Then go their after completing every possible quest u can do in skyrim ........and tht includes getting blasted in space atleast once using giants mace
You kill the dragon that literally wants to eat the world, a guy that is also a dragonborn and is gaining power in Apocrypha and thousands of years old powerful vampire lord. You are the archmage of the college of Winterhold, leader of thieves guild and the dark brotherhood and the harbinger of Companions. Ulfric and Galmar: "Go kiLL IcE WraITh tO sEE if YOu ArE WorThY. AlsO BRiNg ToOthS"
Oh and the bloody companions quest as well. You could do all the quests in the game defeat alduin, Harkon etc and Vilkas will be like: “BuT KoDLak iVe neVEr EvEn HeaRD Of ThIs OutSIDeR
“For the love of Talos, shut up, and let’s get this over with.” Plot twist: Akatosh intended for him to be Dragonborn, but went to the block first, and Akatosh said, “Damn, I guess that one dressed in rags will do.”
@@domhuckle hes a nord, what else did you expect? the only way for him to be granted entrance to their afterlife is if he were to face his death with bravery and acceptance, and nords get too cocky with everything they do
It's funny how nords can still be alive when the majority is hot headed and dumb, especially the stormcloacks, those guys would get rekt by the High Elves without a solid plan or the support of the empire.
@@hetoverseo3887 Not all of them. Nords can be idiots, but they can also be smart. They had wisemen in the ages of old(Wisemen are just mages), and their power was so great they could afford to be hotheaded. Old Nords didn't need siege engines, because the Tongues could shout down walls easily. Their power was so great they could create their own empire despite being surrounded on all sides by Mer. Ysgramor and his companions pretty much single-handedly wiped out all snow elves from skyrim. Nords can be amazing, they just got toned down as time went on. Too OP, Bethesda had to nerf.
@@hetoverseo3887 how the hell do high elves live for hundreds of years when the majority of them can only cast that dollar store shock spell + bound sword
Here’s a free bonus fact on stormcloaks. If you play as one of the two beasts races, stormcloak aligned guards will always call you a slur when referring to your race, while empire aligned guards will call you by your actual race.
@@knightgabriel1311 i assume this is because once youve finished the war youve proven yourself. While stormcloacks can be dismissive at first there is quite a lot of evidence that they arent just rascist and can appreciate those whove proven themselves.
KnightGabriel it’s because you’re the chosen one and Skyrim can’t handle delving into complex so they treat you like a nord 90% of the time as it is the true hero’s default race, as was oblivion’s being an imperial and morrowind’s being a dunmer
Dirty Mashups Done Dirt Cheap heres another fact. If you play as either beast race the imperial captain will call you either cat or lizard while Ralof will refer to you as the races actual name so there are bad apples in both
Star Dragon they aren’t, at least not under ulfric, they were under Toryg imo, it’s obviously more to do with leadership than actual race. Skyrim heavily relies on supplies (including food) from Cyrodiil, if the stormcloaks win mass starvation is basically guaranteed in a few years, Ulfric is a Thalmor puppet whom doesn’t even realise it and thus he doesn’t have much foresight, he wasn’t high ranking in the Great War after all and has no commanding experience outside of his rebellion
10:20 killing an ice wraith is a right of passage for the passage from a boy to a man in nord tradition, so he expects solders to follow nordic customs of manhood
I've joined the rebellion many times. And I remember vividly Galmar just straight up admits it really was just a mere test to see if you even know how to fight (if you ask him about it).
When you realise the 'old ways' Galmar is referring to was filled with Nord weapons that were superior to the elven counterparts, Nords like Azidahl, Shalidor, the Dragon Priests like Morokei who had control of the Eye of Magnus and made a staff to sync with it, Jyrik Gauldurson who enchanted his own body and his brothers who were powerful in their own right, whomever made the wooden mask that teleports the wearer *through time*, had made platforms out of magic lasting thousands of years, enchanted weapons that required no soul gems to recharge and ice weapons of which the Skaal continue to use to this day and can only be mined with a Nord pickaxe that despite being thousands of years old, is the only pickaxe strong enough to harvest it, yet despite all this the Nord nationalists are heavily against magic because they believe it's purely elven stuff.
I remember an argument people would make for the Stormcloaks saying that Ulfric wants to abolish the Empire's influence on Skyrim which was the justification for him damning the Moot but it that argument falls flat when you realise that the Nine Divines are from the Imperial Pantheon, Magic was heavily Nordic thousands of years ago and that the Nords worshipped animals (including dragons which nobody wants) in their "Old Ways"
@@NiceuRiceu I don't think Ulfric wants to revert back to those days as such, but it's interesting to consider the heritage he views is very imperialistic when the true nords practised magic ad nauseum. On the topic of magic being a major proponent of Ancient Nord culture, I have a loose theory that Atmorans were partly responsible for developing necromancy. The Draugr, and the whole deal with Morthal, are prime examples of this where Atmorans were almost obsessed with the undead. Another fun thing o think about is almost no Aedra or Daedra that we know has anything to do with the possibility of the undead (seeing as most things on Nirn are bound to the influences of these deities).
Mede Dynasty: Skyrim is still part of the Empire Stormcloaks: Skyrim belongs to the Nords Dragonborn: How about all of you belong to me? (Looks at the Thalmor) And I mean all of you. Thalmor: 👀
Lee Gaul Bethesda has to do that and finish it, cause imagine if it ends on a cliffhanger or goes unresolved. Nobody is waiting another decade to find out.
@@locoarticwolf2181 Elder Scrolls 6 ending : "Thank you hero. You have momentarily fought back the Aldmeri. But they will be back in force..But you won't be alive, 'cause it'll be like two hundred years. And there are like a dozen Daedric princes that want to have their own games, so...see ya."
Lee Gaul I really hope they don’t do another time jump maybe like 10 or 20 years after the events of ES:5 there’s so many interesting things left to explore in the fourth era..such as the war with the Aldmeri
The Stormcloak ice wraith quest has a bit of a lore background. In the explorers guide to Skyrim, I think the 2nd edition, it said the coming of age ritual in the old holds was hunting ice wraiths.
Ah, I see. It's not a test of skill- never was. It's a test of how willing you are to adhere to Nord culture. That explains why he's not racist towards you once you join.
One theory I heard about the Ice Wraith quest is that it's because Nords are 50% resistant to Frost damage. In other words, the test to join the Stormcloaks is one where non-Nords are at a disadvantage.
@@billyoak4766 The thing is the imperials don’t want to outlaw talo’s worship. They just want to prevent more death until they can properly fight the war. As hard as it is to believe the stormclocks are aiding the enemy by starting this civil war. They’re putting the empire and all none thalmor are at a disadvantage against the thalmor by draining them of men and resources. They are putting so many people at risk by doing this right now when the war is at a standstill not an end. Imperial leaning doesn’t equal thalmor hater, it means thalmor hater but at the same time knowing a civil war is about the dumbest idea right now. In fact, I do think it’s probably for the best that that skyrim becomes whatever the nords want as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone. But right now they’re playing right into the thalmor’s hands. Not trying to argue just still like discussing skyrim this long after it’s release. :)
also it wasnt just because talos was human, talos to the elves is the reincarnation of lorkan, the trickster god (to the elves) that is responsible for taking away the elves immortality. Naturally lorkan is the reason men exist in the first place and that mundus exists at all, so to men lorkan is a hero and there creator. To the elves talos is lorkan reborn, so you can see why they be miffed about him being an official god of the empire. edit:cuz part was not technically corrected and removed, im not best on how to explain how the souls pledged to gods works
Casey Fender oh no!! I can’t be the master race and be literally immortal, ah god I’m so mad I can’t be a slave runner and harshly rule over every race!!
It probably has more to do with Tiber Septim decimating the Summerset Isles and killing hundreds of thousands of Altmer with his stompy robot back when he was alive.
I'm pretty sure the Imperials hate the thalmor just as much as everyone else they are just playing nice till they are ready to put the thalmor down in the next great war.
Personally, I feel as though the stormcloak plans to invade the summerset isles heavily would revolve around you, the dragonborn. Since you were an extremely powerful asset to winning the civil war, galmar and ulfric likely factored you in as a "secret weapon" of sorts, making their plans much more feasible.
I have a theory on why the emperor signed the white gold concordat. Humans are more fertile and takes less time making babies then elves. The elves live long but don't really breed. So that the emperor after a while to buff up his armies and invade the summer set isles.
Someone with killing words could easily take on a whole army. One good shout would entirely disrupt all but the most disciplined of formations. Historically speaking, whichever army breaks first does not have a good time.
@@lucamckenn5932 hell even a hefty dose of Fus or Struun would do it, would introduce enough chaos to utterly demoralize the enemy, with (relatively) very little effort on the part of the dragonborn
Fun fact: Taking an arrow to the knee is an old Nordic saying meaning you got married sooo... Their knees are fine Their wifes just arent OK with adventuring
People often doubt that the stormcloaks could defeat the thalmor at home, but they usually forget that if the stormcloaks win its because they have the Dragonborn, literally the most powerful being on the planet. LDB flies in riding paarthurnax and bending will on a bunch of other dragons and you wouldn’t even need an army.
One big shout could disrupt row upon row of army formations, and in the chaos of just trying to get back on your feet and to your position you're going to have a horde of 7 foot barbarians turning your skull into bloody powder. Oh dovahkin, you rascal you.
Directly translated to english "So jung und schon bei den Sturmmänteln?" means "This young and already with the stormcloaks?" but the Quote from star wars was the short-being thingy if i recall correctly (the german quote was exactly the same in star wars as in Skyrim, except of course with 'Rebellion' instead of 'Sturmmäntel' as far as i remember).
Hey, you. You’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.
"Damn you Stormcloaks. Skyrim was fine until you came along. Empire was nice and lazy. If they hadn't been looking for you, I could've stolen that horse and been halfway to Hammerfell. You there... You and me, we shouldn't be here. It's these Stormcloaks the Empire wants."
@Mr. Al Invisibility with dagger and the 'cloak and dagger' perk from Vokrii (a dumbed down version of Ordinator made by the same guy) makes a disgusting assassin build. You can't be detected and one-hit everything, plus you get access to pretty much the best kill-cams that make you feel like an unstoppable and inevitable shadow of death.
Well considering that the dragonborn has two dragons, three if you counting bend will at their beck and call, a shout that Literaly manipulates time, unrelenting force which would realistically be great for breaking up enemy formations, and on top all of that being at least 25% as powerful as a literal god all on his own. (Clavicus vile says the db is half as powerful as him while he himself is at half his normal power) Dragon born is practically a demi god lore wise with all he can do.
Sorry, but 500 Atmorans committed that genocide, and it was hardly as complete as nords would have you believe. Atmorans during the mythic era may have had (and likely did have) far greater abilities than modern people in skyrim.
@@RosheenQuynh He kinda become a immortal being that cannot be defeated if you put time into it.You can destroy villages,massacre guards and kill a lot of legendary and feared dragons.In theory people would fear or love you and maybe consider you a god(they don't).So thats my response but is just a opinion.
Once again, videos I want: - Immersive mods 15 - 5 things you didn’t know about imperials - things you didn’t know you could do 20 - a top 5 video - 💛SKYRIM CUT CONTENT 7💛 - Maybe just some gameplay?
Symbolically, a bear is a loner that parallels the Stormcloaks' aim to be independent. And the blue colour fits Ulfric's cool demeanour. Solitude used a red wolf that prefers alliance and the red colour fits Elisif's impulsiveness.
Fact 2; Theres actually a fetch quest from the college of Winterhold that you deliver enchanted weapons to people into Windhelm...but none of them are nord ;)
Santo Shace yeah, I was a bit bothered by the translation he gave in the video. I understood it, but the least he could have done is plug into a translator before making the video...
I would love a simple 5 greatest skeletal poses or something. Every playthrough I find skeletons reaching for coin purses or crushed under rocks and carts, my favorite is still the poor guy tied to a brick at the bottom of a lake. ♥️
The Stormcloaks going on the offensive is possibly a sound plan. Since Skyrim would lack the man power to be skilled defenders, an offensive revolving guerilla tactics may work better. Also the Thalmor have forces across Tamirel possibly strecthing their forces thin especially on the isles
Guerilla tactics require stealth, and nords are huge bearded pale bois. Them trying to be stealthy is like a high elf trying to use a greatsword without pulling a muscle
Offensive revolving guerilla tactics is just not going to work. Trying to do that on environment and nature that is on the other side of the continent where enemy lives means enemy knows how to live on the land while you do not. Also sending troops and material through Cyradil is going to be hard.
@@masaheimoi You don't get it. The point is that stormcloaks ando nords use guerrilla in skyrim just like red guards do in hammerfell and debilitate the thalmor making more time to regroup and upgrade their army
Naaaah i dont think so An independented skyrim doesnt have enough military to fight the dominion even with the dragonborn on their side A whole empire tried and failed
@@mikev8129 that was and is a weak Empire who's leader is incompetent and have almost all their legions destroyed and remaining ones are filled with local recruits. Between they and The full with anguer nord warriors guerrilla, i think we know who are more capable
Yes, "So jung und schon bei den Sturmmänteln?" (trans: "So young and already in the stormcloaks?") is the German dubbing for "Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" but it is translated that way because in German an actual translation is too wordy for scene in the movie, so they shortened it up and took the hit on an inaccurate translation. "Bist du nicht ein bisschen zu kurz für einen Sturmtruppler?" directly translated "Are you not a little too short for a Stormtrooper?"
They could've dubbed it "Bist du nicht ein bisschen klein .." which is imo the correct translation. Not the word-by-word translation but that's what she basically says..
@@TheRealFogger kurz = short; referring to height or lengtht; klein = little or small, refrring to overall size of the object. They are only interchangeable in a limited way.
Yeah true but i rarely heard an english speaking person say "Aren't you a little small". When talking about peoples sizes you take short usually i guess, but i could be wrong, it's a regional thing or i have just weird friends in the states ;-)
Yes, I blinked and said, "Ein Moment, bitte" when I heard the narrator's explanation of the German "translation" into an English-spoken Star Wars line. German is a very specific language, while words in English tend to be more interchangeable. To treat German like English is to set yourself up for some hilarious situations.
Also in some cultures the Bear was considered the king of the forest and one of the most dangerous creatures ever. So dangerous that you hardly dare to speak it's name.
I think that launching an assault against the thalmor, Ulfric anticipates other provinces like Hamerfell to join in the fight, since they hate them just as much if not more then the Nords
But the Stormcloaks don't see other races well in their eyes, almost like a sort of superiority complex. Ulfric even holds back his troops when non-nord villages are in danger. It's sounds like he only wants native Skyrim to conquer the Thalmor. The problem is that (should the Stormcloaks win the civil war) other Jarls won't side with Ulfric; Balgruf of Whiterun for example. Not to mention they'd most probably hold animosity towards Ulfric for driving the empire out of Skyrim and wrecking the land in the war. The Stormcloaks wanting to march to the Thalmor capitol and conquer them, seems to be nothing more than pure arrogance. If the Empire, a nation possessing one of the mightiest militaries in Tamriel, sees the Thalmor armies as a legitimate threat, what chance does a small army, lead by a man who sees his own race as the only one that's respectable, truly have?
@@nickjoffe8433The stormcloaks view Nords as the people of Skyrim. They don’t view other races as their priority. It’s less a matter of supremacy and more a matter of distrust of foreigners.
@@nickjoffe8433The Thalmor are weak. The end of the Nord campaign Ulfric hints at trying to form an alliance with Hammerfell and High Rock. A triple alliance that include two of the most martially inclined races in Tamriel is nothing to scoff at.
I just learnt a new thing. 👍. Just always thought it was a repetitive saying. But now I know. Btw, I’m lvl 43 and not taken a side fir stormcloaks or imperials. Hence why I’m here. Any help appreciated. Also, due to kill the real emperor and captain maya. Should I do mission?
@@GeorgeSupremu I killed the emperor. Won’t tell you how that went but was a very different type of conflict. And so I joined up with the great leader of the storm cloaks. ALL HAIL ULFRIC. 😂 Still not completed though. 😱. Such a fab game. So much to do with many options.
I thought the tavern owner was so open with his anti ulfric feelings to draw out anyone else that felt the same. Perhaps those very same people on the dungeons. This would also explain why he hasn’t been arrested
I think one of the reasons Ambarys hasn't been arrested yet is because some of the Windhelm guards might be protecting him. I think this because every now and then one of the radiant lines the guards will say is "If you want a good drink, go to the New Gnisis Cornerclub" instead of directing you to Candlehearth Hall.
I have a mystery - what was a group of Stormcloaks led by Ulfric Stormcloak doing near Darkwater Crossing? It must've been something more than just patrolling, because their leader was present. And, considering that Darkwater Crossing is part of the Stormcloak territory, what were the Imperials doing there as well? Did a spy tell them that Ulfric Stormcloak is going to be at Darkwater Crossing? By the way, most people assume that your character is arrested while trying to cross the Cyrodiil-Skyrim border. But the Imperials arrested the protagonist along with the Stormcloaks, so the protagonist must have been near Darkwater Crossing at the time they were arrested. As to why the Imperials took them to Helgen to be executed, Helgen is the nearest Imperial-controlled town. And they probably arrested Lokir in a different ambush near the Skyrim-Hammerfell border.
One thing I recently noticed that doesn't make sense to me is that during the Civil War questline, Imperial Legion soldiers will shout "Send Ulfric my regards!" even in the earlier encounters when Ulfric is very much alive. "Send my regards" is typically something you say about someone who is dead when you are about to kill someone else.
I actually found something interesting recently on Skyrim. I'm sure you've already covered this and people already know this, but I discovered that Ysolda in Whiterun will actually take over The Bannered Mare if Hulda is killed. I just thought this was really cool since Ysolda has always wanted to buy The Bannered Mare. I'm not going to explain how I figured this out because I uhh, don't want to rot in the Dragonsreach dungeon hehe. I can't go back to Whiterun... The Companions should have never let me become a werewolf...
I found the armor in the tavern and thought it was a mistake, as no one I talked to had heard of it, and no one on the internet had found it. Feels good to know Im not crazy.
Edit:Adding Suggestion - Hidden quests you may have missed. Some of them you've covered in details, but not all. Ulfric's aggressiveness is enhanced by Galmor. That man is a warmonger. Frankly, they are incredibly short-sighted. Ulfric forgets just how many will be needed to face the Thalmor. He should remember the losses from before. Though, I think his ego and Galmor's mouth feed him to make these unwise decisions. The capture, torture, and the mental strain related have messed him up, darkened his outlook and clouded his mind. If he had at least one or two more level heads around him, things would be quite different. They would point out things like - the cost. He's not got the type of money needed to fund a war against the Thalmor and likely never will. Wars are expensive, and I guarantee he doesn't realize they just can't make it work. The Empire, however, has pretty deep pockets. Of course punishing people for following one diety or another is wrong, but he could discourage people from reporting others and/or require all Thalmor must be escorted to disallow them from randomly grabbing people without proof. It would stop most of the thing that is the most egregious and feeding the anger.
Does anyone else rewatch all these EpicNate videos every couple years when they get back into Skyrim (yet again)? I forget these tidbits and enjoy being reminded of them.
Funny that solitude (the base of opperations for the imperials) has a wolf, a pack animal signifying unity And windhelm has a bear, a solitary animal signifying independance
@@James_Randal Whiterun's symbol is a horse. Falkreath is a deer. You are right though, there is an ongoing struggle between the jarl of falkreath and his father as the father (former jarl) supports the stormcloaks and the son (current jarl) the empire.
I feel like the Stormcloak could take on the Dominion, because for the Stormcloaks to even start bringing up that plan you'd have to make the dragonborn side with them. And the last dragonborn is borderline a god by the end.
If your plan depends on some godlike being your slave voluntarily, it's not a good plan at all. Even Frodnar can conquer Tamriel if the dragonborn helped
@@sunfyre4705 Imperial Battlemages should be in the game, but dunno Bethesda cut all of em, you can check it in creation kit there are should be a bunch of unused Battlemages npc
Ulfric being a traditionalist, I'd like to imagine that what he means by rebuilding Skyrim is reclaiming the heritage; returning to the ways of Kyne and practicing her gift, grooming new tongues the likes of those that slaughtered the Falmer & Ayelid murderers & tyrants in days past, and even bringing forth the clever-men to dismantle elven magic
@@penguinmaster7 Not at all. If you actually play through Eastmarch in ESO, you'll find she's quite the opposite. In fact, she's indirectly the reason why I defected to the Empire in Skyrim. Ulfric is in my opinion, disgraceful and dishonorable towards his own families history, what it once represented. That finally opened my eyes and allowed me to see that those traitors are screwing themselves over, and doing more harm than good! So yeah, fuck the bear-banner.
The biggest surprise in this video for me is that there was a temple of the divines. I had no idea that it even existed and I’ve probably been to solitude thousands of times.
If anyone else is wondering what mod he used when he activated the Talos Shrine at 3:10, the mod is called "Wintersun - Faiths of Skyrim" and has different effects depending on what God, Daedra, or Folk god you choose. Hope that helps.
I've been exploring Skyrim, attempting to find a dungeon I, in my thousands of hours of gameplay, have never cleared, and picking up every single book I can find. When I get done clearing every dungeon on the map in both Skyrim and Solstheim, I'm going to build a library and sit down and read every single book I've collected to try and learn more about the lore in the game.
@@starcrysis23 that's correct... Sort of. On console now you can actually download cheat room mods from the creations menu to access everything that way. But the original objective I had with this goal wasn't simply to read the books. I wanted to actually *find* the books myself in the locations they naturally spawned in. That was where the sense of accomplishment would come from.
10 years in the future, the Empire beat the Stormcloaks so they went back to building up forces against the Thalmor, the Blade's headquarters have still went undetected and they have started to become a real problem against the thalmor. You come in as the second war begins against the damn el... I mean Thalmor you get beaten in battle along with your legion and left for dead. The map could be all of Cyrodil, maybe some of Hammerfell and High-Rock. We could have a war system like Skyrim was supposed to have only more in depth with even forts being target of huge dramatic cinematic battles. We could have a politcal part of the main quest where we have to pursuede the kings of High Rock to help us and Hammerfell to join the fight. For the final main quest chain we could invade the Thalmor capital in Summerset Isles. We would have the normal Daedric sidequests and for one of the DLCs we could go to what ever realm Umbra ( the sword from Oblivion apparently broke free form Clavicus by time Skyrim happened I just learned about a month ago) has created for himself. We could see what how Kvatch has recovered. And so forth.
When playing a relatively fervent Stormcloak character, I always make sure to put a sword through Ambarys Rendar's chest, and I would recommend others do the same.
13:10 This is why I love the Nords so much, most of my playthroughs are as a Kajit or woodelve but I think it would be awesome to see that war, even though I feel they wouldn't last too long because they dont quite have the numbers
Having just gotten back into Skyrim during sheltering, these videos have been everything. Thank you for them. I have a very luddite question: how does he capture the freeze frame images of battle/gameplay and have basically rotating views of them?
yeah, the translation isn't correct, because the German translation of Star Wars isn't correct to begin with. Stop complaining. The Star Wars referrence is after all right.
@@metetural9140 but Talos as in Tiver Septim conquered Tamriel in the late 2nd Era, after completing the conquest announced the 3rd Era and ruled until around 3E 30
Highly ambitious and optimistic? Nate how do you not know this? The Aldmeri didn’t really face the imperial army. They attacked when the city was poorly defended. They held successfully against the emporers army. But as soon as a real imperial force of mixed nationalities arrived they crushed the elves. But had become so destabilized they couldn’t push forward until they consolidated their position.
The Aldmeri clearly did face the imperial army. How do you think they got to the city in the first place? And of course the imperials won because the Aldmeri were caught by surprise.
@@litewave5186 but what does assassination mean towards anything? You can assassinate a ruler and not have the intention to replace them with yourself. He actually states that he had respected Torygg but disagreed with his political stance. That stance got Ulfric arrested in Markarth, then when he was in jail his father died and he missed the opportunity to say goodbye to him. So his responsibiles went from drinking, fighting, and having fun to being a Jarl. When he spoke out against Torygg's decision to outlaw Talos, someone he was raised to believe was a God, it forced both into a position they had no other option but to duel for their honor. You can duel and still respect the other person, the only problem was Ulfric was stronger and had a weapon Torygg didn't, the thuum. He used it and killed him easily, but he claims he didn't do it for personal glory, but because it was for honor. He doesn't strive to be king but wouldn't deny the people that if thats what they decided they wanted. He was a man of the people but the imperials instead wanted to persecute the people for having beliefs and did whatever the AD wanted. Ulfric in my opinion was a honorable person and did what he felt he needed to, to help his people. He even put his life on the line multiple times to do that, Torygg was a good man too but was misguided, he wanted an end to the war and unfortunately didn't do the right thing by his people but did it to protect them, knowing full well it would not go over in his favor
@@dominicawesomenessnettles The Imperials don't want to help the Thalmor, but for the sake of "living to fight another day", they cooperate, despite also hating them. And Ulfric is the reason the Thalmor are there in the first place, being called an (unwilling) pawn to Elenwen herself. The same applies to Tullius. If Ulfic had merely approached Torygg they MAY or may NOT have come to an agreement on how to fight the Thalmor with the Empire-- we just don't know and ultimately it's up to player interpretation, as with (I think) all of the mainline Elder Scrolls games.
@@litewave5186 they did get together and discuss it before the duel, they stated they did what they could to come to an understanding because they used to be friends and fought side by side for awhile but nothing worked and both felt a duel was the only way to work things out. Torygg agreed to it. It wasn't like Ulfric went there and shouted him to death when he had his back turned. He faced him, both had weapon in hand, but Ulfric used his thuum and killed him.
@@dominicawesomenessnettles No one says both of them had weapon in hand, as far as we really know, Torygg could've just been unsheathing blade when Ulfric shouted him down and then killed him.
13:55 I think the Stormcloaks have a good chance, I mean, they won (if you joined them) the war against the empire, who was already pretty weak after the great war and the eruption of Red Mountain, and the Stormcloaks proved to be as competent (or more if they win) as the empire, with a much more ambitious leaders. I think they would have a fair chance against the Thalmor if they had time to prepare against them instead of just going to war with what they had (like the civil war) and with some mages and even recruiting other species, they would be a powerful enemy against the Thalmor
This^ The Empire is bleeding out while still maintaining a "wait and see" strategy. Even if the Legion were strong enough to come back from a devastating loss (which is the longest of long shots) the weakness of the Legion has always been the Empire, which the Thalmor already exploited to great effect. With Titus Mede likely dead, and given that the guy who arranged for this in a power grab is also likely dead, there's sure to be a power struggle in an already rotting Empire. The survivors of this power struggle are just as likely to be Thalmor sympathizers than not, and might very well sign the will and deed of the Empire over to the elves
@@Ernicification The issue is, the Thalmor are so set on destroying the empire, precisely because of the fact that it is _this_ empire that is supposed to be the one to end them. A Tamriel united under Man, rather than Mer, would discredit their whole ideology, that since the Aldmer, and thus all Mer after them, were descended from the Divines, and Man was only _created_ by them.
@@Ernicification don't forget the tiny detail that the thalmor obliterated the blades, who were the empire's intelligence sector. The empire must recompose itself to send troops again to other provinces. The stormcloacks are like a soviet union in the leninist times, so we can see they preparing themselves to destroy the Aldmeri Dominion WW2 Soviet Style.
Well, if the Stormcloaks have the Dragonborn on their side, attacking the Thalmor on their own turf might not be as outlandish as you'd think, given they can take out an entire Thalmor fortress singlehanded.
The issue with that is that the Dragonborn is, alas, just one person. Granted an endgame Dragonborn is -very- powerful, not unbeatable but certainly very powerful. But the problem is that they can only be in one place at a time, and the simplest strategy to handle that would be to just...not fight them head on. You have to bear in mind that the Dominion's army was large enough to engage and best the entirety of the Imperial one, the Imperial army being drawn from multiple provinces of Tamriel. By contrast, the Stormcloak army can recruit and gain supplies from Skyrim, which is less than ideal. The practical up shot of this is that the Dominion possesses the sheer numbers to simply slow down the Dragonborn and avoid directly engaging where ever they are, while other Dominion forces can outflank the Dragonborn's army or simply attack places where they arent. They might never achieve a crushing tactical victory, but a strategic one is well within their grasp.
Hey TheEpicNate315, since you did "5 things you didn't know about the Stormcloaks", you should do "5 things you didn't know about the Imperials/Empire".
Imagine if the stormcloaks actually manage to defeat the thalmor on the summerset isles, this would be so embarrassing for the aldmeri dominion xD The great superior high elves, defeated by some peasants with armor ^^ I would love to see that :)
Hold on, the bit about the Stormcloaks wanting to invade the Aldmeri Dominion is not accurate. If it were, then Skyrim would focus on building ships, building weapons, not rebuilding forts and cities like Ulfric says at the end of the civil war questline. I don't think Bethesda intended for us to forget the geography, or think the Stormcloaks would try marching southbthrough Cyrodiil of all place, nor working with shipping boats as a navy. No, we've seen Galmar tamper with Imperial documents to disrupt Imperial logistics, even attacking a wagon en route to Solitude from Markarth. The Stormcloaks are plenty pragmatic. Nords operate more on symbolism; things that represent strength to the people. Ulfric killing Torygg showed Skyrim's weak leadership. His victory at whiterun showed their weak armies, and his decline of ascending to high king, though somewhat disingenuous, demonstrates his commitment to the old ways. I think their ideas as far as "taking the fight to the Elves" is them shifting their focus from fighting other men to fighting Elves. Worshipping Talos freely is a symbolic challenge to the Elves by stating "you are not strong enough to control us anymore," and do intend to have that fight in either Skyrim or Hammerfell. Ulfric did say they would need to be ready to fight "on our shores OR abroad", but hes talking about fighting for humanity, and the Redguards have caused absolute hell for the Thalmor over the years with some Imperial support. Hell, it wouldnt surprise me if the Nords and Imperials did end up fighting alongside each other, given the weird Nordic custom of beating each other up and gambling on the outcomes of fights between each other and then becoming best friends.
Maybe, but remember that they also said they would "take our war to the Aldmeri Dominion, AFTER they either "root out imperial influence" or "return Skyrim to the land it once was." Now both of those seem like major tasks. For Skyrim to be considered a strong nation, it would need strong forts and cities. Rooting out imperial influence would also require signs of strength, to discourage a second rebellion, or general dissent. Whether or not he plans to literally take the fight to the elves, Ulfric would have to be exceptionally stupid not to focus on fixing the mess his armies made first. Remember, the empire just lost a major hold. To, what they consider, an illegitimate rebellion. And they still have plenty of soldiers back in Cyrodil, and probably a few more decent generals. ANd the Thalmor aren't likely to sit on their laurels after a Stormcloak victory either.
6:53 I like to think this is actually Ulfric who does care about other races and is affraid that by locking this guy up he might upset the non Nord citizens of Windhelm and limiting his allies to solely Nords. Meanwhile there are a lot of non Nord Skyrim citizens and its not difficult to be accepted as a stormcloaks if you're another race and they'll acknowledge to you Skyrim is home to more races than Nords and anyone sympathetic to their cause of an independent Skyrim is welcome in both the Stormcloaks and Skyrim. This is the same reason they dislike so many dark elves: they aren't sympathetic to the Stormcloaks cause thus they aren't welcome, it's not their race. If the dark elves would back Ulfric or at least express clear disdain towards the empire or favor an independent Skyrim, most of the Nords of Windhelm would have no problem with them. Nords who remain neutral are also shunned by the Stormcloaks and considered to be not real Nords. Balgruuf is despised because he remains neutral and Ulfric says he'll turn around because he is a true Nord (implying a Nord who isn't sympathetic towards his cause is a 'fake' or not real Nord)
Excellently put. The thing I noticed about Ulfric is, that he is very patient. He waits a long time for Balgruuf to decide where he stands in the war, and only starts hostilities after Balgruuf sides against his cause. Likewise, Ulfric often asks about the spirit of the Dunmer in his city... a notable imperial agitator has nothing to tell him regarding them, leaving only his steward to inform him that unrest is growing and they seem unsympathetic to the cause.
@@thoruszwolf4153 Let's just ignore the fact that Ulfric has sent out assassins against Balgruuf, and that his soldiers have set up a military encampment in his Hold... Also the fact that they engage with Balgruuf's troops... There were already hostilities. Also, Ulfric never asks about the Gray Quarter - Jorleif only informs him of the unrest. And instead of adressing it, he shoves it off.
@@dutchpatriot17 Fact is it o,O? seems very odd that the man who is insistent on waiting for Balgruuf to make up his mind on which side he stands on in the war, and outright rejects the notion of killing him, would send out assassins.. shall we scrutinize your sources, or are they too weak to hold up? Are you really still building straw man arguments o.O?
@@dutchpatriot17 If you mean Balgruuf the Greater, Jarl of Whiteruns Housecarl, then yes... are you referring to her brief list of hypothetical threats? you do know that hypothetical threats are speculative, not actual, right o.0?
I just played today. I saw a Blood Dragon fighting a Snow Bear near Winterhold. It kinda reminded me of the fight between the Stormcloaks & the Legion. Guess what, the dragon won with only a few hp left. ;)
Did you know that in the Thieves Guild quest "Taking care of business", there are other ways to have the 3 people in debt cough up their gold? If you ask Brynjolf for more information about each of the people in debt, he tells you exactly what to do to get those people to pay up 100g without having to brawl any of them. At least 2000 hrs in Skyrim and this is the first time I realized you can do this.
Yeah I always felt bad on that quest. They’re just shopkeeps trying to live. The one where you burn the beehives I was also a little iffy with. But since you can just use blackmail instead of hurting them physically I go that route. And I just pretend the bees leave once the hives are on fire and then come back after a bit
I’m sure with the help of the Dragonborn who you know can literally someone dragons to his beckoning call the Stormcloaks have a good chance against the Thalmor as long as they stick to a decisive battle doctrine.
I wonder what the Stormcloaks would think if they tried to attack the Thalmor and found out there are hordes of undead Nords taken by the Thalmor Judiciary in the game. That being the very reason the Empire was quietly preparing for War.
@Mr. Al You DO know that Oblivion was available for, and ran just fine on consoles, don't you? Which would mean that "Oblivion size cities" were already proven to be no problem for consoles whatsoever. Thereby making your post a fabricated falsehood promulgated to further your elitist 'PC Master-race' propaganda. There have been recent rumors, btw., that consoles are slated to replace the PC altogether for gaming in the next few generations...
@ToXiiC BULLET Firstly, the problems you mention with consoles if the games were not "dumbed down", have been there all along, with both Oblivion and Skyrim. Secondly, regarding console vs. PC market dominance: I did say it was a recent RUMOR, did I not? Also, while you are correct in asserting that the PC market is "massive", the fact is that console sales of Skyrim topped those sold for PC by three-to-one. You don't have to take my word for it, though. The sales figures are readily available online. That is why, along with a standing partnership between Bethesda and Microsoft, Skyrim was made specifically for the Xbox console, and was ported to PC. This information is also readily available. So you see, I DO know what I'm talking about. It would seem to be you who needs to catch up on facts.
the whole taking the fight to summerset made me laugh the first time i heard it as the nords would never get passed the Altmer navy. Back in Elder scrolls Morrowind it is mentioned that the High Elves have the strongest navy in Tamriel a fact that is than mentioned a second time in Oblivion. And this navy is at constant state of battle ready to drive off the Maomer who have been trying to invade the somerset isles sense the Merethic era. so chances are that any Nordic longboats would stopped long before reaching the shore to land troops.
I'm sorry for being late, the troll on the 7,000 steps to High Hrothgar was being a pain in the ass again.
I've heard that trolls make is hank. Hank is a jerk.
Then go their after completing every possible quest u can do in skyrim ........and tht includes getting blasted in space atleast once using giants mace
not stonks
Have you tried using Unrelenting Force?
@@tomaytotomahto4270 😐😐😐
M’aiq always wondered why nords wear fur. It makes M’aiq very nervous
Nord armour is made from drug dealing Khajiit
Bjorn had the right idea, khajiits make a good loincloth
It makes Khajiit nervous too. Why would they do that to such marvelous Khajiit
EDIT:HOLY LORHAKJ THX 4 DA LIKES
It's made from your family here me don't you ever fucking lie to me again or your next
@@naughtydirtyhornyboy4756 because its comfortable?
You kill the dragon that literally wants to eat the world, a guy that is also a dragonborn and is gaining power in Apocrypha and thousands of years old powerful vampire lord. You are the archmage of the college of Winterhold, leader of thieves guild and the dark brotherhood and the harbinger of Companions.
Ulfric and Galmar: "Go kiLL IcE WraITh tO sEE if YOu ArE WorThY. AlsO BRiNg ToOthS"
Galmar: ''WhaT YoU Did NoT GeT KIllEd By IcE WRAiTH? I OwE ULfric A DRinK!''
Oh and the bloody companions quest as well. You could do all the quests in the game defeat alduin, Harkon etc and Vilkas will be like: “BuT KoDLak iVe neVEr EvEn HeaRD Of ThIs OutSIDeR
Galmar has a fetish for teeth.
“sPeAk To EoRlUnD iF yOu WaNt A bEtTeR wEaPoN tHaN wHaTeVeR tHaT iS” It’s a battle axe I made from the bones of dragons I’ve killed.
@@KGBBooks mine is a dwemer relic that can suck your vitality
“For the love of Talos, shut up, and let’s get this over with.”
Plot twist: Akatosh intended for him to be Dragonborn, but went to the block first, and Akatosh said, “Damn, I guess that one dressed in rags will do.”
That always gets me. Who's so desperate to chuck their last few seconds of life away?
@@domhuckle hes a nord, what else did you expect? the only way for him to be granted entrance to their afterlife is if he were to face his death with bravery and acceptance, and nords get too cocky with everything they do
It's funny how nords can still be alive when the majority is hot headed and dumb, especially the stormcloacks, those guys would get rekt by the High Elves without a solid plan or the support of the empire.
@@hetoverseo3887 Not all of them. Nords can be idiots, but they can also be smart. They had wisemen in the ages of old(Wisemen are just mages), and their power was so great they could afford to be hotheaded. Old Nords didn't need siege engines, because the Tongues could shout down walls easily. Their power was so great they could create their own empire despite being surrounded on all sides by Mer. Ysgramor and his companions pretty much single-handedly wiped out all snow elves from skyrim.
Nords can be amazing, they just got toned down as time went on. Too OP, Bethesda had to nerf.
@@hetoverseo3887 how the hell do high elves live for hundreds of years when the majority of them can only cast that dollar store shock spell + bound sword
Here’s a free bonus fact on stormcloaks. If you play as one of the two beasts races, stormcloak aligned guards will always call you a slur when referring to your race, while empire aligned guards will call you by your actual race.
And yet still for some reason you are also treated with the same respect as a nord when you finish the civil war. Skyrim can be so ironic sometimes
@@knightgabriel1311 i assume this is because once youve finished the war youve proven yourself. While stormcloacks can be dismissive at first there is quite a lot of evidence that they arent just rascist and can appreciate those whove proven themselves.
KnightGabriel it’s because you’re the chosen one and Skyrim can’t handle delving into complex so they treat you like a nord 90% of the time as it is the true hero’s default race, as was oblivion’s being an imperial and morrowind’s being a dunmer
Dirty Mashups Done Dirt Cheap heres another fact. If you play as either beast race the imperial captain will call you either cat or lizard while Ralof will refer to you as the races actual name so there are bad apples in both
Star Dragon they aren’t, at least not under ulfric, they were under Toryg imo, it’s obviously more to do with leadership than actual race. Skyrim heavily relies on supplies (including food) from Cyrodiil, if the stormcloaks win mass starvation is basically guaranteed in a few years, Ulfric is a Thalmor puppet whom doesn’t even realise it and thus he doesn’t have much foresight, he wasn’t high ranking in the Great War after all and has no commanding experience outside of his rebellion
6th fact: What does Ulfric wear when it's raining?
His Stormcloak.
badumtssss
Was it Simon who stapled my heart..
To the floor?
TO THE BLOCK
Goddammit...
*get off the stage!*
10:20 killing an ice wraith is a right of passage for the passage from a boy to a man in nord tradition, so he expects solders to follow nordic customs of manhood
We are men, manly men
No, he expects foreigners and non-Nords to kill an Ice Wraith because he mistrusts them.
@@dutchpatriot17 even as a nord i had to kill it
@@ld1844 Hence the ''foreigners'' part.
I've joined the rebellion many times. And I remember vividly Galmar just straight up admits it really was just a mere test to see if you even know how to fight (if you ask him about it).
When you realise the 'old ways' Galmar is referring to was filled with Nord weapons that were superior to the elven counterparts, Nords like Azidahl, Shalidor, the Dragon Priests like Morokei who had control of the Eye of Magnus and made a staff to sync with it, Jyrik Gauldurson who enchanted his own body and his brothers who were powerful in their own right, whomever made the wooden mask that teleports the wearer *through time*, had made platforms out of magic lasting thousands of years, enchanted weapons that required no soul gems to recharge and ice weapons of which the Skaal continue to use to this day and can only be mined with a Nord pickaxe that despite being thousands of years old, is the only pickaxe strong enough to harvest it, yet despite all this the Nord nationalists are heavily against magic because they believe it's purely elven stuff.
The staff of magnus was created by magnus he being the architect of the mortal plane used it to help create it
@@biforpotterbot9813 🤦♂️ forgot about that!
I remember an argument people would make for the Stormcloaks saying that Ulfric wants to abolish the Empire's influence on Skyrim which was the justification for him damning the Moot but it that argument falls flat when you realise that the Nine Divines are from the Imperial Pantheon, Magic was heavily Nordic thousands of years ago and that the Nords worshipped animals (including dragons which nobody wants) in their "Old Ways"
@@NiceuRiceu I don't think Ulfric wants to revert back to those days as such, but it's interesting to consider the heritage he views is very imperialistic when the true nords practised magic ad nauseum.
On the topic of magic being a major proponent of Ancient Nord culture, I have a loose theory that Atmorans were partly responsible for developing necromancy. The Draugr, and the whole deal with Morthal, are prime examples of this where Atmorans were almost obsessed with the undead. Another fun thing o think about is almost no Aedra or Daedra that we know has anything to do with the possibility of the undead (seeing as most things on Nirn are bound to the influences of these deities).
Most people (at least humans) distrust magic because of the Oblivion crisis, not because its elven. Mages helped open the oblivion gates
Mede Dynasty: Skyrim is still part of the Empire
Stormcloaks: Skyrim belongs to the Nords
Dragonborn: How about all of you belong to me? (Looks at the Thalmor) And I mean all of you.
Thalmor: 👀
And generations later we have a new race of half-human/half-elves...
So that's why all the men are dead and all the women are naked in my game...
@@eyereign5730 hey, the dragonblood needs to continue right?
@@kyleadriannepaderes8241 dovahkiin, the only race left on Nirn when I'm finished
@@eyereign5730 Imagine the Akaviri pissing themselves when they have an entire army of dragonborns marching on them🤣🤣🤣
I suppose it's safe to presume that Elder Scrolls 6 is going to feature some conflict with the Aldmeri.
Lee Gaul hopefully
Lee Gaul Bethesda has to do that and finish it, cause imagine if it ends on a cliffhanger or goes unresolved. Nobody is waiting another decade to find out.
@@locoarticwolf2181 Elder Scrolls 6 ending : "Thank you hero. You have momentarily fought back the Aldmeri. But they will be back in force..But you won't be alive, 'cause it'll be like two hundred years. And there are like a dozen Daedric princes that want to have their own games, so...see ya."
I was thinking the same thing. I hope it is. I want those damn elves dead
Lee Gaul I really hope they don’t do another time jump maybe like 10 or 20 years after the events of ES:5 there’s so many interesting things left to explore in the fourth era..such as the war with the Aldmeri
The Stormcloak ice wraith quest has a bit of a lore background. In the explorers guide to Skyrim, I think the 2nd edition, it said the coming of age ritual in the old holds was hunting ice wraiths.
Ah, I see. It's not a test of skill- never was. It's a test of how willing you are to adhere to Nord culture. That explains why he's not racist towards you once you join.
One theory I heard about the Ice Wraith quest is that it's because Nords are 50% resistant to Frost damage.
In other words, the test to join the Stormcloaks is one where non-Nords are at a disadvantage.
Never thought of that
@@billyoak4766 The thing is the imperials don’t want to outlaw talo’s worship. They just want to prevent more death until they can properly fight the war. As hard as it is to believe the stormclocks are aiding the enemy by starting this civil war. They’re putting the empire and all none thalmor are at a disadvantage against the thalmor by draining them of men and resources. They are putting so many people at risk by doing this right now when the war is at a standstill not an end. Imperial leaning doesn’t equal thalmor hater, it means thalmor hater but at the same time knowing a civil war is about the dumbest idea right now. In fact, I do think it’s probably for the best that that skyrim becomes whatever the nords want as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone. But right now they’re playing right into the thalmor’s hands.
Not trying to argue just still like discussing skyrim this long after it’s release. :)
Another reason to join *THE GLORIOUS EMPIRE!*
@deving8737 I mean it's you opinion but I always join the stormcloaks
"Here take this potion try not to die "
Rikke "if you die I will no use for your corpse"
also it wasnt just because talos was human, talos to the elves is the reincarnation of lorkan, the trickster god (to the elves) that is responsible for taking away the elves immortality. Naturally lorkan is the reason men exist in the first place and that mundus exists at all, so to men lorkan is a hero and there creator. To the elves talos is lorkan reborn, so you can see why they be miffed about him being an official god of the empire. edit:cuz part was not technically corrected and removed, im not best on how to explain how the souls pledged to gods works
On this subject, the elves can get metaphorically fucked.
Travis Walls lol!!!
Casey Fender oh no!! I can’t be the master race and be literally immortal, ah god I’m so mad I can’t be a slave runner and harshly rule over every race!!
It probably has more to do with Tiber Septim decimating the Summerset Isles and killing hundreds of thousands of Altmer with his stompy robot back when he was alive.
Yeah the elves can suck a dremoras curved sword, all im saying it goes alot deeper then him just being a man and not mer
I like the Imperials, but I do still kill Thalmor patrols.
same
The High Brick False, the Thalmor lose by either one having a victory
I'm pretty sure the Imperials hate the thalmor just as much as everyone else they are just playing nice till they are ready to put the thalmor down in the next great war.
Me too
Splunky there is no next war, The Empire lost main grounds and even lost it’s capital city, the Empire is breaking down
Last time I was this early Talos was a human known as Tiber Septim.
I want to like but it’s at 69 likes
This has to be immortalized as 69 likes
@@seanwhitehead8813 too late, it has 70 already.
@@coffeefps whoever did that I hope Cicero steals your teeth
WE ARE BUT MAGGOTS!
Personally, I feel as though the stormcloak plans to invade the summerset isles heavily would revolve around you, the dragonborn. Since you were an extremely powerful asset to winning the civil war, galmar and ulfric likely factored you in as a "secret weapon" of sorts, making their plans much more feasible.
*opens console*
*clicks on all the elves*
*win the war*
I have a theory on why the emperor signed the white gold concordat. Humans are more fertile and takes less time making babies then elves. The elves live long but don't really breed. So that the emperor after a while to buff up his armies and invade the summer set isles.
Someone with killing words could easily take on a whole army. One good shout would entirely disrupt all but the most disciplined of formations. Historically speaking, whichever army breaks first does not have a good time.
@@lucamckenn5932 hell even a hefty dose of Fus or Struun would do it, would introduce enough chaos to utterly demoralize the enemy, with (relatively) very little effort on the part of the dragonborn
Dragonborn and Odahving are going to be a heck of an Air Force.
That quest name is interesting, maybe do a "Hilarious changed quest's name in other languages"?
Maybe*
He definitely should
Great 👌 idea 💡
@@slackershrub8923 don't do that
@@limeboiler Don't*
Last time I was this early, I was an adventurer like you
My cousin’s out fighting dragons and what do I get?
Playing nurse.
F in chat for your knee
Hey somebody stole my sweet roll
Fun fact:
Taking an arrow to the knee is an old Nordic saying meaning you got married sooo...
Their knees are fine
Their wifes just arent OK with adventuring
@@stormcloaknurse7872 I play nurse so i could treat people fairly. And im going to do same thing to you. If you catch my meaning. Ehehe
Last time I was this early, Talos worship was still allowed.
People often doubt that the stormcloaks could defeat the thalmor at home, but they usually forget that if the stormcloaks win its because they have the Dragonborn, literally the most powerful being on the planet. LDB flies in riding paarthurnax and bending will on a bunch of other dragons and you wouldn’t even need an army.
Thalmor:we have one army
Dragonborn:proceeds tô spam bend Will,call durneviir and odaviing
My Dragonborn w Lydia > all of skyrim
One big shout could disrupt row upon row of army formations, and in the chaos of just trying to get back on your feet and to your position you're going to have a horde of 7 foot barbarians turning your skull into bloody powder.
Oh dovahkin, you rascal you.
Oops I can't ride parthunaxx as I'm a dragon slayer and I kill him first chance I get cant trust dragons..
The DB, outside of the main quest, is not canon. Or else ot would fuck up EVERYTHING.
There's a reason why Elder Scrolls protagonists vanish.
Directly translated to english "So jung und schon bei den Sturmmänteln?" means "This young and already with the stormcloaks?" but the Quote from star wars was the short-being thingy if i recall correctly (the german quote was exactly the same in star wars as in Skyrim, except of course with 'Rebellion' instead of 'Sturmmäntel' as far as i remember).
Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper
Fabi_bam actually for that quote it would be Sturmtruppen
Nice google translate my guy, no one asked
Sean Whitehead ok bro
Was about to point that out, but you got to it first. Didn't know about the star wars translation though. Interesting!
Ever notice how the Talos statues hold a dragonbone great sword
Pretty sure he is using a mod for that
yeah thats a mod
Hey, you. You’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.
"Damn you Stormcloaks. Skyrim was fine until you came along. Empire was nice and lazy. If they hadn't been looking for you, I could've stolen that horse and been halfway to Hammerfell. You there... You and me, we shouldn't be here. It's these Stormcloaks the Empire wants."
@@keeganstormblade5456 "Were all brothers and sisters in binds now, thief"
@Bandit Highwayman True Nords never back down!
"shut up back there"
“ and what’s wrong with him, huh?”
isnt it crazy that in a old game like skyrim theres still secrets and storylines to be uncovered , what a masterpiece! love it
Last time I was this early I wasn't a stealth bow build.
Man your old then
@Mr. Al bound bow builds still count as bow builds
Mr. Al i do way to many mods for this😂
@Mr. Al Invisibility with dagger and the 'cloak and dagger' perk from Vokrii (a dumbed down version of Ordinator made by the same guy) makes a disgusting assassin build. You can't be detected and one-hit everything, plus you get access to pretty much the best kill-cams that make you feel like an unstoppable and inevitable shadow of death.
@Macdonalds Mascot The Virgin Warrior vs the Chad Battlemage with Restoration and Warding Focus
Questions no one can answer:
Where did we come from?
What happen when we die?
*Who are 'they' mentioned in Nate's Videos?*
You deserve all the likes
Only They know. And They're.. not talking.
Thats Deep
We came from dino rats
"Where do we come from?"
Atmora.
"What happens when we die?"
Our soul goes to Sovngarde.
"Who are 'they'?"
The Altmer.
No matter what side the Dragonborn takes, the Dragonborn can handle those elves a 1000 to 1
Not really
Nah, you have to have some op spells or Shouts to do that
@@erikho6936 *laughing in storm call*
@@eyereign5730 *mounts dragon with malicious intent*
Well considering that the dragonborn has two dragons, three if you counting bend will at their beck and call, a shout that Literaly manipulates time, unrelenting force which would realistically be great for breaking up enemy formations, and on top all of that being at least 25% as powerful as a literal god all on his own. (Clavicus vile says the db is half as powerful as him while he himself is at half his normal power)
Dragon born is practically a demi god lore wise with all he can do.
13:41 to be fair, 500 Nords DID wipe out the snow elves so it isn't like there is a lack of precedent for that kind of thing.
My Dragonborn and Lydia > 500 Nords
Perfectly put.
Sorry, but 500 Atmorans committed that genocide, and it was hardly as complete as nords would have you believe. Atmorans during the mythic era may have had (and likely did have) far greater abilities than modern people in skyrim.
@@midnightlemon4255 You're right, though the Atmorans were the ancestors of the Nords and I was merely highlighting the fact similar has happened.
It were far more than just the 500 Companions.
Skyrim belongs to the Nords
Skyrim belongs to the imperials
Me: Skyrim belongs to the dragonborn >:)
You son of a b**ch, I'm in.
If only we could get lydia to say it
No it doesn't lol What gives us the right to own Skyrim? Just because we're Dragonborn, it doesn't mean we own Skyrim.
@@RosheenQuynh He kinda become a immortal being that cannot be defeated if you put time into it.You can destroy villages,massacre guards and kill a lot of legendary and feared dragons.In theory people would fear or love you and maybe consider you a god(they don't).So thats my response but is just a opinion.
RoseOfTheNight4444 Ya sure, but who is gonna stop the Dragonborn? He could just kill Ulfric and Tullius and claim the throne no biggie.
Once again, videos I want:
- Immersive mods 15
- 5 things you didn’t know about imperials
- things you didn’t know you could do 20
- a top 5 video
- 💛SKYRIM CUT CONTENT 7💛
- Maybe just some gameplay?
OK
D
@@XaviNecro I
@@SkylerIsHellaBored C
Yes
Symbolically, a bear is a loner that parallels the Stormcloaks' aim to be independent. And the blue colour fits Ulfric's cool demeanour. Solitude used a red wolf that prefers alliance and the red colour fits Elisif's impulsiveness.
Cool demeanor? He literally has like three outbursts before the leave council even starts in the main quest.
Fact 2; Theres actually a fetch quest from the college of Winterhold that you deliver enchanted weapons to people into Windhelm...but none of them are nord ;)
Im German and The Title says: So Young and already with the Storm Cloaks.
Which is what Leia says in the German synchro of Star Wars...
Warum hast du das auch an tho
Des fickt alles oida
Santo Shace yeah, I was a bit bothered by the translation he gave in the video. I understood it, but the least he could have done is plug into a translator before making the video...
so schon in that sentence means already and not pretty? or is that schön and im just confused
I would love a simple 5 greatest skeletal poses or something. Every playthrough I find skeletons reaching for coin purses or crushed under rocks and carts, my favorite is still the poor guy tied to a brick at the bottom of a lake. ♥️
The Stormcloaks going on the offensive is possibly a sound plan. Since Skyrim would lack the man power to be skilled defenders, an offensive revolving guerilla tactics may work better. Also the Thalmor have forces across Tamirel possibly strecthing their forces thin especially on the isles
Guerilla tactics require stealth, and nords are huge bearded pale bois. Them trying to be stealthy is like a high elf trying to use a greatsword without pulling a muscle
Probably the best hope for the Stormcloaks is if Ulfric and/or the Dragonborn pass on their knowledge of the Thu'um to them.
I also think I heard somewhere that Thalmor forces are weakening due to civil and political unrest in the Dominion
Offensive revolving guerilla tactics is just not going to work. Trying to do that on environment and nature that is on the other side of the continent where enemy lives means enemy knows how to live on the land while you do not. Also sending troops and material through Cyradil is going to be hard.
@@masaheimoi You don't get it. The point is that stormcloaks ando nords use guerrilla in skyrim just like red guards do in hammerfell and debilitate the thalmor making more time to regroup and upgrade their army
Realistically speaking, the Stormcloaks with the Dragonborn on their side would certainly present a threat to the Thalmor
Naaaah i dont think so
An independented skyrim doesnt have enough military to fight the dominion even with the dragonborn on their side
A whole empire tried and failed
Don’t forget that Ulfric knows the voice as well
@@TheRealButterSalesman Ulfric was also captured by General Tullius
@@mikev8129 that was and is a weak Empire who's leader is incompetent and have almost all their legions destroyed and remaining ones are filled with local recruits. Between they and The full with anguer nord warriors guerrilla, i think we know who are more capable
@@JoseAlejandro-xc6fb The stormcloaks are weaker than the empire
Every time I get bored playing Skyrim I just watch these videos and it makes me want to play even more. 😂
Kristen Dulaney seriously though huh??
Mood af
VR has revived the game for me. Especially since I always play a mage which is so much more fun in VR
Same
I never get bored of playing but it makes me wanna play more often 😂
Yes, "So jung und schon bei den Sturmmänteln?" (trans: "So young and already in the stormcloaks?") is the German dubbing for "Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" but it is translated that way because in German an actual translation is too wordy for scene in the movie, so they shortened it up and took the hit on an inaccurate translation.
"Bist du nicht ein bisschen zu kurz für einen Sturmtruppler?" directly translated "Are you not a little too short for a Stormtrooper?"
They could've dubbed it "Bist du nicht ein bisschen klein .." which is imo the correct translation. Not the word-by-word translation but that's what she basically says..
You are germans
@@TheRealFogger kurz = short; referring to height or lengtht; klein = little or small, refrring to overall size of the object.
They are only interchangeable in a limited way.
Yeah true but i rarely heard an english speaking person say "Aren't you a little small". When talking about peoples sizes you take short usually i guess, but i could be wrong, it's a regional thing or i have just weird friends in the states ;-)
Yes, I blinked and said, "Ein Moment, bitte" when I heard the narrator's explanation of the German "translation" into an English-spoken Star Wars line. German is a very specific language, while words in English tend to be more interchangeable. To treat German like English is to set yourself up for some hilarious situations.
I’ve been looking for you got something I’m supposed to deliver your hands only
Lets see here...
Nope. Sorry. Nothing
Hey look it’s my favourite punching bag lost count how many times I chased you round whiterun
@@Twilight24682 you should take him to solitude one day. Weather should hold up
You can not pass to my library
Also in some cultures the Bear was considered the king of the forest and one of the most dangerous creatures ever. So dangerous that you hardly dare to speak it's name.
If I remember correctly, bear comes from byer or breär which meant "brown one" cause if you spoke the true name you would summon one
I think that launching an assault against the thalmor, Ulfric anticipates other provinces like Hamerfell to join in the fight, since they hate them just as much if not more then the Nords
But the Stormcloaks don't see other races well in their eyes, almost like a sort of superiority complex. Ulfric even holds back his troops when non-nord villages are in danger. It's sounds like he only wants native Skyrim to conquer the Thalmor. The problem is that (should the Stormcloaks win the civil war) other Jarls won't side with Ulfric; Balgruf of Whiterun for example. Not to mention they'd most probably hold animosity towards Ulfric for driving the empire out of Skyrim and wrecking the land in the war. The Stormcloaks wanting to march to the Thalmor capitol and conquer them, seems to be nothing more than pure arrogance. If the Empire, a nation possessing one of the mightiest militaries in Tamriel, sees the Thalmor armies as a legitimate threat, what chance does a small army, lead by a man who sees his own race as the only one that's respectable, truly have?
There is also the dragonborn's shouts of bending will or call dragons that can bê a really good asset tô the invasion
@@nickjoffe8433The stormcloaks view Nords as the people of Skyrim. They don’t view other races as their priority. It’s less a matter of supremacy and more a matter of distrust of foreigners.
@@nickjoffe8433The Thalmor are weak. The end of the Nord campaign Ulfric hints at trying to form an alliance with Hammerfell and High Rock. A triple alliance that include two of the most martially inclined races in Tamriel is nothing to scoff at.
@@Dave-bd2eo The Stormcloaks are weak, not the Dominion, lmao.
Ulfric never declared himself High King. His followers do, but he himself is quite adament about allowing the moot to decide
Yeah, because someone is definitely gonna vote against him after he wins the war and replaces the imperial jarls with his own loyalists... 🙄
"Taking an arrow in the knee" is an old nordic saying meaning they are married
So the SO aint okay with them adventuring
I just learnt a new thing. 👍. Just always thought it was a repetitive saying. But now I know.
Btw, I’m lvl 43 and not taken a side fir stormcloaks or imperials. Hence why I’m here. Any help appreciated. Also, due to kill the real emperor and captain maya. Should I do mission?
@@leeshepherdtrading what did you choose. I'm curious
@@GeorgeSupremu
I killed the emperor. Won’t tell you how that went but was a very different type of conflict. And so I joined up with the great leader of the storm cloaks.
ALL HAIL ULFRIC. 😂
Still not completed though. 😱. Such a fab game. So much to do with many options.
@@leeshepherdtrading nice, I have done the same thing in my first save file
No, it's fake. It's a joke invented by a guy in Reddit (that i meet him in ESO group)
I thought the tavern owner was so open with his anti ulfric feelings to draw out anyone else that felt the same. Perhaps those very same people on the dungeons. This would also explain why he hasn’t been arrested
That would explain the elaborate attic display. Lull potential threats into a false sense of security.
I think one of the reasons Ambarys hasn't been arrested yet is because some of the Windhelm guards might be protecting him. I think this because every now and then one of the radiant lines the guards will say is "If you want a good drink, go to the New Gnisis Cornerclub" instead of directing you to Candlehearth Hall.
I always thought that.
He could be a spy for Ulfric.
I have a mystery - what was a group of Stormcloaks led by Ulfric Stormcloak doing near Darkwater Crossing? It must've been something more than just patrolling, because their leader was present.
And, considering that Darkwater Crossing is part of the Stormcloak territory, what were the Imperials doing there as well? Did a spy tell them that Ulfric Stormcloak is going to be at Darkwater Crossing?
By the way, most people assume that your character is arrested while trying to cross the Cyrodiil-Skyrim border. But the Imperials arrested the protagonist along with the Stormcloaks, so the protagonist must have been near Darkwater Crossing at the time they were arrested.
As to why the Imperials took them to Helgen to be executed, Helgen is the nearest Imperial-controlled town.
And they probably arrested Lokir in a different ambush near the Skyrim-Hammerfell border.
Probably looking to talk with red guards for an alliance to help em win the war
Lokir was no way near the hammer fell border, he says if he stolen that horse he could have been "half" way to hammerfell
One thing I recently noticed that doesn't make sense to me is that during the Civil War questline, Imperial Legion soldiers will shout "Send Ulfric my regards!" even in the earlier encounters when Ulfric is very much alive. "Send my regards" is typically something you say about someone who is dead when you are about to kill someone else.
I actually found something interesting recently on Skyrim. I'm sure you've already covered this and people already know this, but I discovered that Ysolda in Whiterun will actually take over The Bannered Mare if Hulda is killed. I just thought this was really cool since Ysolda has always wanted to buy The Bannered Mare. I'm not going to explain how I figured this out because I uhh, don't want to rot in the Dragonsreach dungeon hehe. I can't go back to Whiterun... The Companions should have never let me become a werewolf...
Yeah..i should've Just hired thug..
Wait so you...
Hired hulda as a mercenary and take her to Bleak falls barrows and then you parted ways eith here then she was kilked by draugts?
@@hypermaeonyx4969 Uhhh... yeah, definitely!
@@______-ww3tp Wow... Thats very clever...
she also takes over the general goods store if the owner dies
Somebody from behind: "Important deliveries to make! No time for chatting!"
I found the armor in the tavern and thought it was a mistake, as no one I talked to had heard of it, and no one on the internet had found it. Feels good to know Im not crazy.
Edit:Adding Suggestion - Hidden quests you may have missed. Some of them you've covered in details, but not all.
Ulfric's aggressiveness is enhanced by Galmor. That man is a warmonger. Frankly, they are incredibly short-sighted. Ulfric forgets just how many will be needed to face the Thalmor. He should remember the losses from before. Though, I think his ego and Galmor's mouth feed him to make these unwise decisions. The capture, torture, and the mental strain related have messed him up, darkened his outlook and clouded his mind. If he had at least one or two more level heads around him, things would be quite different. They would point out things like - the cost. He's not got the type of money needed to fund a war against the Thalmor and likely never will. Wars are expensive, and I guarantee he doesn't realize they just can't make it work. The Empire, however, has pretty deep pockets. Of course punishing people for following one diety or another is wrong, but he could discourage people from reporting others and/or require all Thalmor must be escorted to disallow them from randomly grabbing people without proof. It would stop most of the thing that is the most egregious and feeding the anger.
The Empire didn’t even want to jail them. They had to or it would break the treaty, and they weren’t in a position to do that.
Does anyone else rewatch all these EpicNate videos every couple years when they get back into Skyrim (yet again)? I forget these tidbits and enjoy being reminded of them.
Funny that solitude (the base of opperations for the imperials) has a wolf, a pack animal signifying unity
And windhelm has a bear, a solitary animal signifying independance
And Whiterun has a deer, and depending on who you side with, whiterun will either be eaten by a bear, or a wolf.
@@James_Randal Whiterun's symbol is a horse. Falkreath is a deer. You are right though, there is an ongoing struggle between the jarl of falkreath and his father as the father (former jarl) supports the stormcloaks and the son (current jarl) the empire.
@@SelectKiko oh I must be misremembering, though I'm sure a horse could still be eaten by a bear or wolf.
I feel like the Stormcloak could take on the Dominion, because for the Stormcloaks to even start bringing up that plan you'd have to make the dragonborn side with them. And the last dragonborn is borderline a god by the end.
If your plan depends on some godlike being your slave voluntarily, it's not a good plan at all. Even Frodnar can conquer Tamriel if the dragonborn helped
they only need hammerfell and highrock by their side to demolish the aldmeri dominion
Maybe they could if they had better armor and weapons.
@@heartmint7364 I picture it as a first step to having a dragonborn emperor again.
Wrong. The Coming war with the elves would leave Skyrim outnumbered without the help of the empire
You forgot to mention a lack of mages for the stormcloaks.
Also for the Imperials.
There's a good number of Imperial battlemages in Helgen. Too bad they didn't really use them in the civil war questline.
@@sunfyre4705 Imperial Battlemages should be in the game, but dunno Bethesda cut all of em, you can check it in creation kit there are should be a bunch of unused Battlemages npc
The Nords don’t like magic which is why the Stormcloaks wouldn’t have any battle mages.
J 19 Then why Jarls who side whit Ulfric and Ulfric himself have mages of the court?
Ulfric being a traditionalist, I'd like to imagine that what he means by rebuilding Skyrim is reclaiming the heritage; returning to the ways of Kyne and practicing her gift, grooming new tongues the likes of those that slaughtered the Falmer & Ayelid murderers & tyrants in days past, and even bringing forth the clever-men to dismantle elven magic
Ulfric's hardly a traditionalist. Half his supporters fight for him because he fights to restore Talos.
Man is a walking contradiction.
don't forget about Thane Mera Stormcloak being part of three banners
sorry, just love ESO to much
to think stormcloaks have a history of being social elite
kind of explains the racism towards non nords
clearly
Cant play eso myself, what's mera like?
@@DragonGunzDorian like a typical stormcloak. racist, bitchy, and (like MOST nords) only cares about themselves.
@@penguinmaster7 Not at all. If you actually play through Eastmarch in ESO, you'll find she's quite the opposite. In fact, she's indirectly the reason why I defected to the Empire in Skyrim. Ulfric is in my opinion, disgraceful and dishonorable towards his own families history, what it once represented. That finally opened my eyes and allowed me to see that those traitors are screwing themselves over, and doing more harm than good! So yeah, fuck the bear-banner.
Early to the game for once.
Need to think of a Skyrim pun.
Um, glad to see you're finally awake?
Got caught in a drunken ambush, just like us. (drank too much mead with juniper berries)
The biggest surprise in this video for me is that there was a temple of the divines. I had no idea that it even existed and I’ve probably been to solitude thousands of times.
Yeah it’s a little out of the way
1:18 Jesus I was scared he was gonna say: "- is sponsored by raid shadow legends!"
Same... phew
The last time I was this early, Nate wasn't Epic yet.
You're delusional. Drink your mead and rest. 😀
After years of playing Skyrim and siding with Ulfric, today I learned Ulfric’s last name is Stormcloak.
For the empire
@@siren2003 talos will have your head
ALL HAIL TO ULFRIC YOU ARE DA HIGH KING and I'm not even a Nord
For the Dominion! For the Thalmor!
Wh... how?😂
"For the love of talos, shut up and let's get this over with. " - Famous last words from a stormcloak soldier.
Martijn Van Ooijen I’ve seen the beginning so many times I read it in his voice
"You imperial bastards!"
"Justice!"
"Death to the Stormcloaks!"
If he let the priests keep talking he might have survived till Alduin comes along
If anyone else is wondering what mod he used when he activated the Talos Shrine at 3:10, the mod is called "Wintersun - Faiths of Skyrim" and has different effects depending on what God, Daedra, or Folk god you choose. Hope that helps.
On my first playthrough, Me: Their symbol is a bear?! *PTSD from wild bears* I'm joining the empire.
Lmao nice
I've been exploring Skyrim, attempting to find a dungeon I, in my thousands of hours of gameplay, have never cleared, and picking up every single book I can find. When I get done clearing every dungeon on the map in both Skyrim and Solstheim, I'm going to build a library and sit down and read every single book I've collected to try and learn more about the lore in the game.
If you just want the text then you can find out the IDs and spawn them in the game. It'll save countless hours and you won't miss a single one.
@thinkingmachine354not on console that I know of, though
@@starcrysis23 that's correct... Sort of. On console now you can actually download cheat room mods from the creations menu to access everything that way. But the original objective I had with this goal wasn't simply to read the books. I wanted to actually *find* the books myself in the locations they naturally spawned in. That was where the sense of accomplishment would come from.
Attacking the summerset isles would be an amazing idea for a DLC
Or like it's own game !
Or a part of (or DLC for) TES 6.
@@Hare_deLune that would work too if it isn't as bad as Fallout 76
@@jaggedstar1537
We can only hope...
10 years in the future, the Empire beat the Stormcloaks so they went back to building up forces against the Thalmor, the Blade's headquarters have still went undetected and they have started to become a real problem against the thalmor. You come in as the second war begins against the damn el... I mean Thalmor you get beaten in battle along with your legion and left for dead. The map could be all of Cyrodil, maybe some of Hammerfell and High-Rock. We could have a war system like Skyrim was supposed to have only more in depth with even forts being target of huge dramatic cinematic battles. We could have a politcal part of the main quest where we have to pursuede the kings of High Rock to help us and Hammerfell to join the fight. For the final main quest chain we could invade the Thalmor capital in Summerset Isles. We would have the normal Daedric sidequests and for one of the DLCs we could go to what ever realm Umbra ( the sword from Oblivion apparently broke free form Clavicus by time Skyrim happened I just learned about a month ago) has created for himself. We could see what how Kvatch has recovered. And so forth.
When playing a relatively fervent Stormcloak character, I always make sure to put a sword through Ambarys Rendar's chest, and I would recommend others do the same.
10:57
I'm german and it means "So young and already with the Stormcloaks?"
I like how German is now part of your tiny details you show us here.
Makes me appreciate my version of Skyrim even more.
13:10 This is why I love the Nords so much, most of my playthroughs are as a Kajit or woodelve but I think it would be awesome to see that war, even though I feel they wouldn't last too long because they dont quite have the numbers
Compare the stormcloacks with the Leninists. Soon, there will be many...
Having just gotten back into Skyrim during sheltering, these videos have been everything. Thank you for them. I have a very luddite question: how does he capture the freeze frame images of battle/gameplay and have basically rotating views of them?
Free camera view / mod. You can pause the game and whip around any angle on the screen and from various fields of view.
I'm from Germany, and the translation isn't correct. It means: "So young and already with the stormcloaks?"
yeah, the translation isn't correct, because the German translation of Star Wars isn't correct to begin with. Stop complaining. The Star Wars referrence is after all right.
Close enough. Now let's look at Chinese German and English translations xD
@@neilcook4686 Google translate is fucking trash my friend
@@NukaCola77 Um, no it isn't, because, the germans didn't intend to make an erster egg
last time i was this early talos was a god
So you've been around since... what? The first era?
Last time I was this early I was in tarmrel not as a crimal with memory problems.... O wait never
He still is
@@bloodangel19 username checks out
@@metetural9140 but Talos as in Tiver Septim conquered Tamriel in the late 2nd Era, after completing the conquest announced the 3rd Era and ruled until around 3E 30
Highly ambitious and optimistic? Nate how do you not know this? The Aldmeri didn’t really face the imperial army. They attacked when the city was poorly defended. They held successfully against the emporers army. But as soon as a real imperial force of mixed nationalities arrived they crushed the elves. But had become so destabilized they couldn’t push forward until they consolidated their position.
The Aldmeri clearly did face the imperial army. How do you think they got to the city in the first place? And of course the imperials won because the Aldmeri were caught by surprise.
He actually never calls himself High King, other people do, even at the end of the Civil War he says "there will be an election"
...so he DID assassinate Torygg. In his own words, and *twice* no less... Hmm.
@@litewave5186 but what does assassination mean towards anything? You can assassinate a ruler and not have the intention to replace them with yourself. He actually states that he had respected Torygg but disagreed with his political stance. That stance got Ulfric arrested in Markarth, then when he was in jail his father died and he missed the opportunity to say goodbye to him. So his responsibiles went from drinking, fighting, and having fun to being a Jarl. When he spoke out against Torygg's decision to outlaw Talos, someone he was raised to believe was a God, it forced both into a position they had no other option but to duel for their honor. You can duel and still respect the other person, the only problem was Ulfric was stronger and had a weapon Torygg didn't, the thuum. He used it and killed him easily, but he claims he didn't do it for personal glory, but because it was for honor. He doesn't strive to be king but wouldn't deny the people that if thats what they decided they wanted. He was a man of the people but the imperials instead wanted to persecute the people for having beliefs and did whatever the AD wanted. Ulfric in my opinion was a honorable person and did what he felt he needed to, to help his people. He even put his life on the line multiple times to do that, Torygg was a good man too but was misguided, he wanted an end to the war and unfortunately didn't do the right thing by his people but did it to protect them, knowing full well it would not go over in his favor
@@dominicawesomenessnettles The Imperials don't want to help the Thalmor, but for the sake of "living to fight another day", they cooperate, despite also hating them. And Ulfric is the reason the Thalmor are there in the first place, being called an (unwilling) pawn to Elenwen herself. The same applies to Tullius. If Ulfic had merely approached Torygg they MAY or may NOT have come to an agreement on how to fight the Thalmor with the Empire-- we just don't know and ultimately it's up to player interpretation, as with (I think) all of the mainline Elder Scrolls games.
@@litewave5186 they did get together and discuss it before the duel, they stated they did what they could to come to an understanding because they used to be friends and fought side by side for awhile but nothing worked and both felt a duel was the only way to work things out. Torygg agreed to it. It wasn't like Ulfric went there and shouted him to death when he had his back turned. He faced him, both had weapon in hand, but Ulfric used his thuum and killed him.
@@dominicawesomenessnettles No one says both of them had weapon in hand, as far as we really know, Torygg could've just been unsheathing blade when Ulfric shouted him down and then killed him.
The Ice Wraith test is more because you were a prisoner in Helgen, and they want to test your mettle before recruiting a former criminal
It was also a coming of age ritual for ancient nords
13:55 I think the Stormcloaks have a good chance, I mean, they won (if you joined them) the war against the empire, who was already pretty weak after the great war and the eruption of Red Mountain, and the Stormcloaks proved to be as competent (or more if they win) as the empire, with a much more ambitious leaders. I think they would have a fair chance against the Thalmor if they had time to prepare against them instead of just going to war with what they had (like the civil war) and with some mages and even recruiting other species, they would be a powerful enemy against the Thalmor
This^
The Empire is bleeding out while still maintaining a "wait and see" strategy. Even if the Legion were strong enough to come back from a devastating loss (which is the longest of long shots) the weakness of the Legion has always been the Empire, which the Thalmor already exploited to great effect. With Titus Mede likely dead, and given that the guy who arranged for this in a power grab is also likely dead, there's sure to be a power struggle in an already rotting Empire. The survivors of this power struggle are just as likely to be Thalmor sympathizers than not, and might very well sign the will and deed of the Empire over to the elves
@@Ernicification The issue is, the Thalmor are so set on destroying the empire, precisely because of the fact that it is _this_ empire that is supposed to be the one to end them. A Tamriel united under Man, rather than Mer, would discredit their whole ideology, that since the Aldmer, and thus all Mer after them, were descended from the Divines, and Man was only _created_ by them.
@@Ernicification don't forget the tiny detail that the thalmor obliterated the blades, who were the empire's intelligence sector. The empire must recompose itself to send troops again to other provinces. The stormcloacks are like a soviet union in the leninist times, so we can see they preparing themselves to destroy the Aldmeri Dominion WW2 Soviet Style.
Always remember, the Thalmor don't call it the Great War, they call it the FIRST War. So … will there be a SECOND War in the future?
Yes
The thalmor are basically just elf nazis, and if there’s one thing nazis can do it’s start a Second World War.
"If you want stability and order, you join the Empire. If you want to sleep with your sister, you join the Lamecloaks" - The Senile Scribbles.
Well, if the Stormcloaks have the Dragonborn on their side, attacking the Thalmor on their own turf might not be as outlandish as you'd think, given they can take out an entire Thalmor fortress singlehanded.
The issue with that is that the Dragonborn is, alas, just one person. Granted an endgame Dragonborn is -very- powerful, not unbeatable but certainly very powerful. But the problem is that they can only be in one place at a time, and the simplest strategy to handle that would be to just...not fight them head on. You have to bear in mind that the Dominion's army was large enough to engage and best the entirety of the Imperial one, the Imperial army being drawn from multiple provinces of Tamriel. By contrast, the Stormcloak army can recruit and gain supplies from Skyrim, which is less than ideal.
The practical up shot of this is that the Dominion possesses the sheer numbers to simply slow down the Dragonborn and avoid directly engaging where ever they are, while other Dominion forces can outflank the Dragonborn's army or simply attack places where they arent. They might never achieve a crushing tactical victory, but a strategic one is well within their grasp.
just pay the dragonborn off, ez pz
who would win? 1 million elves
or one Fus Roh Dah boy
@@naggie6358 the dragonborn dose also have ever single dadriec prince on his side
@@naggie6358 what about shouts like bend Will and call durneviir/call dragon?
Welp, time to create a character named luke and join the rebels, sorry, I have to
Luke, Use the force against the imperials.
Hey TheEpicNate315, since you did "5 things you didn't know about the Stormcloaks", you should do "5 things you didn't know about the Imperials/Empire".
He’s already done that .
Imagine if the stormcloaks actually manage to defeat the thalmor on the summerset isles, this would be so embarrassing for the aldmeri dominion xD
The great superior high elves, defeated by some peasants with armor ^^
I would love to see that :)
WATCH YOURE MOUTH!!!!who are you calling peasants?nords are the coolest race in tamriel they are very honorable
So you're telling me that I should start a new play through in German so I can find these references myself? Ugh, fine...
Lol
Talk about Bilingual Bonus
you seem to forgot my tiny detail about Talos and that is that he mantled lorkhan and that really pisses the elves off.
Hold on, the bit about the Stormcloaks wanting to invade the Aldmeri Dominion is not accurate. If it were, then Skyrim would focus on building ships, building weapons, not rebuilding forts and cities like Ulfric says at the end of the civil war questline. I don't think Bethesda intended for us to forget the geography, or think the Stormcloaks would try marching southbthrough Cyrodiil of all place, nor working with shipping boats as a navy. No, we've seen Galmar tamper with Imperial documents to disrupt Imperial logistics, even attacking a wagon en route to Solitude from Markarth. The Stormcloaks are plenty pragmatic. Nords operate more on symbolism; things that represent strength to the people. Ulfric killing Torygg showed Skyrim's weak leadership. His victory at whiterun showed their weak armies, and his decline of ascending to high king, though somewhat disingenuous, demonstrates his commitment to the old ways. I think their ideas as far as "taking the fight to the Elves" is them shifting their focus from fighting other men to fighting Elves. Worshipping Talos freely is a symbolic challenge to the Elves by stating "you are not strong enough to control us anymore," and do intend to have that fight in either Skyrim or Hammerfell. Ulfric did say they would need to be ready to fight "on our shores OR abroad", but hes talking about fighting for humanity, and the Redguards have caused absolute hell for the Thalmor over the years with some Imperial support. Hell, it wouldnt surprise me if the Nords and Imperials did end up fighting alongside each other, given the weird Nordic custom of beating each other up and gambling on the outcomes of fights between each other and then becoming best friends.
Maybe, but remember that they also said they would "take our war to the Aldmeri Dominion, AFTER they either "root out imperial influence" or "return Skyrim to the land it once was." Now both of those seem like major tasks. For Skyrim to be considered a strong nation, it would need strong forts and cities. Rooting out imperial influence would also require signs of strength, to discourage a second rebellion, or general dissent. Whether or not he plans to literally take the fight to the elves, Ulfric would have to be exceptionally stupid not to focus on fixing the mess his armies made first. Remember, the empire just lost a major hold. To, what they consider, an illegitimate rebellion. And they still have plenty of soldiers back in Cyrodil, and probably a few more decent generals. ANd the Thalmor aren't likely to sit on their laurels after a Stormcloak victory either.
6:53 I like to think this is actually Ulfric who does care about other races and is affraid that by locking this guy up he might upset the non Nord citizens of Windhelm and limiting his allies to solely Nords.
Meanwhile there are a lot of non Nord Skyrim citizens and its not difficult to be accepted as a stormcloaks if you're another race and they'll acknowledge to you Skyrim is home to more races than Nords and anyone sympathetic to their cause of an independent Skyrim is welcome in both the Stormcloaks and Skyrim. This is the same reason they dislike so many dark elves: they aren't sympathetic to the Stormcloaks cause thus they aren't welcome, it's not their race. If the dark elves would back Ulfric or at least express clear disdain towards the empire or favor an independent Skyrim, most of the Nords of Windhelm would have no problem with them. Nords who remain neutral are also shunned by the Stormcloaks and considered to be not real Nords. Balgruuf is despised because he remains neutral and Ulfric says he'll turn around because he is a true Nord (implying a Nord who isn't sympathetic towards his cause is a 'fake' or not real Nord)
Excellently put.
The thing I noticed about Ulfric is, that he is very patient. He waits a long time for Balgruuf to decide where he stands in the war, and only starts hostilities after Balgruuf sides against his cause. Likewise, Ulfric often asks about the spirit of the Dunmer in his city... a notable imperial agitator has nothing to tell him regarding them, leaving only his steward to inform him that unrest is growing and they seem unsympathetic to the cause.
@@thoruszwolf4153 Let's just ignore the fact that Ulfric has sent out assassins against Balgruuf, and that his soldiers have set up a military encampment in his Hold... Also the fact that they engage with Balgruuf's troops... There were already hostilities.
Also, Ulfric never asks about the Gray Quarter - Jorleif only informs him of the unrest. And instead of adressing it, he shoves it off.
@@dutchpatriot17 Fact is it o,O? seems very odd that the man who is insistent on waiting for Balgruuf to make up his mind on which side he stands on in the war, and outright rejects the notion of killing him, would send out assassins.. shall we scrutinize your sources, or are they too weak to hold up?
Are you really still building straw man arguments o.O?
@@thoruszwolf4153 Ever spoken to Irileth?
@@dutchpatriot17 If you mean Balgruuf the Greater, Jarl of Whiteruns Housecarl, then yes... are you referring to her brief list of hypothetical threats? you do know that hypothetical threats are speculative, not actual, right o.0?
the aldmeri dominion: "won't you listen? talos is not the messiah!"
stormcloaks: "he is the messiah!"
Ok that deserves more likes😂
Dragonborn: I am your god now.
He's more of a reverse messiah.
@@creapyalbinofish that's true, I'm just going for meme factor here
Tiber Septim armor: Yes, HE IS A MESSIAH YOU UNCULTURE SWINE!
Akatosh: He IS messiah, get on with it!
6:30 He's an angry elf
a n g e r
I understand that reference!
I still like him
@@recklessabandon5678 same, watched the movie yesterday
I just played today. I saw a Blood Dragon fighting a Snow Bear near Winterhold. It kinda reminded me of the fight between the Stormcloaks & the Legion. Guess what, the dragon won with only a few hp left. ;)
A prophecy
Did you know that in the Thieves Guild quest "Taking care of business", there are other ways to have the 3 people in debt cough up their gold? If you ask Brynjolf for more information about each of the people in debt, he tells you exactly what to do to get those people to pay up 100g without having to brawl any of them. At least 2000 hrs in Skyrim and this is the first time I realized you can do this.
Yeah I always felt bad on that quest. They’re just shopkeeps trying to live. The one where you burn the beehives I was also a little iffy with. But since you can just use blackmail instead of hurting them physically I go that route. And I just pretend the bees leave once the hives are on fire and then come back after a bit
I’m sure with the help of the Dragonborn who you know can literally someone dragons to his beckoning call the Stormcloaks have a good chance against the Thalmor as long as they stick to a decisive battle doctrine.
Where do you get off Nate. Making amazing content I have to watch. Absolutely outlandish.
0:49 Love em or hate him they’re spitin facts
I wonder what the Stormcloaks would think if they tried to attack the Thalmor and found out there are hordes of undead Nords taken by the Thalmor Judiciary in the game. That being the very reason the Empire was quietly preparing for War.
I do believe that Ulfric has not declared himself high king and that that the whole ice wraith test thing ain't standard for all soldiers
He says himself ingame he won't call himself High King unless all the Jarls vote on it.
@@Jayzgrouse He also says that won't stop him from already acting like it. He literally declares himself the ''true High King'' in his very oath.
The temple of the divines in skyrim was pathetic. Any chapel in oblivion kicked its ass in atmosphere
@Mr. Al
You DO know that Oblivion was available for, and ran just fine on consoles, don't you?
Which would mean that "Oblivion size cities" were already proven to be no problem for consoles whatsoever.
Thereby making your post a fabricated falsehood promulgated to further your elitist 'PC Master-race' propaganda.
There have been recent rumors, btw., that consoles are slated to replace the PC altogether for gaming in the next few generations...
@@Hare_deLune that rumor is not true at all
@Mr. Al Dude, just stop.
I think The Divines means more for the people of Cyrodill then from those on Skyrim
@ToXiiC BULLET
Firstly, the problems you mention with consoles if the games were not "dumbed down", have been there all along, with both Oblivion and Skyrim.
Secondly, regarding console vs. PC market dominance:
I did say it was a recent RUMOR, did I not?
Also, while you are correct in asserting that the PC market is "massive", the fact is that console sales of Skyrim topped those sold for PC by three-to-one. You don't have to take my word for it, though. The sales figures are readily available online.
That is why, along with a standing partnership between Bethesda and Microsoft, Skyrim was made specifically for the Xbox console, and was ported to PC. This information is also readily available.
So you see, I DO know what I'm talking about. It would seem to be you who needs to catch up on facts.
the whole taking the fight to summerset made me laugh the first time i heard it as the nords would never get passed the Altmer navy. Back in Elder scrolls Morrowind it is mentioned that the High Elves have the strongest navy in Tamriel a fact that is than mentioned a second time in Oblivion. And this navy is at constant state of battle ready to drive off the Maomer who have been trying to invade the somerset isles sense the Merethic era. so chances are that any Nordic longboats would stopped long before reaching the shore to land troops.
Assist others in fighting elves. Others like empire or red guards. It’s a statement that isolation mustn’t set in
Think Dagon doesn't know about those fleet? Think you don't
Yes, until Dragonborn happens
Tbh if you have the dragon born on your side you’ll be expecting to win the war against anyone