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@Marti Adán no one said it was a 1 to 1 conparison of equality. Merely that you can be sponsored by anyone, even scummy things. And if youre accepting sponsors of scummy things and therefore promoting it, its kinda scummy. Idc about raid though, its cringe and annoying but i just ignore it

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I just wanna say, I love your voice. it's deep, clear, non monotone and helps me stay interested. also helps me sleep. thanks

@Fabricator Mirasshtar That's a good question that needs an answer.

Hey dude I got a question for you, and I’m not being smart ass here but…why are the skies blue in fnv and f4 if the whole world is carpeted in nuclear waste? Vault tec maybe? Maybe the chemical components in the bombs that where used..? I dunno man just something cool I thought you might have an answer to

11 years later and here I am, still learning about Skyrim. No matter how many hours I have put into this game, Nate never fails to give you a new tale in the world of the elder scrolls!

ditto! =D

You're not the only one.

I feel like imma be in the retirement home at 80 and then see a new Nate video and that he discovered a new Skyrim mystery

And when Skyrim fans needed him the most, he returned. THE. LEGEND. IS. BACK!

@Random Loser321 Indeed

@Simon sheeshnes worst 2 weeks of my life

He was gone for 2 weeks

Funny, in czech language werewolf is vlkodlak, leader of companions is Kodlak. Of course in most of the slavic languages is it also similar, but in czech is it the closest word. It comes from ancient slavic form vъlkodlakъ (wolf skin) Coincidence? I don't think so :D

Well that's damn cool! B)

No wonder the snow elves were afraid of the Forge. The Forge was Kyne's side meaning it was wanderer elnohfey territory making the old elnohfey descendants (elves) fear it now

@SillyGooseTV Perhaps, although an in-universe scholar who has done research into giants believe that giants are a separate evolutionary chain of Atmorans, a brother race to the Nords, not an older race. In addition, there's no evidence that the land giants (as opposed to the sea giants of Elder Scrolls Online) have a system of writing, and oral history is fragile compared to written history.

@Jagne Stormskull could we argue that the giants we see may be the only ones who may know the true origins of the skyforge?

Me who uses Altmer race, wield the Wuuthrad and also crafting at the Skyforge: 😐

@King Of Strangeness To summarize - The Ehlnofey were at the bottom of the totem pole of the gods (to the point that names of individual Ehlnofey are no longer known except to Druids or other worshippers of local nature spirits) that created Nirn (the Aedra, or ancestors), and became temporary, having to either merge with the world to survive or live on through their children. The Wandering Ehlnofey are the ancestors of men and giants, called such because they had to *wander* the surface of Nirn before finding Aldmeris, home of the Old Ehlnofey, ancestors of elves and Khajiit (that's another story, but tl;dr Wood Elves are more closely related to Khajiit than they are to the High Elves or any other elven races). The Wandering Ehlnofey thought that they would be welcomed back with open arms by their brethren, as the races had still not split that much at this point. For whatever reason, whether because the Old Ehlnofey blamed Shor, High King of the Wandering Ehlnofey, for them becoming temporary, or because the Wandering Ehlnofey had forgotten many customs and looked disgusting, the Old Ehlnofey rejected them from Aldmeris. This started a war that goes by many names, my favorite of which is the War of Manifest Metaphors. Many of the lands which once existed on Nirn sunk during this war. The elven death god Xarxes was likely adopted as the mannish death god Orkey during this time. The end stages of this war resulted in the betrayal of Shor by the elven gods and the removal of His Heart, along with Kyne gathering the Wandering Ehlnofey to the Throat of the World in order to stabilize their forms. Entering fan speculation - the mannish gods and the elven gods would have both had places of power in this terrible war, with the Skyforge and the Lunar Forge being places of power for the mannish gods. The Snow Elves feared the Skyforge because it was a place of power for enemy gods, specifically Kyne, a terrible wind that had likely destroyed many of their ancestors. I hope that clears it up, at least somewhat. Ask as many questions as you like, if it didn't clear it up. Much of this lore comes from either "The Monomyth" or "The Anuad."

Yes. The elves were afraid of the hawk, kyne. An enemy of their ancestors, the old elnhofey.

Weird question, but would you consider doing a series of short videos where you read all the books found within the world of The Elder Scrolls? Like an audio-book version for Skyrim, "Skydible", IYKWIM...

@James Mayle Satan already has your soul

@TheOldWarden the three Abrahamic religions are synonymous and there's no point in the pedantic nature of us fighting over it. "Allah, God, Dios" whatever they all have the same literal meaning and there are over 100 true names of God.

I may have recorded one or two books..

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@rainynight02 I'm not trying to argue. Good.

Another amazing commentary! I look forward to the one hour deep dive. Thank you for all of the work you put into the production of your videos!

I've played hundreds of hours of Skyrim since its release and only in this video did I realize, the Companions's mead hall was built out of their overturned ship. It's amazing how many new nuggets of lore are still out there to be found.

Yes, it was obvious from the first time I entered Whiterun that Jorrvaskr either started out or was built to resemble an upside down ship. And, many times have I spent a minute or two looking at it and shaking my head wondering. But, I never spent any time digging into it! Thanks Epic Nate for illuminating that bit of history/lore.

@Matthew Plizga Ikr? I spotted it as soon as I entered Whiterun the first time, and I'm half blind lol.

Cmon boys we gotta use our god given eyes

Same here. I've never played any of the previous elder scrolls games, so a lot of the lore is lost on me. By reading the books in skyrim (and skyrim only) Ive pieced together, and understand the basics, like the different territories, races, and some events, both current and historical. But the companion's mead hall is one (of many I'm sure) that I was completely unaware of. And it was hiding in plain sight too, lol.

Ya gotta read the books, bud lol

Such an incredible game series. Kirkbride and the other lore writers are masters. Glad you're back to helping us explore this amazing series.

Man I love these lore videos you do. They are laid out so well I just can’t stop watching.

I have to say that this is one of the best Skyrim review channels I have seen, loved your videos! Always something to learn about Skyrim!Great to see that Skyrim community is still going strong even after all these years :)

I was sad when Euroland Greymane died in my play though. Came for smithing training one day and he was gone. Warmaiden lady Adrianne Avenicci confirmed it.

@PlayerFORgamev  Ah, I never played near the companions so I didn't know. Yeah now I'm confused too. Does he always die? There's no reason for it. I smell a conspiracy.

@Maximilian "setzke" Cooke We are talking about Euroland Greymane not the Kodlak Harbinger ;D Dude from the Skyforge

@PlayerFORgamev does he only die after you lift the curse? He did dedicate a good portion of his life to that... worried real hard about where he'd go when he'd die. Maybe he finally was just at peace, and let go.

@PlayerFORgamevmore than likely it was a dragon, it’s rare for a NPC that only stays within one city to die by any other means lol

How did he die 😂 Dragon got him or what

This has to be my favourite mystery you've covered, absolutely great work bro!

I always hated how I was forced to turn in to a werewolf, it not only messes with my character's head-cannon, it also effects my playstyle. I generally like playing as a wholesome priesty boy that dabbles in healing spells, not turn in to a blood-thirsty beast, also, the Silver Hand would of been a cool faction to join and having a silver weapon would be drippy AF.

@Ty Eklund Never needed to,

@SynthLizard8 lol have you never learned that you only use “an” if the next word starts with a vowel?

Also just finish the champions storyline and then join the silver hand. They’ll cure you.

@SynthLizard8 Yea bro you’re wrong a simple google search would show you.

@Thomas Beck Oh it certainly is, now all I need to do is just reaffirm myself and enjoy the merry go round, it's been fun.

Here's a tiny detail some might have missed. If you go east of Ivarstead to Snapleg Cave there is a coven of witches, hags and a hagraven keeping an spriggan in a cage. Release the spriggan and it will kill the hag and hagraven. Follow it out of the cave, it will lead you to Eldergleam Sanctuary and dying shortly before making it back to its home.

@okupant880 Yes, I know and that is what I normally do. What I meant was that the freed spriggan could take up residence in the Eldergleam cave.

@Michael Pettersson if you escort the guy from whiterun, you get a dapling not sap and the spriggans dont become hostile.

@pee pee poo poo ya it's always been that way, but it's not really an area that gets treaded on every playthrough, you have to be adventurous and not apt to fast travel

sadly i killed everything on the way

has that always been a thing? bc i’ve played skyrim since day one and only saw this for the first time the other day. but my game glitched, and that spriggan is permanently alive in my game at the end spot

Really enjoying your videos as I’ve just rediscovered Skyrim after many years. And finding a YouTuber making new content is refreshing. Thanks!

Hii Nate I love your content and how you approach the mysteries, I think it has something to do with your voice. It isn't chaotic and I love it. Keep up the amazing work and love your content

Another well-forged video by the blacksmith known as Nate! Not even skyrforge steel can beat this one!

@Spaceman Spiff bro it’s a Skyrim video comment section. It’s bound to have some nerdy cringe. That’s kinda the point

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@Sypher I also have a wife but I never get to see her, cause I get to the cloud district very often

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I feel the Hircine connection with the Underforge was too easily dismissed. The moon is also a sign of Hircine, and the ancient Underforge seems too connected with werewolf rituals to be a coincidence. For crying out loud, there are ritual blood-chalices built into the ground! The Khajiit and Reachmen version of the Ehlnofey War highlights the possible connection between Lorkhan, Kynn, and Hircine. The Khajiit myth says Hircine and Kyne allied to defeat a corrupted Y'ffer, while the Reachmen believe Hircine took the mantle of Lorkhan after his fall during the Ehlnofey war. This could mean that Hircine was allied with the Wandering Ehlnofey before Lorkhan's defeat, so therfore Hircine could have contributed his power to the forges.

@D. Eath Apologies my friend. Praise Hircine, digger of secret tunnels!

@TheHuffur A food cellar with a secret entrance? A non magic user smith made a ton of broken rock while trying a new smithing technique?

@Bad Luck It just so happens that the Companions were making a food cellar at the same time, or any other random reason or way to get rid of a bunch of stone and yes perhaps it was because the smith was making swords. Their new secret technique did not work out as expected and instead of the best quality steel it turned to slag/stone instead! :)

@TheHuffur It's not just noise. It is the loadd of construction equipment and the tons of rubble that has to be removed from the landmark. Unless you believe that people are just going believe that cartload after carload of removed rock is attributed to the Skyforge's one smith making swords?

@Bad Luck But why would they preserve the epic story of "Skyforge working overtime yet again, trouble sleeping, part XII" ? Loud sounds from the forge, even at night, would likely not be a strange or uncommon thing worth notice aside from people grumbling about their sleep being disturbed.

Sometimes these things are tenuous or flakey but pretty sure you nailed this one, especially considering that bit from Songs of the Return.

Fun fact Vikings used to use there family’s ashes to strengthen there weapon which work but not because of what they believed the human ashes had create more carbon which would strengthen them

Has anyone else had the lunar Forge enchantment just work constantly with the moons are out or not cuz every time I've made a character and I've used those enchantments it's never been dependent on the moon

Maybe the ones who made the skyforge were forced to make hotter forges because of the cold in order to just have a functional forge. Then after getting to skyrim, they made a forge the only way they knew how. Unknowingly having the best forge.

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I love watching lore/secrets videos and seeing how much I know.

Me over here: the dwarves are awfully quiet about this forge and also Zenithar...he's always mention around Kyne. And that a lot of merchants,miners,blacksmith and etc associates with him. Plus, He's kind of the blacksmith of the Aedra.

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I KNEW IT! I thought I was going mad because I remembered Alvor being the 1 to teach me how to smith but for some reason in my last 10 playthroughs it was Adrianne teaching me and I kept telling myself "oh you're just remembering yourself selling things to him

@James Mayle your own book tells you not to proselytize Actually read it and stop bothering folks

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@Ashley Veritas I only got it for Adrianne. Closest thing I got to that was "Can I use your forge?"

the smith in each mjor city can be the one to do the crafting tutorial if you select the "do you need any help around the forge" dialogue.

This man drosp millions and millions of views every single year on these videos and i remember finding him and thinking they were great vids but seeing him rack in these numbers is fucking crazy. I aspire to be like this

To my understanding, Nords indeed come from Atmora. They came to Skyrim because the cold in Atmora began to grow worse and worse to the point of where you just couldn't live there anymore so they migrated on ships south to get away from the cold which in turn had them end up in Skyrim where they met the Falmer.

@Miricious Vespyre They are indeed the same but they’re usually separated since all we know them by in Skyrim is the falmer. Once they were made to be the weird creatures we see in Skyrim almost nobody called them snow elves.

@I monke Are the dwarves not dwemer? Dark elves, dunmer? High elves, atmer? Wood elves, bosmer? The Snow elvers are Falmer. Regardless if they're the unchanged version from thousands of years ago or now, still called Falmer.

They weren't Falmer back then

It's the hottest forge, and the only forge that won't hurt you if you jump into it. 10/10 game design.

So the dragon that was trapped beneath Whiterun in ages past was Kyne/Kynareth? And it is her dragon soul that is the initial power source for the forge?

Honestly the next elder scrolls has potential to be the biggest game ever made with the amount of lore and just how big the world is imagine if you could access multiple contents just as big as Skyrim

An interesting bit of extra info, the hawk or falcon were in Earth's mythology a symbol of Horus and Heru-ur, god of the skies and wind (most likely Kyne may have been inspired by them). Horus being of the skies was often seen as containing the moon and sun (as both set in the sky at different times). It'd be interesting to find out if the Aedra were based on Earth's mythology and if Horus in particular was the source for Kyne's symbolism of a predatory bird and the skies/winds.

It probably would have been a massive quest bringing lorkahn back into one piece and bringing the two together again. This however creates a lot of issues and they probably decided to can such a difficult lore breaking task

Bethesda these days wouldn’t give two fucks about throwing lore into a black hole and just saying “eh, we wanted to try this thing out so…. Fuck you.” Idk if you can tell but I’m a fallout fan with a crushed soul.

There are some hostile people who hunt werewolves in Skyrim... Can't remember their name its been so long since I played it... Silver Hand ? Found it odd that they were so hostile (even if I don't join the Companions). Feel like their hostility should only be active IF you join the Companions (as a clue in a way that u joined a bunch of werewolves). Alternatively, you should be able to join them and try and wipe out the companions (if you don't like the werewolves. *shrug*

Still hoping to see silver weapons(since they do more damage to lycanthropes/undead) and armor to be introduced one day, but I feel a missed opportunity is there no neutral/f-off and fall to my blade by my hand options for factions quests. For example the civil war main quest. Why not take no side instead or mediate/force a final confrontation were both leaders ( the general and ulfric) to duke it out. We also got the lunar forge being a easy competitor to the skyforge( shame we couldn't build a town around it)

@Ryan Hernandez gotcha. Yeah, I feel like the whole lycanthropy line is a bit weak. Silver Hand should've been a more permanent thing.

@J Lighthammer oh my meaning is I wish you could do more with them. Like forging, and smithing, also would like to see silver armor being a option of forging to.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say about silver weapons but they're definitely in the game.

One on one combat wouldn't work cause if they kill the general ulfric doesn't obtain anything

I'm like, 99% sure you can craft skyforged steel and lunar equipment at their respective forges. I remember thinking I was some sort of super detective when I figured out the lunar lore. This was... a decade ago? I'll have to dig out the 360 and have a look, see if I can find what I'm talking about. Idk of I even still have the save

Theory- is it likely that the blade of woe was forged at the lunar forge?

Wouldn't This Tie The Dwemer Into This Somewhere? After All, Kagrenac Did Create Keening, Sunder And Wraithguard To "Harvest" Power From The Heart Of Lorkhan After They Found It Under Red Mountain. Would This Have Given Them Some Sort Of "Lunar" Power To Go Along With Their Tonal Architecture? Maybe They Had Something To Do With The Lunar Forge.

@James Mayle the bible worships a false god. their is no god beyond padomy

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Plus, It's Only A Hypothesis.

@Tom Day Indeed, But How Old Is The Lunar Forge? That's What I Was Correlating Them With. There Seems To Be Not Much History On That.

The Dwemer were a race of mer (elves). So if the Skyforge is older than the elves, it's older than the Dwemer

I did craft on lunar forge. I crafted it under the clear full moon if I remember correctly.

I wouldn’t mind if they came out with a dlc with all of the scrapped original game quest and finish the half done ones…. Typically I’d be against that kind of thing but considering the game is over ten years old now I think it would be okay. Plus it would add so much more lore to the storylines.

Hey TheEpicNate315 I was playing Skyrim and was thinking about a video you came out with about god like beings ruling the fallout universe ( Dunbar monster). And when I was playing Skyrim I noticed that the Dwemer head statues look really similar to the head statues on the buildings in fallout 4. Also in the cobat quest line the father has a helmet that looks very similar to the Dwemer metal (armor and metal). I had this theory about what if the Dwemer didn’t just disappear to no where but teleported to the fallout universe. And the reason there’s no Dwemer buildings in fallout is because they appeared before humans were around. Because the way the father of the Cabot family found the helmet was by digging it up. And the reason humans are being mind controlled to dig up stuff. I think that when the Dwemer messed with lorkhans heart it not only teleported the Dwemer but also brought lorkhans consciousness with them. And since he’s the god of mortals he possessed them to do his bidding. I’m still looking at the lore about it on both sides ( Skyrim and fallout). Would love to hear your thoughts.

kinda makes sense

The speculation about Kodlak's spirit being pure and thus powering up the forge is wrong. Kodlak was not free from the curse when he was cremated on the skyforge. Kodlak dies before he's freed from the curse (the Silver Hand raids Whiterun and kills him while you go hunt down the witches), the last quest in the companions storyline is going to the grave of Ysgramor and sacrificing one of the Glenmora witch heads. When arriving at the depths of the tomb you'll find Kodlak's spirit still in Skyrim being protected from Hircine's power waiting for you. When you sacrifice the head a spirit wolf is separated from Kodlak thus freeing him from Hircine and allowing him to pass on to Sovengarde.

The lunar forge looks dwemer. Makes me wonder if the skyforge is some kinda dwemer pre soul forge. Has another tried crafting at night on the forge or tracked if the eyes ever glow at different brightness depending on the moon ?

I'm sorry but what about the Lunar Forge looks Dwemer to you? It shares the same model as regular ass Forges found everywhere in Skyrim and it's found in Ancient Nordic Ruins

A good video as always nate. My curiosity has me now though. "If" the skyforge is used to represent the hawk goddess kyne. What of the underforge whom has unknown origins also, but is currently being used as the companions site for their blood rituals for the "curse of lycanthropy" but, the circle members describe the area of the underforge as an ancient place attuned with the moon and lord hircine. But, that is what they say in the companions. If we take into account the lore of lorkhan (shor) he is split into two moons masser and secunda. Lunar forge and underforge are both attuned to the moon. Whilst the skyforge is attuned to well the sky.? Idk just always found it very interesting.

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Beautiful thought and insight for a blind knight my friend. Also, Kyne is a deity closely linked with the wilds and the natural world, whereas Hircine seems to represent the more beastly and bloodthirsty side of nature, and as a Daedra is almost in direct conflict with Kyne/"her version of wildness." It's possible that the Lunar Forge and the Underforge were both originally tuned to the Bodies of Lorkhan and mirrored the Sky of Kyne (One moon further away, the other opposite/beneath the Skyforge)... but were later usurped by Hircine and/or his followers. Perhaps they sought to desecrate such a shrine to Kyne and her spouse, but incapable of destroying such a relic as the Skyforge they could only pervert the Underforge. Indeed, as the lycanthropy was introduced to the Companions by the witches who were direct followers of Hircine, it's possible that was done on purpose to corrupt the shrine of their rival deity. What better way than to trick the Companions into being forced to follow/adapt to Hircine's vision of the Wilds, right beneath the shadow of the great bird itself. Pleasure to meet and speak with you friend. Be safe and well

The more I learn about Skyrims lore the more I fall in love with the game and the franchise

I swear in the game of the year edition the lunar forge worked but it didn't give the health drain it was a fire damage only at night. I got to replay it to see

@TheEpicNate315, I just discovered that if you kill Alain Dufont before doing the quest Muiri will be shocked to hear it, and you no longer can have the option of marrying her.

Skyforge also make the best BBQ pit in Tamriel. Something about the fires, the grilled meats and veggies just taste better. This is how the Hall of the Companions Jorvaskr is built around it, and eventually Whiterun city itself.

What mods do these guys use to get it to look this nice.

Made me so mad that there is such history and lore around a forge that made such underwhelming and easily out matched metal.... skyforge steel..... it was enough to make me lower my head in shame at what was produced by such a majestic monument to low quality ..... I would have thought this stuff would be end game tier but it's not even as good as glass.....

You can put the Lunar enchantment on any weapon but I don't know if the Moons change those.

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*Thanks for the shout out* The referenced comment: The Skyforge was created during the Dawn War by Hircine and Kyne (The Hawk) to equip Lorkhan and the Wandering Ehlnofey against Auri-El and the Old Ehlnofey. After the death of Lorkhan, there was a schism between the Wandering Ehlnofey with the proto-Nedes going to the Reach with Hircine and the proto-Nords going to Atmora with Kyne. The Skyforge remains behind as a relic of a forgotten alliance. Evidence of the Hircine/Kyne alliance: *The Skyforge of the Hawk (Kyne) and the Underforge of Hircine share an ancient site that the descendents of Old Ehlnofey feared into the Merethic era. *In Khajii tales, Hircine allies himself with Khenarthi (alongside Azurah) to slay the elven god Y'ffer. *Both the Nords and Reachmen consider themselves followers of Shor/Lorkh -- even if they don't acknowledge one another. *Kyne's chosen son is Morihaus, a man-beast. This would be strange as minotaurs have been shown to be followers of Hircine. Maybe Minotaurs have an ancient connection between both Kyne and Hircine?

​@Bad Luck "Instead of Morihaus being the literal "son of Kyne", the goddess could be the Man-Bull's matriarch or creator." I'm aware. Morihaus Breath-of-Kyne's name can also be taken literally, as in, Kyne breathed on a bull and turned it into a demigod. "Some say Morihaus is the ancestor of all minotaurs, while others only attribute their spread to the rule of Morihaus' son." Interesting. I have a feeling that the latter is Marukhati/Alessian Order propaganda. Those religious groups were very mannish supremacist, and wanted to erase the histories about Saint Alessia's true son being a minotaur. If I'm talking out my ass here, I'd be glad to get some links. I've also heard fan speculation that, since Morihaus is a demigod, he probably outlasted Saint Alessia and had children after her death. Alessia and Morihaus's son(s) could have had dozens or even hundreds of half-siblings because of Morihaus's demigod status, although Alessia's son would be unique because he is the only one that might be Dragonborn. That's just speculation though.

​@Jagne Stormskull There are conflicting sources about the origins of minotaurs. Some say Morihaus is the ancestor of all minotaurs, while others only attribute their spread to the rule of Morihaus' son. Titles like "son" and "father" between individuals and gods may not be literal. Instead of Morihaus being the literal "son of Kyne", the goddess could be the Man-Bull's matriarch or creator.

@Richard Proper The Bosmer and Khajiit have a rivalry not dissimilar from the Altmer and Nords. This is mirrored in the Khajiit myths that show the Bosmer patron god in a negative light. The Khajiit version of events: Hircine was in love with Nirni, but she fell in love with Y'ffre instead. A jealous Hircine kills Y'ffre's champion, the Graht-Elk, and took to wearing its head as a trophy. Y'ffre eventually became corrupted by Namiira, and then Y'ffre struck and killed Nirni in a frenzy. Hircine, along with Azura and Khenarthi, slew Y'ffre and made a cairn out of his bones for their fallen sister. Y'ffre is the leaders of the Ehlnofey that became the Earthbones- rules of nature that gave the world stability. The only equivalent in the pantheons of men are Bretons' Jephre.

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@Mega Lorandto Gaming Yeah, every game, including the side games, except for ESO, Skyrim, and Legends, takes place in the Third Era. Usually the end of the Third Era, the reign of the [depending on how you count] penultimate or last Emperor of the Septim Dynasty, Uriel Septim VII. A lot of crap went down in his lifetime. Oh, wait, scratch that, "Adventures: Redguard" takes place at the tail end of the Second Era, when Tamriel has almost been united by Talos.

I wonder if Menro and Manwe was the older style of Mer and Man. As language tends to evolve over time. Menro being a variation of Mer I am sure and of course Manwe being Man. That is my take on that little excerpt. But I could be wrong and it might have just been two chaps of the twenty two who did all the heavy lifting.

I would love a full vid about all the lore and everything about the Devine

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Love this video. I think you nailed it Nate.

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What mods do you have installed to make it look this good?

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Those northern lights things in the sky looks a lot like a dragon born fighting a dragon, don't they.

So it's true that Lorkhan is associated with the moons, but one should keep in mind that The Lunar Lorkhan was written by Fal Droon, whose name is an anagram of 'Darn Fool'. He also wrote The Dragon Break Reexamined, a book claiming that timeline shenanigans aren't possible despite being from the future; so we gotta take Lorkhan being the moons with a grain of salt. That said, there IS a moon that we KNOW is related to Lorkhan, because we go there in ESO; the Dark Heart. So either Lorkhan's corpse is that dark moon, or his corpse is all three moons somehow, but we only know one of them is truly associated with him for certain.

Best part of the video " He and his newly assembled force then returned to tamriel and opened up a can of whoop ass on the elves" said high king Nate Talos guide you.

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I would note the nord story just mentions the bird statue, not that there was a forge attached to it from the start. They may have built it there due to the special nature of the bird statue.

Perhaps there was magma there (I doubt it) but the nords definitely added the smithing equipment like bellows

@drdca to tell you honestly I didn't even remember this from the game until I saw the video XD so I don't know much lore. But my assumption would be, that if the forge didn't exist at the start and was added by the nords later as im assuming, then whatever magic was originally in the statue must power the forge yes.

So would the statue be powering the forge somehow?

@MikeyXSkyline I assume the magic but we can only guess. And you could sti'll be right and me wrong, but I feel if there was indeed a forge attached right at the start it's a pretty unique thing to not mention in the early accounts and instead refer to it just as a statue without mentioning it. But who knows.

@MikeyXSkyline .....magic, obviously.

As funny as it may sound, the story of the Ehlnofey and how it forms Nirn sort of reminds me of the fan theory that the world of Fallout later became the world of the Elder Scrolls... And this may sound silly, but with a group of people being referred to as "Mer" just reminds me of how "American" is some times shortened to " 'Merican"... I mean don't get me wrong, I understand that there being different celestial bodies around the two worlds should be an obvious sign that they are not linked in that way, but I could see how some might think/hope that they are. (Oh, also if you see the Hawk of the Skyforge as an Eagle, it sort of gives you an idea of what part of the world Tamriel is/was.)

I can't wait to see this channel blow up hard when ES6 finally comes out.

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The player is Lor Khan, aka Shor. You can't sit on anyone's throne in the game but Sovngarde, Shor's one. Also, the same story is depicted with different ending in "Aedra and Daedra"

The last dragonborn is not Lorkhan (or Shor in the nordic pantheon). He is called Ysmir, the "Dragon of the North" (nordic aspect of Talos) by the Greybeards. But since he has both Shor's and Kyne's blessings (there are some hints on several dialogues), I guess it can explain why he can sits on Shor's throne.

I believe that The Skyforge and the Selkie Statue are some of the last few remnants of the Wandering Elnofey's early religion. I believe the animals/cryptids depicted by the statues are the earliest totemic depictions of the Aedra, in specific, I think the Skyforge depicts a representation of Kyne while the Selkie is of Dibella. If this theory is correct, when the Wandering Elnofey became Men and moved to Atmora they would have brought the tradition of representing the gods as animal totems with them, which would them be brought back to Tamriel with several of the early Nede groups.

@Jagne Stormskull also, I was a bit pissy when I made that original comment. I appreciate the good references, polite comeback and interesting ideas you presented.

@Jagne Stormskull I'll read up on the ghost moon a bit more. But from what I remember I thought it represented the darkness that was in Lorkhaj. Thank you for the references. I mainly mean massar and suncunda. Which I admittedly assume everyone is speaking about. This idea about his body becoming Sovngarde is very intriguing honestly. And for calcification, I agree that Magnus would have issue with shor. But that they didn't have conflict. He just noped out of there the minute he realized what he was making.

​@M "shor isn't the moon. He didn't have a conflict with magnus. Magnus was the observer to the enantiomorph" Is that entirely true? Magnus is a god mostly worshipped by elves, Bretons, and Khajiit, so the likelihood of Magnus being neutral in the Dawn Wars is low. It also depends on which moon you're talking about; the Ghost Moon that the Khajiit call the Den of Lorkhaj is very real according to ESO, so... Now, of course, the Den of Lorkhaj could be the body of the darkness inside of Shor, not the true Shor (see Amun-Dro's writings on the Moon Prince vs. the Moon Beast). Shor's body could have been integrated into Nirn like the Heart, or it could have flown into Aetherius, ripping a hole in the Void like the Magna-Ge did, then becoming Sovngarde itself. This is all just speculation, of course.

@James Mayle We are talking about the fictional gods of The Elder Scrolls right now, could you please give us space from IRL religion? Preaching on forums not relating to Christianity makes you look annoying, not enlightened.

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the blacksmith tutorial can be done I assume at any blacksmith because I always do it whiterun and the lady there says the same line of dialogue. cool that most of skyrim knows about and admires the quality of skyforge steel.

I always wondered why they never officially made Skyforge Armor.

ancient nord armor is skyforge steel armor methinks

The cool looking steel nordic armour is the official one to me

I think the Wolf Armor is technically skyforge steel or am I wrong

I believe that the Skyforge steels best real world analogy are probably crucible steel. You cannot produce that in a standard furnace. What the game get wrong for that is the fact that you can easily smith crucible steel in a standard forge but to produce the ingots, THAT is a problem. If I would mod in this explanation into the game then you can smith skyforge steel anywhere but you need to acces to a special forge to be able to reach the level of heat to produce the ingots. Thease forges, in Skyrim, would be The Skyforge, The Eternium Forge and the forge under the magic college. Perhaps I would also allow the forge in Riften after it has been fed but the smith there have no interest in working in Skyforge steel so the PC would still have to smith anything him/herself. To produce crucible steel, in game terms, you need Iron or steel ingots, clay and crushed glass and ceramics. Make a crucible of the clay and fill it with layers of metal, and the crushed glass and ceramics, close up the crusible and then essentially bake the whole thing in the forge under high heat for many hours/a few days. The metal will melt inside and the class and ceramics draws out impurities creating a high quality metal. I have seen a video of the process here on YouTube so I am not too far off from the reality here.

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Ive never really cared about what was outside of Tamriel, but after hearing the description of Atmorra, I kinda want to see an elder scrolls game in the ancient past in Atmorra, maybe around the time they had to leave

I like to think that atmora is going to come back into discovery in the future of the elder scrolls, maybe it was moved into another plane and back again

I use dragonbone weaponry, but skyforge steel is indeed mighty..

I thought the atmora thing was accepted? I mean the companions literally came from there, the nords preach that, it’s older than the elves, and a forge it’s probably from lorkan, It’s a daedric/aedric artifact regardless

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Could you create a new video (refreshing the old one) about what mods you use that make your Skyrim look so good?

could it be possible that every race has their own dragon born . and the dragon born is like DC52 which is that all events of skyrim are happening to each city and their races . hence from the begining on the charecter selection menu we are given many races to to choose indicating that the title dragon born is of every race and the events skyrim may be happening all pover Nirn

You can get the Lunar forge enchantment by disenchanting a lunar forge weapon. This enchantment can be applied like any other enchantment afterwards.

@Benjamin Tranwho’s been lazy for years?

@Gregory Jones he's been lazy for years. I commented on it back then and people gave me shit

The Enchantment is also broken. It targets weapon speed not weapon damage, but since weapon speed is overridden based on the weight and weapon type, it does nothing

Honestly I think that’s just Bethesda being Bethesda and not paying attention to their own work. It’s clear the lunar forge was abandoned by the devs really early, so the right hand might not have been talking to the left hand. Same with the fire/absorb discrepancy.

@Shane Jay Way to dumb things down

What mod do you use to go to the imperial city?

Also worth noting, in addition to just having a hawk as her "Symbol", the Khajiiti interpretation of Kyne, Khynarthi's form is actually that of a great bird, the Island of Khynarthi's Roost being named for being the one place she rested, in the boughs of the great tree on the island, in her first flight around the world.

My man's disappear for months at a time to 'consult the archives ' and always comes back with bangers. Well done.

Never mind the ability to "power up" by being used as a pyre for great heros, and the connection to Kynareth, I also believe Akatosh (Auriel and patron to the Snow Elves) was the main perpetrator in the shattering of Lorkhan (Shor, Kynareths husband to the Nords).

Mind blown. That's stupid thing has been bothering me since I first started playing the game, shortly after release. It's nice to know the nords have the same attitude about it that I do. If it scares the elves, good.

Glad to see ya back friend,And im just in Awe after all of this info.

Like your stories not the stress and drawn out last words and syllables at the end...of each...sentence... This is Skyrimmmmmm.

I find myself lucky to found this video accidentally. Last week, at UFC 282 Polish warrior Jan Błachowicz used Skyrim theme as walkout song. And when i search on YouTube i found this channel and now i am hooked to it. ... LOL

Never underestimate the depths of Elder Scrolls lore. A-MA-ZING piece of detective work.

A good amount of the depth seems to be inspired by The Silmarillion. Of course they are distinct. A good read if you find this interesting.

I'm looking forward to the full hour video of Kyne and the other gods. I've been playing this game for 10 years and I still learn something new

@Car not really content, but hidden story. pretty sure every quest has been completed already.

Same. It’s so crazy how a 10+ year old game still has so much content left to offer

You know, I would've thought windhelm would've been the windiest place in Skyrim lol

I have a weird lil video idea: Which race would your character most likely be? This idea mainly stems from the fact that your character makes one decision for you beforehand: Trying to cross the border. Which race would most likely do that?

Nord seems like the most obvious choice, returning home from Bruma. My headcanon is that every player character is the race of that province, at least TES 3-5.

Thought the video was going nowhere, but that last 4 minutes really put things together.

huh i vaguely remember forging the moon weapons when both moons are full but maybe that was a mod i installed a lot of these

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I stumbled upon your channel a few months ago and immediately loved it, but was worried/sad because your upload dates made it seem like you had, or were in the process of, abandoning the channel. I subscribed regardless, in hopes I was wrong. I'm so happy to see you still uploading. You do a fantastic job with these videos, and you deserve every bit of success you've earned, and so much more.

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@Nulikka Aww, that's unfortunate but I'm really glad he's been able to make progress on those issues and start coming back to YouTube. Hopefully everything continues going well for him going forward!

He had a lot of irl issues that got in the way, and made it so he couldn't upload videos. But he's, thankfully, gotten through most of those. I'm glad he was able to come back to this! Missed his in depth analysis of all the random bits of skyrim lol.

You should do spotify Playlist of all your videos. I would listen to that all the time

I needed this ❤ another great video

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Wait,What! The Companions are werewolfs?

Tamriel is really cool and all, but there's 4 other continents. Elder Scrolls in Akavir would be neat. I get that Yokuda sank and all, but Thras seems promising. We could be Sload wranglers.

9:00 It's pretty clear to me that Atmora suffered glaciation. The Companions' induction references the "days of the distant green summers," and "Atmora" itself translates to "elder wood."

@Ieago The question is, is it a proper ice age in a glaciation cycle, or just the end of a little warm bump. Like the holocene climatic optimum that ended around 500 years ago. Like the end of the medieval warm period (when norsemen settled greenland, which is now pretty much frozen) followed by the little ice age. Or considering he time scale of the lore even something like the younger dryas.

@Brian Roberts And I'm pretty sure the ice age is advancing. The glaciers in on the north side of the Yorgrim mountains are rolling *over* the ruins there. Saarthal and Alftand would have to have been built prior to the ice formations for that to happen!

It's also mentioned in several in game sources that Atmora is frozen, and there are references to the Nords leaving because of advancing ice.

This completely makes sense, especially everything about Whiterun screaming Kyne being their patron goddess. I mean, yes, there is a Shrine to Talos and a crazy priest screaming at the top of his lungs the love that Talos gives to all mankind...but that is the exception in Whiterun, the heart of Skyrim. From the Temple of Kynareth, to the names of the city's districts, to the fact that even Balgruuf himself references Kynareth in a protective prayer to the Dragonborn as he/she takes off on Odahviing's back to Skuldafn...everything in Whiterun is for Kyne/Kynareth. So it even makes sense that the Skyforge was hers, as well. Also, I love the fact that Whiterun and Dragonsreach was based on Edoras from Lord of the Rings. Whiterun Hold feels so very much like Rohan. And the Horselords of the Riddermark would be proud to see that Whiterun's symbol is of their beloved equine friends. Also, in old Pagan societies, the color yellow, which is the color of Whiterun guard uniforms and their shields, was the color of air in elemental magic. Simple perfection. Everything fits together so succinctly.

I wish there was a quest to side with the silver hand and wipe out the companions who have become corrupted by Hircine

​@Manz indeed. While I think mods for personal play are fine, it only effects your gameplay, have at it. It's the fkrs that do it online that made me stop doing online gaming.

@Lyu majority of quest mods are bunk imo.

There is a mod for this, Long live Skyrim modding!

@THESLICKNESSEDM yea

Every faction should have that option to join their enemy and destroy them

Supposedly a mysterious winter overtook Atmora. Freezing the land and causing the nords to migrate south to Skyrim. Now that is a mystery that needs to be solved. What caused Atmora to freeze?

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the skyforge gets stronger every body it consumes

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