Skyrim Books 10 : Biography of Barenziah

Skyrim Books 10 : Biography of Barenziah
Just reading books in between episodes of my lets play Skyrim series :) This is NOT audio book quality stuff. No editing, no rehearsals etc.

[@Nateh918]

"they felt safe in Riften" said no one EVER

[@1Scimetar]

Just in case no one's pointed this out where it's easily viewed, that third volume was the ENTIRE story from The Elder Scrolls I: Arena. And the first four games in The Elder Scrolls series cover the last fifty or so years of Urial Septem VII.

[@KBXband]

I was wondering if theyd mention the older games specifically

[@Abyssionknight]

I really like how radically different the biography story (which was clearly written by imperials) is so different from 'the real barenziah' books.

[@CrzBonKerz21]

This book is amazing because it is a direct example of how deep and believable to Elder Scrolls world is.

[@ChaosShadoWolfe]

Gopher, many times I came across these books in-game, yet everytime I did not have the time or the will to read them. As a complete lore-geek when it comes to games(any game really), I felt slightly bad that I didn't read them, but now, with you reading these books, I can finally play the game without feeling regret every time I pass these books, thank you so much. And honestly, you got a terrific reading voice, very calm and patient.

[@MismeretMonk]

Thanks for reading all volumes in one video.

[@einwolf]

The story of Jagar Tharn userping Uriel VII and the recovery of the Staff of Chaos IS the full story of Arena. It was a bit light on plot. Also, the player character from Oblivion is more commonly know as the Hero of Kvatch. Because that's your first and biggest independant action. After that you're basically working for Martin and Jaufre.

[@MrFreakierTruth]

You should read the original, unpublished version. Saucy stuff.

[@CommanderM117]

indeed

[@matthewstephenson3537]

Where do I

[@BobofWOGGLE]

@@matthewstephenson3537 Look up The Real Barenziah

[@kolschbrot562]

Lets just say that Khajiit physiology is a little different than that of the human races...

[@GophersVids]

Does not mean you should not read it. I have read many books I knew to be blatant lies and propaganda. Always get your information from multiple sources.

[@csweezey18]

That is the plot of The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

[@CommanderM117]

indeed

[@PCGamersAnonymous]

This is a perfect summary of Arena. I played Arena, but I don't actually remember a character named Barenzia in it. Uriel Septim VII and Ria Silmane were in it though. You are the champion, and Ria gives you a vision. You find a key in the cell you are in....thus, you are that champion, and guided by Ria's visions, you begin your quest to find the missing pieces of the staff. :)

[@benoitlevesque9609]

Always too lazy to read the books, thanks for taking the time!!!

[@skillest231]

yeah that was the story of arena, and it makes sense for her to be alive still cuse dark elves live for something like 1000 years.

[@danielrichardson7460]

Thanks for reading these books. I have enjoyed this verymuch

[@Talladarr]

Well, to the best of my knownledge, with the exceptions of the ones that use magic to extend their lives dramatically, most Dunmer/Altmer live to be over 300-500 years old, unless otherwise killed.

[@TrollDragomir]

Uriel Septim VII was alive through three first TES games, and Biography of Barenziah describes the storyline of TES: Arena. I wish someone would make a completed version with volume IV and V, since she made her appearance in Daggerfall and Morrowind's expansion - Tribunal also.

[@von_swierk]

No he's the one from Arena the one from Oblivion is called the Cyrodill champion

[@DanTharp]

Wow....I have seen and NOT read this book, all the way back to Morrowind. Now, I've FINALLY heard the story of Barenziah. :) Thanks Gopher!

[@TensuMakadi]

I can't believe it took me all this time to figure out this was based on Arena.

[@Tundraviolet]

Yes is the story from the first elder scrolls game called Arena (at least part of it). Uriel Septim VII was the emperor in the first game and he`s always the emperor until he dies in Oblivion.

[@GophersVids]

I wonder if TES got its 'Eternal Champion' inspiration from the Michael Moorcock novels.

[@Blade4dead1]

You should build a house with a library.

[@TheRPGChick]

You should read "The Real Barenziah v1 through v5. LONG. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to read all of it. In those books, you'll find many differences. Straw was not wicked or devious, just simple; they went to Whiterun, not Riften (or "Rifton"); Barenziah was the one who met Therris (Straw hated him); and Barenziah did agree to help the two rob the Imperial Commanant's house, and she was caught in the act along with them.

[@melodieustv]

This book is about the first game.

[@chiu20044b122]

I can't believe I didn't realize till now that elves in TES can live for hundreds of years.

[@royalwolf27]

the book talk about the Elder Scroll Arena, which was the first and from what I know of it it seemed pretty accurate. though my knowledge is simply based around the first dungeon.

[@lordyam]

i've actually noticed that as you fill up the bookshelves some of the books seem to disappear :-/ thats why i turned that room into the armory and i just use a chest to hold all the books/ journals i collect

[@Abyssionknight]

You're right, since the other books about Berenziah mention that Jagar Tharn is posing as the Emperor.

[@TheVoraxith]

Uriel Septim VII was the Emperor for all the previous Elder Scrolls games. He, of, course died at the beginning of Oblivion, and Skyrim takes place 200 years later during the Mede Dynasty.

[@sparenade]

Please read "A Dance in Fire" if you find it, it's one of my favourites :D

[@fruitfulmink1326]

@Vorsham I believe the average for the Colovians and Nedes is around 80. Nords have roughly the same. Redguard average life span is around 110s. Bretons also live fairly long lives.

[@TheWuestenratte]

Yes, that was the story of "Arena". And Uriel Septim VII was the emperor you meet at the beginning of Oblivion. Evey time I read a book in Skyrim, Gopher's voice now sounds in my head. Which is a good thing. *g*

[@samuelphillippi]

This is the plot to Daggerfall. With "Champion" being the PC. It may also extend into Tribunal, I'm not 100% positive. I love your reading books, Richard is definitely a great character.

[@Karnork]

Uriel Septim VII was the emperor for 65 years in the third era, all TES games except Skyrim and Online, took place in this era and Uriel was in them all. In arena you save him. In daggerfall he sends you to exorcise the undead king of daggerfall.

[@chiu20044b122]

Uriel Septim VII was actually in all of The Elder Scrolls game till he finally got killed off at the beginning of Oblivion. On top of that he was important to the plot in some way or another in all of them too. I wouldn't be surprised if his ghost crops up in the next DLC or something.

[@YOGI-kb9tg]

A book that tells the story of daggerfall is called the warp in the west I think but it's not in skyrim of what I know of

[@darryllyle5250]

I loved Arena. It is still one of the few games that actually take some thinking and strategy to even get through the beginning dungeon. A lot of people would die before they even got out.

[@1994wildchild]

I love how you messed up and then corrected some words 😂 so organic

[@jacegassan7712]

I read the books in the wrong order and it somehow still made sense to me lol

[@petermenzies9193]

"The Champion was free at last, and almost immediately went to work." Ha, I said screw you when I was playing.

[@Ryolitt]

Jagar Tharn has only been confirmed alive in the first Elder Scrolls game, so this probably takes place during that time setting, so like you said; This story most likely takes place during Arena. Also, in Arena, Jagar Tharn is pictured holding a staff. Could the the Staff of Chaos.

[@ameno21]

I asked this on UESP wiki and it was confirmed that this is the sumarization about Arena the first game.

[@scapgoat]

This is awesome. This would make a great audio book

[@Nakor88]

I was thinking of doing another morrowind play through it might be interesting if you did one with all the over hauls so I could see them and know what to try myself.

[@vm9490]

i really hope gopher reads the real barenziah as well. its fairly large (all 5 volumes) but id love to hear his input

[@sirenAri]

Oh, and yes, Uriel Septim VII is alive in TES1-4. The games only take place a few years apart from each other. That's why Skyrim was so strange to me originally. It takes place 200 years later than Oblivion...

[@GenshiD]

6:40 Im sorry, but I could not help to crack up when you read "praised...CHASTITY"....Tipycal imperial lies XD

[@Lupercal06]

Yes, I think Uriel Septim VII is the Emperor in all of the ES games. Or at least Arena (where he was kidnapped by Jagar Tharn), Morrowind (he's the one sending you on your quest) and Oblivion (obviously). Don't know about Daggerfall though. And, by the way, if you read "The Nightingales Volume 2", you can learn more about this Nightingale and Jagar Tharn. Although you may have to be a thief to get that book I think...

[@ArugalSwe]

have you thought on reading the Wolf queen books :)? would love it

[@sirenAri]

The Champion in this story (named "Eternal Champion" in some references) is from TES: Arena (TES1). The story of assembling the Staff of Chaos is the main plot of Arena. The PC is called different things in different games. According to UESP, here are the other main names: Daggerfall: the Agent Battlespire: the Apprentice Morrowind: Nerevarine Oblivion: (ultimately called) Champion of Cyrodiil and of course... Skyrim: Dovahkiin uesp. net/wiki/Lore:Hero (take out the spaces)

[@sirenAri]

Originally Battlespire was going to be an expansion for Daggerfall, but the game started getting so huge that they decided to make it another game entirely and not tie it to Daggerfall. The Daedric Crescent that you can get in Morrowind is one of the main symbols of Battlespire and even seen on the cover of the game.

[@chameleonclone]

Could you imagine Gopher crying like a girl as he runs away from a murder/flock/pack of cliffracers lol

[@sirenAri]

He's using a mod called Dovahkiin Relaxes Too. This allows you to run through the various animations normally restricted to the NPCs. Here is a link to the mod on the Nexus: skyrim.nexusmods . com / mods / 13931 (Without the spaces. KZbin isn't allowing me to post links.)

[@PedroMDIX]

This story is in the time of the elder scrolls Online,1000 years before the events of skyrim.

[@SteelTownErick]

1.) Volume Three was TES: Arena. 2.) Yes, sir. Uriel Septim was the Emperor in TES I - IV. 3.) In the first versions of Daggerfal, she was in the main quest an appeared Breton. In later bersions she was made Dunmer. 4.) She was in the Tribunal expansion, as well. 5.) In one of the boooks of Skyrim, one of "The Nightingales" volumes written by Gallus, it revelas that Karliah is Barenziah's grandaughter.

[@Bluukeson]

i thought about the same thing. I am using the DIM version of the mod which is actually quite hard to see. i just imagined Richard as a librarian could be able to see such things.

[@chameleonclone]

I do hope you read "The lusty Argonian Maid", no Skyrim Books series would be complete without it

[@TehJackson99]

i watched your latest Skyrim lets play video and when u said the person was from the first game but i did some research and if u do the thieves guild and become nightingales and find Karliah. Because Karlia is a descendant of Barenziah

[@Rannddalll]

Just in time for my lunch break, nothing better then taking a break with a Gopher reading :)

[@lolumaria]

hey thanks for answering my question in such detail.

[@Lagomaster24]

Its kind of like Mass Effect in that all the Elves can live thousands of years like the Asari at least I think that's how it works I could be wrong.

[@sirenAri]

I decided to use the names before any expansions since not everyone would get them. Otherwise in addition to Madgod for Oblivion, the Nerevarine would have been Blodskaal for Morrowind. Either way, yes I see what you mean, but I was really just going with the main names for the vanilla games. ;)

[@jbhVEVO]

Dude, your English is perfect. Way better than most people whos first language is English.

[@arctrog]

Uriel Septim was alive for all of the elder scrolls games up till oblivion

[@Theismisacrime]

The first 4 games in the series take place in the 3rd era, so they aren't that far apart chronologically. Skyrim takes place long after all of them however.

[@vincentmagician]

isnt this the plot of one of the first couple of elder scrolls but the game was from the champion's point of view?

[@MrTerradell]

I made my Khajiit based off of the Skyrim lore and I chose the name Therintitus. Weird how close it was to Khajiit that Straw met.

[@von_swierk]

the one from Oblivion can also be called the champion of cyrodill

[@KmarkecGamer]

Correct, that is part of TES : Arena, champion and uriel septim and staff and battlemage.

[@Niko_BZ]

@GopherVids could you please read the other volumes as well as the Wolf Queen please? You're a really good storyteller and your accent has the finishing touch.

[@Nicktrance1]

Add Morrowind overhaul v3 to that and it looks awesome (considering it's now over 10 years old xD). The only problem with that is that it is very heavy on the CPU since it cannot use more than one thread, your overclock should help with that though :D.

[@Bluukeson]

there is a mod on the nexus which is called: Unread books glow. and it does exactly that. There r three versions of glowing. I installed the mod because i was unable to remember which books i already read/ picked up. So u may want to give it a try. Greetings from Germany

[@machiavelli8119]

The same I wrote some couple of videos ago. hopefully gopher will take notice of this mod. i think it would make finding new unread books easier . He need to read the beggar series :) (sry for bad english I`m German

[@CagedWalnut]

Part of me wants you to do a playthrough of morrowind and oblivion. Another part of me doesn't want your ears and eyes to suffer through oblivion.

[@shelbylongbottom5865]

Indeed, the are talking about Arena

[@XxTH3xF4LL3N1xX]

But, Gopher was right in the fact that Uriel VII was emperor during the oblivion crisis. Arena was just based a few decades earlier.

[@shelbylongbottom5865]

XxTH3xF4LL3N1xX Yea, you're right

[@sirenAri]

I use this mod too, it's great! The only thing is, Gopher seems to be a "total immersion" type of person. He probably won't be too interested in glowing books no matter how helpful it really is. It is pretty unrealistic. I could be wrong though!

[@SaintsRuleTheHood]

Gopher Uriel Septim VII was in Arena with jagar thorn Daggerfell morrowind and Oblivion

[@Lordy194]

They are talking about The elder scrolls Arena so you are right Gopher.

[@GenshiD]

Didnt it have the "this section is cencored by something something" part in it? Well, in Daggerfall, THAT was not in the book....If you know what I mean

[@ShermTank7272]

I know lol. They're just beating you over the head that no one knew who the champion was lol

[@RigsyB]

@Gophervids You probably ran into Helseth and Berenziah in Tribunal

[@TheRPGChick]

There are far more important differences (at least a few!), but I don't want to spoil it for you. :)

[@kazzsaru]

Gopher, how do you manage to get your character in a reading animation for your videos?

[@567kapi]

gopher could you make a video on how to edit the uncapper? I tried but it doesn't seem to work=(

[@wolfi3boy206]

44 years, from 3e 389 (arena) to 3e 433 (oblivion)

[@Talladarr]

Only thing is it has, I think, 5 volumes? And they're pretty long, so that episode, if you read them all in one episode, would be about as long as one of your sorter Let's Play videos.

[@1lllllllll1]

The biggest pain about Hearthfire is that the Library cannot hold ALL books in the game.

[@GophersVids]

Most of the humans are over 100 years right? Cant remember the rest.

[@jordanbrown1337]

Thank you

[@preferredpronoun3689]

In march they makers of Skywind say they're about finished. Perhaps that would be much more giving entertainment wise because of the Skyrim graphics.

[@Lupercal06]

And immortal is not the same thing as invicible. You can be both, or just one of the two. Or, more likely in our world, none.

[@MrSamus11]

your voice is very calming

[@egecanyaran8561]

A beatiful dunmer ? what a weird place

[@SteelTownErick]

"Know thy enemy."

[@machiavelli8119]

nice to hear that :D

[@lucksrocknroll]

Maybe you should also read the Real Barenziah (sorry if you already did, I'm just getting through the playlist)

[@D0lph1nn]

hey golpher i just saw a mod that adds books from the previous elder scrolls. It also adds some books the developers wrote. It also adds more books able to buy at vendors. Thought you may be interested. Just go to skyrimnexus and type in books,books,books

[@KawaiiKodora]

That's mostly Altmer, the Dunmer and Bosmer lead long lives as well but not quite as long I do not believe.

[@Ridevar]

It is actually the plot of the first elder scroll released in 1994 ( The elder scrolls Arena)

[@Lagomaster24]

Oh well Ive never read them myself so i guess im being kind of hypocritical but I know enough about the lore that the books tell very different stories about her