The Great Houses of Morrowind | The Elder Scrolls Podcast #29

[@Camelworks]

Where is Great House Camel?

[@muatra3651]

It is a House we cannot afford to lose.

[@Ren21798]

in the hamerfell

[@mitochondria794]

Elsweyr

[@rokturi]

🐪

[@wertzuuu1788]

You're a Dunmer? I am very disapointed. Thought better of you.

[@Wired_User]

46:00 “It’s kind of a beautiful thing about the Dunmer...they’ll enslave anyone...they don’t discriminate” - FudgeMuppet Drew, 2021

[@Spike2276]

"Hippity Hoppity, you're now my property" - House Telvanni motto

[@uscovenant2350]

It's "Hippety hopity, this Dragon soul is now my Property." -Miraak

[@acetorres8787]

Scott , Drew 2024

[@TsukimuraMidori]

@@uscovenant2350 Miraak is from House Telvanni then

[@RomanStan]

“How much is the fine for necrophilia?” -that one Hlauu chick in Skingrad

[@weedle5221]

thats nothing compared to morrowind, thanks!

[@dr.krieger6563]

Ten Septims.....

[@PyrusFlameborn]

@@dr.krieger6563 when straight up necromancer is legal in Cyrodiil it makes sense that something like necrophilia isn't punished that harshly.

[@aggressivenipples8391]

*cheydinhall Edit: don't listen to strangers on the internet cuz they can be wrong

[@aggressivenipples8391]

@@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 I just played oblivion recently and my (incorrect) memory is of talking to a Dunmer lady about necrophilia by those little bridges in cheydinhall. Then she has a zombie in her basement. Man, just goes to show that personal memories are quite unreliable

[@mynameis9683]

Re the timelines - Dunmer do live very long lives. Eg Berenziah, who was a mistress of Tiber Septim, is still alive and thriving in Morrowind the game. So it's not very surprising that the events feel recent - the refugees in windhelm are probably the very same people who had to leave Morrowind due to the eruption

[@ham8426]

They really play fast and loose with the actual lifespan of Dunmer, though if you look about Berenziah's story she is involved with Tharn and Manimmarco at a few points in her life as well as Tiber Septim, her longevity might not be entirely natural, the few Dunmer who have been known to live lengthy lives often come from Telvanni House and its pretty much accepted that most of the longest standing mage lords are necromancers and use those arts to keep themselves preserved. Neloth's Mycologist in Skyrim says he's been old as dirt as long as she's known him and she was like, barely a little girl when Neloth set the roots down for Tel Mythrin which he could have only done within the last 200 years.

[@okayleethogs1068]

That’s a very anti-semetic comment

[@ShadowProject01]

Love when the Tribunal gets together to dive into the deep lore. Love you guys and all you do. ❤️

[@delicathvrenitah4282]

31:52 House Telvanni also has one of their scions installed in the College of Winterhold as a student. She complains of her parent's expectations

[@Morec0]

Ah, yes: best girl.

[@KingRumar]

Dagoth Ur - Defeated in Battle Sotha Sil - Murdered Almalexia - Killed in Battle Vivec - Disappears Then because he was too fucking self absorbed about his legacy which he saw coming for thousands of years, he didn't put the damn rock Baar Dau down before disappearing causing the complete annihilation of his people in his city, forcing an eruption of Red Mountain, and due to the catastrophe - the Argonians invaded Morrowind during the times they couldn't defend themselves. But all in all, even with all of this in their favor- the Argonians still got pushed back and driven out of Morrowind and can't keep a win.

[@valeriouscatastros8717]

The Argonians did not really have a goal in mind. Just cause destruction and as much chaos and mayhem as possible, and kill as many dunmer as possible to get revenge for slavery. Basically TES equivalent of the George Floyd riots.

[@TsukimuraMidori]

@@valeriouscatastros8717 except the Argonians were justified, as slavery was still alive in Morrowind right up until it got nuked by Vivec's failure to do basic good.

[@valeriouscatastros8717]

@@TsukimuraMidori I am not criticizing the Argonians... I am saying they didn't have a political or military goal in mind. Just revenge for all the years of slavery. It was not a war of conquest, or expansion. Unless you count them occupying Deshaan until present day. They don't really "govern" it though. Just patrol it, and do scouting, and Intel Reports. I actually think the Argonians were right to be honest. But you also have to remember that slavery was banned shortly after the events of Morrowind by King Helseth Hlaalu. But 4-6 years of emancipation is hardly enough time to heal hundreds if not millennia of slavery and abuse from the Dark Elves.

[@vivecthepoet36]

I'd fucking do it again

[@msb539]

House redoran are badass

[@vulkanofnocturne]

I'd explain why Telvanni is the greatest house but you couldn't possibly understand...

[@thomasrosendahl2783]

Telvanni Dunmer Mages are better than the Psijic Altmer monks, so it makes sense that they are the best great house.

[@ltloxa1159]

Source?

[@thomasrosendahl2783]

@@ltloxa1159 I have been reading all the elder scrolls lore books, both in the games and online. I noticed all the strongest mages throughout the history were Dunmer, Turala the Conjurer to name an example who summoned Mehrunes Dagon in the first era year 2920. And she was a novice, who had an innately gift for magic according to the skeffington coven witches. Divayth Fyr is on par with some of the daedric princes, forgive me for not remembering the exact book.

[@ltloxa1159]

K, There's just so many stories about Psijics just always one-upping literally everything. Am I correct in guessing that while the Telvanni have some extremly powerfull mages, the AVERAGE Psijic is more powerfull than the average Telvanni?

[@thomasrosendahl2783]

@@ltloxa1159 Sotha Sil and Divayth Fyr taught the Psijic monks on Artaeum, which means those two individuals are above them. There are only a few individuals within the Psijic order like Iachesis that can create a storm to sink a ship and freeze time etc. But in the early days of tamriel there were more Altmer mages, because Vanus Galerion created the mages guild. And the only race that defeated a daedric prince was a dunmer: Sotha Sil and Almalexia, when they banished Mehrunes Dagon in the year 2920 first era.

[@idipped2521]

I really hope TES 6 can replicate the crazy feeling of wonder in exploration and metaphysical lore of Morrowind

[@weedle5221]

naw it wont. short and unfulfilling faction quests, simplified unimaginative skill trees, and hand holding all the way through the main questline

[@bobac2816]

@@weedle5221 how do you know

[@thomasrosendahl2783]

@@bobac2816 Because Skyrim was also watered down, compared to Oblivion and especially Morrowind with the rpg elements. Attributes and more skills made it better than the 18 skills in Skyrim and no attributes.

[@gettriggered_ian3269]

@@thomasrosendahl2783 Yes, for marketing and PR purposes they made the game appeal to normies. So sad.

[@Randy_Flamethrower]

@@gettriggered_ian3269 "normies" you are so cringe

[@rossbaker1105]

Ah yes, the Tribunal of Scottzura, Drewethia, and Mikephala gracing us with their knowledge. Praise the three.

[@idipped2521]

Currently doing my first Morrowind playthrough to hold me over til TES 6.

[@blazedgamingkr]

Have fun and watch for Cliff Racers. 🦅

[@idipped2521]

@@blazedgamingkr Killed a lot of em so far. Pretty sure I'm level 8-9

[@thomasrosendahl2783]

In Morrowind the strongest class is a spellsword or battlemage, because the magic system is much better than Skyrim. The same goes with Oblivion, there you can even be a pure mage and still have max armor with alteration shield spell, and one hit kill with a master destruction spell.

[@idipped2521]

@The Stock Trader gonna do every other game too. Still haven't beaten my first Morrowind character either

[@DBTT1000]

Still on that Morrowind playthrough before TES 6? LOL

[@connorodum6710]

AnCap wizards with clone-daughter-wives residing in a giant mushroom containing a quarantine with the last member of an “extinct” race within. Telvanni all the way

[@Spike2276]

Heyhey people Sseth jokes aside, House Telvanni is best house

[@chengzhou8711]

That’s just one wizard though

[@alexanderchippel]

He's like Joe Exotic but I want to emulate him even more.

[@alecneal8335]

One thing that's overlooked for redoran is that their sigil is actually of Lorkhan

[@ashwhiteforest9078]

The Ebonheart pact makes a lot more sense than people give it credit. I'm not a big fan of ESO, but Nords, Orcs, and Dunmer seem to value Lorkhan's creation at face value in ways the other races don't. All three are deeply rooted in accepting and overcoming the world in it's harshest condition. Historically, it's a stretch, given the political tensions, but culturally and spiritually they do seem oddly similar.

[@notsae66]

The Ordinators wearing Nerevar's face and protecting his murderers reminds me of Michael Altman and the Unitologists from Dead Space; a cult formed from a lie praising a man that died fighting against everything they stand for. Just one further insult added to so very much injury. The Tribunal deserve the shallow graves and eternity of suffering I granted them.

[@weirdreportt]

Especially Vivec and Almalexia, they are full of themselves and deny the whole murder doesn't existed in the first place.

[@Spike2276]

@@weirdreportt that makes sense tho, their anticipations both have deceit baked into them Sotha Sil was the most caring of the Tribunal, but that's because Azura is the most caring of the good daedra

[@karolfortuna8522]

@@weirdreportt what I like in Tribunal, is that they're not the same people as Vek, Set and Almalexia (was she called differently before "ascending"?) before the whole thing. Their characters changed a lot, when they could comprehend more. They made a pretty cool religion, that "makes sense", it's mostly Vivek's domain. Sotha Sil went along and juat agreed to whole godhood but all he cared was clockwork city. Both of them can look at whole Tribunal from 3rd person perspective, understand how they seem to others, why they are doing what they are. 36 Lessons is just amazing set of myths that serve a purpose. Almalexia supposedly got drawn so much into "play" that she took everything they made up as truth. And, I mean, Almalexia and Vivec might have cheated Azura to be revered and powerful for the sake of it, but in fact they were good gods for their people. Show the path one should take. Show that to everything is a consequence (Baar Dau and Tribunal itself). They were helping, but didn't tribunal ex machina everything, altough they could. It was about hope and refining culture more than being almighty. Yes, Almalexia just lost it and killed Sotha Sil, and from ESO we might learn it was prophesied long time ago, so clearly she was into that being almighty and revered shit, but that was during crappy times and I won't play the devil's advocate or nothing in this case xD they knew that would happen, Vivec was chill, i imagine Sotha was aswell, and as to that killing of Nerevar. We don't know. We can find hints that something worked not in a pretty way, but they could be sorry for not being able to help him survive too. Or, given how whole mythology of Almsivi mixes pure bs with facts, to create image of tribunal, the possibility of them making it look like they killed him but didn't isn't that ridiculous ;p Long story short, i think that they are cool, and did +/- the best what 3 elfs could do for their people with godlike powers (you also don't see them just conquering Tamriel, sooo). And while I'm sceptic to naming powerful being in fantasy a god, I dare to say they were truly living gods

[@weirdreportt]

​@@karolfortuna8522 This is written well, I see your points I'll tackle them individually. Firsty, Sotha Sil is Sotha Sil, even before their ascension as ALMSIVI. His name as Lord Seht were just a recent name given to him by his followers during his time as one of Tribunal and during his work in Clockwork City. He is the only Chimer in Tribunal that had a full name - given that he belongs to the now gone - House Sotha in Vvardenfell. The young Seht was the only survivor during Mehrune's attack in House Sotha. It is a reminder that he didn't diminish for what he was before thus remaining to call himself Sotha Sil. It is true that among the three, Almalexia fully immersed herself in the play that they all should be playing in the first place, taking acts as facts and denying the bitter truths altogether. This contradicts Seht, as he himself was aware and still believes even in the bitterest truth - I might say he is the wisest of the three. If you played Clockwork City in ESO, he hinted that he still regrets that time during the Red Mountain and him betraying his old best friend, however, what was done was done and they should focus on something that can be a greater good to Tamriel/Morrowind. He also accepts that what he did will soon have a price to pay (Ayem killed Seht in TES: Morrowind, Nerevarine being successful; Tribunal losing their divinity). This is why among the three, despite having their divinity, Seht secluded himself to the point that even his followers don't see him that often, he doesn't care of him being a Living God, but rather using it to drive into his true purpose. He dedicated himself truly to the Clockwork world he is building, a utopia he dreamed of as a child. But even that isn't that perfect, so did his mental health being in decline as time goes by. I don't see that ALMSIVI made up that they killed Nerevarine. They *actually* killed him, Seht vaguely confessed this in Clockwork City and is feeling bad until the day he is murdered by Almalexia. What I was thinking is that the reason why they - Seht started to kill him is that he is the only loose end they would need to tie to achieve their divinity - since Indoril Nerevar is the champion and agent of Azura, and the three of them hated her. Despite the Tribunal being the Living Gods, they still have their lapses and mortal weaknesses and it really shows. After all, they are just living Gods, even Vivec couldn't save himself nor his city alone when Deadric Princes such as Sheogorath or Clavicus Vile tries to destroy or steal his divinity. It's kinda tragic that the three of them sought divinity just to help their fellow Chimer (now Dunmer), people by betraying their leader and their Deadric Gods. I think you can really tell how I am biased towards Lord Seht here, but among the three he is the only one who's fully aware of his actions - in the past, present, and future and fully acknowledges and owns it. Vivec is pretty chill and interesting character, however, his *duality nature* is contradicting sometimes. As Seht mentioned, Vivec is drawn into beauty and perfection in any form but failed to acknowledge and accept his and the world's lapses, failures, and regrets. Personally, I see them as lost people, desperately trying to become the top - the Gods in order to fully help their people and Tamriel completely. Sadly, they can't even save themselves. Like our player character, despite being a prophecized figure, we are still *prisoner* in the TES Universe, bound into something inevitable regardless of choices. Seht admitted that even the Tribunal, are still prisoners of the grander reality. However, among the three only Vivec achieved CHIM due to his duality nature, which helped him achieved CHIM - accepting that everything can be edited and fantasy while remaining his *identity* without ZERO-Summing.

[@karolfortuna8522]

@@weirdreportt Right, I forgot about House Sotha, I'm still confused about their names and stuff, and Ayem was the one i was looking for, so thanks ^^; I agree with everything, except maybe with Vivec's contradicting himself being a bad thing. Personally I like it as it shows that there's no one true way of being, it adds to whole myth, as we can't know the truth, and maybe all is truth (obviously that's not the case, but theoretically we can't prove that ;D) I dare to say, that both Seht and Vivec are similarly wise, when it comes to their position, goods and wrongs, but the difference is that Vivec is passionate about it and truly believes in their capabilities as gods, while Seht is more down to earth. I think that all of them knew since the beginning how it'll end. Like saving themselves was never an option. They had ambitions to be great, they were obliged to use their godhood in acomplishing specific things (Seht in ESO explained that very well, unfortunately i'm still halfway trough base of TES 3) They had their destinies to fulfill but I do imagine they could not do that? Theoretically they could abandon everything, pack their stuff and leave, but in being ultimately "rightful" they did not. Culture of Dunmeri people surely did change because of that Three and I believe it had a purpose. And yeah, theoretically they faced their doom, but they had a pretty good and long lives so far, so feels like a fair deal to me ;D Thanks for tackling my points ;p I still am not used to using many words and probably i wasn't creating sentences properly so sorry for my "essays" sounding rather.. unrefined let's say (also because i can't find a more proper word xD)

[@Knight-PaladinEleanor]

Funnily enough, I’m playing morrowind currently with this running in the back ground

[@DrTarte]

Got it on my phone and have them talking in the background. Is nice

[@flawless_Cowboy]

Lmao what a bunch of n'wahs I'm playing Skyrim.

[@DrTarte]

@@flawless_Cowboy thems fightin words, you swit!

[@flawless_Cowboy]

@@DrTarte I'll teach you not to talk to me that way, fetcher!

[@DrTarte]

@@flawless_Cowboy Ill have you know I've got wealth beyond measure, outsider!

[@loafofapples2468]

These videos are basically the equivalent to my skooma addiction

[@NannyOggins]

Very helpful, my character is about ready to choose a house. Thinking of going Telvani this time.

[@ralcogaming7674]

I didn't play morrowind until long after skyrim so I chose redoran.

[@zerik_media]

You guys have no idea how much I needed an elder scrolls podcast after my day at work. Thanks gents and keep up the great work!

[@BetheLightCS]

One of my fav RPs in Skyrim was Helosi Redoran. A young member of House Redoran that was left for dead on Solsteim after a successful coup by Telvanni, Dress, or other dark groups if you're into that, that nearly destroyed his house. Alternate Start Mod makes for tons of interesting ways to RP. Keep up the great work guys. The amount of research that you guys do is amazing, let alone the name pronunciation skills that you guys have now.

[@rebeccawike8678]

As much as the dunmer would hate it, they are very similar with altmer in terms of xenophobia as thinking they are better than the other races

[@superheriber27]

At least the Dunmer mostly keep to themselves (expect for Black Marsh of course) unlike the Altmer

[@Ytaccount821]

Great timing, was just about to make some food and needed something to listen to 🤙

[@bloodfalconfantastic4445]

"Suicide is badass!" - Scott from Fudgemuppet

[@mildlydazed9608]

Always pleasantly reminded that a new week has come with the new ES Podcast episode. I haven't left my home in weeks and have lost all notion of time.

[@IanoftheGlen339]

There is a quest in Morrowind where you buy a Dunmer Slave to have her marry an Ashkkan so that shows they will enslave other Dark Elves as well. It's possible she was an outlander though.

[@naurrr]

my favorite part of that quest is that he knows that you were bullshitting him all along because he wants to marry a high born Telvanni bride, but she's clearly not lol. I remember an early playthrough where I was doing a bunch of twin lamps quests and killed the character that sells her to you, and was surprised when I got the "the thread of prophecy has been severed" message lol

[@quentinanter4005]

Hell yes I’ve been waiting since literally the first podcast for this

[@terminallyonline5296]

33:37 Scott went Kiwi with "weathered the storm"

[@0That_Guy0]

Can you do a video on what actually happens with your soul, when you serve several Daedra? I just think it's funny to imagine the Princes bickering over who owns you.

[@TheFathomlessUnknown]

Well the Neravarine is immortal and went to the east to Akavir so no one claimed their soul, (if they're still alive) or was claimed by Azura most likely. The character in Oblivion turned into Sheogorath so basically was claimed by him. The Last Dragonborn will either be an immortal servant of Hermaus Mora or since they are a Shezarrine, a reincarnation of Lorkhan and Shor, their soul cannot be claimed by a Daedra. It still would be a really cool topic!

[@mirkrahven]

This is why I LOVE Sundays (no matter whether I have to work or not)! Thank you so much guys!!! ^^

[@Spike2276]

Sunday and monday are absolute P O G for me, get some sweet juicy Elder Scrolls lore right as i wake up, and then stay up late and get my SCP fix from The Exploring Series right as i go to bed

[@mirkrahven]

@@Spike2276 Cool, man! 👍 I've never heard of the SCP Foundation before. I'll check that out sometime.

[@Spike2276]

@@mirkrahven it's a really good universe to explore, especially if you're used to the very outlandish and metaphysical Elder Scrolls fuckery, you can start off in the SCP universe and still wrap your head around it fairly easily And if you're into creepy shit then there truly is no better fictional universe

[@thomasrosendahl2783]

Anyone else surprised on how much Scott dont know about the Dunmer? He did not know Malyn Varen from the quest azuras star. He had no clue about Turala who summoned Mehrunes Dagon, and lastly had no idea who Therana was. I am not trying to be offensive, just astonishingly surprised.

[@Spike2276]

@@thomasrosendahl2783 he remembered the characters, it's honestly impossible to keep track of every name in the Elder Scrolls

[@graysonofthewood3747]

This podcast is perfect timing! After watching you guys’ and Camelworks’ Morrowind content, and PatricianTV’s analysis of Morrowind (minus his main quest overview), I’ve finally started my first playthrough of Morrowind. I’m super stoked to watch this video!

[@ambitiousram]

For elder scrolls online I think you could have : Dunmer Altmer Bosmer as the elven/magical alliance, Nord Orc Argonian as the warrior/tribal culture alliance and then Khajit Redguard and Breton as the diplomatic/trading alliance. They mixed them up just to have everything geographically close and to have each alliance have a 33% split of proficiencies though I believe.

[@95Bartlett]

One more thing about Hllalu I found hypocritical was despite them being anti-slavery all of the big Hllalu plantations in the areas north of Vivec rely on slave labor plus the ebony mine near Caldera also relies on slave labor. Since they are the business house it makes sense that they would want to utilize slaves to maximize profit and that their anti-slavery stance is more or less a front to ingratiate themselves within the empire.

[@carlosbranco5685]

I know I'm addicted to Elder Scrolls when this podcast is my best coffee companion

[@Azhureus]

That music tho, it's seriously so good and so nostalgic it is slowly curing me from covid lemme tell you !

[@polives]

Always entertaining to watch Scott simping for Dunmer 🤣

[@Wahatoyas]

The Ebonheart pact wasn't made out of fondness of each other but for necessity to survive against the United 2 other factions

[@shinon748]

It was formed to deal with the Akiviri Invasion of the Second Era. They then expanded it to protect their interests against the Dominion and Covenant.

[@dadshirt6681]

Lmao I guess I’m delusional and a sellout freak to these guys for accepting Bethesda writers evil propaganda but the pact seems perfectly reasonable to me 😅 and after playing through it and seeing the obvious tension between the races but unites over multiple obviously HUGE threats ... seems legit to me

[@TsukimuraMidori]

@@dadshirt6681 exactly. Just looking at the basics doesn't show the fact that there was, in fact, a good number of points of tension that they worked through.

[@nbmoleminer5051]

​@@dadshirt6681Same

[@basswachter]

12:55 I've always wondered what House Hlaalu was before the arrival of Tiber Septim and the Empire. And seen their ties with the Cammona Tong, their greed and their sly, untrustworthy attitude, I sort of imagine them as a clan of fences who saw an opportunity when the Empire arrived, much like the real life maffia who do business with just about anybody.

[@andromeda7147]

I ADORE this podcast so much! I am so happy this is a thing! I love your discussions and the insane amount of lore you guys just seem to know from the top of your head. also, drew has the most relaxing story teller voice, even if he is just talking (that was probably also a reason why the daedric prince series was my fav, i felt quite immersed in this world where i listen to a daedrologist). Would you consider making a video or a podcast about the Direnni? they are always mentioned at the side, but rarely really talked about

[@LandStrider23]

I hope the direnni make it into the next game!

[@instamash]

I could listen to anyone talk about the Great Houses for hours. I haven't played Morrowind (yet), but I'm getting there.

[@thomaswienenga2378]

Scott’s interruption skill is at 100

[@thatscarletmoth]

Further touching on the association of Dagoth Ur and House Dagoth with music and sound, when looking at Keening, the metal arms are similar in appearance to a tuning fork (which is used as a resonator to tune acoustic instruments). The crystalline blade on Keening can also be associated with tone and sound, given the existence of Crystal Oscillators which are used to adjust frequencies (there is also further association with crystals in music, such as with crystal "singing" bowls, which create different pitched tones through resonance).

[@Seifiros]

You wonderful people your timing is perfect as always!

[@feje_]

Thanks for making my weekend guys!

[@adamthompson6669]

Yay do love a good podcast from 3 of the best. Great house of Fudgemuppet 😉 thank you team ❤️

[@dustinhatfield8373]

The ebonheart pact makes sense to me in the sense that it's not that nords, dunmer. And argonians needed to work together, but rather theybjad a mutual agreement that they'd rather work together to be 3 independent nations rather than serve the aldmeri Dominion or the daggerfall covenant

[@JakeLavoieMusic]

Goodness boys, that last bit about the 6th house and their use of tonal magic underground, like the dwemer, blew my mind. thanks!

[@frolicsomgaiety]

Redoran are almost like Ashlanders that have chosen to follow the Tribunal, they thrive off the harsh land, use what little it gives to the fullest, and embody the whole “mortality is a test and itself path to transcendence if rise to the challenge” thing. Morrowind the game also always characterized them as being almost unconcerned totally with politic, and considered to be a distant 3rd to Hlaalu and Telvanni who themselves were rabidly ambitious. They maintain that top 3 position by simply weathering all hardship and just doing what they’re good at, fighting, surviving, finding shells, reading sad poetry

[@TheOneMillionthRoger]

There are plenty of mages, but House Telvaani are proper wizards

[@bronzecobra8556]

I think the important thing to remember about the ebonheart pact is that it is a defensive pact. Without the alliance, the other two alliances pose an even greater threat to all three provinces. They were also invaded by the Kamal snow demons which probably helped them that they were not invincible. Plus with all the other major crises going on at the time such as the planemeld, it’s better to have allies, even if you don’t like them, such as when the Soviets teamed up with the Americans temporarily against the Nazis because they posed a bigger threat at the time.

[@alexwest2573]

I wouldn’t mind a podcast about the Nordic empire or the East and west Skyrim conflicts, these podcasts are great to listen to while exploring Skyrim and enslaving bandits with the ritual stone

[@guipoeta]

I have a cool theory suggestion for the channel: I often entertain the idea that the events of Oblivion also involve a major Daedric Prince that nobody really thinks about, and that’s Vaermina. How often it is said that she abuses, feeds and perhaps even uses mortals and their dreams for power? Let me be clear, how much of Dagon’s revolution would change the dynamics of the world that we know of? And how would that affect certain Princes, like Vaermina? There are instances where it is said that the Daedric Princes have complex relations and politics, and there are often struggles that pass completely unseen by us mortals. If you still don’t get what I’m talking about, here’s the tea: there is a certain Patrick Stewart that in the literal first minutes of the Oblivion game explain about the dreams he has of the soon-to-be Hero of Kvatch, but we only have a hero because the Emperor trusted the prisoner, gave them the Amulet of Kings and set the story that we know about up to Dagon’s failure. But why did the Emperor behave that way, how was he alerted to such prisoner, and why did he trust him? Was it a innate gift of seeing into the future? Was it his special blood? Or was it perhaps OMENS and DREAMS, my dear friends. We have a motive, maintain order as is to her precious human dreams farm, and we absolutely have a know-how of manipulation. Every time that I watch the whole intro of Oblivion and the sewers tutorial with the Emperor, I can’t help it but to entertain this notion that it was Vaermina herself that set up this whole plan into motion to preserve the world to her own gain. Also, we don’t even know how the prisoner ended up in that cell in the first place, could it have been another Daedric Prince playing with the world so Dagon couldn’t have his ways? I love the subtlety of this theory, and how we’d have to put the pieces together... Tell me what you think about it! I’d love more videos about Vaermina in this channel. Thanks for reading until here!

[@slurmsmckenzie1390]

YES more Morrowind lore! i love it lol, nice one guys!

[@thewimp9630]

everyone: ... House Hlaalu: C A P I T A L I S M

[@ChaplainJoshua]

Hell ye

[@OneOnOne1162]

39:00 - Here's a thing that maybe isn't being thought about here though. Dunmer are elves. Which means it takes them significant time to repopulate, right? Or at least they repopulate more slowly than the human races do. So I imagine that maybe this is part of what has made their recovery slower. Plus, Red Mountain is still spewing out ash. Presumably that makes living in actual Vvardenfell pretty difficult. Which would imply that, essentially, Morrowind has lost like half or a third of its habitable landmass. Which would also be a problem in and of itself. Plus, we don't know what effects the continuous problems with Red Mountain are having on the climate there. Maybe the amount of stuff it spews out on a regular basis is enough to block out significant sun. Which would mean lower crop yields. Which are a problem for any medieval-like society.

[@charliecriscione2246]

Just started my first morrowind playthrough and this came out a sing from Azura!

[@_TheGoob]

Stick with it. It's by far the best game, but can take a minute to get it. Modding can enhance an Ajay incredible game by a lot

[@redjane406]

In Elder Scrolls Online the Dunmer had Goblins as slaves but so did the Aylieds and Altmer.

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

I like the Alliange war to be honest. Aldmeri dominion and daggerfall covenant is understandable since Ayrenn WAS a one of a kind Altmer. And they helped the Khajiit during knahaten flu. Ebonheart fact... I just think it's neat to bitter enemies to begrudging allies.

[@drifindoril1818]

As a huge Morrowind fan I've been waiting for this one 😁

[@ambitiousram]

I think the red mountain thing may be due to Dunmer lifespan. It is still told as a recent event for us because it's still the first or second generation of Dunmer following the eruption.

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

I join Telvanni after doing a large cunk of the Mages Guild (enough to get the ring and staff quests). After joining Telvanni, I kill the Archmaster of the Mages Guild by taunting him into attacking so I can get his amulet without losing access to the teleporters. Ironically I helped with finding the Telvanni spy long before, only to become one myself

[@JosieJOK]

Hlaalu was always my favorite House in Morrowind! I loved their cosmopolitanism and loved walking the fine line between pragmatism and venality. I found Redoran simple and rigid, and Telvanni surprisingly brutish in their outlook. I would love if they completely redid Morrowind to bring the graphics up to date, voice all the dialog, and overhaul some of the combat. As long as they kept the story-it was awesome to begin with-and stuff like the astrological signs, the classes, etc.

[@PyrusFlameborn]

Skywind. You want Skywind. A fanmade recreation of TES III: Morrowind in the Skyrim engine.

[@CeramicShenanigans]

1:03:43 yes please!! I'd listen to that podcast. About their history, and also the impact they had on dunmer during the events in ES3 Morrowind.

[@vivecthepoet36]

I always figured that the original "fifth" great house was Sotha, and that its kind of a rotating position, which was later held by Hlaalu and Sadras

[@Sithisine]

Drinking game: Take a shot every time one of them says "you know"

[@zanerkindardis8978]

I might die If I did that 😂

[@KOWAL19898]

I fooking LOVE House Telvanni

[@HippieMafia813]

Every Sunday I make breakfast with yall playing in the background and I just really appreciate yalls dedication. Hopefully Elder Scrolls VI features the Nerevarine returning from Akavir with the lost Dragonborn Emperor heir to defeat the Thalmor and restore the Empire/Morrowind

[@kalincheng4265]

Man that would seriously be an epic story!

[@markhawkins7946]

In the Crimean war the UK and France where allies, which is waaay more unlikely than the ebonheart pact, if we are looking at things based on history.

[@Valencetheshireman927]

The French didn’t enslave the British.

[@Walsinats4]

As to the state of Morrowind, at least in my language Neloth said “rebuilding of Vivec took us decades” meaning the location that started the red year was restored, so it’s likely better than completely destroyed

[@AutistikWaldo]

Redoran suffered less to the eruption of red mountain. My guess is the Argonians didn't desire to conquer the Dunmer but to strike out at them as more of a warning or retribution. House Redoran answered in kind.

[@TobeWilsonNetwork]

Telvanni send their mouths to the meeting… 👀👀👀 So wise, but sounds like they must give out a lot of brain too…

[@TsukimuraMidori]

The Mouth is the spokesperson for the House.

[@crowing427]

The Ebonheart Pact itself is the very reason I, at first, thought ESO came after Skyrim in the timeline...and then saw Vivec and was hopelessly confused lol

[@Sw3rt0]

Well Scott, Drew, and Michael. I know you've played /some/ ESO, but it seems like you weren't paying attention in stonefalls or deshaan when it was being hinted that the Tribunal was already on the decline, nor the Morrowind expansion when it is confirmed Dagoth Ur /is/ already stirring and the Tribunal already can't go up red mountain and restore their power. The Ebonheart Pact is formed for the same reason the Armistace is signed.

[@roberthamel542]

Ty for this. I needed something to enjoy have had pretty bad week

[@bovrar2nd861]

I was just about to search a video of yours on the topic. LOL! I started playing Morrowind because of you guys, I am ashamed because didn't started earlier. Now, I feel the same way when I discovered Skyrim🙏😀

[@Strellok100]

We really need a house Dagoth podcast

[@quatroking]

Ages have passed and I still come back to play for House Hlaalu

[@tymiller176]

My favorite is House Dres. I always RP House Dres Dunmer in ES games

[@neotheresa]

Scott’s pure, unadulterated hatred of the Ebonheart Pact never ceases to amuse me

[@notsae66]

The Telvani are basically just magical Orks and I love that.

[@frolicsomgaiety]

Well. Orcs will fight each other for breeding rights and authority but it’s for the genetic survival of the clan; any lesser Orc can rise in the ranks and only breed if he becomes chieftain because Orcs don’t have a homeland and they want to collectively survive, but they’re civil, have a rich culture and they work well together. The Telvanni are like a group of rabidly individualistic and ambitious Rick Sanchezs that almost utterly lacks civility or cohesion, it’s like a gated community of sociopaths and mad scientists, and power is the only law.

[@notsae66]

@@frolicsomgaiety Orks, not Orcs. Very important difference.

[@TsukimuraMidori]

@@frolicsomgaiety OP meant the Orks of Warhammer 40k, not those literally shit-stained Orsimer.

[@Etticos.]

Can you guys do a podcast on an assortment of the lesser talked about daedric races such as the Skaafin for example? I love my Sunday mornings listening to this!

[@ceyes00]

There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen

[@Wired_User]

House Hlaalu is basically the Baked Alaska of Morrowind.

[@reubenhoughtailing2412]

Oh I joined house hualu and wiped out the other ones.Loved owning a egg mine

[@seanpoore2428]

The thing about a crisis/feud lasting longer in fantasy is elves live a long time and their memories aren't as short as humans, so they would hold grudges for longer or for more generations as their historical memory is deeper than ours. Also there are plenty of examples of human cultures that have been at war for so long that they forget why

[@SoraTsubasa]

I would argue an issue with redoran that I've recently come into and was watching this to try and figure out. Being so pious and dutiful how do they approach the daedra considering the wintersun mod requiring sneaky killings and killing the innocent which conflicts with the house ideology

[@Gwynbleidd_0]

Hail house indoril

[@ياسرالاحمدي-ذ8ز]

Sorry unrelated question vampires when they die and go to coldharbor are they treated with respect or like slaves?

[@jouzelfeather-pelt7686]

Most likely slaves. Molag Bal is the Prince of Domination.

[@camphipps10]

Skyrim's 200 year gap from Oblivion is the best thing about its lore imo

[@Mjjrex100]

A new Podcast! Lets gooooooooo!

[@tonicus123]

30:00 kinda hard to defeat an established military with just freed slaves.

[@JustDaZack]

This ones for the algorithm :)

[@zoemacpherson2701]

Wasn't the Dark Elf student in the college of Winterhold a Telvani wizard in Skyrim?

[@Rodiacreed]

I wonder what the point is of having a King of Morrowind when the Great Houses rule the nation together anyway and each follow their own laws in each region they control with the only unifying force being the Tribunal. Its an empty title since the king only rules the Hlaalu territory anyway.

[@Sally4th_]

Someone to blame when things go wrong.

[@synner707]

I always fell bad for the elves in the gray quarter. Then I remeber morrowind and how the dark elves are so much worse than the Nords in term of racism.

[@nwahnerevar9398]

I mean the Dunmer never committed genocide unlike the Nords, nor do they have a history of expansionism.

[@synner707]

@@nwahnerevar9398 yeah but....slavery

[@LordMortanius]

@@synner707 The Nords invaded Morrowind out of jealousy, then got booted out when the Chimer and Dwemer teamed up against them. Say what you will about the Dunmer, but they didn't exterminate an entire race, nor did they imbue a weapon with genocidal hatred against other races.

[@barkasz6066]

Ah yes, the Great Houses. Just what I need to take my mind off of a painful breakup for an hour.

[@morriganlefay5438]

It's so strange that the house that considers gravity, the inherent seriousness of life, to be a major virtue and guiding principle would fanboy over Vivec of all people

[@tymiller176]

These guys really love the Dunmer. For me, they're just ok. Redguards and Altmer are my favorites

[@LandStrider23]

I really digg the Altmer and Dunmer. I recently tried Redguard and was pleasantly surprised!

[@er_b793]

I wish other provinces were as detailed as the Morrowind. I hope we get more complexity with the situation in High Rock or Hammerfell (or both, hopefully) in ES6, besides east vrs. west, progressive vrs. conservative, etc.

[@owen7palkovic936]

You gotta love that music in the intro

[@skylargarrison7142]

I would love to see a Link build

[@msb539]

What did Telvanni do about the argonian invasion?