Skyrim - Companion's Secret

(72) Aela reveals a secret to us. Yeah, you heard me. Not Farkas!
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[@yourdeadwolf]

Giggling at Zach being confused about getting hunting work from a woman titled "The Huntress."

[@johnnywhoa343]

Zach: disappointed and frustrated by Sofia's low-quality innuendos. Zach's innuendos: *Staring at Aela and Temba and drooling like a diseased pervert*

[@JoshuaOdionson]

He likes the challenge.

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Rules for thee, not for me.

[@Hell_O7]

A man feels less in the face of his own image reflected. Seriously speaking though, I can kinda get it.

[@ethanwilde4716]

Thank you ZACH for teaching the folks about irony.

[@kassandraofodyssey6475]

Hey at least he’s only staring and not forcing students to make castius nakedus spells

[@jonathansotelo4877]

Going from Inigo to Sofia is probably the biggest downgrade in Skyrim history.

[@TrapMagius]

>woman asks personal question about her body for validation >man in the distance going I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE The man said what every man thinks when they're hit with that kinda question. Absolute chad.

[@beck-nightengale]

He wasn't falling for that nonsense.

[@darthskarr8975]

Fun fact; the Spriggans are using a modded model, but it's actually lore accurate to the older games.

[@jtheconqueror121]

In regards to the whole “lit candles in tombs” thing, I’m fairly certain there’s a book in game of a guy who managed to watch the draugr and realized that they’re the ones doing it.

[@erikhansen4346]

Where are they getting the candles tho? They’ve been “dead” for presumably centuries. Were they buried with centuries worth of candles or are they making regular trips to the local candlemaker? What are they paying the candlemaker with? Grave goods would only last so long before they ran out. Are there draugr out there doing odd jobs for the candlemaker in return for a steady candle supply?

[@grnmjolnir]

​@erikhansen4346 Plenty of wild wax to be found from plants and insects. And the tombs have lots of cloth for wicks. And plenty of regular folk leave offerings for the dead. But truly at the end of the day, just repeat to yourself it is just a game I should really just relax.

[@dylan1586]

Or it's magic because it's elder scrolls or it doesn't matter because otherwise it'd be dark and people would complain it's too dark and can't see

[@goreobsessed2308]

​@erikhansen4346 maybe their using their own fats for tallow

[@themanthemyth4522]

It also explains why the puzzles are so simple: draugr aren't very smart, and so the doors and combos are meant to keep them inside

[@chriskoloski32]

Wants sofia to put clothes on. Proceeds to oogle at spriggans, hagravens, ice atronachs, and aela who all may as well just be naked

[@ethanwilde4716]

Let's not forget the large giant form the previous episode

[@Darumaster]

Wow. I've never done, nor have I seen anyone do this quest with any of the other Companions besides Farkas. Didn't even know that was possible.

[@andrewm.3581]

Same that's what i was juat wondering. Is that a mod?

[@YummyNukes]

It's cut content that was basically completed but bethesda didn't add it for some reason

[@PazuzuDeamon4horsemen]

Oh it your choice to who you want to marry. These quest progress the person love for you.

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

I'm guessing it's chosen by whoever you've done the most quests for.

[@lop90ful1]

@@YummyNukes OOOoh that makes sense i was soo confused

[@pepsiman3430]

Zach: "I dont think vampires are real" Last words before downloading Serana Dialogue Addon

[@Zurkon128]

Zach's Hagraven obsession has made me realise he still hasn't done the "A Night to Remember" side quest yet. That's certainly going to be interesting. Also I didn't know you could have somone other than Farkas accompany you on that Companions quest.

[@walnzell9328]

The Silver Hand are heavily implied to be an offshoot of the Companions founded by former Companions who found out about the werewolf thing and didn't like it. There are things in the game files that further back this up. Including a combat dialogue line meant to trigger if you're a werewolf. "Ysgramor would be ashamed of you!" Anyway, that entire plotline was cut before release. Just like the Gunners being an offshoot of the Minutemen in Fallout 4. The Silver Hand are just bandits. The Gunners are just raiders. It's weird that this same problem has happened twice.

[@Snicketbar]

I've heard that theory about the Silver Sand being former companions from a few folks. Some claim there is cut content that supports this claim. But the Gunners one you mentioned is a new one.

[@MrAmericanGuy1]

Gunner being an offshoot of minutemen?! That’s mind blowing! And make sense for the lore. But instead they just make them straight up raider with no explanation.

[@ashwolf2006]

@@MrAmericanGuy1 blame bethesda's lead writer for their games. he just reused the plot's from their past games.

[@MrAmericanGuy1]

@@ashwolf2006 I remember that. I heard he’s a lead writer for Starfield too. It’s seem that all he want to do is force a story not role play a story for RPG player

[@ashwolf2006]

@@MrAmericanGuy1 yup he is "That guy" who went on a rant and has the very shallow excuse making stories are hard. when all he did was reuse the plot's of certain dlc's of bethesda games. just look at the dragonborn dlc, the ending is almost similar to shivering isle's ending. and people say that skyrim's story is a masterpiece when your character's actions feels like it availed to nothing in the end.

[@lefteron6804]

I swear this playthought becomes interspecies reviews slowly.

[@sokumotanaka9271]

The first time I saw a dark brotherhood assassin, they tried to attack me the same time a boihetha cultist tried and me and Kharjo watched them fight each other and when I got tired, fireballed them both to death- this for some reason (The reason was; I launched the assassin somewhere I couldn't find them.) sparked a series of bizarre events in which I constantly would get attacked by assassins but they'd get killed by a saber cat, or the companions defending their harbinger, sometimes a bandit and funnily a swooping dragon. I had to wonder what astrid thought "This man is a powerful mastermind!" and they just get killed by random happenstance. No wonder the dark brotherhood's on bad times, they suck.

[@pbsixgun6]

Cursed by the God of ill luck. lol

[@StealthTheFoxz]

@@pbsixgun6 Who would be the closest Daedric Prince to resemble luck?

[@pbsixgun6]

@@StealthTheFoxz That would be Sai AKA "Lucky".

[@mairaineplayzgames2205]

oh Zach, Aela gives out hunting missions, try the other companions for REAL mercenary works! try Skjor instead! 8:37 Aela said traders and travelers where getting attacked. not villages! the silver hand is an offshoot of the companions, the side that didnt want to have wherewolves in the companions. loooong story!

[@eepee_eepee]

Mike's Sofia impressions are priceless

[@Only1199]

The assassin was just out there minding his own business, performing contemporary dance and then along comes Zach and co to murder him, can’t an assassin contemporary dance in the wilderness without being killed.

[@PPpoopoolius]

I have a feeling that Zach would love the Knight of The Void follower mod because, y'know, big knight lady and all that....

[@newvegasadventures4173]

Glad to see that hangravin's orcs wolf women and ice waifus are your cup of teas versus Sophia a toxic woman who likes pinning two men against each other for funsies

[@theasorlins6027]

She's horrid.

[@walnzell9328]

I never knew you could get anyone besides Farkas to be your shield-sibling for the first Wuuthrad quest.

[@the-other-guy8991]

It is absolutely modded in. Farkas literally uses the spiders you fight as a reason not to join you in the final fight.

[@walnzell9328]

@@the-other-guy8991 No, that's for the quest to free Kodlak's soul.

[@trenchcoatbandit]

beds temba on a multitude of bear pelts

[@seran-nei227]

I honestly feel the towns people send the dragonborn off to clear a cave milrs away just becthey find him annoying. "Can you help us clear a bandit camp over on the other side of the continent for us and not anywhere near us"

[@mickyflint]

It less being a werewolf stops kodlak from going into the nordic afterlife and more that it forces his soul to go to hircines realm instead. Its like if every irl god was real to a degree and your faith determined what afterlife you went to.

[@TheAussieBlue]

Mead is fraking awesome. Its the burn of alchohol with the sweetness of honey. Its got a really strong raspy feeling as you drink it and its not bitter and sad like beer. You can just drink it a swallow or sip at a time like wine, unlike whiskey which you have to take in shots.

[@TheAussieBlue]

Oh and zach? Dont thank the drunk, its like when a southener says he'll pray for you. Its a politely method to insult you.

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

You can sip or swallow whiskey if your used to drinking it enough, or if it's a flavored type like honey or green apple whiskey. Agreed on mead though, that stuff is pretty great. Gotta be careful though as you face the same problem with mixed drinks in that it can deceive you into thinking you're not as messed up as you really are.

[@scifimisc9191]

You absolutely do not have to take whiskey in shots. Buy better quality booze.

[@HUNKthemerc]

Man, Zach is going to be so excited when and if he learns you can marry Aela, which I did every time I played

[@xanethestrange7659]

I dont think ive disliked a skyrim companion more than Sofia holy hell

[@lop90ful1]

shes comfy in a kind of way because dowloading it you know what you are in for also very fitting for game like skyrim

[@kosho2994]

It's astonishing that Sofia used to be the #1 companion mod at a time. With dialogue like that.

[@devonchafe2764]

Cringe waifu companions will always exist, as much as I wish they didn't lmao

[@ryanjones_rheios]

Sofia seems like a real psycho. Poor Zach.

[@Hell_O7]

9:47 Dude lost to a training dummy, it seems.

[@PunkRaider]

In another universe Zach has joined the Forsworn and became a briarheart to get close to his hagraven waifus

[@aviatorengineer3491]

Considering the general theme of creature mods featured in this playthrough I was a bit surprised to see Aela as the standard werewolf model.

[@ButteryGoodnessINC]

Never liked Sofia, but she's one of the original custom voiced followers which I respect. However a recent follower I have come to adore is a Khajiit named Sa'chil. So Mike, look into Sa'chil or M'rissi, also Inigo has a quest that you guys haven't done, and Lucien interacts with Inigo and he has a quest too. So many followers and quests for each one. It'll never end.

[@averywhitaker3513]

Sa'chil, like a satchel? Fitting with how I use companions, but a furbag fur bag sounds pretty good too

[@scifimisc9191]

M'rissi is as "bad" as Sofia is, if not worse. For how much Zach would like/dislike them as a companion.

[@alechachman9599]

Honestly i really like being a werewolf in the game, the combat is kinda fun plus immune to all diseases which is a plus

[@eddmario]

NGL, the ONLY reason I become a werewolf in every playthrough is for the disease immunity, since I don't want to deal with the vampire drawbacks or play as an argonian.

[@Dokari-l9m]

@@eddmarioI hold off on being a werewolf just so I can power level faster

[@jimbobbyhutchinson313]

Poor Sofia. She just wants a friend.

[@NovaLove-0]

I could be wrong but i think the companion quests differ depending on who you get them from. I remember doing allot of fist fighting for Farkas, Aela is known as a huntress so hunting makes sense? I guess,

[@PazuzuDeamon4horsemen]

Zach you can marry one hagraven. Just join drinking contest for a staff.

[@raygun26]

“I thought I could take 3 guys at once, I did in high school!” Mike is hilarious.

[@ricepresident2990]

“Temba, her chest open”

[@lambskrit2236]

I have never seen this quest but with Aela instead of Farkas. That was actually awesome.

[@StealthTheFoxz]

Today I learned Aela was supposed to be an alterative companion during the first fragment. Neat.

[@shadowragna743]

The spriggan will be taken out for its taproot and set on fire

[@VillainousMuse]

Hag ravens dont have HR departments to complain to about sexual harassment. They just send assassins

[@trenchcoatbandit]

raccoon has the Friend Shape perk damage from friends are null and voided

[@XperimentorEES]

Yeah Sofia is a prime example why I say Inigo is the best mod companion. But hey the companion quests are quick trips to make some money & experience!

[@Duo22]

Someone mod a hagraven with a shoebill motif that pins you down with her feet. Then put it in this playthrough. :3

[@suntiger745]

Quite interesting to see the trial quest done with Aela. Haven't seen that before. I would recommend trying out the "Song of the Green" mod and see how you like Auri. Although, I think Anne might like her more than Zach. Also, I would like to see Zach's reaction to Taliesin.

[@Jake-bg4un]

Mike; you cannot allow Zach to remove the Sophia follower mod! He must be tortured with it until the end of time; as the scrolls have foretold!

[@ashwolf2006]

on this episode of Mikeburnfire. Mike and Zach accidentally joined a group of Furries!

[@chopmopjeter18]

I forgot this channel existed for a while and havent watched somehting in a good year or two. You guys still got it! Turning on all your vids to catch up while I paint warhammer!

[@lukmaanpratomo6866]

36:10 Did Zach just slaughter the legendary Dawnstar Chest khajit caravan? 😂.

[@lefteron6804]

9:11 I know it's not a Yu-Gi-Oh reference, but I can hope.

[@Snicketbar]

There used to be a couple of collections that add it back in some of the cut content and gave the game a much needed stability, balance, and appearance overhaul. They're still usable but you have to make sure you're not running the latest version of skyrim.

[@beck-nightengale]

4:40 Nearly spat my tea at this bit. Comedic timing at its finest. Video games are so great.

[@AdamaSanguine]

Zach, being annoyed by Sophia's suggestive dialogue. Then immediately discusses spending the night Temba. Followed by Mike, saying she probably won't be around much longer. Silly lass, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Edit Fixed spelling

[@sunrunner97]

Zach, you missed getting the unique necklace from the drunk trio!

[@alecmullaney7957]

I never knew Aela could escort you to find the shard. I always got vilkas

[@kinagrill]

Temba Wide-Arm... I just get insta star trek TNG flashbacks to that 'Darmok At Tanagra' feek, 'Temba, his Arms Wide!' XD

[@TenkoBerry]

This was Great ❤

[@ericg9802]

out of my dozen playthroughs i've never had aela follow me to the tome

[@Sirscruggz]

Huh…. I never thought the companion you did this quest depended on the previous quests…

[@anangryhessian]

Huh ive never seen this quest with Aela before for me its always been Farkas

[@roxanne1762]

Cant wait till Zach meets Serena

[@walnzell9328]

Complaining about getting nothing but animal related quests when they're choosing to get quests from the expert huntress of the group.

[@Raymond670]

33:27 A good and justified reason as to why some people do not like these type of mod companions. They bridge on the gap of mod author's barely disguised fetish.

[@thee-wastegamer4044]

Brutally murdering the Khajit Caravan at the end was a great touch

[@maborg609]

I genuinely can't wait for them to get to the dawngaurd dlc, zach's gonna loose his mind over serana

[@cameronlaird949]

Zach the jail of whiterun doesn't even have it in him to fix his trash fortifications for his city much less any tower outside it.

[@GamingPs3player]

“I don’t think vampires are real” wait till they see the dawngaurd DLC

[@andrescastellanoscamacho1372]

I hope they have a special episode like "lucky single" after getting an amulet of Mara to get a wife for Zack.

[@QuixoteBadger]

The silver hand are so silly. They still go around Skyrim trying to other vampires and werewolves and collect daedric artifacts after almost their whole order got wiped out. My favorite character archetype to play is a vampire welding dawnbreaker, if they at all thought that request to turn over my artifacts was going to be answered with any degree of reason, I'm pulling out wabajack and turning them into a sweet roll.

[@mickyflint]

That's the vigilant of stendarr not the silver hand.

[@Hollow_Phoenix]

Never done or seen anyone do this quest with someone other than Farkas. Interesting mod - original, or cutting room floor content?

[@bluespartangaming1514]

I was about to comment that, too. I've stopped playing Skyrim years ago but all I remember is Farkas being the only one that ever did the quest with me so I'm wondering if it is a mod restoring cut content or if there was always a way for the other companions to switch between themselves for that quest.

[@averywhitaker3513]

It definitely isn't base game. I've heard other commenter's say that it's cut content

[@TooLateForIeago]

As far as mercenary outfits go, let’s be real: the Companions aren’t very good. Killing wild animals, punching randos, and not accepting contracts from the biggest employers. Even if they refuse contracts from Ulfric or the Empire, the Jarls would have plenty of security work that would need doing in the middle of a civil war.

[@ramonalderete3404]

I do have a couple of mod suggestions you guys might like 1. NEW LEGION (New Imperial legion armor) 2. Unplayable Faction armor mod 3.NordWarUA's Vanilla Armor Replacer mod 4. NordWarUA's Race Armor 5. Sons Of Skyrim by NordWarUA's 6. Serena Dialogue Add-On 7. Old Kingdom weapons Ya might like em

[@BnYGame]

8:51 Nice

[@Argyle117]

I have neeeveer had aela be selected as my companion for this quest, I didn’t think you could have Aela. I always got vilkas as my shield brother for the quest.

[@HysteriaMaster78]

The Silver Hand are a basically bigots who hate werewolves. From the Vigilant of Stendarr. It was also theorized that they were once Companions themselves. And viewed themselves as real descendants of Ysgramor's 500 companions. Etc.

[@_Salok]

36:35 Okay that one was legit funny to me

[@Raymond670]

Oh no, Zach killed a khajiit caravan

[@FriesXC]

NO WAY! i was here for a new vid

[@loveyuiz]

Strange, whenever i do the “proving honor” quest it’s always Farkas who accompanies me. Is it possible for Aela or Vilkas to accompany you as well or is this a mod ?

[@whitewolf44a]

I think it depends on who you are doing the most quests for

[@wardenblack117]

Has anyone questioned these 2 things quarry where are they and the oblivion crisis that spread from cyrodil to morrowind and southern skyrim where are the gate ruins

[@djones753]

Wonder if Zach knows he can actually marry aela

[@imsodelirous2743]

There is no way I just saw you join a discord I'm in, to keep some anon for you, the choice of Halo is nice brother

[@glassbreaker7371]

Please do the Dawnguard dlc at some point

[@Midnight-kz2vh]

Hell yeah Batman

[@shotgunshells2]

Is there a list of all the mods added to this game?

[@dragonsongthevoracious1761]

I never knew you could do this! How did you manage to get her to be your shield sibling. Did you use a mod?

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Sophia doesn't really bother me. Not sure if it's the fact that I know she doesn't mean half of what she says, or if it's because I stopped letting degens bother me. I could see myself exploring with her and seeing what quests she's got.

[@sirkelendor5429]

I like how at the end of the video she says something that kinda sounds like flirting and then went "oh wait i didnt mean like that" like honestly i feel that i do that sometimes myself

[@SeanCrosser]

It's kinda worse that she doesn't mean it, because I'd rather someone like that just... shut up. I'd have more respect if she actually played the whole sexy sex lady fully, instead of pussyfooting it and backing down after every single line she says.

[@walnzell9328]

Seeing Zach pick up a black soul gem and then not suck up the soul of the next human enemy he killed has me cringing. Please tell me there is not a petty soul in that black soul gem.

[@sten0ne]

check out the dumpy on the atronach 23:04

[@TheCrimsonFoxx]

surprised mike didn't throw in the female werewolf model

[@jazzyjswift]

Wait, how do you get Aela for this mission? I only ever got Farkas.

[@arctrooperecho2654]

Werewolf go brrr

[@onyxwolfarias6523]

mike rename the racoon reginald

[@anbuagent12]

Okay, real talk? I never knew Aela could be your shield sibling during the proving. I always talked to Farkas cuz he's the closest to offer work, so i guess that's why i went with him. Im not sure if it says more about the game or me that im still discovering stuff after 3k hours.

[@deeplysuperficial1637]

it’s a mod

[@anbuagent12]

@@deeplysuperficial1637 damn good mod, then. The voice mixing on everyone was super convincing

[@Twist-The-Friendly-Hunter]

I have 2 questions for Zach specifically. 1. Having watched the start to your fallout 4 series again, do you ever look back at you shitting on a gun model/mod and feel regretful? you were that harsh as one of the old ones you were a tad harsh and I looked and it was a Pre mod kit weapon so it had to use vanilla animations and some models mish mashed. Then again I know your ADHD gun brain takes over and you have to point out inaccuries.. 2. Who adds the mods to the game and are you aware of it? I ask because there are a few mods that I know of that are British made weapon like the L96A1 and SA80 and would love you to encounter them and give your opinion on them as I know you may not have directly held and used them in your experience. Also if Mike adds the mods, are you unaware and ate suprised or does he give you some hints on what to expect? Regardless keep up the great content the disastrous duo! Helped me laugh through a lot of bad.

[@averywhitaker3513]

Hey, random psychologist reading this! Yeah, you. Why is sophia not ... interesting, but just about every other female, human or not, is?

[@suntiger745]

She's not my cup of tea either, but to be fair Sofia is one of the first voiced companions that was added to Skyrim. Modders have come a long way since 2012 in terms of both tech and writing for companions.

[@gabrielvieira9578]

You're not ditching Sofia

[@DSFARGEG00]

nacho cheese > cool ranch

[@demi-doll-animege-sama]

I like Sofia

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

In a way, same here.

[@sirkelendor5429]

Shes charming in her own way

[@demi-doll-animege-sama]

@@sirkelendor5429 agreed