As for the next Dragon Priest, I would love to hear about Krosis. His name is a curse, and unlike the other priests, he's just kinda out in the middle of nowhere. There's of course also Morokei, the only one that we get to "converse with," so to speak.
Wanted to suggest this as well. Krosis is approximate to "sorrow" in the dragon language. There is little information on them so it would be interesting to see what Drewmora can dig up.
What about Ysgramor as a dragon priest? Co-Lead Designer of Skyrim, Kurt Kuhlmann: "If Ysgramor was indeed a "dragon", most likely he was a Dragon Priest - in the Late Merethic Era, it would be unlikely for a leader of Ysgramor's reported stature to be unconnected to the Dragon Cult. But connecting the Nord hero Ysgramor with the now-reviled Dragon Cult is of course anathema to those who favor chauvinism over historical truth." -Hasphat Antabolis
Honestly, this is the only "dragon priest" that matters if that is his true lore. A "simple" human who managed to exterminate an entire race of Mer AND topple Dragon supremacy. He grabbed all that he could from every last one of his enemies and used that power to utterly obliterate their existence. If he indeed met the 500 companions and assisted them with all the knowledge he had gained from the Mer, that very much explains why it was possible to commit genocide on the snow elves, and good riddance. If he had managed to use all that he knew to impress the dragons enough into giving him more power and harnessing the Thune only to cast off the false mantle of "Dragon Mage" in order to drive away or kill every last dragon. This would make him the only individual that matters in Skyrim lore. It's too bad they made his tale end after coming back from oblivion. The audacity that Oblivion somehow holds enough power to drive him mad is rather ridiculous. Every Daedric Prince is merely a parasite occupying part of the infinite chaos of Oblivion real estate. In all honestly, he should have killed them one by one in order of weakness gaining power as he went along. His mind is too powerful to be affected by these dime store devils.
@badluck5647 The atmorans worshipped animal gods and the Dragon being the apex being on tambriel I 100% agree he was atleast connected to the dragon cult.
Lately I put on videos from Drew to fall asleep to. It's the most epic way to doze off and I've consistently had exhilaratingly insane dreams after it lol. I guess I am the dreamer...
I like to think that Azhidal played 5D chess and gave the Dwemer the idea to do ... whatever they did to the Falmer. It's probably not what happened, but it'd be a fun twist.
Definitely possible! With the addition of ESO lore with Ahzidal creating Fungal creatures. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s the culprit or inspiration of the Dwemer for the Falmers blindness.
@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 He just stops fighting you and floats to Gelibor. Wait for 12 hours and he's back, ready to throw hands like nothing happened.
The part of the story about Yngol & Ysgramor's interaction on their ship, while Tamriel was once again fading from view behind them after the Night of Tears, gave me chills. It really did. The whole thing about how Ysgramor's eldest son consoled and grieved with him, got him to take a few swigs of mead, wrapped him up in furs before laying him down in a hammock below deck, and then went on to forge the original Wuuthrad for his dad _right there on the sea,_ with only the tools they brought, and Ysgramor's tears, and the natural gifts of Kyne around them...I mean come on, it's _so good._ And by the time the Harbinger awoke, Yngol presented the yet unnamed Wuuthrad to him, who named it Storm's Tears in their tongue on the spot, and embraced his son with all of the bittersweet emotions going around in their heads on their way back to Atmora. Man, that was awesome, thank you, Drew. I was under the impression all this time that I read the Songs of the Return series in-game at some point, or that I'd at least absorbed all of the information in them over time throughout my 11 years of playing the games and watching lore videos, but it turns out, _nope._ I didn't lol, so I'm going through them now! *Even Ysgramor cries,* fellas. The ancient Nords had masculinity and the importance of good emotional health figured out a long time ago. So if any of my guys out there need to hear this, *follow Ysgramor's example.* I'm not saying you have to genocide elves, but _I am_ saying that they're lucky they don't exist alongside us in the real world-hey wait, what? lmao 😉😂
I still wonder what happened to Divath Fyr after the eruption of Red Mountain. Can’t imagine he died but I also can’t exactly see him abandoning his tower and Corprasarium… maybe he was far enough away from the eruption?
@@dumbsterdives I mean neither would I. It’s explicitly said that he’s been to the realms of Oblivion multiple times and he knew Sotha Sil personally. Wouldn’t be surprised if he had a way to transport his entire tower to a pocket realm since that’s sort of a subject that Sotha Sil was researching for his clockwork city. Divath Fyr would not be as powerful of course but he was definitely knowledgeable
While you, Scott, and Michael are an amazing team together, you Drew, were clearly the workhorse of the group. You are clearly intelligent, with your wording, and ability to look in between lines. Thank you for all the content Drew. Plz continue to do more lore and may your mead, never run out.
Haven't watched this yet, I wanted to say beforehand Thank you Drew. You keep putting out quality Elder Scrolls lore material that I & so many can count on to enjoy. Wish you the best with your channel. Hope you continue to enjoy doing it as much as we enjoy watching & listening
I must say again, your writing is amazing, I just love the way you put everything together almost poetically. The daedrologist in his telvanni tower writing masterpieces to keep us all interested in this beautiful world.
I think the Dwemer were responsible, whether directly or indirectly, for the Night of Tears. The ruins of Mzulf proved that the Dwemer were the ones that had the means to locate both the Eye and Staff of Magnus. And whether they convinced some rogue Snow Elves or did it themselves, Saarthal was attacked but the Eye somehow wasn't relocated. I think this means that the Eye was not the real target. Then Ysgramor and the Nords happened, killing and enslaving any elf in sight (they even confused Bretons as elves at some point). Of course the elves that would suffer the most are the Snow Elves which are the most prominent elves on the surface. This forced the Snow Elves to desperately seek refuge with the Dwemer, which I think is the whole plan all along. A magically-inclined race is a perfect subject for magical and supernatural experiments.
Fantastic as always! A whole series on the Dragon Priests would be awesome, especially the rest of the ones on Solstheim. Not sure if there’s as much lore in regards to those specifically but I’m sure you’re up to the challenge! Hope you’ve been well 😊
Was Solstheim even an island at this point in time? The battle between Vahlok and Miraak split Solstheim from greater Tamriel, I thought? So wouldn’t Solstheim be part of northern Skyrim at the time of the Battle of the Moesring?
Mr. Drew, another fine telling. You had me enthralled and I was feeling sadness for Ahzidal until he turned to the dragons and then betrayed, even them. He was consumed by his need for knowledge and that, in itself, is very sad as there is not enough knowledge anywhere, in any time, to satisfy one so consumed. Well, thank you for all you do for the community and the lore you highlight for us. As for which dragon priest I'd like to hear about, honestly, ANY of them. They all have a tale to tell and you, being the premiere "teller" of tales, are the only one who can bring the stories to us! Thank you, kind Sir.
You are a master. I love skyrim. I'm playing now. Again. Still. Love oblivion. Music in both, for me, is timeless, beautiful, and will still catch my full attention. The lore is rich, and you know to bring that to life. May you rein on.
Your videos helps me so much with my anxiety-calming-excercises, so not only do I want to thank you for making such amazing content for us to enjoy - but also for that! Thank you Drew
Your content, your delivery, and your ability to immerse a listener in your videos always keeps me coming back. It never ceases to get me the most hype & brighten up any day when I see a new video drop!
Thank you again Drew for gleaning more knowledge from the Elder Scrolls and providing a deeper understanding of it's contents. The sacrifice of slowly losing your vision through continued exposure to them will not be forgotten, nor will your decipherings be. The day you can no longer provide us with the knowledge of the Elder Scrolls will be a sad one indeed, again thank you.
I wonder if the eye is the tower of Skyrim, maybe called a cave when it was dark, like a deep pupil. It knew it would be found and awoken, it's perceptive physical self a machination of the mind, not unlike the way we perceive the moon's and the sun.
in a way, MK said the stone of the snow throat is Plato's cave, lorkhan/shor saw the glory of mortality and liberation and tried to convey it to auriel and magnus, and was shunned and kill for it
I would love to see Studio MAPPA or Perriot Co. do a TES anime mini-series with 8-12 episodes, each revolving around a specific event in the history of Nirn, beginning with the Dawn War and ending with the Great War of the Fourth Era. I think they would be able to do it justice while giving it a Japanese twist. Or, a Japanese live-action series about the men of Akavir fighting the Snake Men would be very good as well, If we never get a game in Akavir. Really doesn’t matter which of the big studios would do it, I just wanna see a TES anime
Completely out there topic but I know you're also interested in the connection between Lorkhan and Namira hence the "Great Darkness". "Sep, was driven mad by the Hunger of Satakal, and convinced the other gods to create a 'shortcut' to the Walkabout, resulting in the creation of the mortal world. Though punished for his actions by Tall Papa, Sep continues to exist as a shadow of his former self, attempting to prevent mortal souls from reaching the Far Shores after death."
Raghot would be my request for next priest. As to Azidal, one wonders if he made contact with Mora prior to Ysgramor's return, and Mora only collected his debt later, when the prince could use him to acquire the knowledge kept by the dragon cult. Food for thought.
Once again, Drew's storytelling brings great entertainment. It's quite interesting that Ahzidal had learned a lot from the Elves, the Falmer specifically. The fact he was able to partake and learn from Falmer Mages after the Night of Tears already makes you wonder if the Snow Elves were only after humans in Saarthal, and let the other Nedes and humans live. Because... why let Ahzidal live if it was a genocidal conflict in the start? Which shows that yeah, it wasn't the population of man that truly bothered the Snow Elves. And I wonder if he ever found out why the Falmer destroyed Saarthal, and why he assumed all of them supposedly "deserved" to die for it I hope we learn the truth from Bethesda one day. Maybe we can see a short-movie or something that shows the tensions rising between Falmer and Atmorans...
I still question how tolfdir is supposedly the best alteration mage when his only lived a normal human life while others like ahzidal had to dedicate themselves to extreme diligent exercise.
and during the cold nights, with theo nly light be a torch. would the nords of skyrim be able to tell the difference from Aylieds, Falmer, and the dwemer?
I'd like to learn about Krosis. Why is his coffin out in the middle of nowhere, with no tomb or barrow? Just a coffin barely shielded from the elements by a word wall. Why does that word wall contain all three words of the Throw Voice shout? What's the significance behind his name, which translates to "sorrow"?
Possible he followed a path similar to the Greybeards minus the infrastructure of High Hrothgar? Possibly exiled and he spent the remainder of his life meditating on the meaning of his words until death ultimately claimed him. He set himself inside his tomb, sealed it with magic, and let himself die on his own terms (suffication) vs freezing to death. Exile and dying alone in the mountains both constitute "sorrow" in my eyes; bonus points if the exile was undeserved/unjust in nature, like accused of being a traitor and disgraced but intent on carving his legacy in stone.
It doesn't matter how many years go by, each lore video on any channel for that matter makes me so so soooo excited yet incredibly sad until TESVI comes out, because on one hand i love imagening what amazing thing's we'll learn in the next elder scrolls, but my crazed need for it makes me sad because its still so far away. In the mean time though i cant get enough of these videos Drew. Always done with the utmost prowess in both knowledge and story telling!
You always put out top notch content Drew! From the narration to your edits🔥 bro. I’m interested on your take on Konahrik and if there is a correlation with the mask and Goldbrand. The 🐉 priest series going to be lit💯
I love this! I will subscribe too, the dragon priest I do find to be mysterious like hidden among the shadows is Vokun. I would love the dragon priest Vokun to be spoken about and why he guards that encrypted scroll.
What I don't quite understand, if the snow elves wanted the Eye of Magnus, why would they leave it in Saarthal? Why not bring it to one of their own settlements or temples? Especially since Saarthal has basically been turned into a huge grave, wouldn't be my location of choice for a divine artifact. If they did move it, why would the Nords bring it back later on (as "The Night Of Tears" suggests)? Would they (Nords) really have cared for it? I imagine we would have documentation of that, like a dramatic telling on how and why they bothered to re-bury it back in Sarthaal. I also imagine Ahzidal would have tried to figure out how to utilize the Eye against the elves, if he knew about it - which he would have. What if the Eye of Magnus was not in Saarthal at that time - what if it showed up later? Divine artifacts do have a tendency to show up wherever and whenever in the elder scrolls universe. What if the snow elves were at the right place, but at the wrong time? On another note: who even figured out the eye was connected to Magnus? And how? Like, who officially named it? It's so strange that we basically don't know anything about this thing, but we know it is connected to Magnus, hmm
Another question I have about Saarthal is during the first era and the Gaulder Amulet situation. The king buried one piece of the amulet and the son who had it in Saarthal in the same area as the Eye of Magnus. Why didn't the king notice it or do anything with it and why did he choose to bury them there in the first place?
And yet you bop him with your Orc Berserker turning him to ashes to steal his shit. A breton just eats him for breakfast 🤣 I kinda wish the dragon priests had abilities that do justice to their lore
I didn't even know about Sarthaal's history, I only ever thought it was the capital of the Dragon-Preists that the Falmer sacked for some reason... They need to give Drew and the lads lore consultation jobs 😆 BETHESDA 👏 GET 👏 ON👏 IT! 👏
It's been a while since i've given some thought to the Dragon Priest's stories, it was actually pretty nice how most of them seemed to have a bit of lore to go along with the dungeon and the mask
FYI the dewmer were basically using string theory, super long story short, every atom/ energy source has a vibration that can be tuned etc to get it to do something else. NGL ES lore is so deep that to this day I’m still finding out cool things. Also Molag did nothing wrong ;3
Keep to the Dragon Priests on Solstheim first. Dukaan is interesting because he could summon Seekers but I can't recall any story about his background.
Hi 👋🏻 Drew! I love the historic knowledge of the lore, even the controversial bits, and the philosophical discussion method of presentation. Always have. Also like the way it’s logically constructed in a manner that is easy to consume and understand. I would love you to delve into each of the Dragon Priests. If some have little known about them, they could be consolidated with others. They are as fascinating as the Ringwraiths who were once kings of men in LOTR. I find Ahzidal particularly interesting as a mage because usually the Nords at least by the time of Skyrim, distrustful of magic. We’re they always so, or was Ahzidal’s tale & the Eye of Magnus conflict of Saarthal part of the foundation of that distrust? That endless knowledge seeking driving him mad, could it have had anything to do with Hermaeus Mora? He seems to fit that whole narrative because of what happens in Apocrypha and his deigns on the Skaal knowledge, who also happened to pass down the tales of Ahzidal. If you mentioned such a possible connection in the video & I missed it, it should be noted that my oldest daughter kept distracting me whilst I tried to listen. 😁
the miraak lore video? Did he and veloth the jailer really disconnect solthiem from Skyrim ? This story makes it sound like it was an island before the dragon cult even came to power
Falmer: "We can't let the Men use the magics that belong to the Mer against us! We *must* take the Eye of Magnus before they tap it's power!" Ahzidal: "So I was just traveling the world learning the magics of the Mer when I came along and, well they gave me a reason." wonderful irony
He was possibly the greatest mage; however, his greatest strength was also his greatest weakness. Fueled by the illusory nature of duality and opposition, he was consumed by the 'I' of the Aurbis and the Wheel of Convention.
Hey btw, I don't know if you play Crusader Kings 3 at all but a massive Elder Scrolls adaptation is about to release on 11/11. It all takes place in the second era and I'd love to see what your take on it is!
I'm still curious why nobody did anything with the eye? If the Falmer knew it was there and launched a full assault on a nordic settlement, I feel like the other mer would have likely known about it. Why didn't anyone try going after this all powerful eye in the centuries before ES5?
I think at the time a lot of the cultures were separated and probably kept to their territories. Though the Snow Elves were arguably the kindest elven race to the Nedes (Nord and elf) and the Atmorans (and their eventual decendents before everything went to crap) they probably weren't going around telling other elves about what was happening in one of the coldest and most remote regions in Skyrim. Also I think the script on the Eye was the "Divine Script" and most likely, short of those that inhabited the surrounding region, no one else would have believed it existed or knew what to do with it. And by the time many of the Snow Elves were wiped out by man, other elves probably didn't believe it was possible that man could possibly overcome the elves and the resulting destruction may have convinced them it would no longer be there anyway. Given Azidhal's ability to continue traveling and fraternizing with other elves, there may have been no one left to warn them or tell the story, according to the chronological events given here. Otherwise I would find it difficult for any elven race to willingly covort with him let alone convey such valuable knowledge. And once Sarthaal was destroyed, undoubtedly others merely stayed away as it was a reminder of the horrible losses sustained there.
Drew could I humbly request you make a video on the vampires of nirn I want to know how powerful they are lore wise could harkon slaughter the entire city of whiterun single handled? what are their limits pls and thanks arch loremaster 👊
pretty sure he could, he has access to abilities you as a half-blood can't access, and Half-bloods are pretty powerful on their own right, still its a good topic to explore, while personally I think there is sufficient enough evidence to say he can in fact slaughter whole towns on his own, it begs the question on if he is so powerful, why would he want to blot the sun out? because maybe he can't single handily slaughter one town, much less the world, or is it simply an act of pride and vanity to proclaim his dominance?
@@samuelhaverghast2442 A Brilliant point plus he also received his gift directly from molag bal do that give him added benefits.Yes we were a half breed but not a great example because our other half was dragonborn like mixing miraak and him together I do believe fire plays a big part as to why vampires remain mostly isolated I know its not lore but ingame fire was a massive hit at 50 percent more damage when blood starved
Whiterun: yes, easily. Blotting out the sun: Harkon is powerful but his court is limited. There are numerous vampires of various origins, but very few children of cold harbor: these, and their chosen disciples, wield the greatest power among vampires. It was likely his Molag Bal influence coming through; Harkon wasn't content being powerful, he wanted total domination of the living world. Blotting out the world reduces non-vampire effectiveness, strengthens vampires of all kind (some more susceptible to sunlight than others), and essentially makes total control a guarantee in time - vampires are chronologically eternal, so it would be a long-term goal to focus their efforts on. I don't think he had any thoughts for after the fact: Harkon, for all his planning, was very short-sighted in his fervor. He already has issues of his court killing or trying to kill one another to better their position - were he to succeed in total vampire dominance, he'd have a target on his head from within his kingdom. Bottomline: Harkon was a poor leader.
Unfortunately there's not a lot known about them, there's not much to go on other than their names and the dungeons they're found in if I remember correctly
As for the next Dragon Priest, I would love to hear about Krosis. His name is a curse, and unlike the other priests, he's just kinda out in the middle of nowhere. There's of course also Morokei, the only one that we get to "converse with," so to speak.
Wanted to suggest this as well. Krosis is approximate to "sorrow" in the dragon language. There is little information on them so it would be interesting to see what Drewmora can dig up.
What about Ysgramor as a dragon priest?
Co-Lead Designer of Skyrim, Kurt Kuhlmann:
"If Ysgramor was indeed a "dragon", most likely he was a Dragon Priest - in the Late Merethic Era, it would be unlikely for a leader of Ysgramor's reported stature to be unconnected to the Dragon Cult. But connecting the Nord hero Ysgramor with the now-reviled Dragon Cult is of course anathema to those who favor chauvinism over historical truth."
-Hasphat Antabolis
Honestly, this is the only "dragon priest" that matters if that is his true lore. A "simple" human who managed to exterminate an entire race of Mer AND topple Dragon supremacy. He grabbed all that he could from every last one of his enemies and used that power to utterly obliterate their existence. If he indeed met the 500 companions and assisted them with all the knowledge he had gained from the Mer, that very much explains why it was possible to commit genocide on the snow elves, and good riddance. If he had managed to use all that he knew to impress the dragons enough into giving him more power and harnessing the Thune only to cast off the false mantle of "Dragon Mage" in order to drive away or kill every last dragon. This would make him the only individual that matters in Skyrim lore. It's too bad they made his tale end after coming back from oblivion. The audacity that Oblivion somehow holds enough power to drive him mad is rather ridiculous. Every Daedric Prince is merely a parasite occupying part of the infinite chaos of Oblivion real estate. In all honestly, he should have killed them one by one in order of weakness gaining power as he went along. His mind is too powerful to be affected by these dime store devils.
@badluck5647 I always thought it made a lot of sense for Ysgramor to be a Dragon Priest or at least have dragons as his allies.
@badluck5647 The atmorans worshipped animal gods and the Dragon being the apex being on tambriel I 100% agree he was atleast connected to the dragon cult.
Drew is such a fantastic storyteller. Even when I'm not paying attention to the words of the story, his tone and cadence is so relaxing.
Was about to say this, lol. Excellent storyteller
100% agree
Yep, Drew is a natural
Lately I put on videos from Drew to fall asleep to. It's the most epic way to doze off and I've consistently had exhilaratingly insane dreams after it lol. I guess I am the dreamer...
Came here to say his voice is like sweet butter to my ears. But yeah, I meant what you said.
My fav Dragon Priest finally deserved sum recognition
I like to think that Azhidal played 5D chess and gave the Dwemer the idea to do ... whatever they did to the Falmer. It's probably not what happened, but it'd be a fun twist.
Definitely possible! With the addition of ESO lore with Ahzidal creating Fungal creatures. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s the culprit or inspiration of the Dwemer for the Falmers blindness.
He got his complete and total revenge. I wonder if his dragon priest would regain his sanity if you just mentioned there’s a snow elf still alive.
@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 He just stops fighting you and floats to Gelibor. Wait for 12 hours and he's back, ready to throw hands like nothing happened.
@@infinitepotato001”Oh shit you fr? Hold on gimme a sec you just wait here. I’ll be back.”
The part of the story about Yngol & Ysgramor's interaction on their ship, while Tamriel was once again fading from view behind them after the Night of Tears, gave me chills. It really did.
The whole thing about how Ysgramor's eldest son consoled and grieved with him, got him to take a few swigs of mead, wrapped him up in furs before laying him down in a hammock below deck, and then went on to forge the original Wuuthrad for his dad _right there on the sea,_ with only the tools they brought, and Ysgramor's tears, and the natural gifts of Kyne around them...I mean come on, it's _so good._
And by the time the Harbinger awoke, Yngol presented the yet unnamed Wuuthrad to him, who named it Storm's Tears in their tongue on the spot, and embraced his son with all of the bittersweet emotions going around in their heads on their way back to Atmora.
Man, that was awesome, thank you, Drew. I was under the impression all this time that I read the Songs of the Return series in-game at some point, or that I'd at least absorbed all of the information in them over time throughout my 11 years of playing the games and watching lore videos, but it turns out, _nope._ I didn't lol, so I'm going through them now!
*Even Ysgramor cries,* fellas. The ancient Nords had masculinity and the importance of good emotional health figured out a long time ago. So if any of my guys out there need to hear this, *follow Ysgramor's example.*
I'm not saying you have to genocide elves, but _I am_ saying that they're lucky they don't exist alongside us in the real world-hey wait, what? lmao 😉😂
Ysgramor even gave his arch enemy the snow prince a proper burial.
I still wonder what happened to Divath Fyr after the eruption of Red Mountain. Can’t imagine he died but I also can’t exactly see him abandoning his tower and Corprasarium… maybe he was far enough away from the eruption?
honestly i wouldnt be shocked if he saw the eruption coming and built a shelter or moved everything to oblivion or something like that.
@@dumbsterdives I mean neither would I. It’s explicitly said that he’s been to the realms of Oblivion multiple times and he knew Sotha Sil personally. Wouldn’t be surprised if he had a way to transport his entire tower to a pocket realm since that’s sort of a subject that Sotha Sil was researching for his clockwork city. Divath Fyr would not be as powerful of course but he was definitely knowledgeable
They say he moved his tower into a pocket realm.
While you, Scott, and Michael are an amazing team together, you Drew, were clearly the workhorse of the group. You are clearly intelligent, with your wording, and ability to look in between lines. Thank you for all the content Drew. Plz continue to do more lore and may your mead, never run out.
Haven't watched this yet, I wanted to say beforehand Thank you Drew. You keep putting out quality Elder Scrolls lore material that I & so many can count on to enjoy. Wish you the best with your channel. Hope you continue to enjoy doing it as much as we enjoy watching & listening
I always get very hyped when I see a dragon priest .. Ahzidal was even more fascinating
I must say again, your writing is amazing, I just love the way you put everything together almost poetically. The daedrologist in his telvanni tower writing masterpieces to keep us all interested in this beautiful world.
Would love a video on Konahrik
One of the great story tellers of our time! Thanks Drew!
Ahzidal has always been my favorite dragon priest; you covered his tale beautifully!
I can't believe I have completely watched all of the fudgemuppet elderscrolls lore and am now catching up here. Thank you, Drew for giving us this
I think the Dwemer were responsible, whether directly or indirectly, for the Night of Tears. The ruins of Mzulf proved that the Dwemer were the ones that had the means to locate both the Eye and Staff of Magnus. And whether they convinced some rogue Snow Elves or did it themselves, Saarthal was attacked but the Eye somehow wasn't relocated. I think this means that the Eye was not the real target. Then Ysgramor and the Nords happened, killing and enslaving any elf in sight (they even confused Bretons as elves at some point). Of course the elves that would suffer the most are the Snow Elves which are the most prominent elves on the surface. This forced the Snow Elves to desperately seek refuge with the Dwemer, which I think is the whole plan all along. A magically-inclined race is a perfect subject for magical and supernatural experiments.
Also…..
Drew Mora is the Elder Scrolls equivalent of Vaati Vidya
Like listening to silk and always makes me want to go home to Skyrim
Konahrik would be an interesting one to cover.
Fantastic as always! A whole series on the Dragon Priests would be awesome, especially the rest of the ones on Solstheim. Not sure if there’s as much lore in regards to those specifically but I’m sure you’re up to the challenge! Hope you’ve been well 😊
God I can’t wait for you to talk about all the lore tidbits of TESVI.
I'd love to here any of the story's of the dragon priests if not all of them. Love the videos keep up the good work
Thank you for the video. It was quite interesting, and easy to follow and listen too.
I would love to hear more about Nahkriin or Hevnoraak.
Was Solstheim even an island at this point in time? The battle between Vahlok and Miraak split Solstheim from greater Tamriel, I thought? So wouldn’t Solstheim be part of northern Skyrim at the time of the Battle of the Moesring?
It would be awesome to do a full series on all the different dragon priests.
Mr. Drew, another fine telling. You had me enthralled and I was feeling sadness for Ahzidal until he turned to the dragons and then betrayed, even them. He was consumed by his need for knowledge and that, in itself, is very sad as there is not enough knowledge anywhere, in any time, to satisfy one so consumed.
Well, thank you for all you do for the community and the lore you highlight for us. As for which dragon priest I'd like to hear about, honestly, ANY of them. They all have a tale to tell and you, being the premiere "teller" of tales, are the only one who can bring the stories to us!
Thank you, kind Sir.
Imagine if azhidal were Dragonborn he’d probably kill more dragons than mirrak did
If he was, then he would probably conquer the containt before Alessia did the pact with akatosh lol
You are a master. I love skyrim. I'm playing now. Again. Still. Love oblivion. Music in both, for me, is timeless, beautiful, and will still catch my full attention. The lore is rich, and you know to bring that to life. May you rein on.
Your videos helps me so much with my anxiety-calming-excercises, so not only do I want to thank you for making such amazing content for us to enjoy - but also for that! Thank you Drew
The 15 and 1 tones is what made the falmer blind! The fruit of the stones is the tones!
Your content, your delivery, and your ability to immerse a listener in your videos always keeps me coming back. It never ceases to get me the most hype & brighten up any day when I see a new video drop!
Whoever did the enchantment, that scene on the ship is heart-wrenching
Thank you again Drew for gleaning more knowledge from the Elder Scrolls and providing a deeper understanding of it's contents. The sacrifice of slowly losing your vision through continued exposure to them will not be forgotten, nor will your decipherings be. The day you can no longer provide us with the knowledge of the Elder Scrolls will be a sad one indeed, again thank you.
MAN! I'm playing the Companions Quest line right now, and THIS vid is the one that pops up! So cool!
I wonder if the eye is the tower of Skyrim, maybe called a cave when it was dark, like a deep pupil. It knew it would be found and awoken, it's perceptive physical self a machination of the mind, not unlike the way we perceive the moon's and the sun.
The throat of the world is the tower of skyrim, I believe…but the eye being a similar thing could be interesting
in a way, MK said the stone of the snow throat is Plato's cave, lorkhan/shor saw the glory of mortality and liberation and tried to convey it to auriel and magnus, and was shunned and kill for it
Your videos are great. Long live Drew the Daedrologist and Dragon Historian
A video on Konahriik would be sweet
Can we please get Lore vids of the other two Dragon Priests that served beside Ahzidal? If it’s even possible? This is probably my favorite video.
Oh snap! New Drewmora already?? Thank you! Lol
For being one of the greatest mages who have ever lived, it was surprisingly easy to shank him and take his stuff.
Should've casted "protagonist ward"
I would love to see Studio MAPPA or Perriot Co. do a TES anime mini-series with 8-12 episodes, each revolving around a specific event in the history of Nirn, beginning with the Dawn War and ending with the Great War of the Fourth Era. I think they would be able to do it justice while giving it a Japanese twist. Or, a Japanese live-action series about the men of Akavir fighting the Snake Men would be very good as well, If we never get a game in Akavir. Really doesn’t matter which of the big studios would do it, I just wanna see a TES anime
All of them you can, any kind of dark priest is fascinating really, or at least that's how I see it
No shade to the other muppets, but drew was hands down my favorite
"Ahzidal, what are you doing with those Snow Elf child-sized daedric mines?"
"Don't distract me Yngol. *Front Towards Enemy."*
Fascinating! I’d be interested in hearing about any dragon priest that has enough lore surrounding them to make a video!
Completely out there topic but I know you're also interested in the connection between Lorkhan and Namira hence the "Great Darkness".
"Sep, was driven mad by the Hunger of Satakal, and convinced the other gods to create a 'shortcut' to the Walkabout, resulting in the creation of the mortal world. Though punished for his actions by Tall Papa, Sep continues to exist as a shadow of his former self, attempting to prevent mortal souls from reaching the Far Shores after death."
Thank you! I would enjoy learning more about the dragon priests.
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Thank you for another amazing tale, Drew. Awesome as always. Please do the same for Mannimarco 🙏🙏🙏
this is why I love Elder scrolls! So many great youtubers and so much LOREEE
Raghot would be my request for next priest. As to Azidal, one wonders if he made contact with Mora prior to Ysgramor's return, and Mora only collected his debt later, when the prince could use him to acquire the knowledge kept by the dragon cult. Food for thought.
Thank you for posting this
Once again, Drew's storytelling brings great entertainment.
It's quite interesting that Ahzidal had learned a lot from the Elves, the Falmer specifically. The fact he was able to partake and learn from Falmer Mages after the Night of Tears already makes you wonder if the Snow Elves were only after humans in Saarthal, and let the other Nedes and humans live.
Because... why let Ahzidal live if it was a genocidal conflict in the start? Which shows that yeah, it wasn't the population of man that truly bothered the Snow Elves. And I wonder if he ever found out why the Falmer destroyed Saarthal, and why he assumed all of them supposedly "deserved" to die for it
I hope we learn the truth from Bethesda one day. Maybe we can see a short-movie or something that shows the tensions rising between Falmer and Atmorans...
A movie like that would be great especially rn when ideologies are leading people to extremism.
I still question how tolfdir is supposedly the best alteration mage when his only lived a normal human life while others like ahzidal had to dedicate themselves to extreme diligent exercise.
presumably the falmer had many clans akin to the dwemer, and he also learned from the chimer and dwemer as well probably
and during the cold nights, with theo nly light be a torch. would the nords of skyrim be able to tell the difference from Aylieds, Falmer, and the dwemer?
I like how a random missable boss in a dlc has more lore than some major characters
Camel's microphone sounds so good, lol
I'd like to learn about Krosis. Why is his coffin out in the middle of nowhere, with no tomb or barrow? Just a coffin barely shielded from the elements by a word wall. Why does that word wall contain all three words of the Throw Voice shout? What's the significance behind his name, which translates to "sorrow"?
Possible he followed a path similar to the Greybeards minus the infrastructure of High Hrothgar? Possibly exiled and he spent the remainder of his life meditating on the meaning of his words until death ultimately claimed him. He set himself inside his tomb, sealed it with magic, and let himself die on his own terms (suffication) vs freezing to death.
Exile and dying alone in the mountains both constitute "sorrow" in my eyes; bonus points if the exile was undeserved/unjust in nature, like accused of being a traitor and disgraced but intent on carving his legacy in stone.
It doesn't matter how many years go by, each lore video on any channel for that matter makes me so so soooo excited yet incredibly sad until TESVI comes out, because on one hand i love imagening what amazing thing's we'll learn in the next elder scrolls, but my crazed need for it makes me sad because its still so far away. In the mean time though i cant get enough of these videos Drew. Always done with the utmost prowess in both knowledge and story telling!
You always put out top notch content Drew! From the narration to your edits🔥 bro. I’m interested on your take on Konahrik and if there is a correlation with the mask and Goldbrand. The 🐉 priest series going to be lit💯
I don't care who's next, as long as you do the videos, I will watch them!
Drewmora & Jeremy Soule's compositions as the ambiance. Cheers! ☕
Literally found the channel yesterday, thanks for dropping the vid
Okay not as early as last time but still good, absolutely love your content ❤
Such a good vid this was ❤ I’d love to learn more about the dragon priests and their masks, they’re so interesting 😁
Splendid video. Great subject!
You should definitely see him in Vicn's mod, Glenmoril...
I love this! I will subscribe too, the dragon priest I do find to be mysterious like hidden among the shadows is Vokun. I would love the dragon priest Vokun to be spoken about and why he guards that encrypted scroll.
Drew, you are amazing.
Ahzidal is one of those Dragon Priests who has a inspirational poster in his bathroom that says "Go hard, or go home!" I'm guessing.
Would love to see/hear the story of Konahrik or what story there is to tell 😁
Bangers as always
What I don't quite understand, if the snow elves wanted the Eye of Magnus, why would they leave it in Saarthal? Why not bring it to one of their own settlements or temples? Especially since Saarthal has basically been turned into a huge grave, wouldn't be my location of choice for a divine artifact. If they did move it, why would the Nords bring it back later on (as "The Night Of Tears" suggests)? Would they (Nords) really have cared for it? I imagine we would have documentation of that, like a dramatic telling on how and why they bothered to re-bury it back in Sarthaal. I also imagine Ahzidal would have tried to figure out how to utilize the Eye against the elves, if he knew about it - which he would have.
What if the Eye of Magnus was not in Saarthal at that time - what if it showed up later? Divine artifacts do have a tendency to show up wherever and whenever in the elder scrolls universe. What if the snow elves were at the right place, but at the wrong time?
On another note: who even figured out the eye was connected to Magnus? And how? Like, who officially named it? It's so strange that we basically don't know anything about this thing, but we know it is connected to Magnus, hmm
Another question I have about Saarthal is during the first era and the Gaulder Amulet situation. The king buried one piece of the amulet and the son who had it in Saarthal in the same area as the Eye of Magnus. Why didn't the king notice it or do anything with it and why did he choose to bury them there in the first place?
I didn't know Ahzidal was so damn powerful
Your like hermaous morus drew keeper of knowledge and secrets…
One of my absolute favorite characters.
As always Drew makes God level content. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
imagine if the night of tears never happened.
And yet you bop him with your Orc Berserker turning him to ashes to steal his shit.
A breton just eats him for breakfast 🤣
I kinda wish the dragon priests had abilities that do justice to their lore
The daedra hearts I offered were accepted. My prize.... A new drewmora!!🙏
Even though i know everything about a topic, you manage to make it interesting to listen to. I dont know how you do it but keep it up!
I didn't even know about Sarthaal's history, I only ever thought it was the capital of the Dragon-Preists that the Falmer sacked for some reason...
They need to give Drew and the lads lore consultation jobs 😆
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Yeah, there's a lot of mystery around this. Who knows what truly happened that night... a sad situation either ways.
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Something you wish to confess, Imperial Citizen??
Superb episode, so good! Thanks, Drew.👍
It's been a while since i've given some thought to the Dragon Priest's stories, it was actually pretty nice how most of them seemed to have a bit of lore to go along with the dungeon and the mask
FYI the dewmer were basically using string theory, super long story short, every atom/ energy source has a vibration that can be tuned etc to get it to do something else. NGL ES lore is so deep that to this day I’m still finding out cool things. Also Molag did nothing wrong ;3
Can you do khonariik? Wasn't he the leader?
Keep to the Dragon Priests on Solstheim first. Dukaan is interesting because he could summon Seekers but I can't recall any story about his background.
Otar the Mad.
0:36 this armour looks so damn cool what mod is it?
Hi 👋🏻 Drew! I love the historic knowledge of the lore, even the controversial bits, and the philosophical discussion method of presentation. Always have. Also like the way it’s logically constructed in a manner that is easy to consume and understand. I would love you to delve into each of the Dragon Priests. If some have little known about them, they could be consolidated with others. They are as fascinating as the Ringwraiths who were once kings of men in LOTR. I find Ahzidal particularly interesting as a mage because usually the Nords at least by the time of Skyrim, distrustful of magic. We’re they always so, or was Ahzidal’s tale & the Eye of Magnus conflict of Saarthal part of the foundation of that distrust? That endless knowledge seeking driving him mad, could it have had anything to do with Hermaeus Mora? He seems to fit that whole narrative because of what happens in Apocrypha and his deigns on the Skaal knowledge, who also happened to pass down the tales of Ahzidal. If you mentioned such a possible connection in the video & I missed it, it should be noted that my oldest daughter kept distracting me whilst I tried to listen. 😁
the miraak lore video? Did he and veloth the jailer really disconnect solthiem from Skyrim ? This story makes it sound like it was an island before the dragon cult even came to power
Falmer: "We can't let the Men use the magics that belong to the Mer against us! We *must* take the Eye of Magnus before they tap it's power!"
Ahzidal: "So I was just traveling the world learning the magics of the Mer when I came along and, well they gave me a reason."
wonderful irony
He was possibly the greatest mage; however, his greatest strength was also his greatest weakness. Fueled by the illusory nature of duality and opposition, he was consumed by the 'I' of the Aurbis and the Wheel of Convention.
Hey btw, I don't know if you play Crusader Kings 3 at all but a massive Elder Scrolls adaptation is about to release on 11/11. It all takes place in the second era and I'd love to see what your take on it is!
@Shy Cracker The whole continent of tamriel is there, bonus of yokuda, what'd you think the mod is?
Could u cover Dukaan nxt
Ahzidal was a chad
Wait didn't the orc translate Touching skyes?
Wasn't Shalidor the greatest mage who ever lived?
I'm still curious why nobody did anything with the eye? If the Falmer knew it was there and launched a full assault on a nordic settlement, I feel like the other mer would have likely known about it. Why didn't anyone try going after this all powerful eye in the centuries before ES5?
I think at the time a lot of the cultures were separated and probably kept to their territories. Though the Snow Elves were arguably the kindest elven race to the Nedes (Nord and elf) and the Atmorans (and their eventual decendents before everything went to crap) they probably weren't going around telling other elves about what was happening in one of the coldest and most remote regions in Skyrim. Also I think the script on the Eye was the "Divine Script" and most likely, short of those that inhabited the surrounding region, no one else would have believed it existed or knew what to do with it. And by the time many of the Snow Elves were wiped out by man, other elves probably didn't believe it was possible that man could possibly overcome the elves and the resulting destruction may have convinced them it would no longer be there anyway.
Given Azidhal's ability to continue traveling and fraternizing with other elves, there may have been no one left to warn them or tell the story, according to the chronological events given here. Otherwise I would find it difficult for any elven race to willingly covort with him let alone convey such valuable knowledge. And once Sarthaal was destroyed, undoubtedly others merely stayed away as it was a reminder of the horrible losses sustained there.
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whats the connection between azidhal and the Bloodskal Blade.
Drew could I humbly request you make a video on the vampires of nirn I want to know how powerful they are lore wise could harkon slaughter the entire city of whiterun single handled? what are their limits pls and thanks arch loremaster 👊
pretty sure he could, he has access to abilities you as a half-blood can't access, and Half-bloods are pretty powerful on their own right, still its a good topic to explore, while personally I think there is sufficient enough evidence to say he can in fact slaughter whole towns on his own, it begs the question on if he is so powerful, why would he want to blot the sun out? because maybe he can't single handily slaughter one town, much less the world, or is it simply an act of pride and vanity to proclaim his dominance?
@@samuelhaverghast2442 A Brilliant point plus he also received his gift directly from molag bal do that give him added benefits.Yes we were a half breed but not a great example because our other half was dragonborn like mixing miraak and him together I do believe fire plays a big part as to why vampires remain mostly isolated I know its not lore but ingame fire was a massive hit at 50 percent more damage when blood starved
Whiterun: yes, easily.
Blotting out the sun: Harkon is powerful but his court is limited. There are numerous vampires of various origins, but very few children of cold harbor: these, and their chosen disciples, wield the greatest power among vampires. It was likely his Molag Bal influence coming through; Harkon wasn't content being powerful, he wanted total domination of the living world. Blotting out the world reduces non-vampire effectiveness, strengthens vampires of all kind (some more susceptible to sunlight than others), and essentially makes total control a guarantee in time - vampires are chronologically eternal, so it would be a long-term goal to focus their efforts on.
I don't think he had any thoughts for after the fact: Harkon, for all his planning, was very short-sighted in his fervor. He already has issues of his court killing or trying to kill one another to better their position - were he to succeed in total vampire dominance, he'd have a target on his head from within his kingdom.
Bottomline: Harkon was a poor leader.
Since we started with Ahzidal, can we follow with the other 2 Solstheim priests Dukaan and Zahkrisos
Unfortunately there's not a lot known about them, there's not much to go on other than their names and the dungeons they're found in if I remember correctly
May Herma Mora grant you the hidden knowledge to enthrall the great algorithm of UA-cam.