Skyrim: 5 Unsettling Mysteries You May Have Missed in The Elder Scrolls 5 (Part 8) - Skyrim Secrets

[@internetduck1520]

"The thing about dragon scales is that they come from dragons" -Nate 2018

[@sea_triscuit7980]

Words of wisdom...

[@yourmomsafurry1971]

Truly enlightening

[@theyawningari]

that makes me think of the line in AC Revelations; "the hookblade has two parts, the hook and the blade"

[@coromo4978]

you don't say

[@daylost3192]

Now that is a detail in Skyrim I missed

[@SlaRs133]

I always presumed that whoever stole the wardstone was just a common thief that was walking by and went “ooooh pretty stone” and had no idea that they had just unleashed an ancient vampire into Tamriel

[@bajkotamas6285]

That sentence of yours sounds like it was ripped right from a D&D campaignXD "Random dude who steals a pretty stone that unleashes a powerfull vampire lord back into world" XD

[@aldendiaz1165]

Nope it seems Malkus took it from dawnguard dlc. He used it to trap the moth priest.

[@Kami-Sama197]

@@aldendiaz1165 yea that's a very good theory

[@justnoob8141]

Quintin so basically the same but "Cool runestone! Might be useful"

[@cookiewoke1899]

A mystery that needs to be addressed is how no one has killed Nazeem before you show up in Whiterun. Like somehow people kept letting him live and I need to know why.

[@lionpick7913]

he would have been the ideal dark brotherhood contract

[@moresoundd]

I always kill him as soon as I get to whiterun

[@benjaminwalker7793]

got banned he’s usually the first none-quest kill I make in my play throughs. Personal policy: if one sees the red guard named “Nazeem” send him unto the gods. I actively try to avoid him by making really long and complex routes to get around. (though he still gets seen in like 5 minutes)

[@samueljadson3802]

The only time I've ever laughed at a Nazeem joke

[@maiqtheliar789]

Paying a 1000 gold fine for murdering Nazeem seems like a fair trade to me. On the other hand 1000 might be to expensive for most people in Whiterun. Hell now that I think about it. The fine for murdering someone to death is cheaper than a Dark Brotherhood contract. How does the Dark Brotherhood stay in business knowing that is the case.. Probably because no one wants to openly be a murderer I guess.

[@Maddox_Clayne]

If the Skyforge is related to Auriel, then it could also be considered the Sun Forge, since Auriel and Akatosh are related to the sun. Giving it a relation to the Lunar Forge

[@chickennugget5302]

what if there is another on he missed that is the sun forge and the skyforge is like their dad or mom and the ancient people things that made them used the same embers to make the lunar and sun forges and they just happened to have different effects.

[@liam-ethanwallis4924]

Galyan De'Serault How are they related to the Sun? The Sun is related to Magnus, no?

[@corbiepayne]

​@@liam-ethanwallis4924 Auriel's Bow has the power to influence the sun with the right ammo. Also the name Auriel supposedly has association with the sun according to the wiki page.

[@CrazyAlaskanCoDShot]

Oh shoot you’re right

[@toddbadrak375]

@@chickennugget5302 makes pretty darn good sense bro!

[@Trifixion22]

I used to always play Skyrim with my cat sitting next to me. I even made my character a Khajiit and named it after him. Gave him the same fur pattern and everything. He died yesterday (the cat, not the character). Its gonna feel so strange playing Skyrim alone. Edit: 3 years later, I'd like to thank everyone for the kind words! God bless you all.

[@jonathannorris4957]

If you play that character, who is your cat you can spend time with your cat again.

[@donovanvickers1189]

You’re not alone brother. You’re cat is forever memorialized in the game my fren

[@rys.1092]

I did the same thing with my Monster Hunter World Palico. After my cat had passed....At least he lives on on some way or another...

[@ChainsawJude]

:(

[@mandabentley6300]

I did this as well. I still play as my cat. Gotta keep his legacy alive.

[@smithyoftherust]

Confirmed; Dwemer were Vault-Tec.

[@starrynights2031]

Yes tho

[@NonsensicalDeer]

makes sense, an ancient version of Vault-Tec, a merging of my two favorite things, fucked up human experimentation, and the dark ages full of torture and crazy shit, i love it.

[@HenningGu]

@@NonsensicalDeer Actually there are more people who believe that Skyrim is in the future. Khajit and Argonians are mutated cats and lizards, elfs are mutated humans and such.

[@danieldeandrade5741]

Henning Gu Yeah, but TES and Fallout are not connected, it’s been confirmed before. Plus there are some things that can’t be explained like Mundus and Magicka and etc. Which if existed in fallout they would be confirming the existence of gods and all

[@LordOceanus]

Honestly though

[@williambailey1451]

Tod Howard watches your videos every morning when he wakes up.

[@shroomwurld7908]

stuff. It just works

[@libertasmorix]

Toddddddd Howarddddddd

[@GuitarManFromJupiter]

Tod Howard. Todd Howards father, not to be confused with his son, Toddd Howard

[@SkrrtRonalds]

I read it on the internet, so it has to be true

[@moviemaker2011z]

What would you do if tod actually confirmed it?

[@Halvos12]

Wait, Dwemer machines like the spiders are ran off soul gems... did... did they enslave the snow elves and change their souls so they could capture them easier?

[@jpegmilitia]

Halvos I always thought that the Dwarves soul trapped themselves in their machines to be immortal.

[@Halvos12]

@@jpegmilitiaI suppose it is not really confirmed as far as I am aware that they had black souls but you only ever find normal soul gems, no real sign of black ones anywhere, I don't think that's overly viable as far as theories go.

[@jpegmilitia]

Halvos I never thought of that, your right

[@nicolapalmieri7344]

Maybe the dwemer were eaten by the falmer

[@Halvos12]

@@nicolapalmieri7344 We 100% know that is not the reason they disappeared.

[@FrozenSolid742]

don't scare us like that again you ferocious monster 😂

[@Ashencrowe]

Bugs Bunny Hairdresser voice: "I always thought monsters are the most INteresting creatures."

[@zktoons8740]

11:32 There is a waystone used by an orc vampire called Malkus in Forebears' Holdout. In the "Prophet" quest (Dawnguard DLC) he uses it to trap the moth priest in a barrier. Maybe that's where the Falkreath "wardstone" ended up.

[@bajkotamas6285]

True! I do remember that...HUH!

[@aldendiaz1165]

Now this is 100% possibility.

[@lebrickwall2880]

That jump scare murdered me to death

[@zedakh]

Jump scared to death

[@Azeroth_Lysphixious]

Funny

[@eternalcollapse8865]

That pfp says it all

[@bobross4616]

what's annoying is, i had my volume turned down for the whole video because I was looking for it. Turns out it was at 0:01 and I had already passed it.

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

If it 'murdered you to death', how are you commenting?

[@MellSayzHi]

Me: *doesn't realize my earbuds are at Max volume* Nate: BOO! Me: 😱

[@eziohagebuddne3097]

cringe

[@planetofcows]

Same😂

[@JokeCubed]

I like the theory about Sissel and the Shrine of Akatosh. If Paarthurnax flew to the shrine to pray to Akatosh. He most likely would have done so in the dead of night. If Sissel woke up one night and caught a glimpse of him as he flew over the town, she very well might have believed it was a dream. If you want to take the theory further, you could say that Sissel followed Paarthurnax to the shrine, and spoke to him. Or, I suppose since the dragon voice basically kills people, maybe they found a way to communicate without words, and she read him the "Kolb and the Dragon" book. I can picture Sissel at night, by the Shrine, reading a book to Paarthurnax. Maybe she's actually met him. Who knows?

[@jizzyg1559]

Sissel: Woah, a Dragon! Party: Begone little human or I will devour your soul! Sissel: Such cute big dragon, i'mma read you a book! Party: Wh...what? Sissel: It's about brave warrior and evil Dragon! Party: Oh shit, storytime. Bring it, little human.

[@stalker747alf7]

A dragons voice only hurts you if he speaks in dragon tongue and Paarthurnax can speak human tongue

[@TranscendentLion]

That image of her reading to him is absolutely adorable.

[@macdhomhnaill7721]

Jizzy G That’s my new head-canon. That’s awesome.

[@kevinmoore2474]

that sounds really adorable now its canon...every night Paarthurnax visit said shrine as the only dragon to be a noble one Sissel one night runs away from home to avoid another beating and witnesses Paarthurnax flyin to the shrine....she is filled wit fear but still runs to see....she see Paarthurnax praying to Akatosh she musters up courage and says hello...…..Paarthurnax in worry of bein called out and possibly slain flees Sissel frowns and returns home next night Sissel returns to the shrine to see if Paarthrnax will return...and to her amazement he did Paarthurnax did return but stunned to see the little girl waiting for him he lands and asks …..why are you here little one......do you not fear me...… Sissel replies... my only fear is of my sister and father.....they...beat me...torment me...last night I tried to run away...and saw you I was scared but somethin in my heart told me I can trust you.....Paarthurnax feelin kind of joyed a .human ...doesn't fear..but also trusts him besides the graybeards...…. Sissel pulls out her book...and says …….I ...wanted to tell you a story...... Paarthurnax intrigued and somewhat delighted to see a brighter side of humans...says ...it would be an honor ….every night Sissel and Paarthurnax meet at the shrine … and Paarthurnax says ...if anyone asks...this is all a dream ok and Sissel just smiles and says ok...…. and so every night Sissel and Paarthurnax meet to tell stories and pray to Akatosh a friendship created by curiosity...with a bond stronger than the dragon tongue (please excuse all periods...my keyboard is broken so important keys I need like quotation marks don't work..)

[@ivm025]

What if the dwarves forced them to consume the fungus because it would diminish their souls? The dwarves could then harvest them to use in their various contraptions, often powered by common soul gems.

[@DamiFides]

1:38 It even predate the elves that were there. As when Ysgramor arrived there, he asked the elves he had captured as slaves, what that thing was and even them did not know, they even feared it. It can be read about in Songs of the Return, Vol 7 which quote; Once, as the sun beat from its high-home, Jonder the Tiny, the one who ran ahead, came over the hill to tell what was seen. Amidst a vast plain his eyes had met a monument of a bird, whose eyes and beak were opened in flame. When his brothers and sisters crested the hill, they too saw its glory, but they were afraid for no elven settlement could be seen to the horizon. "But this is not seemly," said Kluwe, who went by Loate when hiding his face. "Is not this wide land fit for harvest? Why have not the elves, vile to their cote, seen to exploit and tame it?" They asked of their elven captives (for they had many) what they found unfit about these plains. Yet even the captives who still bore their tongues could say nothing of the valley. They looked with fear at the winged colossus, and from their babblings did the warriors of the Jorrvaskr learn that it was older than even the elves themselves. Of those who wrought it solid from its mother-stone, nothing could be said, but it was known to drive a magic almost as old as the Nirn itself, some remnant of the god's efforts to render a paradise in Mundus before the shattering of Lorkhan.

[@michaelhenderson1337]

nerd

[@DamiFides]

@@that_demon_doggo473 I'm still here and still reading, so yeah... show how ignorance works on others.

[@marhawkman303]

@@DamiFides If I was playing Skyrim I would probably steal all the books in Skyrim and make my own personal in-game library from them.

[@Lorekeeper72]

@@marhawkman303 Funny you should say that, I'm working on filling the library in my castle (Castle Valdmire, check the Nexus for it, great home) with copies of every book in Skyrim, its taking a while.

[@marhawkman303]

@@Lorekeeper72 Sounds awesome! :D

[@raiderfox7229]

5:35 Aww... Good ol' party snax is considered good even by a random child, saying it to all ya heathens who murdered him to death.

[@jazzwave4159]

I did not

[@vro7537]

Same, he gucci to me.

[@dovahsblight7677]

I haven't gotten to that point yet, but I never was going to kill him.

[@Glacier_Prince]

Kill Lemkil, adopt Sissel! Get that poor girl out of there >.>

[@Glacier_Prince]

Modded games, I definitely adopt both girls, but in non-modded games, since I like having a son and a daughter, I usually opt to leave Britte in Riften

[@proximityclockworkx1572]

Great idea! Now I now what to use those cellars for. :> I wasn't cleaned it from skeevers for nothing.

[@mikemarks6136]

@Collin Caperton that's not normal teasing

[@graydonstar3476]

another one is how do Falmer hit you with long distance arrow shots when their completely blind???

[@graydonstar3476]

@Collin Caperton lol, they smell you and shoot! :)

[@JargonMadjin]

Yeah they may be blind but their other senses are pretty high

[@Shadowbane25]

Trick shots. Goes home. I hit this nord right between the eyes in pitch darkness at 200 paces honey. I'm surprised you saw anything dear... We're blind. 😂

[@markgery644]

Incredible hearing. It's a little harder to sneak around them compared to other NPCs.

[@chickennugget5302]

i can't hear you, it's too dark in here this is all i can think of reading this comment thread

[@jeffreyjim8411]

The biggest unsettling thing about Skyrim is how big of a game it is

[@5226-p1e]

Jeffrey Jim not just Skyrim. it's got several other providences as well. I think what you mean to say is how big the Elder Scrolls is. That seems more accurate.

[@macdhomhnaill7721]

52262 He said a game, so he was talking about the individual game that only contains the province of Skyrim. Don’t be telling people what they mean dude. Makes you seem like you lack sufficient social skills.

[@Gervaj79]

@@5226-p1e I think what he means is how the game still has unsolved mysteries years after it's release.

[@echos5823]

Bethesda stealth-sneak tiny details in the game continously.

[@coinsilver3]

In mileage, Daggerfall can't be beat.

[@uzmaarif5552]

The statues turn when you look somewhere else? Well time to start a new save

[@chrismaccool9097]

The statues moving like that remind me of a book I'm writing about this boy who gets abducted by entities another dimension

[@Shayhammowolf]

@@chrismaccool9097 Really? How does that relate? Cause I'm really curious.

[@chrismaccool9097]

@@Shayhammowolf well it happens is is orphan boy name Zachary Tyler Saunders is left an orphanage when he's a baby he grows up to a cute little boy Shaggy brown hair brown eyes and a story focuses on when he's 8 years old he goes to school makes friends Place on the school soccer team during the summer and on the snow battle team during the winter but he does want to be adopted and he writes to Santa Claus I think it's close to Christmas about wanting parents but Santa Claus has some problems of his own he's dealing with these entities from their world called the blanket people who are taking children from their homes because the blanket King wants a child of his on the snuggle and tickle in his arms and have his his blanket Prince or princess but Santa has his kids return them back to their families and erases the family's memories of course foiling the blanket King plans but when he gets Zachary's note Santa comes up with the idea to give an orphan boy who has no parents to the blanket people he talks to the blanket King and his minions and their domain which is a world made out of blankets and tell them Zachary Tyler Saunders he even shows them on a magic mirror of his the boy life like it shows Zachary at school sitting at his desk in his classroom studying either math or science or biology or history blanket people are amazed to see how cute the boy is I really want to put their arms around Santa tell them he's going to give them this cute little boy only if they promise to stop taking children from their families and never come back to the human world ever again they give him there word song Christmas Eve when Santa comes to the orphanage he puts the staff who works there to sleep Zachary the only child there it's not the nobody want him he's just the last one a sheer coincidence anyway Santa puts the staff to sleep and opens a portal in the hallway and 7 blank people come out he tells them where is Zachary's dorm room is and he leaves they go to get Zachary the boy in his pajamas which is a long sleeve green shirt and pants with Dinosaurs on them the boy playing with 2 action figures of his and then the blank people come in and surprise Zachary make him drop his action figures one of the blanket people grabs the boy and tells the kid he's coming with them to blanket world to live with them and the rest of the black people forever the the boy says no let me go you Big Ape Zachary is carried out of his bedroom and Carrie down the hallway and then is carried into the portal and is taken away to blanket world the portal closes in an hour later the portal Zachary is brought to the blanket King who gives the little boy a big bear hug and snuggle him and tickles him later the boy is handed to other black people and is snuggle tickled and is getting alot of big bear hugs the boy feels so overwhelmed that he starts to enjoy it and love his new home and remains with the blank people forever and he never grows up because bike world has the same spells as Neverland the longer you stay there the more you don't age.

[@Shayhammowolf]

@@chrismaccool9097 Wow! That sounds so cool! I can't wait to read it when it's finished

[@cameronjadewallace]

*whispers* don't blink. don't even blink. they're fast, faster than you can imagine...

[@Jack-xl6oj]

For tes6, there should be a book and its the dragonborns journal from the menu, i think that would be pretty epic, also a book on the murder of nazeem.

[@ducovanderwoude6971]

This is problematic since not everyone has the same story for the dragonborn, this is the reason why there are (almost) no mentions of the hero of Kvatch or the Nerevarine

[@irbis_rosh]

No

[@joshi5507]

@@ducovanderwoude6971 I imagine it's possible? Maybe the game could access your skyrim save files and build the journal from there. It doesn't have to be anything detailed... it can just be like what destiny 2 did in the beginning

[@nicolapalmieri7344]

Nazeem will remember that

[@liamitodavis1713]

Duco van der Woude it could be their journal after the story of Skyrim. Like they left Skyrim to hunt dragons throughout the rest of nirn

[@nahirionnor7883]

"The Dovah Kin" Skyrim: Names Nate will never pronounce correctly despite being said numerous times in game (Part 1) - Skyrim Secrets

[@annaeaton2706]

My theory for the statues is that they actually are the spirits of deceased Greybeards. I've heard another theory (it might have been from your channel) that one of the reasons that the Greybeards are so respected because they give up their chance to go to Sovngarde by dedicating themselves to the Way of the Voice instead of dying in battle. Maybe they did technically make it but just in the form of the statues. But I don't know how to explain that one statue breaking.

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

Well, a dragon exploding next to it would definitely do some damage.

[@francescofulghieri9608]

Who knows, maybe dragons shed scales like snakes

[@SkullCrusher757]

they are giant lizzards so its possible

[@Azeroth_Lysphixious]

Really ? I diddnt ev3n think about that nice dude

[@stinky9236]

Dragon scales are just dragon dandruff dragandruff

[@alexyshendrickson5899]

Did you know if you can get around ireleth when you first meet her and go straight to the jarl you will unlock unique dialogue

[@alexyshendrickson5899]

He says something about interrupting the court and goes on a rant

[@MrPSyman3]

Yeah, I've done it, he sounds pissed. But it always struck me as odd. I've never been able to do it without the Alternate Starts mod and skipping over Riverwood. That way, Irileth usually doesn't come to meet you at all when you enter. So, did they actually bother to put it in there just in case you went into the trouble of getting around her? I mean, there's all kinds of unique dialogue and outcomes for all kinds of unlikely scenarios throughout the game, but I don't know, I just find that one weird

[@justinsmith5870]

You can run around if you do it right.

[@patrickprice8536]

If you defeat Durnehviir in the Soul Cairn before killing your first dragon outside Whiterun, he makes mention of you being dovah. They recognize their own. Perhaps Sissel, too, is dragonborn and "the good dragon" notices.

[@bajkotamas6285]

Correct me if i'm wrong...but...during a lifetime...only ONE dovahkin can exist....right?

[@coffeepoweredkatie6290]

@@bajkotamas6285 No? The Greybeards even say the protagonist may not be the only Dragonborn, they're just the only one, as far as they know, that's been revealed.

[@genericwhitemale9566]

@@bajkotamas6285 explain Miirak then

[@briandurio6479]

@@bajkotamas6285 there could actually be dozens or more. The only way one would know is by killing a dragon but before Skyrim the dragons were largely extinct. So yeah, she could be dragonborn you just don't know until she kills a dragon

[@overbosstarkanid8837]

But we are the last dragonborn

[@erikkwon3871]

He attac He protec But most importantly he get his sweet roll bac

[@chickennugget5302]

'tis the best joke, you have now beat whoever before you made the best joke, now half of the human population hates you because it's cheesy, and the other half loves you because heck them if this makes no sense i'm watching youtube at 3 am so i may be think sideways.

[@MLundy98]

What if the stautues in sovinguard are the previous dragonborns whatching over you as you travel through

[@cat_drone2679]

or what if there waiting for you to blink?

[@bajkotamas6285]

Oh! That would work....and the one statue that breaks is Miraak! Haha! Killed you twice sucker!

[@Pain-ob1wh]

This theory actually sounds true cuz the dragonborn(player) is the last dragonborn stated by miraak at the beginning of his fight.

[@daddyaizen4307]

I love this theory

[@KennyDonagher]

Last time I was this early, Sithis was a newborn

[@Gervaj79]

Actually the uesp wiki says that the magic of the wardstone had gotten so weak that it couldn't hold Vhigar anymore.

[@marhawkman303]

So the guy who gave you the quest didn't really know what he was talking about? makes sense I guess.

[@Gervaj79]

@@marhawkman303 Idk. I guess Vhigar made it look like someone opened his grave and stole it.

[@marhawkman303]

@@Gervaj79 It's possible for NPCs to not know everything. Heck... did he get a chance to look at the coffin? Maybe he's just guessing at how Vhigar escaped?

[@Gervaj79]

@@marhawkman303 Lol probably.

[@mljh11]

I don't think anyone dug up Vighar. The grave just _looks_ dug up when he escaped following the loss of the ward stone.

[@michaelmagnone1631]

One time after I completed the dark brother hood questline a city guard came up to me and said "psst I know who you are hail sithis"

[@SkullCrusher757]

theyre a mystery in their own right theres nothing creepier than a guard telling you they know of the illegal stuff yoiuve been doing

[@alexanderticonuwu7591]

@@SkullCrusher757 not just A guard, every guard.

[@SkullCrusher757]

@@alexanderticonuwu7591 i know theyve said it to me as well

[@alexanderticonuwu7591]

@@SkullCrusher757 It's unsettling how every guard in Skyrim seems to know your part of the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieves Guild.

[@markgery644]

Is that fur coming out of your ears?

[@cheezeysquared]

I clicked on the video, then I paused it as soon as I could because I had to do something, I paused right after "boo" so that's all I heard, it made me crack up for 5 minutes straight. Your great man.

[@angeljohns3514]

Everyday when I get home and I settle down for the night, I always look forward to seeing if you posted for the day! Your intros always make me laugh and the backstories are awesome

[@grady3251]

Maybe the blinding fungus was fed to the snow elves as a kind of blindfold so that they can't betray the dwemer by feeding information to anyone outside the place because they don't know where or how to get in or out.

[@lewisfell2714]

Probably just because the dwemer wanted a slave labour force and for experimentation

[@grady3251]

@@lewisfell2714 I agree about the slave labor force, but these were supposidly the smartest people on nirn, and blinding their wotk force just doesnt seem smart. My bet is that they didnt want any one to escape and tell others how to get into their holds. Also, I highly doubt anyone as smart as them would ever waste resources for the sole purpose of unprovoked extertermination.

[@lewisfell2714]

Grady Battista good point, perhaps they blinded the snow elves as to show dominance as in the dwemer could see all while the snow elves could not

[@irbis_rosh]

Apparently there's a hypothesis about blinding being connected to the tonal architecture. Dwemer tried to manipulate sound in a specific way to unlock the mysteries of the world. You can see similar approaches in other Elder Scrolls cultures, Dragonborn's Thu'um being primary example. So, the theory goes Falmer were made blind to attune their hearing to the song of the Earthbones for some kind of experiment.

[@kaiseremotion854]

Its possible it was to stop them from seeing some sort of item they werent meant to see

[@ocarinaplaya]

But I would like to know is whether or not you can solve that murder mystery without framing the court mage. The Butcher was the curiosity shop owner but I couldn't do anything to get him arrested and the mage set free.

[@jamiemahoney2446]

Yes you can. Go to him before you go to the Jarl's assistant and ask about the necklace you found in the house.

[@caseylo4219]

Or you can wait a week and come back, and there will be another murder and the quest will start again

[@jazzwave4159]

Can't arrest you have to kill him

[@tiesvandiepen3769]

That intro scared me but where is top 10 skyrim trees?

[@SpottedWithin]

So, I have a loose theory: What if the ward stone wasn't actually stolen? But like misplaced/flung somewhere unknown when our good old werewolf friend wolfed out and murdered that little girl to death? And Vigar crawled out on his own? :0

[@xatanias]

Ha! Didn't spook me!

[@anitarecount5081]

....Does anyone smell pee?

[@Im0nJupiter]

@@anitarecount5081 Yes.... Wait how'd you get in my room?

[@anitarecount5081]

@@Im0nJupiter Our* room

[@kingdavey90]

Liar, Liar. 😏

[@drippinwet774]

Partysnacks*

[@TheLoneCourier2077]

Dragons weren't extinct, they were invisible and very very quiet

[@smugglefish8171]

Spoopy

[@Heftyman2]

Oliver Cane indeed

[@AblazeCore]

I love the fact that I can sit down and enjoy some lovely skyrim-lore content whilst eating my mid-day supper. Keep it up man, I love the seriousness and the overall quality of the speech!

[@DoctorWhoKage]

@8:37 I actually solved the Dwemer mystery for you! 😃 Back during when the Dwarves were battling the Chimer (a race the Dunmer used to be known as before they all got their skin turned gray by Azura after the Battle of Red Mountain), the Dwarves were using several tools which were the Tools of Kragernac and the Heart of Lorkhan for every individual in their race to become immortal. During the Battle of Red Mountain, the Tribunal (Almalexia, Sotha Sil and Vivec (and, even Dagoth Ur, at one point)) Went to Red Mountain to confront the Dwarves. They had a big battle and Nerevar (also one of the Tribunal) took the heart of Lorkhan, and separated it from Kragernac's Tools, and all the Dwarves in the room with the Tribunal (who weren't the Tribunal yet) simply vanished into dust like when you kill a Necromancer's raised friend. And, as some may know, Nerevar died durig this battle and Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec used the Tools of Kragernac and the Heart of Lorkhan to become Gods in their own right. Giving all three of them the name of, "The Tribunal". And in doing so, the Chimer denounced Azura as a God to deify, and instead started worshiping the Tribunal. Azura (rightly so) was furious about this and turned the Chimer into Dunmer, the Dark Elves. In essence, like the Dwemer, the Chimer were victims, murdered by their own arrogance.

[@jordanparadowski4737]

Just came across your channel, I love listening to your videos!! I’ve been playing Skyrim for only a few months but I LOVE Bethesda’s intricate backstories so I’m glad you enjoy covering these small stories because I love listening to them! Can’t wait for the next vid!

[@Techhunter_Talon]

7:17 Also, Esbern and Runil also have been having dreams of dragons. Esbern was specifically of Alduin and Runil isn't entirely known what dragon was in his dream so it could just be a generic, unnamed one. Fairly odd, yeah? If it was just this little girl then maybe it could be a sign that she too might be dragonborn. I will admit that this could still hold weight but we have no way of knowing for sure.

[@LordOceanus]

My personal head cannon for Sissel is actually that she is a devout worshiper of Akatosh who in a rare but not exceedingly rare case of the Aedra acting has taken pity on her situation and given her a lot of strength of character and given her visions of others in similar situations but thriving so that she can tolerate her life. Think about it Paarthurnax is a lot like her, he is hated by his sibling (Alduin) and ignored by his father (Akatosh) yet his devotion to his life gives him pride and he moves on. I think their shared like to Akatosh has linked the two together in some manner. Plus it makes a sad situation into a feel good moment which we all need sometimes.

[@gamelikers]

Weeping greybeards/shor lmao. I love that idea. And i love doctor who!!

[@sadessadawn8742]

It's amazing how much you can miss in Skyrim! I'm still amazed on how much I end up not noticing until I watch your videos.

[@BrightWulph]

The missing Ward Stone conjures a few theories. 1- It was stolen by some passerby (like a highwayman/bandit) and they figured it was some magical artefact they could sell to the Kahjeet for a quick septim, obviously not knowing what it's true purpose was. 2- It was stolen by someone from the College of Winterhold because said person was arrogant enough to think that the people of Falkreath had "no idea" what was just randomly sitting in their graveyard and how it would be it much "better" hands at the College. 3- It was stolen by a member of the Thieves Guild on behalf of someone at the College of Winterhold, yeah see option 2.

[@quiviknotpotato6806]

Option 4 - Sinding knocked it out of place when he went on a bloody rampage in Falkreath. You know... THE ONE THAT MURDERED A LITTLE GIRL TO DEATH AND GOT HIMSELF STUCK IN JAIL!!!

[@BrightWulph]

@@quiviknotpotato6806 That's also another possibility.

[@TheCherokeeDawn]

Enjoying your Skyrim videos, thank you! One friendly suggestion: Get yourself a quick intro clip for all your videos? A logo/graphic would be wonderful as well. Your videos are legit, and it's just my opinion that this would give off that impression even more and polish your videos a little. 🙂 Please keep uploading! 👍

[@chriskamen2152]

Has anybody tried soul trapping the snow elf that you kill at the end of dawngaurd?

[@Golfbob]

Yoooo I’ve never done that. I’d assume it’s a black soul though. I’ll have to try next I do Dawnguard

[@extradeluxe141]

Yes, I actually have. Arch-Curate V.'s soul fills a black soul gem.

[@ryankunst668]

Yes, it's a black soul, my GF soul trapped him and kept the gem as a trophy. XD

[@jackturnock821]

Ryan Kunst bet u regret that comment bud :)

[@ryankunst668]

I suppose is brought this on myself for mentioning I have a girlfriend... ...And yes I will tell her.

[@Klarisa114]

I really love your spook intro, I wasn't expecting that! And also I love the way you play with words on every beginning of Skyrim video is awesome.

[@Shadowpack95]

to the vampire on, I have a theory, so in a nearby ruin is a vampire, in the vanilla game before dawnguard came out he was labeled as Volkihar vampire so maybe he released his fellow vampire the ruin is close to falkreath

[@TheRealFobican]

What name?

[@Shadowpack95]

@@TheRealFobican shriekwind bastion

[@PrusskiyMir]

I'm, usually, not a fan of "Top 10 insignificant well-know facts about..." but even after hundreds of hours playing Skyrim, I still discover new stuff after watching your videos. Great job, Nate!

[@geraldhill129]

10:57 we need a “murdering to death” compilation😭😭

[@sherb1750]

Nate, I don't know if you've already used this for a Tiny Details or Things You Didn't Know You Could Do video, but here is something I discovered on my current playthrough of Skyrim. Normally when you go visit the greybeards the for the first time in a game, you will talk to Arngeir, who will ask you to shout at him and the others so that they may "taste of your voice." I discovered that if instead of talking to Arngeir, you instead shout immediately upon entering High Hrothgar, you will complete the objective to demonstrate your Unrelenting Force shout, and you will unlock some unique dialogue from Arngeir. Pretty cool!

[@roguegamer1173]

Wow intro is too scary for me I’m clicking off.

[@mrsmissy2669]

Thanks Nate. Always great to hear from you!

[@sharkiboi8167]

Love ya videos of Skyrim mate

[@nick-sx5ob]

Ya mate

[@gatomaconheiro7243]

Mate is the better

[@gatomaconheiro7243]

MATE

[@lordfarquaad6291]

*Nate

[@joceb291]

When going to the Half Moon Mill, a guard will remark about Hern, uttering the line "Is Hern his sister or his lover? Or both?" The he referring to the dude vampire.

[@Theuniversearch]

AH! Dammit, Nate! It's not Halloween anymore >:(

[@tiesteel69]

Thank for your videos Nate! You are my favorite you tuber out there! Love your content!!

[@corydorton2660]

It is possible that the dragon shrine and the little girl or connect it it's possible that 1 day she found the shrine and left her book as an offering and just went there to pray and its parthons Develop some kind of mental link with the girl maybe he felt sorry for and Was communicating with her I mean we know hes not evil and he does have some thympathy for living beings it is possible that he was lonely himself maybe he found a kindred spirit he could communicate with maybe he just felt he knew it was like to be alone in the world and no one was there to help you or talk to you

[@TheRealFobican]

Maybe she had too much nord mead very often.

[@kaiseremotion854]

@@TheRealFobican i mean most likely kids do drink that. Since idt there is drinking water in Skyrim. And in the past alcohol was the only safe thing to drink

[@tummytub1161]

I love these videos, I've been playing Skyrim since it's release and still play every now and then. Even after all those hours I still (re) discover new fun things thanks to Nate. Makes me go out in the world every time👍

[@AcBaLkX]

Wow I never even recognised sky forge was carved like an eagle :D

[@-cryogena9290]

AcBaLkX I’m very concerned about you

[@redtiger9941]

Very Good Video. While the game is aging, i still find myself drawn to these kind of video.... i think i will forever love this game. Never the less, brilliant video

[@sgtkeksdose3088]

Please make a Video about the History of the Dwemer´s (Sorry for my bad English... im German^^)

[@denjowim2359]

Das wäre eine gute Idee

[@Skyrunner210]

dasalphabrot 1337 Your English is better than my German so don’t worry!

[@stevenlacy6143]

Got it perfect bro

[@neoknight9180]

Your English is fine, but Nate is more of a lists channel rather than a lore channel

[@Im0nJupiter]

Sie schreiben ausgezeichnetes Englisch. Prima! -Ein deutscher Schüler

[@soapiestlyric4]

I was honestly shocked about the Sovngarde statues. You're right, I never would have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out! I'm gonna have to pop back into Sovngarde when next I play to see for myself.

[@jaxkitten2381]

this has probably been said already, but Morrowind lets you know what happened to the dwarves. There's one dwarf left, suffering from the corpus disease. Kagrenac, an inventor or smith of the dwarves, used the weapons Sunder and Keening on Lorkhan's heart. this removed almost every dwarf from all of Tamriel or Nirn. the real question is where they went.

[@Kingfizh]

I think they serve(d) Dagoth Ur in the Red Mountain, as they were native to Vvardenfell, or maybe they were all transported to a plane of Oblivion. Going w the first option. Saw someone say that maybe they had their souls transported into their machinery to be immortal but it backfired.

[@harleyretherford6329]

Hahaha! I love your humor! Very few things actually make me laugh out loud, you fine sir, have accomplished this. Thank you.

[@sagethegreat4680]

Sissel is really a dragonborne.

[@Fenris2]

Possible or a seeress

[@jacobgull7274]

magicrainbow aids she could’ve been a “ backup” like miraak and the player. If the player turned evil and idk joined forces with alduin, paarthanax could come by and pick Sissel up to be trained as dragon born with the greybeards until she was ready to face alduin and the dragon born.

[@briandurio6479]

@@jacobgull7274 plot twist for the ages lol

[@StardustTeaMew]

Hello @TheEpicNate315 I have a little story for you. This is referring to the little girl Sissel. I just watched this episode today so this tickled my pickle when you brought this up. Haha. So I haven't played Skyrim in quite a few years (360 era). Now, I've purchased the special edition Skyrim about a month ago. I've been going ham of course lol. So being new to all the new updates. I've come to discover that you can adopt children! So after hearing the sad children's stories across my way. I purchase the house in solitude. Help the little girl in Whiterun. Still have one more room cool. I go on my way to Windhelm. But then I run into Sissel and her awful situation. Upon hearing the interesting things she says, I'm like well she's special and doesn't deserve the life she has..... The father must go..... Sooooooo I murder him to death because he's an awful father. I got a deed to the house and then I'm able to adopt Sissel. She's currently living in solitude as well. I give both the younglings as many gifts as I can and play tag. The other sister of Sissel is doing ok I suppose. I check on her here and there. I would adopt her if I could but it only let's you adopt 2. Ok, long story over! Lol. I appalled anyone who actually read this. Lol

[@Dark_Spiffing_Detective]

The statues are the weeping angels from doctor who

[@Fitzpatrick65]

Keep Rockin Nate. Thanks for keeping Skyrim 5 alive.

[@cube__r4]

I think with the final one there is a possibility that Harkon did it, considering that dlc is canon as if you started the game with it, just because it’s DLC doesnt stop it from being canon in the lore so there is a possibility. It’s like saying Miraak never existed because you didn’t download the Dragonborn DLC.

[@TheDarkblue57]

RooplesPooples You’re neglecting the fact that the quest was written before the concept of clan volkihar even existed in the game. Sure you can retroactively fit it into plausibility but the original intent will always be a mystery and cannot be ascertained unless you ask the writer directly. You’re are right though, Harkon very likely is the canon answer but if you take into account what I said prior you can see the schism between what is and what isn’t considered canon it’s almost impossible to to determine and the reason why dumbass story contrivances like the dragon break exist in the first place. TLDR: lore is stupid.

[@VohryPlay]

@@TheDarkblue57 Actually, clan Volkihar existed even before Skyrim (the game) did. You can read about volkihar vampires in the book Immortal Blood which was also in oblivion.

[@TheDarkblue57]

Vohryslav I am aware, which is why I specifically said volkihar didn’t exist in the game (Vanilla) and not that it didn’t exist at all. This is my point exactly on why determining canon is so difficult.

[@bboykory117]

I assume it was well in development before the game released since in the first 2 weeks of skyrim being out me and most of my friends found the entrance to dawnguard and predicted the expansion.

[@kingdavey90]

Super interesting! The girl with visions of Parthuunax, the Skyforge and Lunar forge, the statues of Sovngarde...

[@connorbowersox9050]

So, were the snow elves just called snow elves, or were they actually called falmer, like the bosmer, altmer, and dunmer?

[@HyperTraceur]

Snow elves

[@gregjones4705]

They are falmer.

[@HyperTraceur]

They preferred to be called snow elves on account of falmer being known as the blind, savage snow elves.

[@proximityclockworkx1572]

Falmer=Snow Elves. The one Knight-Paladin WhoTheFkKnowsHisName just tells you to use the term Snow Elf just because by the time of Skyrim the word Falmer means those Gollam clones and elitist Paladin doesn't wanna be called one. Political Correctness Skyrim Edition.

[@janeenschultz8502]

As I understand it, Falmer is only the modern name as they are "The Betrayed."

[@roquebrown7443]

Oh of course I'd have the volume up all the way at the beginning of your video. And of course I'd jump at your intro. Good show!

[@ridered300]

The Skyforge is not an eagle, it's not a hawk, it's *clearly* a bird.

[@user-xz9fw6lk3p]

It's a pigeon!!!

[@irbis_rosh]

@@user-xz9fw6lk3p no, it's a penguin!

[@chickennugget5302]

i thought it was furry prehistoric dragon.

[@idarthnoxi3326]

This came out on my 20th birthday. Thanks for an amazing birthday gift Nate!

[@secretsociety1636]

If you be that spoopy again I will literally die

[@coffeepoweredkatie6290]

So....You're saying Nate coud potentially murder you to death?

[@changelingman9687]

I do like these secrets. Even though there are some (most) mysteries that I want to have answered. I like these secrets because it shows that other things are happening in the world. It gives a sense of lively hood and history to show that not everything in Skyrim revolves around the Dragonborn. That there are other people and things doing stuff individually that could make up for their own stories. Good job Bathesda

[@josephkonrad15]

I hope one day you can play as a Snow Elf that would be kind of neat or even a Deadric Elf Of some kind...

[@ceasze5072]

Went to Sovngarde and saw the stone structures, somehow, I got immeasurable nostalgia and somehow knew they’d come to life when you turn away. I think I remember it from a video a long while ago

[@outshriek]

i think the whole mystery about the souls of the falmer experiencing degradation is a little far fetched. it’s probably just something that needed to be done in the game for balancing reasons (especially since there are so many falmer that you can kill with no repercussion).

[@Tiberium10332]

I have played Skyrim for over 600 hours and never even found the quest chain from number 5. Thanks Nate, now I know something for me next playtrough!

[@xananymous431]

Today I ask my daughter where is the newspaper and then she says newspaper are for old school folks and we use internet online to read newspaper nowadays so she lend me her iPad to read a newspaper.. *damn that fly,today he will face my daughter hard iPad*

[@marhawkman303]

just use the i-pad to order a fly-swatter on amazon...

[@jeanport3554]

Haha nice one...got me laughing!

[@Wecoc1]

3:54 In that case maybe they are all breakable somehow, for example using a Fus Ro Dah on them or something like that. In any case they seem to be more important than it looks, they even appear on every Sovngarde concept art.

[@sssargon8569]

but still why do they turn?

[@chickennugget5302]

@@sssargon8569 what if it's just the greybeards (past and present) spying on you to make sure you don't heck up

[@ethanlawrence5973]

How about this What came first the dead chicken or the dead Dragonborn

[@dr.elijah7742]

The dead chicken because dovahin killed it not on propose and the guards killed dovahkin

[@TheRealFobican]

A dead hold guard.

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

So enormus than even 7 years after the elder scrolls 5's initial release , many of us are still drawn to watching this series

[@trippydippy165]

Maybe the Falmer are more like animals now then men

[@DannySMAllenSJ]

But... but the Falmer aren't men. They're mer, and it's a big difference.

[@chickennugget5302]

the falmer weren't humen either if that's what you mean. They were snow elves

[@trippydippy165]

Maybe the Falmer are more like animals now then mer

[@cowgod1945]

They’re more like goblins now except somehow even worse Though there’s a few details that don’t add up, they killed most of the snow elves but the vampire one somehow gained control of them or gained their allegiance…how and if that’s possible could the last remaining snow elf do the same and somehow begin the process of returning them to a semblance of their former selves

[@PacificOcean609]

When you mentioned Doctor Who, my day just got soo many times better, because that was my first thought!!!!! Thank you!

[@dldytjq1024]

Next time for intro, Sing us a song

[@NeneSims21]

I only met skyrim 2 years ago when a friend introduced the game to me, there is a lot that I haven't explored yet, but the gaming lore is amazing!

[@johncarter449]

what happens if you transform into a werewolf inside harkon castle ?

[@proximityclockworkx1572]

Not possible due to the lack of player control in the castle when you first arrive. Oh... You probably referencing to when you get cured and get back furry powa from Aela the Actress. Probably they will try to murder you to death and calling you out to go back to DJ Hark0-0-0n to get back your djenty strings.

[@JargonMadjin]

Yeah they'll attack you, it's pretty obvious, lol

[@johncarter449]

@@JargonMadjin i was hoping for some unique interaction, but thx anyway:D

[@Fenris2]

Battle

[@SooyoungFTW]

On the Falmer: Since the Dwemer might've gotten all their souls sucked out to go to their weird machine they were trying to make, isn't it possible that this event affected the Falmer too? Maybe the reason their souls are lesser or common as opposed to black souls now is because part of them got sucked out in the same event that the Dwemer lost theirs in.

[@DarkElfDiva]

"Bethesda clearly put a lot of effort into scripting these objects-" Hold on there, buckaroo. Let's get one thing straight here: Bethesda HAS never, and WILL never, put a lot of effort into scripting ANYTHING.

[@JustKelso1993]

I disagree, somewhat. They clearly put a lot of effort into skyrim. Fallout 4, sadly not as much. Fallout 76, nah....but skyrim and fallout 4 were not too bad, especially skyrim.

[@DarkElfDiva]

@@JustKelso1993 Thy put a lot of effort into world building, quests, dialogue, all that stuff. But scripting? There's junk code from as far back as Morrowind in Fallout 76. The parts of the engine (which is actually a pretty good engine, Beth just utilizes/implements it poorly) that handle scripts are not up to the task of modern games.

[@JustKelso1993]

@@DarkElfDiva Ah, scripting I have no clue about. Not sure how I missed that was what you meant in the original comment. I will take your word on what you say on that one :)

[@DarkElfDiva]

@@JustKelso1993 The ,main reason Bethesda games crash so often is due to the engine being unable to handle a lot of scripts. This is also the main reason that heavily modded games will become more and more unstable over a long playthrough. So, if you want to add a lot of mods but don't want crashes, stay away from mods that add scripts.

[@JustKelso1993]

@@DarkElfDiva I don't mod, so I am good. :)

[@PngReaver]

I like the nostalgia I can still get from these videos after years

[@Matakshaman]

2 things I found out this week:1. If you get hit by Alduin's shout in Helgen, you can clearly see that your hands are not bound at all.2. When you first enter the College of Winterhold, Faralda will ask what it is you seek. Depending on your answer, you will be given a different kind of novice robe.

[@carmend36]

I love these videos. They keep me going.