Skyrim: 5 Civil War Facts That You May Have Missed - The Elder Scrolls 5 Secrets

[@yvindvego9404]

what if skyrim had been released 1 year later. think of all the stuff that had been finished and all the extra quests

[@jeremyscungio16]

øyvind vego and all the new bugs

[@yvindvego9404]

+jeremy scungio its not bugs, it is features

[@Smileyreal]

adding features also adds bugs

[@texasgun2731]

skyrim should have been released after the ps4 came out

[@alfalafelstine1536]

And there'd be a slightly less outrageous delay between Skyrim and TES6.

[@8bitPikachu]

i hate that after the civil war story line ends, npcs still talk and act like it is ongoing. i get that would be 90% of the npcs have to change dialog but still. it's like nothing gets resolved.

[@enesbatuhan7833]

Chef Excellence are you aware of the fact that civil war doesn't end after killing the leaders? a leader can be replaced as long as followers are alive. in the other words, your actions don't mean anything. bethesda will make one side win regardless of your choice.

[@enesbatuhan7833]

and most likely, that one side will be imperials. for they have more soldiers and better equipment

[@solidmentalgrace]

Enes Batuhan, if i know bethesda, they'll pull a dragon break.

[@rafaeldelgado7243]

Chef Excellence nothing gets resolved? Congratulation, you found the secret of the civil war: its useless for nordics and for the empire

[@snowmanleblanc6053]

Enes Batuhan No, i have the feeling that Bethesda will make the Empire fall in this era. With those TDB assassination stuff and all, i think Bethesda is slightly hinted it. p.s: Tho it's too bad since i sided with the Empire :(

[@James--Parker]

Fun Fact: If you run away from the Stormcloak version of the Battle of Whiterun. The Stormcloaks will still win, but Ulfric will ridicule you as a coward.

[@joshuakim5240]

Whoa, seriously?! I swear there's always new things to find out about this game.

[@nelia8294]

This happened to me once I was a vampire and the 3rd stage of starvation begun in the battle of whiterun (I didn't had Dawnguard so everyone would go aggro on me) so I had to enter a house to feed when I got out battle was over and Ulfric called me a milk drinker

[@thepope2412]

What if you're on the imperial's side

[@dagothur9674]

Nélia Don't you mean, "Blood Drinker"?

[@ZachCremisiSky]

The Pope i think simar, but originally you could lose the civil war.

[@caos1925]

The thing I dislike most about the civil war quest line, although I do like most of it, is there are so few tactics used in the battles,most of the time it is just a senseless charge and brawl.

[@joshuakim5240]

The only thing i found nice about those charge-and-brawl battles is that they're the only times where Illusion enhancement spells with splash radius are actually applicable. Did a pacifist support build playthrough (would not recommend unless you REALLY like that playstyle) and Rally and Call to Arms buffing allies in those battles made them surprisingly kickass.

[@the_dropbear4392]

da best o' da best it will also probably break your game

[@ryjak955]

da best o' da best I found another mod that overhauled it, but can't remember the name.

[@aferg4852]

Adam Case yeah, and at the end of the imperial questline I expected like a cool weapon or something. Nope. This game never has been as good as Oblivion. Sigh

[@FlyingRaijin52]

Iron Wolf That was Buggy civil war overhaul. The boring piece of shit ever.

[@LoydAvenheart]

There is so much cut content that would of made the Civil War so much better.

[@wadedewell]

Lloyd Nix yeah like a alliance with the giants.. massive city sièges and the ai actually attacking strongholds at random

[@thephoenixxm4160]

wasn't that mod removed due to the creator being pissed that Trump won?

[@MRJTD99]

RavenLord64 Yup

[@ssko8650]

RavenLord64 Its still there on nexus

[@a_peanut4320]

+RavenLord64 but why tho

[@reggin867]

There is enough cut content in Skyrim to make a new game

[@markfenwick8939]

true

[@michealyoutube4911]

Hola I would but a Skyrim clivil war game as it being what it is in the cannon, so all of the cut content would be in it, and then we know how it really has been, and not have a watered down version, which of course it's watered down, it's also has to include the rest of the game.

[@tommymc7535]

Skyrim is not even that good of a game lol. Zero choice options.... pales in comparison to the options given in fall out Vegas or fall out 3 or even Oblivion... they give you 2 dialogue options sometimes only one lmao.

[@acanthaceae7896]

@@tommymc7535 fallout 3 has even less options AND Fallout 4 has 3 yes and 1 sarcastic yes, but fallout nv is the best

[@samotten9874]

I wish there was an option to show Ulfric the Thalmor dossier on him to see what he thinks of it.

[@samotten9874]

I'd love for him to see that the Thalmor regard him as an asset. Maybe then he'd realise that only a united Empire stands a chance against the Aldmeri Dominion.

[@dutchpatriot17]

Ulfric knows about anything in the Dossier excluding the Imperial City having already fallen and whatever happened after the Markarth Incident. Remember, Ulfric used to work with the Thalmor after the Great War.

[@caveformations1337]

He wouldn't be concerned or anything seeing as how in the book "A stormcloak victory is to be avoided", so it'll probably make him more determined to win the war.

[@dutchpatriot17]

+These cave formations aren't natural Seeing as the Thalmor state an Imperial victory harms them, and how they indirectly aid the Stormcloaks, I'm pretty sure Ulfric's rebellion would feel like a lie.

[@Smileyreal]

any victory would be bad for the thalmor because skyrim is more vulnerable during the war than after

[@013wolfwarrior]

I dont care who wins the civil war as long as the Thalmor suffer the most in tue end

[@memz9513]

But either way the Thalmor wins, the war is a trap.

[@impatienstheshmuck5348]

You can kill the World-Eater, one of the most powerful Vampire Lords, and a dragon priest turned protégé of one of the most powerful Daedric princes. I think the Dragonborn could easily wipe out the entire Aldmeri Dominion.

[@memz9513]

Impatiens the Sorry Shmuck Well firstly the only reason you were able to kill alduin is because he isn't at full power. He wasn't eating the world while you were playing, if he was there would be no way you can take him on as he has the blessing of Akatosh. As for the Harkon you have his daughter on your side she is a beast and strong af. And as for Miraak he is the only example that I agree with, defeating him was a pretty big sign of power. However dragonborn are not invincible, Talos the god of man was only able to conquer the dominion after he acquired the numidium. You don't have the numidium, you are not the emperor, even if you were there is no stable empire. I just don't think that the dragonborn has enough power to take on the dominion by himself let alone with the empire.

[@thewolfpaladin1858]

MMG Network you also have to include the fact that the Thalmor are not as large as they used to be

[@memz9513]

Well yeah, but a small Dominion vs a small Empire (that's getting smaller) or Independent Skyrim (much much smaller) is not going to defeat the former. Even if the Dragonborn sides with them. Here is the problem, there is a very obvious implementation of power fantasy within TESV, however once the game finishes that power isn't as prevalent. What im trying to say is the reason you're unbeatable in Skyrim is because you are playing. The event that take after the game are not defined by the player. So i'd rather take the predictable route rather that the emotional one. I know that if the Dragonborn invaded the dominion within the game, he would accomplish that, within the game. The game hardly ever allows for the Dragonborn to fail. Even in the civil war quest line, if you abandon the battle of Windhelm NPC's (Ulfric Stormcloak) are alerted of your personal failure, he even tells you that you acted cowardly, however the side that you were on still wins. The game does not let you fail. However once out of the game the Protagonist syndrome is over, and the Dragonborn's accomplishments after that are not certain victory. I also know that the dominion is not as powerful as it once was, but consider this, The Empire is fracturing, Hammerfell has gained independence, Skyrim is in civil war, there is a Dragon crisis within Skyrim, Red Mountain has erupted rendering Morrowind Useless, Argonia is acting shady AF, Highrock and Cyrodiil seem to be stable, however the Emperor is arguably dead, The dominion is also weaker than before, and Tamriel is still recovering from the Oblivion crisis (apart from Argonia). All in all the Dominion ( Elsweyr, Valenwood and the Summerset isles) have the upper hand, as well as the treaties of Stros M'kai and the White Gold concordat, the Blades are in hiding the Thalmor are essentially overseeing most of the empire allowing them to infiltrate and delude and confuse the people turning them against one another, no one in Skyrim has any clue of this, the Asset (Ulfric Stormcloak) is blindly playing his role in confronting the Empire, consequentially securing an ample opportunity for the Dominion. So yes the situation is pretty dire.

[@brosisjk3993]

Immersive Armors Configuration Has Finished

[@Vaedh]

is this an inside joke?

[@brosisjk3993]

@@Vaedh its a line thats displayed in the video because of a mod

[@Vaedh]

@@brosisjk3993 ok

[@FusRoDah2]

If you use the mod, jaxonz positioner, you can take those civil war catapults, duplicate them and pack them into your bag and use them anywhere in Skyrim it`s tons of fun.

[@wiibrockster]

I'm no Stormcloak Sympathizer but I'll admit Their Officer's have some fine looking Armour.

[@abyssprimus]

Indeed.

[@joshuakim5240]

I find it to be the opposite. I adore the centurian looking Legion heavy armor on their officers (made even better with the full helm) but hate the leather light variants, while i hate the Stormcloak armor for looking so barbaric but love their standard guard-uniformed troops because i always liked the guard helmets.

[@wiibrockster]

joshua kim The Imperial armour looks Surprisingly Good on Orsimer and Altmer

[@the_dropbear4392]

joshua kim just kill legionaires and take their armor to ware I to battle against them.

[@janeenschultz8502]

I actually kill members on both sides no matter which group I go with so I can have all of the armor. Sometimes, I feel terrible, but I love being a completionist.

[@whiterunguard7565]

Wait...I know you, you’re the one that murdered High Queen Elisif...anyway, YOU HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST SKYRIM AND HER PEOPLE WHAT SAY YOU IN YOUR DEFENSE?

[@myguydied]

Whiterun Guard "youve got the wrong person"

[@Gr47372]

Aw shit my speech craft is low

[@jackib5369]

You got the wrong Argonian I only feel books and here's ten thousand gold for you to forget that I say I steal books

[@prajwalvs1659]

Pays 1000 bounty and slips off like a boss

[@bungleberry13onps45]

I would rather die than go to prison!

[@dutchpatriot17]

Ambarys hasn't been in Skyrim only ''recently'', he came when the Red Mountain erupted, that's 4E 5, some 165 years before the Great War. The Great War, as well as the Umbriel Crisis, and other wars took place post- 4E 5. It's not far fetched to assume that his armor is kept as a reward from his time in the Legion; as that's custom in the Legion, being allowed to keep your armor. No Imperial spy would hold onto Imperial armor, if they'd have it in the first place, as it'd result in being easily recognised as an Imperial. Margret is an Imperial spy, no Imperial armor on her, just records of her mission, which is exactly what a spy would have, not a set of armor.

[@pulsefel9210]

hence why you should always save her with QUICK reactions

[@celynazalea1215]

In elvish terms that wouldn’t be too long ago. Elves have a lifespan of 800 years, so he’s been there for around Maybe 10, almost 11 years for us compared to some of the ones from before that

[@dutchpatriot17]

+Sarah Azalea Where did you get 800? From what I know, Elves are old when 200 years old, and very old when 300. Most elves older than 300 years prolong their lifespans through magic.

[@e.s.r5809]

The Forgotten Hero The Real Barenziah says that elves can naturally live to 1000, but due to disease and conflict don't usually live anywhere near that long. No source really contradicts that claim-- Barenziah herself is one elf who's pretty ancient (she was a teenager when Tiber Septim was conquering Tamriel) and there's no sign she used magic to extend her life.

[@dutchpatriot17]

+Ve Jones Perhaps the average also takes into account the other Elven races. Perhaps not all elves live equally as long.

[@Erynash]

"Civil war is one of the best Skyrim elements" Said nobody except Nate

[@Erynash]

I sure hope

[@Y-all-mofos-need-Talos]

I think the civil war is the best element of Skyrim, not Alduin, the only problem is the civil war quest sucks and besides the NPC dialogue, i don't feel that Skyrim is in war. The mod Warzones did a great job in this topic.

[@stannisbaratheon6637]

Y all mofos need Talos i just need a bruma patch for it

[@faizalnurajiz5490]

Erynash it had huge potential that would affect the whole main quest, even the guild quest line. Unfortunately bethesda rushed the production and left it half baked.

[@VibeDoctor98]

And me

[@Noah_AWICB]

Guys I've been playing this game since it came out, I found out a week ago you can actually kill the birds that fly around for their feathers, please tell me none of you knew this because I'll feel so foolish if I actually missed this for so long

[@Noah_AWICB]

It's really funny how it happens, the game spawns a dead body because the birds function like the Dwemer Impact Switches ( the ones that spin when you hit them) so it removes the model and spawns a dead bird in it's place, at least it looks like that anyways

[@lasagnatime7275]

I only learned about a week ago. I've been playing for 3 maybe 4 years

[@alfalafelstine1536]

I knew about it, but have never done it.

[@leftinthedust3900]

This was actually one of the first things I found in skyrim I thought it was amazing back then

[@Official2Shitty]

I didn’t know

[@Mako_Moogle]

Okay, I didn't know about the jagged crown one.

[@jeremyscungio16]

That_Guy_Gaming it was the only one I found on my own

[@janeenschultz8502]

Reverse pick-pocket it to Hadvar or Ralof and you can keep it for yourself. The quest line will continue like normal even if you don't have it when you talk to your leader.

[@ivanglamdryng3091]

Thank you for the upload. Now that my daughter has left for college I can get back to my game!

[@benlithman6113]

Ivan Glamdryng was it worth the 18 years?

[@benlithman6113]

Vegito Saiyan so you’re telling me his daughter left for college at 6 years old

[@swoluigi3828]

go away prodigy?

[@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx]

It's impossible to really know what's going on the first playthrough unless you have had played prior games and already a bit of the lore.

[@imissvainglory6216]

The college in winterfell?

[@lunawelthbed2350]

I've found something having to do with the battle borns and gray manes. A love story. A battle borns and a gray manes are in love and they pass letters to one another. I don't remember which 2 it was but the civil war seems to be keeping them apart because of their familys Soo... I was bored and killed all killable NPCs in whiterun and found a love letter on a body about their love.

[@gerald0820]

Luna Welthbed it's jon battleborn and olfina greymane

[@Ivanus59]

With the Immersive Citizens mod they will actually hang out together and you can overhear their dialogue where you can clearly see that those two like each other. :)

[@irishsteve2764]

I actually received that letter you are talking about, by pickpocketing John Battle-Born early in the game when I 1st reached White Run

[@NopeJustPatrick]

I just realized I've never played the civil war questline...

[@imthelime3163]

Patrick ...it's been over six years now...SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT!

[@NopeJustPatrick]

I've had the game since the Christmas of it's release year... I'm now making a new character and replaying the full main game. *(Half-orc High elf mercenary)* (I'm playing vanilla Skyrim on Xbox 360)

[@999jay999]

Same, I keep starting again due to mods....

[@treymtz]

stormcloaks lose in the end even if the Dragonborn sides with them. its an off screen lose but because of the damage done by ulfric the second great war is getting closer.

[@CynicalPOV]

The final battle of the quest line is a joke you attack the major city of either the storm cloaks or imperials and your army consists of maybe 10 or 15 soldiers. The battle for White run is the best in my opinion.

[@lapisinfernalis9052]

If you restore the Boethiah-Quest through a mod, that dialogue is really creepy, if you think about it. They call Boethiah (one of the "darker" Daedric Princes), Oblivion's nobility.... i like to think, that her shrine above the city of Windhelm influences the people. Just think about it: The Lady of deceit, conspiracy, secret plots of murder, assassination, TREASON, and UNLAWFUL OWERTHROW OF AUTHORITY, the Prince of Plots, the Dark Warrior, DECIEVER OF NATIONS... and now compare that with Ulfric and what he did.... Oh, and before I forget: If you sided with the Empire, the guards just say that the Throne of Solitude is cused, because both the High King and the Jarl died only months apart.

[@williamrowe1894]

The civil war in Skyrim SUCKS, it s not fleshed out at all.

[@bjornroets9232]

i think you speak for like every skyrim player ever

[@williamrowe1894]

Bjorn Roets lol true

[@williamrowe1894]

Dds211 sorry, you didn't miss much though

[@PotatoSauce743]

i think there are mods that improve it, there is also a mod that adds a second war wich you can fight against the thalmor bitches!!!!

[@ssko8650]

Get the mod that puts in the cut content that was supposed to be there.

[@necronustheeverchosen1994]

this video was REALLY renovating! I can't believe that there was one secret Skyrim's Civil War that I didn't know about!!! "If you bring the Jagged Crown to the opposing faction, you get to join that said faction"... INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

That Elisef thing I never knew. Kinda cool actually.

[@Leto85]

What I like about the Civil War is how much it is connected to the main questline, especially with the caunsil part. If you know you're going to be a Stormcloak, you'll better give every hold to the Empire so that you can conquer all these parts back, making the Civil War that much longer. Make sure you're thane of every hold before giving them away so that you can become thane again, and receiving new reward weapons for it. It's a completionist thing mainly, but one to keep in mind nontheless.

[@159tony]

the dark elves of morrowind were a slave trading, incredibly xenophobic and racist (thinking every other race beneath them no better than beasts of burden) and a mortal enemy of the kingdoms of skyrim for millenia. the simple fact that a dunmer could even live in skyrim without being skewered by the populace, let alone in windhelm, is a massive gesture, especially when the dunmer have never and will never extend such a kindness in their entire history.

[@Hazy18]

John Blood the Dark Elves only have so much beef with the nords because of Ysgrammor invading Morrowind on his quest to kill all the Elves and took Skyrim from the Snow Elves. What you say is true about how they felt about beast races like Khajiit and Argonians but it’s more the High Elves that think everything is beneath them

[@159tony]

Wrong. the elves had their beef well before then. plus, ysgramor's quest to kill all the elves are the events during and after the songs of return. To the atmorans, the only good elf, after the night of tears, was a dead elf. Plus, morrowind also housed some snow elves. The tomb of the snow prince should tell you as much. Ysgramor was on a quest of revenge, other elven nations just got in the way. But i'll still say that the dunmer have well deserved whatever treatment is tossed their way during this time of the fourth era, not because of any "yaargh, their ancestors commited great evils" no nothing like that. but because some of those elves, or indeed most of them, committed to that kind of bullshit when it was still ongoing in the third, second and some even the first era.

[@Hazy18]

John Blood exactly, the Atmorans judged an entire species group on the actions of one type of them, the Snow Elves, whos home they had invaded in the first place. The Chimer/Dunmer were too busy warring with the Dwemer at the time of the Night of tears and only started fighting against the Nords when the Atmorans started to invade the border of Morrowind which caused the Chimer and Dwemer to put aside their differences for a time to work together against the nords. I’m not disagreeing with you that they did do bad things but neither the nords or dark elves are any better than eachother, I’m just biased because they’re my favourite race of the ES games but it’s not a very valid point to use their looking down on other races like Argonains and using them as slaves considered how all the nords treat the Argonians and Khajiit during Skyrim as well as the Dunmer, even blaming them for the collapse of Winterhold along with most nords views on High Elves, when not all of them support the Thalmor and also how they look down on Bretons as half Elves and magic users.

[@cacacita]

Secunda grayskin lives don’t matter

[@Hazy18]

01001000 01101001 but Sloth lives do #FreeTheNipple

[@wij2012Gaming]

I always loved that quest with the necromancer. A nice little side story about the great war and the skyrim civil war wrapped up in one.

[@rumbleroller2154]

You know, that would have been a nice middle ground. Helping that love-sick necromancer to create a legion of undead to completely topple two opposing armies. Screw the Empire, screw the Stormcloaks. EVERYTHING DIES!

[@shadowstrider5033]

Rumble Roller As long as the thalmor dies out , i am okay with it. Besides my characters always end up being undead anyway. Gotta love that vampire lord.

[@rumbleroller2154]

The Thalmor have their place. In addition to securing foreign law, they are also imposing Thalmor beliefs onto a nation that was already well established. The Thalmor don't seem to be a large enough organization to stand on its own. So honestly, I feel like they'd fall apart eventually. More likely due to a revolt, or if enough folk rose up to revolt. Alas. Afraid I must disagree. Every non-Khajit, non-Orc character I play... ...Will ALWAYS be a Werewolf~♫

[@Fr0staX]

HAIL THE DAEDRA!!!

[@thegomez1147]

@TheEpicnate315 Your videos have really rekindled my love and intrigue for one of my favorite games. All the little tips and secrets really make exploring the world of Skyrim something new again!

[@MLPDethDealr32]

There's a mod that restores Boethiah's Bidding XD. I usually wait until ive won the Civil War for the Imperials before carrying out Boethiah's orders. She's one of my favorite Daedric lords.

[@ferox3334]

wouldn't it be amazing to have spin-offs to skyrim, DLC or small game sized? like for example playing the story of that elf who used to be an imperial soldier. following him through the adventures he experienced and then finally meet him again in the main game, knowing so much more about this character.

[@imthelime3163]

You deserve way more subscribers for the quality of your videos,Your stuff is amazing,Keep up the amazing work!

[@Theminecraftian772]

I actually did fight through the necromancer's dungeon before, and I really enjoyed it. I thought her idea to use necromancy to fight a war was genius, for every soldier killed in battle, she would gain another member of her own army. The only problem to this exponential growth of army size would be the maintaining and expanding of the spell. She could have brought an era of piece to skyrim. And if I remember right, she was doing a good job at raising a mass grave full of bodies, so she may have been able to pull it off. She would be named the greatest necromancer of all time indeed.

[@royalenigma434]

I used to always side with the stormcloaks untill i decided to make a roman themed character. But now i side with the imperials because of some dialogue that can be had with General Tulius. At the end of the civil war questline if you stick around after the speech he gives he actually reveals how he actually feels about the thalmor and that he still considers them an enemy and an issue to be taken care of in the future. Yea i think an independent skyrim would be better but the empire is truly the most capable at taking on the thalmor, especially with the Dragonborn backing them up. We can imagine that in the next Elder Scrolls game there will be some kind of lore about the Dragonborn saying how insanely powerful he was/is even though as the player your limited in how strong you can be due to gameplay mechanics, theres no limit to how strong you could be in the lore of the elder scrolls, perhaps if the dragonborn is dead by the next game he will have reached divine status like talos did.

[@DaBayleef]

I've been binging your videos like crazy the past few days! I really like them, especially since I've learning so many more little things about this game than any other channel that covers it. Thanks! (I really should be studying ^^;)

[@greentea2591]

The Civil War is easily one of the worst parts of Skyrim. It's a buggy, unpolished mess.

[@ssko8650]

Get the mod

[@lasagnatime7275]

Their are mods that p polish it and make it what Bethesda wanted, but yes vialna is a buggy piece of shit. I recommend you find a decent mod to fix this.

[@derekpratt4055]

like you could do better polishing it or making it unbuggy cuz you cant.

[@greentea2591]

Derek Pratt I never said I could

[@greentea2591]

Derek Pratt Nor would I ever try to. It is a very boring questline.

[@jimmielovett226]

Did you guys see that you can now effectively build forts and settlements in Skyrim? It works surprising well, I'm only on Xbox One, but the mod is called Tundra Defense by Elderwind, it works really well with the NPC's travel type mods and such and you can recruit random npc's to live and fight for your forts, etc. Open Civil War by Simtam gives you that fleshed out feel along with some of those battle site mods and stuff.

[@SurprisinglyDynamicAnimeSideC]

No one's going to answer this, but what mods does he use to make the game look SO beautiful?

[@LarkManEXE]

The Dungeon quest "Siege on the Dragon Cult" has an elf posing as an officer of whichever side you chose for the war. However, after you kill him at the end, everything in his camp is still listed as Steal and adds bounty in the Rift, even though NPC deaths unlock their inventories to be looted like normal.

[@Sabrowsky]

Depending on who you follow in the prologue (Either Ralof or Hadvar) you can still join up with the other faction, your interactions with them will be different

[@AdmiralAwsm]

I found this really neat feature of the civil war I'm which the Solitude never leaves seige mode. It's super fun, because now I can't do any quests related to Solitude, and it's also gone from my map.

[@zachh6868]

"It's a fine day with you around" *Murders her*

[@danielcox3983]

I feel like a zombie invasion of Skyrim would be a better faction side than either Stormcloaks or the Legion. It'd be so dope, having Draugr guards in every hold, walking the pathways and making cool zombie noises instead of the dumbass dialogue with every guard.

[@DragonFruitXVI]

If the dark elves want things to improve they can do it themselves but they don't. They are stubborn and refuse to help in the war effort in any way. There are many high elves in Windhelm. Even they are more trusted and own land along side the nords. Maybe it isn't because the dark elves are elves. Maybe it's because they refuse to conform to the rest of the community. They are guests and yet they act like the guy in his 30's in his parents basement. Both sides are have culpability, you should act as if the 30 year old is somehow a victim. I've tested and if you only help dark elves you can still be thane. So it's more neutrality that an active push down.

[@sqw33k]

Yoo! That last one is an EXCELLENT premise for a D&D campaign villain!

[@Rueben2]

What's the name of the mods he uses to make the game look better

[@colevendittelli6129]

tear of randomness .

[@SanilJadhav711]

Thanks for the daily dose ! Keep it coming

[@K75-d5n]

“Most of us” 18% of players joined the imperials or stormcloaks

[@thomasjenkins7506]

season unending is as far as i go. if i was dragonborn, i would've shouted each one of them off high hrothgar after the meeting.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

0:20 Camp Varglya! I love that mod. Along with Camp Argentum it really brings the civil war to life!

[@maugwei]

sounded like you said "Be sad everybody" at the end.

[@AttakusZakus]

"BE SAD EVERYBODY!" -Nate, 2018

[@maugwei]

Attak Zak dude when I listen to it again I can't not heat "Be sad everybody"

[@captainscurvy1812]

I was looking for this comment.

[@MerkhVision]

I heard it like that too lol

[@Ollyatlas]

For the necromancer they should've had it be that she ends up being important in the Civil War and she sends undead thralls to kidnap u after ur next visit to castle dour and she tells u her motivations and let's u decide wether or not to join her and if u do she gives u the power to transform into a draugr deathlord and have enhanced thuum and armor rating (no matter what u wear) and enhanced magicka and enhanced health and u become a general at her side till both factions are defeated and her own dictatorship is instated in skyrim with named draugr dating back the farthest jarls of each hold in charge of them as jarls (like Olaf one eye deaugr etc)

[@SwedishYouthHumanist]

Love these vids! Keep'em coming! :)

[@_vlpin]

Wow, i never played any of the civil war questlines, ever, but i found the jagged crown once, and decided not to sell it because i thought "wow it looks so cool, i've never seen something like this before, i want to keep it" and now it turns out it's a quest item. welp

[@CarlosJimenez-fi3pl]

dude please share your mod list, your skyrim game looks beautiful

[@yaboigaming123]

that cut Boethiah quest you mentioned does somewhat bare a similarity to the plot of Dishonored, another Bethesda game where you play as the Empress's bodyguard only for her to be killed and you be framed for it.

[@ilyas_gzz3147]

if you play the stormcloaks side to end tullius will say i think something like that : "Dont you know , that the thalmor wanted this? " so the thalmor want that the stormcloaks win but in a letter about the civil war stands it would be not so good if they win ... i dont know what to say i like it more if I play a old nord and the stormcloaks win just for the tradition and so on ... But the imperals are right i think because tullius said at the end of the quest in the imperal side : " im not sure about the peace with the thalmor " and the legat said: talos be with you ulfric ...please make a discussion my dragonborn companion

[@Edd25164605]

I enjoyed the Civil War plot line. What I really wanted to see was The Aldmeri Dominion forced out of the Empire !

[@MickelJE]

What mod is that to make everything look so good?

[@ChaseIron]

It’d be interesting if the line about a deadric prince being behind the high queens murder was just a clever way of acknowledging that you used console commands, like you’re the deadric prince who had her killed

[@kingdavey90]

Excellent information!

[@wheretfwouldibewithoutmysl1605]

You can find the helmet in the thumbnail during the thieves guild quests by following Gajul-I into the bandit cave, it’s by the stairs leading up to the cage.

[@carlosvalenzuela1991]

When it comes to the the civil war, it's always the same argument. Stormcloaks: I joined because freedom of religious practice is a right everyone should have. Imperials : I joined because I believe strength in numbers will lead to our survival.

[@samuellund1377]

Eh, I think that Stormcloak-Skyrim and the Empire would work together to defeat the Thalmor. It's like America breaking away from the British Empire, but working together to defeat the Axis powers later.

[@carlosvalenzuela1991]

@@samuellund1377 That would be awesome . Never thought of it that way. Great comment.😎

[@samuellund1377]

Thanks :) If you look at the map Cyrodil is in between Skyrim and the Altmeri Dominion so the Elves would either have to march through the Empire or sail right past it- neither option the Empire would tolerate. They definitely wouldn't stand idly by while the Thalmor try to seize the province right above them haha

[@slyguy8931]

Not quite so simple as that.

[@GuillotineLaw1]

What would have been awesome with the jagged crown, if instead of giving you a sword with a absorb health enchantment at the end of the war the leader lets you keep the jagged crown. Also even better than using it to change sides, reverse pickpocket it on to Ralof then after the quest is over pickpocket it from him in the Sleeping Giant Inn. So there is a kind of way to keep it

[@ebbymh]

If you visit your house during a city siege your children will be visibly scared and as when it will end

[@lucasferes3519]

5:17 This is one of the many reasons Bethesda games, particularly The Elder Scrolls, are absolutely amazing. There is so much effort put into it, ppl who made these games definitely love what they're doin'. That's really comforting to see as of now publishers Like EA are degrading this industry and givin' it a bad reputation with games like Battlefield V.

[@comradep8519]

WAIT WHAT I CAN SKIP THE STORMCLOAK ENTRY QUEST BY BETRAYING THE EMPIRE

[@boose4112]

If you host the summit with the Grey beards and give the stormcloaks the reach while you're supposed to be meeting soldiers to raid the silver shipment, the quest breaks giving you no quest marker to move forward. The Civil War never ends, which I guess I'll consider as close to cannon as possible xD

[@clunnx]

Damn Faithless imperials

[@artavis2103]

During the battle of Whiterun, if you have a family, you can visit them. when I did it, only my son was home. When I tried to talk to him, he said something along the lines of, "Please... make it stop." and would continue to crouch down.

[@quicksilver7948]

Okay what mod/dlc/sOMETHING DOES HE HAVE I LOVE THE GRAPHICS AND SKINS

[@isaacthelastn7687]

You learn something new every day

[@vlogingwithwillnutin7448]

Lagete rikke looks epic go imperial. Sry bad spelling I'm in a rish

[@thisguyi3956]

Now I want a mod where you can join Lu'ah in building an undead army, essentially adding a third side to the Civil War. That'd be a lot of fun.

[@kaizerkoala]

Why would someone operate catapult when Trebuchet could launch 90 kg projectiles over 300 meters.

[@doggsen8338]

I once experienced an unusual conversation. After joining the stormcloaks, i went to one of the stormcloak camps with imperial legion armor equiped. They asked why i were wearing their armor and i had two dialog options (cant remember them). One of the options caused them to attack me because i might be a spy or something

[@witch2647]

When I first started playing the game, I wanted to experience Skyrim before the war. So naturally, I didn't start the quest and went nuts on God Mode. Well, it turns out I got the Jagged Crown before the quest was even given to me and when I finally wanted to join the Stormcloaks, the civil war was broken (they kept walking into the room and repeated their dialogue several times before I would just leave) and I couldn't play. I had invested 100+ hours of gameplay into that one character too...

[@J-Crx]

I remember right when Skyrim came out I managed to trigger that bodyguard quest on xb 360 and have never been able to since

[@lightish3754]

Immuna start a civil war in this comments section. I've always fought for the empire.

[@benyosefdrak2686]

I always fought for the Dominion.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

i do fight for the empire, but that's only because rikke is there. tullius is a warmongering piece of shit who only wants skyrim as a shield for cyrodil and cares nothing about it's people. galmar is a racist and warmongering piece of shit. ulfric has some of the same tendencies as galmar, but he also sees reason. if you could put someone with some sense next to him, such as rikke, skyrim would in much better shape.

[@Fred100159]

Today was a first. During this playthrough, I sided with the Empire for the Civil War and avoided the Dark Brotherhood since it doesn't make sense to kill the Emperor after siding with the Imperials. Anyway, I was traveling past Fort Greenwall and a garrison of Imperials were there. As I walked past the front gate, one of the soldiers addressed me as 'Legate'. I can't remember having my rank acknowledged by ANY soldier once the CW quest line was finished - regardless of which side I chose. Maybe it had something to do with me actually being at one of the forts and not in one of the cities? Either way, it felt pretty good to have someone remember who I am. I'm sick and tired of the guards giving me shit, even though I'm a Thane in practically every Hold, as well as Solstheim's Favorite Adventurer AND the person who saved the World - 3 times I might add. I especially get pissed at the Whiterun guards: "I catch your hand in my pocket and I'm going to cut it off." What you're GONNA catch is my foot up your ass, jag-off. You KNOW I'm the Dragonborn. I fought right alongside you when the dragon attacked the Western Watchtower, and it wasn't even my job. It was YOUR job. ===================================== Maybe I'll be a 100% evil person on my next playthrough. I'll side with the Dark Brotherhood, the Thieves Guild, Cannibals, Molag Bal, Boethiah, the Stormcloaks (yes, they ARE the bad guys), Lord Harkon AND the Champions (I don't like werewolves.) I'll pickpocket everyone in sight and drop a poison just to be a dick. Oooh, I know... I'll kill every parent so I can send all the kids to Honorhall Orphanage. They'll like it there. I'll ignore every dragon that Alduin raises from the dead and let them devastate the towns. "Somebody DO something!" I AM. I'm watching you die. I'll make Maven Black-Briar one of my mistresses. She shouldn't be sleeping with her son, anyway. Plus, I'll spit in the Jarl's eye. But the MOST evil thing I will do is..... You guessed it - I won't lay a finger on Nazeem. He can have Whiterun and the Cloud District all to himself.

[@dutchpatriot17]

About the comments: Yes, Stormcloak soldiers will comment on your rank when you're a Stormcloak, Imperial soldiers will do the same thing when you're an Imperial, but only at the forts/camps. The guards don't.

[@slyguy8931]

Yeah, you mainly play Imperial and make posts like this but the Stormcloaks are the bad guys. Right...

[@jsnipn]

Fact 6: The war is the least interesting part of the game outside the main quest.

[@gabebernhard4601]

I’ve noticed that the two Jarl-killing quests were removed, I know Balgruuf’s quest was removed because he was one of Bethesda’s favorite characters, but I wonder why they removed Elisif’s

[@brundain1]

I thought you said "be sad everybody" at the end

[@edge21str]

Yeah, but raeping draugr and forcing them take on both the Imperials and the Stormcloaks? That’s just crazy. I like it.

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

Playing a high-elf and joining Stormcloaks to weaken the Empire is superbly satisfying :)

[@shadowstrider5033]

Занудный Лис Ulfric makes a great pawn.

[@audreyn.9394]

This civil war is probably the most peaceful conflict I’ve ever seen. I’ve never came across Stormcloaks and Imperials fighting in the land, except during quests. And NPCs are like « oh this horrible war, let’s get away, blah blah blah ». This is non sense. Feels like the war only begins when the Dragonborn gets involved. Kind of... But whatever, nice video!

[@charlieclark9552]

First, finally, I'm first, hahahahaha, long live the empire, just not the emperor, Hail Sithis

[@trashiestpanda7846]

You're actually second

[@joyfuldude4538]

AlexBlay Lol he is!

[@charlieclark9552]

Ah, shit

[@kingdavey90]

Grats!

[@Justanobody8472]

U can't revere the aspect of padome and a mortal figurehead..

[@austinlee4156]

Wow i hope this series is around for a very long time

[@Otterly_luna]

What's the walled camp mod? I need that :O

[@uhergal]

kasper andersen I'm interested too...

[@noavanoers6188]

kasper andersen for the imperials it is called camp argentum for the stormcloaks something like camp valarya

[@colonagray2454]

I feel like Ulfric would have become high king if the elves hadn't captured him. The path they put him on probably led to him not even talking with the high king who would have probably been more than willing to help Ulfric or even hand him the throne if he wasnt talking openly of treason.

[@benjaminostrom9124]

whats the vision/texture mod in start?

[@paytenlibson1894]

prepare to noscope the stormcloaks

[@josielister7137]

if you fast travel after the battle of whiterun there’s a chance that the battle music will stay on loop and drive you insane with anxiety.

[@kodyw2960]

For the Empire! For the Legion!

[@Twilight24682]

We stormcloaks will destroy you thalmor loving weaklings

[@joyawasuli9780]

I had the exact same profile pic

[@bigbadblaine8303]

and you like the minute men, you are a pure has been

[@sergeantarchdornan6244]

@@Twilight24682 die you barbaric lunatics!

[@sergeantarchdornan6244]

@Ricardo Santos what's wrong with milk? Gotta get that calcium or your stormcloak bones with be as thin as paper.

[@ryunast.velvet7095]

You know..I have like..1000 hours on Skyrim and I still haven't played the Civil war even though I know exactly what happens, because I don't want to mess up whiterun lol

[@toska5466]

👏👏👏 good vid

[@XDKvlogs]

i've killed Elisif using console comands before and i usually chuckle at the stormcloak dialogue just because whenever I do that it's on a rampage build that give no shits about the war and is faithful only to the Daedra, I basically use the commands to do things only the gods would be able to so it usually makes me feel like they recognize my status as a real Daedra and lord of evil. Usually though i prefer being the good guy so it doesn't happen often

[@loganholzwulf1689]

I’ll admit, the treatment of the Dark Elves in Windhelm is a huge reason why I side with the Imperials 90% of the time.

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

Until I heard about everything NotJo said, and others, it was the only reason I regretted becoming a stormcloak haha

[@geribaldi2]

That last one would have been great if it was played all the way thru to an alternate conclusion. Say she actually raises her army of undead and as the Dragon Borne both sides of the Civil War hire you to end her uprising.

[@averagestalkr8354]

What mods do you use?

[@averagestalkr8354]

da best o' da best do yoy kbow if its available for ps4?

[@Ollyatlas]

What if you keep the crown and claim yourself high king and declare war on both factions then they hunt u with a massive bounty over 30k gold and ulfric and tullius both hunt and u defeat them or surrender and if u defeat them it'll leave rikke and galmar in charge of their factions going against u and those on ur side (alot of the nords and imperials on either side will bow to u because of dragonborn prophecy and the septim dynastys dragon blood) and u win the war but ur mission isn't complete and ur next mission is to become emperor of tamriel giving u a larger map and a ton of missions allowing u to reunite tamriel

[@FakeNamexx]

Everyone always says that the stormcloaks are the worst side that could win the war, but it would actually be the most beneficial. After the stormcloaks win with the help of the DRAGONBORN, you could be damn sure that Hammerfell would jump on an opportunity to ally themselves with skyrim so that they could have increased support against the aldmeri dominion knocking at their door. After this there are a few possibilities of what could happen next. 1. High Rock follows Skyrim's example and leaves the empire with the support of Hammerfell and Skyrim now that skyrim has cutoff total Empire connection to High rock, allowing independent High rock, Hammerfell, and Skyrim to probably make some sort of alliance or confederacy. 2. Hammerfell and Skyrim unite to invade High Rock and split up the land between them. Now, with either of those two possibilities, there come two other possibilities that follow right after regardless of whether one or two happened. 1. Skyrim, hammerfell, Black Marsh, Morrowind, The Empire, and maybe High Rock depending on what happened last, would join together to push the Aldmeri Dominion out of Tmriel with their armies being led by the DRAGONBORN. 2. Or the independent territories would take over the empire, form the confederacy of Tamriel and push the Aldmeri Dominion out, and maybe begin to take over the rest of the Aldmeri Dominion heading over even to Akavir Either way, a stormcloak victory with dragonborn support with push the Aldmeri Dominion out of Tamriel After that, either all the territories stay united for at least an era, or form a new empire from the ruins of the old one

[@dutchpatriot17]

Keyword: With the Dragonborn. The Dragonborn does not participate.

[@colec.6477]

key word: elsywyere and khajitt

[@samuellund1377]

The Empire and the Stormcloaks would work together against complete annihilation by the Thalmor as well.