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I need to ne more awake i know theres some of these i keep forgetting to follow, unfortunately my memory is bad so i am commenting here so ill see it if i forget i watched it. [ I took some pretty serious damage and went from a great me ory to like a gold fish. So relying on seeing this >.>]
IT'S FROM MIAD THE LIAR! HE KNOW MORE, TELL SOME, AN INVINCIBLE CHARACTER THAT RUN AROUND THE WHOLE CILRODIL SKYRIM, ALSO MORROWIND, NO PLACE THAT HE DIDN'T SET FOOT ON
@@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Thank you bandit number 527, you were so brave when I disintergrated you with my newly learned lightning storm. A minutes silence please...
His name was Steve. He took an arrow to the knee soon after that and got married to a barmaid. They bought a small farm near bruma where they raised their 3 children and lived a good life together.
There is a mod that gives the names of the four whiterun guards who went with us to battle the first dragon fight. And then after the fight, we become best bros with them and see them patrolling Whiterun.
I really like the idea of Paarthunax daintily writing these letters with a quill in his giant clawed hands, and handing the letter off to a courier that has to climb the Throat of the World every time.
"It is not easy to write on this small paper with this small pen when my talon is way down here and my face for seeing the paper is way up here, but I have had 11 thousand years of practice. I also write poetry. Sadly no one buys it because they all hate dragons." ~Paarthunax.
@@marintoss it's wulfrud n partysnaxxx. Remember in high Hrothgar wulfrud teaches yuh your very first shout. Partysnaxxx per the letter is showing yuh where every shout is so yuh can defeat alduin. The whole " caused quite a stir" is because they know if yuh keep shouting out in public alduin or another dragon might hear yuh n might make a visit and destroy 💩. Yuh find this out when yuh refuse to off partysnaxxx and Delphine gets pissed n bans yuh from the temple.the dragonborn response is that partysnaxxx has been helping him defeat alduin and the rest of the dragons. But if yuh off partysnaxxx angier will get pissed and ban yuh from high Hrothgar because he knows partysnaxxx was helping yuh save the world. Enjoy!!!
Awesomness The Barbarian hmmmm something doesn’t seem right here unless YOU HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST SKYRIM AND HER PEOPLE WHAT DO YOU HAVE SAY IN YOUR DEFENSE
Dragonborn: *walking through black reach* Courier: *pops up from no where* "I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only."
stubby hands its a letter and a lot of gold something about it being your...uh, inheritance? Oh, and sorry for your loss. *opens letter* i dont even know who this is
which brings us back to the theory of the courier being the messenger of Hermaus Mora as he's the one sending these letters to the last dragonborn as he already sees the potential for a replacement for Miraak.
The Courier is more powerful than you may think. He can travel anywhere in these dangerous lands, sometimes equipped with nothing but a hat and underwear. No one else can do that.
Regarding the courier thing, I'm gonna use his own famous words here: "I've been looking for you..." So he doesn't actually know where we are. He might from a game mechanic point of view, but lore-wise, he simply looks for us until he finds us.
@@TheButcherCat Spawns in Blackreach: "I've been looking for you" -The courier stands before the dragonborn with tattered clothes, many bruises and cuts.
Speaking of the courier’s lines, he also says “your hands only” right before giving you a letter from the orphanage that he was specifically asked to distribute to everyone he meets, which I find very funny.
So, I defeated Miraak and, after heading back to Skyrim, I got another letter that read "You caused a bit of a stir in Apocrypha when you demonstrated..." Got a hunch Herma Mora might be to blame.
@@why-qz6zq sheogorath is obviously the culprit, then. the one suspect with the omnipresence necessary, who has no need for motive, and no lust for result, who gets the benefit of watching a man topple entire empires by screaming inane gibberish at the top of his lungs. CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!!!
That's the most likely answer. This entire video hinges upon the assumption that it's a singular entity with infinite knowledge, which simply isn't likely. Such entities wouldn't likely resort to sending a letter.
@FusRoDah Daily @Veine Maybe he - As every creature on Nirn - also hates himself; so he wants you to become stronger and eventually end his life sooner.
@@LegendStormcrow Considering he had us go on wild goose chase for items that'd perform the ritual supposedly for becoming a lich that didn't actually work... Nah. He's definitely trustworthy. He still gave me my fishy stick.
The first time I received the Letter from a Friend, it directed me do Rannveig’s Fast, implying that the whole thing was just a trap set by Sild the Warlock. Never felt so betrayed.
He can take any form. For example...a simple courier? One that always knows, where we are and will always reach us there? One that noone can escape from? Think about it...Also "very nice" profile pic
That would explain why he goes thought Heaven and Earth to search for YOU, no matter where you go. Dragonborn: Why do you keep following me? Courier: Because I dont want a giant tentacle blob of eyes and darkness to fuck me in the morning. Dragonborn: ... understandable.
@@saladmancer4802 lmao relatable. I only check the letters when i have nothing to do, then I'll go and get the word, but not before fucking around for hours than remembering my personal goal.
If you kill Paarthurnaxx you receive the letters still so it cant be him or the Greybeards because they refuse to help you. Same goes with the blades they refuse to aid you if you dont kill Paarthurnaxx. They cant be it either.
I thought the friend was Parthonax, being a dragon himself can hear the shouts and being an elder dragon he knows where the walls are from the old tombs.
@@LoganAppel he said it himself that the wild urges of the dragon is still in him that’s why he stays isolated for himself and for others to try to slay him
Since I first started, I always thought that it was delphine. When you ask her who she is, she says 'a friend', and I'm pretty sure the note in Ustengrav says a friend.
I always thought it was delphine bc she's a blade sworn to look for the dragonborn and she's close with the greybeards and they should know where the words are and whenever the dragonborn shouts. Plus she takes jurgens horn to lure in the dragonborn to her shop bc dragonborns can only get this quest and that's basically the only way of getting to meet the dragonborn, So I just assumed they were coming from her and the greybeards. There's more connections I can make but I'm currently fighting 3 fucking dragons with 5 cavebears rn
"You've caused quite a stir in Apocrypha when demonstrating your thu'um..." So apparently Delphine is an extremely powerful sorcerer capable of interdimensional scrying, and not a dried up old hag who has it in for an old grey dragon who's just minding his own business and bettering himself after serving an atrocious warmonger.
@@lsswappedcessna I'm almost convinced Hermeaous Mora (I hope I'm spelling that right) is telling her where I am. I mean, I got a letter saying, ' you caused quite a stir whilst demonstrating your thuum in Kagrenzal cavern', Kagrenzal is nowhere near any civilization, there's no other way for her to know where I am.
@@SaDMSOfficial Nah, Delphine was there shortly after we get the Dragon Stone, her map has clearly the same outline and etching... I can't confirm this, as she doesn't state it clearly (I think, at least) but it's really plausible her map was done thanks to the map we retrieved from Bleak Falls Barrow. (also, she could have found Sahloknir's tomb before meeting us, and would have probably investigated prior to the quest if she did) Therefore she wouldn't have knowledge of "dragon geography" before that we know of...
@@SaDMSOfficial if she knew you where dragonborn and knew about your use of the shout then why would she ask you to prove your dragonborn by killing a dragon with her
i think its M'aiq the Liar, THE tenth divine , one who lived atleast since planemeld, the end of second era, the only one (except tod howard) who knew about both previous and upcoming games features
I think hes just an easter egg, which makes him non-canon (you thought he was canon when he was talking about fast-travel and multiplayer in Morrowind?)
@@troodon1096 he’s got 2 different faces he can spawn with. Ones slightly more unique but the other is just a basic face that bandits can spawn with lol
The dragon cult were nords and all the dragon priests were nords miraak is Nord height as they are always in the game and if console commands are used on pc u can take the mask off him and he’s a randomly generated nord guy and solstheim was actually part of Skyrim until it was split from the mainland by miraak and vahloks fight when miraak was defeated by him all in the merethic era it was always a Skyrim owned land from then until the high king gave it to morrowind when red mountain f**ked it again
@@Jay-mq2ng Mundus is just the mortal realm Nirn is the planet I think its most likely the gray beards as they hear your voice from the first time you use it and from Parthanax would know where word walls would be
I remember once, I was in the soul carin, and this damned courier comes up to me and is like "got something for you, your hands only". Like damn, hes dedicated
For the record, the only reason Delphine knows about the dragon burial sites is because of the Dragonborn. She transcribes their locations from the dragonstone of bleak falls barrow after we give it to Farengar.
Fultheim at Nightgate Inn. He varies a Blade Sword in combat, will attack you if you have Thalmor robes, and it is explained that “he is drinking away a lifetime of bad memories” of you ask him. As a former blade, he understands the importance of The Dragonborn, so he wants to help, but all his mental baggage like seeing his friends die, and his desire to stay hidden keep him from getting involved directly. As a former spy, he would know how to keep his ear to the ground, so he would hear about you using your shouts, and he could have done research to find out about the word walls.
To add to any argument saying it could be the blades, you’d think Esbern would know about that kind of thing too, since he seems to know everything already.
@@andraslukacsovits2349 yes that brainless guy tha follow you all over cyrodill i leave him in the first dungeon lol you have to try oblivion nice game nice mods also for it to i play all the elder scrolls morrowind and all past to but now whit skyrim the have very nice mods but the engine is so buggie but thanks to the nice modders its not a problem to have a compleet outher game now that is no buggy at all
I think Baalgruf is the friend. He actually is your friend from near beginning of the game, he grew up in Dragonsreach which is specifically designed to house dragons, and will likely know a fair amount of dragon related legends as a result. He is also known to do sneaky things like sneaking out to the bannered mare at night etc. He's also made the pilgrimage to see the greybeards and is the only Jarl who seems to have set their court wizard to finding out more about the dragons. He clearly has an interest even before the dragonborn pops up.
I once got the letter saying "I caused quite a stir in the soul cairn with the thu'um".. Only 4 people knew I was there, the 2 vamps, the dragon and me.
My theory is that 'A Friend' is a standard anonymous greeting from the faithful to Talos in Skyrim. The letter from a friend reads that your Thu'um raised a stir in some location, which is only important to a local, and would not be important to Hermaeus Mora or to Delphine. Delphine has no need to be anonymous (aside from the threat of interception of the Courier by the Thalmor or by Imperial loyalist agents) once you know who she is. I think the letters come from townsfolk of Skyrim who worship Talos and have random knowledge of where some word walls are - Nords know how to shout and some are traditionally trained - and are signed anonymously for protection from interceptions or missed deliveries. My final piece of evidence is that the letter states "SKYRIM needs a true hero these days..." - HM and Delphine would not care that Skyrim needs a hero, only that the Dragonborn needs power. Friendly townsfolk on both sides and on neither side of the Civil war would say that, however. Two strong bits of evidence pointing to 'The good people of Skyrim who have befriended the Dragonborn and the causes of the Dragonborn', the need to be anonymous (common fear) and the desire for the good of Skyrim, and random knowledge of 'a few word walls and rumors' - local gossip. It's the locals! Added - It also "does not matter" if the sender of the note can or cannot find the Dragonborn. That is exactly the job of the courier and no one else. ADDED IN EDIT ON DECEMBER 18, 2020: I play Skyrim every day. One day, after slaying Mirmulnir at the Whiterun Watch Tower I returned to Dragonsreach and as I ran by Hrongar, Jarl Balgruuf's brother, he said THIS: "If you really are Dragonborn, then Skyrim needs you. Go to High Hrothgar and talk to the Greybeards." -- This ONE LINE of dialogue that you can ONLY HEAR DURING the quest "The Way of the Voice" convinces me that Hrongar might be sending the letters. He passes all of the tests. He is concerned about Skyrim, he is AGAINST the Stormcloaks BUT he is more concerned with the safety of Skyrim. He has to be anonymous so that he is not openly defying the Jarl or the Thalmor. He has easy access to couriers. And, he KNOWS you are the Dragonborn. Also, it is reasonable to think that he would know where some of the word walls are.
I like this theory. I always just assumed it was the Greybeards and left it at that but what you say makes sense. Even if the locals have an affiliation with one side of the war or the other, no one really wants the war in the sense of they don't want to war just to war and every one wants it to come to an end no matter which side they stand on.
I personally still think it's Hermaeus Mora, due to the fact that the thu'um is knowledge. Meaning if he can get a dragonborn that knows all the words of power, he'd have a very powerful champion.
@@arthurschamne9804 Here are my reasons for disagreeing with you. 1. Hermaeus Mora has no need to be anonymous. 2. Hermaeus Mora is many things, but he is certainly no "Friend". It is a Daedric Prince. He requires obedience from the Dragonborn, not friendship. 3. Hermaus Mora communicates by appearing, not by writing letters. Why write letters if you can teleport?
@@michaelbarton1157 But if it wasn't a Daedric prince, then how can you get letters from friends when you shout in places that only a Daedric prince could see
They acknowledge, but they don't really ~care~. It always struck me as odd that here we are, dragonborn, able to speak with the Thu'um, effectively a very portable weapon of mass destruction, and the leaders of two armies that are at war with one another don't pull out all the stops to exploit us against their enemies.
The real mystery you should focus on isn't who sent the letters (Delphine), but how Delphine stole the Horn of Windcaller without the Dragon Shouts apparently needed to complete the quest.
Think about it. As the dragonborn gets more powerful, more and more people would want to hire them and would most likely be willing to pay more for the dragonborn's services. Not only that but they'd likely pay more th o even get in touch with the dragonborn. The couriers are clearly building the dragonborn's strength in order to make more money sending letters. They're basically war profiteers
@@GiganFTW the courier is making the dragon born stronger so people will hire him/her and pay the courier to bring letters to the dragon born the courier would be benefitting a lot from it
"the graybeards would never tell you where a word wall is" you can literally go ask them for a random word wall location and they will point you to one lol.
If you've killed Paarthurnax the Graybeards won't tell you where a word wall is. However you still get letters from a friend even after ol' Partysnacks dies. Edit- Also after defeating Alduin when you ask where a word wall is they just say that can't find any. That would mean either they aren't as omnipotent as you think, or they are just lying to you because you don't need anymore power now that Alduin is gone. The Blades might have more leverage finding notes or sneaking around dungeons to find more walls unlike the Graybeards who just keep themselves on top of a mountain. Perhaps somebody should kill Partysnacks, Alduin, and all the Blades, cause a quite a stir, and then see if you get a note from a friend.
@@thebrad1134 lol the greybeards will still give u locations of the word walls even after u defeated Alduin. I Doubt its a bug in my Safegame since I Played Skyrim over 2000 hours on different Platforms. Wether some of us is getting something wrong or ur Safegame is bugged.
Actually, Akatosh IS still a contender. If memory serves me correctly, Alduin is not only rebelling against his father, he's outright defiant, refusing to follow Akatosh's will and instead rampage across Skyrim and the rest of Tamriel out of his desire to control. Akatosh, heartbroken at the betrayal Alduin instigated, could have turned to the Dragonborn to destroy his eldest son.
also you have to remember that Akatosh created the Dragonborn why would he do that if he didn't want him to defeat alduin that's legit the Dragonborn's sole purpose
Yes! I was looking through the comments for someone pointing out Akatosh not being the all-powerful ruler of dragons. Also, there's Akatosh and then there's Auriel. Both are pieces of Aka, who was cut in half to 'purify' him from his human-loving ways. Those ways went to Akatosh, so he's a strong contender. Auriel is the one who would see the world eaten, since he's the one who hates being in the physical form so much he murdered Lorkhan and shot an arrow through his ripped-out heart. Also, Alduin isn't even eating the world.
This is a problem w the video too but WHY THE FRICK WOULD THE GODS SEND A LETTER VIA COURIER even Hermars mora if a god appeared in front of you and told you where a word wall is to make you more powerful why would you refuse
Jarl Barlgruf, hear me out. For someone to fit the bill as the potential “friend,” there are several key boxes they need to check. Barlgruf checks every box. 1) Knowledge of the dragonborn’s actions. Who would have their finger on the pulse of Skyrim more than a Jarl? He has to have informants and hear rumors of nearly everything of note in every hold of the realm. If someone was running around using the Voice in, say, Markarth, it’s completely plausible he would hear of it within a short timeline. If you want to argue that the sender seems aware of different realms and dimensions, I think we can easily chalk that up to convenient game programming. The letters follow an obvious pattern and it would have required much more work and time to essentially have dozens of unique letters instead of a template with changing values. Speaking as someone that has designed a game, what the devs did makes a lot of sense and likely doesn't reflect any lore hints, just smart timesaving. 2) Usage of a letter. It would be incredibly easy for Barlgruf to dispatch a messenger to the Dragonborn, and much more plausible for him to use a courier than, say, a Daedra or Paarthunax. We can see throughout the game that Daedra can speak directly into the mind of the Dragonborn, so a letter seems unnecessary, and Paarthurnax is too isolated to send a letter. He would have to use the Greybeards as a medium, but they seem to be against the dragonborn learning shouts too quickly. I doubt they would go along quietly. 2) Knowledge of the Voice. The letter references the Dragonborn using his “Thu’um.” Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s not a term the average person knows. Only people who have visited the Greybeards or studied The Voice would reference a shout as thu’um. For example, the guards at the Watchtower after your first dragon fight reference it as a shout. Jarl Barlgruf makes a point of informing us that he made the pilgrimage to High Hrothgar when he was younger. Mind you, this is a pilgrimage that requires you to literally climb a mountain and fight dangerous wild beasts. It’s not something you do without being interested in or passionate about the Way of the Voice. He doesn’t expand too much on his experience there, but given the difficulty of the journey, it seems unlikely he would have gotten there and left without getting something out of it. This is an assumption, of course, but I think it’s plausible that he attempted to learn The Way of the Voice while up there, but simply lacked the time, capability, or patience. His knowledge of the Greybeards seems more comprehensive than most. When he initially says he visited the Greybeards, it's a seemingly random bit of world building. If we assume he's the sender of these letters, it becomes a vital hint. 3) Knowledge of the word walls. Again, as a Jarl, he has access to a lot of knowledge. With dragons running around again, a Jarl would be remiss to not seek out information about them. We even see how he encourages Farengar to research more into dragons. Farengar is a smart guy with a connection to Delphine; him learning of and passing along the information to Barlgruf is completely possible. 4) Calling you “friend.” By the time you start getting these letters, you’re already a Thane of Whiterun. Barlgruf would certainly address you as a friend in correspondence. A few other small notes on why I think it’s Barlgruf. First, look at the specific language used. When referencing the word walls near the end of the letter, the phrase used is “I understand that...” Now, the phrase “I understand that...” when used to introduce knowledge or information is almost always used when the knowledge presented is indirect knowledge. If the sender of these letters had visited the word walls themselves, a much more likely phrasing would have excluded the “I understand” phrase and simply stated the fact. The sender may even have referenced their own visit there, assuming the letter was confidential. Long story short, the person sending these letters likely was informed of them by someone else and is passing along the knowledge. If we go with the earlier assumption, that Farengar is doing the research and informing Barlgruf of what he learns, it makes even more sense. He fits this requirement perfectly. Secondly, look at how this person speaks about Skyrim. He/she talks about it as a collective, from a macro level. They see Skyrim as a unified place facing dangers and threats, and have conflicting feelings about it. The type of sentiment expressed in the letter is one of melancholy; the sender wants Skyrim to succeed, but is all too aware of the problems it faces. This could be the Civil War, the Dragons, the Thalmor and Aldmeri Dominion...but crucially, there are very few NPCs we see express this kind of sentiment in game. Most NPCs fall clearly on either side. Barlgruf is one of the few NPCs and really the only Jarl we see in game who seems genuinely conflicted. He clearly treasures Nordic customs and values, as seen in how he sends his axe to Ulfric instead of a letter and how he shouts down Proventus about him signing the White-Gold Concordant. Hell, there’s a Shrine to Talos directly under his own castle. However, we can also see how conflicted he is by Ulfric’s actions. He understands the importance of a unified Empire and how Ulfric could cause greater harm than good, even if he agrees with his complaints. Such a conflicted person with a macro view of Skyrim is exactly who the letter is sent by. The sender wants a hero for Skyrim because they know painfully well how divided it is and the need for a hero everyone can respect. Barlgruf, to me, is the only NPC we see who would have knowledge of the Dragonborn’s actions, would actually use a letter to communicate, possesses deeper knowledge of The Voice, possesses a view of Skyrim that only high-level politicians and strategists would have, and has a conflicted sentiment about Skyrim. Last note: Ulfric checks most of those boxes using the logic I’ve presented, but the key here is that Ulfric sees himself as the hero Skyrim needs. He wouldn’t send a letter to help someone else become powerful enough to be a hero for the country. He IS the hero of the country in his eyes.
But if you join the stormcloaks and finish the quest line doesn't he get arrested and taken to solitude? You still get friend letters after that and by that point balgruuf would have no reason to help the dragonborn (presuming the stormcloaks even let him send letters) since after you take over whiterun he's expresses distaste for the dragonborn and their choice of joining the stormcloaks. it's an interesting theory though ☺
@Whiterun Guard Hmm, I'm no expert but that sounds like it could possibly be something conflicting (if you're running mods-that is) or as you said corrupted files of some sort because I've definitely heard the line from male NPCs-and thats with 178 mods (151 active ESPS)
During the Dark Brotherhood quests, the quest "The Silence Has Been Broken", the Dragonborn meets with someone named Amaund Motierre, and he give you a letter of instructions and signs it "a friend"
Go get the horn of jorgen windcaller. "A friend "directs yuh to the Riverwood inn. The letters are coming from partysnaxxx. He's helping yuh strengthen your voice to beat alduin. This is why Delphine gets pissed if yuh don't off partysnaxxx. The dragonborn response to Delphine is that partysnaxxx was helping him thru the whole quest to off alduin. Enjoy!!!
But the one that was left where the horn was supposed to be was signed "A friend", while the others showed here are "A Friend". A small detail, but since there's only the one handwriting font, maybe it's intentional.
I always thought it was Delphine just because she's the only person with the interest, resources, knowledge, and reason in doing it. Plus she probably has the records of word walls in Skyrim because of the blade temple.
@@pelinalwhitestrake4196 Also the Thalmor are looking for her. So it would be logical to not sign with her name in case the letter falls in Thalmor hands.
@@pelinalwhitestrake4196 Actually it's more likely to be Esbern (or whatever his name is -- The old guy hiding in The Lower Ratway tunnels - until you save him and take him to Alduins Wall) oddly at the same time as the letters end, and you need to start going to him or the grey beards to get locations.
Yeah, something like along the lines of a Lethal Protector and/or Vigilante, who puts an end to the corruption that most turn a blind eye to. The Ex-Blade route could be particularly interesting, as it could allow you to portray the character as a more cynical, pragmatic individual. (Though it’s up to you.)
The courier is only his first form and it is immortal as well as omniscient,his sixth is the courier of New Vegas and has the power of role playing on his side
I always assumed it wasn't any particular person, just some random guy in whatever location the player Shouted. Some guy demonstrated a godly power (Thu'um) in Whiterun or whatever and and it gets the people talking. One person overhears the rumors at the tavern and just so happens to know about a word wall in a nearby tomb. This person then decides to write an anonymous letter to this "Dragonborn" giving him/her a friendly tip.
This was always my thought too. I'm sure they would also want to remain anonymous because the presence of the Dragonborn appears to be divisive in Skyrim as well.
I think that's what the developers had in mind, however, it is a little immersion-breaking when you get a letter saying your Thu'um was heard in the Aetherium Forge... where no living thing except you has been for countless years haha.
The Greybeards aren’t these big pacifists everyone makes them out to be. If you attack them they will shout you off that mountain without a second thought.
Funny, they never shouted me off the mountain no matter how much I attempted them and I was TRYING to get shouted off so I could tgm and laugh my ass off
This happened to me literally, I was in werewolf form and just salvaging everything in my path and decided to visit the Grey Beards in said form. They attacked me and I ran out to the back court yard and was cornered by the cliff, decided to jump, lycanthrophy times out and I was frozen solid by an ice shout, forgot which one it was. Rolled down the mountain, tumbled into a river while still a big block of mer-cicle, and washed up on the side of a river north of lake Ilianolta all naked. 😂 🤣 Was too stunned by the whole thing happening forgot to record it.
I always thought it was just a random citizen who sent it each time, not one person who sent them all. They heard you shout and sent a letter with info to help you.
Yeah that's what I assumed too but the letters are worded basically the exact same every time which has changed my mind so I think there's just one sender
@@WhitneyDahlin They'Re worded in the exact same way every time because that's just how the game code is written, no need to write 50 different letters for each location just for this.
It's kind of immersion breaking for me when I shout in the Bannered Mare then leave the inn and the courier shows up immediately with the letter saying I caused quite a stir when I shouted in the Bannered Mare. Yeah, I caused a stir... 10 seconds ago. Reminds me of the time I bought a Dwarven Sword of Burning from Adrianne and a few seconds later the courier walks into Whiterun with a letter from Calcelmo telling me he knows I acquired said sword.
The time travel theory would make since then, as the dragonborn from the future would know of these events and be able to send the letter before the actual event happened.
@@Leon53455 is there anything in Skyrim lore that says backwards time travel is impossible? If they can travel back in time in avengers then I'm sure they could with some crazy magic in skyrim
I always assumed the letters were coming from Farengar every time he learned of a new word wall, since he knows you're the dragonborn and he's clearly knows a lot about dragons.
i thought he said it was hermaeus mora's porn EDIT: i would love to see hermaeus mora sitting at a desk writing letters like Dear Dragonborn, I have been watching you for a long time OwO I hope you like tentacles lmao
Incorrect. Akatosh has motive. As stated by master Arngier, there is a very strong likelyhood that Alduin will be premitted to return at the end of time to consume the world as he was meant to. This is further backed up by one of Parthunaax's statements erlier in the game. According to him, Alduin has strayed from his origonal purpose as the World Eater. Choosing to enslave, opress and rule all mortals rather than bringing about the end of said culpus. So it stands to reason that Akatosh would've been displeased with his first born and therefore, as punishment to Alduin, would've aided the Dovahkiin in becoming stronger with the Tu'um, ultimatly defeating corrupt Alduin and aiding in the coming of the new culpus. Or, ya'know... whatever...
It’s also known that humanity corrupted akatoshs purpose using magic. Essentially they made akatosh not want to end this world because it would harm humanity.
@@vulomtahrodiis9775 I am glad to see there are others, such as yourself, who are well versed in the Elder Scrolls' lore and legends. Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
@@levilandes1719 I mean more like why would the magic change that now killing humans will hurt them but before it was "killing all humans? No problem".
I think it's Hermaeus Mora. 1. He's omnipresent and even if he's not, he says when you first meet him: "I have been watching you. Most impressive..." 2. He's the daedric lord of knowledge, so he probably has extensive information of all the word walls and their locations, and probably even news of recent events that happened. 3. He has reason to get you to grow, as he needs to get rid of Miraak who hijacked his realm for his own endeavours. Commented this before watching the whole video btw.
8:30 actually, there is one instance of where the college of Winterhold acknowledges you as the dragonborn when your trying to find an elder scroll, you can gain access to the college if you explained that your the dragonborn and the guard asks you to preform a shout
Plot twist,The Dragonborn is Lonely so he`s sending those to himself to remember locations later (Edit: I sent this before watching the video,the first thing "The Dragonborn from the Future" LMAO)
Other characters appear randomly too. Yes but only the courier appears when your in the middle of destroying castle volkihar and fighting 8 master vampires, just to tell you that the vampires of volkihar don't like you using your thu'um
I've always suspected that The Friend was one of the Greybeards, who secretly doesn't agree with the Way of the Voice. He might want to do these things himself, but instead lives vicariously through the Dragonborn.
Theory 1/4: It's obviously Sheogorath! Who else would call himself a ｆｒｉｅｎｄ? Especially when the dragonborn hasn't met him before! By knowing more shouts, we could use more shouts. We can yell Lydia off a mountain. We can go fast. We can call people skeever butt or cheese brain!
That's... actually a fairly good theory that holds up to a lot considering he's a seemingly all-seeing daedric price who could easily point you in a seemingly random direction (very his style) to make you stronger. He has motive whether you become his champion or not, considering he could either be making you stronger just for shits-and-giggles, or he could be strengthening his future/current champion
Or its just random people who happen to hear you shout, believe the dragonborn is a hero, and pass on bits of local legends that could help him fight those pesky dragons.
The thing is occasionally, you can shout in places with nobody around and the letter will still be sent. This may be nitpicking, but it seems more likely one person is sending them all.
Actually, about the Greybeards, I'm pretty sure they mention something about, potentially not denying the end of time, as the world is a cycle and even ponder if the Dragonborn fully killed Alduin, as he didn't absorb his soul and that he is still considered the end of time. I believe they mention the first part right after they help negotiate a cease fire in the civil war, or after you ask them about the Blades wanting you to kill Paarthurnax.
At least 70% of the people you encounter aren't your friend, so i think it'd take longer than the actual length of time it takes to complete the game in its entirety, and I'm talking completing and finding every little thing possible.
I always assumed our mysterious friend was either Parthunax or the Greybeards....with Parthunax being a dragon of immense power I always just assumed he was attuned to others using the Thu'um anywhere in Skyrim and sent letters via the Greybeards signed as "a friend".
Does anyone else imagine Ulfrich Stormcloak's voice when reading the letters? He was present when Alduin first attacked and refers to you as Dragonborn if you team up with the Stormcloaks. He studied with the Greybeards so may have some knowledge of Word Wall locations. As far as knowing where you are he could be receiving intel from various Stormcloak soldiers and camps. Honestly I just pictured him saying what the letters do, and in his voice, and then I thought about it a bit. I don't think we're really ever meant to know who's sending them.
What if you were to kill him by siding with the imperials? The letters keep coming, but Ulfric is dead. Same for any potential candidate that is killable in game without cheats.
I always thought it was old herma mora who was sending the letters. After denying him in one of his encounters, he said he had already been watching over Me and my journey and giving me aid. Gave me the creeps also explains why Skyrim was so easy.
100% its him considering the places you can be sent a letter for shouting in seamingly its anywhere i just know places like soul cairn and i belive his plan of oblivion are possabiltys
It was easy because Bethesdas vision of making a game harder is to tweak the hit rate to make the battle take longer. A bit lazy if you ask me. And then the modders took hold of the game. And transformed it into an actual challenge. No more do i have to tweak the difficulty to increase how hard the game is. Hell it's now hard AF on easy. Most ppl think of pc players as the cheaters. That would rather use the console commands to play in god mode. but this is simply untrue. Most PC players absolutely crave for the challenge. this is why we put out so many mods that are so bloody hard. we tweaked the balances of how the game should be played. but even the mods that are on the console's are limited in functionality because they are inferior systems. ultimately console players will never experience difficulty and its truest form because of those limitations.
No, I dont think so. The letter states that 'the Friend' needed him to grow stronger to become a 'true hero of Skyrim'. Hermameus careless about Skyrim and he is in Morrowind. So either Talos or any versions of him Or someone else...
Actually.. I solved this mystery as there is really no mystery to this matter. Wuulfgar or whatever that greybeard is called. Is the ONLY NPC IN THE WHOLE GAME to carry a quill and paper in his inventory when you pickpocket him. Suggesting he's the one writing the letters as he feels the locations of the word walls ánd he hears the shouts the dragonborn does, which explains how the courier always seems to find us. And he actually is a person who knows the Dragonborn personally. Hence he can't talk due to the 'power' of his voice.
The Greybeards, as a group, may be somewhat discounted as per your reasoning. As a group, they have no reason to be secretive. However, what if your reasoning of their outlook is wrong and they (as a group) do honor the will of Akatosh to end the current time cycle. That would set up the requirement of secrecy if one of the members ideals broke from the group as a whole. That would check the boxes for wordwall knowledge as well as the need for anonymity. As for knowing where the Dragonborn shouted from, they demonstrate that they know that from your first shout and direct their invitation at you. The final piece doesn't need to be checkmarked, as it can be laid out as the courier simply carrying the correspondence until they run across you, starting out where you last shouted.
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I need to ne more awake i know theres some of these i keep forgetting to follow, unfortunately my memory is bad so i am commenting here so ill see it if i forget i watched it. [ I took some pretty serious damage and went from a great me ory to like a gold fish. So relying on seeing this >.>]
To be honest it could be anyone because you can get one in volkihar castle
IT'S FROM MIAD THE LIAR! HE KNOW MORE, TELL SOME, AN INVINCIBLE CHARACTER THAT RUN AROUND THE WHOLE CILRODIL SKYRIM, ALSO MORROWIND, NO PLACE THAT HE DIDN'T SET FOOT ON
KNOWLEDGEEEE
The courier could just be using Clairvoyance to track you down. Novice level skill.
Or by just following the quest marker over your head.
Literally both of those answers is acceptable
Probably lol
Nah. The courier is omnipresent and omnipotent.
Clairvoyance absolutely devours your magicka, tho
J'zargo is the one sending the letters to distract you from becoming a better mage than him.
But wouldn't shouts be considered a form of magic ?
"J'zargo could be the person who sends the letters. Or he might not. We'll see"
Would be the best J'zargo quote ever
J'zargo likes this idea
Maiq' the Liar says J'Zargo is a liar
Lol
You picked a bad time to get lost, *friend*
Oh yeah, it’s all comin’ together.
The bandits are finding them for us ... now I feel bad for blowing them up.
@@silverwolf2676 They're sacrificing themselves for the sake of the Dragonborn's practice.
The bandits were the true heroes.
@@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Thank you bandit number 527, you were so brave when I disintergrated you with my newly learned lightning storm. A minutes silence please...
Of course, right under our noses...
Every single bandit in the game sent us a letter.
@@gabrielkellar1935 😂
There’s one other character that is sorely missing from this list: The nameless Whiterun Guard that first tells us we’re Dragonborn.
This Is what I always thought.
Most likely outcome
His name was Steve. He took an arrow to the knee soon after that and got married to a barmaid. They bought a small farm near bruma where they raised their 3 children and lived a good life together.
There is a mod that gives the names of the four whiterun guards who went with us to battle the first dragon fight. And then after the fight, we become best bros with them and see them patrolling Whiterun.
@@JBrander do you happen to know the name of that mod?
"You caused quite a stir in Abandoned Shack when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um."
- Probably my favourite letter I got.
We need to start a petition so we can watch the whole night
"You caused quite a stir in Aethereum Forge..."
"You caused quite a stir in the mind of a madman when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um." ... Yeah beat that.
You caused quite a stir in dark brotherhood sanctuary
i got "you caused quite a stir in svens house"
Nazeem is sending the letters to distract you from getting to the cloud district.
😂
Thank you my fellow comrade
...The clever devil.
This guy gets it!
but how can he send them form beyond the grave? i always kill him the 1st time i see him
I really like the idea of Paarthunax daintily writing these letters with a quill in his giant clawed hands, and handing the letter off to a courier that has to climb the Throat of the World every time.
"It is not easy to write on this small paper with this small pen when my talon is way down here and my face for seeing the paper is way up here, but I have had 11 thousand years of practice. I also write poetry. Sadly no one buys it because they all hate dragons."
~Paarthunax.
Maybe he says it to Graybeards, maybe they do it instead of Paarthunax?
@@marintoss it's wulfrud n partysnaxxx. Remember in high Hrothgar wulfrud teaches yuh your very first shout. Partysnaxxx per the letter is showing yuh where every shout is so yuh can defeat alduin. The whole " caused quite a stir" is because they know if yuh keep shouting out in public alduin or another dragon might hear yuh n might make a visit and destroy 💩. Yuh find this out when yuh refuse to off partysnaxxx and Delphine gets pissed n bans yuh from the temple.the dragonborn response is that partysnaxxx has been helping him defeat alduin and the rest of the dragons. But if yuh off partysnaxxx angier will get pissed and ban yuh from high Hrothgar because he knows partysnaxxx was helping yuh save the world. Enjoy!!!
@@nojusticejustus2912 I didn't want to kill him and I never went to Delphine so Im missing something here 😂
Dragons can shout their words, and engrave them on stone. I wonder if they could do something similar to paper?
It was always suspicious, since I have no friends.
mmmm whacha saaay
Ayyy same guy
This hits hard right at home
Awesomness The Barbarian hmmmm something doesn’t seem right here unless
YOU HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST SKYRIM AND HER PEOPLE WHAT DO YOU HAVE SAY IN YOUR DEFENSE
_What’s that!? Mother?...is that your voice I hear? Oh, no, just my head playing tricks, Foolish Cicero..._
"You caused a bit of stir in inside the mind of a madman" Probably the best letter I've ever gotten
I once got the soul cairn
@@butterysnail2537 serves you right. such a peaceful place.
a peaceful place filled with former McDonalds employees
This just shows Bethesda didn't think this through as much as Camel has
@@BigFatCock0 Not really. I just think the friend wasn't meant to be anyone. Just a gameplay mechanic
Dragonborn: *walking through black reach*
Courier: *pops up from no where* "I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only."
Love the comment. But wtf is your picture?
stubby hands its a letter and a lot of gold something about it being your...uh, inheritance? Oh, and sorry for your loss.
*opens letter* i dont even know who this is
@@skeletundra- got this letter here.
"From who?"
Don't know. Shadowy fellow, payed me a lot to get this to you. Welp, looks like that's it. Got to go.
Chaddo I found an imperial courier down there fighting a centurion.
XD
The funniest one I got is “you caused a bit of a stir in Apocrypha” lmao
How could they tell?
my favorite was in 'lakeside manor' AKA my fucking house.
which brings us back to the theory of the courier being the messenger of Hermaus Mora as he's the one sending these letters to the last dragonborn as he already sees the potential for a replacement for Miraak.
I got one for Giermund's Hall. A Nordic tomb.
I got one that said it for the Soul Cairn 💀
I think it is the Chicken in Riverwood
That actually pisses me off lol
The chicken truly is an omnipresent Mastermind
But. I killed him...
Nah, can't be. Install the mod NARC so animals stop paying attention and reporting you, and you *still get the letters*. :D
True story; my first ever play through I killed that chicken and it cause my first death
The Courier is more powerful than you may think. He can travel anywhere in these dangerous lands, sometimes equipped with nothing but a hat and underwear. No one else can do that.
They often die if you follow them for a while.
@@FjreHazard Or is that just what the Courier want you to think? He will be back sooner or later with a letter.
If New Vegas taught me anything it's that Couriers are way more powerful than you'd think
@@rojaws1183 Couriers are Faceless Men confirmed.
Maybe he is the servant of herma-mora?
Regarding the courier thing, I'm gonna use his own famous words here: "I've been looking for you..."
So he doesn't actually know where we are. He might from a game mechanic point of view, but lore-wise, he simply looks for us until he finds us.
Yeah, he plainly spells out his own lore when he runs up to you.
Yeah I just figure as he travels to make deliveries he asks about if they’ve seen the Dragonborn lately, has any idea where they’re headed, etc.
As it's the first thing he says, I can agree that It is should be understood in the literal sense.
@@TheButcherCat Spawns in Blackreach: "I've been looking for you"
-The courier stands before the dragonborn with tattered clothes, many bruises and cuts.
Speaking of the courier’s lines, he also says “your hands only” right before giving you a letter from the orphanage that he was specifically asked to distribute to everyone he meets, which I find very funny.
"You caused quite a stir when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um in _The Mind Of A Madman._ "
Mine was in apolcrafa
Apocpha
It's deeeeeeeeefinitely Talos
@@mr.comedy213 Apocrypha?
Sheogorath!!! That boi
So, I defeated Miraak and, after heading back to Skyrim, I got another letter that read "You caused a bit of a stir in Apocrypha when you demonstrated..." Got a hunch Herma Mora might be to blame.
Yeah it’s obviously an aedra or daedric prince.
Lmfao,
I got one from mind of a madman
@@why-qz6zq sheogorath is obviously the culprit, then. the one suspect with the omnipresence necessary, who has no need for motive, and no lust for result, who gets the benefit of watching a man topple entire empires by screaming inane gibberish at the top of his lungs. CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!!!
I think it could be Talos...
The reason why the courier always finds you is cause he just follows the quest marker
Lol
That’s so true tho!
Just a game about being the courier and having to give people their letter. Giving the dragonborn letters is the highest honour.
I always assumed that the friend was not a singular person but simply a random citizen sending the famous Dragonborn fan mail along with a quest.
exactly!
Ha! I never thought of that.
Yeah of course
The dedication going to apocrypha just to stalk me is crazy
That's the most likely answer. This entire video hinges upon the assumption that it's a singular entity with infinite knowledge, which simply isn't likely. Such entities wouldn't likely resort to sending a letter.
*I've been looking for you, got somethin' I'm supposed to deliver*
Your hands only
Lets see here...
@@Lucky-yl2wb Let's see here...
"Who gave you this letter?"
No idea, didn't get a name.
"What did they look like?"
Looks like that's it! Gotta go!
"Answer the relevant questions!"
@@fusrodahdaily9664 damn you beat me to it
It was nazeem, his hints at the cloud district are hints at being closer to akatosh
It's always Nazeem.
@@fusrodahdaily9664 the one who send at you bandits /(and dark brotherhood) is always nezeem using another people name
@FusRoDah Daily
@Veine
Maybe he - As every creature on Nirn - also hates himself; so he wants you to become stronger and eventually end his life sooner.
Oh of course , good thought
Little did we know the whole time nazeem is the level 35 mafia boss and we are just low worm lvl 1 crooks
"M'aiq knows much, and tells some. M'aiq knows many things others do not."
and M'aiq is a liar too
@@azzie4437 M'aiq may be a liar, but are his words the lie or the claim that he is a liar a lie?
@@azzie4437 some people say that alduin is akatosh, and some people say that M'aiq is a liar... You should not believe either of those theory's
@@LegendStormcrow Considering he had us go on wild goose chase for items that'd perform the ritual supposedly for becoming a lich that didn't actually work... Nah. He's definitely trustworthy. He still gave me my fishy stick.
M'aiq is a priest of Hermaus Mora
The first time I received the Letter from a Friend, it directed me do Rannveig’s Fast, implying that the whole thing was just a trap set by Sild the Warlock. Never felt so betrayed.
**Courier wakes up in the morning.**
Huge black tentacly blob in the doorway of his bedroom: _"Yo dude, can u deliver dis?"_
He can take any form. For example...a simple courier? One that always knows, where we are and will always reach us there? One that noone can escape from? Think about it...Also "very nice" profile pic
@@shiro4833 the thing with Herma mora is that he doesn't want to take any other form. the fucking bastard likes being a black blob of hentai.
Courier: *”S u r e !”*
That would explain why he goes thought Heaven and Earth to search for YOU, no matter where you go.
Dragonborn: Why do you keep following me?
Courier: Because I dont want a giant tentacle blob of eyes and darkness to fuck me in the morning.
Dragonborn: ... understandable.
More like “Yoooooooo duuuuuude… caaaan youuuuu Deliverrrr thissssss?”
"The future Dragonborn would know where they were at any given time."
Meanwhile, I can't remember everywhere I went yesterday
They can see previous save files
This theory is funny because I never checked my letters, youd think future me would know this and come up with a different idea.
I never leave my house so I remember everything I do
@@saladmancer4802 lmao relatable. I only check the letters when i have nothing to do, then I'll go and get the word, but not before fucking around for hours than remembering my personal goal.
If you kill Paarthurnaxx you receive the letters still so it cant be him or the Greybeards because they refuse to help you. Same goes with the blades they refuse to aid you if you dont kill Paarthurnaxx. They cant be it either.
The Greybeards wouldn't have any reason to be secretive about helping you, unlike the Blades.
Hell the greybeards tell you where are the word walls are so it can't be them
Damn I forgot about that cause I never kill paarthurnax XD
ruins my theory lol
Maybe it is the greybeards, and killing paarthunaxx was only added afterwards as a joke, because nobody in their right mind would ever actually do it?
@@anewtypeoftomato1565 ummm i do it... every few often when i need dragon souls or bones
I thought the friend was Parthonax, being a dragon himself can hear the shouts and being an elder dragon he knows where the walls are from the old tombs.
Im picturing paarthurnax writing a letter lmao
Paarthurnax with his big ass dragon wings, writing a tiny ass note to tell you where a word of power is.
@Holy Diver parthur said no one has converse with him besides the Dragonborn in a century
@@madara992 also why would Paarthurnax feel the need to remain anonymous? The daddy dragon himself can talk to dragonborn if he wants too
@@LoganAppel he said it himself that the wild urges of the dragon is still in him that’s why he stays isolated for himself and for others to try to slay him
Since I first started, I always thought that it was delphine. When you ask her who she is, she says 'a friend', and I'm pretty sure the note in Ustengrav says a friend.
I always thought it was delphine bc she's a blade sworn to look for the dragonborn and she's close with the greybeards and they should know where the words are and whenever the dragonborn shouts. Plus she takes jurgens horn to lure in the dragonborn to her shop bc dragonborns can only get this quest and that's basically the only way of getting to meet the dragonborn, So I just assumed they were coming from her and the greybeards. There's more connections I can make but I'm currently fighting 3 fucking dragons with 5 cavebears rn
This makes sense couldnt somebody just take her essential status and kill her and see if the letters stop to prove it
That is the exactly what I thought
"You've caused quite a stir in Apocrypha when demonstrating your thu'um..."
So apparently Delphine is an extremely powerful sorcerer capable of interdimensional scrying, and not a dried up old hag who has it in for an old grey dragon who's just minding his own business and bettering himself after serving an atrocious warmonger.
@@lsswappedcessna I'm almost convinced Hermeaous Mora (I hope I'm spelling that right) is telling her where I am. I mean, I got a letter saying, ' you caused quite a stir whilst demonstrating your thuum in Kagrenzal cavern', Kagrenzal is nowhere near any civilization, there's no other way for her to know where I am.
I just know it's the guard
I mean it's the perfect cover
Hates the dragonborn shouts openingly while simultaneously helping him develop them
just one guard
in the whole game
Miya there is only one Guard. He is everywhere always. Do you really think multiple guards would have the same voice?
@@macanaeh with the asspulls and asshattery Bethesda been up to im gonna go with you and just follow your lore and say the guard is a godd
@@macanaeh auto correct I meant Todd ;)
"i need to ask you to stop. That shouting... is making people nervous"
- nudgenudge winkwink say-no-more -
"[As Delphine has a map of burial mounds] she has some knowledge of dragon geography."You mean the map WE got to get and she made a rubbed copy?
I always thought it was delphine
@@SaDMSOfficial Nah, Delphine was there shortly after we get the Dragon Stone, her map has clearly the same outline and etching... I can't confirm this, as she doesn't state it clearly (I think, at least) but it's really plausible her map was done thanks to the map we retrieved from Bleak Falls Barrow. (also, she could have found Sahloknir's tomb before meeting us, and would have probably investigated prior to the quest if she did)
Therefore she wouldn't have knowledge of "dragon geography" before that we know of...
Also I find it funny that he uses the fact she signs ONE letter also as “a friend” as evidence
@@SaDMSOfficial if she knew you where dragonborn and knew about your use of the shout then why would she ask you to prove your dragonborn by killing a dragon with her
@@whitty1405 I guess so
Courier was shot in the head and still got his package back, I am sure finding the Dragonborn is an easy quest for him.
New Quest added: AIN'T THAT AN ARROW TO THE KNEE
@@bigboss4178 “Let me guess, someone stole your platinum chip?”
@@LoganAppel fken lol
@@LoganAppel what's ur name you do remember ur name
i think its M'aiq the Liar, THE tenth divine , one who lived atleast since planemeld, the end of second era, the only one (except tod howard) who knew about both previous and upcoming games features
The tenth Divide is Nirn?!
Possible but you can kill him...?
Elijah Caudle but for how long? In the next game he will likely be back.
@@mjag2834 no, the tenth Divine is Ma'iq the liar, learn to read
I think hes just an easter egg, which makes him non-canon (you thought he was canon when he was talking about fast-travel and multiplayer in Morrowind?)
_courier wants to know your location_
Milk Muhn *already knows your location*
@@ahyes2921 he IS the location
*Big Iron intensifies*
*hermaeus mora wants to know your location*
He already knows. *_HE ALWAYS KNOWS_*
What if “a friend” is actually an abbreviation and it’s something like Antonio Friend
Ah. Read the store story "Where are you going, where have you been?" There's a guy named Arnold Friend..
I've been looking for you, got something I'm supposed to deliver. Your hands only.
Are you high
Is he related to Sir Fineas Cursed?
@@loudassvictor Arnold Fiend, not friend.
Hermaeus Mora: *stabs Miraak*
Dragonborn: Damn, that would’ve been useful five minutes ago
Always hated that since he turned Miraak into a skeleton, I never got to see what he looked like under his mask.
@@troodon1096 he’s got 2 different faces he can spawn with. Ones slightly more unique but the other is just a basic face that bandits can spawn with lol
@@troodon1096 lore wise miraak doesn’t have a form
@@yes_man212bullshit!
The dragon cult were nords and all the dragon priests were nords miraak is Nord height as they are always in the game and if console commands are used on pc u can take the mask off him and he’s a randomly generated nord guy and solstheim was actually part of Skyrim until it was split from the mainland by miraak and vahloks fight when miraak was defeated by him all in the merethic era it was always a Skyrim owned land from then until the high king gave it to morrowind when red mountain f**ked it again
It’s none other than J’zargo, future Emperor and secret Dragonborn
It was Count Hassildor. That vampire had obviously ascended to divinity and has been sending the Dragonborn letters.
I like that kids he's nice
M'aiq the liar. He knows about crossbows, he probably also knows about the dragonborn
If anyone sneaks up on us, Jzargo will smell them coming. Or not. We'll see.
Timothy Miller how did you know
“You caused quite a stir in Soul Cairn when you demonstrated the power of your thu’um.”
Then it must be serana or her mother
@@joseffliegl4167 Or Jiub, or the Ideal Masters, or Duurnehviir.
Josef Fliegl I think it’s akatosh
Blackarrow 145 nah, it’s Mundus. The world is giving him lettare
@@Jay-mq2ng Mundus is just the mortal realm Nirn is the planet I think its most likely the gray beards as they hear your voice from the first time you use it and from Parthanax would know where word walls would be
I think its todd howard giving us the letters.
Saaaaame
Stormy Dino I know, it just works.
Todd keeps re-releasing skyrim because the dragon born is how he makes friends.
Then it wouldn't direct you to wordwalls, cuz you know...sweet little...
We'd be charged a monthly fee to read them if it were him
Random guy:
"Deliver this letter to the Dragonborn, wherever he or she is"
Courier:
[TARGET ACQUIRED]
*Mandalorian theme starts playing*
@@shayposting way to ruin the joke
@@mecanwinmac2796 how?
I have no idea why but in my head I heard the Kim possible notification noise.
@@mecanwinmac2796 Salty middle schooler
I think that the friend is Todd Howard
"i will tell you where the word wall is if you buy skyrim"
@@Wulfjager "I'll tell you where another is if you buy Skyrim Special Special edition on your microwave"
Mastiff Yes he is, he is everyone’s friend. He’s our lord. Our saviors. Praise Godd Howard!!
@@elkevinski that bitch better fix his games, skyrim special edition is still bugged, same as fallout 76
If you buy fallout 76 and fallout first ill give more mod options to play station!
The courier is like nurse joy and officer Jenny from Pokemon. They are cousins that live around Skyrim.
"im the second cousin of the step brother of the courier from darkwater crossing"
If you kill a courier, another one shows up so yeah
Holy shit I forgot about that
This is a mod that needs to happen....
I remember once, I was in the soul carin, and this damned courier comes up to me and is like "got something for you, your hands only". Like damn, hes dedicated
man really became a vampire
@@Hopscotchpro11 that or just sold half his soul 😅😅
Neither rain nor shine nor dimension hopping will stop the courier from finding you
*HE HAS ASCENDED*
Not even the mind of a madman will save you from the courier
For the record, the only reason Delphine knows about the dragon burial sites is because of the Dragonborn. She transcribes their locations from the dragonstone of bleak falls barrow after we give it to Farengar.
That’s true, you can even see that the map itself is actually a rubbing of the stone
Fultheim at Nightgate Inn.
He varies a Blade Sword in combat, will attack you if you have Thalmor robes, and it is explained that “he is drinking away a lifetime of bad memories” of you ask him. As a former blade, he understands the importance of The Dragonborn, so he wants to help, but all his mental baggage like seeing his friends die, and his desire to stay hidden keep him from getting involved directly. As a former spy, he would know how to keep his ear to the ground, so he would hear about you using your shouts, and he could have done research to find out about the word walls.
He was a FULL TIME Blade!
That is exactly what one of camels detective vids that one is my favourite
To add to any argument saying it could be the blades, you’d think Esbern would know about that kind of thing too, since he seems to know everything already.
Toastedflare :P I don’t think you can kill him
Agreed plus one of the courier lines says HE wouldn't say who He was.
17:26 "Miraak has been hermaous moras porn for 1000's of years, and a valuable porn at that"
accents are weird man
*It just works.*
subtitles misheard it too
It's pawn not porn😂
For the record I know what he said, I'm not an idiot. But with his accent, to an american it *sounds* like he is saying porn. It was a joke
@@powerchordgamer People don't understand jokes on the internet unless you use 100 emojis.
The letters are obviously fan mail from our adoring fan
Oh, the one from Oblivion, right?
(Haven't played it, yet I know about him thanks to Camel)
Oh no, he survived 😂
@@andraslukacsovits2349 yes that brainless guy tha follow you all over cyrodill i leave him in the first dungeon lol you have to try oblivion nice game nice mods also for it to i play all the elder scrolls morrowind and all past to but now whit skyrim the have very nice mods but the engine is so buggie but thanks to the nice modders its not a problem to have a compleet outher game now that is no buggy at all
He he
It has been a long time...
I think Baalgruf is the friend. He actually is your friend from near beginning of the game, he grew up in Dragonsreach which is specifically designed to house dragons, and will likely know a fair amount of dragon related legends as a result. He is also known to do sneaky things like sneaking out to the bannered mare at night etc. He's also made the pilgrimage to see the greybeards and is the only Jarl who seems to have set their court wizard to finding out more about the dragons. He clearly has an interest even before the dragonborn pops up.
I think the letter is from a friend
I heard he got banned for rw trading tho...
smartass
Bold statement
OH! That makes so much sense dude! Thanks, now i can finally sleep again.
Dovah kiin proof?
The dragonborn actually just has the king of the hill mark so everyone can find him
Propane?
please use bitchute 共匪 五毛 ن lol
Honestly you're not wrong
No they just have a quest marker above their head...
I'll kick hermas' a s s just as I did mirak and alduin before then I'm gonna take it to the thalmor tell ya hwat
I once got the letter saying "I caused quite a stir in the soul cairn with the thu'um".. Only 4 people knew I was there, the 2 vamps, the dragon and me.
Jiub sold you out, man.
I've gotten the letter after using a shout when I was completely alone.
LOL
You forgot the Ideal Masters!
That one seems like the Ideal Masters trying to distract you with a word wall so you don’t come back and cause any more damage.
Talos: "I'm not having any Level 5 scrub running around as my aspect. Go here and learn some Shouts Noob!"
Yet the level 5 can murder about anyone if they play their cards right
A level 1 scrub can become a god of undeath in just a few minutes, let us say Skyrim is not a perfectly balanced game.
@@RaminousPolacious who needs "builds" when you can just beat Skyrim with buckets?
@@RaminousPolacious The Spiffing Brit would definitely beg to differ lol . Watch his videos.
As he says all the time "It Just Works" 🤷♂️😏😂🤣
My theory is that 'A Friend' is a standard anonymous greeting from the faithful to Talos in Skyrim. The letter from a friend reads that your Thu'um raised a stir in some location, which is only important to a local, and would not be important to Hermaeus Mora or to Delphine. Delphine has no need to be anonymous (aside from the threat of interception of the Courier by the Thalmor or by Imperial loyalist agents) once you know who she is. I think the letters come from townsfolk of Skyrim who worship Talos and have random knowledge of where some word walls are - Nords know how to shout and some are traditionally trained - and are signed anonymously for protection from interceptions or missed deliveries. My final piece of evidence is that the letter states "SKYRIM needs a true hero these days..." - HM and Delphine would not care that Skyrim needs a hero, only that the Dragonborn needs power. Friendly townsfolk on both sides and on neither side of the Civil war would say that, however. Two strong bits of evidence pointing to 'The good people of Skyrim who have befriended the Dragonborn and the causes of the Dragonborn', the need to be anonymous (common fear) and the desire for the good of Skyrim, and random knowledge of 'a few word walls and rumors' - local gossip. It's the locals! Added - It also "does not matter" if the sender of the note can or cannot find the Dragonborn. That is exactly the job of the courier and no one else.
ADDED IN EDIT ON DECEMBER 18, 2020: I play Skyrim every day. One day, after slaying Mirmulnir at the Whiterun Watch Tower I returned to Dragonsreach and as I ran by Hrongar, Jarl Balgruuf's brother, he said THIS: "If you really are Dragonborn, then Skyrim needs you. Go to High Hrothgar and talk to the Greybeards." -- This ONE LINE of dialogue that you can ONLY HEAR DURING the quest "The Way of the Voice" convinces me that Hrongar might be sending the letters. He passes all of the tests. He is concerned about Skyrim, he is AGAINST the Stormcloaks BUT he is more concerned with the safety of Skyrim. He has to be anonymous so that he is not openly defying the Jarl or the Thalmor. He has easy access to couriers. And, he KNOWS you are the Dragonborn. Also, it is reasonable to think that he would know where some of the word walls are.
I like this theory. I always just assumed it was the Greybeards and left it at that but what you say makes sense. Even if the locals have an affiliation with one side of the war or the other, no one really wants the war in the sense of they don't want to war just to war and every one wants it to come to an end no matter which side they stand on.
I personally still think it's Hermaeus Mora, due to the fact that the thu'um is knowledge. Meaning if he can get a dragonborn that knows all the words of power, he'd have a very powerful champion.
I mean this is obviously the real answer bethesda would have given if we asked them. but it is a bit dull this is why we try to overthink this.
@@arthurschamne9804 Here are my reasons for disagreeing with you.
1. Hermaeus Mora has no need to be anonymous.
2. Hermaeus Mora is many things, but he is certainly no "Friend". It is a Daedric Prince. He requires obedience from the Dragonborn, not friendship.
3. Hermaus Mora communicates by appearing, not by writing letters. Why write letters if you can teleport?
@@michaelbarton1157 But if it wasn't a Daedric prince, then how can you get letters from friends when you shout in places that only a Daedric prince could see
The Stormcloaks and Imperials both acknowledge that you're Dragonborn, especially Ulfric.
They acknowledge, but they don't really ~care~. It always struck me as odd that here we are, dragonborn, able to speak with the Thu'um, effectively a very portable weapon of mass destruction, and the leaders of two armies that are at war with one another don't pull out all the stops to exploit us against their enemies.
Towards the end yes they do but they don't know you once you stepped into the Palace or Castle Dour.
Omega Kaoz that’s because the game assumes you start the civil war before you kill the dragon
True, but joke's on them! My first playthrough, I completely ignored the war and went all-out against Alduin.
@@xaosbob i guess their culture just knows to mind their own buisiness and let a dovahkin do what a dovahkin wants.
It was Lydia. I got a letter about my thuum in Breezehome. She was the only one in there. It was Lydia. Freaking Lydia.
Lydia just died in my game, and the letters have stopped. Coincidence!?
@@Mrphilipjcook I think not.
I cant even find my Lydia.
@@kadenkennett1298 She's in the breezehome.
i lost lydia after leaving her on a mountain after calling inigo a better friend, she isnt at my house
The real mystery you should focus on isn't who sent the letters (Delphine), but how Delphine stole the Horn of Windcaller without the Dragon Shouts apparently needed to complete the quest.
She lifted the gates
She used a bucket to glitch her way in the back way.
@@stevepalpatine2828 This is the correct answer.
Maybe she slept with the right dragonborn
She called Miraak (dead or alive) on an old dwemer flip phone and he retrieved it for her before returning to Apocrypha.
Think about it. As the dragonborn gets more powerful, more and more people would want to hire them and would most likely be willing to pay more for the dragonborn's services. Not only that but they'd likely pay more th o even get in touch with the dragonborn. The couriers are clearly building the dragonborn's strength in order to make more money sending letters. They're basically war profiteers
Donnie Jefferson this is the best
_Spread The Word Sheeple_
I don’t get it
@@GiganFTW the courier is making the dragon born stronger so people will hire him/her and pay the courier to bring letters to the dragon born the courier would be benefitting a lot from it
The courier is actually a friend
"the graybeards would never tell you where a word wall is"
you can literally go ask them for a random word wall location and they will point you to one lol.
If you've killed Paarthurnax the Graybeards won't tell you where a word wall is. However you still get letters from a friend even after ol' Partysnacks dies.
Edit- Also after defeating Alduin when you ask where a word wall is they just say that can't find any. That would mean either they aren't as omnipotent as you think, or they are just lying to you because you don't need anymore power now that Alduin is gone. The Blades might have more leverage finding notes or sneaking around dungeons to find more walls unlike the Graybeards who just keep themselves on top of a mountain. Perhaps somebody should kill Partysnacks, Alduin, and all the Blades, cause a quite a stir, and then see if you get a note from a friend.
@@thebrad1134 lol the greybeards will still give u locations of the word walls even after u defeated Alduin. I Doubt its a bug in my Safegame since I Played Skyrim over 2000 hours on different Platforms. Wether some of us is getting something wrong or ur Safegame is bugged.
@@ragnarr7965 Ah, must be bugged on my part. #Bethesda
Also sorry about the whole head getting cut off thing... makes for a nice song though.
@@thebrad1134 But you don't kill Paarthurnax...
@@thebrad1134 I'm pretty sure they say that only after you have found all the word walls, perhaps your last word wall was before you defeated alduin
Actually, Akatosh IS still a contender.
If memory serves me correctly, Alduin is not only rebelling against his father, he's outright defiant, refusing to follow Akatosh's will and instead rampage across Skyrim and the rest of Tamriel out of his desire to control.
Akatosh, heartbroken at the betrayal Alduin instigated, could have turned to the Dragonborn to destroy his eldest son.
also you have to remember that Akatosh created the Dragonborn
why would he do that if he didn't want him to defeat alduin
that's legit the Dragonborn's sole purpose
@@mcjd931 An excellent point.
Yes!
I was looking through the comments for someone pointing out Akatosh not being the all-powerful ruler of dragons.
Also, there's Akatosh and then there's Auriel. Both are pieces of Aka, who was cut in half to 'purify' him from his human-loving ways. Those ways went to Akatosh, so he's a strong contender.
Auriel is the one who would see the world eaten, since he's the one who hates being in the physical form so much he murdered Lorkhan and shot an arrow through his ripped-out heart.
Also, Alduin isn't even eating the world.
This is a problem w the video too but WHY THE FRICK WOULD THE GODS SEND A LETTER VIA COURIER even Hermars mora if a god appeared in front of you and told you where a word wall is to make you more powerful why would you refuse
@@xaproxiex yh it dosnt make sense wouldn't Dragonborn just have divine intervention or had sign idk
"Hermaeus Mora had an eye on you"
Only one?
“I’ve got my eye on you.” - Nicholas Fury.
He has like billion looking over other people, dude
“You caused quite a bit of a stir in Soul Cairn when you demonstrated the power of your Thu’um.” Probably a letter from the Ideal Masters.
I kind of wish they’d marked certain locations to put a “the” before the name when listing places like this.
Jarl Barlgruf, hear me out.
For someone to fit the bill as the potential “friend,” there are several key boxes they need to check. Barlgruf checks every box.
1) Knowledge of the dragonborn’s actions. Who would have their finger on the pulse of Skyrim more than a Jarl? He has to have informants and hear rumors of nearly everything of note in every hold of the realm. If someone was running around using the Voice in, say, Markarth, it’s completely plausible he would hear of it within a short timeline. If you want to argue that the sender seems aware of different realms and dimensions, I think we can easily chalk that up to convenient game programming. The letters follow an obvious pattern and it would have required much more work and time to essentially have dozens of unique letters instead of a template with changing values. Speaking as someone that has designed a game, what the devs did makes a lot of sense and likely doesn't reflect any lore hints, just smart timesaving.
2) Usage of a letter. It would be incredibly easy for Barlgruf to dispatch a messenger to the Dragonborn, and much more plausible for him to use a courier than, say, a Daedra or Paarthunax. We can see throughout the game that Daedra can speak directly into the mind of the Dragonborn, so a letter seems unnecessary, and Paarthurnax is too isolated to send a letter. He would have to use the Greybeards as a medium, but they seem to be against the dragonborn learning shouts too quickly. I doubt they would go along quietly.
2) Knowledge of the Voice. The letter references the Dragonborn using his “Thu’um.” Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s not a term the average person knows. Only people who have visited the Greybeards or studied The Voice would reference a shout as thu’um. For example, the guards at the Watchtower after your first dragon fight reference it as a shout. Jarl Barlgruf makes a point of informing us that he made the pilgrimage to High Hrothgar when he was younger. Mind you, this is a pilgrimage that requires you to literally climb a mountain and fight dangerous wild beasts. It’s not something you do without being interested in or passionate about the Way of the Voice. He doesn’t expand too much on his experience there, but given the difficulty of the journey, it seems unlikely he would have gotten there and left without getting something out of it. This is an assumption, of course, but I think it’s plausible that he attempted to learn The Way of the Voice while up there, but simply lacked the time, capability, or patience. His knowledge of the Greybeards seems more comprehensive than most. When he initially says he visited the Greybeards, it's a seemingly random bit of world building. If we assume he's the sender of these letters, it becomes a vital hint.
3) Knowledge of the word walls. Again, as a Jarl, he has access to a lot of knowledge. With dragons running around again, a Jarl would be remiss to not seek out information about them. We even see how he encourages Farengar to research more into dragons. Farengar is a smart guy with a connection to Delphine; him learning of and passing along the information to Barlgruf is completely possible.
4) Calling you “friend.” By the time you start getting these letters, you’re already a Thane of Whiterun. Barlgruf would certainly address you as a friend in correspondence.
A few other small notes on why I think it’s Barlgruf. First, look at the specific language used. When referencing the word walls near the end of the letter, the phrase used is “I understand that...” Now, the phrase “I understand that...” when used to introduce knowledge or information is almost always used when the knowledge presented is indirect knowledge. If the sender of these letters had visited the word walls themselves, a much more likely phrasing would have excluded the “I understand” phrase and simply stated the fact. The sender may even have referenced their own visit there, assuming the letter was confidential. Long story short, the person sending these letters likely was informed of them by someone else and is passing along the knowledge. If we go with the earlier assumption, that Farengar is doing the research and informing Barlgruf of what he learns, it makes even more sense. He fits this requirement perfectly.
Secondly, look at how this person speaks about Skyrim. He/she talks about it as a collective, from a macro level. They see Skyrim as a unified place facing dangers and threats, and have conflicting feelings about it. The type of sentiment expressed in the letter is one of melancholy; the sender wants Skyrim to succeed, but is all too aware of the problems it faces. This could be the Civil War, the Dragons, the Thalmor and Aldmeri Dominion...but crucially, there are very few NPCs we see express this kind of sentiment in game. Most NPCs fall clearly on either side. Barlgruf is one of the few NPCs and really the only Jarl we see in game who seems genuinely conflicted. He clearly treasures Nordic customs and values, as seen in how he sends his axe to Ulfric instead of a letter and how he shouts down Proventus about him signing the White-Gold Concordant. Hell, there’s a Shrine to Talos directly under his own castle. However, we can also see how conflicted he is by Ulfric’s actions. He understands the importance of a unified Empire and how Ulfric could cause greater harm than good, even if he agrees with his complaints. Such a conflicted person with a macro view of Skyrim is exactly who the letter is sent by. The sender wants a hero for Skyrim because they know painfully well how divided it is and the need for a hero everyone can respect.
Barlgruf, to me, is the only NPC we see who would have knowledge of the Dragonborn’s actions, would actually use a letter to communicate, possesses deeper knowledge of The Voice, possesses a view of Skyrim that only high-level politicians and strategists would have, and has a conflicted sentiment about Skyrim.
Last note: Ulfric checks most of those boxes using the logic I’ve presented, but the key here is that Ulfric sees himself as the hero Skyrim needs. He wouldn’t send a letter to help someone else become powerful enough to be a hero for the country. He IS the hero of the country in his eyes.
You my guy... you just converted me. Thank you for showing me the light.
That's makes sense. He has farengar for research, the steward for rumors, it just makes sense
Could be Ulfric since he actually knows shouts, but considering the storyline, prolly not him
But if you join the stormcloaks and finish the quest line doesn't he get arrested and taken to solitude? You still get friend letters after that and by that point balgruuf would have no reason to help the dragonborn (presuming the stormcloaks even let him send letters) since after you take over whiterun he's expresses distaste for the dragonborn and their choice of joining the stormcloaks. it's an interesting theory though ☺
@@Nekophy_ actually if you side with the stormcloaks ulfric wins and becomes high king.
"sincerely a friend"
I've been here two weeks. I have friends?
@Whiterun Guard "You picked a bad time to get lost, friend"
@Whiterun Guard Hmm, I'm no expert but that sounds like it could possibly be something conflicting (if you're running mods-that is) or as you said corrupted files of some sort because I've definitely heard the line from male NPCs-and thats with 178 mods (151 active ESPS)
During the Dark Brotherhood quests, the quest "The Silence Has Been Broken", the Dragonborn meets with someone named Amaund Motierre, and he give you a letter of instructions and signs it "a friend"
Go get the horn of jorgen windcaller. "A friend "directs yuh to the Riverwood inn. The letters are coming from partysnaxxx. He's helping yuh strengthen your voice to beat alduin. This is why Delphine gets pissed if yuh don't off partysnaxxx. The dragonborn response to Delphine is that partysnaxxx was helping him thru the whole quest to off alduin. Enjoy!!!
Delphine literally admits to sending at least some of them
But the one that was left where the horn was supposed to be was signed "A friend", while the others showed here are "A Friend". A small detail, but since there's only the one handwriting font, maybe it's intentional.
I always thought it was Delphine just because she's the only person with the interest, resources, knowledge, and reason in doing it. Plus she probably has the records of word walls in Skyrim because of the blade temple.
@@pelinalwhitestrake4196 Also the Thalmor are looking for her. So it would be logical to not sign with her name in case the letter falls in Thalmor hands.
@@pelinalwhitestrake4196 Actually it's more likely to be Esbern (or whatever his name is -- The old guy hiding in The Lower Ratway tunnels - until you save him and take him to Alduins Wall) oddly at the same time as the letters end, and you need to start going to him or the grey beards to get locations.
@@Whisperblade they end when you have all of the shouts that can be tracked this way xD
I always assumed the couriers used the Clairvoyance spell.
Dragonborn would always be one step ahead though.
The couriers are incarnations of the hermes-esque god of TES in my opinion, it's a fun thought and it makes sense
I assumed they were looking for you for a long time
_Illusion lvl 100_
Someone should genuinely make an ‘Elder Scrolls’ Detective Build. Like a Private investigator type character.
Could always port Nick Valentine into the game.
Good idea. Is there an Elder Scrolls equivalent of a P.I.? Maybe the Penitus Oculatus, but it’s a bit of a stretch.
‘Blood on The Ice’ would be a good quest to do. (When it actually works…)
There are several P.I. mentioned, especially in Riften. Something about the proximity to the Thieves Guild sees a spike in the # of letters from P.I.
Yeah, something like along the lines of a Lethal Protector and/or Vigilante, who puts an end to the corruption that most turn a blind eye to. The Ex-Blade route could be particularly interesting, as it could allow you to portray the character as a more cynical, pragmatic individual. (Though it’s up to you.)
The courier is only his first form and it is immortal as well as omniscient,his sixth is the courier of New Vegas and has the power of role playing on his side
I always assumed it wasn't any particular person, just some random guy in whatever location the player Shouted.
Some guy demonstrated a godly power (Thu'um) in Whiterun or whatever and and it gets the people talking. One person overhears the rumors at the tavern and just so happens to know about a word wall in a nearby tomb. This person then decides to write an anonymous letter to this "Dragonborn" giving him/her a friendly tip.
Exactly this... It's always the more simpler answer, not the most complicated one (like Herma More writting letter wtf)
Sameee
This was always my thought too. I'm sure they would also want to remain anonymous because the presence of the Dragonborn appears to be divisive in Skyrim as well.
I think that's what the developers had in mind, however, it is a little immersion-breaking when you get a letter saying your Thu'um was heard in the Aetherium Forge... where no living thing except you has been for countless years haha.
@@emilyzaitz2687 Yeah that is the devs fault for not thinking well before making this logic.
The Greybeards aren’t these big pacifists everyone makes them out to be. If you attack them they will shout you off that mountain without a second thought.
There's a difference between being a pacifist and a pushover
Its called Instant knock out.......or You done f@#ked up
Funny, they never shouted me off the mountain no matter how much I attempted them and I was TRYING to get shouted off so I could tgm and laugh my ass off
This happened to me literally, I was in werewolf form and just salvaging everything in my path and decided to visit the Grey Beards in said form. They attacked me and I ran out to the back court yard and was cornered by the cliff, decided to jump, lycanthrophy times out and I was frozen solid by an ice shout, forgot which one it was. Rolled down the mountain, tumbled into a river while still a big block of mer-cicle, and washed up on the side of a river north of lake Ilianolta all naked. 😂 🤣 Was too stunned by the whole thing happening forgot to record it.
@@paulwilliamgoyeneche6494 welp, don't fuck with the Greybeards I suppose
You forgot the Bards College. They want you to learn the words so that can be the greatest singer in all of Tamriel with your thu'um.
Sing your enemy's way to Sovngarde
i love how a game design concept of having an unknown guiding you towards things has become a lore integrated thing with this theory
I always thought it was just a random citizen who sent it each time, not one person who sent them all. They heard you shout and sent a letter with info to help you.
Yeah that's what I assumed too but the letters are worded basically the exact same every time which has changed my mind so I think there's just one sender
@@WhitneyDahlin They'Re worded in the exact same way every time because that's just how the game code is written, no need to write 50 different letters for each location just for this.
It's kind of immersion breaking for me when I shout in the Bannered Mare then leave the inn and the courier shows up immediately with the letter saying I caused quite a stir when I shouted in the Bannered Mare. Yeah, I caused a stir... 10 seconds ago.
Reminds me of the time I bought a Dwarven Sword of Burning from Adrianne and a few seconds later the courier walks into Whiterun with a letter from Calcelmo telling me he knows I acquired said sword.
The time travel theory would make since then, as the dragonborn from the future would know of these events and be able to send the letter before the actual event happened.
@@dtvgaming2898 no, cause backwards timetravelling is unpossible like that. It would cause a paradoxon
@@Leon53455 is there anything in Skyrim lore that says backwards time travel is impossible? If they can travel back in time in avengers then I'm sure they could with some crazy magic in skyrim
@@Feynvel The explanation is right there in my comment lol. When other fantasy settings do it, it's a flaw of them and no precedent
@@Leon53455 well there are no laws to time travel, only theories so it's not impossible.
Theory 3/4:
How about Mai'q
He seems to know oddly strange details about the world.
Mai'q has much knowledge
Xavier Mai’q knows things, others do not
I always assumed the letters were coming from Farengar every time he learned of a new word wall, since he knows you're the dragonborn and he's clearly knows a lot about dragons.
i thought he said it was hermaeus mora's porn
EDIT: i would love to see hermaeus mora sitting at a desk writing letters like
Dear Dragonborn,
I have been watching you for a long time OwO
I hope you like tentacles
lmao
Hentai
ShootZ to Kill I'd be very surprised if Lovers Lab doesn't have mods for that. =-O
*appears behind you* herrow! OwO
*sheathes tentacles*
@@avatareternal3204 they don't I checked
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE
Incorrect.
Akatosh has motive. As stated by master Arngier, there is a very strong likelyhood that Alduin will be premitted to return at the end of time to consume the world as he was meant to. This is further backed up by one of Parthunaax's statements erlier in the game. According to him, Alduin has strayed from his origonal purpose as the World Eater. Choosing to enslave, opress and rule all mortals rather than bringing about the end of said culpus. So it stands to reason that Akatosh would've been displeased with his first born and therefore, as punishment to Alduin, would've aided the Dovahkiin in becoming stronger with the Tu'um, ultimatly defeating corrupt Alduin and aiding in the coming of the new culpus.
Or, ya'know... whatever...
It’s also known that humanity corrupted akatoshs purpose using magic. Essentially they made akatosh not want to end this world because it would harm humanity.
@@vulomtahrodiis9775 I am glad to see there are others, such as yourself, who are well versed in the Elder Scrolls' lore and legends. Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
@@vulomtahrodiis9775 "it would harm humanity"? What does that mean exactly?
@@jkgf4671 It means we'd all be dead, because at the end of a Kulpa our world ends to birth the new onee.
@@levilandes1719 I mean more like why would the magic change that now killing humans will hurt them but before it was "killing all humans? No problem".
The courier gave letters to the Dragonborn, took an arrow in the head and became Courier 6
Truth is, the game was rigged from the start
Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim edition!
*2 arrows
With a big iron on his hip
Hermaeus Mora definitely makes the most sense, but I'm honestly in love with the idea of the courier being a literal god lmao
or M'aiq
the courier is secretly an aspect of hermaeus mora. that's how he always finds you
Zoe Sequeira what if the courier is hermaeus mora in human form!
Love this theory 😂
Couriers carry KNOWLEDGE of FRIENDS far away that you didn't previously know. Perhaps they're servants of Hermaeus Mora.
Zoe Sequeira Na he uses the novice level spell clairvoyance
It’s the courier ...
I think it's Hermaeus Mora.
1. He's omnipresent and even if he's not, he says when you first meet him: "I have been watching you. Most impressive..."
2. He's the daedric lord of knowledge, so he probably has extensive information of all the word walls and their locations, and probably even news of recent events that happened.
3. He has reason to get you to grow, as he needs to get rid of Miraak who hijacked his realm for his own endeavours.
Commented this before watching the whole video btw.
Exactly what I was thinking!
What if you play the original skyrim with no DLC? Would you still think it is Hermaeus Mora? You receive letters no matter what.
@@justjoker Yes
Can you provide a reason as of why you would still think Herma Mora is responsible?
@@justjoker Whatever I said the first time.
It's obviously M'aiq
Milk Muhn actualy this can be cause m'aiq mysterious character in tes series and may he knows about future
The theory M'aiq is a god in mortal form actually makes this legit
Yeah, M'aiq knows many things.
@@tombkeeper1397 m'aiq is the son of m'aiq who is the son of m'aiq, etc. M'aiq is not the same character across tes but is an Easter egg.
Maybe Maiq is the reincarnation of Maiq?
“You caused quite a stir when you demonstrated the power of your Thu’um in Azuras Star
8:30 actually, there is one instance of where the college of Winterhold acknowledges you as the dragonborn when your trying to find an elder scroll, you can gain access to the college if you explained that your the dragonborn and the guard asks you to preform a shout
Plot twist,The Dragonborn is Lonely so he`s sending those to himself to remember locations later
(Edit: I sent this before watching the video,the first thing "The Dragonborn from the Future" LMAO)
The Dragonborn is so freaking lonely he time traveled to make friends with himself
Other characters appear randomly too.
Yes but only the courier appears when your in the middle of destroying castle volkihar and fighting 8 master vampires, just to tell you that the vampires of volkihar don't like you using your thu'um
Hahahahaha
I've always suspected that The Friend was one of the Greybeards, who secretly doesn't agree with the Way of the Voice. He might want to do these things himself, but instead lives vicariously through the Dragonborn.
Honestly think it either the psijics or greybeards
Theory 1/4:
It's obviously Sheogorath!
Who else would call himself a ｆｒｉｅｎｄ? Especially when the dragonborn hasn't met him before!
By knowing more shouts, we could use more shouts. We can yell Lydia off a mountain. We can go fast. We can call people skeever butt or cheese brain!
that's actually entirely plausible, even speaking seriously.
That's... actually a fairly good theory that holds up to a lot considering he's a seemingly all-seeing daedric price who could easily point you in a seemingly random direction (very his style) to make you stronger. He has motive whether you become his champion or not, considering he could either be making you stronger just for shits-and-giggles, or he could be strengthening his future/current champion
A courier one stopped me to deliver me a letter while I was fighting a dragon.
Daniel The Lucario 2.0 now that’s the bravest character in Skyrim
At least you'll never lose a package in the mail in skyrim
Me: Oh god, I need to use a potio-
Courier: Got something to deliver, your hands only, well, that's it, got to go-
Me: *dies*
*while on fire* "I've been looking for you I got something I'm supposed to deliver your hands only
Bullshit
Or its just random people who happen to hear you shout, believe the dragonborn is a hero, and pass on bits of local legends that could help him fight those pesky dragons.
The thing is occasionally, you can shout in places with nobody around and the letter will still be sent. This may be nitpicking, but it seems more likely one person is sending them all.
@@nelkrey5931 could simply be a flaw in the script like how you can sometimes get inheritence letters from Hired Thugs you killed.
Actually, about the Greybeards, I'm pretty sure they mention something about, potentially not denying the end of time, as the world is a cycle and even ponder if the Dragonborn fully killed Alduin, as he didn't absorb his soul and that he is still considered the end of time. I believe they mention the first part right after they help negotiate a cease fire in the civil war, or after you ask them about the Blades wanting you to kill Paarthurnax.
"I'm not going to run through everyone that isn't our friend"
Thank gods, there's not enough time in a week to go over *that* list.
At least 70% of the people you encounter aren't your friend, so i think it'd take longer than the actual length of time it takes to complete the game in its entirety, and I'm talking completing and finding every little thing possible.
Delphine...
Calling herself my _friend?_
*H A R R R U M P H!!*
begone
*T H O T*
@@dumpster9048 Where do you learn that shout?
Please. No friends of mine wants to kill Party Snacks
Fuck Delphine she wants to kill my homie
@@SebasTian58323 We all love Partysnaxxx. He's a ride or die homeboy.
'You know, I got to thinking. Maybe I'm A Friend and I just don't know it yet'
Wait...
That is such a good one!
I always assumed our mysterious friend was either Parthunax or the Greybeards....with Parthunax being a dragon of immense power I always just assumed he was attuned to others using the Thu'um anywhere in Skyrim and sent letters via the Greybeards signed as "a friend".
It’s definitely Delphine
Does anyone else imagine Ulfrich Stormcloak's voice when reading the letters? He was present when Alduin first attacked and refers to you as Dragonborn if you team up with the Stormcloaks. He studied with the Greybeards so may have some knowledge of Word Wall locations. As far as knowing where you are he could be receiving intel from various Stormcloak soldiers and camps. Honestly I just pictured him saying what the letters do, and in his voice, and then I thought about it a bit. I don't think we're really ever meant to know who's sending them.
What if you were to kill him by siding with the imperials? The letters keep coming, but Ulfric is dead. Same for any potential candidate that is killable in game without cheats.
17:30 Auto subtitles: "Miraak has been Hermaeus Mora's porn..."
Me: Oh so THAT'S why he has tentacles.
and a Valuable porne at that
A man of culture...
i thought thats what he was saying XD he's says pawn like porn...
I always thought it was old herma mora who was sending the letters. After denying him in one of his encounters, he said he had already been watching over Me and my journey and giving me aid. Gave me the creeps also explains why Skyrim was so easy.
Same that's what I thought
100% its him
considering the places you can be sent a letter for shouting in
seamingly its anywhere i just know places like soul cairn and i belive his plan of oblivion are possabiltys
It was easy because Bethesdas vision of making a game harder is to tweak the hit rate to make the battle take longer.
A bit lazy if you ask me.
And then the modders took hold of the game. And transformed it into an actual challenge.
No more do i have to tweak the difficulty to increase how hard the game is. Hell it's now hard AF on easy.
Most ppl think of pc players as the cheaters. That would rather use the console commands to play in god mode.
but this is simply untrue. Most PC players absolutely crave for the challenge. this is why we put out so many mods that are so bloody hard. we tweaked the balances of how the game should be played.
but even the mods that are on the console's are limited in functionality because they are inferior systems.
ultimately console players will never experience difficulty and its truest form because of those limitations.
@@5226-p1e Why the hell did you decide to turn the convo from herma mora sending you letters to PC vs Console??
No, I dont think so. The letter states that 'the Friend' needed him to grow stronger to become a 'true hero of Skyrim'.
Hermameus careless about Skyrim and he is in Morrowind.
So either Talos or any versions of him Or someone else...
Actually.. I solved this mystery as there is really no mystery to this matter.
Wuulfgar or whatever that greybeard is called. Is the ONLY NPC IN THE WHOLE GAME to carry a quill and paper in his inventory when you pickpocket him. Suggesting he's the one writing the letters as he feels the locations of the word walls ánd he hears the shouts the dragonborn does, which explains how the courier always seems to find us. And he actually is a person who knows the Dragonborn personally. Hence he can't talk due to the 'power' of his voice.
The Greybeards, as a group, may be somewhat discounted as per your reasoning. As a group, they have no reason to be secretive. However, what if your reasoning of their outlook is wrong and they (as a group) do honor the will of Akatosh to end the current time cycle. That would set up the requirement of secrecy if one of the members ideals broke from the group as a whole. That would check the boxes for wordwall knowledge as well as the need for anonymity. As for knowing where the Dragonborn shouted from, they demonstrate that they know that from your first shout and direct their invitation at you. The final piece doesn't need to be checkmarked, as it can be laid out as the courier simply carrying the correspondence until they run across you, starting out where you last shouted.