Why The Elder Scrolls VI: Hammerfell is the Perfect Location - Forbidden Power of the Redguards

The Empire. The Stormcloaks. The Thalmor. The Redguards. A forbidden power that sank Yokuda, and could destroy Tamriel... It's all been building up to the Elder Scrolls VI: Hammerfell...
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:35 - The Greatest Warrior in Yokuda
5:29 - The War of the Singers
6:34 - The Singers Sail to Hammerfell
7:39 - The Redguards
8:32 - The Birth of Sword Singing
13:05 - Worship in Skyrim vs the Empire
14:04 - Yokudan Creation Myth
17:42 - Their Unique Gods
20:15 - The Forbidden Power That Destroyed Yokuda
24:01 - Ra Gada vs Dwemer, Orcs, Nedes, Bretons, Elves
26:25 - The Death of Frandar Hunding
27:47 - The Lost Art...
28:29 - Crowns vs Forebears
31:45 - The Great War & The Aldmeri Scheme
35:43 - Can the Redguards Save Tamriel?

[@dragonberrymead9525]

"Tall Papa squashed the Snake with a big stick." I love how that is the lore. No climatic battle between two gods, no spell or curse, he just beat him with a stick.

[@Primatenate88]

Ah yes, the ancient deadly art of point-ed sticks

[@leonardomarquesbellini]

Probably an allegory for Ada-mantia

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

_Elf or something idk:_ "nooo you can't just squish the primordial serpent with a stick" _Redguard:_ "well he was very tall"

[@cralix2782]

Speak softly and You know the rest

[@W4iteFlame]

​@@Primatenate88now that sounds like muatra

[@fareflight2029]

I really, REALLY hope its not just Hammerfell and includes High Rock as well because Bretons badly need more lore.

[@LandStrider23]

I hope it's both, including Orsinium & The Reach

[@TheVioletBunny]

Daggerfall already took place in high rock (part of it) we got a whole game based on Breton stuff and partly hammerfell with Daggerfall too. Bretons are pretty boring Redguards have much more interesting lore so I’m fine with hammerfell.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Yeah, Bretons as is are basically just "Half-Elven Britain".

[@TheVioletBunny]

@@Im-Not-a-Dog yeah they are pretty boring the Khajiit have the most interesting lore of all races and most interesting lands. Eso did a bang up job with them but they need a main game. But I do think the Redguards are the most interesting human race in terms of lore so if it’s hammerfell I’d prefer this than other human locations.

[@DrewmoraYT]

I'm convinced it will be both, focused around the Iliac Bay. But Hammerfell is 99.9% confirmed in my opinion. The absence of an ESO Hammerfell chapter + the current political climate + the ES6 trailer

[@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal]

"what if we just switch the word shout with sword singing and remove all the trees" Todd: "perfect, ship it"

[@tymiller176]

I'm so glad Drew pointed out that the Shehai doesn't need to be in a form of a sword. That detail is always overlooked by others and why it absolutely can be incorporated as a mechanic in TES6, similar to how the Thu'um was added.

[@deadseven3474]

I don't really know if I want it incorporated though. I feel like the way it was described is so awesome and fantastical that any in-game limitations would need to be justified and I'd rather they just not bother if they can't do it right.

[@benji-24]

I just hope you aren't some legendary hero that can use a Shehai naturally and straight away, like the Dragonborn with the Thu'um. Something like this should be earned. Force the player to really explore the world they are in and understand it.

[@unclemiguel4221]

​@benkei4998 lore-wise it would make sense, I mean, you can't just hingle dingle and summon a shehai out of nowhere, making it something you'd have to earn would make it that much more special. Also I hope they bring back the spider scrolls, those were my favorite part of dragonborn.

[@ChocolateFishBrains]

The problem with it is that it's still about weaponry/warrior aesthetic. What if I don't want to use weapons at all? What if I want to be a Wizard? I don't want to be forced into having fighting skills when my ideal character is one who only casts spells.

[@tymiller176]

@@ChocolateFishBrains But it doesn't. It could be like a magical shield or anything the user can imagine. They could have a lot of possibilities.

[@ragewinninethousand4140]

I just need Todd to freaking hire you already. I need TES:6 books to be written in part by you. Stg

[@Callisto_Arcas]

My thoughts exactly!

[@rileyv.4786]

I personally would kill to go to Valenwood in my lifetime but think that a Hammerfell / High Rock split with an Orsinium / Malacath DLC is what we’ll get and it’s going to be pretty fucking amazing

[@dylanium5755]

We could have a whole DLC to restore Malacath to Trinimac, or at least to get back some of that power or status.

[@youtubecensorship842]

@@dylanium5755 No. That literally undoes the complexity of the lore.

[@Silent_Library]

Imagine a Yokudan DLC exploring the sunken continent. We would need some form of underwater combat, but it would be interesting nevertheless. I could see Orsinium as the first DLC, and then Yokuda as the final DLC.

[@badluck5647]

I want to see what the Forsworn are up to in the Western Reach.

[@wilhelmrk]

@@youtubecensorship842 Why would it? One of the Kings of Orsinium literally tried to reintroduce Trinimac worship. You could have a similiar situation to Sheogorath in a Potential DLC . Like someone mantling the Outcast God so that Trinimac can be reborn

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

"And when the noble and wise Sword Saints arrived on the shores of Hammerfel, they immediately used their benevolent wisdom to nobly enslave and eradicate the various native populations of the region."

[@ondolemarthejusticiar]

My destiny to conquer the sands of Hammerfell will come to fruition in about 10 years

[@jomatt8803]

Gonna be hard to do without a head, elf.

[@ondolemarthejusticiar]

@@jomatt8803 you fool, you don’t even stand a chance! Eleven supremacy is the only way!

[@mantaminer6669]

​@@jomatt8803 By the eight, be more civil you brute

[@meowmoew7950]

@@mantaminer6669 its by the nine , you imperial fool

[@damienanthro3010]

My only hole in this fan theory is an old interview from when morrowind was released. The creators were asked if they were going to redo the older games for console. Their response was that each country gets it's own game before they revist

[@FourScore460]

Drew it's really hard for me to not like your content. You're one of the only Elder Scroll tubers who knows what and where to research. It's so hard to research Youkodan mythology, so having you do alot of the heavy lifting makes me wanna say thank you

[@mark5222]

To be honest, I prefer an ES6 focused on Elves or beastfolk. The only time we got an non-human-centric game was in Morrowind and it turned out to be a pretty fresh experience.

[@grzegorzha.]

Let's hope TES7 (if we ever see it) will be in Valenwood.

[@CobaltSnek]

31:37 "proved hopeless." ESO, Markarth side quest Red Eagle's Song. Through a song & thinking what he really cared about, his lover Lyris Titanborn, he did summon his spirit sword, shehai! So yeah, you are wrong about Sai, he did revive the sword-singer art!

[@Callisto_Arcas]

I still struggle to understand the creation myth of Yokudans. But, based on numerous lore videos you made with Fudgemuppet, as well as podcasts, I know you have a passion for Hammerfell/Yokuda lore. If I'm ever gonna grasp it, it will be thru you. Thank you as always, Drew for the work you put into your content!

[@connorodum6710]

Story DLC exploring the sunken ruins of Yokuda would be amazing

[@tymiller176]

Not all of Yokuda though. Which is why it would be an awesome DLC.

[@Galimeer5]

So you're telling me that both the Yokudans and Dwemer came up with the name "Hammerfell" for the same region, at roughly the same time, but for different reasons?

[@DrewmoraYT]

Apparently lol. I'm sure Redguard historians embellished when telling stories of their decorated ancestors. But it's also hard to rationalise why an invading Yokudans would adopt the province's name from a race that didn't even exist anymore

[@youtubecensorship842]

No, that's what the Redguards are trying to tell you. The lore is completely covered with intentional misinterpretation, contradictions and omissions. It's why the lore feels so good, because it's exactly what happens in our world.

[@badluck5647]

*Iliac Bay* is the best location for the next game as it has both the Bretons and Redguards with some room left for an Orsinium DLC on the border.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Problem is... it's already been done with Daggerfall. As much as I want it to be the case, Redguards are my favourites, I'm wondering if we're not deceiving ourselves with wishful thinking speculating it will be there, but instead we might be getting another region, like Elsweyr or Valenwood, one that hasn't been done in the main series.

[@badluck5647]

@@octavianpopescu4776 Who remembers or cares about Daggerfall? Bethesda practically started over with Morrowind when it comes to lore. Also, any game taking place in the Aldmeri Dominion would be too restricted.

[@moskaumaster1594]

@@badluck5647 Much as I love daggerfall you are right

[@abdalln8554]

Daggerfall 2:Now with 40% less giant robot. Lets gooo

[@robertbeisert3315]

You know what I want from ESVI? Not a prisoner, not prophesied, but still the hero. In fact, I want to thwart a prophesy for once. "The sage Elder Fungus said that the Thalmor are gonna take out the tower and bad things will ensue," and then we show up and unbad the things.

[@Mr.Agateophile.]

Daggerfall 2

[@ThePlayer920]

I'd rather there were no heroes at all. You're a random person just trying to get by but who ends up getting dragged into a conflict between several factions (eg. Age of Decadence, Colony Ship, Fallout New Vegas and Dragon Age II) or someone that's on a personal quest of great importance only to them (like V in CP2077 who's trying to save their own life or the Nameless One from Planescape Torment who is trying to recover his memory)

[@wilhelmrk]

So you are telling me that one Redguard Blade singer could sink all of Alienor with an atomic strike. Now that should be one of the possible endings.

[@regrettablemuffin9186]

I think the name Thrandar *Hunding* is a big clue that he was an aspect of the HoonDing

[@idipped2521]

Drew’s narration of TES lore beats Morgan freeman any day

[@crandleberrysadie]

Yay! I'm hoping for High Rock and Hammerfell. Thanks Drew!

[@idipped2521]

For how it’s taking it would be nice

[@justindurfee9375]

If the next Elder Scrolls game does take place in Hammerfell, I hope we see and hear snippets of the Redguards' original language, which I imagine would be something like one of the Oriental or Indochinese languages. In fact, I think each race should have lines in its own native tongue, to give it greater distinction from the Imperial standard we hear everywhere at present. I'd say each race's speech should be 95% Imperial standard of ease of play with bits of their native languages sprinkled throughout that would be heard from the more isolated portions of the population or from individuals who conduct official business. I've thought about this quite a bit and have come up with a name for the mother tongue of each living, presumed living and dead race aside from those we know for certain are still in use: Angerthas (An-ger-thass, Atmoran, dead) Bazhad (Bah-zahd, Dwemer, dead) Brarjeld (Brar-yelled, Nord, living; similar to Norwegian, Swedish or Danish) Clavat (Clah-vaht, Dunmer, living; derivative of Tolkien's elves) Cyrod (Sear-uhd, Imperial, living; English, lingua franca) Eladrin (El-ah-drin, Altmer, living; similar to Tolkien's elves) Espruar (Es-prew-are, Maormer, presumed living) Garamond (Gah-ruh-mund, Breton, living; similar to a French) Giedi (Gay-dee, Lilmothiit, dead) Hyliran (Hill-ear-ahn, Reachmen, living; similar to Irish or Scottish Gaelic) Iokharic (Yo-caw-rick, Sload, presumed living) Kothr (Koh-ther, Kothringi, dead) Malac (Mah-lack, Orsimer, living; similar to Tolkien's orcs) Rashela (Rah-sheh-lah, Nal, presumed living) Shitaro (She-tah-roh, Redguard, living; similar to Japanese, Chinese or Korean) Sigali (See-gah-lee, Tsaesci, presumed living) Tengwar (Ten-guar, Mobaru, presumed living) Valmar (Vahl-mahr, Bosmer, living; derivative of Tolkien's elves) Yoku (Yo-koo, Yokuda, dead)

[@blakebrown3888]

we hear a little in the Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. When that wise woman meets Cyrus.

[@oliverholm3973]

Most of these already have names. The Atmoran language is called Atmoran, much like how the English language is called English. Or the how the Japanese language is called Japanese. Or how the Danish language is called Danish. So on and so forth. I would personally also hate if Elder Scrolls lore became so dull as to use derivatives of Tolkien's languages, and pseudo- Scandinavian, Asian, and British for its races/cultures.

[@xthelone]

Idk why I always come back to this video. I just love how epic the music is in the background matches as Drew narrates the video!

[@HITT1221]

I have to disagree with the comparison of Redguards to Japanese culture. Redguards are closer to Moors culture. If you get the chance to explore Moors history, it will bring to light many similarities, even down to how they conquered Spain. Also, thank you for the good content. I'm always intrigued by how you all explore and explain the lore of the Elder Scrolls. I personally like comparing this well-built world to our own.

[@Patch2112]

It is very directly based on Japanese culture, though. The laws banning swords are similar to Japanese laws banning non-samurai from carrying swords. Emperor Hira is a reference to Hirohito. The Pankratosword is also possibly a reference to the atom bomb. They obviously take inspiration from multiple sources but I don’t think it’s possible to disagree with the fact that a lot of their culture and history is based on Japan

[@HITT1221]

@Patrick Murphy I don't disagree with that they take inspiration from multiple different cultures. But their government is structured closer to the Moors and Mali empire than historic Japan.

[@RichardJohnson-vy6qq]

​@@HITT1221Aren't Redguards traditionally Arabic North African mixed with Nubian cultures? Just based on the structures and names....

[@HITT1221]

@@RichardJohnson-vy6qq I did not realize that but now that you mentioned it I see the correlation.

[@RichardJohnson-vy6qq]

@@HITT1221 Your right about the Moors though.... especially with the beef between Crowns and Forebearers...but if you read history Oba Oduduwa has similarities to Tall Papa....Shaka Zulu compares to Frandar Hunding....Queen Amina to Leki....etc

[@ajh8566]

I'd personally love to see Elswyer in all its glory. As always, the video essay enthralled me. I love these long lore videos.

[@TheVioletBunny]

Same here I’d prefer that above all but eso did a great job with it however it made me hungry for more Khajiit in the main games. For some reason these games always favor the human races.

[@ajh8566]

@The Violet Bunny We, as humans, tend to relate better to the human struggle. We don't understand what it's like to have the extended lifetime of an elf or the struggles of having an almost telepathic connection to Daedric trees. We do, however, understand what it's like to be human. I get why they do it, but I wish they would release something like morrowind again.

[@studiouspupil8189]

I feel like they focus on humanoid races because the big world ending conflict is mostly between man and mer isn't it? I'm a little rusty in my lore knowledge but isn't the altmers goal (or the thalmor at least) to essentially destroy mundus to rebirth it with just elves?

[@ajh8566]

@Studious Pupil The Altmer in Skyrim want to undo the world and return to their Etherial form. To become one with their Gods again. While the protagonist is virtually a God. And in the Nordic Pantheon, the villain is literally a God. I can't relate to that kind of power trip. Even when Partysnacks explains the dovahs way of thinking, it feels so foreign. In Oblivion, Mankar wants Mehrunes to undo the trap that is mortal plain. While the Blades, mostly if not completely consistent of men want to save Mundus. But there is no indication of the thalmor plot in that game. Morrowind has a totally different feel than that. You relate to the villains. You can see why the living Gods would want to retain their power. They're also better rulers than the 3 good Daedra. You can see why Dagoth is trying to poison Morrowind with the blight. Where as I can't relate with the Thalmor, or as I call them, The Third Reich. And I can't relate to Mankar summoning the hordes of Mehrunes to undo Lorkan's trick. To summarize, the writing for the villains is leagues beyond what we've been given in the past two mainline titles.

[@dakota6050]

It just isn’t good for a marketing standpoint. Cat people desert land probably wont make as much as white guy nordic mythology snowy foresty land

[@TheFearmonger]

what you want: this video what you get: todd gives bound weapons +10 damage and calls them soulblades

[@gerbenvanegmond4007]

Awesome storytelling!

[@Domo-fn5zn]

I see Drewmora, i click without hesitation haha

[@dylanium5755]

Absolutely right

[@procrastinatorextraordinaire]

same

[@veldrensavoth7119]

It’s like an eruption

[@carltongannett]

Yes

[@ProjectRedfoot]

Yess, tell me a sstoryy!

[@SirAshford]

I see an alliance with Hammerfell as the most important, sensible and obvious first political move for an independent Skyrim. Two kingdoms in alliance against the Dominion. The center of mankind would thus become Skyrim-Hammerfell-Daggerfall.

[@Fireontire]

I will be happy with any of the provinces but I do hope to get to see Black Marsh being its own game atleast before I die.

[@morrigankasa570]

The biggest thing I want for ES6 is ability to transfer your Skyrim Playthrough results into the game. Such as if you sided with the Stormcloaks then Ulfric is the High King of an Independent Skyrim which influences the story of ES6. Same for the various other choices. After all even back in the Dragon Age series that type of thing happened.

[@infinitecurlie]

That would be amazing. I always had fun in my playthrough with Dragon Age. And after a few playthroughs I'd just tinker with dragon age keep to see what choices changed stuff. (Damn. I can't wait for Dreadwolf to come out one day).

[@dcox3160]

Drew we appreciate you making this content during Redguard History Month 🖤

[@TheVioletBunny]

I’m half Italian a quarter scot-irish and a quarter Iranian does that make me half Imperial a quarter nord and a quarter Khajiit ?

[@youtubecensorship842]

@@TheVioletBunny khajiit aren't terrorists though? 🤔

[@shadowbanned1999]

​@@TheVioletBunny nah the celts are the foresworn, not the nords.

[@whyjnot420]

A few weeks back I asked "Why do I keep watching videos when I haven't played Skyrim in 5 years?" in one of the videos for this channel. (actually closer to 7 years as I discovered by my save files) Well, the answer to this has since been demonstrated to me in the most pragmatic way possible. I decided to load up the original Skyrim on my Steam Deck for testing, only official patches and DLC. I have seen old school Skyrim on so much hardware over the years, it made more sense to use original Skyrim. I figured that I would mess around for a little, uses coc to go to a bunch of locations to see the performance in different environments (with particular attention paid to Markarth) and stop. With the additional reasoning of "Skyrim without mods is Skyrim without fun". Reasoning that I suspect many people would agree with. I am now 160 hours into what has become my de jure ultimate playthrough of original Skyrim. After 130 hours I finally did add 3 mods to the game. One that allows me to use a 50 hour custom soundtrack that I spent a ton of time putting together back in the day and still had all the stuff for. One that makes the ore veins more prominent. Finally, world map with roads. As far as modding goes, this is essentially still unmodded. If (more like when) I start another playthrough of the game, I find it hard to believe I will do it with the original game. I am astonished at how much I still like playing OGV Skyrim after all these years and the bazillion mods I have used. Not to mention the fact that objectively better versions of the vanilla game exist today. I literally played the game for around 35 hours straight after "Hey, you're awake..." was first uttered. Only stopping for food breaks and whatnot. That time flew by. The 100+ hours since then have also gone by like they were nothing. Fun fact: 24 hours @ 60fps is ~5.2 million frames. That first session registered ~7.9 million frames. I forget the exact amount of time played during that first session since reloading is a thing. But when I did the math the next day ("day"), I averaged a framerate of ~55 (capped at 60) across the board. I.e. including such things as loading screens and whatnot. I was expecting a slightly lower average, maybe 45-50. Due to the game being from a very different generation in terms of what hardware they had in mind when developing the game. I was pleasantly surprised that the Steam Deck managed that high of an average. So yeah, demonstrated in the most pragmatic way possible. This has also caused me to reevaluate my opinion of this game in its unmodded form. I honestly thought that at most, I would get sick of it after a few hours. No matter how I try, 160+ hours cannot be defined as "few" in this context. It has also been interesting to play the game via gamepad. Playing it both using just the Steam Deck in-and-of-itself, as well as utilizing its dock to hook up a controller. Keyboard & mouse is still the way to go imo, but it does play surprisingly well with a gamepad. caveat: I may prefer keyboard & mouse for most things, but I do not ignore controllers and use them often on PC. So this isn't some gamepad hater having an epiphany or something. Merely a tidbit worthy of including here at the end.

[@pjarmitage8003]

High Rock is my favorite location in the ES series but the Redguards and their culture is the most interesting to me, I would love if 6 is all about Hammerfell, but I'd probably faint if it was a throwback to Daggerfall and took place in both Hammerfell and High Rock. Come on Todd, deliver!!!

[@JataDaYokudan96]

Redguard lore & culture is my favorite in the TES universe. If TES VI is in Hammerfell, I hope Bethesda doesn't imperialize them to the point where everything that's unique & interesting about them isn't present in the game...Like the Nords in TES V.

[@FourScore460]

Drew knows how to please his fans I asked for more Redguard content I get more content in the next video

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

"Have you heard about those warriors from Skyrim? they have long sword's. Long sword's" "Have you you heard of those warrior's from Cyrodill? they have short sword's. Short sword's"

[@NEMESIS_1234]

This was honestly my favourite video you’ve made, such an interesting story and aspect of the elder scrolls lore I had no idea even existed

[@BaalFridge]

Thank you Drew for this massive injection of fresh Elder Scrolls content as we deal with withdrawal waiting for TES VI news.

[@thezerowulf2046]

The Yakudans have my second favorite lore outside of the shadowscales. I would love to get to learn sword Saint techniques in the new TES game

[@akashchakraborty4083]

Can't wait for the game! Hope we get more news soon. Great video as always Drew

[@MadProphetDraco96]

Really loved how indepth this was instead of those no what if scenario's i loved all it genuinely and it has given me mu daily elder scrolls fix ( man i am feinding for elder scrolls 6 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 like a mad man on a skomma binge hahaha ) all jokes aside I LOVE the Elder Scrolls Universe i will always be willing to pay an 80$ game if it has detailed like it was with skyrim storylines and stuff like its so exhilarating when i imagine what elder scrolls 6 would be like yet then people like yall make video's like this it just gets me reinlove with the world of the scrolls !

[@m.m9295]

I'm a simple man. I see a Drewmora video, I click.

[@thalmoragent9344]

If it's between High Rock or Hammerfell, then yeah I'd choose Hammerfell. I'm a big fan of the Province the Direnni Elves once ruled, but as it stands, after Cyrodil and Skyrim, I feel a fresh, new environment is needed. The Savanah, Desert, Arid Plains and vast coastlines will all be well worth the exploration. That, and the Swordsinging will be another delve into the manipulation of the "Song" of the Elder Scroll's universe, as was the Thu'um, and as is Tonal Architecture. The Yokudan Culture is also something I'm most interested in as well, and I want to see the Yokudan Pantheon of Et'Ada portrayed well, unlike how the Nords of Skyrim have abandoned their Atmoran Animal-Totem Pantheon of Et'Ada

[@riverrr6997]

Tbh I want a game with lots of sea/ocean interaction. Boats, ship battle pirate crews yknow

[@tylosaur1133]

Curved swords! I like the character stuff options in Oblivion want it to be like that again :)

[@datasdukatcoat6429]

Thanks for helping the East Empire Company get back in business again. Think I'll get them to get me some of that aged Breton cheese. -also, Oblivion-like character management in TES VI would be swell

[@deadseven3474]

I hope that when TESVI comes out they backpedal a bit and revamp the skill system to portray the Redguard people's proficiency in light skirmish/blade to blade combat. I feel like ever since Oblivion fused blades and small blades together that they've gotten less and less unique from a statistical standpoint.

[@DaleTrevors]

You're a poet, this is poetry

[@teethelowlife5879]

The only thing I have against hammerfell is the nature. Desert will get boring after awhile. That's why I want it to be high rock too at least.

[@isthatwhatemptymeans8222]

Missed Drew. Grateful for a new video.

[@texo456]

I always wondered if Yokuda was truly sunk. Perhaps it was "sunk" by the bloodshed, almost like the "sundering" of Alinor. Perhaps yokuda still exists, weary of war and glad and the departure of the sword singers, they became isolationist artists or something of the like. Also, I feel like ES6 might be more than one region. I honestly thought and still kinda do think that it will entail the entirety of the western coast of tamriel. Hammerfell, High Rock, and even Valenwood to an extent. Perhaps sailing will be a large part of the game, letting you sail to Stros M'Kai or even the coast of Summerset

[@youtubecensorship842]

Nope. Won't happen. I would bet your life on it. We're going to be lucky if we get hammerfel AND highrock. Even luckier if we get orsinium. Consoles haven't made that much progress since skyrim launched, and development will always be based around what consoles can handle processing. We've gotten better frame rates and resolutions, but content size has far exceeded loading capabilities.

[@texo456]

@@youtubecensorship842 at this point, I always expect a pre-download on console, even with a disk. I assumed that was them installing all the shit that wouldnt fit on the Disk, but I dont really know how it be workin😂

[@hermeticinstrumentalist6804]

This is badass. I'm hyped up.

[@Vahmung]

I am hyped for the TES6 to take place in Hammerfell. I am in the camp that also wants High Rock and the Illiac Bay. I believe the first half of the game shpuld be focused on Hammerfell and have the player character be the avatar of Ebonarm. Where the player character must bring together different factions to fight the Aldmeri Dominion at the Isle of Balfiera and defeat the champion of the Thalmor who mantled Trinimac. I believe we would all get the most out of a game that is heavy centric on Hammerfell and the Redguard culture. This goes to my next theory of the Shehai and the Sword Singers. Though it declined and became almost extinct practice by the Fourth Era, it is also stated that Shehai could materialize to a practitioner in times of great stress. This sort of stress could be through war or near death experience which our Prisoner typically goes through at the beginning of each installment. To how this mechanic could play out in a game. It would need to be vastly different than any Bound Sword and would still need to be compatible to physical weapons you gain through the game. I imagine this could be a special magic subclass to cast a special attack with delay between them. Similar to the shout system but almost more like... Thinking on the fly here, like a special move from Destiny 2. A big attack that could devastate a battlefield or encampment. To destroy a foe in a single move. This would probably eliminate Kill Moves from TES6 in order to have some sort of balance. I imagine not all sword strokes could be learned, by end game, similar to the Nerevarine of TES4. You would amass a bunch of artifacts and spells to be a walking god. The ebony armor of Ebonarm wield the Shehai to rally the Western forces against the Aldmeri Dominion. What a grand and intoxicating notion.

[@xthelone]

still my favorite Elderscrolls video

[@emeraldwarrior588]

i dont know if the first serpent and the walkabout are inspired by aboriginal culture, but its cool to think it is

[@JinxeBlaq]

This is extremely off topic, but I couldn’t help thinking of Bleach the entire time I watched this video, which I find pretty cool as both an TES fans and an anime fan.

[@moonchild4789]

Drewmora>Fudgemuppet Drew was definitely the heart and soul

[@billdavis2590]

I’m expecting a plot twist where one major faction of Redguards sides with the Aldmeri Dominion. Unlike all other races of men Yokudans were fundamentally Anuic, not Padomaeic. They see this world as a punishment from Ruptga and a failure of Sep. The Thalmor’s goals with the Adamantine Tower should be absolutely in line with Tall Papa’s command that they find a new way to the Far Shores, and I think they could get over recent issues with the Aldmeri, but the question of how to deal with worship of HoonDing is trickier as there are parallels with Pelinal/Talos. So I’d expect the Crowns to outlaw Swordsinging like the last Yokudan Emperor, along with any Padomeic/Lorkhanic tendencies in Hammerfell; and for them to join league with the Anuic Aldmeri to escape reality. These events would precipitate a Stormcloakesque civil war that drives the Forebears into the Lorkhan faction with the Bretons, Nords, and Imperials (and perhaps an appearance from the Left-Handed Elves) that represents a reincarnation of Frandar’s army. Then of course, all of this plays out on top of the capital of the Dwarves. Beyond the story though I just love the art. I get serious Valley of the Dark Lords vibes from KOTOR in ESO’s Hammerfell. And there’s no way they avoid pulling from the water starved Fremen and Fedaykin from Dune.

[@DrewmoraYT]

Well said. If they do go for the sword singer 'chosen one' trope, I'd love for there to be an option to pursue forbidden techniques like the Pankratosword to potentially become the villain and reach the Far Shores by unmaking Sep's dead skinball of a realm. It'd never happen. But it would certainly make the choice to save/destroy Tamriel more meaningful

[@badluck5647]

@@DrewmoraYT Maybe, if done well. However, I don't remember a game where choosing the "good path" or "evil path" had a worthwhile ending.

[@denisrivarola2387]

Just wakin' up from my sunday nap and... BOOM, the Fudge of the Muppet again, coffe is hot and the weed is rrrroooolleed, I love you Drew! THANK you ♪

[@dsouth7754]

I never knew about the Shehai. It's literally the Redguard Zanpakuto, and that's freaking awesome.

[@michaelzachary00]

And it sounds like the pankrato sword can be compared to Ichigo’s Mugetsu and final getsuga tensho in how extremely powerful it is to the point that it kills (pankrato sword) or takes away the user’s powers (final getsuga tensho)

[@gavin_almeida]

I get so excited when I see you posted. Got these notifications on! ❤

[@limenoalikyoboi9230]

One day when TES6 comes out (in like 2060 probably) i will stand upon a dune in Hammerfell and the overwhelmingly deep beauty of the vast desert will make me question it all among tears. Then something dumb like a goblin will kill me idk

[@shlomoyosefian9896]

Glad to have found you. 😁

[@Hotchpotchsoup]

Todd Howard said many years ago that if he spoke about what they had in mind for TES6 one would ask "we don't even have that kind of technology yet" or something like it, so I've been thinking that we'll possibly have a piece of ocean on the map. A large underwater area was cut from Fallout 4, and before Skyrim we got to experience some anchorhead winter battle simulator thingy in Fallout 3. So at least we know they've been playing around with watery environments. The difficult tech thing could be implementing ships and sinking ship physics. Maybe even a dwemer submarine or underwater structure? Edit: or the complex tech could be seasons changing? Hammerfell is a very desert-y land and it would kinda suck to only have sand to play in. Edit 2: oooooor maybe TES6 has parts of Hammerfell's surrounding provinces in it aswell? Maybe we'll get to see Orsinium? Anvil? Kvatch? Wayrest?

[@fearlessretaliator4997]

Drew of Atmora bless us with another great tale. He is the greater Skald to ever grace Tamriel

[@anthonyKolesov]

Appears from nowhere, smashes elves into dust, refuses to elaborate, and moves on. Do I speak of Diagna or Pelinal Whitestrake?... I don't think there is any direct support in the lore for the idea that Diagna was Shezarrine, but his story looks like one to me. So then HoonDing is Shor? HoonDing appears every time he needs to "make way" for his people, and Shor, a God of Men, created a world for his people, i.e. men (presumably at the expense of mer or at least Altmer think of it this way). It seems to me that either HoonDing is Shor, or HoonDing is Shor of the previous kalpa, if one subscribes to the idea that Yokuda was in the previous kalpa. Or perhaps both are two different avatars of one god? But wait, what about Sep, who is officially supposed to be Lorkhan? It is a pure insinuation on my side, but I wonder if the Warrior God of Men (HoonDing, Shor) is different from the Trickster God associated with Sep. What if Creator/Lorkhan is a kind of an oversoul that consists of Warrior/Shor/HoonDing and Trickster/Sep/Lorkhan, and perhaps of someone else? There is a hint at this in that Talos mantled Lorkhan by way of merging the souls - Warrior/Wulfharth, Wiseman/Zurin Arctus, Trickster/Hjalti (at least it seems to me that the only personal achievement Hjalti ever had was using and betraying others to become Emperor first and then a God). Interesting - who, should be the Wiseman God of the Creator oversoul - Magnus, Auri-El, someone else? If it is either Magnus or Auri-El, then it looks the Trickster managed to trick other undersouls of the Creator into loosing power, Warrior decided to cherish this opportunity, Wiseman was pissed of, and now everyone is at odds with each other and they pretend that they are not the one oversoul.

[@daizenmarcurio]

After making us wait so long. Im fully expecting TES 6 to be set in both hammerfell and high rock or at least include all of hammerfell as well as the illiac bay region

[@jameslarcombe9622]

Love your videos. Keep up the great work

[@cstains5543]

I'll be happy with Hammerfell as the site of the next Elder Scrolls game. But I really hope they do a couple of things... 1. No prophecy that the PC is the fulfilment of. Let us rise or fall or make decisions without it being preordained to happen. 2. Let us chose from a number of pasts for our character. Allow that to influence what our starting skills and abilities are. 3. Bring back stats. Strength, agility, constitution, etc. let those develop as well based on what we do and how we train our character with higher stats meaning we jump higher for agility or have an easier time learning spells f we have a high intelligence stat. 4. Allow some choice in actions to influence game events and effects. You refuse to side with someone and you later lose out on a set of side missions maybe can't join a faction or rising to the top leadership position in a faction isn't possible or you get to be champion of an arena game and there's a statue of your character erected outside the arena and certain people, like guards, address you as "Champion." 5. Finally improve the perk system so that even a perk tree like Lockpicking has some interesting perks in it that might push you towards choosing one.

[@bbdf21]

Hey drew, Sai Sahan actually managed to learn the sword singing in the later dlcs of ESO!

[@VLarraechea]

Finally, Drew’s new video! And a damned good topic too!

[@mcCharles_]

First cannon redguard protagonist

[@Nollic15]

Elder Scrolls: AKAVIR With emphasis on the “VI” for the sixth game.

[@jesterssketchbook]

so glad i found drews channel - youtube didnt help by recommending it tho - i literally had to scroll thru "tes lore" search results - which seems beyond weird since i watch tes lore and fudgemuppet all the time

[@adamthompson6669]

Legend glad we get another upload Drew thank you 🎉🎉

[@gabr.7878]

That sweet sweet lore

[@Didymus20X6]

5:22 BAPTIZED IN FIRE, THIRTY TO ONE SPIRIT OF SPARTANS, DEATH AND GLORY SINGERS OF HUNDING, SECOND TO NONE WRATH OF THE EMPIRE BROUGHT TO A HALT! (to "Forty to One" by Sabaton")

[@RayAkuma]

Imagine Plot twist: The Aldmeri dominion wins, destroys all the towers and finds out they were wrong all along.

[@W4iteFlame]

This video make me want to mod skyrim again...but then I remember how much time it requires and how easy it can break

[@Haru-spicy]

the 'Atomos' may not directly refer to physical atoms. Instead it is a word referring to that which is uncuttable. It may be instead that they literally cut away the concept of Yokuda from reality.

[@Cassius190]

Ok but here me out here... Elder Scrolls VI: Elswyer 👀

[@TeCHnORiOT]

I would love to have a mainline game set in Elsweyr. With the amount of furstocks there are you could have one with just Khajiit.

[@Cassius190]

@@TeCHnORiOT right?! It'd be so cool!

[@TeCHnORiOT]

@@Cassius190 Yeah, and they could all allow you to have a unique playstyle.

[@TheVioletBunny]

I wish but it won’t happen :( at least eso did a good job with them. Not sure why they won’t they are definitely a favorite among many players and have the most interesting lore

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

tbh I doubt that Bethesda would do that, a singleplayer game in a land full of talking cat's would inevitably draw in the unwashed furries to infect the TES fandom which I get the feelings is y Bethesda wont set a singleplayer game there. That and the fact that a lot of people like how the khajiit aren't too overrepresented as lets b honest, khajiit are talking cat's, would get a lil tiresome seeing and hearing them in a singleplayer game. Having expansions around Elsweyr in ESO is fine.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Though there is much to be gained from the study of the Men of The Western Continent, I feel we would benefit most from our continued delvings into the Lessons of the Warrior-Poet-God. I believe we were on Lesson 4, yes? When can we expect you Spiritual Symposium to resume?

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

I love all the races of The Elder Scrolls; Men,Mer or Beast. But Redguards are by far my favourite race of Men. The lore of Yokuda,The Sword-Singers,The Ra'Gada and their Gods is all so fascinating! TES 6 being set in Hammerfell would be a dream come true

[@Gfish17]

I know we vilify the Thalmor but it would be interesting to see what happens if they succeed. They are certain they are descended from the Aedra it would be interesting to see some evidence.

[@billdavis2590]

That was a problem I had with Skyrim as well. There was essentially no way to play an Altmer and heavily side with the Thalmor. Hopefully their point of view will be much more thoroughly and charitably explored in Hammerfell. It should be easier as the Redguards are an Anuic people, but I could see the Redguards using the Adamantine Tower to effect a Walkabout and circumvent any Altmer apocalypse.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

@@billdavis2590 I think it makes sense why you couldn't side with them. They are in Skyrim as hostile, foreign observers who don't really like/trust people there. Then I got the sense that the High Elves in Skyrim don't like/trust the Thalmor very much. Probably some of them actually came to Skyrim to get away from the Thalmor. So, it would make sense that they won't be looking to recruit locally, beyond an odd job here or there (e.g. Ondolemar in Markarth hiring you to seek a Thalos worshipper, the guy at the embassy who's an informer and some Khajiit assassin near Windhelm). And I think it's ok to keep it that way, not every faction needs to be joinable. Plus, they're not there to conquer, govern or settle in the region, so they'd have a smaller operation than the other factions who are settled there, live there or have their HQ there.

[@sofa_king_kool]

And the cheese! Ha, to die for...

[@afrojohn8092]

Hammerfell, Highrock, Illiac bay, orsinium, the western reach... imagine all that in one game. The islands in the illiac bay, having a ship, Balthiera, Direnni tower, the divide between hammerfell/highrock, highrock still being in the empire and hammerfell having rebelled against the Aldmeri Dominion, huge port cities of Sentinel and Wayrest... Its too good to ever exist. I dont think they could pull it off well or would even attempt it, but it sounds like a perfect idea.

[@babylonisfallen4411]

Man this video really makes me wish it was es6 coming this September instead of shitfield

[@carterneis8469]

I’ve long thought the sword singers could be a key part of the next elder scrolls.

[@shawnnerenberg661]

It's still in pre-production, so it's going to be years before we see it.

[@marikasdaughter6263]

The Dwemer gave Hammerfell it's name not the Yakudan's. It was a dwemer chieftain he threw his hammer a great distance and where it landed him and his people settled and called it Hammerfell Aka where the hammer fell.

[@SuperBladde]

Thank you for the video

[@JohnsonNashFEV]

Hey Drew been a fan since you decided to branch out! Got any advice for making ES lore content?

[@Savon_the_gallent_knight]

I think we should have a elderstroll’s game that combines hammer fell, and high rock

[@PlebIsland69]

I’m so excited for es6 😅

[@bbdf21]

Man, I know it’s not gonna be, but hell I want Valenwood so bad

[@Pink_Noodle]

I look forward to seeing Pankratosword, the Swordsinging technique that DESTROYED THE TOWER OF YOKUDA AND SANK IT get used in ES6. That will be extremely funny. Especially if it is used to destroy Numidium after it reappears from the Warp in the West

[@dstinnettmusic]

I’m still hopeful for it being hammerfell and high rock with sailing

[@sollarr7885]

I don't necessarily want this but it would be kind of cool to see elder scrolls at a drastically different time. I would be interested in what's going on in Tamriel during the 27th era or some distant future like that. It would most likely be lore breaking though.

[@-SRM-]

I like Kratos in the thumbnail.

[@oshii3585]

Mother, come quickly. Drewmora has uploaded again. Yes. I will rethink ending it all after this.