Exploring Elder Scrolls: Dragons

[@TheExploringSeries]

It's been brought to my attention that I misread Mysterious Akavir, and it was actually the snake people of Akavir that attempted to eat the dragons, causing them to go to war with the cat people. I think I just really liked the idea of a bunch of cats eating dragons :/

[@merrittanimation7721]

TheExploringSeries Don't we all?

[@JCResDoc94]

this is a rad entry

[@zionthedragon8866]

The Exploring Series Um, the SNAKE people ate them, not the CAT people. Also, what about the female Dovah who fix dragon breaks?

[@Shadowmarktiger]

Is any chance you could do a video about the dragonborn?

[@wishbone346]

So even the mighty dragons bow before the horror of the cliff racers.

[@40mm-Grenade]

It's ok, Saint Jiub wiped the Cliff Racers out. Fully extinct now.

[@noahdaglio9362]

Domination is the nature of a Dov'

[@CalamityDiamond]

Is it better to be born good; or overcome your evil nature through great effort?

[@HueghMungus]

So it is in their nature, I just think it's sad that they cannot coexist with mortals :( would be cool to have a dragon companion, as supposed to Lydia or any other. So sad man :(

[@zionthedragon8866]

Alvin Cast um, you do get summon dragon companions, also, he said in his vid that SOME DRAGONS ARE GOOD, plus, there was gonna be more if alduin ate the world this time, and akatoshi was gonna get replaced by a REAL new dragon god, who was nor good or evil, but in favor of balance.

[@wiseferret4745]

@@zionthedragon8866 Popular theory suggests that god is Jyggalag.

[@zionthedragon8866]

@@wiseferret4745 ??? There is more then one good in elderscrolls, you know?

[@davidemaiocchi4264]

The snake people eat the red dragons and forced The black to escape to Tamriel read “Mysterious Akavir”

[@tartatovsky]

*Mysterious

[@zionthedragon8866]

DAVIDE MAIOCCHI that's Not true, there are only FOUR black ones, and plus, Odahviing is RED, so, that book is WRONG.

[@araposkulo]

"A race of Cat people attempted to eat the Dragons forcing them to flee to Tamriel." So the solution to Alduin and the dragon incursion were the Khajiit?

[@xenos12500]

It was actually the Tsaesci, the vampiric snake-men, who ate the dragons. "Ka Po' Tun is the "Tiger-Dragon's Empire". The cat-folk here are ruled by the divine Tosh Raka, the Tiger-Dragon. They are now a very great empire, stronger than Tsaesci (though not at sea). After the Serpent-Folk ate all the Men, they tried to eat all the Dragons. They managed to enslave the Red Dragons, but the black ones had fled to (then) Po Tun. A great war was raged, which left both the cats and the snakes weak, and the Dragons all dead. Since that time the cat-folk have tried to become the Dragons. Tosh Raka is the first to succeed. He is the largest Dragon in the world, orange and black, and he has very many new ideas." -Mysterious Akavir

[@jakejohnson1141]

Yeah but Tosh Raka isn't the most powerful dragon.

[@xenos12500]

I.. Don't really see how that matters in this discussion.

[@Darkbloom006]

Tired...hungry...itchy...these are the things that describe me after work. And in the book of me, we shall discuss the reasons why.

[@Sion4000]

Kye Bloom Yeah the three random words he likes to say before introducing the subject of the video get really obnoxious.

[@stoniecad7805]

Sion4000 that's my favorite part

[@Smile-wd6rz]

Only a true Resident Evil fan would've rembered that.

[@geoffreyprecht2410]

Daar tey los aan rinik pruzah sod, thuri! Nuz hi ni tinvaak do fin zulsedov. I'm disappointed that you didn't mention more about the language of the dragons. Not just the Thu'um, but the actual language, like Paarthurnax speaks. It's an integral part of who they are as a race, and it proves that they are more than just the beasts that they're portrayed as throughout much of the Elder Scrolls series. Also, I took the time to learn the language, and I want to feel validated for that. There's so much more to dragons than you described here. They're my favorite part of the Elder Scrolls universe, not because they're dragons, but because their philosophy, mannerisms, and culture so perfectly reflect what they are intended to represent. A Dovah is the very essence of power. Still, this is a good video, and it covers the history of the Dov better than most summaries I've seen before. This channel never disappoints!

[@danielrogers7378]

PSA: wyverns only exist from folklore from England, Scotland and Ireland. In most other European countries, including Norse which Skyrim is based on, there is no distinction between Wyverns and Dragons and they are all just dragons. Which means by those standards 2 legs=dragon.

[@KoriMasho]

Also, in most lore, a wyvern is just a sub-species of...Dragons. So they're still dragons anyway, even by that standard.

[@zionthedragon8866]

Daniel Rogers also, dragons only existed in french & welsh folklore, and in other countries, there where no dragons, they where either called something else, or just a monstrous beast, and seeing that England stole this, it's ok for others to call things what they want. Traditions and certain respects and views of cultures change. Plus, it's the dev's game, so they can call it what they want, I mean, even though it's based on norse, the dwarfs are NOTHING like the norse dwarfs.

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

But Nordic lore isn’t the penultimate source in Nirn.

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

KoriMasho Sub-species and part dragon, but also weaker and less cool.

[@zionthedragon8866]

@@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange yes, i know they take the form of wyverns, but seeing how society is and their mythical status, and the fact no cares anout anything anymore except being "(*cough* forcefully *cough*) diverse, what makes you think people will actually care about lore, religion, and respect anymore? I am not saying this to be rude, but enforming you why people call what they want dragons. Yeah, I can see the frustration, but you got to understand, people just don't care barely about anything anymore, sad as it is.

[@Taking.it.Easy.17]

Children of akatosh

[@Fuegoaries]

Aight it was said that only the dragon born could truly kill a dragon and defeat alduin perhaps. In which they absorb the souls of dragons, so how they were driven to extinction if they really can't die without their souls being absorbed? they can seemingly come back.

[@generaluser5378]

Perhaps one of the ways Parthunax aided the mortals during the Dragon War was to absorb the souls of defeated Dragons. Alternatively, perhaps the dragon tombs from which Alduin raises the dragons are magical in nature and prevent any dragon buried therein from reforming without outside help.

[@acrustykrab]

Think of it like Sauron and the Ring, except for Dragons, their Ring is their soul. So can be defeated to some extent I guess. Needs some power to reawaken.

[@brosephnoonan223]

RLX8 X XLR8 Reminder that the Dragon Hunts were led by the Akavir and Tiber Septim, a Dragon Born.

[@C00kiesAplenty]

RLX8 X XLR8 Because they need to be resurrected by another dragon, they can't do it themselves. So if you kill all the dragons in an area, and prevent others from entering, then the dragons will stay dead.

[@Fuegoaries]

+Jessup Nutter-Ogden I see wouldn't that mean their not immortal by body but just by soul like their soul can't die unless by dragon born. that would mean their not immortal at all as souls are sometimes in most cases souls are immortal anyways. Dragons would just be a race that can manipulate this aspect or it's in their nature like their soul is bound to da world so they can't die in the sense of destroying the soul. As souls are naturally supposed to be like immortal as it can pass onto heaven and cetera.

[@BiffroHarley]

Love your videos mate, keep creating awesome content.

[@jackiesantos2121]

I finished dragon types of the Ellis River Basalt the wyvern yeah the most popular dragon type of all time

[@martijnvanweele6204]

4:06 *infested. Saint Jiub has since driven them out of Vvardenfell.

[@iankennethpunsalan5411]

So basically hiro mashima plot of fairy tail? Teaching of dragon slayer(thu'um), sealing acnologia time thing.(elder scroll)

[@lohkie2__3]

Man so glad I found your channel wish you had some warhammer 40k

[@tonesdad0408]

Dragon Priests please, they are the best part of Skyrim

[@zionthedragon8866]

Watch in the comments how everyone gets trigger happy when someone says that the dragons look like wyverns. Everyone jumps on them and says everything is a dragon, and main exscuse in they are myth. Like, unicorns are myth, but you wouldn't call a narwhal a unicorn, would you? Yes, skyrim DOES have their take of dragons, and not everyone is gonna agree, but you shouldn't bash others for not agreeing.

[@eagercadet4059]

4:02 is just plain hilarious

[@wzdfenrir]

damn cliff racers !!!

[@ares6037]

Dragons are my favorite race.

[@brosephnoonan223]

Furry

[@jakejohnson1141]

RISE UP INTO THE ASS OF ELVES

[@kaaz1010]

Nothing beats FRIGGIN CAT PEOPLE tho.

[@Hellbeckons]

if dragons were eternal and unchanging why did paathanax gain a conscience ?

[@Prince_Sharming]

Hellbeckons So Beth could advance the plot of Skyrim.

[@wasteoftime5848]

It's suggest one of the gods, I forget which one, told him to check his privilege and teach the humans the thu'um. While there were multiple dragon born during the war many were just regular folks trained in the ways of the dragons. EDIT: Watching your brother descend into madness probably had something to do with it, too. While they had ruled mortals for a long time the brutality probably came later.

[@Hellbeckons]

this sounds like the work of azura

[@brosephnoonan223]

Hellbeckons It was actually Kyne.

[@jmarch_503]

I remember defeating aldiun i was in 7th grade. Its weird to be apart of the story lol

[@papertigervids]

I seriously hope you do The Witcher series.

[@Angel-hc2bf]

That would be amazing

[@kenpanderz672]

i still prefer Ord over Paarthurnax. Ord always brings snacks.

[@hornsbruv2789]

We'll have dragon merchants in the next game

[@LeviathanVZ]

There were red dragons and black dragons is akavir, yet suddenly they're all different colors.

[@zionthedragon8866]

Leviathan LSX Ta, that always NEVER made sense. Also, there are only FIVE black ones, and they are basically gods that aren't supposed to come unless certain events take place. And as for the REDS, if they are all eaten, EXPLAIN ODAHVIING and the red one from marrow wind!! The lore has flaws!!

[@Ch35h1r3C47]

Source?

[@DracoSafarius]

@@zionthedragon8866 Eh no the blacks and browns are a type of dragons, while the so called godly five were just a part of the blacks (though I've never even heard of them once) and it's said that the Reds were wiped out, but a few survivors of that still means they were wiped out as a group, just with stragglers

[@MagaldiMateus]

Comon...we all know if any dragons actually manage to go inside the red mountain they had a really bad end in the hand of The Sharmat.

[@averageperson1045]

Intelligent, Vain, Ancient, Badass Dragons

[@bennitori4]

Are you seriously telling me that there was a dragons vs cliffracers battle..... and the cliffracers won????

[@DracoSafarius]

I think the people that attempted to eat the dragons on Akavir were the snake people, since they assumed parts of what they consumed. Further on that Akavir basically killed all the red dragons minus a few, which is nice? I also don't believe Alduin was "meant" to eat the world, as that's effectively fan fiction in the lines of kalpas which just aren't factual. It's more likely Alduin is the only dragon WITH the capability to do so and was dubbed the Worldeater. And for The Last Dragonborn (though there's quite the possibility it's nowhere near the last) not absorbing Alduin's soul it's likely that either Alduin is being punished by Akatosh or the soul was simply unable to be absorbed as Alduin is different from all others.

[@abbestaabouri]

Where did alduin come from? did he flee akavir? if so,why? isn't he supposedly invincible ? can the tsaesci absorb dragon souls ? so many freaking question.

[@DracoSafarius]

Probably political unrest as funny as it sounds. If your entire people fear, even a slight bit, that there is a threat and you have the power to lead them to a land much less aggressive to rule over, you'd probably do that.

[@spg7634]

Can you do sheogorath the daedric prince of madness

[@spencerthestupidsamurai7326]

In Skyrim, is there a difference between dragonbone armor and dragonplate armor?

[@ourlordgarry9576]

Personally I believe that alduin's soul was absorbed by akatosh to prevent him from destroying tamriel

[@iwnnafckmthmn]

Our Lord Garry akatosh only made the dragon born because alduin strayed from his purpose of ending time, his spirit cast into the void to manifest like a daedra would, until he returns to his purpose of eating the souls of the dead and bringing the current kalpa cycle to an end, akatosh wants alduin to end the world but alduin want to dominate and rule over man and mer instead of cunsumomg them and ending the world/time

[@DracoSafarius]

@@iwnnafckmthmn Not really entirely, it's not a bad idea that Alduin was banished but the whole kalpa thing isn't real it's fan fiction be it from a former writer or no

[@thatonefriend2969]

I know that the septim dynasty could not use the thuum but could they still absorb dragon souls? If given the chance??

[@DracoSafarius]

I mean I bet they could use the Thu'um if trained, any race can thanks to Kynareth and they're Dragonborn ffs. For absorbing souls, I'd go a yes as well

[@timbednarchuk3004]

Intelligent..............Vein............Ancient....................DRAGONS!!!

[@sandrant4504]

Awesome channel ! Totally my kind of stuff, so thanks for that :) Dragons are so interesting because they are seen so differently in the East from the West !

[@XxSgtSkittlesxX]

Cliff Racers > Dragons

[@Ks.Kamcam]

That would be stupid if Alduin came back, he literally died in the afterlife.

[@lucasfranke3326]

But he's a god

[@greatgallade]

Snake people tried eating the dragons to gain power. How idk it's stupid to understand as dragons are so powerful

[@lucasfranke3326]

Well, ancient nords defeated the dragons too. I guess it's a matter of numbers and strategy. I mean, in the real world *humans used to hunt down mammoths*

[@blahlbinoa]

one dislike, must be the dragonborn

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Why do the Nords think Dragons are the bringers of end times?

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

I think they're the wandering spirits or the original spirits the ones that came after the divines

[@moyasujigoku8401]

You'd be wrong. They're fragments of Akatosh.

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Dystopian Prince he only has 3 fragments one is the dragon that destroys the world that you defeat in Skyrim his other fragment is the god of time and his final fragment no longer exists the other dragons are the remaining wandering and original spirits

[@moyasujigoku8401]

joseph kofmann No they're not. Even in Skyrim you're told that all dragons are "descendants of Akatosh." And Parthurnax even confirms this when he refers to Alduin as his elder brother, the first born of their father Akatosh. All dragons come from Akatosh. They're not the remaining wandering spirits, because the wandering spirits became mortal men.

[@DracoSafarius]

@@moyasujigoku8401 I'd say you're half right, they are descended from Akatosh but I wouldn't go nearly so far as to say they're part of him, merely his own creations that got out of control

[@blackfound9664]

@@DracoSafarius all dragons are the fragments of the time God, the biggest is akatosh, if a dragon kills another dragon they absorb their fragment (their soul) and when all fragment unites the time god will be reborn.

[@skalladruids9140]

The last Dragonborn what about the septim dinesty

[@swr3603]

I'd love to hear more about female dragons since they're supposed to be somewhat non-dragon looking

[@xenos12500]

Where'd you hear this?

[@timothydao2416]

SWR 360 o

[@brosephnoonan223]

fuckin furry

[@skepticmonkey6923]

you just want dragon porn don't you?

[@SombreSpirits]

Alduin's soul was not absorbed when you kill him?? what was that glowy aura coming into my body after i killed him in sovengarde then??

[@iwnnafckmthmn]

SombreSpirits alduin being the end of all time can't truly be destroyed because that would prevent time from the current kalpa/kulpa cycle from ending, this is my own theory, but much like daedra I assume alduin can be slain and his physical form killed but his spirit is cast into the void to manifest and eventually return, the dragon born only exists because alduin strayed from his purpose of devouring the world and ending time and chose instead to try and rule over the races of man and mer, and I'm pretty sure that's where the dragon born come in with their destiny of defeating alduin and a new dragon born will be granted by akatosh until alduin returns to his path and eats the world bringing the current kalpa/kulpa cycle to an end and allowing the next world to be born

[@Sion4000]

I don't think the dragons you absorb are truly destroyed in a spiritual sense. All dragons including Alduin and the dragonborn are fragments of Aka's soul who have been separated. By absorbing dragon souls dragonborn are really just recombining these souls. Who knows what happens when a dragonborn dies and goes through the dream weave. (reincarnation) Souls are weird in Elder Scrolls.

[@skyguy342]

Where did you read/hear that Parthurnax is Alduins brother? Can anyone confirm that? Also, you skipped the complete history of the Blades..

[@semiautothanoscar9612]

Akatosh Created Dragons Duh

[@ShineyFace1337]

Every dragons are considered siblings since they all spawned from Akatosh

[@DracoSafarius]

All dragons are siblings, and Paarthurnax refers to Alduin as "the elder brother"

[@strongarm852]

Hold on, Nafarilargus made a very notable appearence in the 5th game, Elder Scrolls Redguard.

[@metroplexprime9901]

6:10 I actually have a theory about this. If alduin was destroyed, but his soul was not absorbed, I wonder if the Last Dragonborn will actually mantle Alduin and become the world eater, destroying the world in some future elder scrolls game and starting the next kalpa. Maybe you could play as alduin/the dovakiin as he destroys everything and eventually turns into a dragon and eats the world, maybe becoming what akatosh is in the current elderscrolls kalpa. This is all conjecture and a fan theory, but I think its still worth considering. What do you guys think?

[@DracoSafarius]

Well seeing as how kalpa's class under fan fiction I'm gonna go a big no

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Cliffracers are so bad even FUCKING DRAGONS get ganked by them lol

[@SerAstraeusXIV]

The new elder scrolls hammerfell might be where you play as that hero

[@averongodoffire7344]

Why “the last dragon born”

[@DracoSafarius]

Just a name to indicate it as the last, though we all know it isn't. Said that at a time of great crisis a Dragonborn appears, and given how many crises the ES world has there's probably going to be several more Dragonborn, they just don't know it

[@lucasfranke3326]

I don't "the last* means that there will be no more DBs after him. I just think it indicates it's the most recent one (Skyrim's one) we're talking about

[@DrunkTigerGrill]

I am pretty sure dragons where "extinct" by the time Tiber Septim was emperor.Didn't the Dragon war happen in the merethic era?Before the Allesian rebellion?

[@wasteoftime5848]

They didn't go extinct overnight let alone during the war. They dwindled out over time. Maybe because they can't have kids in elder scrolls lore?

[@brosephnoonan223]

DrunkTigerGrill Mighty Talos did not become emperor in a day, though I can forgive you for thinking that he did, he's a pretty great guy. Its important to note that the Akavir hunted Dragons alongside Tiber Septim, who was Dragon Born, but it never specially says *when.* What's likely is that our ancient nord ancestors fought dragons, broke free of their chains but only a few were dragon born, so the beasts were not utterly slain. The ritual Alduin performs to ressurect dragons likely restores flesh to the bones that still bare the soul. Its more akin to waking a slumbering beast than raising the dead. I'm guessing with enough time a Dragon can restore itself naturally, but Alduin has it within him to instantly refresh a dragon. What likely happened was the dragons were "beaten" but to total extinction. They may have come back again, and Tiber Septim, a dragon born, rode with the Akavir to purge the land of dragons. Keep in mind that supposedly dragons were a problem everywhere, so it could be as likely that Tiber united Tamriel by slaying dragons. Once word got around that there's this guy running around building an empire to fight dragons, people started signing up. Except for the filthy elves and argonians, the former think they're people and the latter dont let people into their home yet will HAPPILY immigrate to other people's homes and steal their jobs.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Dragons were not extinct. Check some of the older games and lore materials. There were indeed dragons still aroumd. They just didn't want anything to do with mortals anymore so generally hid. I am not even sure dragons need to eat so it is very possible they could hid out near indefinitely. And Tiber Septim himself made a deal with one. So let us assume dragons had a drastic population decrease and afterwards just didn't care to interact anymore. The dragons you see in skyrim are generally resurrected members of the species. Or old ones who want to test your might for themselves. Dragons are a very might makes right kinda people.

[@jakejohnson1141]

Tiber Septim may have met a dragon but he certainly wasn't around during the dragon wars

[@wafflingmean4477]

I know there were a few dragons around when Tiber Septim was conquering Tamriel (like Paarthurnax, Durnehviir (if he counts as alive anymore) and whichever one he made that deal with), but the way he said it in the video it sounded like he was implying that the Dragon War happened during Tiber Septim's wars to conquer Tamriel.

[@thegoodlord9914]

I heard the dragons where offspring of giant whales "the whale from sovengard" It goes sheogorath and diabella had sex and she got pregnant and birthed the whales and akatosh was like the fuck. So he made the whales birth the dragons .....i may be wrong

[@brosephnoonan223]

Now do one on the historical tyranny of the elves, who have never once worked for the best interest of mankind, likely because they're jealous *literally* none of them rise to godhood by being the raddest guy ever.

[@Lightscribe225]

Vivec

[@brosephnoonan223]

Lightscribe225 Last I checked that punk ass nobody didn't ascend. He was sitting like a duck in some fuckin spot in morrowind, getting his ass beat by a naked cat man. Remember that one time Talos got his ass beat by a naked cat? *Me* *Fucking* *Neither*

[@Lightscribe225]

Nah just got his throat slit by a half naked Breton. Vivec achieved CHIM by being a douche bag. Talos achieved CHIM by being a douchebag. There is a pattern.

[@Lightscribe225]

Yet Talos didn't see it coming.

[@moyasujigoku8401]

Uhh, Auriel was an Aldmer that rose to godhood through being an absolute badass, forcing Lorkhan to separate from his Divine Spark, and then merging with Akatosh. Also, the Elves are the literal, near-pure descendants of Aedra, which are the fucking gods of Tamriel.

[@the-mighty-tim2115]

Technically, they're Wyverns, not Dragons. Dragons have four legs, Wyverns have 2 and walk on their wings. But, then again, they're mythical creatures. So what's the point?

[@zionthedragon8866]

The - Mighty - Tim Some people like keeping the traditional sense of what is and isn't a dragon, because that's one of few things millenials try to change, due to their like of respect for traditions. But yes, people are still free to call them what they want, for they are mythical.

[@yalkn2073]

I wish Skyrim had dragons and not wywerns

[@zachstevens7382]

Yalkın ÇIRAK good point but they all kind of blend into the general stereotype of dragon. lizard that breaths fire and flies and hard to kill and deadly. large intelligent creatures etc...

[@brosephnoonan223]

Yalkın ÇIRAK "wahhhhhhh they didn't get this totally fictional creature 'right' in this interpretation! wahhhhhh!"

[@Lightscribe225]

I wish people stopped complaining about the number of legs a dragon has.

[@bennettfender1546]

Yalkın ÇIRAK wyverns can't breath fire must I tell this to everyone therefore they are not wyverns.

[@Goobid4]

Yalkın ÇIRAK wyverns cannot breathe fire. Wyverns are also not as intelligent. These are either big Drakes or a species of Dragon. Either way they are dragons

[@luccianoc7363]

Repetitive. Redundant. Addicting. Your intros...

[@limitlessbeast3867]

Snake people ate dragons not cat people. Cat folk are khajiit.

[@stolernd2104]

No on a diffrent cottnent

[@moyasujigoku8401]

Different race of cat folk. But you're right that it was the vampiric snake people that ate the dragons.

[@Bunthepariah]

Why are you showcasing wyverns and calling them dragons? Tes doesn't have dragons.

[@DracoSafarius]

Yes it does, the wyvern distinction is a popular media term but in historical mention they aren't different. Just at some point somebody decided to say this dragon with only two legs is now referred to as a wyvern and it started the downward spiral