Goblins | The Elder Scrolls Podcast #85

[@jacksmith4530]

Might seem like a nitpick but when you guys reference card/concept art, could you pull it up on the screen? That would be very much appreciated for I usually pause the vid and try to look up what you're talking about. Another great pod btw 👍

[@hyperspacejester7377]

Sounds like work

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

Lol, exactly! I'm listening to this while I'm waking up, but I keep looking to see the picture that one of the guys is talking about.

[@badluck5647]

They usually do. I guess they dropped the ball during this podcast.

[@kylejones1828]

YES!

[@lazilycatharticone4191]

Well I know in some cases like Kirkbride's Depiction of Mephala can't be shown because of youtube's self imposed censorship policies. Don't know about this one in particular, could just be an oversight.

[@jackccurbs]

Something neat to note is that in archaic English, "ken" usually means close friends as opposed to "kin" who are blood relations. So even the name "goblin-ken" implies that a lot of them aren't actually related, just associated.

[@steelrexer1062]

Frien :D

[@timothymoore8549]

In reference as to why we managed to tame wolves when it’s so hard to tame carnivores. It is because dogs basically lived the exact same way as Hunter gathering humans and persistence pursuit hunters. We basically just took them with us and didn’t have to change anything.

[@itssomedonkus5700]

Not to mention wolves and humans are also parts of big “packs” or communities.

[@iivin4233]

8:42 Maybe Griffins weren't tamed by the goblins. Maybe griffins appreciated goblin humility and so accept goblins as riders. It's also possible that like cats with humans griffins domesticated themselves.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I feel like the Goblins picked up the worship of Malacath in the 1st Era after the Yokudans migrated over. The Yokudans displaced the native Orcs, driving them into cities where the Orcs allowed the Goblins, Ogres, and other Goblin-ken to join them. Once in the Orc cities, they were exposed to Malacath and probably were forced to worship him by the Orcs, who generally dont allow the worship of other gods in their settlements.

[@badluck5647]

Malacath is the patron god of the spurned and ostracized, so the goblins probably started showing him reverence after Malacath started supporting them with his godlike powers.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Yea probably

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

@@badluck5647 maybe

[@The_Bear_Adventures]

This is probably another key part of why they are all considered one large group by many parts of tamriel even post unified empire

[@smuggrog9821]

@@badluck5647 Yep, Malacath sphere of influence is wider then people think and is not only limited to Orcs. All a group really needs to gain Malacaths favor is to be a outcast and be strong or at least a survivor, which would cover Orcs, Reachmen, Ogres, Goblins and I wouldn't be surprised if Minotaurs had some favor with Malacath as well. If you think about it Malacath is pretty much the god of barbarians and monstrous humanoids in tes and one of his titles is actually The Lord of Monsters, so him being the "horde god" fits pretty well.

[@jonleonard1555]

Good news. Looks like everyone actually makes it to the end of the podcast (instead of someone dropping their connection).

[@badluck5647]

I hope Orsinium 4.0 has goblins and ogres like the orginal.

[@YourWaywardDestiny]

Me too, I would never leave the city if that were the case. Friendly, cooperative, communicating goblins and orgres sounds *really* interesting to watch happen. I was all over helping the Rieklings keep Thirsk the SECOND one of them started talking to me.

[@badluck5647]

@@YourWaywardDestiny I don't imagine goblins or ogres being great conversationalists or even very friendly, but it would be interesting to see how Goblin-kin would fit in a cities' culture and economy when they aren't actively being killed or enslaved.

[@AlexanderMak-x3q]

If there are all Trinimac followers - not,heh)

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

I sort of thought how Falmer look like goblins and are devolved elves and likewise Rieklings look like goblins and are thought of by some as devolved elves, perhaps all goblin-type creatures are devolved elves or old ehlnofey like perhaps as Scott suggested ogres and giants were devolved old ehlnofey (which might also explain why goblins at least worship Malacath). It’s just a thought.

[@Lucky13Ravens]

I personally like the idea that they are the definition of Malacaths Domain, the first outcasts. While the Maormer are remembered as a group exile, it's likely the Aldmer (Old Ehlnofey) cast out members of society to become wild and degenerate. I think that is where goblins originate.

[@Wulgreath]

24:18 Hoonding getting got by gobbos I can see in two ways; sheer quantity of bodies, and the ability of an unskilled, unpredictable opponent leaving a master of the craft utterly dumbfounded that something would DO whatever it is they just did.

[@Priceluked]

Bare in mind that these goblins were giants in comparison to their modern counterparts and likely possessed warriors of exceeding quality.

[@The_Bear_Adventures]

@@Priceluked and the longer the goblins were at the top of the food chain the more resources went to feeding and growing the best of them. What we see in the games today must be a very poor imitation of what they are capable of when there's no men and elves using up all the prime real estate

[@damcmadlad2975]

My headcannon reason why the goblins can tame griffins and the more "civilized" races can't is because the goblins had a more natural respect for the creatures that mirrors what the falmer have with the chauruses

[@timothymoore8549]

I missed goblins so much in Skyrim

[@morrigankasa570]

I always felt that the Topal "Orcs/Goblins" existed first, then the Trinimac "Orcs" soon merged with the originals as well as the Ogres and Reiklings.

[@deadseven3474]

Oh man, I've been kinda hoping you guys would cover this! as someone that didn't play oblivion too much before going balls deep into skyrim I've always wondered how the goblins and such were elaborated on in the elder scrolls.

[@shinoftherain8481]

Those suckers would getchu in oblivion

[@badluck5647]

I think there are goblins added to Skyrim legendary edition

[@torrent6181]

This podcast has been part of my weekly routine for a few months now. Thanks guys for continuing these awesome discussions!

[@witoldendrju2458]

Great video as always, but I don't think Rieklings are isolated. The Chief on Solstheim mentions, that they are very numerous and widespread everywhere on Nirn in deep ocean and coastal areas. Kinda like Phoenicians

[@Vaident8]

43:00 Drew picks up their disobedient Alfiq.

[@bitysmith]

A brief Maeve appearance!

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

If no thicc goblin short-stack waifus in Elder Scrolls VII: Hammerfell, *we riot* .

[@MichaelisBLee-nw8wy]

Too much Tales of Androgynous, huh?

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

@@MichaelisBLee-nw8wy Post link pls. 😂

[@DemiurgeDarkfire]

very interesting podcast this time around! I love all you guys, and usually i find myself gravitating more towards Scotts points- but Michael's observation about the accessibility of magic for common peoples of tamriel was a very keen observation. Keep churning out the good content fudge crew!

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

I just imagine goblins adopted the worship and converted to Malacath religion.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I love the talk about the nature of Intelligence. I always go with the example of Knowledge being how much you know, whereas Intelligence is how much you can know.

[@Droseer]

12am before work, this is an unhealthy weekly ritual. i love it

[@smuggrog9821]

I think the existence of Iron Orc or Osh'Ornim does kind of give some credence to Topal seeing Orcs and not just big goblins though. The Iron Orcs are just so distinct when compared Mountain Orcs and Wood Orcs, thier is no Malacath worship at all in Iron Orc culture and instead they worship the stones which is probably the earthbones, they speak a completely different language to other orcs, and it seems that they have always been in Craglorn with the Nedes since the beginning which goes against the main Orc creation myth. Honestly I don't think its a huge stretch that thier could have been two races of orc on Tamriel. The "old orcs" aka the Ornim, that are actually a race goblin-ken and the "new orcs" aka the Orsimer that are just corrupted Aldmer. Maybe the Ornim were once more wide spread around Tamriel but after the birth of the Orsimer, the Ornim intermixed and had a culturally exchange with the Orsimer creating a hybrid culture which would become modern orcish culture, with the Iron Orcs of Craglorn being the last remnants of pre-Orsimer Ornim culture.

[@badluck5647]

Orcs left Summerset pretty early in the first era, so it is not unreasonable for them to be in Craglorn long enough to develop a unique culture.

[@smuggrog9821]

@@badluck5647 Orcs actually came into existence a lot early then the First Era, the Velothi exodus happened around the mid Merethic Era. So the Orcs have been in Tamriel for a while and did end up creating many distinct cultures throughout Tamriel but on the other hand the main thing the ties them together is Malacath worship which the Iron Orcs lack. But its just a theory and Orcs being encountered before Malacaths transformation just being larger goblins is more likely, even in the Second and Third Era, goblin warlords could be as big or even bigger then Nords or Orcs, so its easy to believe that the original use for the word "orc" just meant large goblin. But again the Iron Orcs just seem to be the odd ball of orcs which does make me more open minded to Topal and other sources claiming orcs existed in the Dawn Era.

[@badluck5647]

@@smuggrog9821 I just don't see turning away from Malacath worship as very unique since there were many times that the orcs turned to Trinimac worship and rejected Malacath. The giant goblins just seems like a better theory.

[@walidovofsiddharthatan6130]

Gremlin models, animations, and sounds were recently made for Tamriel Rebuilt and Project Tamriel, so we will indeed see them again! And probably in the Narsis release.

[@tarponpet]

Oh really?

[@walidovofsiddharthatan6130]

@@tarponpet You can join the Tamriel Rebuilt discord server from their site and either search or ask for the gremlin goods.

[@tarponpet]

@@walidovofsiddharthatan6130 Very cool, I started a TES gremlin awareness month on a server once lol

[@andrewgrahamlloyd6253]

Good luck bois always appreciate when yo go for non mainstream topics!

[@badluck5647]

Like Smash or Pass?

[@Desmuu]

Can you guys talk about the lesser known Isles like Roscrea? Atmora? Ynslea, cathnoquey, Yokuda etc

[@MrLightningbob]

That would be fun to listen to.

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

I asked about Roscrea, and someone said there's only a mention of it in an in-game book. 😕 Beyond Skyrim is working on Roscrea, though. I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with.

[@andrewcody2181]

@@Mary_Beth_Reimer in game books are Canon but mods aren't Canon but I agree it'll be cool

[@MrLightningbob]

@@Mary_Beth_Reimer Maybe something about Falinesti would be fun. One of those big mysteries about where the walking city just vanished one day taking nearly every Imga and a whole bunch of Bosmer and others with it.

[@Vahmung]

Next week will be a deep dive into the Goblin lore from Loverslab.

[@yuh.7105]

I’ve been waiting for this one this is one of the creatures/beast folk most people don’t talk about much

[@gerbenvanegmond4007]

Listening to these podcasts is like an addiction to me. Best thing to do whenever I'm doing anything that I can combine whit this!

[@EJDubbz]

Goblin did make that dope Suspiria soundtrack. That's cultural achievement.

[@antonakesson]

The Rieklings in Skyrim where litterally green skinned goblins before that got cut and used in the Dragonborn DLC instead. They started as just goblins before turned blue

[@Vladokaza]

not really, because the Reaklings already existed in Morrowind's Bloodmoon DLC

[@The_Sharktocrab]

Source?

[@antonakesson]

@@The_Sharktocrab kzbin.info/www/bejne/enismIubfKhpesk 3:15 is where the original model where used before they turned it blue to become Rieklings in Dragonborn.

[@antonakesson]

@@Vladokaza Yes, but I mean specifically for Skyrim. I know Rieklings themselves are in lore and in game in Morrowind, but the ones used in Skyrim where literally originally green goblins.

[@lazilycatharticone4191]

@@Vladokaza he's saying that Beth planned to have Skyrim host Goblins, but cut that out of the 2011 release. Then when the Dragonborn DLC came around, they reused the in engine models for Solstheim's Rieklings.

[@ComicAcolyte]

Hot take: Goblins are the true and first people of Tamriel and TES6 will only have one race goblins and the story will be to take back Tamriel with your Gobbo army. XQC will voice the main character EL GOBLINO

[@heathertoribio5824]

Morrowind truly was a special game. They took so many risks and made everything so unique... Referring to the comment about MMOs just making the bosses a larger version of the other baddies

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

We need that Goblin Freestyle video, ASAFP!

[@GuaiEye]

You guys could do an episode on Tamrielic coprology. 😉 LOVE this episode and hope to learn more about goblinoid lore in future explorations!

[@MrMokele03]

The goblins having the internet way in the past is now head canon for me

[@neckbeardedmorlock9258]

please i plead to the three to give us a podcast on the forbidden knowledge of coda

[@Lukkilikka]

Intelligence is extremely difficult to measure and IQ is a joke. I am autistic and score high on IQ tests. I also once fell down the stairs because I forgot how the stairs work.

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

I fall down stairs like literally once a month! I habitually fall down while walking with no obstacles in my path at all.

[@dawn4383]

Hell, their go to example of some "genius inventor" is a guy who... Pays other people to invent things.

[@PatriotWatchman1776]

Loved this episode! I'll be looking forward to the goblin rap battle! 😄

[@CthulhuianBunny]

I'd never looked into ogres in ESO until this podcast, and I totally agree with you guys! They look great! Wish I could say the same for the goblins. They look more like the orcs that you kill in Shadow of Mordor than the ones you see in every other Elder Scrolls game. Well, save for Redguard, where they have heads like chihuahuas.

[@jacobfisher8296]

You cannot convince me there isnt an eye behind scott.

[@a_green_snake6451]

Now after watching this Podcast, there will be a group of people who will make their own variations of "Goblin Slayer" in ESO

[@Dan-B]

Scott’s on the wrong side of history saying that all Goblin Kin look the same....

[@merilletrobichaux6628]

He not wrong there only to things to do to goblins kill or enslaved that all there good for.

[@Dan-B]

@@merilletrobichaux6628 😱

[@VadeInSpiritu]

Lol youngscrolls got that goblin reikling rap

[@awuymithegreat5531]

Nice one, but still waiting for a Sixth House episode ;)

[@Sanbaddy]

43:01 Drew is that an Alfiq?!

[@gabr.7878]

Love the podcast btw. Goblins always gave me a lot of trouble in oblivion, for some reason they were a challenge to fight

[@GobPalRosieVT]

Finally, the video of my people.

[@raph3699]

Eso trolls looks like the beast Titan from AoT

[@soggy11]

playing a malacath worshipper i always use mods that let me summon ogrims because they r the only daedra that has a obvious connection to malacath

[@taylororourke2525]

🚨 Hey Fudgemuppet! 🚨 Kinda random idea for a video subject, but I would LOVE to learn more about the different kinds of alcohol and narcotic substances in the world of Tamriel. I’ve always been curious as to what kinds of wild stories have arisen thanks to one too many Sujamma or why the Khajiit really love Moon Sugar so much, and why skooma is the real bane of the world destroying our society! Good luck fellas! Cheers! 🍻

[@ctdaniels7049]

Goblin time.

[@learningftw8173]

Just what i needed, thank god

[@davidstol2792]

Scott!! All the videos are gold but the people need more Let's Play content!

[@breathofdifferentair1950]

Next podcast about fay, fairys, and nymphs?

[@andrewcody2181]

Yes

[@cloudmane4159]

I think it would be so cool to be able to unlock some beastfolk like goblins as playable races….but like as an extremely limited experience. Like you can go to all thr same places and level up but most npc’s won’t understand your broken goblin speech and/or are completely hostile to you. Also, you might not understand much more then 50% of what they say. I always wanted to play as a zombie in skyrim but i knew, out of logical necessity, that 98% of npcs would respond negatively to a zombie entering their shop.

[@feragon430]

Yo Elon is not remotely smart at all, I understand it was an example that was a spur of the moment thing, but I would never consider Elon a rare genius type in the world. Brother was born with the best RNG brother was born in the Cloud District with ownership of a very profitable Kwama mine

[@Khoros-Mythos]

Personal Theory: Trinimac's Followers were turned into early era Goblins which is why they are bigger than modern goblins. So Orcs are actually just large goblins.

[@carson3370]

You guys should do an episode or two on the Six Walking Ways. They're like peak Elder Scrolls esoterica

[@andrewpennington1803]

About the griffins maybe it’s because they are proud and the high elf’s would have tried dominating the where as goblins could have given them respect and praise.

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

Thank you guys for another fun episode! I love my weekly dose of Fudgemuppet luv! 💙❤️💚

[@psychobrando9230]

finally people wanna talk about the goblins

[@williamfink5502]

small nitpick, you said capitalize, but I would say utilize instead.

[@Sinnixk]

How sure are you the ES6 will be in highrock/hammerfall? All we know us mountains. It could be Summerset. That would be wild.

[@ajh8566]

orcs don't have any real magical prowess yet they come from early high elves. It's kind of cool to me. Maybe the transformation turned orcs into complete opposites of high elves. Orcs are physically dominate, ugly, bulky and green. While high elves are mentally dominant, beautiful, skinny and have golden skin. And those are just a few off the top. Im sure there's more.

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, remember. I would rather play an orc than a high elf.

[@taylororourke2525]

@@Mary_Beth_Reimer Yeah, I would rather date an Orc than a high elf as well. 👍

[@ajh8566]

To each their own I guess... I can promise you that she won't look like gamora and he won't look like beast boy. Look at the lore. They're outcasts. They aren't supposed to be seen as beautiful. Malocath clearly wouldn't want that. He would want them to stay as odd looking to the norm so they continue to be outcasts worshipping him.

[@colonelguiltergr8theart288]

I think the goblins are a result of the Dwemer doing the same thing to Orcs that they did to the Falmer.

[@Scotttjt]

It's funny. Despite the cool lore associated with the various races of men and mer, it's the beast races that interest me the most. Seriously, some of my favorite videos of yours are those that explore and theorize about Tamriel *prior* to the arrival of men and elves: The great Argonian Xanmeer empire, the Khajiiti merchant kingdoms, the Dreugh slave oceans, the various warring goblin tribes and everything else in between. Imagine exploring Tamriel in these times. I wonder what interactions these races had with one another before men and elves blundered onto the scene and started raiding and enslaving everything in sight.

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

And the bird people sound fascinating!

[@idkmybffjill9682]

What I needed this morning, thx for uploading

[@idkmybffjill9682]

“Race of bird people” so a bunch of d Reynolds?

[@JoeBlow95818]

I find it funny to see the guys try to find a logical explanation to a writing mistake like topal the pilot encountering orcs

[@JoeBlow95818]

Same thing with stuff like the game devs being lazy and not putting female giants, when they try to explain these things through lore im always like "come on guys we all know its just game limitations/laziness" 😂

[@EndoScorpion]

34:25 We may not all know how technology works.... but we all sure as heck use it and take it for granted. It's so integral to society that many people would be screwed and not know how to live without it, yet still wouldn't know how to create it themselves. That's not the case in most fantasy setting that have magic. The magic is very rarely ever an integral part of the world / society. Outside of the magic school (Mage's guild) you still get pulleys and cranes instead of people using levitation or telekinesis. There are no enchanter vendors despite so many items being enchanted. There's no entertainers putting on magic shows. People don't use fire spells to light a fire or cook with in order to save wood. Don't use frost spells to preserve food. What about wind magic for sailing so you wouldn't need oars? Magelight instead of thousand-year-old candles still burning in long-sealed tombs. No weather/nature magic to help produce a better harvest. Magic is so separated from society in most fantasy settings, and vastly UNDER-represented - it's often reduced to only being used for combat, especially in games, because that's the main/only use for magic in games.

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

Sadly, I have to agree with you.

[@Khoros-Mythos]

30:25 In birds regurgitation and vomiting are completely different things. When birds regurgitate food for young it does not contain any stomach acid.

[@leftunity8627]

It's easy to blame on gameplay constraints but it's worth considering that goblin-kin all have white souls, which implies a degree of non-sentience.

[@Jordan-zk2wd]

Don't be hard on Hunding, all us have gotten killed by goblins once or twice. Maybe he got up to pee and forgot to hit pause.

[@antonakesson]

Unless Dwarven metal has super low melting point the Goblins would still need good furnaces to get the metal hot enough to fuse with other metal. Otherwise you have a stupid Game of Throne moment where suddenly you can melt gold in a cooking cauldron XD. So I am just gonna say someone was sleeping on their job while writing that goblin dwarven scrapmetal daggers.

[@serbsi2922]

Bro this is so stupid. I'm enjoying the hell out of it

[@savagetilley2782]

i want to play as a goblin sooo bad!!!

[@YourWaywardDestiny]

This got me thinking about the Thirsk Mead Hall quest- it mirrors the Cursed Tribe quest pretty hardcore. Place gets invaded by (insert "lesser" race) because the leadership was weak. Your help is enlisted. Leadership is shown to be too weak-willed for position. For the Cursed Tribe, the leadership asks you to just lie about it and gets wrecked either way. For the Nords, the leadership asks you to lie about it, and you can just go about your business or refuse to lie and make sure she gets wrecked. For the Rieklings, the leadership demands you replace them, and you get blue friends popping in every now and again. Now, this might be a little out there, but I got this fun little idea that the ghost leader you go see on the Nord side of the Thirsk quest might actually be an aspect of Malacath slowly trying to convert that little band of Nords. Malacath probably regularly sent Rieklings to test the isolated, far-removed inhabitants of Thirsk. Obviously he hadn't taken over completely, or he'd just demand the leader die outright instead of just refusing a blessing, but it all lines up with what happened to the orc tribe in Skyrim all too well to just dismiss it as coincidence. And it'd be a win-win-win scenario for Malacath no matter what happened. You can: 1. Fight for the Nords, and lie about the leader and let them eventually find out she's awful via curse/a displeased ghost instead of it being brought to light immediately, and start to lean more heavily on Malacath-suggested solutions 2. Fight for the Nords, then kill or reveal the leader to be unfit to the others, and a stronger leader eventually rises out of the situation to go on and ask the aspect/ghost for approval like they've always done. A terrible leader is taken care of, and there's no lost ground in converting them. 3. Side with the Rieklings, kill off all the Nords, and the old Riekling leader personally recognizes the code of Malacath to make sure the throne is occupied by the strongest among them. Malacath is already fond of goblin-kin, and he (probably) already admitted you're useful/strong and you have his favor for dealing with Yamarz. I'm sure there are holes in this little theory, I did just come up with it.

[@levijackson767]

I still think Giants are Goblin-kin they have pointy ears and horns. Like Orcs and morrowind Goblins.

[@alexarrowood3070]

23:00 cmon its right infront of yall the DWARVES! They had a society constructed around soul gems and one day just vanished - now we have magical artifacts that we dont fully know how to use. Atleast to the extent of the dwarves.

[@Thomas.Wright]

I guess I should be posting lyrics from Nekrogoblikon instead of Wind Rose, but I don't know much of their music.

[@mattias2576]

this podcast is gonna singlehandedly get me throught my bachelor thesis

[@ryanhenderson225]

Someone get Scott to play Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden west. Seems right up his alley! (Existensial dread included)

[@corbincrider8491]

Hey y’all probably won’t see this, but I think y’all would get a lot of content in making your builds for the new upcoming FromSoftware game Elden Ring! Definitely would love to see it!

[@birdnoir5841]

This video is raided by the Tzogwig Warband. All dwemer scrap is now stolen.

[@petersutcliffe4927]

I don't like fighting goblins in Oblivion because it really feels like I'm going in and slaying peaceful indigenous folk who were just trying to survive... I never go into their caves or mines if I can help it, and only attack them if they attack first. It would be cool if there had been more to 'Goblin Jim' regarding the ability to communicate with them in some way... (edit: a word)

[@EJDubbz]

Giants in Skyrim are even worse this way...

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

@Tristan There's a mod called One With Nature where you can adjust your faction with animals & so called lesser races. I always have mine set to neutral for giants & most animals. Since I play on pc, I just use a console command to complete any quest that requires killing giants. I know it's like cheating, but I don't appreciate killing them, or most animals.

[@gabrielinostroza4989]

You do know they furnish their dwellings with the bones and skins of the people they kill right, they never really just exist peacefully

[@Mr._Anderpson]

Keep your eyes peeled for the next TES release from FudgeMuppet. "Salmon: A Deep Dive Into This Misunderstood Creature and Its Lore". Also on the docket are in-depth examinations of the skeever and the nix hound. Fascinating, and not at all scraping the bottom of the barrel for a franchise which has gone a decade without a new installment (eight if you count the abomination which is ESO).

[@daedaluswriting9350]

Malacath wanting everything associated with him to be as terrible as possible? Does that make him Nirn and oblivion's first shitposter?

[@shinoftherain8481]

The boys looking fresh

[@BaalFridge]

Thank the tribunal

[@nickschadd5227]

Michael pronounces Rieklings correctly. It's R ie klings e after i make it say I.

[@alemirdikson]

There was a theory, I don't remember where I found it, probably Reddit, that all goblin-ken are basically degenerated elves. This theory posits that the Cyrodiilic goblins are largely comprised of former Ayleids. The Reiklings are Falmer, but seperate from the Falmer of Skyrim, who degenerated by their own means, not by Dwemer interference. This explains why Skyrim's Falmer resemble goblins. The goblins of Vale wood could be some mix of Ayleids and fallen Bosmer tribes, or whatever have you... Orcs in this case would be the sort of in-between state. Half goblin, half elf. I'm not sure quite how lore-founded this theory is, but I think it works well enough for my own headcanon.

[@CyrodiilCome]

Aylieds still exist in Valenwood, and reiklings would be in main land skyrim then

[@futurewario9591]

Please Fudgemuppet, can you do Fallout Podcasts too?

[@cy3125]

Bethesda should give goblins more numbers. A handful should be a dozen or upward in higher levels. Its not like they have a lot of hp. Well personally everywhere could be populated more from bandit camps to cities but goblins especially feel light when their whole shtick is being numerous fodder

[@TheFeltmeister]

Thanks fellas

[@andrewgrahamlloyd6253]

Love niche race videos!!

[@dimitriofthedon3917]

Drews cat tho

[@nosferatuzod4991]

Michael you are aware Elon Musk didn't actually invent anything right? He patented something someone else invented.

[@EJDubbz]

Haha. If we consider Elon a genius, perhaps we've already begun our decline into goblin-ken.

[@xiNerdLordix]

Inheriting a lot of money and funding stupid reddit projects like the death tunnel, somehow convinces people he's this Tony Stark genius I guess.

[@dawn4383]

Maybe the real inventions were the contracts we made to have the title of "founder" for a company you bought along the way.

[@ReikoAyanamiCh]

Göbleen

[@georgehouliaras7239]

Hey, you are talking about me. Nice.

[@just_addd_water_to_your_ramen]

Ha

[@infra_r3d133]

Michael: “they fight against each other a lot…” You mean like the Bretons do? You mean like the Imperial Nords versus the Stormcloaks? There’s other examples but you get my point.

[@XIAmBertsX]

I wonder if orcs even though are acknowledged as elvish or mer... I wonder if orcs are actually a previous generations Breton? Like Bretons are half elves that identify as more human prolly do to their ancestral elvish masters procreating with their human slave I wonder if orcs were the combination of the elves doing the same thing to the goblins and that's why they are normally mistaken as a goblin relation instead of an elven one...... when in fact maybe they are related to both?!...... or maybe goblin elves are reiklings.... just interesting thoughts. 🤔