Skyrim: 5 Unsettling Mysteries You May Have Missed in The Elder Scrolls 5 (Part 12) Skyrim Secrets

[@EpicNate]

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[@erinmayo5170]

I would love to buy one but alas, I am broke!

[@Rattus-Norvegicus]

You're really starting to run out of ideas aren't you...

[@EpicNate]

PeanutProductions Bold of you to assume I have ideas...

[@Rattus-Norvegicus]

@@EpicNate Touche🤺

[@atomicfiend9956]

Yes

[@mindyauron]

Most unsettling of all: The idea theres not many tiny details and mysteries left

[@forecastingstone247]

yano i said this to myself about a year ago i think and yet here we are

[@GrievousReborn]

Looks like he might have to do 10 tiny details in Oblivion

[@LordHoward]

oh yeah?

[@mindyauron]

@@GrievousReborn I would NOT be against that

[@banessuperbrutalmetalfunti2561]

Don't say such a horrible thing.

[@timetraveler0002]

Dwemer Tonal Architects: screw the daedra we'll make our own artifacts Daedric Princes: no need make our own artifacts we'll just take the dwemers

[@evanneben5882]

Yeah, that does make the most sense. Besides, both Malacath and Peryite are weak princes so it make sense that they would steal from the dwarves.

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

I have a feeling that the clan that forged Volendrung and Spellbreaker gave those artifacts in either a deal or an offering, as I don't see Malacath stealing, and Peryite is also known as the Taskmaster, meaning he could have tasked them with making the shield for him to begin with.

[@genkureshima9834]

House of Order: Are we a joke to you guys? House of Troubles: yes

[@417Lotus]

Daedric Princes: it’s free real estate!

[@ravenfoxtails7153]

Okay, I know this is probably wrong, but hear me out on this... Possibly, Malacath and Perryite (sorry if I butchered the names, it's been a minute) were both the Dwemer owners of those weapons, and when the dwarves vanished, they were all taken to oblivion? As a result, oblivion began to change them, or they both managed to somehow take their own land and daedric forms? I highly doubt this is a thing, but within Oblivion the shivering isles DLC, Sheogorath makes you a daedric Prince (by his definition, anyway), so maybe something similar happened with the Dwarves? Again, long shot, and probably wrong, but eh, it's fun to make theories

[@ienjelicdelites6126]

Me: Does everything in Skyrim Nate: Here are five more mysteries you may have missed Me: *Goes back and checks and sees I missed.* Also me: How does he do that?

[@Siinory]

Nate is secretly a dwemer called Septimus, he knows everything and anything!

[@komkwam]

@@Siinory He is Hermaeus Mora. 😁

[@BruWilks]

“You didn't know? Hmm, I thought it was obvious. Hermaeus Mora has always tried to seduce mortals into his service with the lure of forbidden knowledge. Where the Information actually comes from... no one really knows. Some appear to have been written in the past, others might be from the future. Apparently time is more malleable if you're a Daedric Prince of fate and destiny.”

[@ireneparkin3360]

I say the same thing about the "ten things you missed in Skyrim" series.

[@16701chaos]

Ive only seen one or 2 things ive actually missed in these videos lol but I also have a shit ton of time in Skyrim

[@CULater000]

Suggestion for when you start running low on trivia: Skyrim Book Club, talking about the individual books in the game, what they are, how they connect to the larger universe, etc.

[@34hane34]

I once tried to gather all the books with a character simply called the librarian. A hecc of a job to get all the books for a simple librarian 😂

[@ajaxtanner874]

@@34hane34 how many books did you steal from the college?

[@tugmylantern4244]

@V-Rex Yes.

[@phoenixsixxrising]

Hell yes! That would be an amazing series!!!

[@zionistjew2050]

Barenziah v5 is 🔥

[@MaiqTheLiarProductions]

M’aiq thinks there should be a top 10 M’aiq quotes

[@WitchOfHemwick]

drago the dragon gamer how dare you insult god himself

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

@M'aiq The Liar "M'aiq knows much, and tells some. M'aiq knows many things others do not."

[@CortashGaming]

"M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" "M'aiq thinks there should be a top 10 quotes" There we go,top 10 M'aiq quotes...."Exhale"...I'm taking a break.YOU'RE WELCOME!.

[@berzy25]

Yes

[@sunless5466]

I tried to murder you many times

[@coffeeaddict9605]

Last time I was this early, I was ambushed trying to cross the border.

[@xbox7113]

Huh happened to me earlier today idk why maybe it had to do with me selling skooma to kajhits

[@MikayaAkyo]

Damn, just like me and that Thief over there :/

[@Shayhammowolf]

Damn you stormcloaks

[@eyereign5730]

Last time I was this late I started completing quests at level 284.

[@maximilianocarrasco501]

Finally, you are awake

[@Nyarlarthotep9]

Me: Ive finally found them all. I can finally put Skyrim down. Epic Nate: 5 more little details you may have missed. Me: By Sithis!

[@jaxusr235]

Hail Sithis.

[@Jysync-yt]

"...in the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim." Hail Sithis Ur

[@evantindle1512]

Hail Sithis!

[@tdec8174]

You can never put skyrim down

[@connordilley6144]

Spent all day on Skyrim! Good time to play Skyrim!

[@forrestkey9132]

What I find unsettling is that I have never seen Nazeem in the cloud district

[@morrigankasa570]

I have seen it once he was in Dragonreach. Don't remember if it was a certain time frame or during a quest.

[@anthonyernst999]

He eats there sometimes

[@tausiftaha12]

That's because you never go there. 😒

[@teathesilkwing7616]

One time I shouted a bucket into him and that somehow launched him onto the roof of dragonsreach

[@SnapplyPie]

One mystery is how you find so many mysteries.

[@8igh8isreal]

SnapplyPie SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

@@8igh8isreal e

[@snazzler]

When are u posting your next video

[@SnapplyPie]

A LOT of technical difficulties associated with my neighbors getting a new wifi service and the company accidentally ruining mine.

[@SnapplyPie]

Can watch things but uploading doesn't work.

[@Rainwhisker177]

The mystery that's been plaguing me since the first time in the College of Winterhold is who exactly is the Augur of Dunlain and what was the incident that turned him into the orb of light we saw in the questline?

[@sheogoraththeprinceofmadne6351]

Isn’t pretty weird how that guy acts when you give him back the golden claw.

[@SniperSpy10]

I see what you mean, maybe he sold it to the bandits but his sister was against it so he just says it is stolen,

[@eriksmith3089]

@@SniperSpy10 , oh my god

[@banessuperbrutalmetalfunti2561]

Smaller than I remember.

[@erikofoshee1686]

Sheogorath The Prince Of Madness Yea and after the “smaller I remember” he laugh’s really really nervously like not oh I don’t remember smalls size then a causal laugh but like a guilty laugh 🤭

[@Damian-vo8wf]

Strange... Seems smaller than I remember

[@Josh-sr9gk]

No one: Absolutely no one on this earth: Nate: "If he was well trained, it's impossible that he was MURDERED TO DEATH by a skeever"

[@mrlowground6967]

So Nate is an alien? Woah

[@flamingo1054]

I wished that there was a cure for the Snow Elves to transform in their elves form...

[@theopinatedpterodactyl6559]

Mods.

[@AE68961]

Every time I think about the snow elves of skyrim I think about the elves arc from black clover, I feel like they are gonna reincarnate in the nord's body's and start their revenge, like in the manga.

[@zerotodona1495]

SilenceCall it was stated in game that this is a mutation caused by the poison. Not magic, but generational breeding.

[@belindabruce2399]

I would prefer to just put them out of their misery

[@Lubedupsquid]

Zero Todona pretty sure it’s left up in the air. Another source says they were cursed by the dwarves

[@Siinory]

The real mysteries are: Who did put all those candles in grottos, caverns and even Draugr's tombs? And who really is Nate? For the latter I think he's just from actual Skyrim and managed to get in our realm.

[@user-we9mu5pz4e]

He's the human version of Paarthunax

[@AnaMaria-wt3ix]

Well, we know that the draugrs job is amongst others to keep the tomb clean and stuff. So maybe they have some kind of janitors closet stuffed full with candles and adventurers bones 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ajaxtanner874]

@@AnaMaria-wt3ix the cleaning products got blocked off during one of the thousands of rock falls in every single barrow or crypt, hence the spider webs

[@eileenkelleghan680]

@@AnaMaria-wt3ix either that or considering the bracers that are from time to time and well kept fires on kitchens? when used up they remelt the wax and makes new ones, explaining why they still keep linen all over the place.

[@baldkiwi444]

nate has breached containment

[@tbee922]

Nate the Soul Cairn Word Wall DOES have a small purpose! That's where Durnehviir hangs out at when hes not called into Tamriel by the Dragonborn.

[@Munchiee64]

I was just thinking the same thing! Maybe he built it because he missed home?

[@Cohozuner]

@@Munchiee64 that's so cute omg

[@Cohozuner]

Being connected to Durnehviir makes it way less mysterious lol. I guess that's a tiny detail Nate himself hadn't found!

[@draw2death421]

​@@Munchiee64 could be. Or it was teleported with him when he made the deal with the masters.

[@alexbenavidez4500]

I suspect the word wall has something to do with the dragon you encounter in the Soul Cairn. I forgot his name, I think it's Durnevheir which I'm definitely spelling wrong Remember he willingly traveled to the soul cairn in order to deal with the ideal masters and improve upon his necromancy, and he did this thousands of years prior when dragons still roamed the land Getting into the Soul cairn requires a portal and even an offering of some part of the caster for it to activate, such as with Valerica's portal which needed her blood If this is Durnevhiers word wall, as dragons do seem to be bound to them, if not just for a place to roost, then it could have a component of how he traveled to the soul cairn Valerica's portal is clearly not the only way to reach the dimension of the ideal masters, and the delicate practise of alchemy doesn't look like something a dragon can really master The word walls are inscribed with shouts along with epitaphs, and they do hold a power within the words scrawled into the rock That could likely be the way in which he opened a portal to the soul cairn, perhaps by making the word wall a portal itself And because he's trapped there and had been for thousands of years, the portal has long since closed and is now derelict and half-buried into the desolate lands It's just another piece of the dead, wasteland of the dimension

[@1145223bena]

My thought was it held the words for soul tear first

[@LuciusVorenusOfficial]

Skyrim: 5 Ways To Read The Lusty Argonian Maid in The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim

[@gavinl1565]

Different laguganges m

[@mayakth44]

you can read it one handed, two handed, no handed and with something that most certainly isn't a hand

[@1138psience]

😂😂

[@laurynasragickas1643]

69 likes, ayyy

[@emlynselene1096]

@@mayakth44 ... and a mammoth tusk

[@marvinamor1330]

I have to admit I never found that desecrated imperial guy in all of my playthroughs

[@szeth5287]

I still can’t. It’s just isn’t there for me

[@nelliereyes802]

@@szeth5287 not there for me either, not on my switch or playstation

[@totallynotmozziesaccount8506]

I was literally just thinking "I wonder when is a new epicnate video is coming out?" Then I got a notification.

[@iamtheroponian7731]

My theory is that when Durnheviir (or however you spell it) agreed to come to the soul cairn, he somehow brought his word wall. Most word walls have a dragon guarding them, so maybe it was the one he guarded beforehand. Maybe it Even contained the soul tear shout he teaches us.

[@Baehrman87]

Well, he does perch on it after defeating him. When you travel after his dialogue.

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

Nate doing an asmr video of him just saying murdered to death for 10 hours when, Nate?

[@jamiestewart48]

Then right near the end he splices in A NEW HAND TOUCHES MY BEACON and we all get earraped to death.

[@goddhoward3846]

Most unsettling of all is how you still haven't made it to the Cloud District.

[@emlynselene1096]

Very often, at least

[@beanface7408]

Wait... I see the true Nazeem a lot, his name is Nazeem, not It's Nazeem...

[@pl1guru]

I just assumed that the word wall is Durnivhir's (sp), and it came with him, when he was summoned to the Soul Cairn.

[@jonym.310]

I cant remember correctly but i think I encountered him there when i was in the cairn the first time. But my memory might be mixed up...

[@emlynselene1096]

@@jonym.310 You can find him their, I think, when returning to the cairn in the future.

[@graceelrod2283]

100 million subscribers without videos you can return to the carin?!

[@willterry4041]

@@graceelrod2283 yes, if you're a vampire or still have your soul partially siphoned I believe. It's been a minute and I can't remember if you ever get your soul back

[@Ch0p14]

What if the word wall is the one that had dragonrend

[@Xarxes968]

Nate on the Gildergreen -"It's flowers have begun whittling" I'm real excited to see what those flowers were able to whittle lol.

[@LittleShmuplet]

Nothing can make me unsettled considering your Fundo is tomorrow and we're fighting malaria with those proceedes!

[@jonathandavidson5327]

Ok two things: 1. Peryite says his shield is of dwemer make in his question if you ask what do you get in return for doing his quest. 2. What about the word wall in sovengarde? Anyone else curious about that one?

[@emlynselene1096]

Alduin's word wall?

[@prajwalvs1659]

Might be alduin's or tsun's word wall

[@rune2528]

@@emlynselene1096 no cus alduins shout was mainly the thunder one or the one with those meteors

[@Zerberos22]

14:31 I imagine it happend like this: Peryite and Malacath *doing their morning stroll together as usal* Malacath: Yo Peryite, look over there isn't there a nice hammer and shield lying on the ground? Peryite: Damn right Malacath let's take those with us, you can have the hammer I like the shield more. Malacath: Nice going buddy I love hammers!

[@Eliezar18]

that is now my headcanon for how it went down!

[@beanface7408]

This is even funnier if you have seen the Senile Scribbles.

[@lunarmetamorph]

Another unsettling mystery: Where did this dude in the quest in cydna mine in markath hid the shiv he gives us and do we wanna touch it?

[@emlynselene1096]

I think we all know the answer to this one... And are we not gonna talk about the fact mages can just obliterate everyone in Cidnah Mine? They need those bracers that were basically handcuffs from morrowind.

[@dylannecros3636]

I don’t think I’d ever hide something sharp and/or pointy in there, and neither would anyone else. He probably has it tucked away under the waist of his pants.

[@emlynselene1096]

@@dana0hara This is what I expect to see on reddit... Definitely not on here though...

[@wiibrockster]

The Eldergleam might be an offshoot of The Hist or maybe have some connection to Kyne?

[@KudaKeileon]

More likely Kyne than the Hist; if it was a Hist Tree it'd look far different and would have more Argonians drawn to it.

[@mrb7261]

“The leaves have begun whittling” Laughed so hard at that! I think you meant wilting, but picturing some flowers whittling is glorious

[@SpinsROCK]

Watching all of epicnate's Skyrim videos has made me play Skyrim again. Even got me into modding the game graphically so my eyes don't hurt haha. Thanks Nate!

[@arudanel5542]

Regarding the word wall, my theory has always been that each word wall has either a dragon, or dragon priest attached, right? Well, there is the ghostly dragon in the Cairn. I always suspected that the dragon's Wall, being a memorial or tomb, had an unbreakable connection to said dragon. When the dragon was brought there, it's wall went with it. Removed from Nirn, the magic inherent there was stripped away. Any powers it had in "life" were lost, and it became forgotten and ruined, a relic of a lost dragon. Any word it might have once carried was likely torn away, as the dragon itself likely destroyed the wall. Seen as a mocking reminder of the life and power the dragon had lost to the thief with the soul stone, it likely burned and clawed at the wall in rage, until nothing was left but the blank ruin.

[@zerotodona1495]

Arudanel as it is, the word wall in (I can’t spell this right) savohguard is the dragonborns in my opinion.

[@hillmannic]

Very interesting theory.

[@redwind5150]

The mystery of how Nate still finds all this time, and how he keeps me interested! Awsome content!

[@phontex]

The Word Wall was likely brought to the Soul Cairn when Durnehviir first sought an audience with the Ideal Masters. Between the inter planar transfer, time and the dragon using it as a perch, it likely became unusable as a result. Its also possible that Durnehviir may have just gotten bored and decided to try carving one himself.

[@Xathal]

NATE! I clicked on this video when it was "2 seconds ago", am I qualified for notification recognition?

[@papascorch7386]

yes yes you are

[@wergar5968]

Everyone else: How does he find all these new things? Me: He's using Heartstone armor from Konahrik's Accourtrements in the thumbnail, nice

[@themonkysuncle]

Wergar Wolf clay mask🙂

[@MahoneyBadger]

What?

[@DovahkiinQahnaarinStrunduul]

Love that mod, imo one of the absolute best mods ever made. 👌

[@theaustralian832]

@@DovahkiinQahnaarinStrunduul i definitely agree.

[@nightterror6727]

I always thought that the eldergleam might be related to the hist trees somehow

[@Mage-7734]

I always wondered the same

[@orangeminotaur4668]

I felt bad striking roots when I saw how they reacted and the fact it summons Spriggens for help made me feel bad because I was an infection they were the white blood cells sent to remove me

[@josephallen5976]

@@orangeminotaur4668 what's funny is the spriggans were already there disguised as the pilgrims. As to why the hagravens were snackrificing them, thats how a forsworn turns into a briarheart, they have their hearts removed and replaced with taproots from spriggans which then become briarhearts

[@orangeminotaur4668]

Like i said I felt bad for attacking a tree

[@spreader26]

@@josephallen5976 no they werent. The pilgrims are killed when the Spriggans appear.

[@okeh8854]

i really appreciate the fact you still do so many skyrim videos even though its already been a few years. these videos actually made me come back to skyrim

[@foosh366]

"more gods then I can count on my finger" you underestimate how much fallout I play

[@Nova-jw6ju]

Theory about the Wooden Mask: what if it’s actually an artifact of Akatosh, and its ability is to harness the power of a dragonbreak within a specific space, likely chosen by Akatosh himself. Akatosh believes that if he hides the Konahriik mask in a dangerous place, maybe a powerful hero of Tamriel would find it one day and use its powers for good. for mor information about dragonbreaks, there are a few videos on the subject (although i personally recommend fudgemuppet’s video on them)

[@emlynselene1096]

I don't like fudgemuppet because they always sound like they're talking down at us. In their 5 things we don't want in TES:VI, they were actually talking down at us at a couple points. I even agreed with most of their decisions in that video.

[@Nova-jw6ju]

100 million subscribers without videos i see it as theyre talking to us as an audience, but ive also been talked down at a lot as a person so maybe my perception of it is jacked. but thats not even really my point? my point is that they have good lore videos, and that i like how they have such a broad presentation of that lore. i could care less about the way fact is delivered, fact is fact, ill judge the teacher later.

[@emlynselene1096]

@@Nova-jw6ju The teacher is arguably the most important part in learning.

[@jmoxie]

Another mystery: why are children immortal

[@chargedattack3559]

The children are in life's free trial phase.

[@Fenris2]

Because the game creators got attacked by anti child abuse activists when they were gonna let the kids be able to die so they had to change it

[@flowerpower003]

Jordan Brendmoen muh pixels on a screen, can’t have that

[@viktorreaper9748]

Becuase they are the future of tamriel lol.

[@notsae66]

They're not with mods!

[@usainbama7267]

When you think about it, they're called Deadric *princes* I always liked to speculate that there could, at some point, have been something along the lines of Deadric Kings, or a differing type of deity along the line of the Princes. Great video as usual Nate :) Keep it up.

[@emlynselene1096]

They might have a king if you count Padomay (i think that's the right one).

[@lucamckenn5932]

It's a Christianity reference to angel hierarchy. Angels, both fallen and holy, have a distinct rank known as Principality, aka the "princes" of each land. This is where you hear about things in the Bible like "The Prince of Persia". Aedra are angels, Deadra are fallen angels, and all the angelic hierarchy that follows.

[@thenetherhunterz7845]

The real mystery: Does Nate even have a life? Or does he just live to find Skyrim info for us?

[@ChickenNuggetHM]

Yes

[@mysticvx2721]

He does and has both.

[@beanface7408]

Eh, Fallout stuff too

[@donovanulrich348]

Does he live to make us content? Have fun and enjoy life, with a side job? And i say, is it to much to ask for both? XD

[@gw2698]

I love the way you feed us the info in digestible pieces, feels like absorbing a dragon soul

[@Tiberium10332]

I wouldn't wonder if the world wall in the soul cairn has to do something Durnehviir. To mock him even more.

[@bghoody5665]

That desiccated corpse in Solitude was a snack for Sybille Stentor.

[@wiibrockster]

I found that Imperial Corpse in Solitude while using the mod "Undeath" and playing through the questline to become a Lich and I assumed it was part of the mod,as you can get what is esentially The TMNT's Sewer Lair for Necromancers and thought it was part of the mod as it's told through notes and journals that you aren't the first necromancer to inhabit that lair and I thought it was just part of the mod as a nice little detail

[@ramisgoogleacc702]

Tarlo The Boar did u think it was part of the mod?

[@SecretAgentNein]

Ramis Google acc Hmm, I don’t know, it’s very hard to tell. I think maybe they thought it was part of the mod but it’s not very clear. Could be they thought it was part of the mod.

[@emlynselene1096]

I love that mod. Did you think it was part of the mod though?

[@JustKelso1993]

Sooo...was it part of the mod? Legit killing me to know.

[@lucamckenn5932]

Late and gay but this was likely modded. As someone who still remembers launch skyrim for ps3 I can say with confidence nothing that specific would be in any baseline ES game.

[@AMan-ct1gu]

Damn, i spent many years playing skyrim but i never found the dead body in imperial armor!

[@szeth5287]

It isn’t even there in my game

[@James-cr5mc]

The largest mystery is how many tiny details and mysteries does skyrim have? Will we be able to document them all before TES6?

[@pseudoen6520]

There are times when I get bored of Skyrim, but there will never be a time when I get bored of watching these videos. Thank you

[@m7solos35]

I just re downloaded Skyrim, and I’m super new and I want to learn more. These videos are great for lore, guides, and e.t.c. You earned a new subscriber

[@lancep2002]

I've played a sickening amount of Skyrim over the past 8 years and never found the dead imperial behind Angelines Aromatics. Take my like, you've earned it

[@zerotodona1495]

...I never knew of this corpse... after all this time

[@grumpslowenleft9642]

Lightning hit the gildergleam, Danica tells the npc that wants to tag along this when you are in front of them. It's not "sick".

[@ArisHines]

“Their grubby little supernatural hands” - that line killed me! Haha 😂 Comedy Gold!

[@Zahn-rad]

Word Wall probably came with Durnahving the dragon who made a deal with the ideal masters. Probably the shout he teaches the player

[@TheEnglishDutchGuys]

"More gods than you can count on your fingers" *Laughs in Dungeons & Dragons*

[@JustKelso1993]

Meh, DnD is kind of overrated. I respect it as an Rpg, one of the biggest ones and oldest surely. I just don't dig it much. My ex bf probably has a lot to do with that to be fair. He had DnD nights, promised to let me tag along, ditched me and went without me every single time. I kind of resented it after a while, who knows...I might try it again one day.

[@TheEnglishDutchGuys]

@@JustKelso1993 Seems like you had a bad experience, my friend! It breaks my heart to see someone dislike the game that much because of one brickhead who doesn't let others in on the fun. If you'd like (And use Discord), feel free to PM me and I'll invite you to a discord group with a few buddies of mine! It's great fun, and we play D&D via Discord too! I believe anyone and everyone should and can play D&D, and enjoy it! :)

[@JustKelso1993]

@@TheEnglishDutchGuys I do not use discord but I do appreciate the offer. There are some groups who play around here and I honestly could see myself liking the game in time. He just really left a bad taste in my mouth for a lot of stuff, but, he is gone now and I can hopefully let all that go! Thank you for the kind words!

[@nicholascoleman7493]

Maybe the Mysterious Imperial was actually the first victim of the necromancer in Meridias temple. Maybe in the first drafts of Skyrim, he held Meridias beacon that began the quest in the first place, rather than in being in some randomly spawned chest in the game (but this ultimately changed in the final version of the game by the developers for some reason).

[@pandaman3497]

I like to think they were going to do something with the sewer drains and that he was murdered

[@matthew66306]

the sewer hole is the exit of the escape route out of solitude prison.

[@cailanichole87]

Your Skyrim videos inspired me to finally make a new character and try out quests I blew off the last time I played through, thanks for that :)

[@dustinalverson3424]

Dont know what I'm proud of more.. My 10 year old passing all his classes with A's. Or the fact he is 60 hours into skyrim and has built 2 homes, married and has never taken an arrow to the knee. :)

[@viridianfox6172]

Pertaining to Nettlebane, I think that the dagger itself is made from a plant, but shaped and sharpened into a blade. And I think it was made back when the Eldergleam came to be, making it as old and the only other thing that could harm the Eldergleam. And since it is a mix of these things, it's the perfect weapon to use against Spriggans.

[@hawkeyestegosaurus5680]

Could that have been Durnehviir's word wall at some point?

[@thegreatcheese4682]

I forgot about this channel and I’m back and i feel at home. Thanks Nate for the thing you do. It makes people happy.

[@rocketsofly]

I think my dad was a dwemer... You know why..

[@lumberidge4692]

This joke is one of higher intelligence

[@stevehallet1609]

I told you that he went to the store, you dont have to keep asking every ten years

[@emlynselene1096]

You didn't even need to add "You know why..." for me to get it, but it made the joke even better, lmao.

[@yeetusreetus4607]

*laughs in dragon language

[@thebystander1636]

Dude.. He is the Grey Fox from Oblivion.. Dont hate on him

[@souleaterevans4589]

I can't believe I've never seen that desecrated corpse and skeever before. It seems like it's kinda hard to miss and I'm usually pretty thorough with exploring... Skyrim really is a massive game full of mysteries

[@ns0557212]

17:44 *THAT EPIC MOUSE CLICK*

[@zenhaelcero8481]

The true mystery: What did Nate click?

[@schnebot]

10:54 rodent of unusual size reference from princess bride maybe?

[@nazeem8086]

Mystery 1: How is Nazeem always so early? This secret is hidden in the cloud district. But you never go there anyway... Do you get to the cloud district very often? Oh, what am I saying.. Of course you don’t.

[@NarutoUzumaki-fn6yt]

RASENGAN!

[@vexile1239]

Soul trap, I hear the ocean of ink in Apocrypha is very deep

[@Neon_Swing]

The lore from Morrowind onward is absolutely insane, you could probably spend your entire life looking into it and still not know everything about the games. Like, the lore answers questions no one would ever even think to ask, like, they even give the information as to why it’s a video game with the whole Dreamer nonsense. It’s off the walls insane and I love it.

[@silvermyr3268]

I seem to recall that the Argonians worship something called Hist-trees, which allegedly have strange abilities. Could the Eldergleam be one of them? Anyone who knows more about this?

[@jamiestewart48]

I'm quite sure that the Gildergreen/Eldergleam quest was written in reminiscence of Tolkien; how Aragorn finds the last sapling of the white tree and plants it in the Citadel for the old, withered tree.

[@python1972]

The main problem with this theorytheory is that Followers of KyneKyne revere the Gilder/Eldergleam, as Kyne created them. Kyne did not create the Hist however so...

[@TheZombielayer]

​@@jamiestewart48 Makes sense, Whiterun is an amalgamation of Minas Tirith and Edoras.

[@redriddler1231]

He may have been in Heavy armor but, he's No Match for a Winking Skeever!

[@BrideNadalia]

I LITERALLY didn't even know you could get a sapling, I thought that was a mod..... I must be terrible, I always got the sap from stabbing the Gildergreen 😭

[@dylannecros3636]

William Burkey the pilgrim that follows you there from Whiterun has to make it there alive. Then when you chop a couple of roots he will offer the alternative.

[@dylannecros3636]

It isn’t easy getting him there since he’s unarmed, unarmored, and weak as hell. He can even be killed by lowest tier enemies like skeevers or wolves, so I prefer to go there before I go back to Whiterun to get the quest to go to the cave so I can fast travel him there. I don’t like fast traveling, but it’s the few cases I’m willing to do it.

[@JustKelso1993]

I always get the sap anyways, unmodded skyrim causes the new tree to never grow if you get the seedling so you get stuck with the sick one.

[@Palladum12]

I think this is the first time in a long while i learnt something new from Nates videos, I never knew you could pray for a new sapling.

[@serafinoficocelli5715]

I have over 200 hours of gameplay in Skyrim and he still surprise me every-time

[@emlynselene1096]

Me over here with 1700 hours of gameplay...

[@dj-wq8wn]

You gotts pump those numbers up boy, those are rookie numbers

[@nottoddhoward2034]

The wooden mask could’ve been the original mold used to press into something for them to make the named masks shapes from

[@emlynselene1096]

And that's why it has weird powers... Nice theory, Not Todd Howard. Nice mustache, too. Hang on a second...

[@iammaxhailme]

Another unsettling mystery: I have a friend in real life named Nate who has almost the exact same voice, but who is a different guy. :thinking:

[@MrCosmik1]

Food for thought : The eldergreen is a cousin from the hist trees of Black Marsh. The Soul Cairn was teleported from Nirn, not built as it is. (Also, objects can come through as we see with Jiub's opus). And Word Walls appeared in Solstheim too. Maybe Duurnevir had this one built for him by skeleton minions.

[@cutman25604]

Always love the way you say "Soul Karen".

[@OwlGypsy]

DyCherii Soul Karen: “hi, yes I want to speak with your Reaper, please”

[@lordcthulhu4303]

They dont have souls

[@Plooooof]

If you have the Konahrik's accoutrements mod you could also get a clay mask at an ancient ruin where you can get a clay mask that works like the Elder Scroll from the main quest when you find little time distortion things. It's a cool mod and it only takes like 30 minute to finish

[@akun50]

With the third mystery, it looks like the skeever and the Imperial guard are near a manhole. Could it be that the imperial was holding a torch too near the sewer entrance and got torched by a pocket of methane that happened out of the sewer? Alternately, it could've been a murder done by the Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood with the skeever left as a means of coverup.

[@matthew66306]

That manhole is the exit of the escape route out of Solitude prison.

[@buffooninator2000]

I don’t know why, but your videos give me so much serotonin and I just wanted to thank you for making quarantine a bit better

[@CRYOKnox]

I could scream its the first time i ever understood where this damn place for the masks is exactly located and the only character i have all masks with is my first on Skyrim Goty PS3 which broke yesterday... Well now i have a new goal... Get this masks on the switch too...

[@odinsghost598]

The mysterious imperial could be a reference to the black plague, seeing as how it was transferred from rat to human. It's very possible that they used the skeever which is the closest thing to a rat in skyrim, as the carrier.

[@machina5]

>Unsettling mysteries >This tree is really old and self aware Wot?

[@cloudicarus3626]

My thoughts on the skeever and body in Solitude is that Malkoran originated from Solitude and that dude was the first unwilling participant. The skeever just got attracted to the evil and got killed for it's troubles. Of course the shade was immediately killed because it's in the middle of a city and Malkoran proceeded to desecrate Meridias temple

[@TargetedFox]

What if the dwarves somehow became the dadric gods by time travel or some other technology. That would explain the hammer and shield.

[@rune2528]

I think it has to do with the dadric gods and some ofher things too maybe they got too close to doing something or figure something out and were delt with

[@rune2528]

You know in like lord of the ringd the dwarves in that cave all died due to that demon thingy where gandalf makes his most iconic quote you shall not pass

[@rune2528]

Maybe it’s something similar to that

[@modestseagull2406]

I have never seen the dead imperial behind the potion shop, and I’ve check at least 10 times

[@caitlinpaige5731]

“Massive gathering of pilgrims” = 2 pilgrims 😂

[@endershift6562]

the word wall in the Soul Carin might have something to do with Durnivir, considering word walls also have something to do with a Dragon's power, and since Dirnivir (I may have spelled this wrong twice) teaches Soul Tear to you that might be what it was for.

[@MuffinYoBusiness]

Bold of you to assume I have a fireplace

[@missgolgistain5801]

The real mystery is why Neloth isn't missing Mehrunes' Razor! He should have said something about owning it ones when the Player is holding it in front of him... perhaps with a salty remark about others attempting to steal from his collection all the time. xD He in general should have had more dialogue hinting at his time as councilor I think. Otherwise, I assume he isn't into chitchatting and stuff like that. After all, he is far too busy for even just thinking about the Raven Rock list!

[@calebkopp7636]

"Throw another log on the fire and let's begin." **puts a log in the fire** Now how did he know I had a warm roaring fire for my own use... more important question: where is that body?

[@classydays43]

Pretty sure you can store stuff in the urns at the past version of that mask sanctuary. I have a theory that the Dragonborn is teleported to the same point in time there (after you retrieve the mask, of course). My theory goes on to suggest that the wooden mask was constructed just as the Dragon dominion was collapsing, as a method to usher in a leader all the revived priests would follow; the concept behind the mask during its time is similar to the High King and his position among the Jarls.

[@omaralghoul1497]

One other mystery is the falmer lying next to a female nord

[@pandacrazy3005]

where at? :0

[@omaralghoul1497]

mr bro as I remember it was in the dwarven ruin of muzichlift Sorry if iI spelled it wrong those dwarven ruins have complicating names

[@emlynselene1096]

@@omaralghoul1497 I think it's Mzinchaleft. Not 100% sure though

[@evanswoodcentral315]

Great video as always. Regarding the word wall i think it could have been the one for the Dragonrend shout in a previous age of Tamriel. I look forward to another 5 unsettling Skyrim mysteries video. Keep safe, regards Gary.

[@gerbenvanegmond4007]

The origins of the wooden mask? Hmm, I wooden't know...

[@TabariGames]

"A massive gathering of pilgrims" ... 2, there are 2 pilgrims in there, plus Maurice, who follows you.

[@KlausWulfenbach]

Oh, I know! Let's ask the Dragon Priests about the wooden mask! :) Oh wait, I already killed them all and took their masks. :/ Oh wait, I Soul Trapped them all, so they'll be in the Soul Cairn! :) Oh wait, they're all mad at me because I Soul Trapped them all, and now they're stuck in the Soul Cairn. :/

[@Crocady1]

Did you see that in front of Shor's Hall there appears to be something that might have once been a word wall?

[@Sn0wly]

Maybe The Real 5 Unsettling Mysteries Were the Friends We Made Along the Way.

[@szeth5287]

No. It’s the people I lock in my basement