Hardly peaceful, the sentient races have been killing and enslaving each other since the beginning of its recorded history. Much like real life actually lol
Then the Nerevarine, The Hero of Kvatch and the Dovakin suddenly appear. Don't forget the Hero of Kvatch is also Sheogorath. . . if you did the Shivering Isles DLC.
At least Merrunz has more of a claim to own Nirn than the King of Rape does. Nirn is LITERALLY his yarn ball! Mankar was right! Nirn IS a realm of Oblivion!
One interesting part of the lore is that when Vivec lost his powers, the meteor he had held in "stasis" above the city came crashing down with its full force again and destroyed the city, it also caused the giant volcano in the middle of the island to erupt ending in a mass exodus of dark elves from morrowind. That's why we see so many dark elf immigrants in Skyrim.
well that's not exactly what happened after vivec disappeared these dark elf guys signed a pact with clavicus vile to stop the meteor so clavicus made this machine which requires souls to operate so along as there is souls the meteor wont crash after sending in prisoners to charge the machine one of the ppl who made the deal realised that some souls charged the machine up more then others so once he found the criteria he made a death lottery an other members wife was picked for the lottery and thus was killed but not before he tried to stop it but managed to destroy the machine then the meteor crashed into vardenfel
@@nicholasmorgan7609 but that’s what the Tribunal deserved after betraying and killing Nerevar plus the whole setting themselves up as gods thing. The Red Year was supposed to happen because the Nerevarine Prophecy had been fulfilled. The Three Good Daedra (Azura, Mephala, and Boethia) are worshipped again and the Ashlanders are respected once more but not without sacrifice
@@freakrx2349 did the rest of Vvardenfell deserve it? Also, whether it was Dagoth Ur or the Tribunal is purposely left foggy. Dagoth seems pretty comfident that he and Nerevar fought, though he also think Nerevar betrayed him, bht he's also insane. Regardless, the way shit with the Heart of Lorkhan works, it could have been all of them were made canon at once, the Tribunal killing him AND Dagoth Ur killing him.
Especially in Windhelm I.E. Immigrants from Morrowind Because that's the first City they came too when they All Fled east because Skyrim boreders Morrowind too the West of it so it makes sense it Boreders it too the east
Id like to add not all of the lore is meant to be taken literally, the lore is told to us through the perspective of the people of this medieval world, so alot of lore is a mix of lies, rumors and conjecture. A great example is the omnipotence of the daedric princes in their own realms despite tons of examples contradicting this
The concept of the elder scrolls is proof that all these events are true and false at the same time. Only certain major events are the same at the apex. Different people can peer through time and see different outcomes. It's setup that way on purpose to keep creativity flexible so when you really get down to it the major parts of the lore are literal because that's the only part that will always remain the same the details not so much
@@rushpatriot2866 I like the way you worded this. I think it also adds some realism (the good kind) to the fantasy elements of the series. For example, I was just making a joke with a friend the other day that in the game they talk about Ulfric "shouting the high king apart" and I pointed out that we never get to do that and how awesome it would be to shout at someone and they explode. But then upon my recent playthrough I spoke with Ulfric and he points out that it was untrue, he did shout at the King, but it only unarmed him but ultimately he stabbed him with his sword to kill him. This is in stark contrast to what Elisif (the high kings wife) says when you ask about the High King's death and she still stands by the story of him being shouted apart and how it was like a "nightmare" to witness it. The details being blurred and lost in people's perception of the events is what adds color to reading the "lore" of the game. You're never sure how much is embellished and how much is actually true, much like real history which is why it's so engaging to both read, and play the franchise.
Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise! We are but maggots, writhing in the filth of our own corruption! While you have ascended from the dung of mortality, and now walk among the stars! But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, "Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty, and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you." [note 1] Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel! And there it is, friends! The ugly truth! We are the children of man! Talos is the true god of man! Ascended from flesh, to rule the realm of spirit! The very idea is inconceivable to our Elven overlords! Sharing the heavens with us? With man? Ha! They can barely tolerate our presence on earth! Today, they take away your faith. But what of tomorrow? What then? Do the elves take your homes? Your businesses? Your children? Your very lives? And what does the Empire do? Nothing! Nay, worse than nothing! The Imperial machine enforces the will of the Thalmor! Against its own people! So rise up! Rise up, children of the Empire! Rise up, Stormcloaks! Embrace the word of mighty Talos, he who is both man and Divine! For we are the children of man! And we shall inherit both the heavens and the earth! And we, not the Elves or their toadies, will rule Skyrim! Forever! Terrible and powerful Talos! We, your unworthy servants, give praise! For only through your grace and benevolence may we truly reach enlightenment! And deserve our praise you do, for we are one! Ere you ascended and the Eight became Nine, you walked among us, great Talos, not as god, but as man! Trust in me, Whiterun! Trust in Heimskr! For I am the chosen of Talos! I alone have been anointed by the Ninth to spread his holy word!
Quick correction : Dragonborns are immortal, because their souls are, even in a mortal body And if they continue to absorb dragon souls they can live as long as they want (it's like absorbing someone life force), until there's no dragons souls left, they die, and the souls return to Akatosh He create them new bodies, put the souls back, etc.... By definition, ALL Dragonborns and dragons (all septims, St. Alessia, Miraak, etc...) are all "alive" somewhere in some plan of existence, they can be sealed but not destroyed
Morrowind pc: turns out i’m the reincarnation of a legendary Dunmer Skyrim pc: Turns out i’m the last dragonborn who is the only one that can avert the end times Oblivion pc: Turns out touching a plate in the inn gets you thrown into a jail
I will never forget my first time playing Oblivion. It was the first RPG of its kind that I'd ever played, and I finally made it to Weynon Priory, spoke to the monks, one of whom gave me the book The Warp in the West. I read it, expecting a simple story (it also raises a skill, though I can't remember which - block, maybe?) and what I got was what was essentially a summary of a previous game in the series. I couldn't understand _what_ was going on in the book, and it was at that point that I negan to realise just how vast the ES universe was.
@@zachbraxton1997 Not sure if you're referring to the old forts or the Aylied ruins. The ruins were built by the Aylieds - that is, the elves that were native to Cyrodiil. The old forts were built by St Alessia's forces iirc - the first Men to venture into Cyrodiil
Same. I played a tiny bit of Morrowind at a friend's house but Oblivion is where I really hopped on, and as much as I wish Cyrodiil was a little less generic now, the crazy juxtaposition between the unassuming exterior and what was sitting beneath the surface is definitely part of what grabbed me.
@@prencissannjuni8740 its exactly what happened, and its shown in skyrim. Balgruuf and Legate Rikke are among 2 of the most prominent people in Skyrim that still worship Talos
@@hairyviking6047 LOL, nobody is making you. You're just taking a chance to feel offended at some muslims who literally said or did nothing to you. You're not a hairy viking btw, just some fat hairy guy in the basement.
It takes quite some time to make a new big game. Same with GTA 6. The only franchise I know that releases a new big game each few years would be Assassins Creed. But as far as I know they have a huge amount of people working on the game with several teams all over the world.
@@mr.torgue7956 Because Delphine and Esbern cannot be killed. You need a cheatcode that allows you to make them not essential, therefore, being killable. setessential 00013358 0 setessential 00013478 0 Enjoy, be creative and have fun.
@DimitriRiggas A lot of people hate Delphine for trying to convince us to kill Paarthunaax since he was Alduin's brother and right-hand dragon before switching sides to help the Ancient Nords. I wouldn't kill Delphine, but I wish you could convince her that Paarthunaax is an ally. Especially if he and the other dragons can help us fight in the possible Second Great War against the Thalmor/Aldmeri Dominion.
I’ve watched a lot of videos to try to understand the elder scrolls timeline from start to finish. This video is the best one thank you. The story is finally starting to click together after many years of playing
I’ve been playing the Elder Scrolls since Oblivion and I never knew about any of this lore til now. Thank you for making this video and providing context to a world I’ve been lost in since 2006.
mate watch fudgemuppet they practically cover every single topic about tes lore and now they're doing podcasts about lore cause theyve litterly done nearly everything they can
Oblivion will always be the best game of my entire life. Entire storyline, emotional environment, voices, everything. I felt like I was there. I have the fondest of memories and listen to the background music from it to fall asleep now so 15 years later 😂
Yeah. If only we were not forced to enter the borefest cut and paste Oblivion plane like a million times, it would have been close to Skyrim in terms of replayability.
Compared to other computer games Oblivion is very good. Compared to other Elder Scrolls games it is the weakest IMO. Morrowind and Skyrim are my two favorite games of all time with unlimited replay draw. I have no interest in playing Oblivion again, it was fun, but that's it.
“With the Elder scrolls VI looming over the horizon”…. It’s been 2 years and over a decade since Skyrim…at this rate my great great grandchildren will play it
I wished that everytime we sleep our mind would enter in another world like skyrim, bit like in Avatar movie or like a Astral Projection experience, then we wake up, go to work/school do what we have to do , then when go back to sleep we start where we stopped before wake up.
when i was younger i did this. I would go to bed and do a play through in my head of the charachter i was playing. Sometimes i would dream i was really there as my charachter.
If the Dragonborn is born with the soul of a dragon how did he overcome his overwhelming feeling to dominate as all the other dragons did? Paarthurnax is the only dragon that over came this, Tiber septim wanted to dominate the continent as Dragonborn same as miraak. Makes me wonder 🤔 love your videos btw looking for the next one 👀
Well the dragonborn did become a military general, the db's listener, harbinger of the companions, guildmaster of the thieves guild, and never stops raiding bandit camps and the like.. sounds about dominant to me
@@nocturalTragedy civil war will continue cause of main quest has one quest which is considered Canon seasson unending means civil war continues until both sides resources gets waste thats what thalmor wants they will succeed
I wonder if the Divines ever changed their view on Lorkhan and his Creation. After all, they took upon spheres of influence that are generally accepted as good (ex. Mara with love and Julianos with knowledge). It’s especially interesting as to wonder about their relationship with Talos, who is the new Lorkhan. The people of Tamriel adore him, and countless still worship him in secret, but I don’t believe there is much said about the perspectives of the gods on their newest and simultaneously oldest member.
Everyone are discussing about the Elder Scrolls timeline, but no one mention about the prophecy of Alduins return to rule the world. I know Alduin was "weak" but never forget one day he will rule and end of Tameriel.
Nythegreat1046 actualy we never ate his soul so he can come back, and he will. Alduin is the first born of akatosh the god of time, he created alduin for the purpose of ending one world and creating another, essentially alduin is a force of nature and will come back and devour the world no matter how long it takes or how many times he is “defeated”
@@duckyeeter2999 that's right even before the great event dragons rule the world and men were worship as God's. Ever since the Dragon War, Alduin had been overthrow. From that point the Elder Scrolls had written a prophecy that Alduin will return when the Oblivion gats are open, when, the red mountain erupted and the fallen of tribunal, the death of the last Dragonborn emperor, The Great War between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion, and the most important of all the Skyrim Civil War all of this was already fulfill the prophecy for the Last Dragonborn to defeat Alduin. But one day another prophecy Will be written for Alduins return and Parthurnax had said this: "Those who wanted to stop the end may delayed it, and those who delayed it may bring it closer." Which means no matter how many battle against Alduin, he will return again and time will tell and decided by Akatosh.
@@fartchamber12 the divines are unlike the deadra bound to Nirn and as such can be manipulated by mortal viwes this means different cultural interpretations of the same god split that good into different often contradictory aspects.
im amazed how a movie was never made about Elder Scrolls, the amount of history and stories the game have is much more dense, complex, creative than any other game.
You forgot about the Umbriel crisis of 4E 40, a mysterious city floating in a bubble of Oblivion attacks Tamriel. It was detailed in the Elder Scrolls novels The Infernal City and Lord of Souls
@@shubydoobydoo3212 i mean logically and morally, DB wont likely to kill the emperor but still the game is in everyone's hands so the possibility is endless
isn't there that lore thing where only the vanilla main and dragonborn main quests are canon? Like yeah we, playing as the LDB, get to do all the guilds and side quests, but in-universe those things are done by other people? idk maybe I'm just misremembering things.
Technically if you look at it , from time to time the Daedric princes invade the plane and try to conquer it. Molag Bal and Dagon were defeated. But i feel like the secrete enemy that waits in the shadows all along is Hermaeus Mora. Hes been there in nearly all games and absorbed knowledge from all the main characters in a way. In skyrim you can even choose to serve him, and whats more you can never face him directly and physically because he is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. I feel like he will make a big change in Elder Scrolls 6.
It's pretty well known that the civil war storyline had to be cut due to time restraints so had the devs had more time it could have been possible for our character to fight in more wars in Skyrim
watch fudgemuppet mate if you think this is mind boggling watch fudgemuppet they litterly cover every single topic about tes lore especially the confusing stuff such as chim the godhead, vivec and much more
It would be nice to be a sword singer in the next game, though if you can pick a non Redguard, I guess it means Sword singing isn't Redguard specific. Though it might be said that canonically your character will be Redguard is Sword Singing plays a role. A Sword Singing Redguard fighting in the next Great War would make an awesome game.
@@MaxM227 I would like them to do at least a 15-20 year time jump since they've been taking so long to make 6. But no more. Too close in timeline to Skyrim would feel wrong considering the real life passage of time
@@scyobiempire4450 Eh, Sword Singing isn't really a martial art like the name might imply, it's another form of Tonal Manipulation similar to Thu'um, using sounds/tones to manipulate reality. So, a mage could sing a spirit sword into existence to slice a mountain in half or whatever just like a warrior or a rogue could, if that's the direction they wanted to go
I can already imagine it. Second Great War commences. Empire and its allies are going against Thalmor. A huge battle rages as both sides are giving it their all. But empire is weakened and cannot hold Dominion forces back. But then... as all hope seems lost... cavalry arrives from north. Nords of Skyrim charge the elves, but that is not all. One amongs them, a great hero in dragon armor, yells to the heavens and thousand roars echo. Dragons join the battle, following their leader, Dovahkiin-Thuri. Dragon shouts tear Dominion forces to pieces, Dragonborn, in all thier glory, cuts through enemies like nothing. For the first time, elves see that they are no match for this man. No matter their appearant race, this warrior is a dragon. War ends, elven kings and lords are begging for their lives at Dragonborn's feet. One of them asks "Who are you?" Mighty Dragonborn looks at him, takes a deep breath and "Bitch, I'm Dragonborn." XD
This is hands down the BEST recap video I can find. My only suggestion is: CAPTIONS!!!!!!! A lot of these words aren't exactly plain english so it's way easier to retain the information or learn new stuff if we can see the spelling of things. Maybe just a dedicated caption "slide" the first few times you introduce another ESO word. Like captioning that sentence as you're saying it then moving on with the imagery
Came here because i just bought the game in vr and its an amazing experience without mods and only 30 min into it. Being in vr makes the experience incredible, as i was accidentally attacking a villager, who a group of men got angry about and Began to chase me out i had to run backwards and see them chasing me felt like i was actually there!
The elder scrolls is full with lore and intrigue at par with Game of thrones. I remember first time I played Morrowind. It was so much different than any other games at their time.
14:00 Wait. Even though Vampires tend to dislike the sun, in most works of fiction, hasn't it been established that the Elder Scrolls Sun is actually a giant hole in the sky that allows magic from the magic realm to reach Nirn ? In other words : if the Vampires managed to block out the Sun in The Elder Scrolls, wouldn't that remove all magic from their world ? Also, Vampires are undead and can only 'live' because of some kind of magic, so, ... wouldn't that actually 'kill' them for good ?
A couple things: First, the hole isn't in the sky of Nirn, it's a hole that was ripped through Oblivion, which surrounds the material plane, into Aetherius. In other words, it's both hella far away from the planet and also a hole through an entire plane of existence, so I don't think it's meant to be taken as the hole actually being closed, but simply as blocking the light from reaching that one planet specifically. Second, the stars are also all holes into Aetherius, so it's certainly possible that even if the sun were closed, there'd still be enough magic getting through for things like vampires to still exist, though I'd have to imagine magic as a whole would certainly be much harder to use and/or less powerful
This is just scratching the surface of the lore, there are still major points untouched like how the Nords first invaded skyrim and drove the snow elfs out and later how they turned into the twisted Falmor after years of slavery by the dwemers and also the rise and fall of the dark brotherhood, the eruption of the red mountain and how the argonians invaded morrowind and the mysterious disappearance of the dwemer. Or what the elder scrolls actually are and how they even exist. Then there is also the dragon war. There is then also when the redguards and high elfs left there original home because their island began to sink. The elder scrolls have so much lore it's almost impossible the get every detail
the game hinted so much at a confrontation between the empire and the thalmor. listen to general tullius' and legate rikke's lines after you win the war. they hint that there are battles yet to come for the empire, but they only tell you about this AFTER you help the empire with the war. the entire stormcloak v empire storyline was setting up the confrontation between the empire and the thalmor in the near future
It'd be pretty sweet if they made this whole world an open game that they could just update to as time goes on, and personally I'd enjoy it if there were a little bit more of a survival aspect to it. Elder scrolls has always been fascinating to me
I don't think the second great war should be the sole focus of the story. Maybe have it tie in with the main quest like in skyrim but have it be actually impactful to the story and the outcome of the game like skyrim. The only mainline game that had a mortal(s) as the main enemy was Arena which I haven't played. Then again that would be cool too as long as we get to see how the blades were involved in the first great war in Hammerfell and would be involved in the second and maybe get to play as the avatar of diagna or work with him to protect Hammerfell from Thalmor/other threats
What if the Dwemer didnt all just disappeared into thin air but what if (lots of pieced together lore that hints towards them trying to become like gods shortly before they disappeared) but in stead of that they managed to teleport their whole race to another planet?
As a casual to TES series this was very informative. Only now does the name 'Nirnroot' make sense to me. There's so much more to these games than I ever knew.
Oooh New video! Hey Avarti. Thinking of maybe doing some more genius or idiot videos? Also I love watching your old Morrowind playthrough. I like to drink some tea and watch them. They’re very nice videos
Ok, I needed to pause, stop and think of a comment to say on how this vid is awesome and it is so awesome I cannot think what kind of comment would justify this awesomeness so this is the comment you get lol and thank you!
I know I'm late, but I swear, they better let us demolish the Thalmor in the next game. I'm *one* snobby comment away from causing an all high elf genocide.
8:48 After he kills the Emperor, the assassin's mask and armor suddenly bug out for an instant and disappear, and for the merest slice of time someone who looks a lot like Captain Picard is seen! I love all the bugs I've found in Oblivion and Skyrim.
This is the best history of the elder scrolls video the rest of them assume u know every little name and faction and group there is when this video is the first I'm ever hearing of them.
If they did that, then it's just for the Empire to defeat them eventually, and maybe add to some historic bad blood. Remember ESO is the 2nd Era. Tiber Septum has to rise to power and conquer all of Tamriel ushering in the 3rd Era. (except Morrowind having only fallen to Imperial rule centuries later shortly before ES3)
ESO and the events therein are totally irrelevant to broader Elder-Scrolls continuity. That game's a Dragon-Break of a Dragon-Break's Dragon-Break at best. Putting it on the timeline is like putting the content of all your sexy-time mods up there as cannon.
@@justinsherman9350 Nope, its canon, everytime fanboys see something they dont like, its nope. Time stuff so it didnt actually happen. Some of the faction stuff or individual quest might just be for the mmo, but the broader story is legit.
@@EM-vw7im ESO has no continuity with Canon. This was established clearly when it first came out. It touches on characters and events consistent with the lore obviously, but nothing that happens in ESO that isn't directly taken from existing elderscrolls canon can impact existing elderscrolls Canon. That's precisely why they chose to set the game around a concocted three-way war completely non-existent in the existing lore and ultimately completely irrelevant to the existing lore. Hence why I say ESO is at most a really goofy Dragon-Break of a Dragon-Break, as how else are several thousand people playing out the same story as the sole hero while directly interacting with eachother/questing together, fighting in a massive continent-spanning conflict that everyone somehow entirely forgot about?
In an old trailer for Dawnguard, the dragonborn is seen to be a vampire and they don't seem to be acting benevolently. It's probably not the case, but until we find out otherwise, my headcanon is that the dragonborn does become a vampire. Perhaps it's just to enter the Soul Cairn with what's her face, only time will tell.
Well yeah, because that's a possibility in-game. Just like in every game you can become a vampire/werewolf and murder the entire province if you like, but that doesn't make it canon in any of them
@@heyimanameheyimalastname but there is a canon which we'll learn about in 6. I think it's odd that they showed the dragonborn as an evil vampire who put out the sun.
Dude you forgot about the horse armor dlc smh 🤦🏻♂️
this event caused a dragon break and it needs to be discussed
If it wasn't for the Hero of Kvach's horse armour he wouldn't have been alive to fight Mankar Cameron
It was the most mission critical gear that we could not do without. How dare you gloss over that gift from the Divines.(sarcasm)
It has crucial lore to ES6.
That shit birthed micro transactions
I like how you can explain the enterity of the elder scrolls without even mentioning elder scrolls
he didnt explain the entirety of the elder scrolls just the games but k
@@ciaranmck4469 thats what this video is about though, its just a recap of the games...
@@beneathawell thats not what the guys comment was about tho was it
@@ciaranmck4469 it was.
@@beneathawell explain how to me please
He's obviously just talking in a lore sense where as the videos are simply about the games
Nirn: *is peaceful*
Molag Bol/Mehrunes Dagon: "hippity hoppity this plane is now my property"
Hardly peaceful, the sentient races have been killing and enslaving each other since the beginning of its recorded history. Much like real life actually lol
Nirn: isn't peaceful
Molag: Prepare for more trouble
Merhunes: and make it double
Mmm yes
Then the Nerevarine, The Hero of Kvatch and the Dovakin suddenly appear.
Don't forget the Hero of Kvatch is also Sheogorath. . . if you did the Shivering Isles DLC.
At least Merrunz has more of a claim to own Nirn than the King of Rape does. Nirn is LITERALLY his yarn ball! Mankar was right! Nirn IS a realm of Oblivion!
You used my name REEEEEE
One interesting part of the lore is that when Vivec lost his powers, the meteor he had held in "stasis" above the city came crashing down with its full force again and destroyed the city, it also caused the giant volcano in the middle of the island to erupt ending in a mass exodus of dark elves from morrowind.
That's why we see so many dark elf immigrants in Skyrim.
well that's not exactly what happened after vivec disappeared these dark elf guys signed a pact with clavicus vile to stop the meteor
so clavicus made this machine which requires souls to operate so along as there is souls the meteor wont crash
after sending in prisoners to charge the machine one of the ppl who made the deal realised that some souls charged the machine up more then others so once he found the criteria he made a death lottery
an other members wife was picked for the lottery and thus was killed but not before he tried to stop it but managed to destroy the machine
then the meteor crashed into vardenfel
Felt like a kick in the nuts if you ask me, after what I did in Morrowind.
@@nicholasmorgan7609 but that’s what the Tribunal deserved after betraying and killing Nerevar plus the whole setting themselves up as gods thing. The Red Year was supposed to happen because the Nerevarine Prophecy had been fulfilled. The Three Good Daedra (Azura, Mephala, and Boethia) are worshipped again and the Ashlanders are respected once more but not without sacrifice
@@freakrx2349 did the rest of Vvardenfell deserve it? Also, whether it was Dagoth Ur or the Tribunal is purposely left foggy. Dagoth seems pretty comfident that he and Nerevar fought, though he also think Nerevar betrayed him, bht he's also insane. Regardless, the way shit with the Heart of Lorkhan works, it could have been all of them were made canon at once, the Tribunal killing him AND Dagoth Ur killing him.
Especially in Windhelm I.E. Immigrants from Morrowind Because that's the first City they came too when they All Fled east because Skyrim boreders Morrowind too the West of it so it makes sense it Boreders it too the east
Id like to add not all of the lore is meant to be taken literally, the lore is told to us through the perspective of the people of this medieval world, so alot of lore is a mix of lies, rumors and conjecture. A great example is the omnipotence of the daedric princes in their own realms despite tons of examples contradicting this
There really isn't anything going on in Skyrim
@@hakeempickering5986 a fuck ton goes down in cryodill tho lmao
The concept of the elder scrolls is proof that all these events are true and false at the same time. Only certain major events are the same at the apex. Different people can peer through time and see different outcomes. It's setup that way on purpose to keep creativity flexible so when you really get down to it the major parts of the lore are literal because that's the only part that will always remain the same the details not so much
@@rushpatriot2866 I like the way you worded this. I think it also adds some realism (the good kind) to the fantasy elements of the series. For example, I was just making a joke with a friend the other day that in the game they talk about Ulfric "shouting the high king apart" and I pointed out that we never get to do that and how awesome it would be to shout at someone and they explode. But then upon my recent playthrough I spoke with Ulfric and he points out that it was untrue, he did shout at the King, but it only unarmed him but ultimately he stabbed him with his sword to kill him. This is in stark contrast to what Elisif (the high kings wife) says when you ask about the High King's death and she still stands by the story of him being shouted apart and how it was like a "nightmare" to witness it.
The details being blurred and lost in people's perception of the events is what adds color to reading the "lore" of the game. You're never sure how much is embellished and how much is actually true, much like real history which is why it's so engaging to both read, and play the franchise.
Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise!
We are but maggots, writhing in the filth of our own corruption! While you have ascended from the dung of mortality, and now walk among the stars!
But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, "Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty, and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you." [note 1]
Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel!
And there it is, friends! The ugly truth! We are the children of man! Talos is the true god of man! Ascended from flesh, to rule the realm of spirit!
The very idea is inconceivable to our Elven overlords! Sharing the heavens with us? With man? Ha! They can barely tolerate our presence on earth!
Today, they take away your faith. But what of tomorrow? What then? Do the elves take your homes? Your businesses? Your children? Your very lives?
And what does the Empire do? Nothing! Nay, worse than nothing! The Imperial machine enforces the will of the Thalmor! Against its own people!
So rise up! Rise up, children of the Empire! Rise up, Stormcloaks! Embrace the word of mighty Talos, he who is both man and Divine!
For we are the children of man! And we shall inherit both the heavens and the earth! And we, not the Elves or their toadies, will rule Skyrim! Forever!
Terrible and powerful Talos! We, your unworthy servants, give praise! For only through your grace and benevolence may we truly reach enlightenment!
And deserve our praise you do, for we are one! Ere you ascended and the Eight became Nine, you walked among us, great Talos, not as god, but as man!
Trust in me, Whiterun! Trust in Heimskr! For I am the chosen of Talos! I alone have been anointed by the Ninth to spread his holy word!
Quick correction :
Dragonborns are immortal, because their souls are, even in a mortal body
And if they continue to absorb dragon souls they can live as long as they want (it's like absorbing someone life force), until there's no dragons souls left, they die, and the souls return to Akatosh
He create them new bodies, put the souls back, etc....
By definition, ALL Dragonborns and dragons (all septims, St. Alessia, Miraak, etc...) are all "alive" somewhere in some plan of existence, they can be sealed but not destroyed
So swearing loyalty to the dozen daedra all at once is just a massive trolling to them because they'll not have your soul in the end
@@Wulfjager we do a little trolling
sovngarde - mmm sexy that is
@@Wulfjager Let's just say it's a loophole 😂
Does this mean that the Dragonborn is like Highlander? There can be only one!
wow, ive been playing skyrim for years now and just saw the orbit of the planets and the timeline, love your content keep it up, please
I modded my game to have the moon from legend of Zelda staring at you
@@Shushkin noice
The CFG the orrery in the arcane university? never got to see it, the door is locked, and i can’t find the key no matter how hard i try.
@@don-tt1jk
You can unlock it with a certain quest in the mages guild faction
Same
Morrowind pc: turns out i’m the reincarnation of a legendary Dunmer
Skyrim pc: Turns out i’m the last dragonborn who is the only one that can avert the end times
Oblivion pc: Turns out touching a plate in the inn gets you thrown into a jail
Morrowind pc: wirzard falls from the sky out of nowhere
Skyrim pc: guess I'm the savior of this realm and dragon born, yet I can be thrown into jail for accidentally stealing a flower🥲
If you play the approval minigame to the full with every guard in the city, you'll never get arrested again 😂
@@hawkins347 howww
@@ad0t369 Because the guards will be your friends if you max them out 😂
May I suggest a video recapping the history of TES's various factions?
No, you may not suggest. You must DEMAND. Demand an in-depth one at that...
i belive he's done videos on things like this already look for his kahjit video etc i knw fudgemuppt and double negative have so ...
y e s
I'd like a video on the obscure towns/cities from arena that didnt make it into skyrim, like Dunstad, Greenwall, Oakwood, ETC.
Really ?
Boring suggestion
No offense 😒
I will never forget my first time playing Oblivion. It was the first RPG of its kind that I'd ever played, and I finally made it to Weynon Priory, spoke to the monks, one of whom gave me the book The Warp in the West. I read it, expecting a simple story (it also raises a skill, though I can't remember which - block, maybe?) and what I got was what was essentially a summary of a previous game in the series. I couldn't understand _what_ was going on in the book, and it was at that point that I negan to realise just how vast the ES universe was.
😅, för hgżcccccx
That was pretty much my experience too. I still don't understand most of Oblivions lore or who built all those ruins around Cyrodiil.
@@zachbraxton1997 Not sure if you're referring to the old forts or the Aylied ruins. The ruins were built by the Aylieds - that is, the elves that were native to Cyrodiil.
The old forts were built by St Alessia's forces iirc - the first Men to venture into Cyrodiil
Same. I played a tiny bit of Morrowind at a friend's house but Oblivion is where I really hopped on, and as much as I wish Cyrodiil was a little less generic now, the crazy juxtaposition between the unassuming exterior and what was sitting beneath the surface is definitely part of what grabbed me.
I stopped understanding what was being said almost immediately, pls help my small ape brain.
Same I didn't realize that it took place on a planet other than earth
@Diibz sameee
@@xxslayer255xx How would this be earth lmao
@@aojeong3902 it has trees, dirt and humans
@@xxslayer255xx And elves, dragons, gods, magic
Imagine giving up the worship of talos because some elves said so
@Gizio the Jackal That's genius!
@@prencissannjuni8740 its exactly what happened, and its shown in skyrim. Balgruuf and Legate Rikke are among 2 of the most prominent people in Skyrim that still worship Talos
Imagine the Norse people in the 10th century being told to abandon their gods and worship some bloke from the middle east?
YEAH I KNOW RIGHT!
@@hairyviking6047 LOL, nobody is making you. You're just taking a chance to feel offended at some muslims who literally said or did nothing to you.
You're not a hairy viking btw, just some fat hairy guy in the basement.
"The elder scrolls 6 on the horizon" LOL
Horizon is the imaginary line connecting earth and sky. No matter how close you get to it, it will never get nearer
It is said to release in 2 years
"pages of lore" - biggest understatement of the year
I wish ES6 was on the horizon.
technically it is if your horizon is at least over 2 years away maybe even 4 years
I gave up on this in 2018.
I don't think about it anymore
@@thibs2837 cus ur probably beating ur meat to loverslab mods
It takes quite some time to make a new big game. Same with GTA 6. The only franchise I know that releases a new big game each few years would be Assassins Creed. But as far as I know they have a huge amount of people working on the game with several teams all over the world.
@@freddimehrcurry no shit sherlock
Man, that guy melting in Arena is surprisingly graphic for the time period...
Sometimes it be like that
Arena and Daggerfall were not family games. They actually had to tone it down for Morrowind in order to get into the console gaming market.
Doom, and Wolfenstien came out before Arena though, and they were considered the epitome of graphic violence in video games.
I told him the jewel of fire held my damn life force
How is that graphic? He just turns into orange goo.
You forgot the Dragonborn’s most important task: killing Delphine after Alduin’s defeated.
Why?
@@DimitriRiggas she wants you to kill paathurnax
at this quest my game was bugged and I wasn't able to kill delphine lol
@@mr.torgue7956 Because Delphine and Esbern cannot be killed. You need a cheatcode that allows you to make them not essential, therefore, being killable.
setessential 00013358 0
setessential 00013478 0
Enjoy, be creative and have fun.
@DimitriRiggas
A lot of people hate Delphine for trying to convince us to kill Paarthunaax since he was Alduin's brother and right-hand dragon before switching sides to help the Ancient Nords.
I wouldn't kill Delphine, but I wish you could convince her that Paarthunaax is an ally. Especially if he and the other dragons can help us fight in the possible Second Great War against the Thalmor/Aldmeri Dominion.
I’ve watched a lot of videos to try to understand the elder scrolls timeline from start to finish. This video is the best one thank you. The story is finally starting to click together after many years of playing
Read the books.
@@mrs.hatfield1451 Nah. I think I'll just listen to a 15-minute summary on youtube. It sounds less tedious.
I’ve been playing the Elder Scrolls since Oblivion and I never knew about any of this lore til now.
Thank you for making this video and providing context to a world I’ve been lost in since 2006.
mate watch fudgemuppet they practically cover every single topic about tes lore and now they're doing podcasts about lore cause theyve litterly done nearly everything they can
@@ciaranmck4469 Thanks my guy. I'll for sure check them out.
Curious to see what the next protagonist’s glory is in the next chapter. Really have my fingers crossed that they do this entire series justice
Well we do know where the protagonist will start, in shackles of cpurse.
@@Linguineo Shackles of Cpurse? Is that some sort of material only found within the Elder Scrolls Universe?
@@2ndsnake899course*
@@davelo3506 I know. But let's be honest, cpurse does sound like something from an Elder Scrolls game.
I can't think of how Bethesda could possibly top Skyrim, that was truly a revolutionary game, at least in my own opinion.
"With the Elder Scrolls VI looming on the horizon". This aged well
Its crazy how much I learned about the elder scrolls from this video compared to other videos out there
watch fudgemuppet cause this isnt even lore
@@ciaranmck4469 there are soo many elders scroll video of his lol where to even start 😂🤧?
Oblivion will always be the best game of my entire life. Entire storyline, emotional environment, voices, everything. I felt like I was there. I have the fondest of memories and listen to the background music from it to fall asleep now so 15 years later 😂
Yeah. If only we were not forced to enter the borefest cut and paste Oblivion plane like a million times, it would have been close to Skyrim in terms of replayability.
Compared to other computer games Oblivion is very good. Compared to other Elder Scrolls games it is the weakest IMO. Morrowind and Skyrim are my two favorite games of all time with unlimited replay draw. I have no interest in playing Oblivion again, it was fun, but that's it.
TES VI: lol time travel retcon. Everything we created before isn't relevant anymore. $29.99 for dlc explaining it away.
With current-day Bethesda being current-day Bethesda, wouldn’t honestly be surprised...
Mk11
Most people will just pirate it anyway lol
sounds like dr who
That story is to hard for Emil Pagliarulo to come up with.
“With the Elder scrolls VI looming over the horizon”…. It’s been 2 years and over a decade since Skyrim…at this rate my great great grandchildren will play it
"Elder scrolls 6 looming on the horizon" it is still looming 3 years later
I wished that everytime we sleep our mind would enter in another world like skyrim, bit like in Avatar movie or like a Astral Projection experience, then we wake up, go to work/school do what we have to do , then when go back to sleep we start where we stopped before wake up.
Yea but then we’d really want to sleep rather then finding excitement in the real world, would be cool though
You could just have a good imagination and lucid dream
when i was younger i did this. I would go to bed and do a play through in my head of the charachter i was playing. Sometimes i would dream i was really there as my charachter.
and manual save too.
like an isekai without being stuck in said world
I love the ES series! I’ve played them all!! ESO is hands down my favorite for so many reasons! Great video!
I hope your cheeks are spread
@@thealien_ali3382 they are and are waiting for Oblivion!!! BRING IT!
The Elder Scrolls VI looming
six years later:
If the Dragonborn is born with the soul of a dragon how did he overcome his overwhelming feeling to dominate as all the other dragons did? Paarthurnax is the only dragon that over came this, Tiber septim wanted to dominate the continent as Dragonborn same as miraak. Makes me wonder 🤔 love your videos btw looking for the next one 👀
Maybe because the Dragonborn didn't?😱
Well the dragonborn did become a military general, the db's listener, harbinger of the companions, guildmaster of the thieves guild, and never stops raiding bandit camps and the like.. sounds about dominant to me
Because he is more powerful than any of them
@@nocturalTragedy civil war will continue cause of main quest has one quest which is considered
Canon seasson unending means civil war continues until both sides resources gets waste thats what thalmor wants they will succeed
@@gptechnologiesmangalore6909 ok
Incredibly well developed and delivered. Saving for many reviews.
I wonder if the Divines ever changed their view on Lorkhan and his Creation. After all, they took upon spheres of influence that are generally accepted as good (ex. Mara with love and Julianos with knowledge). It’s especially interesting as to wonder about their relationship with Talos, who is the new Lorkhan. The people of Tamriel adore him, and countless still worship him in secret, but I don’t believe there is much said about the perspectives of the gods on their newest and simultaneously oldest member.
They didn't take on those spheres, they always were those spheres
Everyone are discussing about the Elder Scrolls timeline, but no one mention about the prophecy of Alduins return to rule the world. I know Alduin was "weak" but never forget one day he will rule and end of Tameriel.
Yeah but didn’t the Dragonborn kill him for good because before that the ancient nords just sent him forward in time
Nythegreat1046 actualy we never ate his soul so he can come back, and he will. Alduin is the first born of akatosh the god of time, he created alduin for the purpose of ending one world and creating another, essentially alduin is a force of nature and will come back and devour the world no matter how long it takes or how many times he is “defeated”
@@duckyeeter2999 that's right even before the great event dragons rule the world and men were worship as God's. Ever since the Dragon War, Alduin had been overthrow. From that point the Elder Scrolls had written a prophecy that Alduin will return when the Oblivion gats are open, when, the red mountain erupted and the fallen of tribunal, the death of the last Dragonborn emperor, The Great War between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion, and the most important of all the Skyrim Civil War all of this was already fulfill the prophecy for the Last Dragonborn to defeat Alduin. But one day another prophecy Will be written for Alduins return and Parthurnax had said this:
"Those who wanted to stop the end may delayed it, and those who delayed it may bring it closer."
Which means no matter how many battle against Alduin, he will return again and time will tell and decided by Akatosh.
Duck Yeeter Why would the divines contradict each other and their own plans just to delay the inevitable tho?
@@fartchamber12 the divines are unlike the deadra bound to Nirn and as such can be manipulated by mortal viwes this means different cultural interpretations of the same god split that good into different often contradictory aspects.
This is going to be good 🔥
I've been hoping for something like this forever. Thank you; it takes a lot of skill to shrink a topic in a useful way.
im amazed how a movie was never made about Elder Scrolls, the amount of history and stories the game have is much more dense, complex, creative than any other game.
Well just wait for the tv series to be made on Netflix!
What a video man. Thanks for drastically increasing my knowledge of elder scrolls history, a topic that I loved and eagerly wanted to know more about!
Read the books... It is worth it for how much history is missed just playing through.
You forgot about the Umbriel crisis of 4E 40, a mysterious city floating in a bubble of Oblivion attacks Tamriel. It was detailed in the Elder Scrolls novels The Infernal City and Lord of Souls
Don't know if those count as canon though
lol nobody cares nerd
I feel like the assassination of the emperor (in skyrim) is quite an important event that should have been mentioned as well
It doesn't significantly change anything... It should have though.
and it wont happen if dragonborn is sided with the empire
@@rasyid2558 No i sided with the empire but was still able to assasinate the emperor
@@shubydoobydoo3212 i mean logically and morally, DB wont likely to kill the emperor but still the game is in everyone's hands so the possibility is endless
isn't there that lore thing where only the vanilla main and dragonborn main quests are canon?
Like yeah we, playing as the LDB, get to do all the guilds and side quests, but in-universe those things are done by other people?
idk maybe I'm just misremembering things.
Ah yes, watching another recap before the year ends without ES 6
Technically if you look at it , from time to time the Daedric princes invade the plane and try to conquer it. Molag Bal and Dagon were defeated. But i feel like the secrete enemy that waits in the shadows all along is Hermaeus Mora. Hes been there in nearly all games and absorbed knowledge from all the main characters in a way. In skyrim you can even choose to serve him, and whats more you can never face him directly and physically because he is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. I feel like he will make a big change in Elder Scrolls 6.
That was outstanding recap of the Elder Scrolls
Avarti!
Thank you Avarti!
Last time I was this early, Morrowind was ought to be released before 2000
I really appreciate your editing highlighting your points :)
We should've been able to fight in The Great War.
nah in 2011? impossible mate
Which great war?
Against the Aldmeri Dominion or the one against the Ayleids?
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex i say both
@@hartrize5306 Oh I forgot the war of Red Mountain too.
It's pretty well known that the civil war storyline had to be cut due to time restraints so had the devs had more time it could have been possible for our character to fight in more wars in Skyrim
Video Title: The Complete Timeline
The Video Time: 15:50
*Chuckles* Yeah, good luck with that.
I like ponies
0:13 the horizon of Pluto, since it’s gonna be aloooong time to get it, I’ll likely be dead
This statement stands
"With The Elder Scrolls VI looming on the horizon..." it's been hibernating on the horizon my good sir :(
I was expecting “the elder scrolls time line is an idiot” ngl
Every time I watch one of these videos I want to play ESO again, then I do and remember why I stopped.
He sounds like the narrator of “A series of unfortunate events” lmao love the video man
I found your channel a week ago and you really opened my eyes about some ppl in the elder scrolls
watch fudgemuppet mate if you think this is mind boggling watch fudgemuppet they litterly cover every single topic about tes lore especially the confusing stuff such as chim the godhead, vivec and much more
It would be nice to be a sword singer in the next game, though if you can pick a non Redguard, I guess it means Sword singing isn't Redguard specific. Though it might be said that canonically your character will be Redguard is Sword Singing plays a role.
A Sword Singing Redguard fighting in the next Great War would make an awesome game.
Yeah let’s just hope they don’t do another big time jump or any retcons since I love that idea
@@MaxM227 I would like them to do at least a 15-20 year time jump since they've been taking so long to make 6. But no more. Too close in timeline to Skyrim would feel wrong considering the real life passage of time
@@MaxM227 plus TES is filled with retcons tbh. But most of them make sense
Max Modarelli I feel bad for mage players then.
@@scyobiempire4450 Eh, Sword Singing isn't really a martial art like the name might imply, it's another form of Tonal Manipulation similar to Thu'um, using sounds/tones to manipulate reality. So, a mage could sing a spirit sword into existence to slice a mountain in half or whatever just like a warrior or a rogue could, if that's the direction they wanted to go
,,With the Elder Scrolls 6 looming on the horizon" Famous delirious words
I can already imagine it. Second Great War commences. Empire and its allies are going against Thalmor.
A huge battle rages as both sides are giving it their all. But empire is weakened and cannot hold Dominion forces back.
But then... as all hope seems lost... cavalry arrives from north. Nords of Skyrim charge the elves, but that is not all. One amongs them, a great hero in dragon armor, yells to the heavens and thousand roars echo. Dragons join the battle, following their leader, Dovahkiin-Thuri.
Dragon shouts tear Dominion forces to pieces, Dragonborn, in all thier glory, cuts through enemies like nothing. For the first time, elves see that they are no match for this man. No matter their appearant race, this warrior is a dragon.
War ends, elven kings and lords are begging for their lives at Dragonborn's feet. One of them asks "Who are you?"
Mighty Dragonborn looks at him, takes a deep breath and "Bitch, I'm Dragonborn." XD
* And says: M'aiq does not approve of this magic racism. M'aiq is upset
This is hands down the BEST recap video I can find. My only suggestion is: CAPTIONS!!!!!!! A lot of these words aren't exactly plain english so it's way easier to retain the information or learn new stuff if we can see the spelling of things.
Maybe just a dedicated caption "slide" the first few times you introduce another ESO word. Like captioning that sentence as you're saying it then moving on with the imagery
last time I was this early the GodHand was still awake and confused
Came here because i just bought the game in vr and its an amazing experience without mods and only 30 min into it. Being in vr makes the experience incredible, as i was accidentally attacking a villager, who a group of men got angry about and Began to chase me out i had to run backwards and see them chasing me felt like i was actually there!
"With the Elder Scrolls Six looming on the horizon"
Video published four years ago...if only you knew how bad it really is.
Exactly comment I was looking for 😂
This is so useful to know the lore because I've only played Skyrim. Thanks!
The elder scrolls is full with lore and intrigue at par with Game of thrones. I remember first time I played Morrowind. It was so much different than any other games at their time.
Atleast this video wont be outdated for a while
I’m high and your voice is making me trip so much
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I don't know is it my coffee that hit the right spot or this video that got me super hyped! You earned a sub.
14:00 Wait. Even though Vampires tend to dislike the sun, in most works of fiction, hasn't it been established that the Elder Scrolls Sun is actually a giant hole in the sky that allows magic from the magic realm to reach Nirn ? In other words : if the Vampires managed to block out the Sun in The Elder Scrolls, wouldn't that remove all magic from their world ? Also, Vampires are undead and can only 'live' because of some kind of magic, so, ... wouldn't that actually 'kill' them for good ?
A couple things: First, the hole isn't in the sky of Nirn, it's a hole that was ripped through Oblivion, which surrounds the material plane, into Aetherius. In other words, it's both hella far away from the planet and also a hole through an entire plane of existence, so I don't think it's meant to be taken as the hole actually being closed, but simply as blocking the light from reaching that one planet specifically. Second, the stars are also all holes into Aetherius, so it's certainly possible that even if the sun were closed, there'd still be enough magic getting through for things like vampires to still exist, though I'd have to imagine magic as a whole would certainly be much harder to use and/or less powerful
@@heyimanameheyimalastname Thanks for the explanation.
This is just scratching the surface of the lore, there are still major points untouched like how the Nords first invaded skyrim and drove the snow elfs out and later how they turned into the twisted Falmor after years of slavery by the dwemers and also the rise and fall of the dark brotherhood, the eruption of the red mountain and how the argonians invaded morrowind and the mysterious disappearance of the dwemer. Or what the elder scrolls actually are and how they even exist. Then there is also the dragon war. There is then also when the redguards and high elfs left there original home because their island began to sink.
The elder scrolls have so much lore it's almost impossible the get every detail
How did you compile all this info? Great job. I can't keep it all in my head when I play!
Books
the game hinted so much at a confrontation between the empire and the thalmor. listen to general tullius' and legate rikke's lines after you win the war. they hint that there are battles yet to come for the empire, but they only tell you about this AFTER you help the empire with the war. the entire stormcloak v empire storyline was setting up the confrontation between the empire and the thalmor in the near future
The Champion of Cyrodiil literally fighting not one, but 2 daedric lords (and technically becoming one as well): _Am I a joke to you?_
Not technically COC became sheogorath
"With The Elder Scrolls VI looming on the horizon" 4 years ago.
I never realized that the first 4 games had the same emperor
0:00 before any games
5:02 Elder Scrolls 1 Arena
6:58 The Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind
8:36 The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion
9:59 Lore behind Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim
12:25 Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim
thanks for the info. it helps when playing ESO, there are so many gods, factions, kingdoms it is hard to keep them all straight!
It'd be pretty sweet if they made this whole world an open game that they could just update to as time goes on, and personally I'd enjoy it if there were a little bit more of a survival aspect to it. Elder scrolls has always been fascinating to me
Skyrim is the best of what I am playing. The Kajits and Raptors are brilliant.
This man is the Elder Scrolls version of VaatiVidya
Whoever did the fan art, great work I love it
In TES6 I kind of want to see the Empire get big enough to take on the Dominion and win or lose depending on what we choose
Excellent! Very well done. Every ES player should watch this.
I hope we’re part of the second Great War and I hope it’s actually feels like Great War.
I don't think the second great war should be the sole focus of the story. Maybe have it tie in with the main quest like in skyrim but have it be actually impactful to the story and the outcome of the game like skyrim. The only mainline game that had a mortal(s) as the main enemy was Arena which I haven't played. Then again that would be cool too as long as we get to see how the blades were involved in the first great war in Hammerfell and would be involved in the second and maybe get to play as the avatar of diagna or work with him to protect Hammerfell from Thalmor/other threats
@@idipped2521 funny thing is when did that guy ask for your input
@@ciaranmck4469 funny thing is when did that guy ask for your input?
@@EinFelsbrocken funny thing is when did that guy ask for your input?
i love how you can tell you’re part of the empire just by how you’re explaining how there’s only eight gods
Your "horizon" must be on a planet where one day is 1000 Earth Days.
Thank you for putting together this video it cleared up a lot of confusion.
What if the Dwemer didnt all just disappeared into thin air but what if (lots of pieced together lore that hints towards them trying to become like gods shortly before they disappeared) but in stead of that they managed to teleport their whole race to another planet?
Aulë the Smith stole them and Ilúvatar woke them up in Middle-Earth on the planet of Arda.
0:12 "with the elder scrolls 6 looming on the horizon."
My brother, as i watch this video 3 years later my god i hope youre right
When he says elder scrolls 6 is looming on the horizon 3 years ago😭
As a casual to TES series this was very informative. Only now does the name 'Nirnroot' make sense to me. There's so much more to these games than I ever knew.
Oooh New video! Hey Avarti. Thinking of maybe doing some more genius or idiot videos? Also I love watching your old Morrowind playthrough. I like to drink some tea and watch them. They’re very nice videos
There will be more idiot and genius videos in the future :) And I'm glad you enjoy them!
Ok, I needed to pause, stop and think of a comment to say on how this vid is awesome and it is so awesome I cannot think what kind of comment would justify this awesomeness so this is the comment you get lol and thank you!
I know I'm late, but I swear, they better let us demolish the Thalmor in the next game. I'm *one* snobby comment away from causing an all high elf genocide.
8:48 After he kills the Emperor, the assassin's mask and armor suddenly bug out for an instant and disappear, and for the merest slice of time someone who looks a lot like Captain Picard is seen! I love all the bugs I've found in Oblivion and Skyrim.
hearing you say elder scrolls 6 is looming on the horizon and this was 4 years ago makes me sad its basically 2025 now and were still waiting sadge
This is the best history of the elder scrolls video the rest of them assume u know every little name and faction and group there is when this video is the first I'm ever hearing of them.
The war in ESO is most likely won by the Aldmeri Dominion.
As that is my favorite faction, I approve of this guess.
If they did that, then it's just for the Empire to defeat them eventually, and maybe add to some historic bad blood. Remember ESO is the 2nd Era. Tiber Septum has to rise to power and conquer all of Tamriel ushering in the 3rd Era. (except Morrowind having only fallen to Imperial rule centuries later shortly before ES3)
ESO and the events therein are totally irrelevant to broader Elder-Scrolls continuity. That game's a Dragon-Break of a Dragon-Break's Dragon-Break at best. Putting it on the timeline is like putting the content of all your sexy-time mods up there as cannon.
@@justinsherman9350 Nope, its canon, everytime fanboys see something they dont like, its nope. Time stuff so it didnt actually happen. Some of the faction stuff or individual quest might just be for the mmo, but the broader story is legit.
@@EM-vw7im ESO has no continuity with Canon. This was established clearly when it first came out. It touches on characters and events consistent with the lore obviously, but nothing that happens in ESO that isn't directly taken from existing elderscrolls canon can impact existing elderscrolls Canon. That's precisely why they chose to set the game around a concocted three-way war completely non-existent in the existing lore and ultimately completely irrelevant to the existing lore. Hence why I say ESO is at most a really goofy Dragon-Break of a Dragon-Break, as how else are several thousand people playing out the same story as the sole hero while directly interacting with eachother/questing together, fighting in a massive continent-spanning conflict that everyone somehow entirely forgot about?
You are my favorite Skyrim UA-camr
watch fudgemuppet mate then reconsider the littery cover every single tes lore topic
In an old trailer for Dawnguard, the dragonborn is seen to be a vampire and they don't seem to be acting benevolently. It's probably not the case, but until we find out otherwise, my headcanon is that the dragonborn does become a vampire. Perhaps it's just to enter the Soul Cairn with what's her face, only time will tell.
Well yeah, because that's a possibility in-game. Just like in every game you can become a vampire/werewolf and murder the entire province if you like, but that doesn't make it canon in any of them
@@heyimanameheyimalastname but there is a canon which we'll learn about in 6. I think it's odd that they showed the dragonborn as an evil vampire who put out the sun.
"With Elder Scrolls 6 looming on the horizon..." 3 years later we are still about another 2 years lmao
I hate when people say "Lorkin". I've always pronounced it "LorKAHN". Maybe I'm caring too much about something that doesn't matter tho
different voice actors pronounce shit differently eg azuara
i felt like i was in a history and it gave me the urge to take notes lmfao
i would do history if this was one of the sections in the academic year