Yagrum Bagarn, the Last Living Dwarf (Ryan Cooper Demo Reel)

[@FredrikJonassonMusic]

Great stuff as always Ryan.

[@Tristyn_Waterman]

I can't imagine a better voice for him, he sounds like he's in constant pain but I also hear immense grief and sorrow for being the last dwarf

[@Switlichoke]

Wow, didn't know, that Slavoj Žižek was the last living dwarf.

[@alexandersilady4751]

Keening, Shunder *snif* and sho on and sho forth

[@woodwyrm]

😂

[@rocher5643]

It's matching him perfectly

[@sassort]

Not only! It brings a whole layer of more character to him!

[@spaceonisorceress4406]

Holy shit, this is perfect. I legit thought this was a canon addition to Legends or something. You captured the nasally accent from the unused original voice, while adding that stereotypical Dwarf gruffness, and at the same time he sounds like he's in constant pain from his Corprus, the poor bastard. Good shit, 10/10

[@vanessaaiselbrown3521]

What did he sound like in the game?

[@paulaccuardi9071]

@@vanessaaiselbrown3521 like a mix of that and bubble bass.

[@TheBard1999]

Glorious, music to my ears.

[@lunaticscribbles6016]

I love this voice for Yagrum! Now I will Imagine your voice if I read his lines again.

[@Bonkman83]

Actual Voice in Game: reddit/discord mod Skywind Voice: Actually sounding like the last known living dwarf with a deteriorating body

[@Tanner_Goodale]

Dang man, I just heard your cover of the Skyblivion dev diary and now this. Not only is this a perfect match to the character, but it’s a testimony of your range!

[@downix]

Amazing work. Brings him to life. Someone out there needs to make a HD version of Yagrum for Skyrim to sync this up to.

[@khajiity]

This is amazing work, fits him like a dwarven gauntlet

[@jmgonzales7701]

why is he big thou?

[@Baki_B]

I can't think of a more fitting voice for him

[@Nara.Shikamaru]

Hey! Camel actually ended up using your work just a year after you posted this. So glad he asked you because you absolutely killed this role.

[@metaljoemac]

Thanks! I actually recorded the lines for him in 2017 - but what's 4 years between friends? :)

[@Nara.Shikamaru]

Wow y’all go way back! Glad you guys are so close or we might never have gotten this! 😂💀🤙🏽

[@vonfaahquard8532]

Great work!

[@mformacaroni1537]

watching these tears me up a little with how much power and care is taken to make this voice, I actually wanted to be a voice actor many years ago when I was a teenager, making silly voices and trying to match characters. It is inspiring to watch these voice demos of the Skywind project.

[@JanneValkama]

Yes! Morrowind is subtly a horror game.

[@erikvandermeulen6968]

Fantastic concept art!

[@mclovin7969]

That was incredible i hope voice actings this good in ES6 👍

[@nicaln5104]

You did it!! My man did you do Divath Fyr?

[@metaljoemac]

Ha ha! No, I'm afraid not. Yagrum is the only Morrowind character I've voiced outside of Skywind, and it was for a paying client. I did this one nearly three years ago... time sure flies. I've typically got enough indie work on to keep me busy, so I doubt I'll be committing the time to speculative performances for other unique NPCs (unless there's some sort of audition for them over at Skywind).

[@J-Cycle]

Absolutely excellent!

[@niclasneziru1854]

God-tier

[@squallion777]

Yagrum Bagarn was not a dwarf, he was a Dwemer, which are elves!! I love this rendition of Yagrum Bagarn voice, it fits him perfectly. I wish had it in my playthrough.

[@BaldianOfIbelin]

Yes, but isn't Dwarves the name humans give them? Same as dark elves although their real names are Dunmer

[@PhoenixFireZero]

He's also not speaking in Dwemeris, so he's likely given up on distinctions

[@ShadeMeadows]

THIS IS PERFECT~

[@ViViVex]

Will this be in Skywind?

[@metaljoemac]

I was told by one of the team that it would be unlikely, as they would like to reserve smaller special roles for well known VAs.

[@CrashWeezerman]

@@metaljoemac This should be in Skywind

[@Henrico.]

To see a Dwemer being so humble as this, i don't see them being the monstrosity the stories tell about them. Actually, much elven races enslaved or used other races for foul reasons. The Dwemer society weren't united with the same motivations. They were like humanity, deep inside the floor. They had political issues, kids, women and men with different ways, and some of them tried to achieve immortality. Strange, right? I want to see their return in TESVI.

[@kushjindal2939]

Ahem he had quite a lot of things to be humbled

[@jmgonzales7701]

i like the dwemer race i like dwarves and i think they should have been around in this game @@kushjindal2939

[@aturefrati7407]

This gives me g-man vibes! Amazing

[@javiermendez6850]

The way how he speaks sounds like Hermaeus Mora. What if most of Daedric Gods are dwarves who ascended through other realms - for example, Oblivion?

[@maycontainnuts3127]

is this going in skywind?

[@metaljoemac]

I don't think so, unless something changes.

[@maycontainnuts3127]

@@metaljoemac ask them, bro. your stuff is to good not to be used.

[@metaljoemac]

@@maycontainnuts3127 Thanks! Already spoke to someone on the team a while back about it, and they said they would probably be using someone else.

[@paulaccuardi9071]

No. God has abandoned us.

[@bradleydelay]

After hearing your voice on the Skyblivion Dev diary my brain just assumed you look like handsome Squidward irl with that voice Edit: oh god thank you for the heart I was worried that would have accidentally hurt your feelings

[@lukesmith720]

I'm curious on why you give him a French or German accent

[@metaljoemac]

Bit of a long story. I was instructed to play a Dwemer ambient Spirit in Romanian language for Skywind, so I also decided to play Yagrum as vaguely Central > Eastern European (not to say that I have the role in Skywind, just that the idea sort of germinated from there). Maybe the long place names with lots of Zs lends itself to that central European culture, and that's where they got the idea from?

[@lukesmith720]

@@metaljoemac Ohhhh. OK. Just sounded a little similar, just curous

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

@@metaljoemac wait, what? Skywind will have Romanian vo support?

[@metaljoemac]

@@georgeoldsterd8994 I think that the voice acting will be in English only because of how much work goes into it - It was just Romanian for that particular role as a Dwemer spirit. I don't know if the subtitles will be localised into Romanian, maybe?