sword or an arrow to the knee.
I've found that when fighting Vighar, it says Critical hit on Volkihar Master Vampire. This is in the Anniversary Edition as well. So I believe Nate is right when he said Vighar is the original Volkihar Vampire leader
I feel like the dragon priest you can summon wearing the mask is also a candidate. I mean, look at Arniel Gane. Though of course you can just straight up summon him, but is it too far to assume that the priests have very close ties with the masks they wore, to the point they were bound in death to them?
Now THIS is a very good suggestion, it's also similar to the Spectral Assassin in the Dark Brotherhood, I wonder if the Spectral Dragon Priest has any unique dialog.
Wow man, you got a lot of information here that answered some of the questions I always had about this place and these masks. But after everything you pointed out I think you came so close, but didn't quite get there. And I think it all steams to one interpretation you made that was fundamental to your thinking. That being that you view the 8 masks being needed to unlock Konahrik as a lock put in place by the dragon priests. I have a different interpretation, and that's it's a lock put in place by the dragons themselves. Possibly by Akatosh himself. A fact I think is backed up by several choices made by the developers. To start with there is the name, Warlord. You need all 8 masks to unlock the Warlord. I think that pretty much sums it up right there. How do you get your 8 masks? By killing every dragon priest and claiming the mantel of Warlord. Sounds like a very dragon thing to do to me, to reward the one strong enough to beat your strongest acolytes. Next you have the wooden mask, made out of the material that would be most susceptible to the ravages of time. Yet time is exactly what it influences. Clearly Akatosh made the wooden mask. And it's purpose was to work as the gateway for someone to the vault were Konahrik was waiting. Again, this person would have had to have taken all 8 masks from the most powerful people in Tamriel. Now we have the fact that neither mask has a name from its owner. And the reason for that is actually very simple, they don't have any. Or rather, they didn't. Because now they do, the Warlord has come to claim what was always meant for him. So if you can't see were I'm going with this, then let me spell it out. Konahrik is the mask of the dovahkiin, only to be claimed after proving himself worthy. I assume for the purpose of fighting Alduin and purging him from Akatosh. So the player is the original owner. Also, take note of the fact that the mask is concealed with in a dragons head. Symbolizing that it is a gift being bestowed by a dragon to the player. Just as the lore states all masks were given to the original owner.
I use the mask room as my treasure trove. Keeping all the unique weapons, armor, and treasures that I don't frequently use in each of the chests and vases. And I keep the wooden mask in my dremora buttler's inventory (I call him Lawrence (Yes, that's a Ratchet & Clank reference))
It's more likely the priests (considering how long the dragons ruled, it must have been quite a few generations) who were granted the masks took the name of the mask instead of the other way around. It's quite unlikely the undead priests ruled for all that time, considering their incredibly poor habit of attempting to murder anyone and everyone they see. Even the vampires are better rulers than that. The priests we fight are most likely just the last ones to wear theirs before their respective hold/dragon/temple fell.
Maybe one of the DP that died had a name that translated to “Wooden Mask” for whatever reason. Unless I’m misunderstanding, I think Nate said during lore time that *not all of them* were dead. Idk, though. Or, maybe one of the DP that died had carved the wooden mask from the Eldergleam and decided not to name the mask after themself to be anonymous. Maybe they could’ve been anonymous so nobody knew it harmed the precious tree. Still, I’m just guessing.
Maybe the Warlord mask was created specifically to be worn when a Dragon Priest betrays their order. It would make sense that a unanimous vote is necessary to oust one of them, and choose a Warlord to lead them in destroying the betrayer. Miirak did betray the Dragon Cult, so a warlord was needed to drive him out. That's my theory, at least.
If one of their own betrays them then wouldn’t that mean they could potentially not have all the masks necessary to unlock the warlord mask? Doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.
I always assumed the wooden mask was made by the Brenton who used it. Brentons are huge magic users and he enchanted it just for this purpose, which has no connection to the Dragon Priests. Being a Mage Enchanter, wood was the only medium he knew how to craft. But, that's just my theory.
See, this is why we need you. I'd never thought about any ig this. Just collected the masks for the bug tusk mask. The why never entered my mind. Now it has and I love it
Hear me out on this one, as this is a stretch: the player is a reincarnation of Konahrik. Miraak may have been the first dragonborn, but, who's to say he was the only dragonborn who was a dragon priest. Konahrik might have been the leader of the priests due to him being a dragonborn. Maybe they did fear the power of the mask, but, one of two reasons could have happened to why they would lock it up for fear it might fall into the wrong hands. Reason number one: he may have died. Either naturally or by Miraak and they locked it away in honor of their leader. Reason number two: the dragons and the other priests betrayed him. The dragons grew wary of his power, so, they instructed the priests to banish him and seal away his mask so no one would take his place. Skip forward many years as the last dragonborn is born. Konahrik's soul was reborn into the player. Granted, the mask may not be as powerful as if it might have been all those years ago, but, the player isn't exactly the physical Konahrik either, so, the full power of the mask could not be used. But hey, that's just a theory. A Skyrim theory. Thanks for reading.
The funny thing is, since you start the game with no memory there's nothing to say you aren't the exact same dragon priest who got moved forward in time. Same thing happened to Alduin so it's possible, Alduin even got sent to the same place geographically. If that's the case, you betrayed Alduin, helped to send him into the future but lost your mask and got trapped in the future too.
@@kyrothegreatest2749 that's a good idea, but, the only thing going against it is the race we can choose. Like modern day Bretons and maybe Orcs might not have been around then.
It has Always bother me how no one ever points out Ysgramor should had being under the Dragons rule... Seriously, It's so overlooked by the game, that when you said he totally worked with the Dragon Cult, it even feels like a huge revelation, despite the fact, that it's obvious!
@@ardeyni Bringing them things, shouting at clouds, yelling at the (younger) player....they really are just a bunch of stereotypical old coots aren't they?
@@Psychicduelistrbd I know the lore is left hazy purposefully but some parts state that not all the priests (excluding Vahlok, we all know he was kind and awesome) and dragons were cruel until Miraak's rebellion. I'm not sure how that lines up with the timeline of the Tongues though.
I understand maybe 2 people will read this, but i have a pretty damn good idea. In the quest, Lost to the Ages, the dragonborn works with a sage, if you will, to locate a powerful dwarfen forge, and after deafening in my opinion the most scary dwarfen robot, can craft a item out of a super dooper rare metal called Atherium or something. The connection between the dwarfs and dragon preists is “yet do be discovered” however, lets not forget that the entire race of dwarfs disappeared. I think this definitely worth looking into or dissproving.
Very easy to disprove. The dragon cult was dismantled in 1e 140 in the merethic era. The Dwemer disappeared in 700th year of the first era. Far after the dragon priests were overthrown. The person you’re referring to isn’t a sage. Just a treasure Hunter and scholar who you collaborate with to put her soul to rest. Moreover. Even if the Dwemer and dragon cult timelines synced up. The Dwemer would not be working with the dragons to create a mask out of aetherium. The Dwemer didn’t care for gods. The game files say it was created with potential ties to daedric means. Leaning into the fact that the dwemer wouldn’t have played a part due to their dismissal of gods. I could keep going. Dwemer don’t have much if anything to do with the mystery
My thoughts on how Konahrik's mask was forged: Gold tempered with a daedra heart (however daedric armor is forged in the lore, but instead of ebony, its replaced with gold)
“If my name is Bob, then I name my mask Bob. Can you see where I’m going with this?”
There’s a dragon priest named Wooden Mask
The priest was named Woody.
yeah sherlock wouldnt be happy with the complexity of his investigation
Jesus i almost pissed my pants reading this imagine u goin thru skyrim and encounter dude named wooden mask :D lol
Woody Harrelson's mask.
There's a mask in my...wait....what? XD
The Thalmor found out about skyrim's cut content
Lol
@@patrick_btmn Releasing Skyrim on Samsung Smart Fridges doesn't count Todd
I'm sorry about your Shorty
@@patrick_btmn todddddd
HAHAHAHA YOU GOD!!
From what I know of the Masks, they weren't named after the Priests - the Masks were named, and by taking the Mask, the Priest assumed the name as their own - Krosis, for example, translates to Sorrow. Konahriik translates to "Warlord". They aren't names - they are titles.
Yes! Dragon words, not Nord names.
So I absolutely agree with this and i feel like I know who it is. Check out Iron Bind Barrow when you reach a high level because, there's a specific dragon priest named Warlord Gathrik. If you think it is a title, I agree because I feel like it's Gathrik.
@@justawhiteguywitharocketla590 I didn't know about this.... So the Priests did have a Konahriik, after all?
@@maonyghtstorm8602 might be might not, but it's extremely suspicious how he has the name Warlord Gathrik and can be a dragon priest. Not to mention he's the tallest draugr and strongest
& even if that weren’t true for most of them, that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be true this one time. The player is Konahrik. You took the mask. The mask is yours.
The most powerful mask in Tamriel... "Neat" ( throws it in a chest with other random loot)
Proceeds to wear a fine hat.
@@BassMaster.454 Better than a Colovian fur hat
Well, I for one throw it in my museum (shout-out to legacy of the dragonborn)
@@crandleberrysadie Nothing is better than a Colovian fur helm
@@UrsineBloke 😂
"murdered him to DEATH" aww geez that's the worst kind of murder
You must be new
@@sirthomas2181 He says it in every one of his videos, I was just saying OP is new to the channel since it is a running gag at this point.
@@Kianamon ooof
one time a kid said aligators murder you to death
well he probaly didnt know any better since he/she was a child
"Who did the Wooden Mask belong to?"
Dragon Priest named Wooden Mask: Am I a joke to you?
We see Omar, we kill Omar we take mask Omar. We know what it's call by seeing the name over the priests head, wooden mask is unknown how would we have it's name.
everybody gangsta until a maskless Dragon Priest named "Wooden Mask" starts moving
Clearly is a joke
😂😂😂
Nah, his name is Wooden and Beth thought it would be too confusing if they named the mask you find lying in the ground wooden.
8 years later and this game still has some easter eggs and secrets that surprises me.
Same here
for real. it's mind blowing
Aren't we like 3 months from 9 years later?
ikr
It still works with mods... unlike fallout 4
Just to point something out; the mask isn't named after the wearer. The mask's names are in dragon's tongue. (Ex. Krosis = Sorrow, Konahrik = Warlord.)
I understand this is old. But doesnt dhurinviir (the lich dragon,soulcairn) refer to you as quanar-ic?
@@kylejohnston3442 Durnehviir calls the player Qahnaarin, which translates to vanquisher
@@lobotheprotector99 awesome reply my guy. You are correct, ironically I verified this last night. Thank you for the civil correction.
At that point isn’t it one and the same? That’s their new identity.
I love how old this game is but still how active this community is this video was posted 16 minutes ago from me posting this and there are 173 comments already with a couple thousand views already it’s amazing and so is Skyrim 🔥🙏❤️
People wore the wooden mask to watch the video before posting. Praise Akatosh!
Skyrim is currently a product of a good community more so than the game or development itself. The game would not have survived without the already established fanbase which bethesda constantly takes advantage of now
Why you think Todd keeps re-releasing it
It's such a great and well put together gameplay and you can play it time and time again
@@Conquistador629 You gonna buy Skyrim 3 Extreme Special Akatosh Edition on all consoles and pc?
You better fucking do
imagine getting into the end of a giant dungeon and the final boss is some dude called "wooden mask".
I'm sure I can imagine a cool way to do that.
The masks are not names. for example, KROSIS means sorrow, or Rahgot means ANGER.
& he's a riekling 😂
@@t2av159 the masks are names you daft neanderthal, they are named after the dragon priests that wear them, who were in turn named by the dragons
@@quanchuloo4333 Hevnoraak - Brutality
Krosis - Sorrow
Morokei - Glorious
Nahkriin - Vengeance
Otar - Doesn't seem to translate...
Rahgot - Anger
Vokun - Shadow
Volsung - Horrible
Konahrik - Warlord
--- Dragonborn Masks ---
Ahzidal - Hunter, Destroyer,
Dukaan - Dishonor
These are not names (maybe titles given in the dragon tongue); the dragon priests are Nords. These are not nord names.
*Pahlok FOOL! Hin kah fen kos bonaar.*
When Elder Scrolls 6 finally comes out you will have job security for the rest of your life.
Edited so I'm no longer being bothered 3 years later by people who think other's opinions don't change without their personal input.
IF it comes out, IF it's not just Fallout 76 II, Vomit Inducing Bugaboo, and IF You tube won't immediately swat Nate, for publishing violent content.
Black Cat Alphabet is a really big company. Majority of data collection keeps it secure. Even if the stock market crashes. UA-cam would be up. Just good luck on being paid.
Cut content for years
Black Cat what bubble? youtube clearly has a big demand and userbase, stocks doesent controll supply and demand, its the opposite...
I think it's more of: "They'd have to kill all 8 of us before they can take Konahrik's mask" rather than "All 8 of us would have to agree before we can use this again."
Why not both?
Probably both, but why not use it in the dragon civil war tho? Could be that Alduin "death" was too big of a hit on their military power and they didn't managed to get the mask before losing it all, who knows
Or it could be "Anyone who's badass enough to kill all eight of us and claim our masks is clearly the most powerful dude ever, and deserves to wear the mask of the warlord." Or "If one of us manages to conquer of the others, they become the warlord".
Legit curious about that playthrough and how it went if it went
could've been bit of both haha
Now this is the content I should be watching at 3AM
Hear, hear!
@@Blue-Gold_Crusader hear hear
@@davidbirkes7308 Hear Hear
David Birkes hear hear
@@Blue-Gold_Crusader hear, hear
The priest is called "Vahlok the jailor", so I would assume he owned the wooden mask and here's why... The wooden one has the power to access a pocket dimension of sorts, which was used to lock away Konahrik's mask.
The jailor must have been very powerful, since he alone defeated Mirahk, and we could assume he was the most trusted and loyal priest, focusing not on power or wealth, but to devote entirely to his mission, choosing to wear a simple wooden mask and not even bothering to name the thing.
Or simply it belongs to Miraak. Fact that it don't have any other power except that of "a wormhole effect" and don't has a name suggests that once it belonged to a traitor.
After his rebellion Miraak lost its grace in dragons' eyes, so they took its powers, so with the name, to erase story of him out of existence.
It's a shame Bethesda went the lazy route and just made him an enemy in-game. They seem to make him out as nothing but an overall good man.
@Alex Davies Miraak mask isn't probably dragon mask but gift similar in power, given to him by Hermaeus Mora. It explains also tentacle motives on it.
@Alex Davies Hermaeus Mora didn't have to create that mask. Many of daedric artifacts are created by mortals, and only claimed by daedric lords afterwards. Dragon Masks' source of power was dragons. Why should they sustain mask of blasphemous priest after he rebelled? Moreover what is the point of transforming or as you saying "corrupting" empty vessel with no power whatsoever? Isn't simpler to create one?
Remember,Daedra cannot create, only corrupt.
What if Konahrik is YOUR mask as the player character?
When you put on the wooden mask it is never specified that you travel back in time. What if you are reliving your past life as the Dragonborn in the previous Kalpa? Like a reincarnation thing. We already know that a) reincarnation exists in ES as that is the story of the Nereverine in Morrowind and that b) Azura, who is a daedra prince is behind the Nereverine prophecy, which would help further explain why the daedric smithing perk is tied to Konahrik.
This also explains why Alcuin “rescues” you in the opening scene of the game, and how he knows who you are when he resurrects Solakhniir in
Kynesgrove
My two theories are that in your past life during previous Kalpa you were the Dragonborn leader of the dragonpriests, which being Dragonborn would make the dragons trust you in such a role. You then were either doing Alduins bidding and during the revolt against the dragons the mask was taken from you OR you sided with Parthurnax and fell during Alduins vanishing and the other dragon priests sealed your mask at the alter to save it for the next Dragonborn.
That is actually an amazing theory dude!
Like holy shit that maybe even the truth!
wouldnt my past Dragornborn self also flaunt some thu'um mastery tho?
But the Nereverine was reincarnated WITHIN the same Kalpa. Also, as far as we know, while it has been confirmed that the idea of Kalpas exist, we don't know if the main timeline is a different Kalpa or if we are still in the first Kapla. After all, there have been two times that Alduin could have ended it, but decided not to. It seems likely that while Alduin knows he has the power to do this, he does not want to go through with it, as seen in this video he would rather be worshipped as a god.
To add to this, at least for my character, when i learned Dragonrend in the past, Gormlaith and others.. STARED at me, like i was one the warriors that was helping them or something.
That's a horrible theory. It's more likely the wooden mask is simply the key into the room guarded by its own (now very dead) priest. If you look at how Skyrim was structured at the time of the dragons it was a fractured country ruled by creatures with no concept of society.
The dragon priests were the go-between between the rulers of men and the rulers among men. The ruling dragon in an area would make a demand of more sacrifices or treasure, the priest would listen to the dragon, assure it that of course it'll happen and go down to the local king and tell him to get three maidens and 5 000 gold or whatever for the dragon, or it'd come down and get it himself. The king would realize that having his subjects and lands burned would not be very profitable and thus pay up.
This would foster a culture of very strong tribalism and ties to the dragon and its territory, since there's only so much of your people and wealth you can offer up to every passing dragon before you can't pay and someone burn you anyway, so the deal was most likely this:
We very small and flammable humans pay you and ONLY you lord Dragon, and you keep other dragons away from us. You tell this guy here what you want and we get it for him and he'll deliver it to you.
This however leave the entire country weak since there's no overall government, and there are still plenty of hostiles living around the Nords at that time, so every now and then a good and proper war is called for where all of Skyrim need to participate either to expand or defend. This would call for a priest to follow the army and keep an eye on the leader to make sure he doesn't get an funny ideas of disrupting the power balance between the units, dragons, humans etc and fry the enemy and display the might of the dragons (and priests) to the Nord warriors. Since all masks has to be placed it's probably a more or less democratic way of appointing someone to this position, either that all agree and place their mask, or they got killed until enough masks were gathered from the opposition to force their choice.
Something I feel is forgotten is the fact that you don't know how far you time traveled back. Konarik could have been destined to be Vahloks mask, signifying him as the greatest Dragon Priest for saving the world from eldritch horror. But the reason he doesn't have it is because YOU TOOK IT before he ever had the chance to claim it himself.
Imagine you're about to get named one of the greatest and strongest members of your society, but before you can even accept some time travelling asshole comes and takes it before(after???) you get back home lmfao
@@Bubbly_Dragon even worse, imagine being that Dragonpriest and going through your lich-like existence knowing you got robbed of a sacred artifact and title that belonged to you, only to have some random chucklefuck walk into your crypt WEARING IT before he kills you.
Fucking Tuesdays
@@angeleaterstudios1004 lmao
Hmm, why wouldn't they just make a new one for him? I don't know, I don't like this as much. I'm pretty sure the devs left this as a loose end to provide more story later. It's always a good idea to leave lots of loose ends and info like that in a fantasy universe.
Finally, mystery solved. This is like, the first "quest" I encountered the first time I played Skyrim. Since I ignored all quest markers and just wandered off like most of us do, I found this location but I never understood how it worked, until this video. Thank you.
Glad this video helped you.
Same here, I had played when it came out like what 9 years ago. I immediately remembered this area that I had cleared and seemed to serve no purpose at all. This is awesome new information :)
I knew I was supposed to come back with the other masks, I already had one, but I never got around to it. I can't remember if I have all the masks or not...
That must have been quite a sprint you took out of Helgen if Labyrinthian was the first place you stopped!
@@danieljensen2626 what was the deal with the dragon priests anyways? Like I was going along fighting dragons, and then all of a sudden these guys start being bosses. Still not sure what they are or were.
Whenever the Roman republic ran into a situation the senate couldn’t handle, they would appoint a citizen to the position of Dictator. Maybe the mask is like that. When Miraak started becoming a problem, they got together and appointed Vahlok as Konarik.
If the snow elves were holding up human expansion into Skyrim, they could have appointed Ysgramor as well.
this is THE MOST underrated comment in this video!! that just makes perfect sense! specially if you imagine this position dissociated from the negative/tyranic aspect, but rather as a neutral and occasional job (that obviously would require a pre-obtained prestige from the "candidates" to the title, such as the deeds achieved by Ysgramor, Vahlok or Miraak)
Konarhik means "Warlord" so this could actually be true
"I guess the humans finally got sick of being told what to do by creatures that didn't even have opposable thumbs."
.. Yeah sounds about right.
They did, however, have opposable Thuums.
@@Halophage I needed a giggle, thank you. xD
The only flaw to his argument is that we let housecats tell us what to do and we think it's adorable.
@@brennenreynolds1701 Some do. Definitely not everyone since not everyone likes cats.
@@brennenreynolds1701 speak for yourself.
I remember finding Krosis in my first playthrough and then slowly realizing there’s more than just one mask. I’d wear that mask frequently, it was one of my favorite items in game, and then finding more was so awesome but I literally never stumbled upon labrynthian until like my third playthrough, and I remember realizing that there’s a deeper hidden mystery to the masks and I was so hyped to find them all. This was one of my favorite things about this game. Literally three playthroughs in before I even realized this hidden gem. I’m about to start a new play through soon, and I’m so looking forward to revisiting the things that made this game so great, and to find even more.
krosis was your first mask? mind was morokei.
@@ryezheld yeah krosis was my first mask in two different playthroughs I did I believe
I think my first was the Wooden Mask, but I didn’t know what to do with it and haven’t returned to the Labyrinthian in ages. I must rectify this as I now have four other masks.
My first mask was the wooden mask
There's a Dragon Priest Mod series - Konahrik's Accoutrements - that adds more to the Dragon Priests.
Kohnarik is to be whoever could defeat all of the preists, the dragons respected strength so whoever defeated all of the priests in combat deserved the title, so the Dragonborn becomes kohnarik it’s a title not a person
A solid theory for sure
But that's a theory!
The most popular one, for sure.
I love how Nate went to visit other possibilities in this video, like, the other possible side of the story.
I still think he should have mentioned this famous theory too.
But that's just a theory... a *game* theory!
@@LordEnder86 Oh no that copyrighted.
But seriously though did Mattpatt literally Copyright that Phrase? or if it just gonna be Copyrighted if you use Mattpatt actual Audio Line (Which is Understandable, and Obvious)
True. The masks were titles that were given to the wearer rather than a mask given the wearer's name. So who ever defeats the 8 other dragon priests will be given the title warlord or kohnarik. In which case none has been able to do until the dragonborn.
Love how I know more about Skyrim’s history than my own country
You should be embarrassed actually. How do you expect to understand the present, without knowing what came before and formed it?
I can understand where your coming from but I never said I didn’t know any of my countries history. I’m rather familiar with it actually, so there’s nothing I should be embarrassed about.
@@justimagine709 I am glad of it, being a historian ;-)
What country is it?
Literally same
Well it's hard not to so much imagination and story with most countries it's just a bunch of gods raping each other and humans and lies that they existed in the 1st place
"Konahrik" means "warlord" in the common tongue. Since no Dragon Priest is related to Konahrik, what if it was meant to be for the Dragonborn?
The Dragonborn is a living army by the time he or she's found all of the Dragon Priest masks. Mastery of the Thu'um over the dragons themselves, blades or spells or shadows, claiming so titles that only one mortal in millenia could achieve without the gifts of the gods.
The Dragonborn is also completely autonomous. Like the Hero of Kvatch and the Nerevarine, the Dragonborn's entry into Skyrim is by being released from imprisonment for unknown crimes. The Dragonborn controls his or her own destiny. He or she bows to no one out of obligation or from oppression. If the Dragonborn aids someone, it is the Dragonborn's choice, not the Dragonborn's compulsion.
But I'm writing this in the middle of the video.
U make me sad
It could be possible.... We may never know...... lol
"Unknown crimes" incorrect..... Crossing the border illegally and being caught with the Stormcloaks by the Imperials. We know why the Dragonborn was captured/arrested, we simply don't know where they came from.
„Kohnarik“ also sounds a bit like „Quanahrin“ or „Konahrin“ which means „superior warrior“, or simply „victor“.
So it‘s maybe a mask is reserved to an upmost superior warrior to the dragon priests, needing all of Skyrim‘s masks to unlock.
@@SahnigReingeloetet That makes sense. And who better to claim the title of Skyrim's greatest warrior than one whose strength rivals the sun?
I can’t believe modders never took the opportunity to make a quest mod out of this. You could have the Dragonborn go back in time and interact with the dragons, dragon priests, old nords, Dwemer(?), pre-falmer snow elves. Maybe you could even be the one who starts the rebellion with the help of the nords. It would be a large undertaking considering you’d need to overhaul all of Skyrim’s map to be set in that time period with altered geography, restoration of the ruins to legitimate holds, and new weapons and armor but it would be amazing.
The reasons why no modded has done that is for all the reasons you stated. It’s a mammoth undertaking. You have to factor in real limits to the game engine and logistics of remaking Skyrim
This would be almost a completely separate game. Definitely doable tho
Bethesda turns that into a new and last dlc for skyrim
@@peterkeller4767 mod makers have done bigger projects than that
I don’t think you understand technology.
Its such a shame you can’t ever mention the masks or Konahrik specifically to Miraak or Paarthurnax. Both have such deep insight into the workings an rituals of the cult, Miraak being one of its leading Priests and Paarthurnax being second only to Alduin himself. It would be interesting to see what kind of reaction they’d have if ever presented with Konahrik or the Wooden Mask.
Would’ve been a neat bit of hidden dialogue if you approached either of them while wearing it
Now that you mention this, it’s odd how RDO or any other mods don’t really expand upon this dialogue / situation.
It would’ve been extremely good content for the mod author / the player if they actually were interested in the LORE as we are. Man, i hope someone has / does a mod like this. Haven’t heard of any tho.
@@grxy5924 why would I want someone to make a mod? I don’t want secondhand content. I want official lore.
@@Eric-kb2xt exactly 😢
@@Eric-kb2xt official lore? You could just use your imagination yk
@@Eric-kb2xt because the people who make the "seconhand content" LITERALLY care and are more educated than Bethesda at their own lore... seriously , lil bro . Have you seen how much more of the story and lore modders know comapre to Tod or his devs ? difference is night and day.
Modders are the responsible ones that Skyrim hasnt died after a decade . They keep fixing a messy game to make it good
Nate: "All the Dragon Priests named their masks after themselves."
Also Nate: Never theorizes about a mysterious missing Dragon Priest named Konahrik.
Ok, then who the hell is "Wooden Mask" then?
@@inanefabas4402 the Infamous Mannequin Dragon Priest
what if he decided to call himself wooden mask, and then named his mask wooden mask
@@Daquavious_Bingleton-III seams legit
think he's wrong about that once, the masks are named after words in the dovah language, parthuurnax apologizes with the word Krosis multiple times, Krosis is one of the masks names
The Daedric smithing perk, I believe, means that the mask is as difficult to smith as Daedric armor (or its similar to work with) and *not* that Konahrik has Daedric origins.
Why? Well if we look at Stalhrim armor, it requires the ebony smithing perk, and we are told in-game this is because a smith has to work with it in a similar way to ebony. It doesn't mean it's ebony, so in the case of Konahrik its not *necessarily* of Daedric origin. Though if it was of Aedric origin (Akatosh/maybe Alduin), that might explain the similarity.
well considering dragons are pieces of akatosh that would firmly place it in aedra territory not daedra
@@thesilverblueman Dovahs are direct offsprings of akatosh, not fragements
@@christopheredwards9904 the gods don't reproduce fragments break off and become new entities they are called "offspring" because they came from a fragment of a god whether intentional or unintentional the reason you can absorb dragon souls in skyrim is that you are also a fragment of akatosh and you absorb their fragment
@@thesilverblueman fine, we'll do it your way.👍
Daedric metal is just ebony (aka lorkhan's blood) infused with daedric essence (usually, a daedra heart).
Making parallels: this is an alloy of similar in nature to daedric, but based on gold - aka aurum - and is connected to children of an aedra by the name of Akatosh... aka Auriel.
This is *definitely* made from some kind of an aedric metal.
My personal theory is that Konahriik, being a title rather than an actual name as some people have pointed out, has a different owner. We know that some Dragon Priests were particularly nasty individuals and I imagine there would be little to no event, even the Dragon War that would have made them unanimously get out the mask, let alone decide who would wear it. Given that the Elder Scrolls saga tends to just have legendary items simply fated to fall into the player's hands, mostly like fate being played out (perhaps as written in the Elder Scrolls themselves), we do exactly what is necessary, to prove us as Dovahkiin as more powerful and greater than all the other Dragon Priests, putting the masks like trophies on the busts to claim Konahriik... OUR mask. For WE are the "Warlord" who felled the others and is the one worthy to wear the greatest mask. Only, we don't serve in the Dragon Cult, which is a bit of a snag in that plan.
A second theory, if it's not the first one, is it possible the Spectral Dragon Priest that's sometimes summoned actually Konahriik's soul? Aiding the one who wears his mask?
I like the Idea that the Dovahkiin forms a new Dragon Cult with him being Paarthurnax Dragon Priest teaching The Way Of The Voice. ESO gives a lot of new lore like Zaan the Scalecaller receiving Fire Breathe shout from her dragon Thurvokun. Same happens with Paarthurnax gifting you the Fire Breathe shout.
What do you mean you never served in the Dragon Cult? You were inducted into the order of the Greybeards, last remaining descendant of the Ancient Nord way of co-existing with Dragons.
Sure, it's a long changed remnant and they're not an authoritarian draco-dictatorship any more, but they still hold a Dragon as leader.
Did you never notice the outline similarities between Greybeard and Dragon Priest robes?
@@korstmahleryou straightened that noob out
@@allenlindsey1175 sarcasm doesn't carry so well in text and that's my fault. I should have used more exclamation marks or made it more tinfoil hat sounding or something.
@korstmahler hahha
Yes..just don't let the tin foil directly touch your head or you'll just be a bigger antenna for the govt death ray machine
Nate:"ok pause lore time"
Me: oh this is getting good
“I’ve been waiting for this!”
Is it? I the extra unnecessary dialogue.
U.K. gang
What if the dragon priests were named after the masks?
Say someone becomes a loyal dragon priest and they are given the mask and the name along with it.
Similarly Konahrik was waiting for an owner? And it COULD of been gifted to Vahlok the Jailer when he returned to Skyrim but stayed behind to keep Mirrak from arising.
You stumble upon Vahlok and he's aware you're a dragonborn and auto assumed Mirrak had come back, and attacks.
Thats...actually quite the plausible theory. I mean, think about it like this: If someone is loyal enough to give all he has to a cult, its not as much of a stretch to think that he or she would give up his or her own name, to strip himself of his former identity completely to join the ruling elite of a circle of seemingly undying, immortal priests who have ruled for millennia, unbeknownst to the public that the people wearing each masks are most likely exchanged once killed? And since Kohnariik (the mask) is so extremely powerfull, i could totally see it as something of a trump-card only revealed in absolute emergencies, which require all eight dragonpriests to come together, strip themselves off their masks to reveal their most powerfull artifact. Which may or may not have the power to call upon the souls of all deceased dragonpriests and also make its wearer factually unkillable (assuming that the effects of the mask we see ingame are a mere shadow of its true potential if worn by a properly initiated and trained dragonpriest)?
@@WH40KHero yeah, and as Starham mentioned it could of also been taken by the dragonborn when they went back in time. Preventing Vahlok from being named Konahrik or whoever it was intend for, and becoming Konahrik.
I am new to the Elder Scrolls lore in terms of seriously getting into it vs casually playing Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim so don't eviscerate me if I get this wrong, but the names of the Dragon Priests themselves don't seem like normal names for NPCs, that they are the names that the Dova would create for them which makes me like this theory. But I wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong.
Yeah, Lore wise Vahlok is more or less probably just protecting his tomb.
All the names are dragon tongue non of the priests are reallynamed like that these masks and their names are titles given to them such as Konahrik which means warlord so this was the title given to them all of the names translated are more like titles
Perhaps “Warlord” is granted to an individual nominated as such by the Dragon Priests during times of war?
@Liquid Eternity or the title (forgot exactly what it was) that the nerevarine needed in morrowind to leed them in war.
He also becomes the Senate
This is probably the truth, with them having to all be there to get it. It also has the power to summon the other priests, which would most likely be obnoxious, and almost useless outside of war scenarios.
My theory would start with the Vahlok the Jailor. Bethesda didn't name him "the Jailor" without a reason. The wooden mask belonged to Vahlok the Jailor. The Breton steals the mask from his tomb or hired some goons to do it for him. On the other hand, Konahrik belonged to Miraak from the beginning. The game represents Miraak as the first Dragonborn so he is very close to being a dovah. The case of the Konahrik has a shape of a dragon head and it is above all other dragon priests' masks. A dovahkiin would count as the cult's highest member from the default and it would also fit the description of Konahrik, meaning warlord. Dovahkiins are beings who can use shout and magic also they are good at melee combat too.
Isn't he called the jailor because he basically forced mirak to be jailed into apocrypha? He imprisoned mirak into the oblivion realms, so he gets the jailor title.
I'm sure everyone already knows this, but look at the bottom center of the altar. It is different, but it kinda looks like the akaviri symbol for dragonborn.
26:34 If you're a high enough level any final draugr in a dungeon can appear as a dragon priest just not a spectral dragon priest, for example, Warlord Gathrik.
yeah the game doesn't really have a higher leveled humanoid enemy
That explains why they didn't have any masks!
Red Eagle too
Youre not wrong but you arent right
@@InhabitantOfOddworld Yea, any final boss draugr can.
Simple: the mask does belong to the Jailer. The reason he wasn’t buried with it is because you took it. Remember: you go into the past to take it, therefor he wouldn’t have it in the future because the mask took the shortcut.
But he still doesn't have the mask even if you never went in the past to take it
Anonymous Anonymous Because it ties in either way. It could be a “past life” version of the current Dragonborn, as you don’t remember anything when you wake up, and they say you were just caught at the wrong place at the wrong time and weren’t supposed to be executed. You could’ve gone back before that mission or the beginning of Skyrim, and you also can’t remember that because of a time wipe or some negative magic aftereffects. It’s supposed to be paradoxical. Sheogorath and the Wabbajack are both in the game, and Sheogorath IS the Prince of Madness.
Anonymous Anonymous So either way you think of it, there’s many possibilities as to why he doesn’t have it.
@@ananousous that's because sooner or later you will eventually take it, even if that means you stop playing the game and your character canonically goes on their own adventures, eventually finding it
@@ananousous but the game assume you have done every quest and thing to do, so you will eventually go to the past and take the mask
I think, Ysgramor wasn't really working with the Dragonpriests to gain something out of it, but was simply forced to let them rule the land cause of the threat of the Dragons.
Some crucial difference between the Last Dragonborn and Ysgramor right there: Ysgramor had absolutely no means to fight the Dragons with, (Thu'um + ability to harvest dragon's souls and kill them for good) so he had no other choice than to submit.
I wouldn't even describe it as forced. I'd say it was more like he was born into that kingdom and it was simply the way life was for him. When the conquerors and explorers of old made their way over to the Americas, they did not claim land for themselves, but for their countries. The Nords were the countrymen of the dragon kingdom. The Nords would have claimed Skyrim for the dragon kingdom, as they were not in rebellion at that stage in time.
@@robbnoble1509 Hmm.. okay.
It's a game.... Why speculate? Bethesda will flesh it out, or maybe the won't. Makes no difference. Good game, but just a game.
@@FutureRocketMan because it's fun and we can do what we want.
@@FutureRocketMan ew?
Skyrims missing villain? Ofcourse M’aiq knows him, he is M’aiq
M'aiq couldn't hurt a fly
M'aiq has seen dragon's, maybe you will see dragon's too.
Me wondering what he meant when playing oblivion: wut
Me after playing skyrim : m'aiq is a time travelling, all knowing being older than the empire itself. M'aiq is everywhere
Wait could M'aiq have owned the wooden mask during the time of oblivion and that is how he had seen dragon's?
@@stephenthedemon2366 Y E S
Oh my god, M'aiq was a dragon priest all along!
@@Niobesnuppa M'aiq has worn many masks, ended many lives, spilled many pints of blood. It all muddles together for M'aiq
So in other words
Dragons: lntroducing our newest mask, Konahriik!
Dragon cult: 2 OP plz nerf
Vahlok kicked a dragonborn's ass (Miraak), their fight split Skyrim in two, giving us the island of Solstheim, when we meet Vahlok, he has no mask to boost himself. Either Vahlok is the most badass mortal who ever lived or he used the mask to take down Miraak
@@JargonMadjin The funnies thing about Vahlok? Lore wise he was the most chill of the Dragon Priests. The fight against him is basically him being all get out of my tomb please.
@@maximaldinotrap Yeah I think I actually heard something about Vahlok being the most chill, lol
According to UESP: "The Goldbrand is an ancient artifact, which takes the form of a golden katana. It was created by the dragons of the North. According to the legends of thieves, it was given to a great knight who was sworn to protect the dragons"
Is it possible this mask is made from the same material as Goldbrand, and that the original wielder of both was Konahrik who was sworn to protect the dragons?
This is actually pretty epic and it makes sense for the Konahrik mask and Goldbrand to be made of the same material.
I also find it tangentially interesting that the Eldergleam Amber and the Wooden Mask both resonate a melody or a hum, and that they both have connections to not only gods but time/space too. It's interesting that the Dwemer came to a similar conclusion when trying to tamper with reality/time/space and ascending to a "higher" plane of existence, so they used instruments and devices that emit tonal frequencies to alter these factors of interest. Lastly, also a stretch, the dragons, beings who are capable of using their "Voice" to conjure power and sometimes manipulate the natural structures of reality, are the children of Akatosh; the Dragon God of Time. I don't have anything significant to say while trying to connect these things together, but there seems to be a coincidental trend with sound, frequencies, and tones used and understood as a conduit to the fabric of reality and to reaching Godhood. I wonder if ancient cultures of the series had some deeper understanding to this method that was perhaps lost to time.
Dragons...
Auriel being the beginning of time,
Akatosh being on-going time, and
Alduin being the end of time
the wooden mask is to time travel
so you are in an ongoing time and travel to the begginingof time to retrieve a mask to fight against the end of time
have lots of sense.
ALso in our world Nikola Tesla said the future of medicine and humanity was about tonal frequecies
Here is my theory Konahrik is a what Dragon Cult members called their version of a High King. Either through diplomacy or war you had to get all the other masks together to be named Konahrik as the other dragon priests are minor kings in their own right. The dragon priests masks were made by either Alduin, Akatosh, or some other dragon but Miraak's mask was made by Hermaeus Mora as a symbol of their alliance. The Mask of Alkosh is the Khajit dragon cult version of Konahrik. The Mask Konahrik would be the symbol of High King until Harald's rebellion and he created the Jagged Crown, his symbol that he fell the dragons. The wooden mask was/is ceremonial, used to appoint dragon priests, and imbued with power to lock away Konahrik until another worthy of the title came along.
It means Warlord in the dragon language
My theory :
Each of the masks were forged with the help of individual high-ranking dragons in Alduin's army ,with Konahrik's creation being assisted by Alduin himself. But because of Alduin's disdain for humanity, nobody in his eyes was worthy of the mask.
With the wooden mask being forged by Paarthurnax who had alredy turned traitor ,hence why it's made out of wood instead of some precious material.
Each of the masks however, is tied to the dragon and most of these dragons were most likely killed or worse, causing the magic of the masks to go berserk and slowly corrupt their users. Hence why the majority of them went insane or were forgotten, with the exception of Nahkriin who is still very much sane and trusted.
This also explains how the masked Dragon Priests are able to not only able to serve after death but also retain so much power, to the poont where they are arguibly the most powerfull undead you can encounter in the game.
Dragons can't die of old age and can't truly be killed by conventional means, so that's why said priests are still "alive".
Konahrik being tied to Alduin also makes sense because the mask exists in the past but not in the future, similar to how Alduin exists outside of time thanks to the Elder Scroll that was used to banish him
Feel free to critique , and thx for reading this far 😁
@@patrick_btmn yeah, but only those who go to the cloud district very often get to talk to them 😗😏
@POOR PIRANO I could be completely wrong but I think that’s the dragon priest that guards the portal to sovangarde in the last quest of the main quest line
Also Vahlok was chill.
Dev's: We don't have time to put in this content
Tom: Don't worry fans will make lore video's and somehow cover it up for us
Shhhhhh, let some of the fans have their fun - at least it (sometimes) lead to good writing, which you're not getting from the source (arguably, you never did).
This is why Michael kirkbride exists
Agreed, I just wish that once in a while a studio sees a great fan theory and then confirms it giving special credit to the person who discovered it and implements it for us later in the game or in a new game provided that they really weren't sure where they wanted to go with it in the first place like you said. Oh well I rather it remain a mystery than a bad explanation though. I still believe in the Indoctrination Theory of ME3 to be the true ending and that only the Renegade action allows Shepard to snap out of it.
I always figured Konahrik was the Dragonborn's name in the Dragon cult, and only the Dragonborn could kill all 8 of them and claim the mask. Like, if you meet the Dohvakiin in a future game, they'll be a dragon priest in Konahrik and speak with Alduin's voice (since they slew Alduin and absorbed his soul).
You don't absorb Alduin's soul. in-game his body breaks apart and you see his soul shoot into the sky as if absorbed by another (probably Akatosh).
Alduins soul can’t be eaten by a mortal. He is the world eater and destined to bring the world’s end. Alduin became greedy and wanted to conquer the world not destroy it. That’s bad so Kyne created a way to return alduins soul to akatosh so that he can be reborn and follow his true destiny. Akatosh created a dragon by using a mortal body (dragonborn) and Kyne taught it to speak Dovazhul. A dragon that’s born, destined to die. A weak mortal in body but an immortal dragon in soul. This weak dragon is the opposite of alduin and it is why he is stronger. Alduin sought a strong body forsaking his soul and destiny. As Dragonborn you slay him by being weak in body but strong in your dragon soul. Shaming him. Showing him how his destiny was not to be bested by a mere mortal and that he made a mistake through greed. You send him back to his dad for a proper whooping. Dovahkiin is basically just the cop who caught a bratty rich kid drunk in public and beats his ass before dropping him off to his dads house for yet another ass beating
I like that there's no quest to get all the masks. I wish there were more voluntary quests in this game. This is kinda what the bug jars could have been.
after defeating rahlok on solstheim, the nord historian living in skaal village makes a comment about "what a book this will make!". be summat to look out for in the the elder scrolls VI.
Don’t quote me but I remember I heard that it takes place either during the oblivion crisis or shortly after it I think Inside gaming said it or I think IGN Fix said it I’m not sure
TaikaJamppa well ES6 is highly likely to be set in Hammerfell/HighRock so it will be during Oblivion just in a different place
It actually already appears in the game after you do that quest if I'm not mistaken. It's called "The guardian and the traitor"
@@major_awesome7253 Why would it be set in the past? They've already explored the Oblivion crisis.
@@major_awesome7253 I'm pretty that according to a leak sure it's actually taking place 20 or so years after the events of Skyrim.
Other than that we still have absolutely no idea what's confirmed about the game, I don't know where you got this information but it's HIGHLY unlikely that they'll go back in time for no reason.
As others have commented, the mask may have been made for the Dragonborn. Maybe not the player, but a Dragonborn to stand against evil dragons. To keep the balance between Akatosh's children and mortal races. The dragon priests may have taken it from Mirak in the battle and stripped it from his face. But before they could finish the job, Mora swept him away to safety. That resulted in the dragon priests, seeing the power this mask held and how corrupted its user became, took action to preserve the world. They locked it away where it could be found it absolutely needed, but not by any mere mortal. They also renamed it, as an insult to the former priest that wore it. calling it warlord as a way to show what it turned Mirak into. And with that, the mask was left undisturbed by anyone for eons.
That might also be what kept them from fully dying. A fear that the mask would be found and used as a weapon against the whole world, and so they stayed in this realm, never fully dead and at peace. Ever guarding the keys to the most dangerous weapon of their age.
Damn..
Counter point most of the dragon priests are super duper evil.
@@ambulancekun3142 i was waiting on this.
Yes the priests were evil. But Mirak's plan was to undo not only their work but ALL mortal races, and subjigate even the dragons.
The world the priests sought was threatened and they took action to handle the issue and preserve what they wanted the world to be. The accidental benefit being that the rest of the world was saved as well
@@michellealinateague9892 an example of this in another lore is the system lord Anubis whose crimes were so great that evil mfs like Ra and Osiris banded together to cast him down. think of it as a lawful evil syndicate who works to keep control and the coin coming in ain't going to like the maniac who wants brandish his weapons in public.
My first playthrough I put on the wooden mask and when I was teleported I dropped the mask instead of unequiping it. Never bothered to revisit it until the next playthrough a few years later
Bro that's a glitch because you aren't even supposed to be able to drop objects there 😅
@@bigenemy000
You can store any items in the chests & urns there & display things on the cabinets. I keep all the masks on the altar & place dragon priest daggers & staffs on display. Along with the three masks you gain from the dragonborne solsteim expansion.
I love the idea of who.. or what.. ever made/owned the wooden mask looking on from the afterlife watching this happen...
"It's gonna be so cool, when they put on my mask, they will teleport to this secret room and see there are more masks to collect. They are gonna want to get them all, and when they do, they get the ULTRA MASK" >D
"Someone found my mask.. FINALLY.. this is gonna be awesome!!!!" =D
"Oh.. he got stabbed by his guards.. lame" =[
"No wait, someone else is coming... The Last Dragonborn?!? This is gonna be so much better than planned!!" =D
...
"And he dropped it in the secret room, sealing it off forever... that's just... great... just great.." =/
=P
I could've sworn the "Dragon Priests" that are floating around in TES Skyrim are "undead". They're NOT still alive....
Yeah, they're very much undead.
"If they aren't alive, how come they walking all over he place?" - Anthony Anderson in Scary Movie 3
Well undeath is not the same as actual death
seem llike the Lich's from the previous games. they never died, they simply preferred not being tied to mortal bodies anymore...moved their souls into a vessel...one with their name..
you can fact check this for sure if their magic resistancies are comparable to draugr. My septim's that yes they are draurgr
1:02 me a long time fan of this channel with bad memory: ah yes of course that place and the things
COOKIE WOKE lol
@@patrick_btmn Hooo boy, thanks based Todd!
Here is a Theory. What if that Wooden Mask was actually constructed by the Dwemer. The Dwemer dealt in harnessing the power of sound and possible time/realm travel. The mask is said to hum with a sound and sends you back in time.
Yeah! That must be why they took the Elder Scroll!
I do think that they also had something to do with the Khajiit mask because it looks sculpted out of Dwemer Ingots because of it's color and carvings.
@@connorhuchteman I thought the dwemer disappeared because they created a mechanical god
Shouting is a form on tonal architecture. Far more likely it is Indeed linked to dragons and the dragon priests alone
@@flatd13tsoda56 Yeah a way more plausible theory on how they were teleported to a realm of oblivion showed up
It was created by a mage in order to go back in time
I personally believe that the dragon priests adopted the names of the masks they were given and not the other way around. That explains why the priest without the mask didn't share the name with Konahrik. In a similar vein as the Umbra sword forces its identity and name on the wielder. That would be yet another interesting way for the dragon overlords to control their highest priests and ensure loyalty. Which would mean that all masks are made by dragons (maybe even including Akatosh/Alduin) and not the priests.
I like the idea that Konahrik was made by Alduin (it sends back souls/shades of dead dragon priests, that he might have potentially devoured) and the wooden mask was made by Akatosh (for the time travel powers, but without a recipient)
Another idea I've been playing with was that maybe the fact that the wooden mask doesn't have a name is the reason why it doesn't have an owner? Assuming that the priests took the names (and maybe identities) of the masks, someone taking on the wooden mask without a name would become nameless and without identity, becoming a sort of erased from existence. Or maybe it is similar in function to the Cowl of Nocturnal, hiding the wearer's name and identity if they take on the mask as their own. Maybe that one was the mask meant for the maskless dragon priest but he didn't wear it without needing it as it would kinda make him "Ethereal/invisible/non-existing" and his pride couldn't take it.
"Alkash" is Russian derogatory slang for alcoholic. That really put a surprising spin on this video and on Akatosh entirely.
*slurred heavy russian accent* I AM THE GOD OF THE SUN- *vomits onto Kynareth*
I think Miraak fits perfectly in this. It's clear that his armor and mask were made for him by Hermaeus Mora judging by their looks and abilities. It's could be that this used to be his original mask but he switched it when he turned against other dragon priests.
I think that maybe hermaeus mora warped Miraak's mask when Miraak teamed up with him
@@MysticalTheAutistical Thinking the same thing since it looks like a Dovah mask just with tendrils over it. Basically saying that Hermaeus Mora's rule is greater than that of the Dovah or Miraak's own free will; claiming him as his pawn/champion.
Exactly. And the Wooden Mask belongs to Vahlok, used to seal away Miraak's old mask after he fled to Apocrypha. If Miraak were to try and return to claim his mask, he would have to defeat all 9 remaining priests. It also makes sense that Vohlok would hide his mask elsewhere, knowing that Miraak may come for him first, for revenge over his defeat.
It doesn't make sense that Miraak's mask was made after his defeat, because he clearly had a tentacled influence on the 3 dragon priests on Solthstim.
(God damn, trying to remember how to spell all these made up names lol)
Hey TheEpicNate315, did you know that if you go to the final fight with Alduin while wearing a dragon priest mask he’ll make a comment on it? I really loved the Krosis mask my first play through and wouldn’t switch it out for any other headgear, so when I got to the fight I remember Alduin saying something like “Ah Krosis, even you would dare to turn against me”.
:o amazing!
Yo that's wild
Krosis translates to 'sorry' or 'my apologies' in dragon language so it is likely alduin was saying that
@@yamysnao5977 I don't know, I don't really remember him saying that to me and I don't wear these masks. I can go back and play Skyrim and kill Alduin without a mask and see for myself.
@@DconStarstormGaming yea I don't remember this dialogue either
I do however know that paarthunax says krosis multiple times during speech regardless of your headgear
Don't forget the wooden mask doesn't just take us to the past; it takes us to a sealed chamber that we can't escape from. It doesn't work anywhere else. Which fits both the idea of a safehaven and a prison. It would make sense that Konahrik was Mirak's original mask, and the wooden mask was Vahlock's mask: the security measures to keep the mask safe could then have some sort of symbolism for the details of Mirak's defeat during his revolt.
Well but Miraak and Vahlok were living in Solstheim. And the Konahriik Mask and that time travel place are in skyrim. Do both of them ever visited skyrim or even live there?
@@ashraarrafi5810 Miraak does say that he could have killed Alduin long ago. But eh chose not to.
@@ashraarrafi5810wouldn't they have the magic stones that teleport you straight there?
"...Hope he (the hired body guard) got a bad Yelp! review."
I'm pretty sure the Breton "yelped" when the body guard stuck his knife in his chest.
how dare you.
Perfection
Said the Spymaster about Corvo
There was more than just 8 Dragon Priests in Skyrim, those 8 were just the Lords of them.
but they're the most important, the other are nameless and mask-less, so they can be disregarded
@@christopheredwards9904 They cannot be disregarded, they were still ruling over other mortals same as the 8 Dragon Priest Lords, some of them could've been more powerful than the Lords themselves but weren't elected to higher ranks. They were as important, Miraak first Dragonborn. Vahlok is amazingly powerful, his fight with Miraak made Solstheim split from Skyrim mainland. Ahzidal the first great human enchanter, he enchanted the blades of the 500 Companions. Ahzidal, Dukaan and Zahkriisos were Miraak's acolytes. All those Priests were masked, and were named after their masks. Some of them probably were more powerful than the Dragon Priest Lords.
@@kjaldir1089 Unnamed Dragonpriests are most likely no where near the strength of the lord's lol. They literally haven't left any impact on Nirn there's no documentation of their exploits or feats. Also the masks are supposed to be Representative of Rank, it's very rarely power doesn't play into rank and considering Azhidal, Mirak, & Vahlok were some of the strongest mortals ever I'd make a good guess power was the biggest part in ranking them. Even Masked priests with little backstory give reasons to believe they're Exceptionally strong.
- Alduin trusts Nahkrin with protecting the portal to Sovengarde. Logically he'd have to be absurdly strong for Alduin to trust him with protecting the portal.
-Mirakk Trusted Dukkan & Zahrikosis to some extent. Most likely signifying some level of strength considering Azhidal was also apart of his circle and he's both absurdly strong & Knowledgeable.
Majority of the Masked priest have some type of evidence/lore that can be used to quantify their strength and solidify their placement among the Dragon proest lords. The unnamed ones have literally nothing, their's no reason to try and gauge their power to be above the Lords in the Slightest.
Edit: The masks were also given to those Alduin Trusted. Why would he give them to weaker Priests? To control them? That wouldn't make any sense considering many consipired with Mirakk, who literally was the only person at the time who could've slain Alduin.
@@probablyDae5832 I never ever said unnamed Priests were stronger. I said there are more than just those 8 Dragon Priest Lords, and I pointed that Miraak wasn't a Lord, was masked and named, and was op as hell. Yet we see Vahlok and he is UNMASKED, he has no mask, whether because he wore the Konahrik mask we don't know. But during the fight with Miraak he was Vahlok not Konahrik, and their fight was land shaping. If he was the Konahrik then 8 Dragon Priest Lords chose the strongest one among themselves to fight Miraak a non Dragon Priest Lord and his acolytes. If he wasn't Konahrik then why would the 8 powerful Dragon Priest Lords send not a Lord after Miraak.
Masks weren't given by Alduin to the Priests, they were given by the 'Dragons'. Each Priest had his own Dragon who made a mask for them e.g. Zaan and
Thurvokun.
Miraak and Ahzidal are examples where you can be powerful and not be a Lord. With both of them reaching into Oblivion for Daedric knowledge because the knowledge of the Dragon Cult wasn't enough for their power lust. Being a Lord doesn't mean you're the most powerful, it could be just you're powerful enough and influential enough as the Dragon didn't care much about how the Dragon Priests ruled and managed mortal related stuff.
EDIT:
Just because we don't know about many unnamed Priests doesn't mean they weren't powerful. As a fact we know very little about the kingdom of the Snow Elves and they weren't a Cult they were whole nation. Nords are just good at cleaning after they're done. Same goes for the Cult, after the Dragon War, Nords wanted to distance themselves from the Cult days and erased many records.
@@kjaldir1089 What is a good mod to Overhaul the Imperials on Xbox???
The eldergleam: im one of the oldest living things in Tamriel
The hist: hold my last kalpa
lmao nice the hist are said to be from the previous kalpa
All the yokudins: bruh really
One potential key distinction:
The Eldergleam: I am a unique individual that has existed nearly from the exact beginning of linear time.
The Hist: Our species came from a previous time.
Yokudins: My ancestors came from another time.
@@feralphantom94 we don’t know much about hist reproduction. It’s entirely possible that there is no death or birth of hist, only motion. Could easily be the same hist in black marsh from previous kalpae. I am inclined to think this is the case, given the presence of a hist at the wedding
Konahrik was a dragon priest who served as one of alduin's top priests during the great dragon wars during the merethic era his name meant "warlord" in the dragon language he was one of the only known dragon priests to be a dragonborn his reputation was so great for the dragon cult that they built an entire city for him to rule and that city is known by us as labyrinthian but back then it was the great city of bromjunaar
Head canon asf
To your point about Ysgramor being associated with the Dragon cult, the ancient Nord language is perfect evidence of that, since their use of the Voice has been innate since the beginning of recorded Tamrielic history.
That said I like your take on that mask being some kind of Insurance policy for the mortals directly from Akatosh for slaying "evil dragons." That part makes sense if i remember something Paarthurnax said, which was something like "Even Alduin was once noble (or good or something) until he turned evil/ mad."
Great video
It would also explain the security around it. If it was gifted prior to all the masks, to slay evil dragons, and then dragons took power and enslaved humanity, it stands to reason for all the dragon priests; loyals to their masters, to hide the weapon who could harm them away from the masses.
Sealing the only thing which could bring an end to their control.
@@gerardlacroix6015 and hiding it in a human accessible time pocket no less. Someone would have to be extremely sympathetic to the mortal cause to even have a hope of obtaining it, like a dragon born capable of collecting the masks.
Maybevthe mask was meant to belong to someone temporary in times of war voted on by the 8 priest to command the armies uniformly hence warlord
Wait, whoa, whoa! What was that "the Vigil of Stendarr won't like this" comment in the top left corner at 8:56?
For real. Its related to a mod somehow, but I haven't found anything.
I think it's a Vigilant overhaul mod
@DEEJMASTER 333 I hope you're wrong, I can't find Master of Disguise on XBox1.
I actually think Konahrik was Paarthurnax's personal Dragon Priest. He was killed when Alduin discovered Paarthurnax's treachery and his mask was preserved and treasured in the Labyrinthian Mask Shrine and only those who can find all the masks and defeat Alduin can obtain the mask. So I feel like Paarthurnax intended for the Last Dragonborn to become the new Konahrik
"But that's just a theory, A GAME THE-
Nope, that's copyright"
Friend : There’s nothing new in Skyrim
Me : Missing Villain
Friend: WHERE ?!!!
Non of my friends know skyrim qwq
@@julietgracetalaba1728 Get new friends...
@@julietgracetalaba1728 I'm sure they do. Todd Howard has made sure EVERYONE has bought at least 2 different copies of Skyrim at this point.
@@johnathanheatherman6438 he held my family at gunpoint until I bought the Elder scrolls smart fridge.
This is a cry for help.
@@_valstrax_8748 I cannot help you, I am a marketing point for Skyrim on all platforms. I wish I could help yo- [TRANSMISSION TERMINATED]
This guy should just make a documentary of all of tamriels backstory that’s like 2 hours long
Ysgramor: *Exists*
Nate: The Nords Story vol. 76
I'm beginning to think Nate wrote all the Songs of the Return
For the wooden mask: remember how akatosh is the god of time? Something something time-travel something. Could the mask of alkosh be akin to it rather than kenahrik?
For the missingno in the room: that bizarre power rangers reference of a mask could be some sort of a ritual mask that was used only with other 8 priests' permission?
Also why not noclip out of the room in its past state to explore more? Could this be a part of a cut quest?
I did noclip, there’s nothing
@@diobrando9842 no stone masks or anything? Hmm...
@@romanthegambler6966 its the room in an empty cell
i tryed unless its different on pc
@@eeveetoby what else is in the loadzone?
@@romanthegambler6966 was that a jojo reference?
If Skyrim has this much lore, I can't imagine how many tiny details are going to be in TES6.
That’s the only reason it’s taking so long. They’re trying to make sure Nate has plenty of content
It's gonna be shit if Bethesda follows suit to their recent work.
@@Maartwo hi
I'd prepare to be disappointed if I were you.
Don't hold your breath
The Dragonpriests aren't really alive anymore. They are draugrified.
While still being conscious and not a brainless Draugr like the usual ones.
I now want a version of Falling in Reverse's song Zombified, but replaced with draugrified. Thank you for that.
Why hasn't anyone made a mod about exploring ancient Skyrim via this mask yet? This feels like a huge missed opportunity.
I tried it, doesn’t do anything
@@stunner9005 Dang, feels real bad. At least you tried though.
Sounds interesting, perhaps it could be requested at Nexus mods.
Because you will need to remake all of the map, all of the cities and no one wants this work
@@erichdegurechaff9515 they are literally putting morrowind and oblivion into skyrim, so i know for a fact there is people that would do it
Have you ever thought of doing a video on the races of Nirn we haven’t been able to play? For example the Tsaesci, the Kothringi, and the Maormer just to list a few.
The Sinistral mer and the Lilmothiit (fox-folk) too. I'd dig watching a video on this.
>"gold shouldn't be that strong"
dude they're makig ARMORS OF GLASS
you still doubt their materials knowledge?
It's just called glass. It's really moonstone and malachite. There are both videos on you-tube and in game books that explain this.
@@jonathancollins1868 didn't read any explanation yet, but as materiał engineer I can tell, that both glass and moonSTONE would not be good material for armor as long as it's ceramic. Malachite is, as I remember, also some kind of glass.
Yes, yes, I know- fantasy amd magic can make miracles. But so can it make with gold.
@@swierkupitok7264 Yeah bethesda took some libertys with their crafting materials. Another example is quick silver, more commonly known as mercury. Quick silver is a liquid a room temperature and yet in elder scrolls its used in crafting weapons and armor. Just wanted to say that Glass armor isn't the common window glass that most people think of, but something completely different.
@@jonathancollins1868 my first adventure with skyrim was with polish version. When I saw "mercury ore" it was just one great "wtf man?!". Then I though it was mistake or misunderstanding in translation. Then I started playing in English. It was even bigger mindfuck. But that really makes you realise how different is this world... Or maybe it's completely different substance, but, by some strange accident, it have the same name as liquid metal in our world. Imagine altmer reading some book about "earth" and laughing about how brittle glass is.
Certain Irl tank armor was/is made with glass sandwiched between metal plates, so yeah I’m pretty sure that could stop a sword or an arrow to the knee.
I've found that when fighting Vighar, it says Critical hit on Volkihar Master Vampire. This is in the Anniversary Edition as well. So I believe Nate is right when he said Vighar is the original Volkihar Vampire leader
I feel like the dragon priest you can summon wearing the mask is also a candidate. I mean, look at Arniel Gane. Though of course you can just straight up summon him, but is it too far to assume that the priests have very close ties with the masks they wore, to the point they were bound in death to them?
Now THIS is a very good suggestion, it's also similar to the Spectral Assassin in the Dark Brotherhood, I wonder if the Spectral Dragon Priest has any unique dialog.
Summonable dragon priest?
@@wyvernslayer4530 did you watch the video? the mask has a 3% chance to summon a spectral DP when your health falls below 15%
Wow man, you got a lot of information here that answered some of the questions I always had about this place and these masks.
But after everything you pointed out I think you came so close, but didn't quite get there. And I think it all steams to one interpretation you made that was fundamental to your thinking. That being that you view the 8 masks being needed to unlock Konahrik as a lock put in place by the dragon priests. I have a different interpretation, and that's it's a lock put in place by the dragons themselves. Possibly by Akatosh himself. A fact I think is backed up by several choices made by the developers.
To start with there is the name, Warlord. You need all 8 masks to unlock the Warlord. I think that pretty much sums it up right there. How do you get your 8 masks? By killing every dragon priest and claiming the mantel of Warlord. Sounds like a very dragon thing to do to me, to reward the one strong enough to beat your strongest acolytes.
Next you have the wooden mask, made out of the material that would be most susceptible to the ravages of time. Yet time is exactly what it influences. Clearly Akatosh made the wooden mask. And it's purpose was to work as the gateway for someone to the vault were Konahrik was waiting. Again, this person would have had to have taken all 8 masks from the most powerful people in Tamriel.
Now we have the fact that neither mask has a name from its owner. And the reason for that is actually very simple, they don't have any. Or rather, they didn't.
Because now they do, the Warlord has come to claim what was always meant for him.
So if you can't see were I'm going with this, then let me spell it out. Konahrik is the mask of the dovahkiin, only to be claimed after proving himself worthy. I assume for the purpose of fighting Alduin and purging him from Akatosh. So the player is the original owner. Also, take note of the fact that the mask is concealed with in a dragons head. Symbolizing that it is a gift being bestowed by a dragon to the player. Just as the lore states all masks were given to the original owner.
Agreed
Damn dude ur pretty smart lol
Nice. I like it!
This is exactly where I was going with it too. I've been saying for a while, it's the mask of the dragonborn.
Hehe I can't read all that
I use the mask room as my treasure trove. Keeping all the unique weapons, armor, and treasures that I don't frequently use in each of the chests and vases. And I keep the wooden mask in my dremora buttler's inventory (I call him Lawrence (Yes, that's a Ratchet & Clank reference))
Did that once; lost some items in the process, though
Sure thing you do. You might have trouble getting your "tresure" back though... seeing that all containers there reset.
@@colejosephalexanderkashay683 Only one of the vases deletes stuff.
@DEEJMASTER 333 Only one of the vases resets. The rest are fine.
@@4f52 I actually don't, considering only one of the vases resets.
replay skyrim after a few years, and listen to your vids like to a podcast^^ still love all the tiny details and theories
I just noticed that there are quite a few moments where bodyguards or workers turn on each other, and it's usually documented in notes.
These nords are shockingly literate, even the bandits
The pin is mighter then the sword
@@kyliandavis3250 That's how they honour Yeetsgramor the Historian
When are we getting a “Top 10 Thiccest* Characters in Skyrim”
*Thiccest
@@lc_dubb9947 glad you corrected him so I didnt have to lmao
After we get "top 10 most interesting rocks"
DukeofLorraine 69 likes lmao
They're all built the same
11:25 It's obvious, the guy's name was "Wooden Mask." Obviously.
This channel has single handedly inspired me to jump back into skyrim and really be able to appreciate the lore.
"Dragon priests name their masks after themselves"
oh i didnt meet the dragon priest called wooden mask, good name though
It's more likely the priests (considering how long the dragons ruled, it must have been quite a few generations) who were granted the masks took the name of the mask instead of the other way around. It's quite unlikely the undead priests ruled for all that time, considering their incredibly poor habit of attempting to murder anyone and everyone they see. Even the vampires are better rulers than that.
The priests we fight are most likely just the last ones to wear theirs before their respective hold/dragon/temple fell.
It could also be that the wooden mask was stolen from the "hero's" tomb, TheEpicNate didn't touch on that
Maybe one of the DP that died had a name that translated to “Wooden Mask” for whatever reason. Unless I’m misunderstanding, I think Nate said during lore time that *not all of them* were dead. Idk, though. Or, maybe one of the DP that died had carved the wooden mask from the Eldergleam and decided not to name the mask after themself to be anonymous. Maybe they could’ve been anonymous so nobody knew it harmed the precious tree. Still, I’m just guessing.
Wooden mask was created by a mage in order to go back in time
The mask have his wood some special properties
"This greatly angered said guard, so much so that he murdered the Breton to death."
"Purposefully hiding" - I just feel the pain of a fellow dev running out of names for his files xD
Maybe the Warlord mask was created specifically to be worn when a Dragon Priest betrays their order.
It would make sense that a unanimous vote is necessary to oust one of them, and choose a Warlord to lead them in destroying the betrayer. Miirak did betray the Dragon Cult, so a warlord was needed to drive him out.
That's my theory, at least.
If one of their own betrays them then wouldn’t that mean they could potentially not have all the masks necessary to unlock the warlord mask? Doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.
@@redomer91 Not necessarily. The eight named dragon priests weren't the only ones that existed, just the eight most powerful.
@@DaZebraffe Why would they bring out the special mask for lesser priests?
I always assumed the wooden mask was made by the Brenton who used it. Brentons are huge magic users and he enchanted it just for this purpose, which has no connection to the Dragon Priests. Being a Mage Enchanter, wood was the only medium he knew how to craft. But, that's just my theory.
A GAME THEORY
ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD CUT-
So powerful he could warp time but not powerful enough to defeat a troll?
@@b2superbattledroid977 He might have been a very academic wizard, with little combat experience…?
"Pause. Lore time" hit different.
Elder Scrolls version of “Stop, Hammer time”
See, this is why we need you. I'd never thought about any ig this. Just collected the masks for the bug tusk mask. The why never entered my mind. Now it has and I love it
“Fists are connected, every part of your body is connected.”
-Bilbo Baggins
Yes.
Damn Bethesda been cooking up some spicy Elder Scrolls: 6 storylines or maybe a cheeky little DLC on the side
Also a mask made by askatosh that you have to travel through time to get, makes a lot of thematic sense. Since he is the god of time
Hear me out on this one, as this is a stretch: the player is a reincarnation of Konahrik. Miraak may have been the first dragonborn, but, who's to say he was the only dragonborn who was a dragon priest. Konahrik might have been the leader of the priests due to him being a dragonborn. Maybe they did fear the power of the mask, but, one of two reasons could have happened to why they would lock it up for fear it might fall into the wrong hands. Reason number one: he may have died. Either naturally or by Miraak and they locked it away in honor of their leader. Reason number two: the dragons and the other priests betrayed him. The dragons grew wary of his power, so, they instructed the priests to banish him and seal away his mask so no one would take his place. Skip forward many years as the last dragonborn is born. Konahrik's soul was reborn into the player. Granted, the mask may not be as powerful as if it might have been all those years ago, but, the player isn't exactly the physical Konahrik either, so, the full power of the mask could not be used. But hey, that's just a theory. A Skyrim theory. Thanks for reading.
i like this theory
The funny thing is, since you start the game with no memory there's nothing to say you aren't the exact same dragon priest who got moved forward in time. Same thing happened to Alduin so it's possible, Alduin even got sent to the same place geographically.
If that's the case, you betrayed Alduin, helped to send him into the future but lost your mask and got trapped in the future too.
@@kyrothegreatest2749 that's a good idea, but, the only thing going against it is the race we can choose. Like modern day Bretons and maybe Orcs might not have been around then.
@@JustinOwenthebeardedginger That is true. Bretons came from Mer and Man crossbreeding.
This awesome fan theory makes Skyrim like 100x more epic and compelling, imo. Thanks for posting it. :D
Maybe the wooden mask belongs to Ysgramor as a way to travel to the shrine in its own little realm
It has Always bother me how no one ever points out Ysgramor should had being under the Dragons rule...
Seriously, It's so overlooked by the game, that when you said he totally worked with the Dragon Cult, it even feels like a huge revelation, despite the fact, that it's obvious!
@@ardeyni Bringing them things, shouting at clouds, yelling at the (younger) player....they really are just a bunch of stereotypical old coots aren't they?
Ikr? He was even buddies with Ahzidal. I feel like we were cheated out of some kind of epic questline...
It's like everyone wants you to ignore he was a peon of the Wildly hated, enemies of everyone, "defeated by the nords" Dragons!
After a while I started thinking that Ysgramor might have been a Dragon Priest.
@@Psychicduelistrbd I know the lore is left hazy purposefully but some parts state that not all the priests (excluding Vahlok, we all know he was kind and awesome) and dragons were cruel until Miraak's rebellion. I'm not sure how that lines up with the timeline of the Tongues though.
23:39 the jailer actually destroyed his mask to defeat miraak, it’s what caused enough force to split solthseim from Skyrim
Wait is this Canon? He destroyed his Mask?
The Jailor could have been the “wooden mask” wearer.
I understand maybe 2 people will read this, but i have a pretty damn good idea. In the quest, Lost to the Ages, the dragonborn works with a sage, if you will, to locate a powerful dwarfen forge, and after deafening in my opinion the most scary dwarfen robot, can craft a item out of a super dooper rare metal called Atherium or something. The connection between the dwarfs and dragon preists is “yet do be discovered” however, lets not forget that the entire race of dwarfs disappeared. I think this definitely worth looking into or dissproving.
Very easy to disprove. The dragon cult was dismantled in 1e 140 in the merethic era. The Dwemer disappeared in 700th year of the first era. Far after the dragon priests were overthrown. The person you’re referring to isn’t a sage. Just a treasure Hunter and scholar who you collaborate with to put her soul to rest. Moreover. Even if the Dwemer and dragon cult timelines synced up. The Dwemer would not be working with the dragons to create a mask out of aetherium. The Dwemer didn’t care for gods. The game files say it was created with potential ties to daedric means. Leaning into the fact that the dwemer wouldn’t have played a part due to their dismissal of gods. I could keep going. Dwemer don’t have much if anything to do with the mystery
My thoughts on how Konahrik's mask was forged: Gold tempered with a daedra heart (however daedric armor is forged in the lore, but instead of ebony, its replaced with gold)