Exploring Elder Scrolls: The Argonians of Black Marsh

Argonians usually rank pretty well for people's favorite race, surprisingly.
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[@hazzmati]

A funny fact you didn't mention was the argonians were so effective at combating the deadra, they managed to invade the deadra realm itself through the oblivion gates and the deadra had to close them so they wouldn't be attacked anymore.

[@xenos12500]

He did talk about that though, more specifically how the hist altered them to make them so effective at combating the daedra.

[@hazzmati]

Well he was pretty vague about it he didn't specifically mention they went into the oblivion gates which is a big thing.

[@corndogman4127]

Xor'Kov Yea they basically took a hit of the Hist and went on rampages, beating the shit out of the Daedra.

[@jcdenton2332]

Well I mean... imagine thousands of scaley bois attacking your stronghold

[@connordarvall8482]

In ES4, Oblivion invades you. In Argonian Marsh, you invade Oblivion!

[@user-ly3rz1lu5w]

Southern Morrowind? You mean New Argonia.

[@Crom_Apsotle]

We shall take our revenge egg brother

[@Holyduck777]

Stupid Daedra worshipping heretics! I'm glad the Dunmer are almost extinct

[@lazadum4313]

@The Expert well considering that Argonians are not slaves and fully independent, yes it's much better

[@pj5403]

HA yes

[@montypythonandtheholygrail9687]

Oblivion? You mean *New Argonia*

[@MrYsosad]

independent, mysterious ... and lusty argonians

[@TheCorrodedMan]

RuyBlas 😏

[@NotSaddamHussein]

Lusty Argonian FOOTMAN

[@pj5403]

NO

[@notinspectorgadget]

go go gadget *ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING*

[@exhaustedmoron5570]

Now wait just a moment

[@tysonmccorkle1036]

Argonians have a Histree of being beaten

[@plagueratstyxx3959]

tyson mccorkle that pun deserves a standing ovation. Well played

[@hustlingdays7669]

Very punny.

[@merrittanimation7721]

(Slow clap)

[@cazhalsey8877]

I hate you soo much. Lol

[@kersaherpafuqer784]

They did force Maron Dagon to retreat and close the gates because the Argonians were too strong and unpredictable

[@yee6118]

Daedra: hey let's invade those lizard people lmao Argonians: It's free real estate

[@kordelshorgar122]

i love argonians they are probably my favourite elder scrolls race

[@andrewpytko4773]

Mine too.

[@Ragnarok6664]

Yess

[@grimreaperjr7452]

Me to along with Imperials and Breton.

[@dukedevlan5457]

That is true yellow king

[@toooes]

wonderful servants

[@nepetaleijon7449]

I feel like the reason people like Argonians (and the Khajiit) so much is due to how different they are from humans. There's something intrinsically fascinating about things that are almost completely indescribable to us. It's the reason why I love Stormlight's Listeners, the Mi-Go, and Iain M. Banks' Affront.

[@rdf4315]

Everybody like them only because they have tails nothing else.

[@RiedSiheal]

Mention Stormlight You get my like

[@merrittanimation7721]

István Engedi Me as well

[@Lightscribe225]

And the furries. Don't forget the furries.

[@nepetaleijon7449]

Unite them.

[@MrFantocan]

Love the last quote, the defender of Argonian culture disapears in Argonia...

[@mikearchangel7998]

He found a lusty argonian

[@Shaggy-lu6dz]

#ItsOkayToBeArgonian.

[@christiancristof491]

#Argonianlivesmatter.

[@hentaihaven2843]

#Notallmen&mer

[@pj5403]

#argoniansepictho

[@wiseferret4745]

I once made a lizard wizard named Slither who's favorite spell is blizzard. He sucked.

[@supahotkittyz]

I made a red argonian in skyrim recently and named her Betsy DeVos

[@pj5403]

I made an argonian who died

[@ra_alf9467]

I once made a female lizard named Lusty Maid

[@antoniovlassa5886]

I made an argonian warmage specialized in one handed block light armor sneak bow and most importantly: Restoration at lvl 35 I could take on an elder dragon on expert difficulty without the need to hide around and stack on potions

[@notinspectorgadget]

(Upon foreseeing the Oblivion Crisis) The Hist: *ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL*

[@kingdededinkleberg7862]

Stay out of trouble, *_lizard_*

[@spoopyphangirl2649]

King Dededinkleberg I’d be rich if I got 5 gold every time a guard said that to me

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

Birdzard*

[@chebsgaming1510]

Stay out of trouble, CAT

[@J_B_M_O_H]

Stay out of trouble, redguard. Nords and their xenophobia xD

[@ares6037]

I like the Argonians.

[@enikata7349]

Argonians are my favourite race to play, followed by the Dunmer, both have fascinating histories

[@russeljones33]

I kinda want the next Elder Scrolls game to be set in Black Marsh, and have the intro and beginning area subscribe to the stereotype that it's back water and nastily swampy, but as we progress towards the center, unexplored areas we discover grand, huge, ancient cities and advanced civilization and deep culture. We learn that the Argonians have preserved their past and that their histories have similarities to common history, with noticeably different take on events and what some might have omitted in order to lessen their contribution. I want some of the great magic, technology, etc. to be shown to have Argonian roots that others have co-opted and claimed as their own without acknowledging that it came from 'beastial savages.' I want that.

[@rob679]

Unless something happens in the lore, inner Black Marsh would be impossible to travel for any race that isn't Argonian. No roads at all, deadly poison mists and ponds, plagues, beasts or even god damn flesh fleas devouring you alive. That's why Black Marsh is so mysterious - nobody can travel inside it (or they can, but in the one way). Argonians themselves aren't very talkative unless Hist wants them to do so.

[@coolergman8629]

Robert Prus Another thing which prevents a Black Marsh Game is that according to the lore their are different tribes of Argogians who all have different features. I doubt Bethesda wants to make a bunch of different sub races this is the same reason I think an Elyswyr game is unlikely. All though from a lore perspective I don't see why it wouldn't possible for other races to travel into the Disease ridden interior it would just be a major pain in the ass to travel though.

[@scissorlizardfish4429]

*looks at elder scrolls 6 teaser* Well, maybe next time.

[@warrioroflight6872]

The Cantina is a channel that talked about that. He thought that the Black Marsh would be interesting to see, and a lot of fans agreed. But he also admitted that Bethesda probably wouldn't be willing to put forth the effort to make such an alien landscape.

[@SeaDemon25]

and in the oblivion crisis every1 needed heroes and gods to help defeat the daedric when the portals open. But the argonians did not need help, the portal open in black march and a massive argonian army invaded the daedric realm, not the other way around. They destroyed the daedric prince forces, killed everything in their pass and stole all their shi*. the daedric prince did close the portal and did not mess with the argonians anymore. THEY ARE SO BADASS =) my fav. (sorry bad eng and late response)

[@narvuntien]

Argonia is probably closer to the amazon, not africa or australia. They have central american architecture also makes me think more south america than anywhere else. My opinion is that the ebonheart pact does not last long. The daggerfall covenent has already fallen in ESO. It is basically held together from good will from repealing the Akiviri from Tamerial, I think once the current generation of war vets passes the whole thing will fall apart... unless it is just the will of the Hist. The part I didn't know was that the Reman Dynasty stopped argonian slave trade, assuming that the Potentates also kept that policy I can see how the ebonheart pact might make a little more sense if some of the dark elves had already stopped the slaving for a few hundred years. I think that maybe ES6 could be in Argonia now there are a bunch of more other likely locations, the Aldmeri dominion zones. But with Argonia on the rise in Skyrims point in history might be a good time to visit.... still that is years away.

[@aysseralwan]

narvuntien the ebonheart pact is founded by repelling the akaviri Invasion. The daggerfall covenant is more a union of Orcs, Redguards and Bretons to stabilize the Empire and crisis so that trade, wealth and peace can return to tamriel.

[@Anglisc1682]

It's Norfolk, England

[@tree8365]

No matter what i will always play argonian race

[@loC2ol]

Some of these pictures you have are so fucking cool ive never seem then before and I’m a major TES fan

[@GodzillaRex100]

The best race

[@danielclark-hughes692]

GodzillaRex100 You can't argue with their racial stats in the Frostfall mod. Gotta love that disease resistance.

[@user-on6ol8eh5w]

They aren't descendants of the Ehlnofey so that shows how powerfull of a race they are to have survived this long. Now they mingle with all the descendants of the Ehlnofey as if one of their own. The Argonians.... they're pretty good.

[@Hawxaw]

Not to mention their passives in ESO pvp are great.

[@spoopyphangirl2649]

GodzillaRex100 yuppp

[@warrioroflight6872]

And the Kahjiit are 2nd best! Love those two cultures!

[@monsterhunter66]

I've always chosen to play as an Argonian in Morrowwind and Oblivion! Sky rim is the first time I've chosen to play as Nord.

[@Duskstone89]

I would love elder scrolls 6 to be set in Black Marsh. I love the swampy and jungle-y look and feel. I don't know how they would do it, however, since it appears most of Black Marsh's population is just Argonians, and it would also feel a little weird to have an entire open-world game take place in a water- and vegetation-covered landscape. Morrowind, Cyrodiil and Skyrim at least had a bit of variety in landscape, but Black Marsh seems very monotonous. But who knows, maybe there is some kind of drastic change between Skyrim and Elder Scrolls 6 that causes Black Marsh to become open to more cultures, and maybe Elder Scrolls 6 could feature Black Marsh as well as Elsweyr and southeastern Cyrodiil?

[@spencerthestupidsamurai7326]

One of these Argonians left Black Marsh on vacation to Skyrim only to be arrested by the empire and brought to the chopping block. And then a certain world eater showed up and he escaped to the small town of Riverwood where he then went to Whiterun to get guards and soldiers to the unprotected town of Riverwood and was sent to a burrow to retrieve a Dragon Stone and he learns a shout then kills a dragon with some guards shouts and learns that he’s Dovahkiin. He went to High Hrothgar and learned more shouts, went to get the horn of Jurgen Windcaller but found only a note saying to meet in Riverwood. Kill some cultists, rent a room, meet the Blades, go to Windhelm for no reason, talk to a kid, go to Riften kill a hag, save orphans, kill Thalmor punks, save a Blade member... and killed the World eater, but the maid and merchant had to stay in Sovngarde and the size 10 giant jumped off a cliff in Sovngarde and died, he then decided to kill Miraak, the person who sent the cultists, so him and his army of size 0.1 trolls invaded Solstheim and killed Miraak and consumed his soul, then he killed vampires and saved the sun. And then he built a house. And then Godzilla appeared and destroyed Windhelm looking for his cousin (the player) and eventually the Argonian went back to Black Marsh with his cousin, Godzilla and that is the Kilian Experience.

[@ambrosioherrerajr4144]

1:30 so Florida?

[@ezcoreg759]

Ambrosio Herrerajr 😂😂😂😂🍊🍊🍊🐊🐊🐊

[@kasukeyuchia6635]

haha sooo witty and accurate

[@ravenwitch5569]

What do you call the past of the Argonian race? The HISTory

[@stealthyoctopus3231]

There's a lot about Argonian's backstory I love but I have to admit the first thing that always draws me to them is how much better they look in the games compared to the other races. I don't know why but their facial features and skin just come off better than the skin, hair, and fur on everyone else. That and I love humanoid aquatic and lizard creatures and they fall into both categories. Whether it's Lovecraft, modern cosmic horror, or characters like Abe Sapien and even Kit Fisto that's something that will always catch my attention.

[@CalamityDiamond]

It's also to be noted that the Hist Trees acknowledge Sithis as their master. I honestly think they were like an evil tree race at one point, spread across the Tamriel and the world as rumored before they were all cut down (by ???) from everywhere else but Black Marsh.

[@Grabnok]

The Deadra show up to party, trip over a root, fall face first into swamp shit, then get thrown out by a bunch of pissed off lizards while making jokes that involve “deer penis”

[@gabrielbrennan4149]

Had no idea you were doing an Elder Scrolls series - so glad to have found it :)

[@jpmisterioman]

I love your channel ! One of the best in youtube for sure.

[@DanielSan1776]

I played as a lizard dude cuz they can breath underwater Seemed broken to me. AND THEN I PLAYED AS A NORD! WUAHAHAHAHA PRAISE TALOS!!!!! LoL “the garbage heap of Tamriel” that’s cold man.

[@aydenabastilla7095]

Then do they have gills?

[@warrioroflight6872]

Ayden Abastilla. Yes, an Argonian in Skyrim named Shavee mentioned her gills.

[@aydenabastilla7095]

WarriorofLight it was a joke to make it seem as though argonians are better than nord

[@jonathanlachance8773]

This is why I love this game franchise so much. I've been playing their games since 2008, and I'm still learning new things about its lore even today.

[@derbyjames240]

Amazing Artwork!

[@BadDong]

Great vids, bro! I'd love to see you explore A Song of Ice and Fire, though there's a lot to explore and a lot of unresolved mysteries. Could be neato though haha

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

ESO’s Black Marsh expansion deserves more love for how much it added to Argonian lore

[@menghao737]

Hist aren't just trees. Hist exists within all life to a certain extent, but more so within the trees than anywhere else, but I like to think of it as a collective consciousness that does allow for individuality within it framework. Like if Sovengarde was a being as well as a place. It's a survivor of the twelve worlds that existed at the dawn of the Mythic era, the twelve worlds that were destroyed and whose fragments were used to create nirn, and perhaps has memories going all the way back to the destruction of those worlds and the creation of nirn and Tamriel. Black Marsh is the sole surviving fragment of that world which was more than likely covered in trees of the Hist.

[@janon5815]

Daedra: invade Black Marsh Argonians: Alexa, play "The Only Thing They Fear Is You" by Mick Gordon

[@jeffreyzervos6938]

Argonoians are the only group who went after dagon so bad he fled the marshes

[@Nonvernis]

I like the in game book about the Argonians actually manufacturing the plague in their shaman biolabs and releasing it intentionally.

[@taccoac8867]

I love your videos ! THIS IS WHAT LORE VIDEOS SHOULD BE LIKE, the things you make videos about are actually interesting, when watching your videos i actually feel like i'm learning from easiest to harder and so on..

[@TheExploringSeries]

I'm glad to hear that. I definitely take efforts to put these together for people looking to learn new things.

[@midnightgreen8319]

Great video!!

[@LordZoth6292]

Love your videos bro! They are always so informational and well put together. Thank you!

[@stargazingskeleton5917]

Derkeethus will forever be best companion and spouse.

[@JacksonYoung528]

awesome artworks

[@sethleoric2598]

Tbf i'd be freaked out by weird lizard people who spit acid and sleep with centipedes in their beds.

[@reddragon9133]

Plenty of time My sweet plenty of time

[@loC2ol]

😂😂😂

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

I like the idea of the daedra and Aedra leaving or dying off and the world being left to its own forces

[@jjjames4484]

I really love how you cover the series! incredible job!. Would you mind doing the same with the dark tower book series?

[@TheExploringSeries]

People have been asking for that for a little while and it ended up fairly high in the last viewer polls. I'm just wrapping up reading the books myself so I'm sure I'll do it at some point.

[@arawn1061]

Argonian master Race

[@wampiroindoril]

Milor Ienth gets a letter (Dragonborn expension - Raven Rock) from Nilara where she says they have gone back to Mournhold which was rebuild after the war, meaning not the entire south is occupied if they managed to hold their grounds when House Redoran pushed them back from Morrowind.

[@loosedeadmoose1566]

The beast races need love and spotlight for for. Bosmer too imo

[@thecowshow5641]

They have a very intersting histree

[@computerassistedbiological5391]

-_-

[@Anomalyy666]

TheCowshow even histler couldn’t defeat them

[@herbataczerwona191]

I love stort of shadowscales in Oblivion, cool stuff

[@brocalfur]

Just discovered your channel which is strange because I follow several TES lore series. You guys did a great job. Immediately subbed to your channel.

[@priyazu4000]

What about the Ebonheart Pact?

[@jungkinoid8706]

It's not 100% that it's canon, as ESO as a whole is kind of an entire grey area.

[@InIt4TheMemez]

Gecko Jesus isn’t it cannon? Due to a dragon break

[@jungkinoid8706]

Totally could be but that wouldn't be "main" canon as it were.

[@InIt4TheMemez]

Gecko Jesus what would you consider main cannon tho?🤔

[@jungkinoid8706]

What canonically happens in the timeline of the games. (Aside from ESO, obv.)

[@MrGeek1111]

My idea for an TES game would be in Black Marsh ans the arms of morrowind, where there are several factions biding for power aldmeri and imperial would control the harbour cities, Dark elfs control north cities, and the Argonians control the central swamps, with hidden towns, each faction will have there quests and end goals.

[@warrioroflight6872]

The Argonians and The Hist. The most epic duo of all time.

[@aaronyandell2929]

Your videos are good stuff. You should do a video about the nirnroot.

[@notatruck2640]

Why can't argonians just pick up a goddamn pen and make an accurate map

[@cthulhuhead]

What, and potentially give enemies a better picture of their home? Keep mental maps, tell no outsiders of the true extent of your lands and true power. Crafty, those argonians.

[@nicolaszan1845]

Why would they do that? They don't need one, the only thing they would be doing is giving the other races that everyone knows the Argonians HATE a map to see how they can attack the Argonians

[@brandonwithnell612]

they dont need a map they either know their way around or the hist can guide them, it would only be useful to outsiders anyway, that and some of the areas in blaskmarsh shift from time to time, i beleive there was a book in game that mentioned there was an imperial controlled villiage that slowly moved around the provence making it difficult for outsiders to keep track of it and sometimes required a guide

[@levikolevy]

Do you know any good way to learn the Conan lore? Like videos or which book to start? I have never read any of the books sadly.

[@masonaddison9736]

Favorite race

[@starblast16]

I know that some new insight on the Argonians is revealed in ESO's Murmire expansion.

[@maugwei]

Hi Exploring series. Can you do a lore video on the Wolf queen? There is such extensive lore on her! It would be great to hear someone flesh it out. Could really inspire others to take on that quest in solitude with all new appreciation.

[@TheExploringSeries]

I have a lot of other topics to cover before I get to something that minor.

[@daud3659]

Argonians best race imo

[@campbelldowns666]

+TheExploringSeries hey can you do a lord of the rings exploring the “nameless thins” that are mentioned to be gnawing on the world I think it’s a really cool topic

[@puppetmasterey]

Campbell Downs that would be unlikely due to the fact that (to my knowledge), the nameless things are just a throw away line in the books/movies that never get explained. Maybe, MAYBE, in the letters of Tolkien. But not, conically in the books.

[@kevinblackbird8302]

The Argonians remind me of the Olmecs.

[@cruelwraith2games926]

I have played as every race in Elder Scrolls games that are playable but my favorite has to be redguards in dark elves

[@anonymoussmartass5347]

You should do more TES videos

[@fernandocorona5411]

Good shit

[@minotaur818]

On paper, Argonians seem to be the most op race.Weird how they are not able to conquer other provinces or enslave other races. Hard scales that can possibly act as armor, major disease and poison resistance, hive mind hist trees, breathing underwater. Literally super humans

[@maksimlozanoski]

Maybe you can do an Elder scrolls playthrough. I think start with Morrowind :)

[@charion1234]

MaxBlaze That'd be a long long series.

[@TheExploringSeries]

I actually do have videos for the first four games on my gaming channel (Link in description) I'm really only doing main quests though, otherwise yes, it would be too long.

[@spoof6862]

So, according to lore, agonians should have an increased health in any games that happen after the Oblivion Crisis. Also, Argonians can be compared to Africans, in the sense of their treatment, and their province draws a parallel to Australia, as it is used as a drop off for cruel and renown criminanls. That would also mean that, in many ways, The Empire also draws parallels to the empire that Britain once had. In many other ways, it does not. Interesting. I wonder what parallels might be drawn to High Rock or Hammerfell in the Elder Scrolls VI. It'll be fun to make those connections, in my opinion

[@Ragnarok6664]

Love them, I don’t really play anything else

[@marcusblackwell2372]

The Argonians are basically Fantasy versions of Gorn from Star Trek

[@Anglisc1682]

They remind me of knucker dragons from Anglo Saxon folklore

[@attalan8732]

It's interesting how the aesthetic of native central Americans (ie. Aztecs, Mayans) has become so associated with dense overgrown jungle. In reality, the Mayans, like the rest of humanity normally does, had deforested the entire Yucatan Peninsula. However, due to a period of depopulation in the 800s AD (long before Spanish contact), the jungle crept back in. And by the time of Spanish contact most Mayan cities had been abandoned to the jungle, hence the return of the jungle. But I think its nonetheless important to recognise the mind blowing fact that Mayan cities were... just normal cities, surrounded by fields of crops planted on deforested land.

[@lawindacera7219]

Argonians: G E T O F F M Y S W A M P

[@spencerthestupidsamurai7326]

I hope we get to visit Black Marsh in Elder Scrolls 6

[@Venrixia]

Im surprised Shadowscales weren't included in this video or atleast mentioned.

[@ezcoreg759]

I wish the next TES game was in Black Marsh.

[@rodom303]

If you did game of thrones and harry potter lore along with what you do now youd be me in another body

[@kodywatts6886]

I love their lore and the mystery behind it but I can never play as them I spend like an hour in character creation everytime I try

[@neroroseumu3023]

Argonians are no doubt mysterious, interesting and lusty indeed. Another favourite race of mine in skyrim. Makes you think Dinosaur DNA spread to another world to live on and to make a new race. 🦎 🔥 ⚔. 👍. Indeed Umu. 🌹.

[@MR_Nickanator]

The don't "believe" all those things about the hist. THAT IS THE LORE!

[@penceptionintergalacticwar2585]

I want a spin off game in black marsh I'm thinking a dark souls style game would work.

[@KB-si5fx]

My second favorite race in the game.

[@rathaloskingoftheskies8541]

Argonians is my fav race my Argonian Rathalos is op as hell

[@yoitsblade2180]

Shout out to the argonian brothers an sisters

[@andrewpytko4773]

There will come a time when Man and Mer will be no more. Then Tamriel will belong to the original Beast races that were it's masters.

[@twistedsister60]

Some say the entire argonian race was made from the love between an argonian maid and some random guy

[@Heeroneko]

Argonian gender changes through their life phases. It's the form the Argonians take that is determined by the hist sap, similar to how Khajiit form is determined by the moons.

[@djbeema]

foodstuffs

[@cb-9938]

Can breath under water = best race

[@Jebbtube]

I'd like to see a game that allows exploration of Black Marsh

[@skskdbehsu]

Eso?

[@BrJPGameplay]

Fuck yeah Argonians!

[@Scloan273]

Scaleys and furies? Elder scrolls has everything

[@Steven-dt5nu]

I always play as an Argonian.

[@SonicSanctuary]

ah my people~

[@HellgradeBallin]

*Argonian drinks the hist* *Hist tree turns them male* Argonian: Did you just assume my gender?

[@morgandroid]

Einherjar Hist: NO, you ungrateful little shit, I MADE you that gender

[@mutegrab666]

Life-phase is the reincarnation your on. If in your previous life you were male, in the next life your female. They were created by the Hist, when they die they return to the Hist to be reborn as another Argonian.

[@kenpanderz672]

"no, the tree did. i merely agreed."

[@pj5403]

Yes

[@tdbnasc3]

Didn't mention anything about how they go back to the histree when they die

[@mutegrab666]

He's probably never read the two novels, which are Canon.

[@fckyu6025]

ARGONIAN MASTER RACE

[@arthurmorgan2861]

do you want to hear a kajit joke?

[@AvoxionYT]

Cloaker yes

[@Anglisc1682]

Ya

[@jcdenton2332]

Why do khajitt lick their butts?