We learned to two things. 1. Mora has a copy of every save file of every character you've played yes that includes lovers lab. 2. Mora has betrayed everyone and is likely using the last dragonborn as insurance when and if the truth comes out.
Ohhhhhhh... Who lives in a library under the sea? Knowledge so deep, it is all you can see? If forbidden wisdom be something you wish Then come zero-sum and forget you exist!
How have you not been offered a job at Bethesda as a Loremaster. Your deep understanding of the lore is so impressive and your way of storytelling is truly special.
Because his stories are too well told and Bethesda loves it’s overly vague world building that allows stories like his to be thought up in the community and still make sense
Because Bethesda are crackheads. They only focus on crackhead ideas. Every new game in tes has lost a part of what made previous titles replayable. Morrowind was game breaking, Todd was king crackhead for tes3. Oblivion had personality and bugs, the bugs were sometimes the funniest playthroughs. Skyrim upped the combat, but forgot about everything that made the series great. Not to mention the game feels so short. The main questline is actually the quickest one out of every series. They could have made 5 awesome dlc in the 10 years of nothing but re re re re releases with the community doing the heavy lifting with mods and creation club. Bethesda are now crackheads who lost focus and became junkies.
I always considered Hermaeus Mora to be the most likable of all daedra. Now I understand my instinctive sympathy to him much better. He is probably the most responsible for all daedra. He is basically Atlas, carrying the entirety of reality on his shoulders and should he ever slip up in a major way, this entire kalpa breaks
I see daedric princes basically in three categories - those who are obviously harmful. - those seem mostly benevolent - those who stay neutral, ambiguous, or undecided. They all obviously play their own game. None of them are just helpful because they like being nice. None of them are purely evil. But if often aligns. Like how Meridia hates all that undead stuff, which usually means handing out artifacts that are good at destroying the undead. That most mortals also dislike vampires and zombies and such is just a coincidence. Hermaeus Mora falls clearly into the neutral category. Not out for domination, torture, power or trickery. Simply observing and recording. Sanguine also fits. He is more into parties and fun. Playing pranks and enjoying orgies and a good joke. Sheogorath as well, but more the ambiguous type. Clavicus VIle can also sit in the ambiguous group. Yes, a trickster, but one that can be dealt with. And a deal is a deal.
I don't think i have seen or heard a better researched and written video ever. You capitalized on the plot twist and made my jaw hit the floor even harded. There aren't many content creators with this kind of passion for their content, i hope you never stop
@omarsaavedra5736no...epic nate is a smug twat that doesn't add anything good to the community. He is the type of dude to go by reddit posts as gospel. I stopped watching his clickbaity titles 3 years ago. And his smug american voice, even thou its skyrim, nate still seems to struggle with basic lore. It's like he never played any other tes game. I could blame the American education system....but it's probably his parents fault.
Is it possible that the "first secret" that Mora was created from is the fact that it's a video game, or at least a fake world outside of the dream? There's a few characters who have knowledge of chim, but if I'm not mistaken, Hermaeus Mora actually stares at the player through the screen when speaking, and not the character. If it's a secret from the beginning of creation, it has to be something like that.
@@brazilnumerouno7902 iirc most of the herma model in skyrim was layers of 2d planes, so if it didn't point towards the camera the entire scenes with him in would have gotten messed up
But then you’ve gotta take a step back and up out of the 3rd dimension. If 2D media are windows into alternate realities from the news to books, shows, movies and video games, then the realities offered to us by The Elder Scrolls are very real ones that we can commune with as the soul in between mind and body. We thankfully only experience vicariously via 2D media for now, but imagine if one consented fully to their influence in 3D reality?
Given how much power Mora could weild over all of reality just with the secrets he possesses, it's sort of a relief he's as reclusive and hands off as he is. He occasionally pokes and prods at the world, handing out the tiniest fragments of knowledge. He could be so much worse, if he chose.
Who knew an eldritch god of fate and knowledge could be this complex, and more forgotten lords of oblivion? First Jyggalag, then the three of Fargrave, and now this new one; amazing. Great job Drew, you really outdone yourself here
@@supersmily5811I think he means he didn’t know what kind of complex Mora was. You can still have a godlike entity of incomprehensible motives and ethics, but they can still appear shallow all the same. Old Herma-Mora has more depth to his character in a narrative sense: he expresses emotions similar to our rage and sadness and regret, he also has burdens.
Mephala: "I chose a feminine, seductive voice, to entice mortals to do my bidding." Vaermina: "I've done the same, but my voice is better. It sounds like a whisper as you're drifting off to sleep. It's totally creepy." Hermaeus Mora: "Mmmmhave you guys seen this movie Galaxy Quest? These alien guys are hilarious!"
Meridia: Fuck undead, fuck necromancers, fuck vampires! And fuck you, Molag for creating the damn things...! Sheogorath: Cheese! Cheese for everyone...! Peryite: I'm allergic to cheese... In fact, I'm allergic to Sheogorath...
I'm always completely blown away by Drew's alliteration and general command of the language. It legitimately inspires me . I would be really interested to see a list of some of your favorite reads.
@@chazzwozzio or, if you wanna get even more philosophical, there are no two sides to the coin. No one ever SEES the Aedra, the closest you get is Martins Avatar in Oblivion. There are Princes like Meridia who were "cast out" from the Aedra for their connection to darker aspects. But what if it was more complex than that. The worship of a God in ES is directly correlated to how powerful they are, and there are cults and groups that worship these Daedra incessantly. But they are often relatively small. What if the "Aedra" are mere aspects of the Daedra, dilutions created to fit the frightened and self-righteous psyche of man/mer. They are forces of overarching darkness, but with a benevolent front, they can be worshipped constantly and dotingly, collecting power from the great lie that there are good gods, that there are above-all entities that merely guide the path of Mundus, and Nirn, and do not interfere. Compared to those pesky daedra, loved by few and feared by most. Interfering far more frequently, and concurrently frightening the people of nirn into worshipping their supposedly benevolent counterparts, allowing them to harvest even more power without ever being held to the same standard as their positive counterparts. They have their rivalries and do not overall like each other, but understand that they are stronger divided as Daedra, but conceptually united as a pantheon of Aedra. Lorkhan is the Prince of Mundus, it is his Realm of Oblivion, they didn't fully kill him though, they kept him alive through the heart, and the towers, and through taking aspects of his power in his realm into themselves. He was the prometheus, the one who threatened to reveal the great deception of the existence of the Aedra. Lorkhan continues to exist outside of the Void, or Oblivion, or Mundus. He now has been sown through it all. Ebony, Lorkhans own blood, is weaved into the Daedric weapons, and armor, and artefacts as a means of preserving his power to stabilise Nirn, and he is Auriel, the Daedric Prince of Man is the Aedric God of Mer. Now trapped, embedded into every aspect of Mundus so the Daedra can use it, and their Aliases as Aedra, to farm power and control over the rest of Aetherius. That's why they all try periodically to take the whole realm for themselves, but seem to coexist on Mundus with little complaint inbetween. They want to control it, to control its within, each Prince gaining exactly what they want from the realm, whilst never achieving enough to render their acquisition of power obsolete. The Daedra thrive off their own war, live off their own inconsistencies, and exist under one grand deception. That there is something else out there.
So Hermaeus Mora is essentially the SCP Foundation of the Elder Scrolls universe. He finds and contains the anomalies, and he makes sure knowledge of them is kept to a minimum.
Bethesda's answer to Lovecraft. I love it. Lovecraft is all about thr fear of the unknown and the Elder Scrolls answer is "the unknown is where you find the answers; it is the end and th beginning." Herma Mora has all of the Lovecraftian themes in one without it being a parody or replica. Just...ugh, I love Apocrypha and Hermaus Mora!
Perhaps the reason why mora allows mortals to access the more dangerous secrets is because it makes them more dependent on him as much as it powers them individually people like mihrak come to mind dispite all of his power he was still trapped within hermaus's grasp as a sort of deal with the devil kind of situation
This has nothing to do with herma mora, but I literally CANNOT stop thinking about the fact that the voice actor for Neloth the Wizard is, in fact, Mung Daal, from Chowder.
"A traveller can become lost in fates that never came to pass, strange realities that can imprison the unwary in worlds of their own making." I think there is a message.
Hermaeus Mora has a Lovecraft lifeform appearance when I first encountered it when playing Skyrim back in the old days which made me Intrigued about it
I waited for this particular one on the topic of Hermaeus Mora for quite a bit and the video certainly did not disappoint. Your lore breakdowns and the sense of immersion that you instill always make my week and I, as usual, look forward to the next one. Thank you and please continue the great work!
Mr. Drew, this was truly a marvelous "telling". You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge and understanding. Since this was an hour long, there must have been an incredible amount of research you did to provide such a wonderful "telling". You may wonder why I always refer to your videos as "tellings" rather than stories. It is because there is more research that goes into what you do than there would be if it was "just a story". I have a great deal of respect for what you do and am grateful for all the time you put into your videos. Thank you, Sir.
I always assumed miraak gained bend will and fought against dragons and the order before the rest of the nords, why else would the dragons and the power structure become crueler to their subjects unless they thought there were true threats? Another thought its just a game mechanism but when you use bend will on a dragon the same dragon rend effect forces them to the ground, could the shout instill a similar fear of death as dragonrend? Maybe it shows dragons true subjugation as mortals/nords know it
Given how intense the relationship is between fate and time, it's no wonder that Hermaeus Mora seems to have particular interest in Dragonborn. Since if you are able to manipulate time, you can change fate. And we've seen at least one Dragonborn powerful enough to alter time. Ysmir Wulfharth. I know the Dragonborn gets the chance to pledge their soul to literally every Daedric Prince, but this seems to be unique to the Last Dragonborn. We don't hear about Daedra constantly trying to ensnare Dragonborn specifically. And given how many Dragonborn Emperors there have been, surely this would have come up in the history books. Granted, this time alteration seems unique to the Thu'um, not dragonborn. But it's possible only dragons (Alduin messes with time too, against Wulfharth, and it's how he resurrects other dragons if you translate the shout he uses on their bones) or dragonborn can reach the level of power or attunement with Akatosh's power to possess the understanding of the flow of time required to tamper with it with their Thu'um. But dragons themselves seem too tied to Akatosh for a Daedra to control. But a mortal with the soul of a dragon could be another matter. All Daedric Princes likely understand it's easier to manipulate a dragonborn than a dragon, but Hermaeus Mora may be the only one who understands the actual potential they have to manipulate time, and the only one who if he controlled a dragonborn could actually figure out how to wield that potential. As for why he didn't seek to control every dragonborn, it's notable that he sought control over the First Dragonborn and Last Dragonborn specifically. When Miraak revealed himself as Dragonborn, as far as Mora knew, Miraak would be the only one to ever exist. Certainly, he could have viewed his threads of fate to see other potential Dragonborn, and knew Akatosh MIGHT create more. But would he? That was yet to be determined. So Miraak was invaluable to Mora. Eventually Akatosh proved he would create many dragonborn, hence Mora being picky about the ones he approaches after that. Then a prophecy from an elder scroll, not Mora himself, mentioned the Last Dragonborn. If there was never going to be more candidates for whatever purpose Mora has in mind for his Dragonborn Champion, and Miraak's insolence is indicating he will have to be neutralised, the Last Dragonborn has become as invaluable as Miraak once was.
My favourite Daedric Prince and the one and only deity my absurdly OP Mary Sue of a dragonborn respects. Thank you very much Drew! Much appreciated as always.
If he needs mundus to survive then him capturing miraak and preventing him from defeating alduin is a act of self preservation and he tries to do the same with the last Dragonborn
Love Drewmora's videos i listen to them while i work and it makes the work day go faster. This videos has got me more curious about all the conflicts/disputes between the Daedric lords. Would like to see a video down the line about the Inter-Daedric conflicts.
I consider the uncaring Godhead to be a copy of Azathoth. I am very surprised more Dwarves we’re not exploring other parts of oblivion and protected from whatever took them away.
By far your best video ever made! Mora is my favorite Prince, and he is the most fascinating for sure. I'm so excited to see what they do with him in ES6. The Scrolls could be in existence because of him, displaced from time and space, through some godly magic, as a way to intervene in Mundus' affairs.
Drew this video is amazing. I find myself rewinding because I don’t wish to miss a single thing. Each detail interacts with me, I feel like I’m traversing oblivion and it’s exhilarating.
Would you say that it is possible the Desolate Deadlight was her Realm and he encouraged Meharunes Dagon to go after Ithelia? It was Haskill who claimed that Dagon was other Prince's pawn in history Thanks for a great video anyhow!
It could be. Though Deadlight seems to have a closer connection to the Longhouse Emperors (Durcorach and his line). I'll definitely explore Ithelia properly once we get more info. Fargrave also has potential to be tied to Ithelia, since it's a crossroad realm, and she is the Prince of Paths
Regardless of how much time I spend away from the games your vids always got me wanting to load up a new playthrough lol. Huge fan of yours man, hope you're doing alright.
As someone who loves Hermaeus Mora like I do this video was exactly what I needed to expand my knowledge of my favorite daedric prince. This was so informative and well researched, there were things here I didn't know well enough about him until now. Thank you so much for an absolutely amazing video
As a big tbh moment, if I'm gonna be stuck in Apocrypha and become a seeker then I'm definitely gonna enjoy that because there's a ton to learn even by watching. Forbidden knowledge is useful no matter how you get it or why (also very funny comment btw)
The level of atmosphere you provide is beyound sublime!! Indeed...there isn't any Loremaster as good as you out there on the UA-cam verse. Well done on this video my good sir. Superb footage from the game too!!! UA-cam is lucky to have you...and so are we. Akatosh bless you!
Hey Drew thanks for the great content, i've never been able to enjoy ESO that much despite giving it a few tries, but the ESO team has added great lore to the series and i'm glad to have you to help me explore it
After a bad day that truly made me feel lost Drew gave me an hour to forget it all and feel better with his amazing narration and lore research thank you ❤
There's something about the mysterious, haunting beauty of this video. It's the one that I continuously return to. To be inspired by, to be immersed into this world, and to sleep. 10/10
I've thought of an idea or perception that somewhat reconciles the in lore reference to Herma mora as Ur-dra, while also encompassing the really cool idea written by Kirkbride: Hermaeus Mora, could be both Ur-dra and born of the thrown away ideas during the creation of the Mundus and mortality. He could be one of, if not the first and oldest Daedra, but gained relevance and power upon the creation of Mundus, as it could be viewed as the creation of fate and secrets, few of which existed beforehand. He consumed the thrown away ideas and unrealised fates born during creation and became the keeper of forbidden knowledge and scryer of fate in the process
Always so awesome to listen to while building and painting my 40k. It'd funny also the first time I heard of Ithelia, and no more than a week later she's in the new eso cinematic! Love the content mate! Keep them coming
This whole video and its contents is the embodiment of why i love the elder scrolls with all my heart. Thank you for all you do Drew, hope you enjoyed the Necrom chapter as much as I did.
Makes sense considering septimus signus. People said Septimus was insane but he had seen an elder scroll. The elder scroll shows what is true and what could have been true but will never be. Septimus speaks in a way that you can only understand if you've seen the tides of fate for what they really are. Memories and writings are not different things to septimus. They are the same thing that he calls knowings because to septimus if it is not written on paper it can be written in the mind or in a dwemer lexicon. Septimus was just able to see the world a bit more like mora and so mora needed to have him taken out of the equation after septimus unlocked the dwemer box chamber that had held the ogma infinium.
Hermaeus isn't just a keeper of secrets, he's also a weaver of lies. Infinite truth is there in Apocrypha, but so too is infinite fiction. The curious mind sees both but is blind to the difference.
Once again knocking it out of the park! I'm surprised how fast you put this together considering that the ESO update hasn't been out for that long, even counting the test server. Getting this all written, recorded and edited can't have been easy, thanks for putting in such effort it does not go unappreciated. Take good care!
I just finished the Necrom storyline this afternoon, so I'm a bit late to the party here, but _so_ glad I waited to watch this piece! Seriously, there are fan analysts in almost every deep-lore franchise, some great, some not-so-great. Then there's Drew the Daedrologist, able to weave a retelling and analysis of hot-off-the-presses lore, find intriguing connections to it amongst established and apocryphal lore, and then deliver it using a universe-appropriate OC whose manner and voice fits perfectly with the mystical and meditative quality (with a touch of absurdist humor) that hums in the background of almost every Elder Scrolls entry. I'm sure you've heard it many times here, but well done, good sir! Keep it up!
Your talk of nimics in reference to daedra reminds me a lot of “a wizard of earthsea” in that book any wizard who’s true name is discovered by another wizard, has their power lost to the person who knows their name, none of their power will work against the name knower.
A lot of the characters who “merely comprehend they’re in a video game” tend to be the ones able to interact with us directly because they know, but what if they know something bigger? Like say 2D media is a window into alternate realities we aren’t directly experiencing via 3D reality for example.
Hermaeus Mora is in my honest opinion the most powerful Daedric prince/lord in excistence and why knowledge is the ultimate power period. Hermaeus Mora is awesome i especially love the whole Lovecraft esthetic/theme. Other than that a great video Drew keep up the great work👍 And greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
@@AC-hj9tv Thank you for the reply German friend but what's this about the 1940s? Those days are long gone thank God Germany has improved itself you have every right to be proud of your country i have been to Germany many times myself and i love it Germany is awesome😊 Other than that greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱 🇳🇱❤🇩🇪
I believe Ithelia was the most powerful, if not, why would Mora need to erase her from existence? I think Jyggalag is the 2nd most powerful because the other deadric princes cursed him to become Sheogorath. Since these Ithelia is gone and Jyggalag has gone mad. Mora is the most powerful of all.
You know I wonder, since the blades ask the last dragonborne to kill parthanax, if we see the blades in tes 6 that could mean the last dragon born did indeed slay parthanax, and we know the last dragon born uses dragon souls in exchange with mora for power, so I'm just saying just wondering here if mora is really playing the long game and is using the last dragonborn as a pawn to gain one of the oldest souls in tamriels knowledge without ever even dealing with them an extream like a rook taking a queen in chess mora gains access to a ancient peice of the time god.
There is something special about your videos. The way you speak is very soothing, while your choice of visuals and music is always perfect. I consider your works as art. May atom bless you.
Ilethia was not erased because of the threat she posed to existence but because of the threat she posed to Hermaeus Mora. She had the ability to oppose and could possibly even destroy other Daedric Princes but most especially Mora. He's afraid of her, and when she inevitably returns, he'll be even more terrified.
7 Time-Hearts 1. Mono-Linear Time [Isotope of Reality ordered & arranged in unity] 2. Bi-Linear-Time [Life History] 3. Composite-Corporeal Linear Time [Matter's Evolving Decay Rate] 4. Documented Linear Time [Clocks, Calenders, Artificial Measuring Devices] 5. Relationship Linear Time [Convergences] 6. Charter Time [Authority Bestowals & Dead-Lines] 7. Transcendental Linear Time [Account Manipulation]
Imagine existing in a construct of time and being unable to perceive the other moments offered to you by it. I couldn’t imagine only being able to perceive one timeline that’s for sure, sounds like a living hell to those afflicted.
Holy crap. The intro finished and I thought the video was done 😂 One more hour of this, hell yeah. Glad humans have evolved enough that realizing quantum reality doesn't break our brains anymore
awesome video! so much detail, gathered from so many sources. these videos, especially the 2 on hermaeus mora, earned you my sub and i'm here to stay. keep up the good work
I really love everything about Hermaeus Mora. This unquenchable thirst for knowledge is something i'm all too familiar with. Even the weirdness of his physical manifestation makes a lot of sense, since the knowledge, specially the so called "forbidden knowledges", are such a weird rabbithole that nothing else but a monstrous mass of uncanny pieces of being can represent. He reminds me of Odin, in a way, as if Odin got so mad with his pursuit of knowledge and wisdom that it drove him mad
I think there's a great dlc-sized idea for a Skyrim mod with the lore about the Ciphers of the Eye. The assets for creating a new corner of Apocripha are already found in the files. You could establish an intriguing questline about joining the order and traveling to the Orders headquarters to receive missions from interesting characters, Dark Brotherhood style!
I get so excited to hear the prose that I have to pause it sometimes, so I can absorb the last part I heard without missing the next great thing. So good
Wonderful way to start my Wednesday, one of Drew’s interesting lectures. Fitting with the release of ESO: Necrom too! Time to visit the Prince of Fate once more.
Without watching the video yet, this is my take on harmamora: He is ancient, likely older than most if not all aedra and daedra, he is likely tied to creation and time it self i.e. aka/ariel. He is NOT a force of Chaos, he is order, he is understanding of order, which comes from chaos, he is anuelic by nature but depends on chaotic padomaism to have things to study. Without chaos there would be nothing to learn as all would be static and fully understood. He wants to learn because there is no stasis and thus he can learn. He depends on padomai for his hunger to not be satiated. He might yarn for the days of stasis where he understood all there is(maybe in another kalpa?) and is seeking to reach the full understranding of all there is so he can get things back to where he feels more at home. If he was chaos, he could not organize all the knowledge so well. His plane looks chaotic to a simple human mind that can never hope to understand any of it. After all, there is no chaos, it is just order too complex for one's mind to wrap it self around it.
The long list parallels between Hermaeus Mora and the Elder Scrolls themselves, especially the effects of interacting with them too much and the dangers of reaching Zero Sum, makes me wonder if they're actually old Herma Mora's creation.
Great video on Hermaeus Mora! He is more than meets plenty of eyes. A trickster, super clever, yet also the keeper and recorder of so much of the entire existence of the ES universe. I cant wait to see another video of him, especially if the new ES includes Mora again. Would be epic👏😃👍
We learned to two things. 1. Mora has a copy of every save file of every character you've played yes that includes lovers lab. 2. Mora has betrayed everyone and is likely using the last dragonborn as insurance when and if the truth comes out.
To add another thing he probably has the original edition of the list argonian maid n reads it in his free time😂😂😂😂
It's canon that Hermaeus Mora has the full library of lost flash porn games from the early 2000's on a SanDisk 256Mb flash drive
@@andrethomas4885Mora: What are you reading?
Me: A book, leave me alone.
Mora: Is it "A Thousand Ways Your Mom's a Ho"?
Me: Jesus Hermy, fuck off!
CBBE w landing strip
@@jaredr1621 need
Ohhhhhhh...
Who lives in a library under the sea?
Knowledge so deep, it is all you can see?
If forbidden wisdom be something you wish
Then come zero-sum and forget you exist!
(Sing in Sheo's voice for a fun time)
Underrated comment. Well done 😂
Poetry.
This now lives rent-free in my head.
😂
How have you not been offered a job at Bethesda as a Loremaster. Your deep understanding of the lore is so impressive and your way of storytelling is truly special.
Bethesda…are they…worthy?..
Because they are ruled by the suits. Also drew would need to start doing some skooma to match kirkbrides lunacy.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq …this one…knows well…
Because his stories are too well told and Bethesda loves it’s overly vague world building that allows stories like his to be thought up in the community and still make sense
Because Bethesda are crackheads. They only focus on crackhead ideas. Every new game in tes has lost a part of what made previous titles replayable. Morrowind was game breaking, Todd was king crackhead for tes3. Oblivion had personality and bugs, the bugs were sometimes the funniest playthroughs.
Skyrim upped the combat, but forgot about everything that made the series great. Not to mention the game feels so short. The main questline is actually the quickest one out of every series. They could have made 5 awesome dlc in the 10 years of nothing but re re re re releases with the community doing the heavy lifting with mods and creation club. Bethesda are now crackheads who lost focus and became junkies.
I always considered Hermaeus Mora to be the most likable of all daedra. Now I understand my instinctive sympathy to him much better. He is probably the most responsible for all daedra. He is basically Atlas, carrying the entirety of reality on his shoulders and should he ever slip up in a major way, this entire kalpa breaks
no worries alduin will be there to eat it 😂
@@joefuller3886unless his lazy ass decides to rule instead of
I've been his slave boy since I gazed upon his glorious form in Oblivion.
I see daedric princes basically in three categories
- those who are obviously harmful.
- those seem mostly benevolent
- those who stay neutral, ambiguous, or undecided.
They all obviously play their own game. None of them are just helpful because they like being nice. None of them are purely evil. But if often aligns.
Like how Meridia hates all that undead stuff, which usually means handing out artifacts that are good at destroying the undead. That most mortals also dislike vampires and zombies and such is just a coincidence.
Hermaeus Mora falls clearly into the neutral category. Not out for domination, torture, power or trickery. Simply observing and recording.
Sanguine also fits. He is more into parties and fun. Playing pranks and enjoying orgies and a good joke.
Sheogorath as well, but more the ambiguous type.
Clavicus VIle can also sit in the ambiguous group. Yes, a trickster, but one that can be dealt with. And a deal is a deal.
I don't think i have seen or heard a better researched and written video ever. You capitalized on the plot twist and made my jaw hit the floor even harded. There aren't many content creators with this kind of passion for their content, i hope you never stop
I don't think it could be put any better. Such top teir quality content.
yup - his passion for it shines thru - you can tell he's relating thoughts he's had for years
Dude he has Mora in his name. This is all an inside job to lure us down the wrong path so his God can win is over.
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@omarsaavedra5736no...epic nate is a smug twat that doesn't add anything good to the community. He is the type of dude to go by reddit posts as gospel. I stopped watching his clickbaity titles 3 years ago. And his smug american voice, even thou its skyrim, nate still seems to struggle with basic lore. It's like he never played any other tes game. I could blame the American education system....but it's probably his parents fault.
Is it possible that the "first secret" that Mora was created from is the fact that it's a video game, or at least a fake world outside of the dream? There's a few characters who have knowledge of chim, but if I'm not mistaken, Hermaeus Mora actually stares at the player through the screen when speaking, and not the character. If it's a secret from the beginning of creation, it has to be something like that.
Hermaeus Mora is secretly Ness. And full of ketchup.
i think the devs just made mora point towards the camera and forgot about third person
@@brazilnumerouno7902 iirc most of the herma model in skyrim was layers of 2d planes, so if it didn't point towards the camera the entire scenes with him in would have gotten messed up
@brazilnumerouno7902 the other explanation is way cooler and has actual lore implications, so I'll go with that.
But then you’ve gotta take a step back and up out of the 3rd dimension.
If 2D media are windows into alternate realities from the news to books, shows, movies and video games, then the realities offered to us by The Elder Scrolls are very real ones that we can commune with as the soul in between mind and body.
We thankfully only experience vicariously via 2D media for now, but imagine if one consented fully to their influence in 3D reality?
Given how much power Mora could weild over all of reality just with the secrets he possesses, it's sort of a relief he's as reclusive and hands off as he is. He occasionally pokes and prods at the world, handing out the tiniest fragments of knowledge. He could be so much worse, if he chose.
Exactly. He is a cautious Daedra prince and not Uncle Sheo like.😂
Well if he destroys the world there’s no more knowledge to be gained
So he's basically playing Sims.
Forget Daedrologist - you’re advising dissertations out here. This is one of the best pieces you’ve ever done, on any channel.
Who knew an eldritch god of fate and knowledge could be this complex, and more forgotten lords of oblivion? First Jyggalag, then the three of Fargrave, and now this new one; amazing.
Great job Drew, you really outdone yourself here
The „Three“ are actually 4 and it’s not confirmed wether they were mortal, Aedra or Daedra in origin yet alone if they were Daedric Lords.
I can't tell if that was a joke or not. "Eldritch god of fate and knowledge," but you didn't know he's complex? I'd be surprised if he wasn't.
@@supersmily5811I think he means he didn’t know what kind of complex Mora was. You can still have a godlike entity of incomprehensible motives and ethics, but they can still appear shallow all the same. Old Herma-Mora has more depth to his character in a narrative sense: he expresses emotions similar to our rage and sadness and regret, he also has burdens.
He's just a guy sitting in a library, no lore pure amnesia there's your new mora
@@tozai9222 What "Three"?
Mephala: "I chose a feminine, seductive voice, to entice mortals to do my bidding."
Vaermina: "I've done the same, but my voice is better. It sounds like a whisper as you're drifting off to sleep. It's totally creepy."
Hermaeus Mora: "Mmmmhave you guys seen this movie Galaxy Quest? These alien guys are hilarious!"
@thewanderer797 such a good movie. Time to rewatch it actually
Sanguine: "bro have you tried this stuff? just a puff bro c'mon"
@@Flesh_Wizard Mehrunes Dagon: "I got you with the lighter bro."
Meridia: Fuck undead, fuck necromancers, fuck vampires! And fuck you, Molag for creating the damn things...!
Sheogorath: Cheese! Cheese for everyone...!
Peryite: I'm allergic to cheese... In fact, I'm allergic to Sheogorath...
@@OtakuMan05 Dude nobody is allergic to Uncle Sheo- oh wait, I forgot about Jyggy. Nevermind...
Speaking of secrets....when does our study of the 36 Lessons resume? We are on the 4th, yes?
Bro like the comment and did not even fucking respond
Drewmora the Morgan Freeman of Skyrim 😊 I could listen to these all the time, your ability to orate is amazing.
Didn't know he was black
I'm always completely blown away by Drew's alliteration and general command of the language. It legitimately inspires me . I would be really interested to see a list of some of your favorite reads.
Woke up early for this one. Really timely for the ESO's release of Necrom. It was such a treat to have an hour-long Hermaeus (Drew)Mora video
Always a good day when drewmora drops a vid
Ye.
So true
I just realised
Memory-knowledge-fate/destiny
Past - present - future
Herma Mora and Akatosh (time) are intrinsically connected.
Heretical thought: they are two sides if the same coin
@@chazzwozzio or, if you wanna get even more philosophical, there are no two sides to the coin. No one ever SEES the Aedra, the closest you get is Martins Avatar in Oblivion. There are Princes like Meridia who were "cast out" from the Aedra for their connection to darker aspects. But what if it was more complex than that. The worship of a God in ES is directly correlated to how powerful they are, and there are cults and groups that worship these Daedra incessantly. But they are often relatively small. What if the "Aedra" are mere aspects of the Daedra, dilutions created to fit the frightened and self-righteous psyche of man/mer. They are forces of overarching darkness, but with a benevolent front, they can be worshipped constantly and dotingly, collecting power from the great lie that there are good gods, that there are above-all entities that merely guide the path of Mundus, and Nirn, and do not interfere. Compared to those pesky daedra, loved by few and feared by most. Interfering far more frequently, and concurrently frightening the people of nirn into worshipping their supposedly benevolent counterparts, allowing them to harvest even more power without ever being held to the same standard as their positive counterparts. They have their rivalries and do not overall like each other, but understand that they are stronger divided as Daedra, but conceptually united as a pantheon of Aedra.
Lorkhan is the Prince of Mundus, it is his Realm of Oblivion, they didn't fully kill him though, they kept him alive through the heart, and the towers, and through taking aspects of his power in his realm into themselves. He was the prometheus, the one who threatened to reveal the great deception of the existence of the Aedra. Lorkhan continues to exist outside of the Void, or Oblivion, or Mundus. He now has been sown through it all. Ebony, Lorkhans own blood, is weaved into the Daedric weapons, and armor, and artefacts as a means of preserving his power to stabilise Nirn, and he is Auriel, the Daedric Prince of Man is the Aedric God of Mer. Now trapped, embedded into every aspect of Mundus so the Daedra can use it, and their Aliases as Aedra, to farm power and control over the rest of Aetherius. That's why they all try periodically to take the whole realm for themselves, but seem to coexist on Mundus with little complaint inbetween. They want to control it, to control its within, each Prince gaining exactly what they want from the realm, whilst never achieving enough to render their acquisition of power obsolete.
The Daedra thrive off their own war, live off their own inconsistencies, and exist under one grand deception. That there is something else out there.
@@chazzwozzioMora is the scrapped plans of what could be and what ifs.
@@zawwin1846 It makes me think along the lines of Mora being the dark matter of TES universe
So Hermaeus Mora is essentially the SCP Foundation of the Elder Scrolls universe. He finds and contains the anomalies, and he makes sure knowledge of them is kept to a minimum.
Bethesda's answer to Lovecraft. I love it. Lovecraft is all about thr fear of the unknown and the Elder Scrolls answer is "the unknown is where you find the answers; it is the end and th beginning." Herma Mora has all of the Lovecraftian themes in one without it being a parody or replica.
Just...ugh, I love Apocrypha and Hermaus Mora!
If apocrypha is tied to mundus, and Hermeaus Mora holds onto the first secret of the world, does he play a role in the birth of a new kalpa cycle?
Hermaeus Mora is the only one who knows, and Hermaeus Mora sure isn’t telling…
@@zjjohnson3827 I read that in Nate's voice (from TheEpicNate315) the _very first time_ I read it lol.
@@realzachfluke1 I’m glad someone got my reference. I fricking love his lore videos :D
@@zjjohnson3827 hahaha, awesome, I'm glad we were on the same page!!
@zjjohnson3827 For those secrets can destroy the strings of fate.
Perhaps the reason why mora allows mortals to access the more dangerous secrets is because it makes them more dependent on him as much as it powers them individually people like mihrak come to mind dispite all of his power he was still trapped within hermaus's grasp as a sort of deal with the devil kind of situation
Hermaeus Mora in a nutshell; "Shit happens and when it does, I record it."
Does that mean Mora has that sex tape of me from my trip to Thailand last year?
This has nothing to do with herma mora, but I literally CANNOT stop thinking about the fact that the voice actor for Neloth the Wizard is, in fact, Mung Daal, from Chowder.
@Leonardo-gn9ci "CHOOOOWWDER! WHERES THE HEART STONE?? ITS A MAIN INGREDIENT IN OUR NEXT ORDER!"
"A traveller can become lost in fates that never came to pass, strange realities that can imprison the unwary in worlds of their own making."
I think there is a message.
"Don't mess with the infinite time spaghetti"
I loved this expansion so much. Really felt like a quest I’d get in Skyrim.
I always lean towards old herma mora. I absolutely love your lore knowledge. Listening to lore videos while playing is awesome.
Drew’s voice has always brought life to the Elder Scrolls Lore
Hermaeus Mora has a Lovecraft lifeform appearance when I first encountered it when playing Skyrim back in the old days which made me Intrigued about it
I waited for this particular one on the topic of Hermaeus Mora for quite a bit and the video certainly did not disappoint. Your lore breakdowns and the sense of immersion that you instill always make my week and I, as usual, look forward to the next one.
Thank you and please continue the great work!
Damn an hour long?! Drew is keeping us fed
#NourishYourHungrySoul with these _Drew-fed secrets of Mora._
lol
Woodland Man is going to keep us entertained for a while
I hope you keep putting these out, the level of detail in these is absolutely incredible!
It was great to learn Mora-bout Hermaeus Mora. Thanks Mr. Mora!
Mr. Drew, this was truly a marvelous "telling". You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge and understanding. Since this was an hour long, there must have been an incredible amount of research you did to provide such a wonderful "telling". You may wonder why I always refer to your videos as "tellings" rather than stories. It is because there is more research that goes into what you do than there would be if it was "just a story". I have a great deal of respect for what you do and am grateful for all the time you put into your videos. Thank you, Sir.
I always assumed miraak gained bend will and fought against dragons and the order before the rest of the nords, why else would the dragons and the power structure become crueler to their subjects unless they thought there were true threats?
Another thought its just a game mechanism but when you use bend will on a dragon the same dragon rend effect forces them to the ground, could the shout instill a similar fear of death as dragonrend? Maybe it shows dragons true subjugation as mortals/nords know it
The Deadric Demiprince of Lore has returned to share the mysteries of Oblivion
hahahaha yeah it's true
Storytime with uncle drew, leaving us wanting mora!
Given how intense the relationship is between fate and time, it's no wonder that Hermaeus Mora seems to have particular interest in Dragonborn. Since if you are able to manipulate time, you can change fate. And we've seen at least one Dragonborn powerful enough to alter time. Ysmir Wulfharth.
I know the Dragonborn gets the chance to pledge their soul to literally every Daedric Prince, but this seems to be unique to the Last Dragonborn. We don't hear about Daedra constantly trying to ensnare Dragonborn specifically. And given how many Dragonborn Emperors there have been, surely this would have come up in the history books.
Granted, this time alteration seems unique to the Thu'um, not dragonborn. But it's possible only dragons (Alduin messes with time too, against Wulfharth, and it's how he resurrects other dragons if you translate the shout he uses on their bones) or dragonborn can reach the level of power or attunement with Akatosh's power to possess the understanding of the flow of time required to tamper with it with their Thu'um. But dragons themselves seem too tied to Akatosh for a Daedra to control. But a mortal with the soul of a dragon could be another matter.
All Daedric Princes likely understand it's easier to manipulate a dragonborn than a dragon, but Hermaeus Mora may be the only one who understands the actual potential they have to manipulate time, and the only one who if he controlled a dragonborn could actually figure out how to wield that potential.
As for why he didn't seek to control every dragonborn, it's notable that he sought control over the First Dragonborn and Last Dragonborn specifically. When Miraak revealed himself as Dragonborn, as far as Mora knew, Miraak would be the only one to ever exist. Certainly, he could have viewed his threads of fate to see other potential Dragonborn, and knew Akatosh MIGHT create more. But would he? That was yet to be determined. So Miraak was invaluable to Mora. Eventually Akatosh proved he would create many dragonborn, hence Mora being picky about the ones he approaches after that.
Then a prophecy from an elder scroll, not Mora himself, mentioned the Last Dragonborn. If there was never going to be more candidates for whatever purpose Mora has in mind for his Dragonborn Champion, and Miraak's insolence is indicating he will have to be neutralised, the Last Dragonborn has become as invaluable as Miraak once was.
I love how your narration is written with the flavor of whatever daedra you're talking about.
My favourite Daedric Prince and the one and only deity my absurdly OP Mary Sue of a dragonborn respects. Thank you very much Drew! Much appreciated as always.
Same. He is the only one I call Lord.
My love for Skyrim increases more and more after every single one of your videos. You are greatly appreciated Traveler 🙏🏾
If he needs mundus to survive then him capturing miraak and preventing him from defeating alduin is a act of self preservation and he tries to do the same with the last Dragonborn
Saw this video and just clicked it. When I saw that I am getting an hour long Elder Scrolls lore video from Drew that put a major smile on my face.
Too long; didn't watch
Hermaus Mora has every Elder Scrolls AU fanfiction on hand and it's fucking awesome.
Wait, even the horny ones?
Hermaus Mora: "ESPECIALLY THE HORNY ONES!!!"
Love Drewmora's videos i listen to them while i work and it makes the work day go faster.
This videos has got me more curious about all the conflicts/disputes between the Daedric lords. Would like to see a video down the line about the Inter-Daedric conflicts.
I consider the uncaring Godhead to be a copy of Azathoth. I am very surprised more Dwarves we’re not exploring other parts of oblivion and protected from whatever took them away.
By far your best video ever made! Mora is my favorite Prince, and he is the most fascinating for sure. I'm so excited to see what they do with him in ES6. The Scrolls could be in existence because of him, displaced from time and space, through some godly magic, as a way to intervene in Mundus' affairs.
No. The roles were created by Magnus, not Mora. Though Mora has a equivalent in the dark books
@monkeysk8er33 Mora: What are you reading?
Me: A book, leave me alone.
Mora: Is it "A Thousand Ways Your Mom's a Ho"?
Me: Jesus Hermy, fuck off!
Drew this video is amazing. I find myself rewinding because I don’t wish to miss a single thing. Each detail interacts with me, I feel like I’m traversing oblivion and it’s exhilarating.
Mate, you are an awesome story teller. By your first sentence I am swept away to distant lands, keep up the great work.
Would you say that it is possible the Desolate Deadlight was her Realm and he encouraged Meharunes Dagon to go after Ithelia?
It was Haskill who claimed that Dagon was other Prince's pawn in history
Thanks for a great video anyhow!
It could be. Though Deadlight seems to have a closer connection to the Longhouse Emperors (Durcorach and his line). I'll definitely explore Ithelia properly once we get more info. Fargrave also has potential to be tied to Ithelia, since it's a crossroad realm, and she is the Prince of Paths
Regardless of how much time I spend away from the games your vids always got me wanting to load up a new playthrough lol. Huge fan of yours man, hope you're doing alright.
As someone who loves Hermaeus Mora like I do this video was exactly what I needed to expand my knowledge of my favorite daedric prince. This was so informative and well researched, there were things here I didn't know well enough about him until now. Thank you so much for an absolutely amazing video
@willoweoisin5734 Mora: What are you reading?
Me: A book, leave me alone.
Mora: Is it "A Thousand Ways Your Mom's a Ho"?
Me: Jesus Hermy, fuck off!
You just want to see what he can do with all those tentacles don't you? How many books he can hold, how many pages he can turn
As a big tbh moment, if I'm gonna be stuck in Apocrypha and become a seeker then I'm definitely gonna enjoy that because there's a ton to learn even by watching. Forbidden knowledge is useful no matter how you get it or why (also very funny comment btw)
@@willowroisin5734 Thanks.
Been excited for a Herma Mora video, the writing and research in this is incredible thank you Drew
The level of atmosphere you provide is beyound sublime!! Indeed...there isn't any Loremaster as good as you out there on the UA-cam verse. Well done on this video my good sir. Superb footage from the game too!!! UA-cam is lucky to have you...and so are we. Akatosh bless you!
This is perfect, an hour of lore about one of the most interesting beings in the elders scrolls
Over an hour? You're spoiling us, Drew! I always get excited when I see an upload from you
I don't have words how perfect this video is. Thank you, Drew.
Hey Drew thanks for the great content, i've never been able to enjoy ESO that much despite giving it a few tries, but the ESO team has added great lore to the series and i'm glad to have you to help me explore it
I still get chills from the prophecy of the last Dragonborn it’s so well made. Amazing video I loved it
Oh totally
After a bad day that truly made me feel lost Drew gave me an hour to forget it all and feel better with his amazing narration and lore research thank you ❤
There's something about the mysterious, haunting beauty of this video. It's the one that I continuously return to. To be inspired by, to be immersed into this world, and to sleep. 10/10
I've thought of an idea or perception that somewhat reconciles the in lore reference to Herma mora as Ur-dra, while also encompassing the really cool idea written by Kirkbride:
Hermaeus Mora, could be both Ur-dra and born of the thrown away ideas during the creation of the Mundus and mortality. He could be one of, if not the first and oldest Daedra, but gained relevance and power upon the creation of Mundus, as it could be viewed as the creation of fate and secrets, few of which existed beforehand. He consumed the thrown away ideas and unrealised fates born during creation and became the keeper of forbidden knowledge and scryer of fate in the process
Always so awesome to listen to while building and painting my 40k. It'd funny also the first time I heard of Ithelia, and no more than a week later she's in the new eso cinematic! Love the content mate! Keep them coming
This whole video and its contents is the embodiment of why i love the elder scrolls with all my heart. Thank you for all you do Drew, hope you enjoyed the Necrom chapter as much as I did.
Makes sense considering septimus signus. People said Septimus was insane but he had seen an elder scroll.
The elder scroll shows what is true and what could have been true but will never be.
Septimus speaks in a way that you can only understand if you've seen the tides of fate for what they really are.
Memories and writings are not different things to septimus. They are the same thing that he calls knowings because to septimus if it is not written on paper it can be written in the mind or in a dwemer lexicon.
Septimus was just able to see the world a bit more like mora and so mora needed to have him taken out of the equation after septimus unlocked the dwemer box chamber that had held the ogma infinium.
Hermaeus isn't just a keeper of secrets, he's also a weaver of lies. Infinite truth is there in Apocrypha, but so too is infinite fiction. The curious mind sees both but is blind to the difference.
Once again knocking it out of the park! I'm surprised how fast you put this together considering that the ESO update hasn't been out for that long, even counting the test server. Getting this all written, recorded and edited can't have been easy, thanks for putting in such effort it does not go unappreciated. Take good care!
hearing wes johnson as hermaeous mora in eso again warmed my heart
Your lore vids are simply the best Drew, I’m always checking to see if you’ve put out something new
The opening exposition is the perfect advertisement for those of us who are already nuts.
Finally got the time to watch this video, always adored Hermaeus Mora and always adored your narration, this is going to be a treat!
I just finished the Necrom storyline this afternoon, so I'm a bit late to the party here, but _so_ glad I waited to watch this piece!
Seriously, there are fan analysts in almost every deep-lore franchise, some great, some not-so-great. Then there's Drew the Daedrologist, able to weave a retelling and analysis of hot-off-the-presses lore, find intriguing connections to it amongst established and apocryphal lore, and then deliver it using a universe-appropriate OC whose manner and voice fits perfectly with the mystical and meditative quality (with a touch of absurdist humor) that hums in the background of almost every Elder Scrolls entry.
I'm sure you've heard it many times here, but well done, good sir! Keep it up!
10:11 Thought he was about to say 'I am the one who knocks'
Lmao, I would love to hear that! Someone should find the VA and have them say that!
Hermaeus White, Knower of the Crystal Method
Your talk of nimics in reference to daedra reminds me a lot of “a wizard of earthsea” in that book any wizard who’s true name is discovered by another wizard, has their power lost to the person who knows their name, none of their power will work against the name knower.
Oh shit that's intense
I love the way you do your videos. The storytelling is so magical and immersive. It feels like we are going on a little journey together.
It gave me goosebumps when you recited the dragonborn prophecy.
This is blowing my mind. Another phenomenal video, man!
He just knows he's a character in a video game.
A lot of the characters who “merely comprehend they’re in a video game” tend to be the ones able to interact with us directly because they know, but what if they know something bigger? Like say 2D media is a window into alternate realities we aren’t directly experiencing via 3D reality for example.
Hermaeus Mora is in my honest opinion the most powerful Daedric prince/lord in excistence and why knowledge is the ultimate power period.
Hermaeus Mora is awesome i especially love the whole Lovecraft esthetic/theme.
Other than that a great video Drew keep up the great work👍
And greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
Hello from Germany Dutch friend. Sorry about us inviting ourselves over in the 1940s
@@AC-hj9tv Thank you for the reply German friend but what's this about the 1940s?
Those days are long gone thank God Germany has improved itself you have every right to be proud of your country i have been to Germany many times myself and i love it Germany is awesome😊
Other than that greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
🇳🇱❤🇩🇪
I believe Ithelia was the most powerful, if not, why would Mora need to erase her from existence? I think Jyggalag is the 2nd most powerful because the other deadric princes cursed him to become Sheogorath. Since these Ithelia is gone and Jyggalag has gone mad. Mora is the most powerful of all.
Im absolutely loving this series ong
You know I wonder, since the blades ask the last dragonborne to kill parthanax, if we see the blades in tes 6 that could mean the last dragon born did indeed slay parthanax, and we know the last dragon born uses dragon souls in exchange with mora for power, so I'm just saying just wondering here if mora is really playing the long game and is using the last dragonborn as a pawn to gain one of the oldest souls in tamriels knowledge without ever even dealing with them an extream like a rook taking a queen in chess mora gains access to a ancient peice of the time god.
I like how in the Wintersun mod, Mora's shrine is at the bottom of the Sea of Ghosts
There is something special about your videos. The way you speak is very soothing, while your choice of visuals and music is always perfect. I consider your works as art. May atom bless you.
Ilethia was not erased because of the threat she posed to existence but because of the threat she posed to Hermaeus Mora. She had the ability to oppose and could possibly even destroy other Daedric Princes but most especially Mora. He's afraid of her, and when she inevitably returns, he'll be even more terrified.
I could listen to you talk all day! I do hope our beloved Daedrologist isn't lost to Apocrypha for good 😭
7 Time-Hearts
1. Mono-Linear Time [Isotope of Reality ordered & arranged in unity]
2. Bi-Linear-Time [Life History]
3. Composite-Corporeal Linear Time [Matter's Evolving Decay Rate]
4. Documented Linear Time [Clocks, Calenders, Artificial Measuring Devices]
5. Relationship Linear Time [Convergences]
6. Charter Time [Authority Bestowals & Dead-Lines]
7. Transcendental Linear Time [Account Manipulation]
Imagine existing in a construct of time and being unable to perceive the other moments offered to you by it. I couldn’t imagine only being able to perceive one timeline that’s for sure, sounds like a living hell to those afflicted.
Holy crap. The intro finished and I thought the video was done 😂
One more hour of this, hell yeah.
Glad humans have evolved enough that realizing quantum reality doesn't break our brains anymore
awesome video! so much detail, gathered from so many sources. these videos, especially the 2 on hermaeus mora, earned you my sub and i'm here to stay. keep up the good work
I really love everything about Hermaeus Mora. This unquenchable thirst for knowledge is something i'm all too familiar with. Even the weirdness of his physical manifestation makes a lot of sense, since the knowledge, specially the so called "forbidden knowledges", are such a weird rabbithole that nothing else but a monstrous mass of uncanny pieces of being can represent. He reminds me of Odin, in a way, as if Odin got so mad with his pursuit of knowledge and wisdom that it drove him mad
I think there's a great dlc-sized idea for a Skyrim mod with the lore about the Ciphers of the Eye. The assets for creating a new corner of Apocripha are already found in the files. You could establish an intriguing questline about joining the order and traveling to the Orders headquarters to receive missions from interesting characters, Dark Brotherhood style!
I get so excited to hear the prose that I have to pause it sometimes, so I can absorb the last part I heard without missing the next great thing. So good
I'm just glad to hear Wes Johnson again as HM!
Wonderful way to start my Wednesday, one of Drew’s interesting lectures.
Fitting with the release of ESO: Necrom too! Time to visit the Prince of Fate once more.
An hour of Drew's delicious voice and writing? Sir you spoil me!
Always a great day when I get to watch a Drewmora video! Thank you so much for your hard work and providing such great videos!
Just when I think my day can’t get any better…the best elder scrolls professor drops another vid!
Without watching the video yet, this is my take on harmamora: He is ancient, likely older than most if not all aedra and daedra, he is likely tied to creation and time it self i.e. aka/ariel. He is NOT a force of Chaos, he is order, he is understanding of order, which comes from chaos, he is anuelic by nature but depends on chaotic padomaism to have things to study. Without chaos there would be nothing to learn as all would be static and fully understood. He wants to learn because there is no stasis and thus he can learn. He depends on padomai for his hunger to not be satiated. He might yarn for the days of stasis where he understood all there is(maybe in another kalpa?) and is seeking to reach the full understranding of all there is so he can get things back to where he feels more at home. If he was chaos, he could not organize all the knowledge so well. His plane looks chaotic to a simple human mind that can never hope to understand any of it. After all, there is no chaos, it is just order too complex for one's mind to wrap it self around it.
That last part sounds like the bad end to a choose-your-own-adventure Goosebumps book or D&D campaign 😆
The long list parallels between Hermaeus Mora and the Elder Scrolls themselves, especially the effects of interacting with them too much and the dangers of reaching Zero Sum, makes me wonder if they're actually old Herma Mora's creation.
Great video on Hermaeus Mora! He is more than meets plenty of eyes. A trickster, super clever, yet also the keeper and recorder of so much of the entire existence of the ES universe.
I cant wait to see another video of him, especially if the new ES includes Mora again. Would be epic👏😃👍
I found Morian zenas in apocrypha and my mind was blown