Skyrim: 5 Unsettling Mysteries You May Have Missed in The Elder Scrolls 5 (Part 14) Skyrim Secrets

[@BelelEscabel]

Nate: *Perfect pronunciation of forgotten Dwemer names like Mzinchaleft that aren't even uttered in the whole game.* Also Nate: *Completely butchers Jyggalag as "Jyggalagagiggitywhoppity" or something like that.*

[@Bensonrocks]

Mjoll says the name of Mzinchaleft when she tells you about she lost her sword.

[@GrampaPiggie]

@@Bensonrocks It isn't like Jyggalag is never said in the games.

[@sengokuthebuddha5880]

Lorenzo vanLeeuwen it was said in oblivion.

[@jyggalagdaedricprinceoford6239]

Yup

[@jeff-hd9og]

Sellout Scum that’s what he said

[@pwnsage]

I always figured that Mjoll managed to drag herself out of the ruins onto the road, and Aerin just managed to be walking by on a trip or something.

[@BaronSterling]

That is exactly what happened, Mjoll tells you so.

[@arabiannights5301]

Thing is, Aerin doesn't go on trips. He always says maybe one day he'll leave Riften, because Mjoll says it isn't so bad elsewhere. Also, Mzinchaleft is on pretty much the polar opposite side of Skyrim, closer to literally every other major city besides Riften...

[@laurenkirby97]

@@arabiannights5301 Maybe he made his fortune as a trader and is too scared to do it again because of bandits, the civil war and having to compete with khajiit traders.

[@kojo570]

Was going to comment something similar, had to check if already commented. Definitely not a mystery. Mjoll is a fucking badass

[@Nilyhs]

I just think he's a dude that keeps to himself, and happened to be at the right place at the right time.

[@jasmine-ruff-puff9951]

"Just curl up by the fire and relax" Me: (Sweating in front of a fan in Australia)

[@ggd2192]

Godspeed, little fan. The fates of the people of Australia are in your hand.

[@Bob-Jenkins]

I'm with you my dude. 🤠🇦🇺

[@5H4NKTH35HARK]

What about now?

[@Wulfjager]

im thinking the same thing, it now being summer in the northern hemisphere lol

[@Neontiger77]

LOL thanks for a good laugh :D

[@Broseph197]

The biggest mystery is how you keep finding new things in skyrim after 8 years!

[@joshbrosh6626]

Mystery solved he is hermeus Mora

[@unusualsamurai4047]

He's Hermeus Mora's newest champion

[@soarrefly]

Nate do you work for Bethesda?

[@madscientistshusta]

@@soarrefly no he doesn't.

[@kemberlandon6214]

@@soarrefly yes he does

[@chaoticstudent1815]

Well actually Mjoll managed to crawl her way back on her own. She collapsed as she reached the surface. Maybe Aerin was a healer within the Imperial Legion. Could explain his inexperience with weapons and wealth and the fact, that he was able to nurse Mjoll back to health. Just a theory... I mean... she almost died out there.... he must have been with an imperial scouting party or something, but obviously he was somehow able to bring her back to life from the brink of death and take her all the way back to Riften. It wasn't Falk Firebeard who said the sentence about Potema and her lineage, it was Styrr, the Priest of Arkay in Solitude. Falk Firebeard suggests, that Solitude would have fallen to a resurrected Potema, that he shudders at the thought. PS: There are recorded lines, that Sybill will get very frightened and furious, when she's the one talked to first during the beginning of The Wolf Queen Awakened. Quote (UESP) "When you approached her, she would have asked: "What did you do in Wolfskull cave?!" You could then reply by choosing one of the three options: Who are you? "I'm Sybille Stentor, court mage of Solitude, and according to my scrying you've managed to unleash Potema herself!" I stopped some Necromancers from summoning Potema. "You weren't nearly as successful as you think, fool. According to my scrying the Wolf Queen has returned." I'm here to speak to Falk. "Listen you impudent cur. According to my scrying something happened at Wolfskull Cave that returned Potema to this world." "

[@jena5634]

I am humbled by your knowledge 😯

[@insaincaldo]

The video introduces the line played as Sybille Stentor's, while focusing on Firebeard, which is just even more odd and yah still wrong since you are right about it being Styrr.

[@dire_5]

@OniKage and @Der Chaot took the words right out of my mouth...hands...before I watched the vide...nevermind :P

[@retroambassador2945]

11:20 ?

[@chaoticstudent1815]

@@retroambassador2945 Yep, exactly. Complete confusion.

[@alecdickens1042]

4:00 Erin lives in a town that houses the Thieves Guild. Tells Mjoll not to go after them. And found her in a Dwarven ruin, which members of the Thieves Guild occassionally loot or look for leads in. And you assumed *Dark Brotherhood* to be the reason he's rich?

[@kalikar2able]

"...for a very, very, very long time." Did someone say Elder Scrolls 20: Atmorah

[@Dogmelter42]

The Year is 2245. The world has descended into a new dark age. Feudal Fiefdoms are all that remain of law and government. In the great holy temple city of Bethesda, the encapsulated head of the Lord of Lies predicts the coming of... The Elder Scrolls 7: Atmora With half-breed player race DLC.

[@bountygamer9201]

@@Dogmelter42 another dlc could be u find the dwemer and learn to make some of there machines

[@songbird6414]

I love the implication that when society collapses Bethesda will take over and have its own city named after it

[@bogustoast22none25]

“Our warlord Ysgramor, brought us to the shores of an old cold continent. Confident we’d conquer it, we conquered it with confidence.” -Dan Bull

[@COOLPEAK]

It’s insane I’m 18 snd I’ll prob be dead before elder scrolls 9 comes out OT TAKES SO LONG

[@Sianic12]

Very interesting stories indeed... One little thing though: Potema wasn't the Granddaughter of Uriel III. but Uriel _II._ Uriel III. Was her son.

[@holczy0]

ehh

[@bogustoast22none25]

So what you’re saying is, I killed a higher member of royalty... noice

[@TheThalmorJusticiar]

Yeah she is Also I think potema septim and uriel septim III went to war with magnus septim and cephorus septim over who would be emperor After uriels death potema made deals with daedra and necromancers to build up a daedra/undead army but was finally defeated at solitude in 3E 137 Also the original Knights of the nine was disbanded after many members left and died during it

[@karalyna2004]

@@TheThalmorJusticiaryou thalmor, the stormcloaks rule Skyrim

[@TheThalmorJusticiar]

@@karalyna2004 when will you realise that you have no chance. The pitiful empire barely survived the great war. How could skyrim possibly stop us? Delusional nords ha.

[@rezamehraein1583]

The biggest haunting mystery for me is how Nate knows so many small details and lore but also at the same time he often makes mistakes about very obvious things. Like mistaking the voice of the priest of Arkay with sybille Stentor. It's just really confusing for me.

[@brettmiddleton7949]

Not to mention placing Hammerfell on the _eastern_ side of the continent. when he was talking about the mystery of the small boat. Did the last dragon break also break all the compasses in Tamriel?

[@Haven18]

He doesn't actually know WTF he's talking about.

[@brettmiddleton7949]

@@Haven18 But at least he's consistent. In a later video he has the Yokudans sailing west to colonize Hammerfell. :)

[@Haven18]

@@brettmiddleton7949 Haha, I just watched that one. I like scrolling through the comments on his videos to read peoples reactions.

[@juanpablogonzalez8528]

And showing jarl elisyf while the voice of "sibylle stentor"

[@nemerly_00]

Nate, I have a mystery for you. When you enter a Falmer location and "Murder to Death" said Falmer, you have a chance to retrieve 0-3 Falmer ears from them. Also when you come across an area where Falmer keep Alchemy ingredients, you may find a Falmer ear or two with the ingredients. So since you can find 0-3 Falmer ears on a Falmer - are they cutting off their own ears or cutting off other Falmer's ears to make their potion?

[@insaincaldo]

Waste not want not, they are an isolated people, might as well use what you can of your dead.

[@ГнейПомпей-з7х]

May be they even eat each other and ears are smth like sweets.

[@insaincaldo]

@@ГнейПомпей-з7х Well their alchemists need to learn. Though otherwise we don't really have evidence of more generalized cannibalism in their ranks. Though we do have the feral ones.

[@evthespineconfiscator8652]

Good question

[@laurenkirby97]

My headconn is they collect parts from their dead to use for stuff.

[@nathanwhite64]

What is Mjoll the Lioness' middle name? "The"

[@javiersegura7927]

I

[@bogustoast22none25]

Everyone who liked this is supporting dad jokes and deserves to have dad jokes done every hour.

[@evthespineconfiscator8652]

@@bogustoast22none25 im fine with that

[@awesomepaws3526]

Yes!

[@themyth1200]

Mjoll was outside of the ruin when she was found.

[@MrSWGrant]

I can’t remember, isn’t her sword found deep in the cave? So if it is found deep in the cave, that would imply that she was in the cave when he found her (because she would have been incapacitated and he would have carried her, rather than her weaponry) to safety). Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@themyth1200]

@@MrSWGrant If you fallow her dialogue she'll tell you she barely made it out alive and was found outside.

[@mattrogers6107]

@simon grant, her sword is found right at the bottom of the dungeon, a short crawl away from one of the great lifts to the surface. Just yet another thing (like repeatedly mispronouncing even the simplest of names) which makes me suspect that this guy doesn’t play Skyrim all that much, or at the very least doesn’t bother with playing specific parts for a refresher.

[@miserablemacaw]

Regarding her sword being in the ruins: She mentions the machine attacking her and the sword flying out of her hand.

[@bogustoast22none25]

Her sword is next to a dwemer centurion, at the very end of the dungeon (at least the section of the dungeon that we can access at the time of the quest), behind that, is an elevator, she could have been hit by the centurion, sent flying, land near the elevator and just hit the crank to go up, which is at the middle of the contraption. She ends up outside and Aerin

[@chriscadamy]

he actually got me with the "bah! did I get ya?"

[@chriscadamy]

Yay he hearted my comment

[@missingindy]

NewbieGameplays it’s too scary :(

[@darksliver6391]

Kind've. Is that even how you spell Kind've?

[@chriscadamy]

DarkSilver YT ??

[@MellSayzHi]

I usually have my headphones on max volume so it really does get me from time to time

[@bogers8839]

So if you joined the blades in your playthrough and then did the wolf queen quest, would you be obligated to try and help her take the throne rather than kill her? As a blade, it would be your job to see the true septim heir corinated

[@jotarokujo4727]

A dragonborn is always an emperor so after the defeat of Alduin and Mirrak the end of the civil war the dragonborn had probably came to cirrodyl,and probably Titus Mede II wanted to get killed so that the dragonborn can became an emperor and finishing what he started so destroing the Thalmor and rebuilding the empire

[@insaincaldo]

@@jotarokujo4727 Was always a Dragonborn, that pact was broken at the finale of Oblivion. Which is why the Blades went causeless till they found one of the other kind of Dragonborn.

[@datoome_]

Ben Rogers coronated*

[@solidmentalgrace]

you don't join the blades. you're the dragonborn, the blades join you.

[@mattrogers6107]

@Solid Mental Grace “you don't join the blades. you're the dragonborn, the blades join you.” If only somebody could explain that to Delphine... or at least let me kill her for insubordination. Don’t order me to kill the dragon who makes fighting back against the rest of them possible, “servant”.

[@Aff3ct000]

I had to kill Aerin after finding him one too many times in my house after marrying Mjoll.

[@sharonnejones8389]

I let bandits kill him its funny mjoll got realy upset and wouldn't talk to me for a day

[@theimmortalavenger9487]

Ya all he said was "Mjoll tells me it's not this bad everywhere."

[@georgehutter339]

I adopted him as a third child

[@jzargo2187]

Aerin moves in with you when Mjoll does. I always decapitate him. Dumbass doesn't even have a weapon he just uses his fists. _Useless_. Why couldn't Aerin be some lit sword and shield type NPC so he can watch my house :/

[@5H4NKTH35HARK]

Free roommate

[@alanmccoy444]

Actually, Mjoll states that she some how managed to crawl out of the dungeon and was then found by Aron. In either case, the question of why he was there may still be valid.

[@aressepelu9046]

Wait... did Mjoll not say that she managed to drag herself back to the entrance of the ruin???

[@kizuna2225]

Yes she does, while still intriguing that Aerin, who doesnt look like a fighter at all, managed to nurse her back to health and get her back to riften on what seems to be his own but not nearly as unbelievable as him just waltzing inside a centurion protected dwemer ruin.

[@SutasSjet]

Having to pick whether or not to support Potema would be awesome lore challenge. Could easily see people wanting to do it as to reignite the bloodline. Nothing says those in power can't just let her take the throne long enough to bear an heir. Let the dragonborn do his thing, kill her again, and raise the kid to be a sane leader. Boom. Septim dynasty reignited. You know those dirty elves would get involved like crazy to try and prevent the rebirth of the true empire too. Drama. Intrigue! Story!

[@marcmielke]

Are ghosts fertile?

[@SutasSjet]

@@marcmielke I made the assumption that they were reviving a body, not a spirit. Could see her possessing a body but that just adds lore implications. Is the bloodline literally tied to the flesh and blood bodies of the septim dynasty or to their souls?

[@mancamiatipoola]

Well there is a tiny problem with your proposition: she is a mad old spirit from 2000 years ago. The only way to bring her forth into the land of the living would be to have her occupy some poor sap through possession and that would invalidate her claim. Whoever she would occupy would NOT have the blood of Akatosh running through their veins since the last true heir of the Septim bloodline died in the Oblivion crisis times. The blood is kinda the thing, since it holds a tiny bit of the DNA and energy of Akatosh. This is why the pendant can only be worn by a true DNA relative of the Septims as the gem itself reacts to the DNA/energy of the wearer. Sadly, as far as we know, the Septim bloodline is dead, unless there are some illegitimate children living somewhere on Tamriel.

[@DovahkiinKhajiit]

@@mancamiatipoola She wouldn't have a claim due to possession? Well get her a hot body and this one will give Potema a legitimate claim to the Ruby Throne. 😏

[@zerascarlet8733]

@@mancamiatipoola it's quite some time since you posted this, but she died in thr 3rd era 136, juat around 500 years before Skyrim takes place

[@g96fuller]

"Hidden in the game's files..." Interest raised to 100

[@j.h8962]

Whenever I get tired of playing Skyrim I watch one video about Skyrim from you and it’s all I can think about for the rest of the day

[@jacksonsquat05]

i'd say the most disturbing mystery i have encountered is a person who doesn't understand the saying "murdered to death"... maybe they'll understand it soon enough.

[@darksliver6391]

Lol

[@nemerly_00]

When are the "Murdered to Death T-shirts and Coffee mugs coming out?

[@darksliver6391]

@@nemerly_00 Yeah? When are they?

[@jzargo2187]

Something tells me Nate is just doing it for shits and giggles. I mean he's made fun of it on various occasions in a couple of his videos

[@shudufhadzokhorombi2572]

@TheEpicNate315, the blades were not bound to the septim emperors exclusively, but rather bound to the dragonborn emperors of cyrodil. their servitude began during the rule of Reman Cyrodil, after he defeated the akaviri (who became the original blades). by that logic this is why they are bound to serve the last dragonborn as well.

[@nautch900]

as well as it states in skyrim that the blades first oath was to the dragon born and not the septums. so i think the blades would serve you and not her. as their oath to the dragonborn's come first

[@banzaifart]

Maybe Aerin was the one setting the traps and that’s how he got so wealthy. He was looting from the corpses of the fallen but he fell in love with Mjoll. Same story different version but would explain how he got there so quick.

[@jasperebabb480]

Alix Kline omg yes

[@mgunter]

Erin's an adventurer like you, but hasn't taken an arrow to the knee.

[@CaeruleusWolf]

He just took a friendzone to the heart.

[@locoarticwolf2181]

Tom The Fish I see you a person of culture.

[@DigitalDeath88]

@@CaeruleusWolf The ultimate "Oof".

[@eyereign5730]

@@CaeruleusWolf then the bastard stole my sweetroll!

[@gryphon4909]

@@CaeruleusWolf you are a genius

[@froollazich9820]

Hey nate, i wanted to mention something in skyrim that kind of confused me but i dont know if you mentioned it, in solitude,one of the priest at the temple of the divines, speccifacly the long hair and bald top dude, after you initate yourself in the bards College and during the fire festival he Will say "I thing Sanguine would be happy with this ritual" or something among those lines.A daedra worshipper at the temple of the nine divines... Interesting. P. S Thanks for making these fun and interesting videos, keep up the good work

[@giantmonkee1199]

Or the priest was against the ritual and was snarky about the daedric God of parties liking it.

[@DragonGunzDorian]

yes! how does this never get mentioned! I've always wondered about this.

[@corbiepayne]

I always figured this was just an expression like how being "Sheogorath-Kissed" means crazy. "Sanguine would be pleased with this festival" could just mean it's a really awesome party rather than implying casual open daedra worship.

[@MAGNUS100X]

@V-Rex that's exactly what a daedra worshiper would say

[@JooJingleTHISISLEGIT]

@V-Rex yeah but the aedra were the good ones who sacrificed some power to create nirn. the daedra were the selfish ones who retained their power.

[@totallynotmozziesaccount8506]

He speak in mic, The video I like, But most importantly, GothSockS is now playing Counter-Strike. 7:18

[@reddeadcaleb]

Daaaaamn

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

Noice. :)

[@Young_Man_Ben]

This shoulda had more likes

[@jasperebabb480]

And Aerin continues to follow Mjoll even after you marry her. I don’t understand why that’s the case. It wouldn’t have been hard to program a few “I miss Mjoll but I’m happy she’s happy” lines for him when she moves into your house and have him stop following her.

[@jstar3382]

Just kill him lol

[@break_a_bull_5150]

I found this out today, I killed Aerin and while searching his body he has two sliver rings 😏

[@mrsmissy2669]

It's a mystery how Nate knows all this information in the game files...and awesome! Thanks Nate, you must spend an lot of time researching and reading, whew. We appreciate you. :)

[@tatsuki7551]

Your theories about Lillith Maiden-Loom are interesting, but have you considered the possibility that Lillith and Maven knew each other as kids and remained good friends despite their respective social standings?

[@Hydman84]

Thought the same they old doesn't mean anything nefarious that they k ow each other.

[@Selia-xm6ei]

even villains have normal friends.

[@khalilb9864]

God Nate! You can hold out on the jump scares, almost fell over

[@wonder_wombat4674]

One other thing that contradicts the Aerin/Dark Brotherhood idea is that in my playthrough, I received a Companions quest to save a citizen who was kidnapped by vampires. That citizen was Mjoll. Upon entering the cave, right there in front of me was Aerin facing off with one vampire, with no weapon or armor equipped. Of course he died which any member of the DB would be able to hold their own better. His AI is set to follow Mjoll and I guess he followed her into the cave too. Something weird I experienced.

[@braddersking6442]

“2000 year old demon ghost lady” best quote ever Omg over 300 likes

[@one-eyedepi9338]

She is only 500 years old tho

[@metetural9140]

@Xero ah you an elf person I see

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

That sounds hot tbh

[@corrupteddata3533]

@@ariavachier-lagravech.6910 I'd love to see her copious cionpurse and her winking skeever.

[@yaldabaoth2]

Why is the first thing I imagine for that Hillary Clinton's face?

[@keepitfuknmetal]

The thing about Tiber Septim coming from Atmora is mysterious and all but I’m pretty sure that was supposed to be a Nord legend. Nord culture sees Septim (or Talos Stormcrown as they address him) as a Nord, but the traditional imperial belief, and the most logical one imo, is that he’s a Breton. Which is also funky, because that means the hero-god of mankind is also part elf.

[@kingjamization]

You quoted the Priest of Arkay who is a old imperial male. Not the court mage of Solitude

[@one-eyedepi9338]

He got so many things wrong about the whole Potema thing that I am speechless... For example he says that Potema lived thousands of years ago, while in truth she lives 500 years ago. Also he said that Uriel III is her grandfather, while in truth Uriel III is her son.

[@kingjamization]

@@one-eyedepi9338 ikr?

[@finechina2110]

"what on Earth, or I guess Nirn" reminds me that multiple characters refer to Nirn as Earth in Skyrim. Including "Earth Mothers" like why aren't they Nirn Mothers?

[@eyereign5730]

Because f* the fourth wall!

[@finechina2110]

@@eyereign5730 😂 this will forever bother me in Skyrim

[@cassiemichael4697]

The Earth in the word Earth Mother describes the soil, the earth, and their connection with the very land they protect. Not Earth, the planet.

[@finechina2110]

@@cassiemichael4697 I see what you are saying but it still bothers me lol

[@Hydman84]

@@gryphon4909 I get this but it wouldn't be called called earth on another planet. The ground/dirt/soil here is called earth because you are digging into the planet earth so should be probably use the word nirn

[@adarshkamoda9183]

2:57 Aerin found Mjoll outside a Dwemer ruin after she barely managed to crawl out of there without Grimsever and meeting the Dwarven Centurion. The question isn't "How did Aerin get down into a Dwemer ruin despite being an 'ordinary citizen'?" but "What was Aerin doing near a Dwemer ruin?" Sight-seeing? Walking about the golden woods of Riften?

[@TheBoyNextWorld1996]

Probably traveling and he just happened to cross paths with her

[@aidentheriault2402]

@@TheBoyNextWorld1996 doubt it even a year later

[@rizuopal8153]

Personally as a necromancer I wish we could help potema come to power and take the ruby throne has a fun dark side quest

[@nexusofice9135]

Looks like you have a mod to make. Get to work.

[@ErinYell]

Any updates on when you'll release your mod?😩🤣

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

On the Atmora thing, the king being depicted as a Giant isn’t actually all that strange lore wise. Some Nords used to be much larger before they split from the linage that became the modern Tamrielic Giants. So it’s entirely possible that the King of Atmora was from that bloodline and was incredibly long lived due to him possibly being born before the time when Alduin shortened the lives of the Nord’s ancestors.

[@alisos360]

Remember that the Deathbrand set has two scimitars even though the armor itself is made from Stalhrim. Which is only used by particular groups of nords. Also the dremora pirate that can be summoned in the college of Winterhold carries a scimitar as well. My understanding is that even though they started out as redguard swords, scimitars slowly gained popularity with the pirates of Tamriel and even of Oblivion (in the case of the dremora). The boat at the last point could have been an escape vessel from a pirate ship, whether the escapee was a pirate or a survivor..

[@ShadowedxTruth]

This video is almost a year old, and I've been binging these videos for the past couple days so I really have no excuse, but I was got. You made me jump at the beginning. My sound was up much higher than anticipated.

[@MerrickTall]

I can’t stop playing this game.

[@JKERNE_UNKOWN]

Do you still play Skyrim?

[@narwaok]

About the giants ( 15:20 ), in Greymoor DLC of ESO, there's a trial in the location Kyne's Aegis. There are "Sea Giants", culturally seems very nordic and with also weapons and skills (dragon totem for example). Also they are pretty inteligent, compared to the giants inland we're used to, they kinda seem like just taller and very stronger nords. Maybe this sketch is kinda canon? For example, Yandir the Butcher. He's very tall, very very strong, has weird creatures he summons with him. There are even some snake-like creatures, which reminds me of Akavir. Definitely worth to check.

[@spicybeantofu]

They made it sound arin was just walking by and saw her outside the ruins dying. Not that he went in.:)

[@insaincaldo]

Yah, he never went into the ruin, it's a mistake in the video to claim that he must have.

[@ГнейПомпей-з7х]

Its wierd anyway cus ruins are far from road and populated areas. Its only 200m from the nearest road in the game, but in lore it should be like 20-40 kilometers. Why Arin was there? He...likes to walk in wastelands? May be he is an alchemist, was looking for Ingredients? Then it explains his healing skills.

[@wdoherty3975]

@@ГнейПомпей-з7х Nercro, but for the record Mzinchaleft is really close to to a main road not far outside of Dawnstar. It's possible that Aerin used to own a merchant caravan.

[@ГнейПомпей-з7х]

@@wdoherty3975 In game, but in lore it's like 20-40 km, plus its located in mountains , its hard to find and to reach anyway especially when snow wolf and bears are around. And caravan carts must drive on roads, not snowdrifts.

[@songohan3321]

Didn't realize that the priest of Arkay was the court wizard.

[@thoruszwolf4153]

He is an Imperial, you can't expect him to get everything right, after all... he's an Imperial. ...that's just a Lore friendly way to say foolish and ill informed xD

[@changedusername159]

Of which hold?

[@thoruszwolf4153]

@@changedusername159 Pardon me, but may I ask which side of the civil war you lean toward more; Imperials or Stormcloaks?

[@PivotAngelic]

@@thoruszwolf4153 The stereotype is that the Stormcloaks are ill informed

[@thoruszwolf4153]

@@PivotAngelic Only in Imperial circles, and we all know how reliable they are -'J

[@thevengeful0143]

Another weird thing about Aerin: There’s a location in TES IV: Oblivion called Aerin’s camp, and he was supposed to be a master of (I believe) acrobatics. We never meet him in Oblivion, and maybe the names just a coincidence, but idk 🤷‍♂️

[@insaincaldo]

There is no substance here, put away your tinfoil hat.

[@redlabsgaming5086]

No. Never met him, found his body. But nothing else

[@nikolashumphrey-howell2478]

My guy that would magically make him 400 years old. hes not an elf or daedra.

[@jorvach9874]

@@nikolashumphrey-howell2478 Maybe he's secretly a wizard? According to Archmage Savos Aren, "What you learn here will last you a lifetime. Several, if you're talented." Implying that a great mage can have an extended lifespan. In other words, humans might live for hundreds of years, and elves for thousands. Although we don't know the natural lifespan of the Mer races, so it's mostly speculation.

[@R3fug333]

Since the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild work together sometimes, the people in the Guild would possibly know Aerin, but since they don't I think it's safe to assume, he's not a Dark Brotherhood member.

[@ViscousSnake]

Nate: "Where could this overturned boat have come from?" Us: Could it possibly be a Lifeboat from that ship wrecked ocean vessle in the background of 17:46 ? lol

[@ldcraig2006]

Just want to know how many packs a day Sybille was smoking when she made that quote about Potema! :-D

[@FaeEternalGaming]

I'm now head cannoning that vampires who haven't feed in a while now sound like smokers

[@realaltoncoffeecup5102]

" Shes like a superhero..... but without the super......" um nate that is a black widow and she would just be a hero lol

[@Amy-yf9zc]

Black widow has powers

[@X6Thunder]

@@Amy-yf9zc No she has training

[@realaltoncoffeecup5102]

@@Amy-yf9zc What are they

[@Amy-yf9zc]

@@X6Thunder black widow is a super soldier, with the same powers as cap just to a lesser extent, she also has reduced aging

[@gryphon4909]

I corrupted Mjoll's moral goodness by turning her into a vampire

[@davidboland2327]

The real mystery is how Aerin is able to just magically appear at your house when you have Mjoll as a follower or your wife. Dude just won't get the hint.

[@thunderhammerx2966]

The scimitar might be a reference to The 13th Warrior, where an Arabian scholar and swordsman went on a sailing adventure with a bunch of Vikings.

[@lacorneillenoire6421]

For the last mystery, we already saw with some other weapons in the game that scimitar can also be the weapons of pirates. maybe this was a pirate wanting to have a big big boat, but without money he just embarked on this and well.....

[@marcmielke]

I would guess that the boat comes from the big boat that they were right next to.

[@lacorneillenoire6421]

@@marcmielke So he could have stole this tiny lifeboat !

[@LittleShmuplet]

Is that a mod for the roof of the Blue Palace? I swear it was never that colorful.

[@nemerly_00]

Probably his ENB

[@EpicNate]

I'm not sure! I think it's just the way my ENB brighten ups blues!

[@drockman92]

Huh, I thought Mjoll escaped the ruins herself? The exit is right behind where you find her sword. She mentioned collapsing after escaping, I thought.

[@TheDark3lement]

drockman92 Aerim found her outside of the ruins

[@nemerly_00]

Yes, Mjoll says she escaped and was found by Aerim wounded and bleeding.

[@mikehunt3426]

At this point you probably know more about this game than anyone at BGS does

[@arzen6494]

Omg. Ur profile picture was my old one!!

[@Hydman84]

I doubt this he gets alot wrong and mispronounces alot I think he just searches the files and reads a script probably never played the game.

[@theonethatlookslikethisone1280]

"Only Todd Howard knows the reason why he lies a lot, but sadly he will never tell" lol

[@mathiassvendsen9788]

TheOneThatlooksLikeThisOne It just works.

[@FaeEternalGaming]

He'll tell we just won't believe it cause we think it's another lie

[@cookiewoke1899]

The biggest mystery I'm trying to solve is why you only upload when I'm at work/ in class/ with family.

[@eyereign5730]

He's spying on you and doing it on purpose

[@Skyscraper2015]

I also love the trademark statement "Only (insert character name here) is in the know and (insert aforementioned character name here) isn't telling. For a 4th spot..."

[@DynastyLuminous46]

About Aeryn, one time I played through Skyrim doing that radiant quest of Florentius at the Dawnguard Fort, where a vampire has kidnapped one of your friends. As it turned out, that friend was Mjoll, they had fucking taken Mjoll. So I come to the rescue, but upon entering the place, I suddenly hear some madlad drawing his dagger. I turn around, fucking Aeryn rushes past me, straight into 3 bandits - one being a mage - dagger flailing around. Let me tell you, if Aeryn was once an assassin of the Dark Brotherhood, he wasn't exactly cut out for that type of work, as he got burnt to a crisp and caught a couple blows from a two-handed sword. That guy went down FAST.

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

It could be that the reason the humans left Atmora in the first place was that the continent was slowly going into an ice age, leaving it uninhabitable for both humans and Dovah, and that by the time of Tiber Septim’s departure, the land had become too frozen. In an extension, it’s possible that the Forgotten Vale is part of the newly frozen Atmora, and that the Snow Elves have made the frozen hellscape into their new glacial paradise.

[@therockymountainman4749]

I honestly get more of my Skyrim fix watching your videos than I do playing my own characters😂. Thanks man!

[@HUYI1]

Makes me want to start another play through with some ace mods 😊

[@chriscormac231]

17:41 the biggest mystery is how you can't differentiate the detail how hammerfell is in the *west*

[@emlynselene1096]

14:41 Yeah, it became a land of incredibly terrible, permanent winter. There's a theory all the continents that get destroyed on Nirn are destroyed because of a weaker connection to The Towers, and Tamriel remains cuz it has such a strong connection.

[@simonegiampino6965]

dude i love your videos, i never comment or pur like, but you deserve it, good job, continue videos on skyrim, i really love them

[@blodekont5458]

2:10.. Aerin didn't teke her out of Mzinchaleft, she crawled out herself, he found her outside the ruin, she tells it herself !!!!!

[@SixtySixHundred-1982]

Dammit! Give up with the jumpscares! 😂 You get me every time! 🤭 Another great video. How you keep finding all the tidbits of info, I'll never know, but keep going as long as you can. 👍

[@one-eyedepi9338]

8:20 Uriel Septim III is Potema's son, Uriel II is her grandfather. Edit: Okay Nate you got so many things wrong about that story that I am not even going to point out everything...

[@schlinky1126]

ha nerd

[@one-eyedepi9338]

@@schlinky1126 casual

[@AmadisLFE]

Casul

[@VayreenaVulpera]

Mjoll traveled Tamriel and helped out Settlements? "Preston Garvey wants to know your location"

[@HeardKarma913]

Huge mystery: Why can't you fast travel when enemies are nearby? You are literally the Dragonborn!

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

10:58 "She would've been the only soul on Nirn with a direct link to Tiber Semptim." Uriel V: Am i joke to you?

[@tobymorrison6511]

can someone tell me the texture mods Lord Nate is using?

[@schlinky1126]

Yes

[@babyyoshi3099]

A huge list. But I believe he has a video going over the basics.

[@drfreakenstein2912]

Iirc, it's "noble skyrim." Think that's the one he mentioned in a different video. Could be wrong though as it's been a while

[@adamthompson6669]

I love when I read your videos your voice literally climbs into my head and reads it for me. Or maybe I watch your quality amazing content too much you legend. Never stop and can’t wait for cyberpunk content maybe and elder scrolls 6 for sure 💕

[@cass1115]

That jumpscare at the beginning nearly gave me a heart attack

[@hunterotte4085]

Nate: (referring to last one) "And chances are, were not going to get them to talk." Potema: "Allow me to introduce myself."

[@AlongTheNyle]

Imagine if the snow elves took Admora it would be poetic

[@inaciobarbosa9396]

They would freeze to death in atmora but yeah

[@NerdStuffing]

My grasp at straws for erin: maybe he used to be some famous adventurer and then stopped after he got a big haul. Also with the ruins maybe he was trying to get back into adventuring. Thank you for coming to my ted talk

[@CT---oj8wp]

Me: watching top X factor performances Epic Nate: uploads Me: taps video faster than the speed of light "the other video can wait"

[@brodeylaundon510]

Your videos can't seem to keep away from your videos! Very well made! Subscribed 👍👍❤️

[@QS_Frost]

Hey Nate, have you used “gargantuan” to describe Skyrim?

[@conifernous]

I will NEVER get tired of watching these videos like deadass

[@heresthadude1080]

To be fair, Potema would be a better Emperor than Titus Mede II.

[@basyarajo9970]

yep

[@ace_atomic3023]

Very true.

[@mattrogers6107]

A raving psychopath who is quoted as saying "I am the Queen of Solitude, daughter of the Emperor! Summon the daedra! I'll trade the soul of every last subject of mine for a little comfort." would be better than a thoughtful old man who was willing to die so that his people could hopefully have a better future? I hope it’s just a joke, otherwise you guys are worse at understanding the lore than Nate.

[@heresthadude1080]

@@mattrogers6107 he wouldn't have had to die if he had done his job the first time; his "sacrifice" is the barest minimum recompense, and not entirely for unselfish purposes. On the other hand, Potema's ruthlessness inspired her to take action; had Potema sat on the Ruby Throne during the Great War, the result (most likely a mass deportation of souls to Oblivion worse than the Planemeld disaster) would still have been preferable to Mede's display of spinelessness.

[@Dracathio]

Got me face desking right now at Hammerfell being on the "east coast" of skyrim. xD

[@jasonbrody1540]

8:20 Nate you're wrong. Potema was the granddaughter of Emperor Uriel II. Uriel the III. was her son. Source: elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Potema_Septim

[@alanaramos321]

I was looking at your mjoll and just thanking the nine divines for mods. I’m sorry but mjoll looks absolutely cracked out in vanilla Skyrim 💀💀😂😭😭🤣🤣

[@MellSayzHi]

Lillith is now forever known as Memaw, I don't make rules, Nate does

[@nateaf6397]

Tiber Septim is a Breton from Highrock. This is well established in the lore. His hometown is Alcaire and his birth name was Hijalti Early-Beard. That is a fact referenced in Skyrim in the Ghost of Old Hroldan quest. Tiber only hyped himself up by claiming to be from Atmora. Please note this for the future.

[@Manfromthenorth0551]

I think another explanation for Aaron is that he's a dungeon diver or treasure hunter. Would explain why he was in a Dwarven ruin, his combat skill, and his wealth.

[@giantmonkee1199]

Agreed.If two little kids can rob a dwemer ruin.He should be able to as well.

[@null-rj7fe]

Hey, Nate, not sure if you or anyone has done this before, but if you're looking for a video idea, you could do something like a visitor's guide for each city/hold

[@MookieSynkk]

Check out Camelworks CCC series.

[@atreyu4ws]

I always assumed Mjoll crawled away (as she says in the dialogue), and got at least most of the way out of the dungeon before Aerin found her.

[@TheShtonk]

I have a theory that Aerin knew about Sinderion and his time at Sarethi farm. The dark elf woman there said sinderion left years ago but it's never stated how many. I think aerin followed him to black reach and killed him. Sinderion was killed with dwemer arrows, spheres use bolts, Falmer use Falmer arrows and I'm pretty sure the servants only use one handed things so it'd check out that something or someone else killed him. Then aerin proceeded to get rich from selling the artifacts and stuff from down there like the "priceless dwemer urn" that pawned prawn man has in his shop. He stumbled upon mjoll by accident when leaving blackreach

[@munchiemac4484]

On one of my 1st playthroughs I married her, and "randomly" came home to those 2 in MY bed. He was swiftly excuted.. she parished shortly after for domestic violence

[@1Scimetar]

Keep in mind that the Brinehammer is one of several wrecked ships along the coast, and redguards are supposed to be the greatest sailors in all of Tamriel, so I think the small boat is an escape vessel, most likely from the Brinehammer, that washed ashore with its occupant(s) died either at sea or when a big wave deposited it where the Dragonborn finds it.

[@UserRedZero]

Nate: “Bah! Did I get you this time?” Me: *VIOLENT SCREAMING*

[@eagleinthesky4105]

Great video man Videos like this giving me the drive to play skyrim again

[@marcom5252]

Atmora- elder scrolls' Bermuda triangle

[@astotic4239]

The theory with the dragons leaving Atmora is great because if you stop time everything in the zone without flowing time gets shock frosted because the molecules don’t move anymore

[@MLPDethDealr32]

Nate, here's something else to ponder.. What if The Dragonborn. SIDED with Potema. I alway wished i had that option in the quest. My character is a Vampire after all. She could have turned on everyone and helped Potema become fully revived.

[@ashegaming3530]

Another fun note: if you make Mjoll a Blade, Aerin will follow and hang around Sky Haven Temple.

[@ichbinjasokreativ2452]

Mjoll dragged herself out of the ruin, Aerin didn't have to fight anything

[@coffeeaddict9605]

When you're trying to go to bed and want to watch a video, but Nate scares the shit out of you in the first 3 seconds. Startled me with that shout.