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

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!
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:44 Animated Intro
00:01:04 World's Oldest Profession
00:04:30 Toilet & Sewers lore
00:09:26 Grass Lore
00:15:55 Alcohols Lore
00:33:12 Cheese Lore
00:42:24 Board, Dice & Card game lore
00:59:18 Sexuality on Tamriel Lore
01:25:41 STD Lore
01:29:32 Sports Lore
01:42:18 Beauty Standards Lore
02:03:05 Tree Lore
02:18:03 Sweetroll Lore
02:24:07 Fairy Tales & Fables lore
02:36:30 Education on Tamriel
02:43:37 University on Tamriel
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[@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!

[@metazone8699]

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.

[@dairydregone7146]

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

[@dekaw9138]

Ok Hermaeus Mora

[@aloofraccoon667]

Even more, it’s wisdom

[@2ethefirst318]

This really has been an Imperial Knowedge

[@geirwickstrm9162]

@@dekaw9138underrated comment

[@cciv8647]

Alhamdulilah

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@EJDubbz]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@wesleyfilms]

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

[@philippjansen7199]

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

[@jackbelmont4389]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@bunchacolors1501]

Nah, Mr. Christmas is right. Budweiser tastes like water

[@allanredhill8682]

depends if its the american or czech beer. The czech bud is great - the american tastes like dogwater

[@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).

[@Dapricott]

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

[@quixoticrealities5072]

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

[@Replica2901]

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

[@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 ❤❤❤

[@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?

[@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

[@beerye9331]

Yes...bring on that STD Lore!

[@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 ❤

[@claudianeedsahug6937]

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

[@R33fth3b33f]

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

[@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

[@nbmoleminer5051]

I'd really appreciate more of these compilations.

[@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.

[@rexavgvsta5671]

Thank you, for another great lore video 🎉❤

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@KaidaBoradin]

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

[@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.

[@fabianriojas6268]

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

[@fueldbyirony8126]

Something new and fresh to sleep to lore video wise

[@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.

[@mastergalaxy6630]

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

[@michaelfletcher6669]

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

[@Hughjass66454]

My favorite channel on YT

[@soupdemon9414]

im going to enjoy this like you dont have idea

[@AthenaHiotis]

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

[@solarflare3854]

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

[@youy5188]

I love these long video's :)

[@NotTheWheel]

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

[@Dagglestone]

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

[@zacharythomas8617]

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

[@nicholasbucicchia9599]

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

[@debmoats3188]

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

[@simoncollins69]

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

[@ColinoDeani]

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

[@oldmanodin3521]

Awesome as usual!!💯

[@azhuwauk9809]

Working the rest of my shift to this 😂🔥

[@SackoBoss1]

this is exactly what i needed right now

[@ryobtw-7091]

this is what i wanted on a monday evening

[@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

[@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.

[@jourcontre-jour1286]

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

[@MBP1918]

honestly quite incredible

[@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.

[@Flaskkorv]

Thank you for your services Mr. Christmas

[@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

[@Joseph-wh5of]

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

[@istoleyoureyeliner10]

I loved hearing all the different way you say grass

[@JoeEnderman]

Man, 7 hours of great content.

[@ButWhyGuy29]

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

[@fedepheeka]

I am so happy I found this video

[@NerdFromDenmark]

Eyy just in time for more dishes 😎

[@sophiec8330]

I thoroughly enjoyed the entire 3 hours

[@lemonke7156]

Nice something to listen to while I stock the shelves

[@Giffsen]

Now i know what I'll put to sleep tonight

[@Syloe_B]

7! Love it thanks for the knowledge

[@deepspace6144]

Can’t stand math for 10 minutes but this is peak is content

[@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

[@adamaewilson8392]

your lore videos are so well done!! 7 :3

[@timesthree5757]

7 Alot of this was stuff I didn't know and I have been playing since the Game came. Man I love the Elder Scrolls!

[@SableJ]

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

[@matthewsiepert7205]

This was a great video!

[@anderporascu5026]

Again, the stories and myths of our ancient world were creatively transported to a fantasy universe and asked the question of 'what if it was real?' while they echo our celts, Romans, Norman's, Arabs, medieval Asians in their fashion then wove their own stories around them. Damage my brain, more like tired me out with so much knowledge and speculation, you didn't hurt my brains😅

[@rova1637]

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

[@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)

[@CaptainGreenCoin]

I would love a video on The Infernal City

[@Senpai_Lily]

I always phrase Ulfric's fucky wucky as such; In terms of what benefits the Thalmor, the continuation of the civil war is preferred, a Stormcloak victory is the next-best thing, but only an Imperial victory doesn't benefit them at all.

[@Thos_Draken]

Some of the games you were talking about sound like games. Similar to risk other games that you use cards with that involve. Balls characters that you battle beth and boat one sounds similar to probably battleship I'm sure there are quite a plenty of variations that are probably making slight vague references too. That actually exists in my life

[@franciscospaghetti7969]

Awesome video, man. You covered all the interesting tidbits that nobody else on KZbin seems to.

[@Formoka]

7… I quite enjoyed this. It made for a good podcast as I played some modded minecraft.

[@crosssportsnetwork6621]

Awesome 👏

[@Lena_Hansen_Jonsson]

I don't know about other countries, but tarot (tarocchi) cards are used in Italy similarily to regular (French) deck. There are more cards though - instead of Jacks we have knights and pages.

[@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

[@Thos_Draken]

I'll tell you what saki tastes like vinegar. Very potent vinegar goes great with French fries. Presently, most people don't believe me, but I've tasted. It tastes like vinegar kind of like white vinegar. But that depends on the socket too. If you get it in that white bottle, it tastes like the taste like vinegar. It really does a little bit stronger, but it has a similar taste. And it is delicious, it leaves to me until you're roofing. Your mouth starts to burn like it would with actual vinegar. And then you start getting heartburn idegress

[@dekaw9138]

As as cheese lover and High Rock lover, I like to think the Bretons prefer the strongest cheddar imaginable, like England

[@TheAce152]

For the subject of the "swanstone" board game - the closest thing that comes to mind as to what it could represent is an Arabic board game known as "Mancala" - granted, this game uses multiple small stones as pieces rather than giant gems, but the boards seem to be the same.

[@UraduceIndieToylet]

7 I thoughly enjoi all long form videos and other such content, because i mostly listen while i work. So i dont have to re que or set up a play list. Plz make a long form video summarzing all eso dlc to present

[@DieLuftwaffel]

The swan game isn't a perfect match, but I could see it being played similarly to the ancient Egyptian game called Senet (which is actually a pretty fun game in my opinion). Like I said, not perfectly matching, but I could see a modified version with very similar rules being played on this.

[@CHENEYMANIA]

"A lil disclaimer, I have no idea about taroT cards" nooooooo i had no idea from your pronunciation of the silent t

[@rekadd]

i know what im listening to at work tomorrow

[@erdemkaraca419]

36:13 some stomach enzymes are used in cheese production perhaps it's the reson they made in that way

[@doddseman3]

Hermeaus mora- "hmm yes, interesting"