Skyrim: 5 Things They Don’t Tell You About The College of Winterhold in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Skyrim is a game that features a variety of joinable factions, from the Dark Brotherhood to the Imperial Legion, there’s no shortage of different causes for the Dragonborn to join in The Elder Scrolls 5. The College of Winterhold represents a particularly unique organization, as rather than being an army of cabal of criminals, it’s an academic institution dedicated to the arcane arts. But like any of Skyrim’s factions, the College of Winterhold is full of dark secrets and fascinating Easter Eggs that can surprise even the most dedicated of players. So today we’ll be taking a look at five things they don’t tell you about the College of Winterhold in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

[@JaelaOrdo]

Oblivion: “You want into the Arcane University? First go to the Mages Guild hall in each city and get a recommendation from each leader. Then we’ll talk.” Skyrim: “You wanna get into the College of Winterhold? Ok cast this simple spell.” “I don’t know that spell.” “Ok, I can teach it to you for 30 septims.” “Ok.” “Congratulations, welcome to the College.” (sometimes I swear the college of winterhold questline was written by EA)

[@ysmirwulfharth4012]

Tip of the Riceburg nope, it‘s just lazy writing. But hey, if this interpretation comforts you. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@zulfarhanmerican6872]

Or pretty much in real life college

[@silentgladiam2096]

Every skyrim guilds pale in comparison with those of oblivion, they are badly written. Bugthesda is getting lazy

[@solitudeguard5688]

Jaela Aurelius STOP

[@asurashun9695]

@@solitudeguard5688 HAMMER TIME

[@Bertybot469]

I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only. A like for your video... not sure who from. He wouldn't say. Just that he was a friend of yours.

[@maaimachinedefrance513]

Best comment of 2020 lol

[@guerillagorilla4423]

Ah! Another quest to ignore until late game.

[@natsudragneelthefiredragon]

Thats about it, got to go. Nope. Sorry. *Nothing*

[@ramixnudles7958]

I used to be an adventurer like you, until a courier delivered an arrow to my knee.

[@davelynx2937]

Living up in the world ugh?

[@ShorseyLP]

"Savos Aren "..." is a highly respected wizard and regarded as among Tamriels most gifted in the arcane arts." And then comes this random dude along who can barely cast Candlelight and replaces him. Skyrim logic at its finest.

[@PogromcaDeszczu]

😂

[@blindtreeman8052]

Ah yes. i took up the mantle of archmage from savos aren. He was truly a great mage, but i am better. My strongest spell?, i call it legendary sharpness dragonbone dagger.

[@callmemaggie8024]

"Hello yes, I am an 7 ft orc in daedric armor who once healed himself after getting attacked by a wolf and yes I am the Archmage what of it how dare you question my qualifications?"

[@shigglezz684]

You can use the thoom! Is that a type of magic?

[@UwU-xk5cx]

*me passing the hold questline using an ebony sword* I'm something of an archmage myself

[@chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266]

Guard: "I've got a lot of respect for the Restoration School. Skyrim could use more healers." Colette Marence: "Finally! Somebody that respects restoration magic!"

[@Sicarius888]

It was strange when they act like no one cares about healing while restoration and enchanting are the most useful and frequently used magic types. And other schools are mostly useless outside roleplaying. Especially destruction, harmlessly weak and takes ages to level.

[@zorro2441]

@@Sicarius888 Are we playing the same game? Every mage of mine is severely overpowered

[@xavmanisdabestest]

@@zorro2441 yeah destruction mages can one shot me on any difficulty especially on requiem

[@Sicarius888]

@@zorro2441 Maybe you have unofficial patch or mods that fix it. If I remember correctly spells have low base damage and do not scale with stats. They also have no good damage boost. There are temporary potions, but enchants only affect mana consumption. For melee weapons you have more damage from scaling with character stats, smithing upgrades, fortify enchantment and sneak attack. And higher end area of effect spells are also annoying with ragdolling items all over the room. High level NPC mages can be powerful, but player's offensive magic suck compared to melee and sneak.

[@TheTyrial86]

@@Sicarius888 no... spell swords are beast mode teir characters, and some of the most well rounded characters you can build. The only reason why in skyrim most people don't use them is because it eliminates entire storylines you can complete. Skyrim made stealth abilities essential for story completion.

[@andrewwieland7836]

M'aiq knows much about the college, but chooses not to tell you

[@sheogorath2600]

long time no see

[@andrewwieland7836]

Yes my lord, it has been long

[@emeraldsky2823]

Wow

[@buttsagonton101]

@@andrewwieland7836 what ever happened to your father M'aiq, M'aiq?

[@kingcobra8426]

Well miak better open the mouth

[@theatricowl]

skyrim: septimus signus nate: 😏 skyrim: dont. nate: septimus singus

[@blackbaby6977]

it seems he pronounces so many names in this game wrong, i she dyslexic or something?

[@Zigfryed]

That got me riled up so much

[@landonponek5729]

@@blackbaby6977 it's a strategy a lot of KZbinrs use. KZbin promotes videos that have a lot of audience participation, and making small mistakes in pronunciation can get a bunch of comments correcting it. Some KZbinrs will make minor factual mistakes, but I prefer the pronunciation version because it is less likely to mislead audiences. Edit: I dont necessarily know that it is intentional in Nate's case, but for some KZbinrs it absolutely is.

[@DarrylCross]

@@landonponek5729 Interesting; I never really thought of it that way. Makes sense why one might voluntarily do that....

[@blackbaby6977]

@@landonponek5729 thats actually fucking genius holy shit

[@nemilyk]

"The College is yours to command, now go find me this book."

[@rxbenzo3302]

They gotta change shit like that in tes6

[@timhendricks650]

Bethesda deals with all factions like that.... I don't think they really know how being the boss and delegating tasks works. If they find it more important to have you do fetch quests than to actually lead properly, I'd rather they just didn't make you the head of the faction, but a lieutenant or something.

[@primrosett]

You can do the Shalidor's Insights quest whenever you want, as long as you're a part of the College. It doesn't have to wait until you're Archmage, you could skip out on Tolfdir's lecture and go directly to Urag as soon as you get through the gate if you wanted to. It's also something YOU approach Urag about, after which he sends you on the quest so no, he doesn't order you to do it either. And to be entirely fair to Bethesda, I'm not sure how much (if any) compelling gameplay you could get from being able to actually order people in the factions around. You can... what? Tell someone to go do something, and then they despawn for a while? I can't really think of any gameplay that would be worth them taking the time to implement such a feature, I'd prefer they put more time into quests that aren't just dungeon crawling. ...I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not singing their praises or anything. Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood (and probably Dawnguard) are the only factions in Skyrim that feel fully realized but y'all are mad about something that isn't true lol.

[@nemilyk]

@@primrosett ...okay, new rule, anyone writing a three paragraph response to a single, tongue-in-cheek sentence said in jest and a couple follow up observations doesn't get to lecture anyone about being 'mad', k? ;)

[@timhendricks650]

@@primrosett I might even agree with you about how much gameplay there is in ordering people around. I think in that case, it's better to not be made the leader of the faction and do intern jobs, but be made a lieutenant instead. And even if there's a way around it for Shalidor's Insights, you know this is how Bethesda treats factions in several games: Have an adjutant give the leader orders for fetch quests.

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

Nate: hit the like button and i'll come to your house and narrate your life Me: don't do that, don't give me hope

[@gentlemandog4985]

Remember that lesson you got during your first class in the College of Winterhold? Well it's quite an important class since you can use a Ward Spell to block the Paralysis spell that Ancano casts at Tolfdir, allowing Tolfdir to stay in the fight and making the Fight almost a cake walk since Tolfdir can simply blow Ancano a new one with his Fireballs.

[@captainmoostache5578]

I didn't know that! Well, here I am replying to a 2 year old comment

[@_NutcasE_]

I wouldnt know since I became archmage with two knives instead of spells.

[@azzor4134]

stay very close to ancano (hug him!) while he casts that spell and it will fail. Just another silly bug.

[@gentlemandog4985]

@@azzor4134 damn, you're telling me that the strategy is to invade his personal space and cause him to fumble the spell put of sheer anxiety?

[@azzor4134]

​@@gentlemandog4985 hmm that's what I thought, but I tried it again and it didn't work without a ward. I swear I had done this before. Maybe I absorbed his spell that time, or an unofficial patch fixed it.

[@WolfyKnight-pf8dc]

Doesn’t Hermaeous Mora mention that Septimus had “reached the end of his usefulness”? Maybe the Prince had kept him alive for those thousands of years?

[@salamanderxd8758]

maybe he stopped time in that iceberg so septimus cant go out and leave him there as a guide to a worthy person of the book like the dragonborn old mora appeared at the exit too

[@the_dropbear4392]

Considering the book has appeared in other places over those 1000s of years, that's unlikely.

[@salamanderxd8758]

oh @@the_dropbear4392

[@ldcraig2006]

Hard to say, but I doubt it. Urag gro-Shub says that he and Septimus were close friends, but it had been a long time ago. And if you suggest that Septimus might be dead, Urag says, "Oh no. At least I hope not." So I get the feeling that SS might have been a student or faculty at the College, but ran off to play with the lockbox some time ago.

[@shurleod9813]

Most likely he has traveled in time.

[@curtiswong7280]

Neloth: Ha, Savos? I'm so much better than him Divayth Fyr: Hold my Sujamma

[@ecwoodrow]

The picture in the Oghma Infinium is likely a model of the Mundus. Nirn is in the center surrounded by 8 plane(t)s and the Sun. In fact if the image resembles anything on Nirn it would be the Imperial City as it was built to resemble the Mundus so that the Ayleids could "pluck the strings" of the world.

[@YABBAHEY1]

That's what I was going to say. (Except the part about the Ayleids. Didn't know that bit.)

[@joelrogers5884]

I've studied and translated the pages, second page mostly complete. The only thing I can discern is that the positions if the planets would refer to a date.

[@dylanschmidt9056]

And the College of Winterhold is likewise modeled on the Mundus, because of course Shalidor would. it doesn't have a Tower in it, though, or at least not a major one; if the library tower counts, it's overshadowed by the Throat of the World / High Hrothgar and fortunately doesn't closely resemble the Adamantine Tower like White-Gold does (did?). Towers also need to be associated with Stones, and I hadn't put together the implications of the Thalmor plot manipulating the Eye of Magnus at the base of the library tower until now. Messing with the Eye of Magnus is bad news under any circumstances, but at the base of a tower, with it as the stone, inside a microcosm of the Mundus, in a city that used to be the capital of Skyrim under Olaf One-Eye... that's a major yikes. For anyone who isn't familiar, Adamantine Tower is where the gods held Convention after creating the Mundus and laid out the laws of reality (including passing judgement on Lorkhan and firing his heart into Red Mountain). But history, like music, repeats, and any ruler who controls one of the towers, by establishing the laws of their kingdom or empire, essentially re-enacts and re-interprets convention. This makes reality culturally relativist, since Creation and Convention can be re-interpreted by multiple cultures just like songs can be re-interpreted by a multitude of musicians, with kings wielding giant conductor's batons. That's why the Dwarves made their tower walk (the big honkin' robot Numidium), so that they could march it up to the other towers and refute the religious beliefs of other cultures -- good thing they disappeared, then. Well, Ancano wants to unmake the Mundus so that the High Elves can be Aedra again, and he's got the Eye of the one god who bailed on Creation because he realized it would turn himself and his followers into mortals. You do the math. Gods, the Thalmor. It's like pulling the exam-hall fire alarm and bolting for the door because they don't want to write Lorkhan's test on civilization, but with more genocide.

[@ldcraig2006]

@@joelrogers5884, perhaps the "date" that Mundus was created?

[@belland_dog8235]

@@dylanschmidt9056 I'm gonna pretend I actually know what you're talking about

[@walorani5448]

I mostly play Warriors. So whenever im at the College its like your Grandma when she discovered the Internet. "Ouh so you can do that with it?" "Wait what has that done?" "Where am i?"

[@missingindy]

“What is going on???” -you, walo, most likely

[@chickenman7801]

I like to spellsword so when I do the college I'm Beavis and Butthead. Uh huh huh fire! Harbinger of the Fireballs!

[@DH-gq7bm]

I couldn't get the stupid ward up when tolfdir was teaching me, then I accidentally froze everyone including tolfdir with a shout when I confused the buttons

[@Paddy656]

Your pronunciation of Septimus' last name made me Septimus Cringus.

[@SheymSorith]

Big mood

[@D0NU75]

more like Septimus Bazingus

[@WeedGrandma]

@@D0NU75 💀

[@NopeJustPatrick]

Cring-us*

[@usern4metak3ns]

Clearly septimus liked to sing...

[@BigAutisticDaddy]

you know how every teacher offers you one final test when you've almost mastered their school of magic? I want that for the warrior and thief schools as well, it doesn't have to be a new power for every one of them, at-least include a unique item, like the false skeleton key for mastering lockpicking. but they should all involve a challenge that involves said skill, weather it be a boss for the offensive and defensive skills, sneaking into a hold without killing anyone, you get the idea.

[@justnoob8141]

I think Thieves Guild already got it, becoming the leader

[@Bakrain]

"I had you figured for a mage."

[@braydenleclerc5529]

The glowing gave it away?

[@Winderlin]

IM NOT A MAGE I JUST WANT TO DISENCHANT THESE ROBES

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Savos Aren: (exists) Neloth: Pfft. Poser.

[@PogromcaDeszczu]

i like both of them xd

[@jefthereaper]

As for Septimus being referenced in the Shalidor pages. There have been many theory's in the past that link together into this. As the theory goes that the Eye of Magnus was supposed to transport the player back in time/make time itself unstable. This leading to the player actually triggering the Great Collapse while trying to stop the Orb of Magnus (a very explosive power that combined with time fracturing ended up destroying most of Winterhold, Winterhold itself remaining mostly unharmed due to the barrier created by Ancano while trying to drain the eye of more power. Its likely the player might have ended up being send even further back in time, and gained the help of Shalidor to restore time/fix the eye and send you back to your time, but of course being one fo the greatest mages in his time, ended up researching the time anomaly and glimpsed quite some future events himself. I like this as a theory as it sounded quite grandiose, but I can see that (if this was indeed the case) why it was cut in favor to the Psiijic ending, as it would otherwise far overshadow the main quest.

[@Great_Olaf5]

I mean, this is *Shalidor* we're talking about. I have no problem believing that he was able to see the future, even without the aid of an Elder Scroll. And who's to say he didn't have that at some point too.

[@bromora989]

My theory for the Septimus thing, assuming it is still lore viable; This Mage was clearly extremely skilled, and possessed incredible knowledge. I think by some means (perhaps elder scrolls), he could see into the future to a certain extent, and he was writing in prophecy. Considering we as the player can see back in time, and Alduin was lost in time as a result of an elder scroll; it seems very likely that he possessed one and he started to write all the knowledge he obtained from it; including this prophecy of Septimus and the iceberg. This elder scrolls knowledge could also explain the use of an unknown language.

[@mad7medieval7]

That or im thinking he was able to time travel? Possibly with help from a daedric prince or something? Idk. Mirak certainly has abilities to tap into other realms. Which would indicate that tine travel should be possible, if shifting between frequencies is certainly attainable. Hmm

[@DoomsdayR3sistance]

@@mad7medieval7 Time Travel is possible, the book he wrote appears in TESO, which it shouldn't unless either Septimus time travelled or Septimus is legitimately that old, which would make him by far one of the oldest mortals going, not the oldest, a certain Dragonborn and a certain Snow Elf would still by way older, but certainly a top 10 contender.

[@_typhoid_mary_]

I feel like if Nate actually had to narrate my life he’d be upset by how much hand sanitizers I use despite my hands being clawed to shreds by a cat.

[@V4LI69]

Mary Grace Seagraves that’s why dogs are better

[@mist5273]

@@V4LI69 from experience I can say that owning a cat trains your reflexes to be lightning fast to avoid getting clawed in the face And as for getting hands constantly scratched, over time you become immune to the pain, so getting stabbed by something is not as bad In short, owning a cat will prepare you for the battlefield

[@YABBAHEY1]

Mary- Not supposed to use a washboard to bath them.

[@conorfiggs234]

M. Grace did you say...hand sanitizer?!?!?!?

[@enbytwink]

You and I, we are two of a kind

[@wolfiegurl7586]

Serana wouldn't stop attacking ancano once. Let's just say, I haven't been there in a while. Also why do the middens be looken like the house you get in riften? Lmao

[@ericrichard9860]

serana did the same for me too :c

[@serana1460]

Sorry guys, I just got a bad vibe from him

[@kittensoundwave3480]

Because it's Riften lmao

[@InterstellarBountyHunter521]

Riften actually has nice houses unlike Solitude and Markarth

[@Thecontinentalgta]

Skyrim bugs are usually funny like that

[@artseemel9853]

"Characters we've grown to love" I was way more emotional at the end of the Dark Brotherhood quest line, and they're *murderers*

[@benjaminharmon6541]

I won't even finish the DB questline anymore, just so I can keep Lucien alive. I barely knew who Mirabelle was by the time she died.

[@python1972]

@@benjaminharmon6541 You legit only know 1 teacher and 3 students in it. I don't complete the DB storyline anymore because I don't want Veezara to die again.

[@Great_Olaf5]

After having run through the effort to get into the Mages' Guild in Oblivion, the questline in Skyrim just felt... Rushed. And that's with me never having gotten further than getting the recommendations. That's also the only guild questline I've even attempted in Oblivion (haven't really played it much...). Anyway, definitely agree with the Dark Brotherhood, other than Cicero and Lucien, I like all of the characters more than most of the characters in the College. However, I will say one thing in defense, none of the main questlines of the guilds really engage you with many of the characters, I think part of the reason the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves' Guild ones work so well is that they actually encourage you to ask for advice from your guildmates, which the Companions and College quests don't. The characters *do all have things to say*, you're just never told to seek them out, so if you don't on your own initiative, you'll never know. That does help them somewhat, though I generally still prefer the darker guilds anyway.

[@benjaminharmon6541]

@@Great_Olaf5 It says a lot that my favorite character in the College of Winterhold is Ancano. I loved everyone in the Fighter's Guild in Oblivion, even good ol' Sten the Ugly.

[@Great_Olaf5]

@@benjaminharmon6541 I *hated* Ancano. I didn't even like him as a villain, he was just so flat, I wanted him dead from the minute I saw him. Even freaking *Littlefinger* didn't make me hate him that fast, though I did hate him far more.

[@nathanlomas9652]

Didn't Shaldor steal the secret of immortality from Akatosh in the form of the time bending Wooden Mask? He could have possibly traveled to present day Skyrim and learned of Septimus.

[@reflect8902]

I really good guess

[@the_dropbear4392]

Where are you getting this from

[@nathanlomas9652]

@@the_dropbear4392 either another one of this guys videos or one from Fudgemuppet lol

[@chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266]

6:40, anyone else thought "Ex-Students" was referring to the missing students?

[@AndreyAndreyevich]

I thought it referred to the dropouts

[@brandontaylor6677]

that would've been an amusing quest to do

[@missingindy]

Andrey Andreyevich not me

[@chloekirby3452]

I love that Skyrim is so big Nate can make an entire channel about it

[@darkxaur]

To this day I have yet to figure out where Winterhold's Jail is.

[@shadowai9668]

i think it's in a ice cave guarded by frost atronachs

[@wimfranken826]

Somewhere to the north in the icefield. Or just get send to jail in winterhold and find out for yourself. :)

[@ericowen5305]

I can't remember either. Do me a favor, kill a guard and let me know!😉

[@Rhalmarius]

It's The Chill up north.

[@ad_exodus]

darkxaur its in the middle of nowhere, btw just take a sweetroll and find out instantly

[@jeannet6961]

When he said “words from today’s sponsor” I was so ready install raid shadow legends

[@raulcerna4708]

You should it is a great game of much more qualitty than other mobile games and its free

[@Hll_bast]

@@raulcerna4708 boi, play dragon city, subway surfers, then talk about that "fun" game

[@raulcerna4708]

@@Hll_bast i played both of them

[@Hll_bast]

@@raulcerna4708 hmmmm, good >->

[@Normalguy1690]

@@raulcerna4708 simp.

[@gaigescott3184]

I always love what Neloth has to say. He's one of my usual stops on the island of Solstheim. A cunning npc for sure

[@lunarmetamorph]

Even if mora was about to tell us; we'd be long gone by the time he's finished talking. ;-;

[@cuffyachick908]

I’m new to the channel about 3weeks in and a plot hole twist I never understood was how Delphine got the Horn or Jurgen Windcaller since the player need the Whirlwind Wind shout to proceed through the dungeon. You may have covered this but if you didn’t the community would love to hear your opinion

[@darrelbryant8632]

Delphine's into dead guys!

[@adamkaris]

Npc's having access to things like ropes, climbing on things, etc

[@KingKaedus]

she used the back door

[@pazeldog5522]

#6 When u finally get to wear Savos clothes, u look like a bird trying to fly when jumping up and down.

[@benracer]

Honestly. I love it for the indoor garden

[@mavelll8103]

Bothered me when you said many of the college teachers died... but it was just mirabelle and savos, no one else

[@etrangray-mane8610]

"We meet Septimus during Skyrim's main questline..." Or in the Dawnguard questline if you don't bother with "The Way of the Voice" until later.

[@Dont_Fear_Phil]

Sig-nus, Sig...nus. Say it with me. Not 'Singus', Signus. Good lord man.

[@adarshkamoda9183]

Urag says: "Have you ever heard of Shalidor? Immensely powerful mage, back in the [something I can't remember] Era. Had an understanding of magic few have ever matched. He holed himself up in the Labyrinthian and devoted all his time to research and study. Wrote more than you could imagine possible. Since then, his writings have been scattered all over Skyrim but are little use to anyone who can't translate them. I'm one of the few who can." Given that Urag says that Shalidor is matched by few in the entire history of Nirn while being a Librarian to a College of mages, it's not entirely injustice, just respect for the Archmage Shalidor.

[@darthgorthaur258]

I think the circles look more like the imperial city, including the bridge an the prison...but hey that's just me.

[@metetural9140]

Nah it ain't mate I agree too

[@krisjohnson3324]

I was about to say that too.

[@darthgorthaur258]

Guess I'm not alone...I think we need to make a protest outside the college till the proof comes out an they drop the conspiracy...who's in ??

[@metetural9140]

@@darthgorthaur258 how about we get rid of those idiots who call themselves "mages" entirely!

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

@@metetural9140 wtf I've seen you on about 10 now

[@baileybrougbton7509]

I love your channel it has helped me through some dark times, please keep up the amazing work

[@Perebynis]

Top 1: Not telling you where your mage teachers reside to keep you from searching endlessly in the three main buildings of the college when you want to upgrade your mage skills. In fact, the only place in the game I get lost in more often than the College of Winterhold is the Soul Cairn.

[@HoundofOdin]

Festus Krex is one of my favorite characters in Skyrim. I really wish he had survived to the end of the Dark Brotherhood storyline. For an evil wizard assassin, he was a pretty okay guy.

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

Most of the DB members were

[@therakshasan8547]

The Mage University in Cyrodil also resembles those Ohgma Infinium pages.

[@mgtowdadYouTubeSucksCoxks]

Last time I was this early, Winterhold was still fully intact!

[@CRYOKnox]

Last time i was this early Serana wasn't sealed away.

[@DoubleBoost23]

Last time I was this late,I missed my own execution in Helgen.

[@eyereign5730]

@@DoubleBoost23 Last time I was this late I was the last dwemer, and hid in some dark elf mages basement...

[@mgtowdadYouTubeSucksCoxks]

@@eyereign5730 last time I was this early, it was a year ago! And I'm rewatching this video again! Haha.

[@dimikaitanidis8612]

love your skyrim vids... spent whole saturday evenings just watching them :D

[@nicholascoleman7493]

Damn, my man's is out here getting sponsored and everything, good for him :D

[@FlyingFoxintheyard]

The “weird triangle with some symbols in it” on the right side of the oghma infinium looks like an ancient norsk compass symbol said to help you always find your way home.

[@nicholassaliwanchik510]

Vegvísir?

[@Alizudo]

@@nicholassaliwanchik510 Yes

[@darrelbryant8632]

Just click your heels twice, Dorthy.

[@arcaneusumbra1539]

"Throw a flame spell on that fire"

[@emprem1917]

Your videos are published exactly at the right time for me to watch one before going to sleep, which is perfect, I love all of tbem. However, Nate, for the sake of those who like to close their eyes and relax while they listen to your videos, please consider playing your ads before and after the video, instead of twice during the video! It would make the viewing experience much better!

[@laceyolson4885]

"I will come to your house and narrate your life" sign me up for that I would love that

[@brandontaylor6677]

Nate: Many college members died. Me: Only 2 people died -_-

[@Ani_Thari]

I mean there's like 10 people at the college so that's a whole 20% of the school killed off. XD

[@arcanefox8754]

Well actually there's a cut quest regarding a search for missing students, in total there actually somewhere around 5 or 6 students you can find who died in the Winterhold area from various failed experiments and situations

[@the_dropbear4392]

@@arcanefox8754 it's not cut so much as bugged, as you can still get the quest in game and find one or two of them, but nothing happens

[@ad_exodus]

Brandon Taylor depends

[@brandontaylor6677]

@@ad_exodus depends on what?

[@swenkohaines56]

The armor in the thumbnail is the Stendarr Paladin Armor set.

[@ad_exodus]

Swenko Haines i see, a fellow console player

[@weed3728]

Swenko Haines paid or free ?

[@ad_exodus]

weed free my guy

[@missingindy]

Oh

[@bsmnt23]

Glad I found this channel. I'm never sure what's vanilla or added in some forgotten mod. Like that glove in the midden. Had NO IDEA what that was when I first saw it. Thanks.

[@Kazuma11290]

The beginning of Elder Scrolls 5 is where a Dragon Break begins, possibly due to Alduin's return at the same time, and his death is when the timelines re-converge. Normally, all the different faction questlines and non-radiant quests would have been completed by many different people, while you the dragonborn only does the main quest. But due to the dragonbreak, they were all completed by the same individual on separate timelines. None of those individual versions of you completed multiple factions and became the leaders of them all. That would be ridiculous even for a dragonborn. BUT upon the re-convergence of the timelines, they consolidated to become your entire playthrough. Becoming the leader of all factions is canon, but only thanks to the dragonbreak, caused by Alduin and an Elder Scroll.

[@louiewatson9389]

Last time I was this early to an epic Nate video... Jeffrey Epstein was assassinated by the thalmor.

[@Isabel_fit]

Louie Watson LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@satlypepsi]

You mean he was murdered to death

[@lirraakthedragon5586]

a circle with inward swirls in general tends to mean portal/doorway. in some cases whirlpool, like a collection or a focal point. given that Hermaus Mora loves knowledge, especially secrets, maybe it has something to do with Hermaus Mora's connection to Shalidor. Since Shalidor both went on to create the college and (in the cut pages) talks about the Oghma Infinium. the mages talk about the blue puddles being focal points, so would it not make sense that the college was also build on a focal point? it was cut though. so maybe the connection, if there is/was one, just wasn't deemed very interesting or the pay off wasn't big enough.

[@tav095]

Why do I find the way you say "The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim" so endearing

[@donswanick237]

thanks for all the videos buddy

[@itsgiorno2311]

I always make sure to leave a like when I hear that sweet line saying you're sponsored by the like button

[@papieverett]

Its Giorno Thank you Giorno Giovanna, Very cool!

[@killswitch1578]

This is the quickest I’ve ever seen one of your vids. Keep up the great work! Love you Nate!!

[@weed3728]

I love how these videos still get 100k views plus ! it just shows how much ppl love the elder scrolls universe

[@jefthereaper]

As for the Ogma image, the circular pattern is also seen in the Imperial City design. Ancient Elf civilizations seem to do this a lot, its a reference/mimic of the Aurubis itself. Possibly the way beings above mortal level perceive the entirety of the universe when looking at it from a distance. Its basically a top view image of the solar system from the Elder Scrolls Universe, with the mystical aspects of alternate dimensions meshed into it.

[@jamesthegaminghero]

Do a tiny details episode on Oblivion please. 🙂

[@JarNO_WAY]

After the player shows it has a general competence in magic, they will become the arch-mage.

[@adarshkamoda9183]

2:57 The strange symbols on the left-hand page is Hermaeus Mora's language. If I remember correctly, when you go to find the second word of the Dragon Aspect Shout in The Black Book: Waking Dreams, the Word Wall will have a unique appearance. Instead of just being stone and Draconic inscription, the Wall will appear to be partially composed of stone, the Draconic inscription will be written on a page-like background instead of stone. The strange writing, similar to the one in this book, will be flowing up and down over the page-like background. The black symbol that appears to have a dragon's head in it is similar in style to some of the drawings within Herma Mora's realm. The other symbols in Shalidor's Insights are similar to the style of Herma Mora. It makes sense that this Herma Mora's presence is evident because Urag credited Shalidor as having an understanding of magic few have ever matched and who better to aid him in a quest for arcane knowledge than the Daedric Prince of Hoarding Knowledge? The mentions of Septimus in a book thousands of years old also makes sense as Herma Mora has been stated to collect books from the future and the past, implying that Shalidor has seen parts of the future, himself or in texts. Maybe he was tasked with trying to take the Ogma Infinium but lacked the means to or some other reasons.

[@staticmunk7777]

the ogma infinium big time i rememebr from another one of your awesome vids that cyradil matches the winterhold design even closer which is awesome and that pyramid shaped one could be another big ancient city in an upcoming elder scrolls adventure i am so grateful for you epicnate your vids and insight has opened up all of skyrim even more than before thank you for the legendary awesome vids and cant wait to see more book vids too i hope there is books like the ogma infinium in elder scrolls online if there are can you do a special vid on them too.

[@BReal-10EC]

It really is amazing that we still talk about this game so much 8 years later. I want the next Elder Scrolls game now! Without it.. I must actually focus on reality, and reality sucks.

[@BiggerGringo]

When you said, "a word from our sponsor" i was getting ready to skip ahead

[@BIastwave.]

You should give a shoutout to ESO for his recent 5 Hidden Details video. I had no idea about most of them! Incredibly useful and hidden things that I've never seen on this channel or anywhere else

[@AnturyChiro]

Picture in Ogma Infinium is a plan of the Imperial city. With a prison on top right, Arcane College on bottom right, all 6 districts in the middle and a Whitegold tower in the center.

[@der_Alptraum]

Would you make "Skyrim: 5 Rare Ingredients For Alchemy" video? You know, like Jarrin's Root.

[@khralo1537]

I dont know how, but I've had a College of Winterhold playthrough, where only Savos died 🤷

[@janiemurphy3464]

Khralo me too

[@miathapapaya]

Same, is that not supposed to happen?

[@eyereign5730]

I don't always become archmage, but when I do I have a belly full of mead.

[@LazloArcadia]

Great video Nate

[@GamingWithBlacky]

I love how the cover of Shalidor's Writing also looks like Hermaeous Mora, an eye with tentacles, though in a golden fashion so more like a sun with an eye. The resemblance is still there. So there might be a lot more connecting Hermora and Shalidor than meets 'the eye'.

[@Star-yz9ho]

You should do a let’s play or live stream skyrim or Skyrim mods, love your channel keep up the good work!

[@__elf__6167]

I would love to see a lets play vid from nate...vanilla version legendary.... glitchless...pleeeease lol

[@Amanda_Harper]

Raidenator666 glitchless...you dream, you dream.

[@cif9697]

I figured out a little secret for the Rieklings, they can use a Ebony blade.

[@jessejamison-oq4oe]

With a high-speechcraft and the perks, you don't even have to take the "test"..." I'm the best mage you'll ever see" dialogue answer comes up, thereby skipping it and granting access to the college.

[@jessejamison-oq4oe]

😁

[@joetheman74]

Actually the image inside the book even though so many say it looks like the college actually looks EXACTLY like the layout of the imperial city. An overhead view of the city can be overlayed and fit perfectly within that diagram.

[@shltoof]

Notifications squad is here to support nate once again !!

[@aryafikryhudanurpatria2888]

One mystery in Winterhold : Snow Bear outside the city

[@pisscvre69]

He’s there for the coke.. not the drink I mean cocaine

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

@@pisscvre69 LMAO

[@matthewbrasel2737]

Started a playthrough on pc a couple days ago. Went through the game about 8 times on the 360 and 5 on ps4. Your vids sucked me back into it lol!

[@Glayshard]

The statue in the college courtyard is of Shalidor. When you meet Shalidor in ESO he never mentions Winterhold, and supposedly Shalidor has a tower somewhere in Skyrim that was available in previous games but not this one. Something interesting you didn't mention was that Phinis Gestor, the school's conjuration master, mentions that College of Winterhold never had any real rules against Necromancy. Yet, Wuunferth the Unliving, Ulfric's court mage, states that they haven't allowed Necromancy in over 100 years. I always found that their two contradictory stories to be interesting.

[@ellismelia7620]

I love your vids so much and who have help me out a lot

[@ImaginaryTerrie3]

Crossing fingers to have my life narrated.

[@user-wr6dj4ib9o]

12:57 there's always bigger fish - qui-gon jinn

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

Poor poor man....you won't have much to narrate but you have said it now! I'll claim my day of narration when you're not busy next, thankyou!

[@jonathonlentine8513]

What armor is that in the beginning?

[@datboiisherem8688]

it's his INSIGHTS, he had a vision of septimus and the smart book

[@JargonMadjin]

Or he was so powerful that he time traveled using magic, oh sure you can laugh but Skyrim alone has two instances of time travel (The Wooden Mask and the Time Wound)

[@Yeddie]

Could you do a video about Skyrim Together, so many updates have come out and it looks amazing, I'm going to be trying it in about a week

[@alexbirney4425]

Me: sees thumbnail Also me: Are those purity seals I do see? Yet me again: The Emperor protects!

[@idunnocicero283]

hey hope you’re doing great today and you’re a beautiful person :D (you should try the elder scrolls IV oblivion )it too has a long side quest

[@nathanberthiaume1317]

Im still waiting for you to come to my house and narrate my life

[@kokushibyoukiku]

Nate, the picture you used to match with the college of winterhold is a type of mandala used for channelling energy, but what i can not tell.

[@bluebird3670]

I remember in middle school- the only way to learn about secret quests, Easter eggs, daedric quests, and hidden items like chillrend was at the lunch table at school

[@Riggy1991]

Signus being referenced by Shalidor could make sense Hermaeus could have kept him alive for thousands of years to keep him for whatever he was planning and the moment he was no longer useful he 'turned on his ageing' again, causing him to crumble to dust as he aged thousands of years in an instant

[@dancahill113]

4:20 who tf is Septimus Singus

[@wickedwolvesotome5012]

If you play the main quest line, you will eventually have to get an Elder Scroll. The man who tells you where the Elder Scrolls is is named Septimus Signus. He is a crazy old wizard living in an ice berg

[@dancahill113]

Lol thank you, I know I was just joking cuz Nate said 'Singus' instead of Signus a few times and I wasn't sure if it was a meme or just Nate being Nate

[@James11111]

@@wickedwolvesotome5012 r/woosh

[@dancahill113]

shadowthehh2 I know but shhh lol it’s sweet that he thought I didn’t know and tried to help me understand. Wholesome

[@flowerpower003]

shadowthehh2 This isn’t reddit

[@callmemaggie8024]

OH MAN that Neloth one took me back to the time I did this mage who ditched Winterhold to go to Tel Mithryn. Played a complete suck-up "yes, Master Neloth" Breton who adventured with Talvas and I loved that Neloth talked shit about Savos. Earliest I ever went to Tel Mithryn and probably the most fun I had as a mage.

[@Janoha17]

Shalidor's Insights are Developer's Notes! The unused page about Septimus Signus sounds like notes for the modelers about the design of the outpost, with a bit about the lore behind the design.

[@SnapplyPie]

Im curious, how long will es6's series go?

[@spiderz5145]

SnapplyPie depends on how many tiny details they put into the game XD... I’m sure there’ll be a bunch.

[@woundsoup7660]

I don’t picture hammerfell being boring

[@spiderz5145]

Ty Food me either.

[@ericowen5305]

SnapplyPie Better question, will it ever get made?

[@chocolatelover19]

In the midden you can forge daedric weapons armor etc!

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

How?

[@the_dropbear4392]

@@unicornsparkleswirl7564 first you have to get to level 100 in conjuring, and get the sigal stone. Then go down to the wired looking shrine, place the stone on it. Then but the correct ingredients in the box and pull the lever. The recipe can be found somewhere or just look it up online

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

@@the_dropbear4392 the sigal stone?

[@the_dropbear4392]

@@unicornsparkleswirl7564 complete the conjuration ritual spell quest, and you only have to be level 90 in conjunction not 100. en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Conjuration_Ritual_Spell Also I misspelt it, it's sigil stone

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

@@the_dropbear4392 ok thx

[@raelaash4759]

I really hope Nate has a S.O. whose life he narrates on a frequent basis just to annoy them

[@speciallinktube]

Your donation to get Inigo's creator a new rig was as epic as your videos. As a fellow Inigo fan, I thank you. :)