What Happens if You FAIL TO SAVE THIS TOWN in Oblivion?

[@xBOBALUx]

Aleswell that ends well.

[@judgedrekk2981]

badum dum tss

[@alaskanspartan89]

The door is right over there 👉 🚪

[@judgedrekk2981]

@@alaskanspartan89 how rude, that's no way to treat an esteemed jester....lolz

[@Pichustrikesback]

And then they celebrated with a mug of Ale from their well... The Ales Well

[@judgedrekk2981]

@@Pichustrikesback lolz badum tss

[@613aristocrat]

The effort it takes to fail this quest is admirable. The townsfolk are justifiably annoyed with the PC.

[@Pichustrikesback]

lol, the final scolding from Ancotar is well deserved.

[@trog69]

@@Pichustrikesback Hard to admit, but I laughed when he began the scolding, just on how absurd was the whole situation.

[@JigokuSheep]

If you are in the mages guild, there is an extra dialogue with ancotar which was overlooked in this video where you can express your interest in the spell when he says "nevermind. I don't mean to bore you."

[@DarkLOREDash]

Amazing!

[@benhagstrom2185]

Pour one out for all those who actually went inside the ruins and scoured them for any sign of Ancotar before finding out he was chilling outside.

[@VinnyAlvarez-dx1nm]

Yea I did that too, the only reason I was able to find him was because I could hear him talking.

[@BlackMesaScp]

4:24 I wasn't looking at the screen when this happened so all I heard was him turning to see a " A HAUR" and I spun around so fast, I cannot breathe.

[@hairmanism]

7:31 -- conversation finishes [invisible man]: "Be seeing you" wow good one Diram 😐👍

[@DarkLOREDash]

🤣

[@dimitar4y]

Technically, considering the spell gives you -50 luck, maybe it dooms the villagers by smacking them all with -50 luck too...

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Perhaps

[@logan_wolf]

There's no way Bugthesda thought of that.

[@norrecvizharan1177]

They might suck at making stable games, but they still at least put thought into their stories and lore, especially back then@@logan_wolf

[@RobinTheBot]

​@@logan_wolfThey used to be the kind that would, back then.

[@torinjones3221]

​@@logan_wolfBethesda fell of the deepend after oblivion. Its why fallout 3 was such a mess by comparison.

[@KoongYe]

Back at it again with Oblivion contents! Happy day! Blind shall see! Short shall tall! Fork for all!

[@hoddtoward]

Cheese! For Everyone!!!

[@DarkLOREDash]

I really need to cover that Bighead quest. That and Split!

[@hoddtoward]

​@@DarkLOREDash Sad, sad Fork. Sad, sad Big-Head! _-Big-head, until you make the video_

[@superwhatevergamin9634]

Very funny Sheo. Now stop making the cheese wheels bark at me. They speak too many truths about the frog that eats my slumbers.

[@southerncatlady]

How did you know that I needed forks?? 😮

[@pinkerton5382]

There's an argonian shepherd I believe that is affected too along with his flock of sheep and rams. He leaves the town and walks along the roads with his flock that you can run into. So I always make sure he and the flock is home before using the scroll 😅

[@nunya_bizniz]

Maybe that's why you can get 2 scrolls.

[@nealgrimes4382]

Get the flock out of here

[@CorvoFG]

In all the years I played this game, it never occurred to me that this quest could be screwed up quite this badly!

[@troodon1096]

To be fair, you almost have to fail it on purpose. It's not likely you'll fail it accidentally.

[@superwhatevergamin9634]

I love how whats-his-faceless says "Be seeing you around 7:30. Like... Sure. That's not creepy at all coming from a guy you literally cannot see and who could easily be stalking you at any given point. The sass on that uh... Um... That man.

[@duprica]

Seeing the mohawk pop out of his robe when you defeated him at the end was all worth it.

[@celinapelina]

“Vanished without a trace” - *immediately thinks of Roanoke*

[@l0rd0ct0d0rk]

Croatoan. I remember that from American history

[@springheeljak145]

14:42 "I'm not racist, I have elf friends"

[@DarkLOREDash]

Same vibes 😂 I only half believe him cus he is using a farm tool... vs being one.

[@VoVilliaCorp]

Have you heard of the elves?

[@Pantherrrr]

These are always my first quests. Getting the permanent storage at the inn in the early game is too good to pass up

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Why do you need it? I just put my crap in the crate at vilverin until I can afford the house in the waterfront district.

[@ketrianrenolsin9608]

I also do that for the same reason. Plus a nice place where I can sleep for free.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

I'm glad to see you are still giving Oblivion some love. For all Skyrim's changes, it is quests like this that really show what we lost from Oblivion and Morrowind. Failing as a choice, unexpected optional pathways, the feeling of real permanent impact on the game world we had and gradually lost from one game to the next. Like, with Morrowind I tried genocide to see how long I could go and how far I could get just because. Or the secret thief-assassin that burns all his bridges behind him in hopes of becoming the new sole "God" of Morrowind.

[@mikelapine1]

Which is why I love Starfield so much, it’s more Oblivion than Skyrim (despite what Todd Howard had to say).

[@FifinatorKlon]

@@mikelapine1Elaborate. Never heard anything good about Starfield so far

[@mikelapine1]

@@FifinatorKlon I would take anything said about Starfield, good or bad, with a grain of salt. My recommendation is to play it for yourself with an open mind and form your own opinion. In my opinion It has some areas that could stand improvement on, but is largely a good game if given half a chance. You may have a different opinion on it but you’re welcome to it.

[@johnnyboygriffin5764]

​@FifinatorKlon he barely elaborated. Play the game and you'll see the quests in starfield suck if you compare them to oblivion, morrowwind, hell I had more fun playing the trash daggerfall quests because atleast I had a fun giant world.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@johnnyboygriffin5764Oh, I have. Hell, I'm old, I played Morrowind when it released. I played Oblivion for literal years (and will again no doubt), and there have been tradeoffs each step of the way. Gaming was still much more niche and for geeks and nerds, so those games were tailored to geeks and nerd. Skyrim has great breadth, it's wide and beautiful and you can get enjoy the long journey of individual quests without many deep quest chains (the way they trimmed down the civil war is the obvious but prime example), but the older games have much more depth to them with the interweaving questlines. Both approaches have their benefits and drawbacks. I'd like Bethesda to pull back some and find a middle ground, but money talks and it's hard to ignore Skyrim's numbers. BUT, if they are paying attention and seeing how Skyrim has led people to Morrowind and Oblivion all these years later, perhaps they are keeping a wider eye on things. I guess we'll see if we can make it to 2037.

[@TtotheCizzel]

I like how you put voice to the dialog, really gives it life

[@mrchiefbs]

It's insane that I've been playing this game every year since 2006 and still haven't seen this quest before.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I actually missed it for the longest time.

[@ivancar555]

It was the first one I stumbled upon after leaving the sewers, I still dont know how I missed the bridge leading to the imperial city.

[@VardrunCRidleyKnight]

Funny, back in 2006 this was the very first quest I ever did

[@BigtimeAVERAGE]

There's quite of few of em. I'm always searching for them. Talking to every NPC and talking to them about anything I can.

[@ianbraun271]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who never knew about this.

[@rickardjarvinen]

It is funny. I always do this quest while starting a new playthrough. But never knew you could fail. Keep it up!

[@dragonfire481]

I had no idea while doing this quest how hilarious screwing up would be lol. While doing I was worried something horrible would happened if I messed up!

[@CWCvilleCop]

I remember when I first did this quest, I made a save and failed it on purpose, just to see what would happen. So, this was nothing new to me, but it's funny watching it play out again. Hard to imagine failing this quest in any way but on purpose, so it's good to see they still fleshed out the failing branch of the quest line. As janky as Oblivion can be, they sure did put a lot of thought and detail into a LOT of their quests.

[@robertfisher8359]

Glad to see you're still finding more things to share for Oblivion and other games! These are so often good content to watch.

[@atreidespendragon]

"Hey, do you mind not trampling on his crops"? homeboy has worked hard on those crops.

[@condemnedd684]

I wonder what would happen if you duplicate the scroll, complete the quest, and turn ancotar visible

[@talk-supersix-seven6021]

Cannot believe I'm witnessing new oblivion content, not only did I never do this quest though I've seen it on youtube I didn't even think that you could get such an ending.. The scolding you get from Ancotar is so damn funny!

[@NickHill668]

Ive been loving your videos. Ive listened to your entire dark brother hood full story while im at work. I hope you do the same narrative for the thieves guilld quest line!! Thank you for your content 😊

[@DarkLOREDash]

Hey Mr Hill, appreciate it! Should be done with the Thieves guild next week 😄

[@cathdodd5072]

"Mad as a cut snake". Your fair dinkum Aussie is showing

[@Robert-vk7je]

20 gold for the assassination of a necromancer? Oof...

[@esochibuike8477]

Damn Nords 😂

[@isaacstation]

I was just thinking about how much i wanted this series back the other day so glad to see it again

[@nouryy]

Been replaying Oblivion again and I recently came across your content. Keep up the great work!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Welcome aboard! Cheers

[@celestialstriden]

i know i'm late but i really love these videos of you just exploring quest in oblivion, it displays how much love and care was put into the game. your editing is spot on and i cannot stop watching these videos love your work man i've even checked out your other videos they're all great keep up the amazing work brother

[@judeaberdeen6848]

Just read the community post and I was wondering why I haven’t got your oblivion videos in a while. Hit the bell and can’t wait to binge watch your videos shortly. God speed on the algorithm working in your favour.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

If you ever get bored on an Evil Playthrough...piss off an entire Town's worth of Guards and have them chase you into an Oblivion Gate. Its pretty hilarious watching from the side as Daedra destroy them.

[@LunaxLang]

That’s so evil lol

[@DarkSamus100]

Nice to see some more Oblivion. You must really work hard at it for failing this quest. And that ending, lol. Thank you for the video. Have a good day, and the same to those who read this.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thanks mate & you too! What a lovely end of message.

[@aliciagreen5411]

I love this quest lol. The first time I played I got killed by an invisible wolf 😅

[@DarkLOREDash]

I should have gone in higher level ☠️

[@DistantLights]

Never heard of this quest, or even this town before. Vids like these inspired me to pick up Oblivion (after I finish some other games)

[@DarkLOREDash]

Oblivion is the gift that keeps on giving

[@williambobson3369]

3:03 Very topical line!

[@windingroadelven]

My favourite game of all time

[@DarkLOREDash]

You and me both.

[@hematophage3526]

I love your oblivion content! I hope you continue ❤

[@DarkLOREDash]

Oh, I will end up covering every major questline (and decent quest) can't help myself

[@aqsa4561]

Omg i have been WAITING for you to do oblivion again.

[@oghren6617]

You even get an infamy point for screwing up lol 😂

[@Klied]

If you keep this up I'm gonna end up spending 20 hours modding oblivion over and over and never get past the first hour of gameplay because my mods don't wanna work together properly. 😭

[@futurevegan8617]

I used Through the Valley (can’t remember if there’s an s at the end)… Stability, some vanilla friendly changes (that you can turn off in the ini files), graphics, and it’s all on mod organizer. The guide includes its own bashed patch so you don’t have to mess with Wyre Bash or TesEdit at all as long as you follow the guide.

[@flamingosedai1820]

Ah, the Skyrim effect Lol

[@joeeveryman6615]

Does he give you a second scroll if you read the first one in front of him or will that fail the quest as well?

[@hi-sm6dx]

I'm always happy to see content from you, especially oblivion content ♥️♥️♥️ thank you for the hard work as always

[@jobforafrank]

im glad i stumbled upon your content, you have a talent for story telling my man! subbed

[@Ponce1656]

This is the funniest opening to a video I've ever seen. I've never even heard that phrase before. 😂

[@THCGreywolf]

Love and missed the oblivion content!!!!

[@NyxVellum]

Great video as always 👍

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thanks again!

[@XothKubo]

Happy happy Days! Oblivion contenttttt

[@seldomsane5278]

This was a nice treat to wake up too. Cheers for the vid mate 👍

[@DarkLOREDash]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TexasAmericana]

I think it is time for me to reload Oblivion again.

[@matthewmclean9607]

Never came across this quest a decade ago… might be time for a replay of oblivion I think

[@hawkerhellfire9152]

Adore your Oblivion content!

[@danieldutton-finch9263]

Thanks to your video iv started playing this game and its epic

[@DarkLOREDash]

Glad to hear it!

[@MR_nobody_exe]

"Be seeing you" - The invisible man 🤣😂

[@SuperLumianaire]

Urnsi: you must really enjoy this whole hero thing huh? Everyone fawning over you? I'm not like that. Me: Yes I do and you will.: plays persuade Cheese Wheel game Urnsi: fawns Me: I see this as an absolute win!

[@NeinTeaAteKay]

13:12 "Yes, ASS just read..." wtf lol

[@lunarluger3498]

I always b line it to aleswell for a player home , and decent place to farm ingredients to level alchemy . The quest is fun and the townsfolk here I like to have around

[@camaleepaige]

14:44 My man really said “I’m not racist, but…” 😂

[@DarkLOREDash]

Oblivion writing was peak

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

I think Ancotar got into my Conan exiles game somehow. I nearly got merked by an invisible boss elephant twice now. And the rest of the elephants and some rhinos are invisible too, I assumed it was a bug but now I'm not so convinced...

[@ThePaperKhan]

Surprised so many people didn't k ow about this? Wow. Very fun quest.

[@ianbraun271]

Wow. I had Oblivion for literal years, and didn't know about this.

[@megamax898]

Townspeople: “We couldn’t find him. He’s hiding.” Hero of Kavach arrives at the fort. Ancotar: “Go away!”

[@AwkwardSegway95]

Zero Visibility is usually the first thing I do for each of my characters after finishing the tutorial. Free storage and bed right at the start of the game.

[@BiggRich95]

Ohhhh yeaaaa love oblivion content !

[@stevendoe2646]

About time

[@MyratheDunmer]

Awesome! Did you already do the failure of the last thieves guild quest? That’s a big one

[@DarkLOREDash]

The final thieves guild quest 🤔 im chewing thru the fail states of "may the best thief win" atm!

[@MyratheDunmer]

brilliant! well, when you get to the final quest in that storyline, you'll find a ton to sink your teeth into. all your Oblivion content is thoroughly entertaining btw

[@ChaoticGoodPeasant23]

That opening is brutal lmfao

[@duncancarter9456]

Another masterpiece!!!!!

[@ninnie6676]

Really love your videos I love elder Scrolls and its fun to see someone playing it so thoroughly you should think about doing Morrowind because your also good at narrating

[@DarkLOREDash]

Well thank you, Ninnie. I plan on it!

[@0tt0z]

I dont remember this quest when i played. Im gonna have to play the game again!

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

Finally back to Oblivion we go !

[@ignorance5026]

Alls well in Alewells , trying saying that 5x fast lol

[@havagethesavagecabbage3616]

Found out there was more dialogue where as a mage myself you can go into detail about Ancotar's experiments. I like how Dash covers the quest but leaves some to be discovered skimming over useless details that add nothing to the Whole of the Story the quest is trying to tell.

[@muhammettaghan4097]

I havent played oblivion in years & somehow when i saw that inn i knew it was the necromancer quest 🤣

[@artsyvids2563]

Making his essential is a missed oppurtunity to kill him just to get the scrolls and ring muwahahaha

[@sinclair2469]

now i remember again how hillarious this game is with rewards. for killing the necromancr she gives you 20 coins. Not even enough to sleep two nights at her inn

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Is it possible to just dispel the invisibility on your own with a dispel magic spell?

[@PukeSkinwalker]

He did say that it would take a year for the spell to reverse. I am guessing if you wait 1 year, it won't wear off.

[@Mussa19901]

Finally another Oblivion video!

[@LaydiNite]

What would happen if you used the first scroll right in front of Ancotar? Does it still make him visible? Will he give you the second one afterward?

[@DarkLOREDash]

Yes, only using it near him makes him at all visible

[@LaydiNite]

@@DarkLOREDash Ah, ok. I was wondering if he reacted any differently, since the NPCs in the game do have a sort of line of sight programming.

[@TheManWithManyNames]

When I first played this game I thought they had a special invisibility ring or something so I killed the Orc thinking he'd have something on him. Sadly he did not.

[@Speckled_Trout]

Back on the Oblivion train 🙌🏽🚂

[@edwhatshisname3562]

It would have been funny if some of the townsfolk were naked. "Because when you're invisible, what is the point of clothes?" Then reversing the spell unexpectedly exposes them.

[@darksaber230]

So what happens if you use the first scroll on the guy and the second one on the town?

[@Smurfen249]

I remember u could just walk into the town and start the quest and not doing a pre quest for it

[@nureddinz]

I wonder if you talk to Diram before using the scroll, will the sisters want to be out of the scrolls range.

[@Clowyd]

Makes me wonder if the scroll will work on J'skar, but I doubt it because it is probably scripted to only work on Aleswell and Ancotar. Maybe it will work on the invisible creatures nearby.

[@DarthMirasshtar]

More oblivion?! Today is a good day

[@RKNGL]

Does the quest update if you kill any of the townsfolk?

[@kalythai]

I ***never*** found this town nor done this quest! I should replay Oblivion.

[@taelrmade]

it hasn’t aged well

[@taelrmade]

and getting mods to work is a pain!

[@Great_White_Shork]

What about Sakeepa and his dog?

[@DarkLOREDash]

I wondered why I saw a dog outline at some time. Bit sad I missed em.

[@lando8913]

Another example of why I love TES and Fallout. If you want to fail the mission by squandering the scrolls you can, and best of all they planned for it.

[@benjamindeh873]

I wonder if there's a different failure text if you sell the scroll :P

[@DecepticonScout]

During the blight!?...🤔 DRAGON AGE!

[@yuri_art_92]

Mou-Leg-Ballin'

[@DecepticonScout]

I wish I knew that BEFORE trusting him... I NEED that ring.

[@mattasticmattattack8546]

I didn't know Jason Statham had an oblivion KZbin channel 😮

[@Kammithekiller]

sweet, sweet oblivion

[@mrbonjangle]

You ever do a lore video over the white gold-concordant and all that? Personally I feel like the Empire only weakened itself when it signed a treaty with the Dominion, but maybe if I see a more in depth lore video about all that business it might give me a new perspective. I don’t see have losing Hammerfell and potentially Skyrim could ever help the Empire.

[@Shinobi_Fox]

It definitely didn't, if Hammerfell was able to push the Dominion back on it's own then really the Empire definitely could have at least recovered ground vs the AD before ending the war. The concordant was just meant to fragment it even more by banning talos worship (as it did) and without Skyrim the Empire is pretty much done for, they lost the support of the Dunmer after abandoning them during the oblivion crisis and red year, the Argonians seceded because they only care about their land and the Hist, Redguards were expelled because of the concordant, Orcs are all over the place, dunno about the Bretons. It's pretty much just just the Imperials (and maybe Nords depending) vs the Altmer, Wood Elves and Khajiit at this point, they are done for. It's worth saying though you can actually meet a spirit of Tiber Septim aka Talos in morrowind under the name Wulf and he says that the Empire kinda failed and it's time for something new and fresh even if the transition is messy. So depending on how much they have kept that little bit of lore from morrowind then even Talos wasn't supportive of the Empire anymore when the 3rd era ended. I think it would be better to have a new alliance or major faction rise up now, the Empire is just too weak, betrayed or abandoned too many of their own vassals/people and just doesn't have the leadership or support to survive.

[@mrbonjangle]

@@Shinobi_Fox exactly. I’ve been trying to tell this dude that the Empire shot its own foot by signing the treaty. He wants to put all the blame on the stormcloaks, but it’s really inevitable when you sign a treaty that allows a foreign nation to trample your people. Hell, they just released control of Hammerfell.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

At the time the Empire was bleeding to death. They were hoping to play the long game as elves generally reproduce much slower than humans. Since the Thalmor were just as devastated by the war the Empire wanted time to rebuild their army. Point in fact the Redguard's did as well as they did because of how devastating the war in Cyrodill was for the Thalmor. If the Thalmor had not been spanked quite as hard as they were the Redguards probably would not be able to strut around with big curved swords. While it is bad for the Empire that the redguards went their own way the Redguards did something the Empire no doubt wanted them to do. Relentlessly harass the Thalmor while they were still weakened.

[@mrbonjangle]

@@jacobfreeman5444 but if the Redguards could do that alone, then the Empire as a whole could defend their borders and replenish their numbers faster than the Elves.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

@@mrbonjangle not really. The Imperial army was decimated by the war. If they asked their provinces to resupply them with what was neccessary very likely those provinces would not just leave the union but may actually turn against them. Better to let sleeping dogs lie while they lick their wounds. That said it does seem like the Empire did a bad job at conveying their intentions to their vassal states as well as managing their affairs. They allowed a sound decision on how to fight the war going forward to disrupt their own plan to keep fighting.