Elder Scrolls - History of the Septim Empire - Fantasy Lore DOCUMENTARY

[@WizardsandWarriors]

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[@pyeitme508]

Meh

[@ghostsstarwars1929]

Question can we see Star Wars again because it been awhile????

[@uamsnof]

A game where you can breed humanoid superbeings? Hot

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@uamsnof Legendary 😅

[@thalmoragent9344]

Amazing videos as always, maybe next will be a long video for all 3 Aldmeri Dominions?

[@samtheman9002]

I love how he speaks of this universe as if it's a matter of fact, it really makes it feel like it happened.

[@viderevero1338]

The animation helps too. Makes it feel historic.

[@robinburt5735]

I am pretty sure it is an advanced text-to-speech bot not a real person

[@hughgrection4901]

@@robinburt5735 He's a real person, his youtube channel is OfficiallyDevin

[@samuraigaming3042]

It did happen

[@Invai62]

Because it did happen

[@LeoWarrior14]

Writer of this series here! If there are any incorrect details in the lore represented, uh... something something C0da.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

Why did wizards and warriors state in the most recent elderscrolls video that it would be their last one their is so much more to cover the war of the red diamond and Cameron the usurper the formation of the skyrim empire and so much more to cover the I just don't understand why they would stop

[@dominikbradvica9406]

@@alfieingrouille1528 frankly, you are correct,same thing with The Witcher lore,sure they covered the major wars and battles in Witcher world but they can still make few videos that explore:religion,realms,creatures or economy of Witcher world. Just saying.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

@@dominikbradvica9406 also a interesting point to be made specifically about the witcher is they chose one of a few possible endings they could talk about alsorts things within said universe

[@abderrahimbenmoussa4359]

@@dominikbradvica9406 I think it is the same team that works on kings and generals so they focus where most viewers are I guess but I would definitely love to see more of skyrim and others here.

[@chris0000924]

Will their be an economic analysis of tamriel

[@Rayannaveed395]

Elder Scrolls I Arena 1:02:10 Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall 1:04:11 Elder Scrolls III Morrowind 1:05:31 Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion 1:08:50 Elder Scrolls V Skyrim 1:40:57

[@Srymak]

Elder Scrolls Adventures Redguard 31:24

[@danielpineda4704]

Elder Scrolls Legends 1:33:27

[@WhiteWolfKate99]

This is THE best video about Tamriel lore and history I've ever seen BY FAR. The narrator is absolutely amazing and sounds very professional, the writing is captivating yet authentic, and the visuals are so detailed - this whole video really feels like an actual documentary about a real historic era! I love everything about this, thank you guys for providing us this masterpiece!

[@cypriotfox8354]

Yeah I have been a fan of the kings and generals channel for years and never knew they had this channel for fantasy lore but in their style that they use for real world history on the main channel.

[@luukeksifrozenhillbillyeur3407]

21:30 This is exactly why I love Elder Scrolls lore. The history of Tamriel is to us by characters who lived in that world. Characters with their own beliefs and morals and and intepretations. Rather than give us the story through some wise elder or a history book of absolute canon, we have to gather the pieces from various, conflicting sources. This makes the world feel so much more alive, interesting and believable. Even if they are the roughest looking elves ever or giant lizards or cartoon vikings/romans.

[@FirstMetalHamster]

That is a good way to make the inconsistent/shitty writing look better than it really is, but it works.

[@nohbuddy1]

@@FirstMetalHamster Nah it's just like actual history we deal with which has biased and different perspectives

[@FirstMetalHamster]

@@nohbuddy1 possible, but in reality that's an excuse often used by lazy writers.

[@majeedmamah7457]

@@FirstMetalHamster there are 300 books in skyrim aline, its not lazy writing. There are consistent thoroughlines in the lore. The way they do it actually takes much more effort than having a single canon lore.

[@FirstMetalHamster]

@@majeedmamah7457 4 pages don't make a book.

[@MaxCartwright]

This is an insane level of quality, especially for a video of this length. Thank you!

[@otgunz]

Thank you.

[@lillifeless197]

The Septim Dynasty never fails to amuse me, simply because no one after Pelagius I is even related to him directly, Truly shows the unending love of Shor/Shezzar/Akatosh/Lorkhan has for Men, and for Tiber himself, that any Septim after his Grandson was able to light the Dragonfires. The dynasty started with a lying mortal man who was Three Pieces, but became One God, And it ended with a lying mortal man, who was Three Pieces, and became the One. FUCK I LOVE THIS SERIES.

[@somto5085]

8:30 - “In his effort to make love with a magic mountain, (the mad king) would expire…” That had me in stitches stated in such a matter of fact manner as you do - lol.

[@Blakiedoo]

this video is SO GOOD. it deserves so many views seriously. extremely well made, informational, and the animations were perfect. the problem with a lot of elder scrolls channels is the lack of diagrams to show the wars/history but you had the PERFECT diagram, and used it the whole time. good fuckin job guys!!

[@SoulDevoured]

It's sad to me that people keep pointing out inconsistencies in the map but those inconsistencies come from Bethesda themselves. They keep changing little details of both the world and the map. Which is fine from a gameplay standpoint... Extremely tough from a total lore standpoint.

[@majilliscath9739]

The way he pronounced "Chimer" made me want to commit the Black Sacrament

[@heronofalexandria91]

I like the Dragon Age lore if you are looking for another fantasy series. I love this channel as much as the main!

[@Darkdaej]

While the lore is quite interesting, I've come to the conclusion the only playable game in that series is Dragon Age: Origins and its expansion. DA2 is ridiculously tedious and repetitive and Inquisition has horrendous controls, forces you to craft and therefore hunt for ingredients for hours upon hours...and makes your party members rather useless potion-guzzlers unless you micromanage them - the tactics options are massively streamlined. Origins was Baldur's Gate's successor. I'm saddened to see how "mainstream" this series has become.

[@TheModmc]

@@Darkdaej wouldnt rly call it mainstream, cause even complex games can sell. its just simplified, for what reasons idk. but bioware has a hard time surviving thx to it.

[@Darkdaej]

@@TheModmc My guess is "Pressure from EA" Origins probably didn't sell as well as EA would have liked due to it catering to the cRPG fans. Despite a modern interface, for a 2007 game it remains daunting for the gaming casuals...and that was the point. DA2 was obviously made for the "hardcore gamer" and it suffered for it. DA:I seems to have been an effort to go back to the principles of Origins while being whipped by EA for "popular" features. *Whipcrack* It's 2014, crafting is all the rage, put that in the game! Hardcore gamers don't want to perform complicated sidequests and EARN their loot anymore! *Whipcrack* We need multiplayer to generate microtransactions! *Whipcrack* make the Qunari less dogmatic, they aren't personable! EDIT: Seriously, the Sten from Origins...who's supposed to be the Arishok at this point IIRC would have slain Iron Bull on the spot for his blatant disregard of the Qun...and would never have allowed a trans into his people. The man couldn't even understand the concept of Leliana being a woman and being a warrior at the same time. Seriously I'm not surprised Bioware lost most of their original talent team at this point.

[@heronofalexandria91]

@@Darkdaej exactly! Dragon Age: Origin’s is the only playable one. I played through it so many times I must have put 500 hours in it 😂

[@reffa2858]

DA lore is spot on. The Magisters, The Golden City, The Maker is all alluring.

[@1998topornik]

The amount of effort put into these documentaries is jawdropping.

[@eduardowollants820]

Love the video. Finally I can show my friends why I always support the Empire and not the Stormcloaks.

[@what-oy8il]

The empire dies with the end of the septims. Only the the worship of tiber septim kept it united. Stormcloaks are more loyalist to the old empire than the imperials

[@Jonas_æ]

Out of one hour and forty-three minutes, only a couple minutes are related to the civil war. What exactly is the overbearing reason(s) for supporting one over the other?

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

@@what-oy8ilI’m assuming you know why the empire had to forbid the worship of talos? It certainly wasn’t by choice.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

@@Jonas_æHonestly the leader of the stormcloaks is a racist, evil, arrogant a$$ with no actual plans to accomplish anything and he wouldn’t accomplish anything at all including escape his execution if not for the ridiculously broken overpowered dragon born joining his side, single handedly winning the civil war and essentially handing the rest of The Empire over to the thalmor, not immediately but it guarantees the fall. The Empire has problems but it is the greatest political organization and the only truly capable faction of dealing with the thalmor and every other threat, so long as it remains unified. All it takes is a single playthrough as the stormcloaks to realize you were played for an absolute fool by a man who is the king of fools. Not to mention he betrays his people on several occasions and forces you to kill a man that offered you sanctuary when your path began. You kill almost as many citizens of Skyrim as you do Imperials. He’s just a fking idiot, not to mention he is waging this pointless civil war while dozens of muddafkin dragons avail the countryside. He is selfish af and cares nothing for the people of skyrim only himself. Honestly imo dude is unforgivably selfish and like actually evil.

[@snafu9938]

This might be the nerdiest channel I’ve ever seen. It’s glorious.

[@kingmenelaus7083]

There are so many other wars and events in Elder Scrolls history, I'd love if you guys would make even more videos on other events than the main story, like the Ra Gada, for example

[@targetthetank]

Sorry for the late response, but I think that is the actual problem Bethesda has with the property. All the other races backstory is roughly flushed out in mythos, except for the Redguards. It may be why the next Elder Scrolls is going to be set in Hammerfel. Doesn't mean there isn't interesting stuff, like Vivec (god) was slain by the Yokudan King and his sword strike is what sank Yokuda. That it was over Vivec's kids that he had with Yokudans. Even with that rich info, you have to do a lot of searching to find out how Vivec came back to life and realize that's why he has two origin stories. One being born mortal and one being born a god. If someone doesn't know (cause it isn't easy to put together) it's hard to make a vid for. Even with that there isn't an origin story, just that the Yokudans have been in universe, and all I can have is a theory it is possibly longer than the Altmer, and Nocturna knows this (and Hema Mora hasn't figured it out yet). Sadly though you can't make those summizings the basis of factual vids, and that is about all anyone can do at this point until the canon is written.

[@timyuusis3372]

The issue is that for the mass majority other than "this war happened" theres nothing written about them.

[@targetthetank]

@@timyuusis3372 I wouldn't say nothing, but pretty close. It is all outside in except for Sai Sahan and lore books here and there. A few stories on the first activation of a few people's blades, culling the blue goblins (bet Malacath is real happy about that one), and what Vivec wrote of his stay there. Vivec's thievery even shows up in his title as Warrior-Poet since one of the things Redguards are supposed to be good at is the physical arts. Redguard bards (can't remember what they are called) are supposed to be all over. The pantheon is all flushed out, but it would suggest that Redguards are not from this iteration of the universe as a whole. That Tall Papa actually is the reason they are here now. Crowns believe Tall Papa is Manus (Imperial insertion), but Forebears do not. Since there was an entire game dedicated to Redguards there is a lot more lore than people might think. It is a official side TES game, but most people don't know it is there.

[@Infinicat]

That is actually an excellent point. This is just the "brief overview" of Tamriel's history. There are countless stories, tales, battles, kingdoms and rags to riches stories and guilds and factions and insert extra item here that you can delve nearly as deep into within this overview lol.

[@michaelbraun9999]

Holy shit! Kings and Generals now does TES lore. This is literally the best video (after the cat vibing to ievan polka) I have seen. Great work, keep it up!

[@paulquinones7193]

I am so, SO happy this page exists! I’ve been a Kings and Generals fan for a few years now and have always loved your diction. Now we get fantasy lore? I can’t get enough! Thank you for being awesome!

[@Falkriim]

I’m a big Elder Scrolls fan, and I love the K&G channel, so seeing something based on Tamriel in your style is awesome

[@bandolando3265]

how tf did i not know about wizards and warriors, and they still got my boy offyD from kings and generals here too! i love it.

[@jacobhof]

Please keep working on these Elder Scrolls videos! KZbin isn't properly recommending/promoting these videos. I should have been made aware of this series month's ago. They're great! Awesome work!

[@8Smoker8]

Great video, very nice maps and graphics and lots of details I still didn't know!

[@Luinedhel]

Amazing as always. Elder Scrolls + Wizards & Warriors= Best possible combination.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

Correct it's a shame they haven't made more elder scrolls vids their is so much more to cover

[@viderevero1338]

@@alfieingrouille1528 Endless content. It’s like a video breeder.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

@@viderevero1338 ?

[@JustPlayingTheClassics]

I love this video so much, I could just watch/listen to it on repeat. Everything about it is absolutely perfect, one of my favorite videos of all time. If only it was 10 hours long! 😂

[@ezequielmorales4221]

Daedric warrior: You cities will burn and fall! Argonians: KAWABUNGA IT IS.

[@brooksdemontluzin4598]

Is anybody else wishing there was an Elder Scrolls total war game?! Like it would be amazing!

[@vikinginger1889]

This series.....it's amazing. Second time watching this. Initially watched it in pieces when released, now the grand culmination. Gosh. I cannot express how wonderfully made and presented this is. Stupendous.

[@amampathak]

I cannot believe how much effort has been put into this video, thank you so so much for making this guys!

[@sowietdoge6259]

1:12:53 I think you mean the White-Gold Tower in Cyrodiil, not High Rock. Also, there are a couple of pronunciation mistakes. Great video nonetheless! With almost a 2 hour long video, a few mistakes will always slip through the cracks. Keep up the great work!

[@thalmoragent9344]

Surprisingly, they've been making that mistake consistently. Not sure if they know about the Adamantine Tower...

[@viderevero1338]

@@thalmoragent9344 Might be getting them mixed up.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@viderevero1338 Yeah, probably. Still, when they did the Great War video, they mentioned the "Imperial Palace was burned, the White-Gold Temple was looted, and all manner of atrocities were committed by the vengeful Elves on the innocent populous" So I mean, they HAVE to know which tower they were looting, no?

[@kekero540]

People seem to forget that 4/5 mainline games take place in almost direct series of each other and in almost all of them you are hinted at or states as being an agent of Uriel Septim

[@angryman132]

We are the will of the gods

[@mattgrandich3977]

As a newbie to Elder Scrolls lore, a massive compilation like this is much appreciated.

[@savagetilley2782]

Ive been subbed to kings and generals for years. I never knewthis channel existed until tonight. Wow! Ive played Morrowind when it came out years ago. And i always had skyrim. So literally in 2024 i started grinding and trying to beat it for the first time. My favorite book in the entire game is the wolf queen series. I want to play around those characters so bad! Ugh! The hulking vokkhen on those books is my favorite character! (Sorry if mispelled) Also. I wish in Skyrim. Instead of ending Potema's attemptes resurrection. I wish we could of brought her back and put her on the thrown! So good. So very good!

[@albertosr173]

"It is my sleepover, I get to choose the movie" *Starts the video*

[@vivecald-vehk6978]

I have forgotten this time-honoured tradition, but now... press F for my friends

[@mercator79]

Amazing how time and time again the unnamed hero is either in prison or about to have their head removed...

[@kaysaraunestelle1048]

I really like the history reference from our universe, just like the carthage one.

[@MrOraas]

Oblivion gate opens and everyone runs away of fright, the bipedal reptiles? Charge headlong into the gates! I've always liked playing em!

[@parafitality2730]

This deserves many many more views, thank you so much!

[@Dan19870]

What do a rebel Jarl, one of his subordinates, a horse thief and a random person illegally crossing the boarder have in common? All fair game for the headsman.

[@elderscrollsswimmer4833]

One of the reasons I tend to side with the StormCloaks. The Redguards already left, so did the Argonians (if they ever really were part of the Empire), The Khajiit after that Moon fiasco (Either the elves lied or they caused the moons to disappear too) joined the Thalmor cause... The Empire has already lost. Nords are better off fighting for Skyrim than spread out into other realms where they don't have the kind of familiarity with the environment they have in Skyrim. So there's East-Skyrim on Storm-cloak side, West-Skyrim on Empire-side and one neutral Jarldom in the middle. You, the Dragonborn, decide which side wins; you can become Thane in all nine realms, slay or dominate the Dark Brotherhood; become the Leader of the mages, warriors and thieves... Never mind if they call their professional society a guild or not. And just how do they manage to put it into the history books later and have ALL your choices in the game be true? (Well, DB is likely a matter of rumors, and you kill Astrid in either path anyway.) But how could they not have clear record about which side of the Civil War won? Will they be called DragonBornside vs. others or something?

[@ProfessorDextive]

Good quality, accurate, long time fan. Only complaint is the pronunciation of some words/names like Chimer

[@tinnmyskyewalker9264]

5:53 or was it Akatosh? There are some theories it was actually Lorkhan who contacted her but in order not to ruin relations with certain groups (elves) she lied about it being Akatosh to keep them happy

[@quinnmichaelson6793]

Cool vid, some notes to add: while argonians seceded and khajit bowed to thalmor, orcs and dark elves were both still part of the empire. The empire intervened a bit when orsinium was sacked by some bretons and redguards, and skyrim took in a ton of dunmer refugees as well as granted them solstheim. The thalmor helped incite argonian invasions of morrowind, so there's 0 chance of dunmer ever supporting thalmor or tolerating further rise, even if they have strained relations with humans

[@olliegueret2963]

Like a General from a state called Carthage in another Universe!!! Second Punic War! Love it!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@YABBAHEY1]

"A loyal Imperial citizen would know that. Perhaps there's something you wish to confess ?" (Remains silent) (Silent w/a very large anticipatory sword waving in the air)

[@SkyFly19853]

I thought they weren't going to make another video on this lore... But... I am glad they did!

[@facepunchgaming4134]

They didn't make another video they just combined them all into one.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

@@facepunchgaming4134 sadly true

[@SkyFly19853]

@@facepunchgaming4134 I realized that later... At least, better than nothing... 🤔

[@mustlovedragons8047]

8:15 Humans.... Just humans, man. They will mate with anything. ABSOLUTLY! ANYTHING! This is why fantasy (and SF) have so many half-humans. Only dragons are just as thirsty.

[@targetthetank]

Lol, may a throw a wrench in the works. It was the Elves that mated with the humans. Not the other way around, lol. The Elves will mate with anyone and anything in this universe. Side note Vivec, after becoming a god, went to Yokuda and had children with Yokudans. Not sure if he impregnated or got impregnated or both, but his kids are why Yokuda got sank. This is due to the king killing him with a special sword strike, because Vivec's kids went out of control and Vivec wouldn't stop them. So not only the Altmer, but also the Chimer (and whatever the other half of Vivec is, can't remember at the moment) were spreading their seed around. Elves, they can't keep it in their pants, the Bosmer just embraced it as a culture.

[@LibbyratorWB]

I just realized this channel does elderscrolls lemme grab my popcorn

[@-gasp-Ogbert]

The video is top quality, and amazing. The pronunciations could use some work though

[@lukasp5892]

Watching this makes you forget Tamriel isn’t a real place.. well done indeed

[@SageofIrrelevance]

Will you be covering the battles of non-western works? Such as the Fourth Shinobi World War from Naruto, or the Raid on Onigashima from One Piece.

[@LeviathanSpeaks1469]

Absolutely loved this series! ❤️‍🔥 Will you ever do a video with the Orsimer featured in it? You kind of left them out talking about the birth of each Elven race and the Redguard settlement of Hammerfell (they, Goblins, and native Nedes were the “natives” that they fought).

[@Zyzyx442]

This is one of my favorite movies 💖

[@squarepiggy3792]

This was an amazing, succinct video and I love your voice! I felt like I was attending a lecture from a scholar in Cyrodil lol. The background music was also on point

[@lewys9204]

I really enjoyed this 😅 kept coming back to it. It's taken 3x days to get through though. Just my situation through the week.

[@ObiJohnKenobi67]

3:16 Ayleids were called Heartland High Elves. Wild Elves is the name of the remnants of their race who fled across Tamriel after the Alessian Slave Rebellion. Besides that great video.

[@supersll9708]

Honestly great video. It is so good it made me buy Skyrim!

[@therealkevinortiz8823]

Great video. Unlike other videos were I can just listen too. Ur made something I can actually watch n be interested in

[@bitspokes496]

Ur? Dagoth Ur? Progenitor of the Sixth House? Lord of Dreams? By Azura!

[@HamanKarn567]

They should do a video of the in game book Mixed Unit Tactics. It's like a perfect video for their style explaining the battle and tactics from the pov of an imperial at the nearby garrison.

[@CMacK1294]

You know, I've been watching Kings and Generals stuff at random for a while. Had no idea this channel existed. Time to consume content.

[@Hatypus]

Some weird map inconsistencies, and pronunciations I personally find out, but otherwise fantastic video. EDIT: Okay, having finished the whole thing, a couple more criticisms stand. Some of the map problems get a bit more glaring later on, and then there's a couple of large things. For example the son, daughter and grandson of Uriel V spent much of their reigns breaking the power of the imperial council which had grown due to Uriel Vs constant campaigns and thanks to his early death his son Uriel VI was a child and thus the Imperial Council had decades to increase power to their own profits. Then the whole thing regarding the Thalmor defeating the Daedra in Alinor is oft said and implied to be a mixture of lies and exaggeration, they even smeared the reputation of at least one Altmer seer-mage hero who saved many of his people after the collapse of the Crystal Tower, and when this seer-mage, Rynandor, attempted to flee due to the Thalmor attacking his reputation and deeds, they assassinated him.

[@samflood5631]

That was a great RPG historical lesson on the Septim Dynasty. What other RPG, Sci Fi, Fantasy and Fictional franchises are you going to do lore video ons? Fire Emblem Awakening Fire Emblem Three Houses Dungeons and Dragons Divinity Original Sin Dragon's Dogma Final Fantasy 7/8/9/10/12/13/15/16 Tales of Symphonia/Abyss/Grace/Vesperia/Xillia/Zesteria/Berseria/Arise Legend of Dragoon Jak and Daxter Harry Potter Naruto Attack on Titan Avatar

[@FrostyMourne92]

I love those long videos thanks for your work!

[@Pheonixan33]

It's widely known that the An-Xileel sacked the former capital of Mournhold and even ventured as far as Telvanni lands before being pushed back by the combined efforts of Redoran and Telvanni forces. It's almost a certainty they held southern Deshaan and everything south of Vvardenfell. They pretty much drove Dres and Hlaalu into extinction as those were the houses occupying these lands, and House indoril was reduced to a mere caste of priests as stated in the Reclamations. Blacklight is now the capital also, however Redoran managed to reclaim almost all of that land and now only have clashes near the southern border.

[@rumo893]

How can the High Elves be the „closest descendants“? Aren’t they all the same amount of time and Generations away? I‘d say they‘re the *self-professed* closest to the Aldmer.

[@ryansaintz2575]

Bosmer and dark elves both changed their cultures and even bodies to confirm to their surroundings. The altmer are the closest culturally and likeness.

[@Noctuam734]

They're similar in culture and appareance, or so they say.

[@sersie]

Just want to say I LOVE this video. Been spending a ton of time in Elder Scrolls lore prepping run a pen and paper game in the world. :) The origins of all the races and the creation myths also are very cool, though of course all the lore has to be taken with some large grains of salt as even the in game books and such contradict themselves. That said, there are tidbits of things from the making of Nirn to the current Elder Scrolls timelines that play into why all the groups behave the way they do and what drives their motivations. Ultimately the Altmer want to get back to being Aedra and in general are uncomfortable with the mortal world, and so all they do sees to feed into that concept. It all goes back to when the Et'Ada/Aedra who were tricked into using their power by Lorkhan to create Nirn were done, some stayed on Nirn to continue to create (like Y'ffre establishing a natural realm and building the "worlds bones"). These remainders of Et'Ada were the Ehlonfey, and they were of two camps...the Old Ehlnofey, which stayed closer to the ways of their Et'Ada/Aedra ancestors (their descendants are the Mer), and the Wandering Ehlnofey, who spread all over Nirn (their descendants are all Men like the Yokudans and the Atmorans/Nedes/Nords). The Old Ehlnofey were just as bigoted as the Altmer typically are represented, so they rejected the Wandering Ehlnofey when they asked to return home to Aldmeris (AKA "heaven" or maybe more like a Garden of Eden) and eventually they fought in a war, which reshaped the world into the Nirn we know and love, but as a result of the war they all were effectively "cast out of paradise" and so there was the exodus from Almderis to what would become known Summerset by the Aldmer...and I guess the same time the Yokudans and Atmorrans settle in their lands West and North of Tamriel). Then that leads to the diaspora of the Aldmer up into Tamriel and the subsequent Elven sub-sets (Chimer/Dunmer, Altmer, Dwemer, etc. and also the Direnni Elves and Ayleids etc). So the Old Ehnlofey ancestors of the Mer, who thought the Wandering Ehlnofey ancesters of Man were lesser versions and mongrels of what was left of the Et'Ada...sort of translates down into how Altmer see all of the other races, probably even other Mer, as lesser and farther from the source. The Maomer Sea Elves actually claim to be even more "pure" than the Altmer, and so the seeds for that conflict go all the way to the beginning of the Merethic Era. It all ends up boiling down to whose story is in the history books in the end. Are the Old Ehlnofey closer to the Aedra source than the Wandering Ehlnofey, who traveled and spread their seed so to speak? If so, then yes Altmer could be considered closer, but they were all born of Ehlnofey of some kind, so they are probably a lot closer than the Altmer would prefer to admit. One thing that confounds things a bit is Elves do live longer (several hundred years up to possibly 1000) than any of the groups of Men. So there effectively has been less generations of Mer since the loss of Aldmeris, and that may be part of why they claim what they do. Since it 6,950 years from then end of the Dawn Era, when the Merethic (or Elven) Era began, to when Skyrim starts in the 4th Era, there would be about 14 generations of Elves (assuming 500 years) and 87 generations of Men (assuming 80 years old).

[@targetthetank]

@@sersie hey, question for you. As far as I have seen there is no origin story for Yokudans. Have you come across any?

[@logancarlile8895]

No, high elves live longer but they are also the “closest” culturally and physically

[@andrewbacon4001]

Great video!

[@cheecheneg]

"In his efforts to make love to a magic mountain" bro 😂

[@dizehjvegnomis]

hey this was an excellent historical breakdown, other than some pronounciation gaffes...i love the work y'all do, be it real history or fantasy. it's funny how real the elder scrolls lore seems...

[@owenhinton439]

The narration and the animation in these videos is so good, really appreciate this channel.

[@otgunz]

Thank you.

[@whooll]

Wait! I thought you said the previous episode on TES was going to be the final installment!? O.o Gods be praised it was not so! Thank you! :D

[@DaphnieSparks]

It's very nice to hear Chimer pronounced correctly.

[@jeambeam3173]

This makes the wait for Elder Kings 2 so much more painful

[@calcifiedinnerbaldur]

Ulfric didn't "assassinate" Toryg. He beat him in a duel.

[@DragonRoost1]

Exactly. That's a bit of a glaring misinformation error there stating Toryg died in any other way then a duel.

[@calcifiedinnerbaldur]

I really don't get how anyone can be an empire supporter, generally speaking. Firstly, people conflate the old Septim empire with the current Mede empire as if they're exactly the same, just continuation. But, they're fundamentally different empire because 1) No dragonborn emperor & 2) they banned the worship of Talos. Stormcloaks are 100% in their rights to demand independence since they literally religiously cannot allow the banning of Talos, it's the crux of their culture.@@DragonRoost1

[@NotSoSerious69420]

@@calcifiedinnerbaldurstorm cloaks are morons. They need the help of the Dragonborn to win the war what’re they gonna do when the elves come back? The only hope for mankind to not get completely decimated is to be strong together. It’s infinitely better to temporarily ban Talos worship then to have no one left to worship him in the future because the elves annihilate most of the men on the continent. It’s also entirely dependent on the actions of the dragon born. I however imagine the only way for human kind to endure long term as anything but full stop slaves is for them to come together as a United empire and overcome the elves in some fashion. Divided they absolutely stand no chance and to think otherwise is abit delusional.

[@rufusshinra9124]

This is fantastic, thank you so much, I love the Elder Scrolls lore and you have done a great jobs creating this video!

[@Infinicat]

If J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the most detailed fiction novel series of all time, then I'd say the creators of the Elder Scrolls wrote the most detailed video game lore of all time. Like sit here and watch this and consider that the first half of this is mostly just background flavor text found in books in the games, and then the second half of the video is pretty much all of the events that take place in the actual games. You would be hard pressed to find too many other video games with that level of deepness. I mean you got a few in the ballpark - Assassin's Creed, Halo, maybe a handful of other fairly deep and complex RPG worlds that have also existed for decades, but Elder Scrolls still dwarfs many of those universes in terms of actual fully detailed lengthy history and actual detailed descriptions of the various tribes and peoples that inhabited the areas around Tamriel. And ALL of that doesn't even include the spice on top which is that many characters in the "history" of Tamriel are authors themselves and also penned their own deep fictions. So you have a layer of complex fiction that you can read in these games, and come back out of those books and you find yourself still in a fictional world with fictional history, and then come back out of that when you're done playing into the real world. Now THAT is deep lol.

[@domusavires19]

Lol too bad the games hardly ever do the lore justice, the level of detail and scale that would be needed is astronomical. The only things I see that come close are fan mods like Beyond Skyrim or Tamriel rebuilt.

[@Infinicat]

@@domusavires19 yeah technical limitations are always going to get in the way unfortunately. Still though the sheer depth of the lore is bewildering

[@Harthorn]

As much as I like ES, I'd say forgotten realms setting has more detailed lore.

[@blacksabre5343]

Yes this will go nicely in my work playlist. Thank you!

[@WolfHound911]

AWESOME!!!!!! Great video, appreciate your work! "subbed" 🍻

[@TheMetalHeadbangger]

man this was good

[@bornofmaya92]

1:12:55 White Gold Tower is in the Imperial City, not High Rock

[@tomaslane6018]

Love these videos!

[@jasonlopez8499]

can you guys make more elder scrolls videos please

[@nickoliedanielson]

Just found this channel. I'm going to be up all night.

[@jaykubisanidiot8657]

SeptiMania is gonna run Wild on the Snakemen! Lol minor typo on the Akavir map but SeptiMania and Uriel MachoMan Septum love the support Brother!

[@PanchoTheSneaky]

Another great series! But where are the Orcs (or Orsimer) in all of this? Aren't they a big enough deal to be mentioned in a series like this since they are a playable faction? Where (or what) is Orsinium?

[@FriezaReturns00001]

Alright I think I get it now, essentially the Thalmor have been waiting for this opportunity to strike back at Cyrodil territory but couldn't do do with Talos around and have been building up their armies and binding their time during the points of lease resistancec by the Septim empire since then. Guess best form of retaliation was to hit them when onmass civil war was at its highest? This is similar to Unreal Tournament 3's story, yes less well known but even so, the Necris striked Earth when they didn't expect it during the skirmishes across Earth's downtime -- a rather difficult to pull off but yet viable surprise attack where any forms of retaliation are either difficult due to the numbers you'd face in attrition or like with TES; a response only nets minor counter victories in the form of a retreat. That sucks @Wizards and Warriors, since they (Thalmor) got 50% of what they wanted from the prior deal, do you think eventually TEST 6 will address this situation with like a status update with the Cyrodil territories, another retaliation from the Thalmor and the Talos ban? AFAIK Skyrim didn't appreciate the Talos ban but at the same time core Cyrodil couldn't drive the Thalmor out permanently due to the numbers of conflicts happening back and forth and in-between internal civil wars so we don't know what the status of central Cyrodil is right now other than not at full strength but like reduced half strength.

[@LordMortanius]

When Talos (Tibby Septim I assume, not the deity) was around, he still needed the Numidium to crack Alinor (and tested it on Rimmen), no doubt causing long-lasting resentment among people who didn't appreciate a WMD being dropped on them by a warlord. The Septim Empire itself was a house on stilts with periods of stability and open warfare and an incapability to police its vassals, and when Dagon kicked the whole thing over, the Thalmor usurped the Alinor royal family after the fall of Crystal-like-Law. The Mede Empire is sadly reaping the Septim whirlwind. Dominion lands were untouched during the War, and even Hammerfell had to endure 5 years until they signed a treaty. The entire problem now is that Men are in disarray and that there's historically been bad blood between Skyrim and its neighbours.

[@jeremynegrette5726]

For a Elder scrolls video I've got to say it's like watching epic history all over again

[@Lulu-ut9pv]

I listened to this at work Love it

[@henkwilliemadriannusvander1955]

Excellent presentation. Tyvm W&W

[@celticfrost86]

Great video about the lore of elder scrolls. Perhaps you can also do one for the book "The Infernal City", story which happens after the Oblivion Crisis. That could be cool

[@jellymop]

I recognize this voice. You’re the Kings and Generals guy right? Mind 💥. Subscreebed

[@svenrio8521]

Love it absolutely fantastic

[@thalmoragent9344]

And now for all 3 Aldmeri Dominions, in one video. 👍🏾🤷🏿

[@mybedissoft]

just a small tidbit, the Altmer first landed in what is now called 'Firsthold' in Summerset and they spread to Alinor afterward. But also to note, if the "Tamriel is Aldmeris" theory is true than the Altmer were the first inhabitants of Tamriel or the 'Ehlnofey' as they were I suppose.

[@warlordnathugar3618]

You know the dumbest part of the Great War is the lack of naval battles. The entire time Cyrodiil was under attack, the Emperor could have sent ships from the imperial city, or other provinces, to lay siege to the Summerset Isles. Cut the head of the snake, and the body shall fall and all that, which is the philosophy the Thalmor took when attacking the capital.

[@LordMortanius]

....Yeah, the problem is that a naval battle overwhelmingly favors the Dominion, not the Empire.

[@GuardianShad]

You realise the Dominion is known for its *superior* navy, right?

[@gustafzetterstrom570]

Fantastic! Fi ally I understand the elder scrolls.

[@fezii9043]

Uriel V (the akaviri invasion one) was supposed to return from Akavir and be the original villain for ESV: Skyrim

[@TheJesterInYellow]

You somehow managed to mispronounce almost every single name in this video. Nevertheless, good video! Very impressed with the visuals.

[@JustanOlGuy]

So Good. Thanks.

[@nestaron4064]

I can't wait for the next Elder Scrolls game!

[@tystroyer7604]

Awesome animation

[@otgunz]

Thank you.

[@kingtoad2234]

5:41 owned

[@reactivereactiontobeatsbar7816]

Wolf queen is Uriel septims sister, why she was almost made empress of all Tamerial but because of her necromancy background they wouldn't allow it she barely got control of solitude and Skyrim, that's only thing I say you got wrong on here bro other then that pretty spot on

[@gm2407]

Always thought it was weird that Tiber Septim was dragonborn and so was everyone in his dynasty. Mainly because after the assassination of his grandson the line goes from Tibers' hitherto unnamed brother with no indication of any descent directly from him. See the brief history of the Empire vol 1.