The Lesser Known Beast Races of Tamriel | The Elder Scrolls Podcast #13

WELCOME to the Elder Scrolls Podcast with FudgeMuppet. In this episode, Scott, Michael & Drew discuss the lesser known beastfolk of Tamriel.
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[@RWNetworkEX]

Scott, Drew, and Michael are modern day Tribunal

[@ethanrobbins5008]

Which is which though?

[@ajcabanas5760]

Who's the hermaphrodite?

[@andydouge8932]

AJ Cabanas Scott

[@EJDubbz]

All hail Drescomich!

[@williamstark6162]

Who is their dagoth though is the real question

[@evancondon1372]

These sands are cold, but Khajiit feels warmness from this podcast’s presence

[@RWNetworkEX]

I love it!

[@electricc437]

Khajit has podcasts... if you have times.

[@sterstocks6784]

Khajiit has podcast if you have coin

[@TealWolf26]

🥰

[@hellnahboi.7601]

I would love it if they added hobgoblins. They could have deception skills for dialogue or something. If u know thier lore u know why I think they would fit in elder scrolls

[@ZorroLocoStudios]

I wonder if "Unfeathered" refers to Umaril being "not Aedric," since Auriel is described as eagle-like, right? Thus, the Aldmer probably thought of themselves as "children of Auriel," and thus "feathered," which would also explain their preference towards bird iconography. But it would also explain why Umaril is Unfeathered, because he's Daedric, an Auroran. Therefore, not a child of Auriel, and ergo "Unfeathered."

[@Makarosc]

Honestly unfeathered could just mean he was on the heavy side

[@sktzmplg]

Regarding harpies and their relationship to men/mer, there's a quest featuring them in the Alik'r Desert in ESO. A woman rescues a young harpy from being killed by mercenaries. The harpy is not aggressive to her or to you. Later the woman is attacked by mercenaries, and she and some others are rescued by the harpies - the one she helped brought her friends to return the favour. You can then ask one of them for a ride back to town. So that's another example of them having non-violent interactions with men without featuring Argonian/harpy...relations.

[@explodingplant2]

Huh. So they're so of like crows. Anyone (like me) who is pals with a murder of crows will tell you. I guess if crows regularly dive bombed people who weren't their pals

[@realzachfluke1]

That's really cool, I like that inclusion in the lore. ESO has definitely done, and continues to do a lot of good when it comes to Elder Scrolls lore. I wasn't sure about it in the beginning (as I know a lot of people weren't), probably because we started off on a rough foot with the bizarre alliances, but especially in hindsight, ESO has done wonders for filling out and expanding upon the history, lore, and religious pantheons of pretty much every culture and race on Tamriel. They've kept the series fresh as we wait for TES VI. Like could you imagine having zero new lore come out between Skyrim and TES VI, aside from maybe Legends and Blades? Would've been rough, no doubt about it.

[@anthonypants9182]

I still can't stop seeing Scott, Drew and Michael as preset faces for a Breton, Nord and Imperial male respectively. Would be the coolest easter egg in Elder Scrolls 6 for sure

[@king_kebab2949]

So you mean Drews the Nord, Scotts the Breton and Michaels the Imperial?

[@Rodney-bq7cg]

3 important scholar NPC's in elder scrolls 6?? Like make them as involved in knowledge as Neloth for instance (these podcasts almost seems like theyre just giving each other information on all the knowledge they have) sorta like the psijic mages just drew scott and micheal

[@karlandersson8652]

Its clearly bosmer, high elf and breton

[@liamnissanS2K]

If they let me on the panel they can have a little argonian man aswell.

[@somerandom3969]

@@karlandersson8652 eh idk bosmer have ginger hair his hair is definitely breton style

[@infinitylord4187]

Drew‘s voice was made for narration, even when he speaking speaking normally it sounds like he’s narrating something

[@imlaughing2death]

It's probably the accent.

[@markuswelander8551]

If A Night to Remember had involved a harpy instead of a hagraven, I might have wished for a happier ending.

[@kevind3974]

Especially if she just so happened to be declowed as well.

[@notsae66]

Cosmetic magic is (probably) a thing, fix all that ugly and a Hagraven is a remarkably powerful and immortal mage; sounds like a pretty decent thing to bind to yourself if they don't betray you.

[@markuswelander8551]

@@notsae66 If she's powerful enough to spell me happy, I'll give her a band of matrimony.

[@leek.3671]

Lmao that would have been far more interesting 🤣

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

Honestly, I find it hard to fight Harpies in ESO.

[@UnswimmingFishYT]

"I love the idea of eating the prey whole!" -Scott from Fudgemuppet

[@christiandidonna8808]

That's why they kept calling him a lizard man

[@thecomedygamingnetwork261]

Honest to God that's such a great way to start off Sunday or Saturday y'all are great

[@clock793]

Agreed 100%

[@PinkWytchBytch]

Can't agree more. It makes my day to see a new episode of the podcast

[@AllINAllmusic]

"We are all humans, right?" Sure

[@TerrariaGolem]

lol

[@SlavaBozhe]

I love your content!

[@kenethy6875]

Michael: "We're all humans right?" Scott: Nervously looking around

[@thecomedygamingnetwork261]

Scotts anunaki confirmed

[@PinkWytchBytch]

@@thecomedygamingnetwork261 But Anunaki are giants, I don't believe Scott is overly tall, is he? Judging from camera points, I think Drew's the tallest (his camera seems to sit a bit further from him than Scott or Michael's)

[@thecomedygamingnetwork261]

@@PinkWytchBytch Nope Anunaki are the lizard people. The Giants were supposedly "Nephilim" or something

[@uncledibby]

Pretty sure hes not

[@thecomedygamingnetwork261]

@@uncledibby no shit😂

[@PlagueOfGripes]

Something else interesting about the sload is their relationship with magic. The way people use magic in TES is sometimes portrayed as emotional, or at least explorative of the way the individual relates to the natural order around them. Sload wouldn't have any concept of it, so their means of interfacing with magicka would be entirely logic-based. It would be interesting to see how a sload understands and interprets magical forces. Maybe magic is inherently logical and the rest of the races are simply stumbling through it?

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

So Sload magic is effectively Dwemer magic, but less sound and more slug?

[@OgieSifter]

My interpretation of the elder scrolls is that the origins of the universe or just the world itself are more logical and scifi. Keep getting a nagging feeling that magic is more of a psionic phenomenon and magical traditions just help focus the phenomenon for other cultures.

[@OgieSifter]

I'd imagine for Sload it would just be math for them. Like logical perception+will+ritual=result in reality

[@travesty-studios]

@@MidoriOfTheShuinsen I was thinking the same, actually

[@edim108]

@@MidoriOfTheShuinsen Well, kind of. The Dwemer magic was a thing of its own, more akin to high level understanding of physics than actual magi as we know it. The Sload are masters of Conjuration in the form that is recognizable to other magic users. It's like learning languages. If you're an English speaker it's easier to learn German than Chinese. Sload magic whilst different has recognizable elements, like German has similarities with English. Dwemer magic is so alien and foreign and different that you basically have to learn it from ground zero, bc just like with English and Chinese, there isn't a single similarity.

[@ZyrusSmith]

Drew: "And then there's this race." Michael: "They're scary." Scott: But how do they _breeeed_

[@TheHortoncrow]

The Sload are my "favorite" race that isn't the playable/Dwemer. They are so alien, and bizarre. I was all about "the Dreugh seemed weird" back when I first played Morrowind, but the Sload take the cake.

[@kevind3974]

Ya they take that cake and your mind as well.

[@kgraves119]

And your life.

[@thaddeushill7080]

Hail to the Void

[@crustydoodlesack9117]

You don't understand how much I needed this right now. Very grateful. Much love bros

[@brendanbagwell]

Never been here for a video Under 1000 views, much less 200. Never stop doing ES content homies. You’re easily the most reliable source to learn the in depth lore of such an interesting, exciting universe. Much love!

[@PinkWytchBytch]

It makes me so happy to hear someone talk about the Lilmothiit. I always struggle to find much detail for them. Even though I know good and well there isn't hardly anything on them, I find myself theorizing and pondering over them often whenever I'm studying the lore of the series

[@badluck5647]

Too bad the developers used the Knahaten Flu to kill all the Lilmothiit off, so they don't have to add another race to the series

[@Xalerdane]

There’s enough furry art thanks to the Khajiit, we don’t need something else encouraging them.

[@Koyomix86]

@@Xalerdane There’s never enough

[@Trynt33]

@@Xalerdane Minotaurs: "Well hello there."

[@mophia339]

The Lamia in Greek Mythology isn't a snake woman, that is the Indian influence, the Lamia was originally a wolf like being that devoured children as a sort of boogeyman.

[@kyleellis1825]

I thought the Lamia was Hyena based. But for the ancient greeks, they would have assumed the hyena was a canine. So I guess that still works with what I was taught.

[@mophia339]

@@kyleellis1825 Hyenas are a Sub-Saharan species, the Greeks only performed a few expeditions down past the desert, even then they went by ocean, the most notable creatures they came across were the Gorillai, a tribe of hairy "women" they discovered off the western coast of Africa. The Greeks already had plenty of contact with wolves, the werewolf as we now know it first appeared in ancient Greece and Rome, in ethnographic, poetic and philosophical texts. In 425 BC, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus described the Neuri, a nomadic tribe of magical men who changed into wolf shapes for several days of the year. The Neuri were from Scythia, the land that is now part of Russia. Using wolf skins for warmth is not outside the realm of possibility for inhabitants of such a harsh climate: this is likely the reason Herodotus described their practice as “transformation”. The werewolf myth became integrated with the local history of Arcadia, a region of Greece. Here, Zeus was worshipped as Lycaean Zeus (“Wolf Zeus”). There are dozens of wolf and werewolf like creatures and stories in Greek mythology, they even had entire cults dedicated to the worship of wolves, it's far more likely the Lamia's appearance was based off of the Eurasian wolf, rather than the Hyena.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@mophia339 Hyenas are in Egypt. They cover most of Africa infact.

[@mophia339]

@@kyleellis1825 incorrect, Hyenas are a Sub-Saharan species, the striped hyena can be found in Egypt in modern times, in fact, the native population of Egypt is only 1000-2000 individuals, and was only higher when the Egyptians bred them for food, however they stopped that practice far before contact with the Greeks. In fact the Golden Wolf is far more populous, along with other wolf species around the Mediterranean region, stop trying to make Hyenas work when the myth doesn't list the Lamia as having hyena traits, but wolf traits.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@mophia339 Hyena range is in Egypt and nothing you say in a youtube comment is going to disprove national geographic. Stop being an armchair expert and STFU

[@jasminedavis5015]

Having a hard time with seasonal depression at the moment but your videos always make me feel better :)

[@Zargabaath]

Dysthymia checking in. I leave their playlists, and some other channels, on repeat to keep from intrusive thoughts when laying down. Sucks replaying every shitty/cringe thing that's happened in my life when trying to fall asleep, lmao.

[@patrickaycock3655]

Something that helped me was asking myself a series of questions until i got to the cause of my depression. Why and how are two of the primary questions. Why am i depressed? What set this about? How is something affecting me? Is there anything that i havent thought about that i disagree with? What can i do about it.

[@GunGun-cf3ss]

So what, challenge the thoughts You are not the cringy uncomfortable moments you have had

[@nindomocha1378]

8:07 Velociraptors were found to be feathered, so Argonians with feather's isn't that far fetched.

[@Henrex2000]

basically most dinosaurs are probably feathered

[@Etticos.]

@@Henrex2000 I think only therapods were feathered (mostly carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs like T-rex and velociraptor), but they were completely covered in feathers. The other dinosaurs like brachiosaurus and triceratops I don’t believe had any feathering.

[@TheAdoringFan]

The argonians do literally have feathers. In skyrim you can have them for hair

[@kuunt6065]

​@@Etticos. yeah, the avian classification of dinosaur had feathers, which I believe we're the majority of dinosaurs like the t rex. non avian would obviously not have avian characteristics

[@xSqrlz]

I love these podcasts

[@raganspikes5437]

Also in Oblivion the Elven boots look like bird feet.

[@James11111]

The elves have had birdlike motiffs on their gear for awhile because for them Auriel is an eagle, instead of the dragon Akatosh.

[@Kaiserland111]

Awesome podcast guys!!! I'm the DM of a D&D campaign set in Skyrim, and it is really fun to incorporate these creatures into the races and enemies of D&D. Thanks for covering this interesting and somewhat obscure topic and giving me lots of ideas.

[@azadisoleil6319]

Theory: 2020 is a dragon break

[@azadisoleil6319]

Andries Pretorious you say that like Red Mountain ever did

[@azadisoleil6319]

Andries Pretorious I’ve actually been thinking, what if there WASNT a battle of Red Mountain?

[@mlatourrette7083]

Patrick Rose I mean by the nature of the dragon break Isn’t there a timeline where there WASNT a battle of red mountain? Or did the battle happen before the dragon break. If I’m wrong then I’d love to hear your theory.

[@azadisoleil6319]

M La Tourrette Ok so what I’m thinking is that the Nerevar was there when the Dwemer vanished. Nerevar discovered the Numidium and in an attempt to impress him, Kagrenac struck the heart and they all vanished. Either by seeing it firsthand or by putting two and two together Nerevar himself figured out that forbidden knowledge and zero summed himself. No battle, dwarves and Nerevar are gone, Tribunal come looking for him only to discover everyone gone, Kagrenacs tools but no Kagrenac. Still refining the theory but I feel like there’s something to it

[@mlatourrette7083]

@@azadisoleil6319 I see what you mean by there being something there, i like the idea. here are the things that i think need to be ironed out. 1. so like. if hitting the heart was what caused the zero sum it would be what revealed the truth to the dwemer, and i just dont know how one would be able to infer that they were living in the dream of a godhead by seeing a race disappear. maybe im not totally understanding. 2. so i think i remember watching a video from fudgemuppet actually that mentioned basically...the dwemer werent monocultural and also didn't have a serious race wide lack of individualism or anything that we know of, so why did the whole entire race disappear not only because like. did no one have the ability to keep a sense of ego and live in a paradoxical state? also how did the house maid for some dwemer on the other side of some underground city gonna learn these secrets of the universe. if yo iron out those ill join team no battle of red mountain! i think theory crafting is wonderful.

[@Longshanks1690]

Since Nate is never gonna do it, Elder Scrolls Podcast on the Top 10 rocks in Skyrim coming when? 🤔🤔

[@BaalFridge]

High Rock best rock

[@SwooshJush83]

Yeah where tf has Nate been

[@Spike2276]

Top 1 - that one rock where the frost troll shreks you on the 7000 steps

[@James11111]

Do mountains count as really big rocks?

[@DualEquinox]

I'm surprised that when talking about Dreugh and Lyg you guys didn't mention that Lyg, according to an AMA that Michael Kirkbride did over on Reddit, is an "Adjacent Place", a parallel version of Tamriel which can only be reached by sliding sideways in some unusual manner, only being entered through its "non-cardinal" directions. While not super important to the Lore of the Dreugh themselves, the fact that this part of their origin basically confirms alternate realities/versions of Tamriel (and the possibly of there even being a multiverse comprised of many of these Adjacent Places) as a consequence is pretty significant to the cosmology as a whole in my opinion! I know, in the end, it isn't super important in the grand scheme of things but I just find it a super interesting tidbit...

[@blondsquirrel4739]

I mean the universe already consists on many realms outside of nirn, oblivion, etc., aswell as the universe basically being destroyed and restarted as a natural cycle, i heard somewhere that the sinistral elf’s and the redgaurd aren’t related to the other men and mer of Nirn because they were brought from the previous cycle to this one. Look into Kalpa and Dragon Break on the wikis, Kalpa is basically the end-time/resetting of the universe and Dragon Breaks are when timelines split off from eachother, messing with reality

[@scarletbard6511]

Maybe Umaril the "Unfeathered," means he was one of the few Ayleids that didn't take Bird slaves? Also, I'm suspicious of Drew, with his use of the term "Tributary State." You been playing too much Crusader Kings, homie?

[@idipped2521]

Could be possible but the picture of the bird people looks bad on the thumbnail

[@TheScrootch]

@@idipped2521 pretty sure that's just a harpy from ESO

[@rustysponge3398]

I love the backing track you use for the podcasts, it's so calming ^^

[@kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I love how the background music sometimes hits so silently

[@envoy2500]

My theory on the Dreggs is that they didn't go extinct or somehow lose their intelligence from being hunted. They retreated. They figured out some way to reproduce without needing to go on land and just went deeper. The only ones we ever see now are the feral ones who always existed but were in the vast minority.

[@sabrinadavis746]

I enjoy listening to these when I'm either building my dnd world in minecraft or trying to brainstorm ideas for races and creatures do said world. They give me a bit of inspiration. Keep doing what you guys do! :)

[@ibnyahud]

the Ruddy Man is basically like "The Mask" type incident lol

[@rileyhumphrey4391]

Drew’s eyes...my god, they’re so piercing and gorgeous😍

[@danielomeara7611]

I know it’s balanced the way it is, but I’d love to see more beast races. Maybe some playable but at least show the variation in the games. The way they included snow elves in Skyrim at least acknowledged them.

[@retrobyte2581]

The only other thing I can think of that possibly relates to the lilmothiit is the pirates of Akavir. As you mentioned, the lilmothiit are nomadic and maybe didn't originate from Black Marsh. The pirates of Akavir are said to contain canine and rat-like beastfolk. Not to mention, soldiers who happen to be an Akaviri man race were guarding a prison area in Blackrose, one of the likely colonies of the Lilmothiit. Yep, it's possible that Blackrose and Liilmoth were colonies of an Akaviri dogfolk race. So frankly, if people want to play as a lilmothiit in the Elder Scrolls games or at least see them without modding, they'll have to wait until the canon next invasion of Tamriel by the Akavir, cause an Elder scrolls set in Akavir is much less likely. Edit: The Lilmothiit are also likely not the race's name. A name I could think of that will obviously not happen, but it's fun to speculate is the Anuviik stemming from the hindu words anubhavee naavik meaning sea dog, which would fit with the asian theme of Akavir. NOTE: I AM JUST SCREWING AROUND HERE, THIS IS NOT THE CANON NAME!

[@the_corvid97]

I have not heard about that theory aboutthe Lilmothliit before, really interesting idea.

[@itssomedonkus5700]

Love waking up on Sunday to see this podcast, side note. I’d love to see you guys do a discussion on the psijic order

[@CthulhuianBunny]

The original Greek spelling of Lamia is "Λάμια" with the stress over the _first_ vowel. And it is with an α (a short vowel that make an "ah" sound) instead of an η (a long vowel which makes an "ay" sound) or an α followed by an ι (a diphthong which would make the same "ay" sound). So, since it is spelled "Λάμια", and not "Λημια" or "Λαιμια" (Scott's pronunciation), and neither is it "Λαμία" (with the stress over the ι, Drew's pronunciation), that means Michael's pronunciation ("LAH-me-uh") is the correct one.

[@subject8776]

This content makes me want to play Skyrim again, then I look at it and realize I don't really want to. I've played it for so long, experienced every Quest. I'm done with it. Im eager to see what Starfield and TES VI will be like.

[@dogdude259]

Mods friends mods

[@subject8776]

@@dogdude259 I use hundreds of mods and most quest mods suck ass.

[@winter-chan1255]

I'm more excited for Beyond Skyrim than I am for TESVI or Starfield.

[@subject8776]

@@winter-chan1255 Strange.

[@Kummitusv6lur]

As an answer to Drew: Balancing in single player RPG is necessary for good encounter/dungeon, enemy and progression design it's also there to reduce the chance that a specific race, skill or whatever becomes the "only build to play," or general gamebreaking reasons. We can talk about roleplaying how much we like, but most gamers, roleplayers included tend to gravidate towards powergaming. On the other hand you want to avoid situations where something becomes too weak. Too weak options and then a player will feel that they are punhished for their RP choices and potentially discouraged from straying away from the "powerful builds," unlesse they are into "challenge mode gameplay."

[@the_corvid97]

If I may add on, look at Skyrim for example, how often do people try to roleplay towards a heavy armored knight before they make their 100th stealth archer build. You hit the nail on the head.

[@jjtomecek1623]

Furthermore, if you want authenticity in your role playing, you can always just get some mods, too

[@PetitPoneyDuVercors26]

@@jjtomecek1623 Yeah, since I played mostly vanilla skyrim on my ps3 when I had my ps4 I enjoyed simple mods like the conjuration spells for elemental bows, that's quite cool for a mage warrior build, that's using only conjured weapons (I love the crossbow for the elemental ammunitions you can make) Stealth is quite powerful yeah, but in vanilla you can play stealth as a mage anyways with silent spells haha, I had a nice mage in clothes high elf with atronach to tank and distract while I spammed fireballs from afar, quite fun to play, and chalenging since I put almost all stat levelling on mana and litle on hp so an error kills you fast) Mods for rolepaying are nice, since it's quite hard to not fall into a stealth archer in vanilla when you find out it's so cool to play and you have to restrict yourself in a sense to not use that (if you're not used to rpgs and sticking to a role) I remember havin started a new game to play full steath archer when I discovered that it was so op, and do the dark brotherhoos with this character Then I came back to my first main character, a warrior with destruction, restoration, and sword But yeah I do understand the "always fall into stealth archer" memes

[@zoemacpherson2701]

Could it be that the elves venerated the birds, as to why they take inspiration from parts of there culture since they view some of their gods as eagles. Kind of like the Nord's venerating the dragons. Perhaps a previous plague wiped them out kind of like the Vulpine people. Also could the snake ladies be the hist creating a clan of argonians from the akaviory races.

[@m0nkeywrench]

That argonian & harpy love story is really cute lol

[@brendoncoyle5905]

I cannot put into words how much I’m enjoying these podcast. Keep up the great work boys

[@ethanrobbins5008]

How could I forget my Sload?I am updating my favorite races,Falmer, Dunmer,and Sload.With Altmer in 4th place,and Goblins in 5th

[@patrickaycock3655]

Just for the record: The Ants from the Stump in Riverwood (Asir) are NOT beastfolk. They are just ants, that have been given divine gifts from an aedra and deadra.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

To me, it seems like evolution works kind of in reverse in The Elder Scrolls universe. Life starts with the almighty gods, who gave birth to the Ehlnofey and the Hist. And they give birth to the mortal races. Mortal races since then have gotten less intelligent and less powerful over time. In early times, you have a race of Dwemer, whose technology remains unmatched to the present day. They were experimenting with things like space and time travel. But they died out. Then you have the Falmer, who also began as an intelligent race, and later became the beast-like shells of their former selves. Even giants appear to be a semi-intelligent race, and there are theories they and Nords may have a common ancestry. It seems like the longer time goes on, the more corrupted a lifeform becomes. The Dreugh probably went through something similar. They began as an intelligent race, being one of three races we know of that somehow survived a previous Kalpa. But at some point, it seems they lost their intelligence, becoming like simple animals. Maybe that is why the Kalpa is necessary, to give life a fresh start so that all the intelligent races don't devolve into animals.

[@xZigeRx]

yokudens and dreugh whats the 3rd race that escaped the last kalpa?

[@TheZeroNeonix]

@@xZigeRx - The Left Handed Elves. They survived the last Kalpa, only for the Yokudans to kill them off anyway.

[@notsae66]

@@xZigeRx The Hist and the Sinistral Elves, so there's actually four but the elves got wiped out afterwards.

[@OgieSifter]

I can't stop obsessing over the idea that some of the daedra besides molag bal instead of being the origins of beast races as some might think but instead originate from some of the other beast races from a previous cycle that managed to use one of the many ways to side step the cycle with their own realm

[@fordprefect813]

You guys commentary makes my ESO experience so much better.

[@amandaparizo7679]

Great start of the week to listen to you guys!

[@juanmora79]

This is the video I have been waiting for, I love the beast races of Tamriel! Thank you!

[@ulfurgaming4268]

im pretty sure if a guy is lonely enough harpies wouldn’t even need magic to seduce them ;)

[@uteykawii5432]

You three have been amazing to listen to, thank you.

[@wateryposedion5235]

The sloads are just Hutts with legs

[@LividNox]

Yes Michael, we live in a society

[@Jordan-zk2wd]

If Molag Bal ruled over the dreugh, maybe a lot of the water races of Tamriel used to be the "main" races, like the Dreugh, the Sload, and maybe Maomer, and perhaps that tower the remnant of a tower which upheld the universe in a previous cycle with a different mythology. The absence of the sea god could be because Molag Bal was a big sea god as The Ruddy Man, and any other sea gods could have been vilified (and this would carry ovwr is the end of the last kalpa overlaps with the start of the other, the gods of the last kalpa are the tyrants struck down and the heros of this kalpa become the new gods who will onr day be overthrown). Those gods could become daedra in the next kalpa or go roaming off in Oblivion, Aetherius, adjacent places like Lyg, or maybe even just weird cosmic void.

[@dspiros155]

The land dreugh reminds me of when Zoidberg goes back to his home planet for the mating frenzy!

[@personagrand5674]

The perfect way to start the week, Fudgemuppet making Elder Scrolls videos.

[@hannahr692]

I live for these longer videos ♡♡♡♡♡ I listen to them when I'm doing homework and its so chill to listen to 👌👌

[@jadedj5385]

What and where do Imps come from? They are capable of magic and as ESO's Augur of the Oscure pointed out, they have belly buttons. That implies something specific and natural about how they are created.

[@shadowcharizard4592]

Birthed daedra

[@Scotttjt]

Hmm. Not sure. They could be a form of lesser Daedra, like scamps. Or maybe they just fall into the "misellaneous creature" category, like trolls and spriggans. Creatures that are more than beasts, but can't really be considered an intelligent race.

[@nothingnobody1454]

Good point. You encounter imps in the wild even before you open the first gate in oblivion. Even at lvl 100 you never get scamps in the wild until you open the gates

[@ElectricOstrich]

I didn't know what was missing this Sunday until this podcast was uploaded

[@CURLYJAY69]

These are my favourite podcasts ever keep em up lads

[@fenrir7878]

Hashtag, make centaurs a playable race in next Elder Scrolls. Hashtag, never need to buy a horse again.

[@nothingnobody1454]

Probably make you buy horseshoes to improve your move speed :p

[@MartianYT]

glad you guys are doing this podcast

[@buisnesswoman1734]

TBH your channel is one of the reasons I stay interested in eso

[@soggy11]

Scott or Drew: Anything Michael: 100% 😂😂😂

[@justamoogle5268]

This podcast really helps mean relax , thanks as always

[@stunnafan8905]

I really hope that after the pandemic this podcast still keeps going it’s really great

[@giantmonkee1199]

Michael mentioned Clarisse Laurent and I immediately thought of her poor man servant Stibbons.

[@PinkWytchBytch]

Dear Goddess poor Stibb-boy, I'm having flashbacks of every encounter I've had with those npcs

[@inevaundastand]

You guys are fantastic. Keep up the great work

[@a_green_snake6451]

I want to learn more about the Lamia of ESO, they have always fascinated me the most

[@MailmanAssassin]

Dreughs have that post nut clarity after returning to sea

[@SMHBros]

I like how they all slowly become more chadlike as these vids continue

[@jorgecardoso5863]

These were soo useful and enjoyable last monday as I had catch and count 2002 little spider mites for an xp. The lab doesnt have wi fi, so having them on spotify was great

[@jakearavanis2698]

Rewatching it rn. One of my fav podcasts

[@kvltgaming4122]

I didn't know you guys did a podcast but I'm glad that you do. Happy Sunday!

[@brazytg1700]

This is their 13th one! 😂

[@repubblesmcglonky8990]

It's 2050 and finally we land in Akavir with a playable Sload

[@XJonAye]

Damn Im early, Sunday morning made complete. Thank you guys, you rock

[@patrickfields1640]

Let’s be honest. The Riverwood chickens are gods.

[@nivian8329]

This game has so much lore, I love it

[@Seifiros]

Michael's sad but true story about desolate depths of Skyrim reminded me about a shrine to Hermaeus Mora added by wintersun mod. Creepiest place I've seen in elder scrolls.

[@xgrandchampx8916]

Please please we need separate videos on: Lamias (coldharbour quest we learn they Can speak) Minotaur (in Falkreath Hold group dungeon we learn they Can speak) Goblins (in Auridon group dungeon two goblins know how to speak our tongue) Riekling (in Skyrim DLC they know how to speak!) Maomer (they know speech) Sloads (Also Got their own society and speech) So Many cultures to explorer!

[@jjtomecek1623]

I just want my fox furries to make a come back in TES VI :'( At least there'll be mods though

[@PinkWytchBytch]

I see I'm not the only one who likes the mystery of the Lilmothiit

[@Techhunter_Talon]

Aren't they extinct? Could have sworn the Argonians killed them off.

[@jjtomecek1623]

@@Techhunter_Talon there's some theories that they could have moved to Akavir and ecaped the plague, but most likely they are extinct

[@owo8996]

@@jjtomecek1623 Probably still alive but not enough of them are left to make sense for a playable race.

[@johnrolow1903]

I appreciate all the videos y’all do I love the elder scrolls and all the lore also the Witcher lore as well but I don’t have time to explore and delve into the lore between work and my kids so it awesome on my drive too and from work to be able to learn all the lore through y’all’s videos

[@fenrir7878]

Elven bows in Skyrim are shaped like feathered wings of a bird.

[@rezlov_]

Could the birds be a metaphor for freedom? They are able to fly and soar wherever they wants, and the mer feel trapped in their state.

[@Priceluked]

I like to imagine there is constant warfare between intelligent Dreughs and Sload under the water.

[@DixtunBabyAngel]

Regarding the Lilmothit, just like many animals are presumed extinct only to have some members be found alive later, I've always been under the impression there probably are a few left, but very deep within Black Marsh which is where they'd have to flee to avoid being wiped out. Speaking of all t5hese other races, how awesome would it be if you could play a Lamia? I wish we could have sided with them more in ESO, I like what little I know about them!

[@soggy11]

Can’t watch til tonight but this sounds so awesome

[@JS-bp7bu]

Very comfy to listen to

[@martymcmeme5362]

I’ve been binging all Bethesda games since all the news about their new games and I love listening to these pod cast while playing the elder scrolls !! Maybe by the time I’ve completely done fallout 3, new Vegas, fallout 4, morrowind, oblivion, Skyrim, (and I’m also trying to do ESO ) MAYBE we will have some more official news or a new game 😀😀

[@ciaranmck4469]

I did that when I was playing Twd and nobody knew if it was gonna be finished

[@HovektheArtist]

I know there's many birdmen but there is only one BATMAN!

[@sennemichiels6748]

How could birds interbreed with mammals? That doesn't make sense. Edit: they could also be Monotremes since they can also grow feathers and have beaks. But they still lay eggs.

[@travus111]

It's the elder scrolls universe, if lizardmen can breed with humans so could birdmen

[@the_corvid97]

@@travus111 Do we know if Argonians are cross-fertile with man or mer?

[@kevind3974]

Their most likely not cross fertile. Their matting, breeding and pregnancy are way to interwoven with the hist. Hell even if they could interbreed the hist might just stop it. But if the question is can they fuck that is a yes. Plus it really should be asked can we get a mixed kajit, can we get a cat girl. At least the kajit are much less restricted in freedoms because their just off the moon (and their own plain) and not omnipotent trees who use you as their seeds and mana. The thing is don’t fuck a dude kajit they got spiked dicks, so it’s aperently vary painfull.

[@vonfaustien3957]

@@kevind3974 if you want a cat girl thats the Ohme Ratt khajiit. they look like bosmer or humans with light fur covering, claws and tails and offten use face paint to look more feline and less like people with tails and fuzzy ears. They were the playable Khajiit in daggerfall

[@Etticos.]

@@the_corvid97 if I remember correctly all the main races can interbreed. I believe I read a book in Skyrim that essentially states all races can breed and the child will take the racial features of the mother.

[@Brendanvio]

Loving these lads. You’re making me want to join in.

[@GeorgeWinterborn]

I assumed at the time I played the game, '06 or '07, whatever it was, that Umaril was called "unfeathered" because he didn't follow the 8 Divines of the Aldmeri religion, and as such wasn't a follower of the Eagle God Auriel (which seems to be where the other Aylieds got their "feather" motifs), nor was he a pure descendent of the "Aedra (Ancestors)," since his father was a god from a previous Universe and he allowed Meridia to change him entirely (making her a secondary mother of sorts).

[@stephens721]

Wouldn’t the whirlpool that occurred at Thras be the Maelstrom of Bal that is mentioned to be east of Thras and is possibly a portal to oblivion. In ESO, you’ll find remnants of the All Flags Navy in Coldharbor. The ships that didn’t escape the sinking ended up in Coldharbor and it’s assumed that the Maelstrom leads to Coldharbor

[@xxigeorge]

If their name is inspired by the Greek Lamias it's "Lámia" 😁 The word is still used today as a curse word for a woman who is really really mean xD (maybe not as often as other curse words but still)

[@gadgetronking4255]

Theory about the Lilmothit, humanoid vulpines are a pretty eastern thing in real life so could be that they where a nomadic people that migrated to Tamriel from Akavir, perhaps due to being hunted by another one of the races there or some such and ended up landing on the shores of Black marsh and founding these 2 settlements and that is why they are known as nomadic people as everything else said about them condraticts there supposed nomadic nature as nomads do not usually form settlments and they most certainly do not stay in 2 places, if it where true they would have spread out towards the rest of tamriel and meaning some would have survived the disease. I would very much like to see this race explored in future games, not necessarily as a playable race, you'd need to a soft reboot sort of thing to introduce this, but as 1 or a group of survivors from their race, my idea is that a group of Lilmothit approached one of the Daedric princes to have mercy on their children and this Daedric prince decided to take them in, either a small group or a single child who then becomes the Daedric princes champion in a DLC or something where you have to either team up or kill him or hell if they where a "tribe" have them appear back on Tamriel and start a war with the argonians for wiping out they're ancestors (This could even be a reason as to why they're a playable race now that I think about it). The Daedric prince btw I personally think should be Peryite , he is the god of disease after all and he can easily cure it as much as spread it or he was angry with the argonian shaman who created a disease against his wishes, this would also give Peryite a chance to shine like the other prices that played a bigger role (though perhaps Clavicus Vile and even Namira could work).

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I subscribe to the theory that "The Unfeathered" is a title applied to Umaril after his battle with Pelinal by Humans as an insult. Considering that _The Song of Pelinal_ was written in the second era, and most likely by a Human, and was made from collected fragments of older Human-Written texts on the topic, its very likely that it wasn't written to portray Elves or Umaril in a favorible light, leading to them applying the moniker "the Unfeathered" to him because it was what one of the older human texts referred to him as.

[@calebrepass7728]

Idk if it’s been said, but in our ancient times, to have wings means that it was a divine creature (angels, winged serpents, etc.) since Umeril has divine ancestry, him being unfeathered could be that he has that divine ancestry but is mortal

[@noidentitynoname1256]

Love the sload so cool want to see them in tes 6

[@JustDrafty]

plz keep doing podcasts!