Skyrim VICN Mod Lore Episode 1: The Story of VIGILANT

[@Silmarisi]

This was wonderful. Thank you so much. ^^ Ah, but if only it were as simple as it seems now ... right? That door is ominous. What could possibly go wrong if we enter?

[@vash600]

Ay it's the man himself.

[@fareltristan9009]

Okay so i finished vigilant, but never notice this door. Can you tell me where to find this door. Curious

[@GalCon99]

@@vash600 Woman

[@brettbolton1227]

whaats with the dooor

[@pabloquiros14]

@@brettbolton1227 Hello. I got to this video a little late, but I would really like to know...where's that door? I have completed Vigilant twice, but I've never seen that before

[@LB-py9ig]

VICN's mods are basically what it's like to live through a dragon break

[@AJ_from_Queens]

I said it before and I’ll say it again… this Mod is better then the actual game of Skyrim. If I was Tod Howard I would incorporate Vigilant into being a legit DLC and give Vicn his dues. The guy sticks to the lore like he friggin wrote TES…. He earned every single penny for this masterpiece. Let it happen!

[@herpesinflammation]

Act 4 of Vigilant is so emotionally grueling that I started fucking bawling when you finally wake up back in Skyrim, right down the hill from my house. No other game, let alone a free mod, has ever instilled me with such a catharsis.

[@ShrympyRS]

DAMN when that Stretched upon your grave" song started playing I nearly teared up, made me so nostalgic and remember all the emotions I felt the first time I got to hear that sung under the eldergleam. Vigilant is truly something else. Thank you for doing this series, definitely staying tuned!

[@closed2435]

This is epic as hell, can't wait until you get to Unslaad lore.

[@fr0stw0lf97]

Well... When a dragonborn and a half dragon love each other very much... 🤣

[@wetskunk8108]

Hotdaym after listening to your video, I realized how romantic (as in both literature time period and the emotion) Vicn writing is, and is very much reflected on your narration and storytelling

[@mr.heisenberg6517]

This mod is so good that you can't even move on to another quest mod prior your completion.... I can't wait for Glenmoril to get the same treatment Vigilant has, with outstanding voice acting. Unslaad is good but it is too short. Only Glenmoril left to try. Guess it has to wait then...

[@AJ_from_Queens]

This is so true lol all other quest mods don’t even come close to Vigilant. I hope Glenmoril gets English voice acting soon cause I am SO stoked for that lol

[@xiii-san5535]

Year later, but Unslaad is getting an epilogue! It's currently in development, but it's looking to be pretty big judging by Vicn's blog posts. =)

[@professorbaelus627]

my recent berserk esque playthrough was so fun with this mod, I love this lore

[@ComMaxil]

You sir are a lfiesaver. I played Vigilant last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, but confess that i had very little understanding of what was going on. This video was an enormous help and i have subscribed and will look forward to future videos. Might there be one on Sheogorath in the future, i still do not understand his involvement. I had a partial walkthrough but missed most of the refences to him and memories with him in them so was baffled as to why he shows up at the end

[@theowlcurator]

Yes, I'll definitely make sure to do one on him:)

[@MoistMalone]

I played through this mod a few months ago. I loved the story as much as I was confuse by it. Thank you for this video, your explanation was very nice I got chills right at the end when you talked about the good ending.

[@nickstein3129]

So glad someone explained this.

[@SkillBill1000.]

Mate you are a great story teller. I would love it if you did the full story of Pelinal Whitestrake. Keep up the good work.👍🏼

[@luisenriquevergaralamadrid357]

Thank you for do this... minute 2:30 and the firts mind blow came just to my face! I love this mod and i felt in that time that were a love tragedy but never figure the elf-human forgiven love.. it was more amazing now!!! Thx for this video.. bethesda should honored vicn made all this giant a genius lore canon.

[@0302156]

Fantastic video, It took most of my playthrough to really get what was happening, and then it hit me like a truck when the Inquisitor said something to the effect of; "Why are you here? Why did Shezzar and Kyne abandon us to this fate? Why did they forsaken us? Why have we waited so long?" Only to realize that the dragonborn is that salvation, that the divines never abandoned them, and that we arrived at exactly the right point in time to save their souls....if you play it that way of course. This realization is what makes the true ending so powerful.

[@Glass-Lemonade]

This is a really gift Naemira! I’ve always wanted to see somebody cover the story of vigilant, and this is probably the best way it could be done. Amazing work!

[@fr0stw0lf97]

Wow wow wow. Hold up. Altano is Bal the bard? Holy crap! I knew one of the endings makes a reference to how Jacob founded Altano and his journal kinda spoils that ending but didn't expected for him to be the bard.

[@Kreau]

Glorious choice, the most beautiful illusion

[@MeilynMei]

This mod trilogy is always my end game and i love it, kinda like final chapter for my character before i play new one.

[@dedstring]

I've never understood the dragonbreak more than after playing vigilant then watching this video. Mind blown

[@reggielacey2235]

Also this whole trilogy kinda leads perfectly into apotheosis, which will still happen a ways away in my timeline the setup imo is there

[@GalCon99]

Almost there...

[@clmaoo]

This is fantastic! Looking forward to seeing more vigilant/glenmoril/unslaad content! Also not to sound weird, but I almost did a double take once you started speaking because you sound so eerily similar to ryan hollinger lmao.

[@theowlcurator]

It would seem he is a fellow Northern Irishman. Haha, thank you! 😆

[@monchi9000]

Great Work Naemira! Will love to see how this series continues.

[@kuanyu1420]

thanks you for creating this. i played through vigilant twice and loved its tone of history, but couldn't piece all the clues together like you did. it's writing is subtle, so realization hits you harder. [spoiler] as we journey through coldharbour, we meet fragments of souls trapped there. many are famous historical figures. we kill them and live their memories, but with our choices. and we leave behind empty sites, cuz these fragments have attached onto us. dragonborns are walking soulgems. we become a mantella, crux of transendence to escape the greymarch. we journey into the abyss, we get molag bal himself. the choice in the end is answering: who is mantelling whom? i think this mod gives a proper closure to the story of the last dragonborn, which skyrim's dragonborn dlc failed to do. although that dlc plus here there be monsters trilogy come close. no matter what we choose, we escape with ridiculously powerful artifacts and spells. if we understand what happened, our new found powers are then completely acceptable. even the two owls. [/spoiler]

[@carvedearth5676]

Hey, Thank you for a lore video, its fun to see :D. Ever since I first started playing his mods I thought they deserved some vadyvidia style lore videos themselves. Theres some serious love he put into his work so I'm happy to see it explored. 8 outa 8 m8

[@ramonoski]

This was pretty good. Looking forward to future entries! This trilogy of mods combined is shaping up to be one of my favourite gaming experiences.

[@Alex-de5rq]

I swear to gods, this mod series is literally so...I cant even find the words. Absolutely amazing, so deep, the lore, the fact that it makes you want to read and hear every single thing. It made me so emotional, crying, being angry, everything. Absolutely amazing

[@MLPDethDealr32]

Im about to start another playthrough of it myself. Its even more fun playing as a Vampire and just giving Bal the middle finger in the end to be honest. I roleplay that my character ends up falling for Lamae after meeting her and decides to try and free her spirit at the very end. I make it a habit to leave mountain flowers at the statue of her in Windhelm. Its also ironic that when NPCs have that dialogue option of " have you ever lost a loved one", i can RP and say yes.

[@microrrufos]

Love it! I love your voice and your narration!

[@Illier1]

When I finished this mod I really had to take a day to digest what happened. It's hard to understand, but when you realize what you did it becomes a beautiful story.

[@AkiyamaKatsuko]

What a masterpiece this trilogy is. I've been recently replaying them and some of the parts have hit harder once you've tied everything together. Though I wonder if Hermaeous Mora will be the final boss in Glenmoril.

[@borisshnitkov7600]

I'm so happy I found this! I replayed this mod 5 times now and this is the first time I actually fully understand what happened now!

[@zaprowsdower4938]

A perfect video to watch as I near my second playthrough of the mod! You have a great voice for storytelling and I can't wait to hear what other stories you'll tell!

[@Chefbarbie74]

This was BRILLIANT! Thank you.

[@hibikikuze5420]

Man i can't wait for the next epsiode!

[@cherifgrib]

Seriously this mod is the best quest I ever played well done

[@iwakmangot214]

really interested in VICN Lore, Subscribed !! :)))

[@Arcus76HD]

Quick thx for the work, gathering bits and pieces together.

[@buggy4302]

Amazing work !

[@indigo5784]

Amazing video.

[@arceusdominus2612]

My happy ass chose the crying eldritch baby for no reason XD

[@misterhyde2817]

Jekyll aren: *get traps in cold harbor* Also jekyll aren: I wasn't ready and I'm trap here.

[@GalCon99]

Looks like I finally made it to this series. Good work Naemira, keep it up! These videos are really well done.

[@banelemngadi98]

thanks man I wanted to find out the lore

[@dope2690]

an amazing video looking forward to episode 2 ;)

[@ScarletRedCrimson]

I hope you havent given up on these lore videos, they are amazing and really highlight the talent put into every facet of these mods ^.^

[@theowlcurator]

Thank you very much, and not too worry! I'm patiently awaiting the final update of Glenmoril, a lot of information regarding VIGILANT/GLENMORIL/UNSLAAD will come then. 😉

[@cossack7385]

Hey, thats really great video. Continue doing this, can't wait untill you touch the Glenmoril, that's where things become truly complicated

[@RollerbladeCat]

yesss this is so good

[@Merlin_Ambrosius_1100]

I played it and loved it in the moment, but had barely any understanding of it. Hearing this made me speechless with the twists of who the bard was and everything. I was lucky enough to accidentally get the best ending, and I’m glad I did Also there’s fate inspiration too. Lazo’s armor is based off of lancelot from Fate/ Zero and there’s another set based off of archer’s from Fate/ Stay Night

[@evanawesome123]

Finally someone did it These mods are so deep and full of amazing well written lore that goes over the heads of most players. I love vicn's work. Is there a link to the vicn discord?

[@theowlcurator]

Yup! It should be in the description. :)

[@evanawesome123]

@@theowlcurator I saw it, swag

[@evanawesome123]

@@theowlcurator In the video you said bal (bard) made a deal with molag bal but I thought molag bal was bard and that he made a deal with sithis not molag bal. In the ending bard says "I am molag bal" and Sheogorath says "Our new sibiling" to bard implying molag bal isnt a daedric prince but is a mortal turned prince by sithis sort of like a reverse talos.

[@theowlcurator]

@@evanawesome123 Sithis doesn't really have a large role in this mod. Bard is a person who became part of Molag Bal (after years of servitude as Bal). Sheogorath was more or less welcoming Bard into Molag. 😁

[@Feber2001]

Glenmoril made me emotional...

[@Smah-yd7eh]

this video was a masterpiece

[@alterusseius3532]

About time someone came up with a video explaining the lore of VICN’s mods, they were never really coherent to me.

[@_mizune]

The first time when I played vigilant felt epic, especially when I had a chicken, minecraft steve, akuaku and a yellow man named lemon to fight alongside me.

[@herwigdesk5861]

Please continue with this videos!

[@Pappimen]

The most satisfying moment is seeing shattered Molag Bal in Aetherius after doing the good ending. Molag Bal is such an evil Daedra that has been haunting folks for so long that he's finally getting what he deserves. The Order swallowing his realm and him not getting Aetherius.

[@ReveredDead]

This is an incredible mod. Easily 5-6 hours of content right here and the lore. The freaking lore is deep, accurate and incredibly pieced together. My biggest gripe however was not being able to actually and legitmently sever Molag Bals head from his worthless body. As a Serana lover, knowing what happened to her, Lamae and Valerica to become pure blooded vampires made me want to kill him in the worst way possible. But I guess ensuring I get the best ending was the big middle finger to Molag. Even as a Vampire character I shun him in game. Never wearing anything with his name nor following him with Wintersun mod. And in every quest involving him. Siding with the Vigilants over him.

[@AJ_from_Queens]

I’m still confused about the story of Pepe… can someone elaborate?

[@bettercallhamza]

I finished the whole thing years ago but still wondering about it and wanna re-play it. Especially that I learned about Alessia and Pelinal way later

[@dans5662]

I actually just played these mods for first time in 2023. Their pretty incredible. I like how he tied the lore in and just didn't go off the rails. It would be cool if someone made a adjoining mod that had the vanilla game/ dawn guard recognize you and your achievements. To enter dawn guard after this and be treated as a newb is absurd. I didn't get the skill trees to go with the three.. maybe in the future. I always liked having a handicap though and relying on my weapons and enchantments.

[@sussy_61]

its weird that i dont get act 3 part in my gameplay with skyrim se, weird, i played this mod back in 2019 on LE and i get this part where you will enter that creepy house...i wonder why?

[@devaryth2296]

Tho I got a good ending years ago when I played this mod, I never really had idea what exactly was going on with the red stone. Thanks for explanation. There's one question thats been bothering me since I finished playing, was there any meaning of the cats at the very end? They were NPCs, no? I remember I just stared at them for few minutes thinking why names seem so familiar.

[@theowlcurator]

Remember that memory from ACT I when you meet Jo'vanni in the Ratway? Of him and Campaner'Ra? If you get enough karma, you will find them reincarnated as Alfiq (kittens) near Ja'zhan on the banks of The White River. Ja'zhan mentions he 'saved' them from a Chick Trader named Ja'zel. Them being there is more just a reward for all the karma you gathered but it's more there to serve as an introduction to Ja'zel The Chick Trader, who is a character from GLENMORIL.

[@billygoodmeme7635]

It's genuinely a beautiful yet tragic story. Never thought a mod made in a super janky engine would actually have me thinking about it long after I was exposed to it

[@faiyyyeru_17]

Thank you for this, i just started TES with Skyrim, so i kinda confused with the lore.

[@Yharam1066]

I thought the bard WAS molag bal before he was transformed by sheo?

[@dragonman7856]

Intresting

[@m1.01zahranormansyah4]

This is a lifesaver, im rping a hot tempered and pissed dragonborn being fooled by altano, and accept mbal offer to chase altano into coldharbour. I dont understand all, but what i know that i must kill It is a pain to back into save where before i accept mbal offer but oh well

[@b_is_alive]

someone actually made a lore video based on these 3 mods? mah maaan

[@dope2690]

also when will episode 2 arrive?

[@theowlcurator]

Either tomorrow or Sunday. 😁

[@dope2690]

@@theowlcurator thanks looking forward to it♥️

[@theowlcurator]

@@dope2690 A pleasure. Thank you for sticking with me! 👑

[@kingofbel6499]

Wait wait wait, the name option at the end ACTUALLY fixes the Dragon Break and saves the Bard? I thought that was just another dream decision, that doesnt actually change anything, just gives you a title. Dont tell me if this is explained in the sequels because I have yet to play them.

[@renkol123]

I desperately need this because I accidentally stabbed the guy with the needle and skipped to act 4. Didn't even realize what was going on until I had already dropped hours into it, completely lost in Coldharbor, and looked it up. Speaking of which, probably should have something that mentions that in the quest. The guy makes it seem like you have a choice to follow the Vigilants or a different story but you have to choose before Alcanto gets to the Vigilants, so I just stabbed him.

[@theowlcurator]

That's Orlando the Knowledgeable. He is a key player in the overall mod trilogy, but its generally advisable to avoid him during your first playthrough of Vigilant. :)

[@jacobwaits3559]

The Owl Curator, eh? Ever met a man in a black uniform with a gold mask by any chance?

[@theowlcurator]

😏 A charming fellow he is.

[@ElenaBG3]

Are you one of the voice actors? huh sounds familiar...

[@vanhnguyen8776]

i play vigilant again and again after i watch this video half a year ago and yesterday i finished my vigilant for 7th times

[@MegaPlayerXxX]

This mod alone gave this game a new purpose. I could be playing it over and over. When I first played it, I was the hero. I was the Dragonborn, child of Akatosh, savior of the world. No enemy threatened me. I was ready to meet Molag Bal face to face. But as I continued, I wanted to know more. Who were these guant enemies I was slaying one after another? Why are they hostile towards me? And why did Molag Bal take me to Coldharbour, the one place where I could actually threaten his power? As I kept on going, clensing every soul, slaying every enemy, I was piecing that mystery together. I vowed to free every single soul under thumb of this Daedric Prince. All will be put to rest before I face the devil himself. I faced maddened knights and lords. I faced sorce of corruption in sewers. I faced giants. None could withstand my dragonbone blades. And then, I climbed that tower, slaying demons left and right. Freed Saint Allesia from eternal torment. And there he was, behind his throne, wounded and weak. I felt almost sorry to slay him. But I did and finally, could leave this desolate place. As I did and entered Aetherius, I touched petrified remains of Molag Bal. He was no longer a threat, but still. I entered the abyss and faced him there. Dragonborn vs Daedric Prince. I have slain him and could finally end it. I picked flower for a friend stuck in Coldharbour, hoping I would be able to deliver it to him. And then... I saw the one last memory. I listened to the story of bard, beautiful song and then... talked to Molag Bal once again. He asked me for a name. And I gave him my own. It was time to end this vicious cycle. Molag's power was broken, his realm dead. For all sense and purposes... he was done for. And I returned to Tamriel, I paid my respect at Eldergleam and listened to that beautiful song once again. Hero in me was satisfied as I saved all I could. Souls that have been trotured for millenia have been set free. Warrior in me was satisfied as I asserted my dominance over Daedric Prince. And a poet in me was also satisfied as I have allowed two lovers to be reunited in afterlife. Finally allowed to rest in peace.

[@reggielacey2235]

I found this glorious channel because of your reddit where you completely shat on a guy for talking shit about this epic trilogy. Yo don't tell tell him that skyrim has an infinite multiverse and different timelines and that mods are actually "canon" yo don't tell him about what the godhead is and that everything is a dream by him,aka the player, 😁 ha sorry irrelevant and you probably don't care. Anyways you earned a sub and can't wait for you to finish this.

[@theowlcurator]

Oh dear 😆 Well I am very glad that you are here and that you enjoyed the video! 😊

[@ปลาทองอยู่ในน้ํา]

KWF x Vigilant is a very cool and very satisfied mod, I recommend the full story without skipping from act 1-4, and I recommend the true ending which give you the best outcome to your main khajiit follower. Another thing is *DO NOT FORGET TO LOOT YOUR KHAJIIT ITEMS BEFORE THE END OF ACT 3, ALL OF THEM WILL BE GONE FOREVER*