What is left of Yokuda? - The Elder Scrolls Lore

[@ImperialKnowledge]

I hope you liked the video!

[@SilviiSilvester]

yes I did, and i guess i wasnot the only one

[@Makem12]

I liked it. Do you know if there is any information about the topography of the oceans/waters that surround Tamriel? I don't think there would be, but if an official map was found, even just a partial map, a lot of information about the world and history of Tamriel may come to light.

[@zerojimmy1010]

Can you do a video on all the provinces on what state there in duing skyrim or after and good video.

[@flamesofchaos13]

Why do you think we wouldn't?! It's GREAT!

[@flamesofchaos13]

+zero1010 jimmy He's already done two on Morrowind and Hammerfell....Here's the links. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHWsdGZ_fZqSrqM (Morrowind) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKaYkJ-iorGah6M (Hammerfell)

[@sepitussallerius9316]

DLC's. Yokuda left DLC's.

[@flamesofchaos13]

*The Elder Scrolls VI DLC The Forgotten Isles.

[@samersinno1623]

I think most of it has sunken and the map we have is the surviving part.

[@davidking6242]

yup, yokuda was meant to be as large as tamriel if not bigger. it was home not just to humans but the sinistral elves too. the islands seen on maps now are they parts that didnt sink and some yokudans probably still call it home, though most sailed west to invade tamriel and carve out hammerfell.

[@walrusmcgee]

@@davidking6242 That's sensible. I hope we get to go there

[@adarus9941]

@@davidking6242 Actually it’s East going by the map of Yokuda being to the West of Tamriel.

[@blksmagma]

I always figured that if Yokuda still exists as islands, then they would either be small kingdoms or pirate hubs. Another question would be whether those sword singers used longswords....

[@MrHogGamer]

Long curvy swords.

[@khaganofturanistan8753]

You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

[@Augustei]

Yokuda was a continent bigger than Tamriel, it's most definitely gone. The Islands of Yokuda shown on your map are what remains. Although I vaguely remember something in the back of my mind about the Sload raising Yokuda from below the seafloor or something

[@Xsior]

That was Thras, their homeland they previously sunk to escape tamriel's navy

[@Xsior]

They being sloads.

[@Dovahkiine]

I like to think that Yokuda is a series of small island kingdoms/city states, and that is was a large continent before its destruction, and is currently a prosperous trading route between them, Hammerfall, Alinor and the other Western Isles (also Anvil) although is likely divided and thus not a big threat to any Tamrelic nation enough to make them a factor in the Aldmeri/Humman conflict.

[@LegolordxandWanpan]

I really hope in the new elder scrolls they talk about the yokudans and Akviar and lead for the possible for future games

[@flamesofchaos13]

*DLC

[@tjurti6803]

Flames Of Chaos that would be veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery unlikely

[@tjurti6803]

Flames Of Chaos that is true but i do stil think its highly unlikly as then Bethesda would have to create an entirely different political landscape and also i think they would like to keep yokuda in a shroud of mystery and keep us guessing

[@flamesofchaos13]

@@tjurti6803 Why a different/changed political plot? 1. That WOULDN'T be a bad thing at all. But more importantly 2. Neither an Akaviri Invasion or going to Yokuda change the political scheme at all....Yokuda is either a Barren Wasteland but made up of Islands OR it's an Hammerfell Military/Trade Port OR it's a Pirate Haven and all the Pirates would be connected to either the Empire, Hammerfell or the Dominion using them as a Proxy Service Force against their enemies at sea. (Very MUCH within the Politics of Tamriel especially the Empire's and Dominion's Tactics as of Late 4th Era.) As for the Akaviri the Thalmor are so Extremist and Radical an Akaviri Invasion would change NOTHING they'd let the Akaviri genocide/enslave Mankind and the Empire entirely and conquer Half of Tamriel because of their Absolute Hatred of all things Man. An the Empire no matter what would ALWAYS fight the Akaviri they've been Brutal Enemies in every single one of the Invasions and the Akaviri killed a previous Emperor there would NEVER be a Peace Treaty or Stalemate or Surrender to the Akaviri Forces the Empire WOULD fight them until either the Akaviri die or they die. An here's the thing Skyrim's Symbolism depicts the Empire as already Crumbling to Ruin that their already dead so if the Akaviri come in and wipe them out it makes complete Narrative Sense given all the Symbolism of the Falling Empire. Even if there's no Akaviri there is really NO guarantee at all that the Empire will be in ESVI, The Second Great War might of already happened by then and the Empire might have already Lost it through the Elves Cheating with Magical Artifacts and through the Stormcloaks actually Winning the Civil War splintering the Empire on the Precipice of War. An whether the Empire ultimately Win the Civil War or Not it DOESN'T matter they already diverted their attention to it which the Thalmor used to their Tactical Advantage....Hell most likely the Emperor's death is Canon and it was a Thalmor-Backed Candidate that took over the Empire(So the Empire could become a Puppet-State of the Dominion) OR they Invaded Cyrodiil again DURING the Events in Skyrim because we got NOTHING on what exactly was going on in Cyrodiil during the Civil War and Dragons Returning in ALL that Chaos maybe the Thalmor ALREADY started the Great War 2 and NOBODY knew it happened in Skyrim yet! If ANY of that happen before ESVI then get this the Akaviri Invasion would just not matter Politically because it changed nothing, It'd also be that it turns out the Good Guys because they could Avenge the Fallen Empire and Destory the Evil Fucking Elven Dominion....I don't know would you want personally Tiger Overlords or Elven Overlords enslaving Mankind and other Mer and Beasts? PLUS haven't you realized something that's already set in stone in the Lore? The Empire COULD and WILL Fall BUT that's NOT the same thing as Mankind itself! Men have ALREADY been Enslaved time and again by Dov(Dragons), Mer(Elves) such as the Ayleid and Direnni, Been Attacked time and time again by the Beasts, Demons and Elves.....YET they KEEP GOING the Empire has had THREE versions not even counting the The First Nordic Empire and Peoples like the Nedes and Yokudans themselves....The Empire CAN Fall BUT Men WILL Endure they WILL have a Voice(Political Factions, Religious Organizations and Rebellions) ALWAYS! Neither the Elves or Tigers will be able to change the Very Nature of Man they just can't. You see the Politics for all of this has already been put in place now the Domino's Pizza Delivery Boy just has to get here in 30 minutes or else!

[@tjurti6803]

Flames Of Chaos i completely agree with you regarding the empire the dominion and the akiviri however i did not say that an akiviri invasion couldn’t happen i just meant that we very likely wouldn’t go to akivir as when you look at the info wich is in the lore about akivir and how big the continent is that Bethesda doesn’t want to go to akivir they just want to focus on tamriel as making a dlc or a game about akivir would take a lot of time and effort while Bethesda really wants to focus on Tes6 and starfield but an akiviri invasion as a plot for tes 6 i agree that could happen on the matter of yokuda you are entirely right we could indeed go to it, as i failed to realize in my earlier comment how barren the land could be and that they could still let us go to it as it wouldn’t take away the mystery

[@Bus_Driver_Jay]

You say that the distance between Tamriel and Yakuda isn’t far, however if we assume the map to be designed to show the appearance of the world, and not a nautical map designed to let captains plot courses, then the potential distance between the land masses could easily reach a far bigger scale. Using the part of the imperial province we can see, it seems that the main island may be about as far, if not further, than Anvil to Morrowind.

[@flamesofchaos13]

But taking the Map as is then it is a good distance away from Tamriel...An the reason there's probably little contact with it is because of the Sload on Thras which is closer to the Tamriel Continent and also maybe Pirates, Maomer and Altmer intervention that make the Seas dangerous routes to travel.

[@judgedrekk2981]

yeah, think of it like real world maps, everyone thinks russia is this massive place, it's big bit not that massive and many think Alaska is this dinky ass state?? wrong technically the land mass of Europe is slimmer in width east to west than the US is, the US is the widest land mass there is, so while russia appears to circle half the globe this is an unfortunate exaggeration of map design, depicting land masses on a flat space Alaska is technically larger than most of the continental US even dwarfing Texas....it's insane to think that we have a patch of land that's hard to get to yet dwarfs the primary states lolz okay, that in mind Yokuda could be a lot smaller or a lot bigger than we see on maps, it'd just take asking the right dev i guess? I'll take the safe road and say Yokuda is probably 3/4 the size of Ciridil and that the original size was probably a quarter the size of all of Tamriel....which still leaves a lot of options but like i said that's more a middle of the road guess and I'm probably off lol

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

Though if we do get at a Yokuda expansion in ESO, hopefully the structures would resemble those of Ancient Mali, like the older structures in Timbuktu. Since it is lore-wise an inhospitable desert, lumber would probably be hard to come by, and mud / sandstone bricks would probably be their main construction materials.

[@flamesofchaos13]

If the Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard is Canon (Which there's absolutely nothing to say it isn't) then Yokuda IS in current times a chain of Islands and Islets....So it does still exist only some parts of it were sunk and other parts weren't to create the Islands. Longsword?! But Curved are BETTER!

[@ienglish4203]

There are many references to the ElderScrolls Redguard in different games. For example the song about Cyrus in Oblivion and in Skyrim one of the bandit lines is a song about cyrus's sister.

[@MarxistLeninists]

I wonder if earthquakes would be called nirnquakes lol

[@hortator0767]

Is Yokuda still around? A small part the size of a tamrielic province, probably yes. Prosperous? No. Edit: I’d also like to add that Yokuda is probably a traiding hub for pirates from all places but that’s just my guess. So again it’s still around but not really "prosperous" in the govern sense.

[@aysseralwan]

Yeah I also imagine Yokuda being a big "pirate kingdom" were all the pirates come together and drink their grog, ale and rum and play their card games for money and trade their stolen goods. It would certainly make sense because it is often said that the abacean sea is plagued by piracy

[@khaganofturanistan8753]

Sounds like the Ratways, but bigger.

[@amyvic5121]

Yokuda and Tortuga sound somewhat similar. Maybe the person that came up with Yokuda had something like that in mind all along.

[@judgedrekk2981]

Yokuda is a tropical paradise.....bt the cities omn the outskirts appear to be old and run down to protect their natural treasure.....the oasis a never ending place of beauty, you can see the sun day or night.....so when that mage in imperial city you know the one lord lighting be alright....gives ya the bill instead of asking how much time is left ask how much of your mind cus in this life.....yer on your own.... [minstrel band begin playing strange music] sorry, that just popped in my head and I went with it lolz

[@serbiancrusader7813]

If Elder Scrolls 6 is Hammerfell, then Yokuda is a possible DLC location.

[@Blafina]

Love the memes! Longsword lol

[@spartanq7781]

They have curved swords, curved swords.

[@pseudonym9599]

Yokuda: the 3rd DLC for ES IV: Hammerfell Also, love the memes. - Longsword

[@aysseralwan]

VI*

[@pseudonym9599]

@@aysseralwan derp. Yup. VI.

[@The-Muslim-Samurai]

According to the ESO developer Twitter page stated that yokuda was not sunken. the new ESO DLC. And she said the left handed elves are good people

[@ImperialKnowledge]

Link?

[@thijmenk95]

Nice video! What a coincidence you posted this, because i was actually thinking about this subject a few days ago. About what's left of the continent. I remember vaguely that someone mentioned in a video that the original yokudan continent was very very large. Probably even bigger then tamriel. Can't remember exactly where i heared or even maybe read it, so i'm not sure. Also don't forget the theory that the original yokudans and left handed elves could've originated from a previous kalpa. Eitherway, Keep up the good work and an additional meme at the end of the video is a great idea imo!

[@curtiscostello3411]

Probably just like the dwemer were

[@kodey1m]

I really like the memes at the end. My favourite was the cannibal one from a while back as I'm quite fond of roleplaying cannibals in Elder Scrolls games.

[@Fulltimedragon]

Imperial knowledge be like “no one really knows, and I am not sure.”

[@halohalo505]

Surprised the empire didn't try to claim the Yokudan archipelago.

[@AWACS_Snowblind]

Most of us know that TES lore is unique due to limited, _realistically gathered_ knowledge, as most is written by historians in-universe. So perhaps, the state of the Yokudan continent was common knowledge when the Pocket Guide to the Empire was written, and after the civil war between the Crowns and the Forebears in Hammerfell, that information may have lost it's written form. And now the only ones who know the solid facts are the many traders of eastern Tamriel post-war. Nice memes btw 👌

[@Aramithius]

Quite possibly. Just to muddy the waters further, last I checked the dates of the defeat of the Left-Handed Elves and the end of the Yokudan civil war match up very closely. So... were they actually elves?

[@s.a.a.miller5948]

What if the reason why there is no immagrintes from yokuda is because there's deadly sea monsters blocking the way

[@BaeIor]

In the elder scrolls online there is a trial called hel ra citadel and when you get to the final boss he has a dialogue line where he says that Ansei of first rank sank Yokuda( From what I read Ansei are very skilled sword masters that meditate so much that they can fight in no way any man can) so maybe one theory was right about people sinking it for revenge

[@khaganofturanistan8753]

Stay out of trouble, Redguard

[@flamesofchaos13]

Or we're going to have a real BIG party!

[@khaganofturanistan8753]

Hah, no one dances better than I.

[@flamesofchaos13]

Maaayyyybbbbbeeee we could invite some women?

[@khaganofturanistan8753]

I've been waiting for some time off with some lovely ladies. The Thieves Guild down in the Ragged Flaggon usually know where to find the good ones.

[@andrewfernandez9674]

The remnant lands of Yokuda would make for some sweet new races that have survived thus far for mostly logical reasons mixed with fantastical ones, as this is Elder Scrolls we're talking about. Personally West African cultures would fit best. Ghanaian, Nigerian, and Liberian specifically. For Nigeria, the Zin Kibarus would be cool. They're blind fish spirits who specialize in beast summoning magic and can live underwater. From Songhai folklore. They'd easily have access to the sunken parts of Yokuda. They'd only be 3rd person playable tho. Would still be great. For a Ghana/Ashanti race, the Anansi would be dope. Odd looking Yokudans who can turn into humanoid spiders. In the irl myth, They're the descendants of Kwaku Anansi, the trickster god. For Liberia inspired race I'm not too sure. Any suggestions?

[@usermanico]

npc: "have you heard of the yokudans"

[@zerojimmy1010]

You forgot the left hailed elfs that also lived on yoduka.

[@flamesofchaos13]

*Left-HANDED Elves or Sinistral Elves

[@BaldPolishBiotechnol]

The meme on Thalmor Embassy was actually fonny...

[@JanosBanics]

Id like to see a dlc based on yokoda i have a strong inkling that left-handed elves may represent an earlier migration from aldmiris. And may have infact represented a whole other arm of elven evolution.

[@loganchandler9988]

The real question is if Yokudans use curved or long swords.

[@gothic3theageofwar565]

Curved penises

[@korpifox5445]

dual wield curved dildos

[@flamesofchaos13]

You know that guy from One Pieice but he instead had FOUR Giant Curved Swords....There is the exact image of a Yokudan.

[@aysseralwan]

@@flamesofchaos13 do you mean zorro with that one guy from one piece? And could you please give us a link to that image

[@flamesofchaos13]

Buddy you really don't understand the concept of a joke do you? There is no image I was making a joke about that's what you should picture in your head.

[@maysecondchannel9280]

I am proud to be subscribed to this great content

[@nygeriunprence]

What a bizarre thing to type

[@CCFoxxen]

In my opinion i think yokuda is entirely uninhabited (although their may be a small amount of animals their)

[@nicholasschemper3206]

I’ve always believed that Yokuda did undergo a natural disaster that sunk most of the land but have a hard time believing it was as large or in some cases 4x larger then Tamriel. I think it’s much more likely that it was maybe the size of High Rock and Hammerfell combined.

[@randomguy4167]

UncappingAsh 363 No,it’s a fact that it was at the very least the size of Tamriel before most of it sank,whether it was 4x as large as Tamriel is debatable

[@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920]

Longsword. Never stop the memes.

[@dinobexxs8033]

hey imperial knowledge can you please make a video speculation for the elder scrolls blades and where and when is set on find whatever you can.

[@emilianoborro5]

Fortunately you didn't follow the metaphysical path cause then I would have gotten a big headache almost as big as a longsword

[@rayhaanwilliams9732]

I beleave is was a big land mass but was flooded because if those islands existed before the disaster it wouldve fit all together but they dont

[@ObiJohnKenobi67]

I hope if they do show up they are unique in some way, like maybe the men and elves left interbred with each other and created a new Yokudan race, because them just being more Redguards seems like a waste.

[@zaggers8670]

I think we maybe might go to yokuda in tes 6

[@tryhardowl]

i use a longsword to cut down those spicy memes

[@gothic3theageofwar565]

I think the remaining parts of Yokuda are still inhabited by Redguards, probably there are still their ancient kingdoms but they are garbage compared to Tamriel Empire and probably most of Yokuda is invested with pirates and i suspect the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion could fight naval battles in the sea of pearls in order to reclaim the territory for themselves. What I mean is Yokuda still exist but it’s very dangerous place to live with political chaos.

[@flamesofchaos13]

Yokudans, Redguards, Altmer and Bretons also maybe just maybe Imperials and Argonians probably live and/or work on the Yokudan Isles.

[@aysseralwan]

#Longsword I'll be honest I totally forgot that you do this and that's the first one since a long time that I saw it but keep em coming

[@Grave_of_the_Sea]

Longsword love the memes

[@urfacecalling101]

Longsword, man...longsword.

[@creaturefeet3036]

TES geography lore is like crack to me!

[@Sp0on777]

Longsword? Curved sword.

[@xeonespydonum4995]

Curved longswords.

[@fourlamb1]

I thought small parts survived and are now islands in the sea. There was a war between the natives of the islands after the continent sunk in to the sea. Wasn't there some guys or elves who could speak certain things and do mental things called the word something's or so forth lol. As far as I know before I watch the video.

[@Ordravn]

Longsword. I love all the memes! :D

[@ImperialKnowledge]

Great!

[@SN4S1487]

I used to be an memeventurer like you then I took a long sword to the knee.

[@ImperialKnowledge]

Nice

[@symmetryking8884]

I know I may be over 3 years late, but... Longsword

[@willthevill5500]

This is a few months old but keep the meme at the end. If you ever monetize your videos they help increase watchtime and some people will genuinely love it

[@sinaverseithalilov7183]

Can you make a video about the monsters in the sea that appears on the map

[@zerojimmy1010]

Can you do a video on all the provinces on what state there in doing skyrim or after and best lovre videos.

[@Tamanini]

So if Yokuda is still inhabited can we assume that the practice of sword singing still exists there?

[@ImperialKnowledge]

I think so, yes

[@Aramithius]

Not necessarily. The Singers were the first group to leave Yokuda, according to the accounts we have. The main account says there were few of them still alive, and that they all left for Tamriel. So I think that it's unlikely that there are still some left, and if there are, they won't exactly be numerous or popular.

[@Tamanini]

Aramithius Maybe it is know only by a few individuals like only the greybeards know how to shout in Skyrim.

[@Aramithius]

@@Tamanini It was an art that was always known only to a few. Who were then persecuted by the ruling class, ostracised and then mostly killed off. Yes, we don't know that they're extinct as such, but it's very unlikely.

[@mrmagpie3637]

Yo yo Zork keep doing th es memes

[@ImperialKnowledge]

Yo yo I will

[@mrmagpie3637]

Cheers man

[@patrickhuber8630]

Good video

[@talesofgames1377]

I want to see the memes, and I do like them, but I've fine-tuned my instinct to click off whenever a KZbinr starts talking about their Patreon at the end of the video, cause I'm not donating anytime soon. Only reason I saw this time is because I was curious why everyone was commenting about longswords. I'd very much appreciate it if the meme was moved to before the Patreon section.

[@Patman0074]

Long sword!

[@davidking6242]

hold on, why would the western islands include esrionet, roscrea, and those other islands between akavir and tamriel. They are to the far east

[@ImperialKnowledge]

Western islands are part of the lesser known islands video. Sorry, should have mentioned that.

[@techmaster9775]

Memes, therefore longsword!

[@tlobster12]

Long Sword??

[@ImperialKnowledge]

Longbow??

[@Aprokind]

Are you Portuguese man?

[@sxcJOELisNotsexy]

Perhaps some people either stayed behind or returned to Yokuda years later in order to keep track of the destruction. Maybe in a future game, Yokuda will be deemed safe and habitable and we will be able to travel there via game dlc. And yes, I love a good longsword-I mean meme

[@TERMINATOR3900]

I doLongswordn't know aboLongswordut you guys, but I like the memes at the end of the vLongswordideos. But I suppLongswordose that could just be mLongsworde. Longsword.

[@dougjones6487]

Long sword

[@GT-wj3gl]

I sort of know one of the metaphysical theories. To understand this metaphysical theory you have to know about the kalpic cycle. Basically Yokuda was a landmass that existed on Nirn in the previous kalpa. Alduin in that kalpa was known as Satakal, and he was preparing to eat the world like he always does. A quick thing to note is that the divines and other deities are different from Kalpa to Kalpa. Akatosh was a God known as Ruptga or "Tall Papa". Ruptga didnt want the Yokudans to get destroyed, so he taught them a "walking way" so that they could avoid Satakal's maw. To put it simply, Sep taught them how to sidestep into another timeline (kalpa) rather than continue on the current one until it ends. They left that Kalpa and Yokuda behind and ended up in this one. And here's *my own* speculation. The reason you see the remains of Yokuda in this kalpa and not the whole continent would be because it's a "hazy memory". Since we're all aware that the TES universe is a dream, the dreamer only kind of remembers Yokuda and therefore just placed the bits it remembers where Yokuda used to be in the previous Kalpa. Think about how when you wake up and only kind of remember what your dreamed about. It's kind of like that.

[@wiseferret4745]

Yokuda was sunk when a swordsinger perfected his special attack and tried to use it. He cut the island in half. It's recorded in the lore. Edit: he actually cut an atomos (atom) in half and caused an atom bomb with his sword.

[@EmilVidolov]

Дълъг меч

[@thompsonator4696]

LONGSWORD!!

[@thunderhammerx2966]

Longsword.

[@saueqietrollageposting1477]

longsword

[@SilviiSilvester]

longsword!

[@m1863m]

Longsword

[@thebigblep6718]

Longsword

[@abuutbutt2579]

Elder memes are best memes zork.

[@TERMINATOR3900]

I'm partial to longsword memes myself, but I do love me some elder scrolls memes.

[@wiseferret4745]

@@TERMINATOR3900 Longswords? Have you seen the Redguards? They have curved swords. *_CURVED SWORDS_*

[@IC-23]

Ooga booga go back to Yokuda

[@Hideyoshi1991]

For those of you like me who are *true* elder scrolls fans and knew everything in this video unlike those casual plebs: let us bask in hour superiority

[@UnitedJimmyV]

Hideyoshi ....our.... :/

[@konrad8245]

Longsword 🤣

[@acolyte1951]

lame memes