Vaermina the Daedric Prince of Dreams & Nightmares | The Elder Scrolls Podcast #60

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Scott: *jumps directly to talking about the dream-sleeve* Me: "Ah, we're skipping the foreplay then? Just the way I like it!"

[@oghaze9318]

*Molag Bal has joined the chat*

[@jonbaker476]

@@oghaze9318 😂😂😂

[@najeewhite529]

@@oghaze9318 Yeooo chilll😂😂😂

[@j.pinardgaming985]

@@oghaze9318 Overpowered Comment.

[@nekomochi486]

What, just like that? Wham bam goodbye mam?

[@sarahbrady5508]

They could have literally just talked about their dreams the whole time and I still would have loved it 😂

[@jamiewatto3632]

They really should just do an episode where they talk about their dreams tho

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

It would have fit perfectly with this

[@walidovofsiddharthatan6130]

the first nightmare i can remember was being in a sewer and discovering my parents being whisked away by a whirlpool while the yeti from rudolph stood over them

[@andrewkelley9405]

yo that dude is still scary and im 30 now xD

[@mariovalento2220]

Oh my god I used to always have nightmares about the Abominable Snow Monster. For years and years and years I was terrified of it. I always dreamt that it or Big Bird or Elmo were eating me.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Vaermina is basically Sheogorath's goth little sister.

[@TheSynthPunk]

*"IT'S NOT A PHASE, SKOOMA CAT!"*

[@chosen_ashenone9677]

“So basically when you run out of creativity, you turn to political commentary.” 😂 actually made me laugh while I’m at the office working. You guys are great. 😤

[@KaisersGB]

That whispering of Amoung Us a little after 32:51 had me rollin 🤣

[@zulazhar1259]

Classics 😂

[@megalsmheegal1112]

Glad to finally get Vaermina, always found her really interesting and underrated. Both in fandom, as well as in lore

[@thalmoragent9344]

*"Same, she's my favorite Daedric Prince, her Sphere is pretty dope too. Worship her to kill your enemies in their sleep, and give yourself truly great dreams as well... an escape from the reality, the trap that is Mundus"*

[@sspectre8217]

She’s my favorite Daedra, I really hope that in ES6 we get to explore her realm in a mind-fuck DLC like how Blood Moon features Hircine, Shivering Isles does Sheogorath and Dragonborn features Hermeos Mora (don’t know how to spell that one)

[@Lukkilikka]

@@sspectre8217 it really does feel like they're saving her for ES6 i am guessing she will be integral to the plot and we'll be able to visit her realm

[@sspectre8217]

@@Lukkilikka Just the Dreamstrider potion has so much potential, especially if they theme the DLCs with time and memories.

[@antonakesson]

I remember there being an actual difference between bad dreams and nightmares. That bad dreams you can sleep through but nightmares will wake you. Of course I have also heard the definition of a nightmare simply being a dream which causes fright of some kind, whether you wake up or not.

[@donovanfaust3227]

I don't know about that only because there's a thing called night terrors which involves not waking up from nightmares. I don't know where you heard this from but it really just seems like semantics at the end of the day. People use the terms bad dreams and nightmares interchangeably all the time so I just wonder where you even learned this from.

[@antonakesson]

​@@donovanfaust3227 Ok, the bot seems to shadowban me for some reason. "This definition helps distinguish nightmares from bad dreams: while both involve disturbing dream content, only a nightmare causes you to wake up from sleep. Nightmares are vivid dreams that may be threatening, upsetting, bizarre, or otherwise bothersome." - Sleepfoundation When I heard this I don't know. Years ago from something else. Might have been a video here on KZbin.

[@dootytood2643]

During the Nightcaller Temple quest in Skyrim, the priest (I forgot his name) tells you that Vaermina also deals with memories. That she collects them and replaces them with nightmares.

[@euanprior1798]

I completely forgot about that but I guess through that lens, she's not too dissimilar from Hermaeus Mora (a collector of knowledge) and Mephala (a collector of secrets). It seems like these three all collect elements that are essential to the mortal psyche

[@samgski6140]

Unfortunate that Vaermina's connection to the cure for vampirism wasn't mentioned. It's an interesting and often overlooked detail that may add some depth to her character in the future.

[@Kucoz]

I love this podcast. I always enjoy lore, but the random tangents you get on is the best part.

[@saxinantay3244]

Last time I was this early the companions were still fighting a giant at pelagius farm.

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

Ahh, the best part of my weekend! Thank you, Fudgemuppet. ❤️💜💙 I would really like a podcast exploring the Khajiiti pantheon. I *still* have "Er dra Namira, er dra Namira, er dra Azura!" stuck in my head from several weeks ago...

[@thalmoragent9344]

Weird how she said "Er Dra Namira" twice, wonder why? 😅

[@andrescrespo2514]

I think it would be really interesting if an antagonist achieves a near chim like state through worship of vermina. As they have studied and worshiped vermina for centuries, they begin to understand the world for what it actually is, a dream, and they slowly can start to manipulate the world around them. Mass panic arises, a new Dagoth Ur, the head of a new tribunal, maybe a mad Khajit with the desire to disrupt the lunar lattice.

[@Lonelywookiee]

Oh fuck double whammy on a Sunday morning, you guys are the shit 💯

[@torstenw5723]

I don't know why but upon reading this I thought "you guys are the trinimac" and I had myself a little laugh

[@rhysthomas1699]

My childhood nightmare still finds a way to follow me to adulthood. This little nightmare cat kept leaping towards me & whenever I see a black cat, I am reminded that the cat in my nightmares is still prowling in my mind ready to hunt me down again & again. Unfortunately as the years went by the cat evolved becoming more humanoid & more menacing whenever I see it.

[@captaincrunchiii158]

I’ll always remember my first nightmare. I was on a playground and every exit was blocked by a wild animal I had seen on “Go Diego Go.” Then the dream changed to being chased around my kitchen by an alligator. It was quite an experience.

[@ethandalton8306]

Just mowed the grass and had a toke. Time to listen to our weekly Fudgemuppet podcast while I eat my pizza lunchable!

[@ethandalton8306]

@Something Mildly Homophobic what’s so pathetic about it?

[@darknevermore3]

I have an idea for your podcast: You've ranked the "best" of the different races, like Nords or the mightiest Imperial, now do it by class. Who was the mightiest mage? Shalidor? Sotha Sil? Divayth Fyr? Who was the mightiest warrior? Or stealthiest? Lots of room for power rankings and versus battles.

[@wtfisthisnonsense]

"Basically when you run out of creativity you turn to political commentary..." Oof, savage XD

[@adriaanlabout5291]

'.... broke and ran, pell-mell, from the gate.'

[@jack_corvinus]

One of the earliest memories I have is from a dream where my mom had her arms ripped from her sockets by a VCR. I was like 3-4 and I remember having that dream repeatedly (or at least returning to that setting) and feeling like I had to be a hero and stop the evil VCR that would spit out strings of tape and rip arms off.

[@devinphillips7044]

Have they done a redguard history pod cast yet? I would really really like one

[@azreon25]

Not yet

[@andrewkelley9405]

MULTIPLE TIMELINES AND DIMENSION VIBES INTENSIFY

[@redaethel4619]

They don’t get to the Cloud District often enough to fully cover the subject.

[@Vespiria67]

Funniest nightmare I've had was waiting in line all day to pick up Elder Scrolls 6 on release day only to get home and find out that the game is Skyrim 2

[@gerbenvanegmond4007]

Vaermina or not, another Fudgemuppet podcast is a dream come true!

[@HeWhoComments]

Scott’s piss dream story made me cackle! lmfao

[@keaganowen5940]

The best way to start a morning

[@stormingliondesigns845]

Yes! Vaermina. Couldn't wait for this one. Glad it's finally here.

[@dergeilteufel]

New head canon: ESO is a pocket realm of Vaermina, where she toys with souls she's captured.

[@thalmoragent9344]

*"Ah Vaermina, at long last, my favorite Daedric Prince. Quite the Et'Ada if I do say so myself, far better than those "Good Daedra" our Dunmer cousins foolishly worship. Well done, Drew the Daedrologist."*

[@YagrumBagarn69]

"You know Altmer, while not discussed, the goal to consume a sphere and conquer a realm is to do the same to all that is retained within. *head peaks around a corner* I would've thought you'd prefer the survival of Aetherius? Of course, I should not expect such knowledge of the grander scale outside of this sphere by one that has not looked in from the outside.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@YagrumBagarn69 *"Ah, so you've been able to see the Aurbis? You've seen all 3 Realms? Well, regardless, surely you'd help us escape this mortal trap of Mundus, as your kind had also strived to do? Actually, now that I think about it... how DID you manage to escape the disappearance of your race?"*

[@YagrumBagarn69]

@@thalmoragent9344 "Yes Altmer, I and my people did wish to be free.." *my own eyes seem to dim as my thoughts race to reach so far back* "As studies of the heart began, studies of the great truth were coming to fruition. Through protected study of what most call the black books brought via calculated invasions to that blackened library along with careful experimentation...we had learned how to...well leave. What we discovered the great truths.." *as my eyes look back into yours my expression sombers* "There are no words in any of your people's language or any others save my own for what we learned. The knowledge we gained even before that life cycle; the nature of that soul of yours, the true nature and intended plan of creation, what had gone wrong, the truth of the towers, the eye of the constructor, we had control of 3 towers by the time I was born again to see the Atmorans." *looks and nods at you in confirmation* "Yes I am aware of every life I've lived, each in a long succession. The truth of eternal memory and the knowledge that came with it was learned two lifetimes before the fall of the Falmer." *I smile knowingly as well as raising a hand in a direction* "I was the one that defeated that relic's great grandfather when he laid claim to high tower, waged all out warfare and when I showed him that we would not bend he desperately tried to use the tower in a similar fashion the imperials did with white gold tower. *I lock blazing bronze eyes with you* "Do not believe a history only told through the eyes of a waking dreamer, this is what we regarded every other races knowledge, simply because it is not accurately historic. No one even remembered the kalpas that came before, the previous dragon breaks, several of which we caused ourselves in order to save, to recover or undo and once to find out a truth. So believe me when I say that they would've done much worse than seal it away like the Atmoran did." *my stoney expression softens slightly* "Even as a child I could sense what that Falmer wanted with the eye, I could see the same insane desire to siege control if a godly tool for mortal means, I could see the dead Atmoran children again and I remember that their report boldly stated that he himself had led at the front of the entire fight. Would you give such power over to a race that already proved destructive towards their own kin thrice already before? Right after they just brazenly crush the heads of babies?! *I sit down and slouch my shoulders* "It is truly difficult to explain to one so singular in existence and experience." *my massive hand reaches out to you offering an open palm, unknown sigils and runes all tangle together into a warping vortex of energies* "I can show you but a glimpse of the truth Altmer, just a glimpse to be safe" *my other hand waves over my colossal form to show horrendous yet reinforced scars from grevious wounds despite my earlier display showing mortal weaponry does nothing to my flesh* "There are things out there that put everything I've seen within besides the beings you naively worship, somethings even worse." *ebony enlaced animorphs bring a chair over for you and back away as you see ebony clad ballista take aim at us as ebony spiders bring over glowing potions of full recovery and take up defensive positions as massive ebony centurions weilding giant tower shields circle us and lock shields, you notice amongst all the red pulsing of the blood of lorkahn you see the glistening pure glow of aetherium laced in and out on them and on my own gear, I catch your wandering eyes and nod behind you* "Aetherium was a material that allowed us to weave stability over power into even that which tonal configuration could not alone withstand." *a shadow falls over us and as you finally look behind and up you see a titanic demi-numidie stand over us, two extending cannon shaped attachments glow with red and white energy as it's eyes gaze down at me and holds up it gigantic hands, a brighter glowing light returns your eyes back at me to see first hand tonal manipulation as the warping energy in my wraith guard gloved hand has grown three fold and you understand the dangers of just what I'm offering as my now blazing star like eyes turn to yours* "A few still even worse."

[@karlandersson8652]

My worst nightmare was when I (in the dream) was investigating a haunted mine, I was trapped in a transitional mine-shaft between two ore-elevators, the one that took me down had already ascended back. Then I hear that the other one from the deep starts to ascend to my position, and somehow I knew that it was full of crazed cave-dwelling troglodytes that would rape and torture me, and there was nothing I could do. Luckily in my panic I willed myself to awake, which I did. Woke up with my heart pounding like crazy, scared as hell.

[@socuciusergalla3241]

you just dreamt "the pitt"

[@jaytheman]

I love how in dreams you just know things that you really shouldnt be able to know 😂

[@OurHourglass]

So she's basically the Prince if Self-Deception. That fits with everything you said. Fear. Escapism. All of it.

[@asbestosbabie]

the only thing i look forward to all week

[@brianwingate1298]

Love you guys! Azura and the box is to me one of the best stories, are there any others stories like it I should know about???

[@Recon-601]

I'm just glad that these videos that you guys put so much work into barely get any dislikes

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

On a different note, has anyone ever had a dream within a dream? I actually did, several years before that movie ever came out. It really stuck in my head because it startled me so much. It wasn't scary or exciting, but it still kind of blew my mind. 🤯

[@Lukkilikka]

yes. i have also had nightmares where i keep waking up, only to end up in a new nightmare. those things are the absolute worst

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

@@Lukkilikka Oh bummer!! I am glad mine were mundane

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Vaermina is literally Daedric Freddy Kruger. I love it and hope she gets more attention in TES: 6

[@brianroberts783]

Although I do have plenty of dreams about situations that could be considered frightening, I rarely count them as nightmares because inside the dream I am calm. The hilarious thing is, if I do have a nightmare it's usually about a small creature/monster, usually about 6 inches (15 cm). In these nightmares I know this creature is dangerous in some way, but nobody believes me, either saying something so small must be harmless or sometimes finding it cute.

[@TheDecree93]

I’m not a ES super fan but I love listening to y’all’s podcast.

[@ValeBridges]

12:16 reminds me of a dream I had where monsters kept running towards me and after they reached me a bunch of times I eventually got sick of getting caught and punched one in the face and woke up.

[@tonylouis6072]

Another one of my favs Vaermina! You guys are the best

[@ronronnie7175]

that dub step HITTIN doh 🤣🤣

[@Darkstar4451]

Ok a bad dream that stuck with me ' I was walking across a cricket pitch with my mates, when I heard a roaring coming from behind some house's on the boundary, then a plane appeared in view coming straight for the field. I was in the way and got crushed by the wheels. '

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

She is the force that calls the souls of mortals back to Mundus from the Dream Sleave when they wake. Such a force, tearing you from blissful perfection and thrusting you back into harsh Reality, would be seen as a nightmare to the mortal perception, and it is in these nightmares that she plays with their minds.

[@SilverFang2789]

Vaermina quest in Oblivion: Great Skull of Corruption in Oblivion: OP Vaermina quest in Skyrim: Okay Skull of Corruption in Skyrim: Terrible

[@Mal-sg6zc]

But erandur is a bro tho.

[@Azraelseraphim]

Vaermina's quests should always be insane dreamscapes. I should be venturing the dreamland of unknown Kadath or why can't I be a dreamthief.

[@quenc7254]

2 videos in one day you boys are aiming for 1 million by next month

[@patrickknowles6442]

Do a video on where all the pheasant comes from in Skyrim

[@haphazardlark1502]

This morning’s nightmare was just vaermina fortelling the uploading of this episode. It all makes sense now.

[@Vernon013]

Laughed through this whole episode. Great job!

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

These podcasts are my bedtime stories

[@CrimsonTear1996]

Maybe when people have dreams like Michael described where its more of a trippy dream but not quite a nightmare, Vaermina can sense that energy and come corrupt your dream, robbing it from the dreamsleeve

[@gerbenvanegmond4007]

My funniest nightmare had to do with an evil emu, that was out to get me. I hid under a bridge, in a ditch full of cold water. The emu slowly looked over the edge, evil intentions in its eyes. In that dream, as well as in real life, I made a scared sound, kinda like "huuuu". Because I physically actually made the sound, I woke up because of hearing my own voice. That was the funniest way to wake up from a nightmare I tell you. (in real life, I'm not afraid of emu's, so I have no clue why I would have a nightmare about it)

[@mudcrabmenace8534]

I feel TES VI should have a Shivering Isles-esque DLC set in the Quagmire

[@michaelrobb9542]

I'm excited for this one. I know so little about this prince.

[@Theology.101]

Double fudge sunday? HELL YEAH

[@mischake]

Skyrim, an eleven year old game at this point, has gotten many criticism over the years on things they could improve on in the many, many "versions" of the game that they have released, but looking at the series as a whole each game has brought a lot to an amazing amount of depth to the world of tamriel, and it really pleases me that there are still so many channels putting out quality content on skyrim and its predecessors 👍❤

[@ciaranmck4469]

Yeah hindsight certainly is something bgs did not have when making skyrim hopefully tes6 will be more of an 'elder scrolls' game because I have a feeling bgs really want to perfect tes 6

[@thalmoragent9344]

Yeah, but the Game does heavily water down and kinda toss out all the more interesting Lore on the Nords. Old Nordic Lore, as well as weapon variety and story depth in like say, Morrowind, all of that was taken away and watered down in Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim. But still, they did add a few cool things, admittedly, so while the Hate isn't _fully_ warranted, the disappointment is understandable

[@mischake]

@@ciaranmck4469 i honestly hope they are truly waiting until tue technology advances enough to realize their vision for tes 6 as they have said, but then I see the games they have made since and I am concerned they will continue down the road of streaming it into action games with little roleplaying but they make the worldbuilding pretty(which is appreciated when done well) to distract us from the fact the world makes very little sence and lacks true depth, world and npc simulation, and meaningful quest developments that impact the world. Things that do try to do those things far too often end on the chopping block until it is scaled down into the usual patterns of the games.

[@theace8502]

It's literally not even ten years old yet, how is it an eleven year old game?

[@mischake]

@@thalmoragent9344 i fully agree with you on that front. Oblivion was a disappointment in providing a unique world to explore, instead relying on cliche high fantasy tropes to contrast the realms of oblivion, which were well done but all the same and repetitive. But the quests outside of the main questline were more creative and the guild quests retained more of the morrowind questlines which aim to make you feel as just a tiny entity in that overwelming world amd you slowly grow into the power fantasy having truly earned it. By the time they made skyrim it was chosen one power fantasy from just about the start of the game. And yeah both oblivion and skyrim were highly untrue to the previously established lore. They patch the changes up with fun lore bits but it is plain to see that the provinces described were better than the provinces delivered. Still, it doesn't still have a community for no reason😊

[@devinestes5221]

I’m shocked they haven’t hit a million subs yet

[@binger8199]

Im a fan of Wayrests questline in ESO, like I actually felt paranoia finding out which local leaders were turning traitor from Vaerminas influence. I was suprised how powerful they potrayed our Daedric Prince of dreams, like sure she had an army of insane peasants following her but I found it incredibly threatning that she was able to turn good friends on each other and knights turn on the nobles they're supposed to protect. There's a line in the questline that gave me goosebumps went somethin like "Congratulaions on saving your general, but you have sacrificed your king". Like she legit got our man King Emeric suicidal and to me looked like she was gonna replace him with her mf skeleton chad boyfriend. I really enjoyed it tbh

[@rogehmarbi]

Woah, FudgeMuppet back to back upload, sleep can wait

[@lionpick7913]

A recent nightmare that i had involved me and pretty much my entiry family. Everyone was sitting on a long wooden table with a bunch of fondue pots filled with hot oil. The whole table was overrun by mice, everywhere you looked there where a dosen of mice running around, the rest of the table was empty. Weirdly everyone at the table was ok with that (including me), and just started grapping the mice by their tails and dipping them into the hot oil for a few seconds and eat them (including me). I think in my dream the mice had a weirdly sweat taste, in a very dicusting way, but everybody just kept on eating and chatting. After some time i just woke up, weirded out by wtf just happened.

[@AN0N_Ghoul]

Michael's new catch phrase: "Mate, are you being cheeky?"

[@gorge2786]

what if Jygallag and Peryite are fighting a war throughout Oblivion which is why we dont see the influence of Jyg. They're both important for natural order, but both do it in completely different ways.

[@Lukkilikka]

my funniest nightmare i remember is that i went to our kitchen and there was a human sized lady liberty statue in there and i was TERRIFIED of it. it doesn't SOUND scary but in the dream it was the most terrifying thing i had ever seen. in the dream i left the kitchen to run away and got caught in a hurricane and somehow i knew the statue had turned into a hurricane

[@GJWgaming]

First time I’ve been to a video this early

[@alexinfinite7142]

Same 😅

[@paladinmaguireofbos3347]

Vaermina is like the goddess of illusion magic if you ask me.

[@Azraelseraphim]

Not really since these Dreams can manifest into reality. Dreams are very real and can destroy you. If Bethesda had that old school creativity Dawnstar would have been a Silent Hill like warped reality dreamscape quest that you'd have to unravel and either banish or keep the Skull of Corruption.

[@Dan-B]

Vaermina gives me the fear that people will feel the need to tell me about their dreams

[@silverkleptofox]

Vaermina is super cool Peryite still #1

[@maxteraform]

Still waiting for the "Ranking Elder Scrolls villains" podcast

[@simontheblind8417]

Vaermina's "truth" could be a delusion, or possibly a statement on Mundus being Lorkhan's realm of Oblivion? Less "what I'm showing you is the Really Real" and more "what you will wake up to is no more substantial than this, the dreamings of a higher being." RE: the story of Vaermina and Sheogorath, I've always seen the various stories of Sheogorath overcoming [Insert Prince Here] at their own game as being apocryphal. I don't think Shaggy Wrath is much of a patron of truth in any sense, and maybe these stories propagate more due to his own amusement at peoples' belief in them than anything else. Which might, in a sense, add up to the same thing, him beating them at their own games (in the minds of their own worshipers, even though it didn't actually happen).

[@mischake]

Both your dreams are very relatable 😅👍 we get use to them, right? It doesn't often really scare us anymore, as you said the things happen but you're calm about it. For me that thanslated from me always running from the monsters to bringing the fight to them. I'm kinda proud of my dream self and look up to him. Honestly it has become lile my own super immersive high quality action movies🤣 wish I remembered them more often and forget the ones that are really bad.

[@KhanCrete]

I had a nightmare when I was like 7 that a giant tree grew out of my house and at the top was a dentist's office which was run by Keebler elves that I had to fight to avoid getting my cavities filled or whatever

[@gabr.7878]

Best series

[@RamblingMan.]

I remember doing my first quest for her in resdayn I had nightmares as a kid.

[@youtubesucks3490]

Imagine Jurrasic Park meets Barny and the Smurfs, that one still haunts me today. Purple Dinos, scary looking as Jurrasic Park, Short Blue Hobbit people and im the only regular looking person. Everything sky, atmosphere, Ground, everything had a Purpleish hue. That was scary because wasnt no cool super powers or magic or nothing. I was trying not to die lol

[@dagrentheorcslayer]

If we are in the dream of the god-head. Vaermina is the god of dreams inside of a dream?

[@serene1172]

so I'm getting the sense that she's the daedric prince of altered states of consciousness, but where the individual returns to reality unlike with sheorogath

[@jamesm6766]

If i rememeber cprrectly Daedra aren't bound by mortal time, so Vaermina might show several different possible time frames to mortals for a desire outcomes.

[@wrenwynter9336]

I don't dream, or at least, I don't remember my dreams. The only ones I'm ever aware of are wet dreams ...So I guess, thanks Vaermina!

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Paralyze + Fear + Frenzy = Sleep Paralysis Nightmare Poison.

[@mythicmars4848]

Been waiting for this one

[@0lAllan]

1:48 What 'in Oblivion' was that? It sounded like the Hypnotoad (from Futurama) covering Headstrong by Trapped.

[@Saint_Ixtab]

You for real or sarcastic ?!

[@TheScienceguy77]

I don't like the Skull of Corruption in Skyrim and I think Erandur redeemed himself so I've saved him in 99% of my playthroughs.

[@passerby5735]

It would be sick if she had some DLC at some point where we use the Dream World Amulet from Oblivion -- an artifact made by a wizard in that game, not an artifact of Vaermina -- to go to her realm. In Oblivion it had nothing to do with her, but lets you enter dreams. So arguably it should let one move through her realm with more agency than an actual dreamer. Also, it would just be awesome to find the amulet years later when it was a newly made artifact in Oblivion. Maybe, after hundreds of years, it's actually said to be her artifact.

[@Cyrathil]

Memories vs. Dreams: The brain acts very similarly to things that happen during dreams as it does during everyday life, to the point where you are kind of paralyzed to protect yourself from acting out your dreams. It's one of the explanations for incubi/succubi, dream paralysis, etc and why somnambulism occurs. Granted, we're talking about a fantasy setting but I don't really see the Skyrim quest being about a memory as that absurd.

[@maxwheatley4497]

Vaermina's mental torture reminds me of the Good Place. Everyone watch that show!

[@jomairelol2094]

Sweet, been a good while since i seen one of these lore vids

[@floatingcrispbag7842]

I shall listen as I fall asleep and relish in the irony lol

[@joshitzurha464]

Well all righty. The end of that was a little uhh yeah specific.

[@Mad_Tongues]

Worst the nightmare I've ever had started off as a lucid dream doing whatever I feel like then blinking and ending up in my house with this thing out of the corner of my eye my best estimation is that it was a little girl dressed up in all white and had no face telling me that I had no power over her and to let her in she got progressively more angry every time I told her no every light in the house turned gray like an old movie as the house shook and as the windows rattled

[@sindurwavesismaturf]

The only nightmares I've had are the ones where I'm being chased by animals

[@adrianf2065]

Are you guys going to make a video about the new concept art for the cities in starfield? I think it’s worth talking about

[@burningbronze7555]

Yes more fudge Muppet.

[@eyeofgnosis558]

I've often wondered whether there is a connection between Namira and Vaermina (despite the two sounding similar :P ). They both seem to deal in spheres of 'horror' and 'disgust' as well as both being 'unatural' creations in the khajiiti pantheon

[@iammaxhailme]

I've got a similar thing that happens to me in dreams... I have a weird thing with my right hand and it "falls asleep" a lot, you know, pins and needles well sometimes when this happens while I'm literally asleep, I have weird dreams where someone is like... torturing my hand. or a monster is eating it. or something. then i wake up and its just the stupid pin and needles. I think the brain makes up dreams based on what we are physically feeling, which probably explains all the piss dreams lol

[@EpicPrawn]

I think it would be interesting if Zenimax, BS, or BGS would expand upon Vaermina to be almost like an analogue to Sanguine. Instead of offering hedonism in the form of debauchery, she could offer bliss in the form of escapism. Taking a Dagoth Ur angle with Vaermina worship would also make her a lot more interesting, even better if they could find a way to incorporate Vaermina's influence into Dagoth's "Dreamers." Even including concepts like "inception" where worshippers call upon Vaermina to inspire political figures to see things their way. There's honestly a lot of cool and creative ways to flesh out the influence of The Prince of Dreams. Or even something like Vaermina being responsible for conspiracy theories due to their association to fear, which could be influenced through dreams. Imagine if every irrational conspiracy theorist in TES VI considered themself a "Waking Dreamer" with rhetoric similar to Dagoth Ur's Dreamers.

[@liambg2003]

Fudgemuppet with the checky double upload

[@parascopicvision]

To Scott’s point about being unsure as to what the Vaermina worshipper’s mean when they hype up her realm as a sort of “Promised Land”: I think the cultists are saying the world of dreams and nightmares they inhabit is more ‘real’ than reality because it’s a state of immaterial consciousness, which would be what the universe was like before the creation of Mundus. It’s truer because it was there before, and is the pattern underlying the physical realm.

[@evilmatt6465]

ayyy only 3 minutes in and we’re talking about dagoth

[@zanej3988]

Yall should do a Tribunal podcast

[@johnnyravo9043]

I just wanna see some more vanilla builds🙏🙏

[@HickoryDickory86]

It's funny to me that never once, when doing her quest in Oblivion, did I get the impression that she was evil. Rather, I always thought she and her sphere were cool and fascinating. I was always confused, then, when I would read the in-universe sources about her. Then I did her quest in Skyrim and thought, "Ah, so apparently they felt they didn't communicate her personality well enough in Oblivion so now they're overcorrecting to get their point across." 😂