3 Hours of Useless Elder Scrolls Lore - The Elder Scrolls Lore Collection

[@ImperialKnowledge]

After the requests for more longform compilations of my shortform specific lore videos, here’s another one! Hope you enjoy it. It will be the last one for a bit as im working on 3 regular lore videos which I would like to push out before doing another one of these lore collections. Still, hope you enjoy!

[@Et3rnal2004]

W

[@Giffsen]

Thank you so much

[@Marvinuser]

i like the thought that the regular trees might have been grown in a place with glowing mushrooms or at least somehow given the same properties as the glowing stuff in blackreach... not just the mushrooms are effected... even nirnroots are... and i've heard theories saying that its actually the glowing rocks granting the properties, but im not quite certain there's anything to it.

[@thatguywithamustache6043]

Fuck yes

[@pandorasbox4238]

7 I noticed a couple of inconsistencies. A) It was stated that, when Barenziah got pregnant, she was mortified that Tiber Septim demanded she get rid of it, in spite of the fact it was highly unusual for an elven woman to get pregnant before 100 and that an elven woman was lucky if she got pregnant at all, and doubly so if she were able to bear more than one child. Barenziah was, of course, a dark elf, and it was stated as though it applied to ALL elves. B) Eugenics absolutely can lead to lower birth rates. Let's say there are 100 noble families. Each has 1 man, 1 woman, and they all have 2 children. In a thousand years, every family will be related by marriage at the bare minimum. Another thousand? Everyone alive would have a related ancestor from each of the other noble houses, assuming they live a few hundred years, that is. After 3 thousand, every member of every family will be related to every other family. At this point, if not sooner, they will all be participating in incest. From there, the birth rates would begin to drop quite significantly, and the rate of birth defects would be immense. Clearly, they already have some issues with that.

[@Lupinemancer87]

"3 Hours of Useless Elder Scrolls Lore" You underestimate us.

[@asimplepoet1057]

You underestimate my obsession with the Elder Scrolls

[@dekaw9138]

Don’t try it

[@brendanphillips240]

@@dekaw9138I will do what I must

[@DragonFruitXVI]

​@@brendanphillips240Ahhhhhhh

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

@dragonFruitXVI FUS RO DAH!!!!!

[@dairydregone7146]

"Useless"? No my guy. Its *knowledge*

[@dekaw9138]

Ok Hermaeus Mora

[@Freethenationalists]

Even more, it’s wisdom

[@2ethefirst318]

This really has been an Imperial Knowedge

[@geirwickstrm9162]

@@dekaw9138underrated comment

[@cciv8647]

Alhamdulilah

[@samh3805]

31:30 Metheglin is Mead made with herbs and/or spices. It’s kind of funny that the Aldmeri are essentially drinking the same thing as the Nords they absolutely despise. It also provides a convenient reason why Mead is found in areas occupied by the Thalmor in Skyrim. My love of historical brewing and elder scrolls lore finally pays off.

[@lordowl3533]

I mean I went into Northwatch keep, which is a Thalmor outpost, and there was a room with like 20 bottles of nord mead in it

[@philippjansen7199]

"Useless knowledge is a paradox" - Hermaeus Mora, probably

[@SpeedOfTheEarth]

Didn't expect to agree with hypothetical Hermaeus Mora there, but for real, there's no such thing as useless knowledge! ...Or at least what people call useless knowledge isn't that typically.

[@matgamarra]

This reminds me of a Reddit thread I read sometime ago, that I couldn’t find unfortunately. It asked, if there was a soccer match between all of tamriel, who would win? I don’t recall the ranking, but I remember a funny section that said Orcs would play rugby and be the best in the world, because they are the only ones playing it

[@Usagi33353]

There is no way the nords wouldn't play rugby either

[@monosophy691]

Theres a book in ESO about orcs playing some sort of violent varient of dodgeball, and that's honestly the only sport i can remember being played by anyone at the moment, so the orcs do have an advantage there

[@monosophy691]

It looks like argonian culture also has some sports involving balls, but they seem more akin to volleyball or soccer than rugby. Weirdly, no one seems to play any sport that requires a dedicated space to do so other than arena bloodsport.

[@Trephining]

You know them khajiit would be killing it at flying kites, combat or otherwise, and would dominate the breakdancing.

[@barahng]

​@@monosophy691Makes sense. Hard for sports to compete when you have gladiator fights.

[@cowboyjohnn]

You may call this trash, me? I call it treasure.

[@justme0910]

"Useless" or not, I cannot overemphasize just how much I appreciate the many details TES includes about the mundane lives of the denizens of Tamriel. So many fantasy settings overthink literally every aspect of things like magic, language, religion, trade, courtly intrigue, or dragon biology, but neglect everything that makes a world feel truly lived in - games, sports, food culture, clothing, funereal and mourning customs, waste management, pets/companion animals (where are all the different dog breeds?), education, travel and transportation, bureaucracy, the flow of information, infrastructure etc.

[@flyingpiggy1475]

For real. Can I use a real life event, but replacing our worlds words with the fanatical ones? I was talking to my friend about (sport) while drinking(acholol). I could overhear talks of whining over a (board game). Plus it acts double fold as a way to communicate its story. The argonians casual sex life because of thier biology allows for better understanding of their place in the world.

[@spoton6010]

Exactly why I don't think it's useless. It's inconsequential, sure, but it plays an important role in making the world feel real lived in, which massively helps with player immersion

[@jemmajellybeanstreamhighli7149]

You’d love middle earth

[@EJDubbz]

Honey, wake up. Three hours of imperial knowledge just posted.

[@PixelOverload]

Hmm, why would consuming honey-based alcohol break the green pact? It's technically plant based I guess, but the nectar it once was has been half-digested and converted to a different substance by an animal, notably via a process that not only does no harm to the plants, but actively assists them. How can that be any worse than consuming the flesh or milk of an animal that grazes on plants?

[@justme0910]

From my understanding of the lore, there is actually some debate within Bosmer culture as to what "counts" as breaking the Green Pact. Some Bosmer do consider honey fair game, and some will even consume fallen fruits, but make sure not to swallow the seeds so they can be replanted.

[@gewuerzwanze5627]

Just like vegans and honey.

[@PixelOverload]

@@gewuerzwanze5627 how so?

[@justyce_yt]

I listened to this while doing homework. It was perfect learning about grass, cheese, sex, STDs, and... so much more, all while doing the most boring things ever.

[@jackbelmont4389]

This is worth millions, may the road lead you to warm sands

[@wesleyfilms]

I refuse to believe Dwemer didn’t have toilets, toilets with lots and lots of turning gears.

[@Spinosaur101]

Don't piss in the Dwemer steam urinal

[@barahng]

Or just magic toilets. Metal pipe enchanted with a telekinesis spell that casts repeatedly at a set interval or the flip of a switch; a water pump.

[@sethleoric2598]

Personally i like to imagine they recycled their poop

[@crowverra5343]

Be Warmed, they will steam clean your bottom...

[@Dapricott]

The more I watch lore about the Elder Scrolls, the more I realize it’s just another version of our History.

[@emilyh.9137]

Something funny I always loved about the “bathroom lore” in Skyrim (something I’ve actually never recognized as being a thing until now lmao) is when you go into a group housing setting like a guard barracks or a bandit outpost, more than likely you’ll find a row of several buckets and stools all separated by a small barrier like a type of medieval public toilet 😂 bonus points for the one or two I remember that actually featured stools with reading material on them for the bathroom goers, very classy details for soldiers and bandits lol.

[@janeenschultz8502]

I've found bathroom buckets in Skyrim with healing potions or potions of true shot near them. Lol

[@quixoticrealities5072]

It's my birthday so this compilation feels like a gift.

[@CharlieKell]

Whoa love the video!!! My friend concocted an Elder Scrolls ttrpg campaign and this has been super helpful to understand how the world works for the normal inhabitants of Tamriel. Much love ❤❤❤

[@DieLuftwaffel]

Good video, but just wanted to give an fyi: the foxtail "leaf" isnt a leaf, it is the seed head of the plant. Essentially it is functionally the same as the head of grain you see in a fully grown wheat field. Foxtail is a real world plant by the way and gets its,name from the look of it's seed head (or tail in this case).

[@bobbobinton5106]

2:59:23 I watched until exactly this point. Thank you for accompanying me on my Skyrim merchant run!

[@avathememelegends1293]

48:21 The Swan Game is likely based on The Ancient Egyptian Game Sentet, where its used along side of tarot cards as Divination tools and games. Sentet is A logic based game while Tarot cards are mostly used as tools to connect to the Gods or Deities by telling fortunes and predictions about certain aspects of a person's life or a specific event that would or could happen. You're welcome for info dump for you. -AvaMeme129

[@dagoonite]

I wish I could save this comment for research when I'm not at work.

[@spencyn2641]

I went into this with the determination to say, "this lore isn't useless! I'm a true Elder Scrolls scholar!" and then I got to grass lore. I busted out laughing. But still this was a great video, I enjoyed it very much.

[@symmetryking8884]

7. This was the most interesting 3 hours I've had the pleasure of sitting through. Amazing video as always! I can't wait for more compilations like these

[@Rossscow]

I have a cold and fell asleep with KZbin playing - woke up to this. Perfect

[@zacharythomas8617]

I love useless lore it's worth it's weight in Septims.

[@Jo-rg7xx]

7! Your video ended just as I did my last stitch on my crochet project. I love your voice and narration, definitely found yourself a new subscriber

[@cathleenrieffer7603]

7! This video was great! It's "useless" lore but I really enjoy listening to these topics while doing chores or working on my crafts! It really helps me invision my character and see the universe of elderscrolls in a different light.

[@Teaaaa89]

The pure euphoria I felt when I saw this video, and then saw it was 3 hours is unmatched. Just what I needed while leveling excavation and crying

[@claudianeedsahug6937]

This was so fun, I love these kind of videos 😊

[@jacobjonesofmagna]

Hey man, avoid leaving that red bar on the bottom of the thumbnail. People are less likely to click bc it almost tricked me into thinking I've already listened to this.

[@TheRealDickGrayson]

ElanIp does that, drives me crazy lol.

[@jayy_gains8624]

My brother in Christ… I think you just already listened to it lmao I don’t have a red bar

[@snopay11]

this

[@biolj]

Says the unsuspecting trout

[@matthewcraig2447]

Got me too

[@Replica2901]

Useless? I'm tempted now to make yet another character, inspired by sewers lore - Plumber build

[@Trephining]

end boss = Imperial building inspector

[@nbmoleminer5051]

I'd really appreciate more of these compilations.

[@Hughjass66454]

My favorite channel on YT

[@rexavgvsta5671]

Thank you, for another great lore video 🎉❤

[@derskalde4973]

About the alcoholic beverages of the bosmer: The milk one doesn't sound too bad. If I remember correctly, the mongols loved a type of alcohol, that was made from fermented horse milk. Also, this just came to me, wouldn't alcohol made from fermented honey be okay to make and consume for the bosmer? I mean, it's made by bees, so wouldn't this count as an animal product, like milk or meat?

[@RobT192]

Awesome and thanks bro, I can't get enough Elder scrolls or Stat Wars lore. Im a big nerd when it comes to lore, also you got a great voice and this was well put together.

[@cyqry]

46:40 So there is actually some real-world reasoning behind why Tarot are considered "playing cards". They are quite literally the origin of the modern deck of playing cards. A modern card deck has four suites (Ace, Club, Heart, Spades) with numbers one (ace) through ten, as well as three court cards; King, Queen and Jack. You also get Joker cards which aren't often used in card games but it is relevant to the origin. The Tarot deck has a similar set up. You have two "arcana", the major and minor. The minor arcana also known as the "lesser secrets" are made up of 56 cards... these are divided into four suites; the swords, wands, pentacles and cups; these are counted one through ten with four court cards; King, Queen, Knight and Jack. I'm sure you can already see the origins here. In divination, the minor arcana are used for insignificant day-to-day styled fortune-telling, they massively outnumber the major arcana so if you're using both sets in your readings you're far more likely to pull these cards, their significance is much lesser. The other half of the Tarot deck are the major arcana, these are cards like The Emperor, Death or The Tower. Compared to the minor arcana, these cards are significantly more impactful and are usually used for large turning points in your life, they are far fewer in number so general readings with both arcana are less likely to pull these cards. They aren't used in modern playing decks with one exception: the Fool aka the Joker. A line from Now You See Me 2 has a wise old woman asking "do you know why the Fool is the most powerful card in the Tarot? Not because the person who draws him is a fool, he's a fool because he's a clean slate. And therefore, can become anything." This is appropriate as the few games that actually use this card use it to represent anything. In divination, the Fool is often used to represent the person being read, it is the Fool's journey, their opportunity to become any of the other cards. From what I understand the Tarot haven't had major changes to the deck layout, some changes to interpretation or how they are illustrated but generally you'd have the same cards. They started off as simple playing cards and were only later adopted as a fortune-telling tool. Once this adoption took place, then people using it for games started cutting it down into our modern interpretation of a playing deck.

[@fabianriojas6268]

Seven good video made even the mundane of a fictional word interesting props my friend

[@chaosscarecrow6002]

The number Seven or just 7 idk which one you wanted took me a few days to watch but loved every minute you are my favorite elder scrolls lore teller ❤

[@SableJ]

A little interesting fact, nomadic Mongolian herders make a fermented horse milk called "Airag"

[@youy5188]

I love these long video's :)

[@Marvinuser]

The halatafl game is unmistakably of old norse influence - halatafl meaning "high table" - though i do believe the game we see here, is a version called hnefatafl (fist table), other names for similar games or even the same are, the kings army or the fox and geese - 49:10

[@SyncNAH]

7. You’re getting me through my work shifts with your great content man. Thanks fr 🔥

[@friedrichmariasommerfeldt9361]

So I am a bit rusty at this point in terms of my personal beer expertise, but I am pretty sure that the Bosmer Ale wouldn't count as ale or beer. There are four main ingredients within beer: malt, hops, yeast and water. Hops wasn't always a necessary part though. Yeast is essential for the fermentation process. Hops carries a lot of the flavour (of course depending on the brewing style, in malty beers the malt flavour is stronger). There has been ale with meat in it. Cock Ale for example, but that was an ale to which the chicken meat was added later. Also Oyster Ale with bulls testicles. So in simple terms. It's not an ale in the conventional sense. However I think one can argue, if it fits into the same culinary niche as Ale, just like Oat and Soy Milk occupy the same niche as Cows Milk, than it can still carry that name.

[@KaidaBoradin]

My favorite type of lore! It's all interesting, enriches the world and makes you feel apart of Tamriel ❤

[@Thos_Draken]

This board game with the little colored pieces. Even though it's just a flat square , there's lines leading to each other at an angle reminds me of chinese checkers But i'm willing to bet the rules are similar to chast or each piece depending on the shape and color which looks like there's more than one color so each individual gets a certain set of colors with certain shapes that probably allowed to make certain specific number of moves

[@fueldbyirony8126]

Something new and fresh to sleep to lore video wise

[@TengkuLuthfi]

48:14 i think its a congklak version of TES universe. its a traditional games in southeast asia you guys can look it up

[@MaggieML]

Oh absolutely, but I've always known it as Mancala or Awarri/Warri. I get so competitive when playing lol

[@SquaresToOvals]

1:18:58 Bizarre to think that the Tribunal would ban "oral" matters, considering Vivec's "milk finger" stories being published and spread all across Tamriel.

[@derskalde4973]

Something I'd be interested in would be something akin to beastiaries of the different regions/provinces. When I looked for something like a list of creatures that inhabit Skyrim, I found one that said, that you could find much of prehistoric Megafauna in this provinces, so you could, for example, in the Lore, find wooly rhinos teeming in the cold regions, while you could find glyptodons in the southern parts of Skyrim. I can't find it anymore (because, like the fool that I am, I didn't save a Link to it), and when I looked for them on the UESP, I found that rhinos as a whole are even more mythical then unicorns, only existing in Folklore, and glyptodons, while existing, are only found in or close to Elsweyr.

[@simoncollins69]

Im going to be using this lore to be entertained for three hours

[@R33fth3b33f]

"Let's get right into the lore of prostitution right after the intro." Wait a minute, what?!

[@AthenaHiotis]

This is what I’m listening to on my remaining 3 hours to Roanoke! Thanks IK!

[@soupdemon9414]

im going to enjoy this like you dont have idea

[@Streetpics23]

Amazing content, but it’s technically false advertising because there’s an entire 11 extra seconds that aren’t accounted for in the title of the video

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

And look 15 seconds of useless text in this God comment

[@theredwhirlwin]

Hey free 11 seconds ❤

[@danielkubicek1323]

THE NUMBER SEVEN! Also, thanks for long vid. Made work pass by fast and as a worldbuilder its the small details that make your worlds feel alive.

[@diannalynnYT]

Such fun information. Just makes the world more detailed and amazing.

[@nicholasbucicchia9599]

"I couldn't get Mr. Christmas to taste something like that" 🤣

[@protomato6427]

7 Thank you for this video! No lore is useless, all of it adds up to the bigger picture and helps the immersion

[@beerye9331]

Yes...bring on that STD Lore!

[@Flaskkorv]

Thank you for your services Mr. Christmas

[@azura7253]

Hey, This was incredible, seven!!!

[@greatestaxolotl4933]

cats have trouble tasting sweetness, only being able to taste it in very high concentrations. Makes sense thats why their alcohol is so sweet

[@copyrightproduction1]

You forgot that the telvani have a perfume known as telvani bugmusk, making perfumes a popular thing to the dunmer

[@debmoats3188]

My guy became my favorite elder scrolls youtuber in a day😊

[@solarflare3854]

7 - Watched it once, not 7 times. It was good, thank you

[@MBP1918]

honestly quite incredible

[@brindleness3302]

The number 7. Great compilation!

[@hughgrection7246]

The number seven . Don't be so hard on yourself dude . We love your content . And we DO watch to the end .

[@hcpgamer8783]

you forgot about skooma and moon sugar both of which are used and primarily found with khajits and thier home lands. both can be found in morrowind and oblivion (games)

[@michaelfletcher6669]

Perfect video to listen to while I do crafting on 14 characters during the jubilee event

[@ColinoDeani]

just what I needed to fall asleep to for the next 6-10 days lol.. thx

[@NotTheWheel]

You had me at 3 hours of useless lore... I'm in!

[@Giffsen]

Now i know what I'll put to sleep tonight

[@cadence4527]

The biggest loss of a lore is the Snow Elf lore.

[@Kid_illithid]

Number 7! I work with my headphones on all night. Perfect way to kill time

[@hardcoder7308]

7 Loved every minute of this vid. Thanks for making it.

[@sergeant_cheese]

love ur videos

[@patricialavery8270]

Adding a bit of the former batch is actually how you make sourdough starter keep going .If the Eider cheese is flavored with a specific mold then you would do that to inoculate the milk. Also you have probably eaten cheese made with rennet, which comes from a ruminant animal's stomach enzymes unless you have only eaten mozzarella or vegan cheese.

[@l.v.4375]

Actually u do get to see a hist tree in oblivion for a fighters guild quest to see what the blackwood company had doing in secret using hist sap on recruits funny cuz I play always argonian thought it was cool.

[@colinb8623]

31:19 as an American, I stand by the fact that Budweiser is piss beer and we all know it

[@summonthecat]

The bosmer could make honey mead without breaking the pact with some creativity.

[@Joseph-wh5of]

That was a great three hours of my life spent. Also, number seven.

[@JoeEnderman]

Man, 7 hours of great content.

[@doddseman3]

Hermeaus mora- "hmm yes, interesting"

[@azhuwauk9809]

Working the rest of my shift to this 😂🔥

[@sean-cu7lh]

7!!! at the end of the video you really did underestimate my obsession with the lore. i often times listen to lore videos and/or podcasts when doing some mundane tasks like cleaning or working on a drawing. for you and likely many others this stuff might be useless lore but to me it helps guide me in my artistic path...aka most of what i draw are my stupid elves and castles. helps me to add little details to full blown pieces i might not have thought of like a unicorn being dendric in origin is going to be my origin source for an up coming piece.

[@flyingpiggy1475]

My ideal elderscoll lores video goes in depth into ALL aspects of elder scrolls. Gods, wars, games, even individual people. Of course it would be very long, but would cool. Bonus points if it’s in chronological order

[@Luney_0296]

As a Scandinavian, I'm disappointed in the lack of taste testing of the Honningbrew and Black-Briar meads. However, seeing as they'd take months to make, I understand.

[@rova1637]

im so happy others are interested in this because irl literally no one knows a thing about elder scrolls

[@ItsDragonsAllTheWayDown]

The number seven 🫡 I loved this!!! I want more horrifically long tidbit-type content. I'm obsessed with lore, and most of this was stuff that I hadn't ever heard fleshed out before, or hadn't ever heard at all. Thanks!!!

[@TokenMafiaGaming]

My wife came into my office room & i was watching the part about the toilets. My wife was like WTF are you watching.

[@ryobtw-7091]

this is what i wanted on a monday evening

[@istoleyoureyeliner10]

I loved hearing all the different way you say grass

[@datboi3106]

The number 7 is the strongest number, for it is capable of eating the number 9.

[@ButWhyGuy29]

7 my friend, I absolutely love this content ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@oldmanodin3521]

Awesome as usual!!💯

[@SackoBoss1]

this is exactly what i needed right now

[@jourcontre-jour1286]

None of this is useless! thank you for your work!

[@BakercalledGhost]

thank you for summing up the lore that i will never research but oh so surely want to know about

[@ffireball88]

Wouldn't the Bosmer still be able to make mead without violating the green pact since mead is only made with honey and water and last I checked honey isn't made from plants (unless you actually consider the bees gathering the nectar to make the honey as "made from plants)