Oblivion's MOST RACIST Countess Was Right?! (kind of)

[@mesektet5776]

A broken clock is right twice a day; Though it’s Alessia Caro, so … more like once a Friday The Thirteenth.

[@DarkLOREDash]

🤣👌 I should have said she's right about one thing, but still a scumbag. (Thank you!)

[@Wuking93]

You should have paid the FINE!

[@Usernotfound31231]

This video was such a failure and a huge disappointment. I am so let down by perverting this game as a justification for racism.

[@Angelikatosh]

The face in the background at 0:30 is the devil on her shoulder telling her to call you a dirty argonian

[@DarkLOREDash]

Relatable. It's actually a copy of Caro I spawned in & then the real one sat down. So I used the TCL command on the copy & that was left. I was going to do a clean retake then realized it was so Oblivion, it had to stay 🤣As a fellow creator, your know wrangling NPC's is like herding Khajiit 🐱

[@Rugbi_15]

I jumped in my seat when I noticed it 🤣

[@johnprager662]

She would be considered tolerant and progressive in Morrowind.

[@KimberlyKjellberg]

As an Imperial she would be seen as a filthy n’wah in Morrowind and her opinion wouldn’t really matter

[@syncagray]

Or real-life Central-Europe. If we translate her ideas to rl situations.

[@GreasyOaf]

That takes a lot of the fun of fantasy away tho ​@syncagray

[@rickardjarvinen]

Just outside of Chorrol is the Crumbling Mine. A bandit dungeon but at the end you can see the foundations of city walls and a crack in it. With some pickaxes on the ground. Perhaps that would play into the quest that was not finished. That the Krin were breaking into the city via this mine and would enter through the inn. Just a thought.

[@DarkLOREDash]

That's amazing!

[@MrDinokilla]

“They’re eating The Khajits”

[@uvveshlurvvesh6515]

They must be from Haiti

[@thescotslair]

"I saw it in the black horse courier. The dunmer, they're eating the khajits in the streets of Leyawiin"

[@articusramos808]

Khajiit thinks he saw one making off with one. Unless it was........

[@GaMeRfReAkLIVE]

​@@thescotslairall im saying is theres a difference between a Dunmer and a Dark Elf

[@thomascampbell3179]

lmao

[@DarkLOREDash]

Apologies on the re upload I got a bit too excited with the audio & the timeline slipped forward. Thanks for catching! Also, this is not some subliminal meta commentary on real world events. I love talking about controversial topics contained in the Elder Scrolls as its guilt free & fun to explore thanks to being fantasy. Let's keep it that way, please!

[@regayudafitra6236]

No problem,still glad you uploaded, keeping elder scroll fandom alive👏👏👏

[@Vandal_Savage]

No need to apologise, you re-upped so quick I'd barely had a chance to see the original 😂

[@extrahodeus]

Glad it's fixed we all got excited for this video 😂

[@psychadelicactus]

Thanks for the re-upload!

[@ladybeavanerdventures]

No problem thanks for reuploading im like this gotta be an error I know it can be an easy mistake

[@MacronLacrom]

This guy aint gonna run out of content because next is morrowind.

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Oh god. There's so much god damn content in that game.

[@MacronLacrom]

@@keyanklupacs6333 Yes! the more you go back the more content HAHAHA

[@ThePaperKhan]

This is true. There are so many random artifacts in extremely remote tombs and all sorts of quests on the side of the roads that no one ever hints to.

[@ketrianrenolsin9608]

And Skyrim. Then possibly Skywind and Skyblivion.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Not to mention the rest of the franchise

[@dew21news35]

Ahhh I was watching the original upload and paused it to water the garden and when unpaused it was down. Glad it’s back up

[@themethodofawesome]

Your Khajiit voice is incredible! Thank you for blessing us with that performance ~

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you! The accent was off because I couldn't distinguish if its middle eastern or russian or? But I tried to keep the bones of it in tact. Thanks again 😺

[@madmorgo6233]

@@themethodofawesome fr 😍 that was one of my thoughts. I love the voice acting, Dash! I could definitely tell that was a Khajiit, you pulled off their strange accent and purr very well 😸

[@zogkuma]

Ha. That skooma den quest takes me back to my first few playthroughs of the game long ago... This memory is dumb and funny to me now, but back then I was just confused and mad. I kept making new characters and going to this quest over and over. Why? Every time that I fought the thugs, and took their stuff, my character was stuck in place... I called it a bug until I realized the top corner description of "you are over encumbeted". What I thought was a glitch was just a game mechanic! As a mid teen, I hadn't experienced inventory management in video games before so after realizing this, I felt pretty silly, and continued my playthrough. LMAO 😂 😂😂😂

[@YOSHIERIDER]

We all gotta start somewhere. Some us start again. And again... and again... and

[@onichateim5572]

Damn I didn‘t notice you were voicing the Khajiit there! Great work as always! Love it!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you!

[@huleeyaxerssius7]

It's like i mentioned on the previous upload, she might have the right intentions, trying to clean leyawiin up, but is going about it in a totally wrong way. Very much racist & nasty, just kidnapping & even murdering the argonians & khajiits, innocent ones even. A misguided thing she is doing, and it'd only be a matter of time before someone bumps her off, for how nasty she & the count are. It's not a matter of if, but who'll do it & when. Myself, i always "deal with her" after the certain thieves guild quest, since she has it coming for doing what she's been for who knows how long.

[@scpjack7856]

Tbf the only reason to keep her alive is to get the Rose of Sanguine, which is one of the weaker artifacts so not necessary unless you're going for 100%

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

That can make her a great villain. Her motives are good, her goals are noble. But her actions are dispicable.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I love that! Characters that are either flawed heroes or noble villains. Really grounds them & makes you think. Sure, she's despicable to beastfolk but it doesn't make her wrong (with the Krin)

[@huleeyaxerssius7]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Indeed, she might want to do some good deep down, but her (and the count's methods) are anything but good. A good villany story, for them both.

[@huleeyaxerssius7]

@@DarkLOREDash The krin, some nasty bits of work. Have dislike the countess since i first played oblivion in 2009, but hadn't thought of some of the reasons you'd brought up. And after seeing this, it does make you think more about it all, can see why she does what she does. Though in the wrong ways as mentioned before, along with disliking her still, as she's still evil. But perhaps, disliking her a smidge less, knowing these other facts.

[@Mcsteveberry]

You upload videos just in time when I get off work at bunnings at 11pm 🎉🙌❤

[@ITNODove]

It's always ready for when I start work at Coles, at 5am the next day 😂

[@DarkLOREDash]

You have probably seen me floating around lost in a few aisles 😹

[@empurress77]

Wiow i've played this game so many times and never noticed the Renrijra Krin. Thank you for another deep dive into things i've managed to miss. This is why i look forward to your wonderful videos.

[@DarkLOREDash]

My pleasure! I swear they would have been a bigger inclusion (and tied things together)

[@kingofravens215]

I still despise that woman regardless

[@DarkLOREDash]

I get it. I really like the atmosphere of Leyawiin (despite the swamp) so its shitty she tortures Argonians.

[@ReinaSaurus]

amusei the argonian brought her ring back and was imprisoned for that. she lashes out at unrelated people.

[@anonopossum]

its cause amusei tried to ransom it back to her iirc

[@ReinaSaurus]

@@anonopossum finders reward

[@anonopossum]

@@ReinaSaurus ransoming and returning hoping for a reward are two seperate things

[@ReinaSaurus]

@@anonopossum its in the law sometimes

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

Tying a terrorist group to an entire race or race-adjacent and torturing them without due process? Sounds familiar >.>

[@KimJong-101]

Khamas

[@assadsvengeance9952]

Dick cheney

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

@@KimJong-101 I was referring to the Bush era, but that works too.

[@KimJong-101]

@@mystbunnygaming1449 ah you meant the foundation for today's genocide

[@Arnaere]

I don't think there's any evidence that the countess was picking random targets

[@SpaceMarineOverseer]

Wow! I didn't expect THIS ONE coming! You've unraveled a whole new layer of Khajiit history and society in one vid that I've never expected! Plus, You're quite a talented Voice Actor, KUDOS to Ya!!!

[@DarkLOREDash]

No, thank you! Brightened my day & is my pleasure.

[@SpaceMarineOverseer]

@@DarkLOREDash if Renrijra Krin were ready to kill the innocents, burn the buildings, and tear them apart, plus make the lands unhabitable then they are REALLY a bunch of thugs, nothing MORE!!! The goal does NOT make the means! P.S.: BTW, You've voiced the Khajiiti passage in Renrijra Krin's public manifesto really WELL. You should do voice-over professionally!

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

The fact a small faction might exist somehow justifies genocides and holding an entire race accountable? That sure is... a form of logic. A bigotive form.

[@ObservingLibertarian]

@@lukemorgan6166 Seems as though the Countess just doesn't want children being shredded by magic infused backpacks while they attend bard performances. Or, you know, run over by wagons during festivals for one of the nine divines. Remember - a moderate Khajit may not want to kill you: but he's not going to defend you against the radical Khajit who does.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I wouldn't say genocide. I would say, however, the Countess who is clearly bigoted, was right about a subsect & they may be trying to kill her Mum for her prejudice. I do however, appreciate opposing views!

[@CL-lx2pm]

The Renrijra Krin fight for lands that have been fought over for several eras. The empire took it, Khajiit took it back, and so the cycle went. They're not right for robbing and killing civilians who didn't have a part in the land being given (without the approval of the natives living there) to the Empire, but the murderous countess is hardly right for encouraging you to loot and murder right back.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I agree. I like that it isn't just clear cut & that the Mane have condoned ceding the land, yet the Krin fight for it regardless, in a dirty manner. War is messy.

[@VelvetColt]

I'd love to see Hlidara Mothril's "Early Life" section.

[@HeavySquatch127]

Wife and I love your content. Great voice acting/ would love to see more of your content!!!!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you! Will do!

[@lynn2215]

As soon as I load up oblivion , I get this notification lol

[@conquer535]

It's a very pretty eye idk what edits you've done but nice

[@thecultofcarny4195]

i played so many hours of this game. so have 2/3 of my children. truly a game for the ages.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The interesting thing is that half the cities in Cyrodiil have cultural influences from neighboring regions. Anvil is influenced by the Redguards from Hammerfell. Bruma is influenced by the Nord of Skyrim. Cheydinhal is influenced by the Dunmer of Morrowind. Leyawiin is between Elsweyr and Black Marsh, and influenced by both populations, Khajiit and Argonians. Skingrad has a decent influence of Breton wine culture. So instead of focusing on colovian culture, Alessia should rather celebrate the cultural diversity.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Yes! That could be her folly. Work with the grain, instead of against. I think the Krin blight has blinded her, somewhat.

[@kxr842]

Dude, I love your channel, you remind me of the storyteller, may his soul rest in peace.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you, kindly!

[@shelbycoffey7441]

That was awesome! Yet again I’ve learned something new on your channel!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@ultr8870]

I always found Leyawiin particularly interesting because of this lore. As an outpost of imperial culture to the south, it's very well written how the different citizens feel about it. As a member of a people who were ethnically cleansed it's always been one of my favorite places in the game due to the subject of racial/ethnic conflict.

[@Testbug-dy6tj]

It is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him

[@joekane1844]

I’ve always loved the lore around the Renrija Krin, great video even if I’m rooting against Leyawiin

[@The56567878]

That khajit voice was awesome! I didn't even realize it was you at first

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you!

[@TheRagingKrogan]

Have you thought about going back into kotor/ 2 and getting into swtor lore?

[@DarkLOREDash]

Mate. I listen to the KOTOR 2 soundtrack daily & dream. Was just talking to 100% Star Wars last week about how much I miss it. I try not to be all over the shop with games but should just pull the trigger with a standout quest!

[@TheRagingKrogan]

@@DarkLOREDash Don't get me wrong, II think all of your videos are terrific. I just have a special place for the kotor series in my heart. I look forward to any future kotor videos aswell as your other videos aswell.

[@Mcsteveberry]

Love the vids 🎉

[@lordkarazon5687]

16:04 what outfit is that?

[@DarkLOREDash]

I literally have no idea. You can see im confused as I panned down 🤣

[@ultr8870]

It's called the lusty argonian maid.

[@ChaosSparkles]

The top is a Huntsman Vest. Probably Laced Leather Pants, and idk about the shoes.

[@lordkarazon5687]

​@@ChaosSparkles Thank you.

[@madmorgo6233]

History, politics, and culture aside (you could easily include them tho, now I think about it!), I've alreadys had a soft spot for beastfolk in TES... I remember one of my earliest character was an Argonian who became a vampire! Spent my entire fortune in the attempt and never saw much progress afterwards... but it still makes grin to remember 🎉

[@DarkLOREDash]

I really do like the Argonians voice for vampirism. Shame about how they are harder to represent as Vampires, in game. No pun intended.

[@vtubersubs3803]

You're one of my favorite channels on YT but this one is a stretch and just seems like a weird dogwhistle to actual racists.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you & its cus of Renrijra Krin lore.

[@Jcallahan-p2p]

Hi, I heard the dog whistle and am here for a racism. You twat.

[@Edward-vc7le]

I'm taking time off work due to being unwell. Your videos make falling asleep so much easier.

[@HamanKarn567]

The Khajit absolutely wrecked the Bosmer in that war too. You can read about it in mixed unit tactics. They basicslly utilize all the different khajit breeds to take away the bosmer advantage at archery and being in their trees by having the big elephant size khajit shielding smaller khajit who just cut thr trees down with axes.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I love it! Will definitely check

[@boohoo788]

“Is this racist? Or self preservation” both for me!

[@Wuking93]

Manimarco did nothing wrong!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Lmao. I deserve this. Or is this a genuine topic defending necromancy? 🤔

[@Wuking93]

​@@DarkLOREDash I'm defending Necromancy 😈

[@MagnonEntertain]

This version is a lot better. Watched the original video when it was seconds old and was a very surreal experience. Was funny!

[@williamdistefano5698]

Good work! What a game. ❤

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you kindly

[@Tatwinus]

The khajiit happily joined the aldmeri dominion and was present in many of their purges of mixed people. Just an fyi.

[@mairaineplayzgames2205]

holy moly! the countess floating eyeballs dentures and wig floating behind her!

[@badgamemaster]

It is still funny that she is friends with the argonian woman Numeen whom eats dinner at the castle at Middas while Alessia is a guess of Numeen at Turdas...

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@badgamemaster That’s a very common real-world tactic facists use as ‘cover’ for their ethnic cleansing plans. “She can’t be a dictator, she’s friends with a ______!”

[@rickylahey657]

I wonder what else oblivion has in store for us

[@teddys5775]

Thank you for the fix

[@GaMeRfReAkLIVE]

"What the hell is this, Little Elsewere?"

[@TK--cv1uz]

I never liked the beastfolk, and I see where dash is coming from, but that countess is going too far. Unless it's truly only captured members of the Krin she... interrogates, in which case I suppose she's less terrible then I thought.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I 100% agree she's out of line, I only explored the idea that with her upbringing & her mum being in danger, she had motive. Torturing random argonians is abhorrent

[@TK--cv1uz]

@DarkLOREDash That said, is it ever expressly stated they are selected at random? It occurs to me they could simply be captured Krin members.

[@Ragucci25]

Good to know Alessia Cara and a successful music career after politics didn't work out.

[@swiggster]

Time to restate my comment on that Zesty Khajit in the Thumbnail

[@landoncube769]

Top 5 best youtube channels on youtube

[@Bernd69420]

Of course. We’re always right about them.

[@poyaispanic5269]

“We tortured some folks”

[@DarkLOREDash]

🤣

[@DarkLOREDash]

Perfection

[@FlumperIV]

Not as racist as every npc in morrowind

[@DarkLOREDash]

🤣 everyone loves them though. No argument required 🤔

[@FlumperIV]

@@DarkLOREDash Agreed

[@adrianhawkins8995]

Sexy Countesses are always right.

[@tarvoc746]

Soo let me get this straight. The Nibbenese seized a bunch of land by force and drove out its Khajiit inhabitants, and in your mind, the fact that homeless refugees often turn to desperate measures is justification enough for the Nibbenese to run torture chambers full of blood. Is that summed up correctly? ...At the end of the video, you ask at what point the Khajiit should better integrate into the culture of the Empire that subjugated them. The answer is never, Elsweyr is better off since it freely and voluntarily joined the Aldmeri Dominion.

[@hughanon]

Based Nibenese?

[@tarvoc746]

@@hughanon ...Why are you Dunmer like this?

[@Free2_express08]

Next you're going to say lizard people are real... Wait...

[@wintersking4290]

Soooooo khajiit Foresworn basically.

[@neobarker1735]

Great video. And I can't help but feel that it applies so well to the modern times😅

[@robertmiles1603]

lmao y r there disembodied teeth & eyes behind her

[@OMGmyFACE]

#NotAllKhajiit

[@KenDelloSandro7565]

The cats & the lizards make exquisite farm tools 😂 Mankind #1 Merkind #2

[@hiedla6590]

"Are the free porple of he West truly racist? Or at what point it simply becomes self preservation?" true words in these times, Oblivion for shadowing

[@Usernotfound31231]

Your inept spelling helps illustrate the limits of your intellect.

[@vtubersubs3803]

Yeah nah when you're at the point where you're making up stories about minorities eating pets in order to stoke fear and outrage to push your narrative, you're firmly in the realm of racism. Not really a comparison here, you're just telling on yourself

[@Denuhm]

I really don’t know how people missed that this entire quest line was about Israel. 😅

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Elder Scrolls VI: critical race theory. 😂

[@DarkLOREDash]

I dont know why but the Elder Scrolls knows how to parody so well & take the sting out of heavy topics.

[@salt262]

W video as usual

[@windmillrespector]

Furries…

[@redhood1211]

Only real ones were around to like this video the 1st time it was uploaded, I’m just glad I wasn’t having my mind taken by Sheogorath and that it was an editing error lol

[@tapauldoua]

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr miau

[@tomlaundry4021]

🕶️ 🐹 🔪.

[@Fluffyfauchs]

Ayo! Imperials don't even sezzin dey foods

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I don't support people who openly support the idea of racism. There is never even a decent, let alone acceptable excuse to be racist. If your brother commits a crime, should you be sent to prison? Racism is no different than that. If one feels they must judge another, they should at least the moral aptitude to just that person for their own actions, not the actions others just because they gave similarities. Unsubscribed.

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 totally agree. So disappointed by this channel.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I appreciate your point of view but would counter by saying... it's a game where we can explore who is right & wrong in open dialogue. I think I made it clear that I thought the countess was wrong in her execution, but she was surprisingly right about a looming Renrijra Krin threat.

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@DarkLOREDash There is nothing to explore about the ways in which racism can be right, because racism never is right, by the definition of racism. It is a very simple concept, I know you are capable of comprehending, and pretending that you don’t is what makes this disappointment so significant. You want to monetize racism with clickbait and act naive when we don’t fall for it, then lead your audience astray with false equivalencies for excuses. Unsubscribed.

[@grey_man8281]

​@@Usernotfound31231 there absolutely are things to explore when it comes to video game racism. Most times you can explore the reasons why someone might feel that way and the lore reasons behind it. To take pixels and fake lore and apply it heavily to real life is dramatic, and not to mention the insults you throw around. You are extremely condescending which makes your points insignificant to how you treat the person you disagree with. There's nothing wrong with making money off something you worked on that has zero real life effect. Let me remind you, this is a game from 2006 made from pixels and code... This isn't real. Dash is no stranger to clickbait or trying to catch our attention with big words and eye-catching photos. If you looked at any of his videos you would see that. I'm not sure if you paid attention to what he said in the video but he did explain away his title and the reason the countess might act that way. During the thieves guild he goes farther into the citizens side of this conflict.

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@grey_man8281 You agree with me, but you’ve been tricked into mistaking intelligence for apathy, so seeing me use my intellect to make clear how profoundly somebody else has failed triggers you. I won’t be commenting again but just to make clear how out of touch you are- I never said there’s nothing to explore about video game racism. You just wished I had said that. I said there is nothing to explore about the ways in which racism can be right. You are totally encouraged to stay triggered, but I won’t respond further, so enjoy shouting into etherius.

[@Usernotfound31231]

Edit after watching: I am so disappointed by this video. There is never justification to racism, and it is your failure for not making that clear. Original comment: Big fan of your content, just started this video, and I’m gonna hear out your thoughts on this fictional world… but saying there’s ever a justification to racism is wrong, and I’m hoping this was just an inadequately edited script and not a revelation of something… more sinister. :/

[@paxconsciente3352]

Don't take it so seriously dude, besides a little racism here and there never hurt anyone

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@paxconsciente3352 you demonstrated the problem with this video.

[@SelectKiko]

I mean, they're not really a race. They're literally a species of bipedal cat. It's like if i was pissed off that intelligent crows kept assaulting my house and stealing my car

[@shannon7593]

Bro go touch grass it's just a game

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@SelectKiko Incorrect- they are not a species of cat. Khajits are elves given cat-like features from the blessing of Azura. Not to mention the literal ‘choose your race and racial bonus’ screen. Sure, elves are still fictional, but it’s just a demonstration of your disconnect. Regardless, this fiction isn’t inextricable from reality- it’s widely known that Khajit aesthetics are based on Muslim and ‘middle eastern’ influences, and Argonians are (architecturally and in nomenclature) styled after Native and Meso Americans. I don’t have a problem with the existence of fictional racism, I have a problem of the idea that racism is ever considered ‘justifiable’, fictional or not. It’s that even in fiction, it is not possible to even conceptualize justifiable racism, because justifiability is antithetical to the very definition of the word racism itself.

[@gabrielsteffensen3700]

Khajiit and argonians consist of only 10% of the population but commit 40% of the crimes, it’s not prejudice, just pattern recognition

[@DonDawn3]

Who's commiting the other 60? 👀

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@gabrielsteffensen3700 you justifying racism is why this video is such a failure

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@lukemorgan6166 so which is it, a joke or the truth? Answer- you insist you are entitled to have your lies normalized as jokes. Nobody’s laughing.

[@gabrielsteffensen3700]

@Usernotfound31231 First off, it’s a joke, secondly, it’s a joke in a video game. Get out of your mums basement. Thirdly, pointing out facts doesn’t equal racism. We all know the underlying reasons and problems with society in that statement. Your anger about literal facts are the problem, take the joke for what it is and move on

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@gabrielsteffensen3700 So you still can’t decide if it’s a joke or a fact. (Your statistic is made up, fyi). Love when a guy commenting on an Oblivion video tells someone else to leave their mom’s basement. No need to get triggered dude.

[@n3coreGames]

This video draws so many parallels to America. Build the wall

[@Usernotfound31231]

@@n3coreGames this is what makes this video such a disappointment

[@rebeccapekarske5788]

Tell me you missed the entire point of the game without telling me you missed the entire point of the game. 😂

[@vtubersubs3803]

Why didn't he build the wall during the first two years of his administration when his party had control of all three branches of government? Weird, huh? But hey, this time it'll be for real, right? Jk you sheep have been irrelevant since 2020

[@grey_man8281]

This is about a video game.

[@Jcallahan-p2p]

@@Usernotfound31231 The fact you'll never sign the front of a check, own land, or do anything remotely useful and complain about people who do, is the reason you are such a disappointment.