Skyrim is Weirder Than You Think…



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Skyrim is Weirder Than You Think…

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Intro
3:31 – Origins of the Nords
5:51 – Elemental Nords
9:00 – Ysgramor the First Human Historian
10:37 – Saarthal & the Eye of Magnus
12:37 – Michael Kirkbride & 2nd Edition Pocket Guide
14:00 – The Nordic Mindset
18:50 – Ysgramor Theories
20:43 – Totemic Religion
24:27 – Skaal & the All-Maker
29:43 – Nordic Pantheon
31:16 – Tongues & the First Empire of Nords
33:30 – King Borgas & Alessian Order
34:55 – Olaf One-Eye & Numinex
39:12 – Snow Whales
42:25 – Ysmir Wulfarth
44:57 – Demon Chieftains
48:06 – Five Songs of King Wulfarth
52:42 – Secret Song of King Wulfarth
57:26 – Jurgen Windcaller
58:56 – Talos & the Ash King
1:03:17 – Atmoran Titans & Giants
1:07:10 – Conclusion

LINKED VIDEOS:
Reman Story: https://youtu.be/rNTMQjEC67w
Empire is Weirder Than You Think: https://youtu.be/FNcqLrJZVAQ
Nedic Origin Theory: https://youtu.be/OjF0qNEG-Iw
Misunderstood God: https://youtu.be/HCeXtUyHqh0
Ysgramor Dragon Theory: https://youtu.be/fMMtYPx-QVQ
Ysmir behind Talos: https://youtu.be/k4Aw7REF8r0

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42 thoughts on “Skyrim is Weirder Than You Think…”

  1. All of Elder Scrolls is a chaotic mess. Everything and nothing is canon. Knowing about the meta of the universe can either cause you to cease existing entirely or turn you into a God with your own project elsewhere to work on.

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  2. Elves are more intelligent than humans. Skyrim may belong to the nords, but shjould it? Talos worship is too similar to Christianity, and that alone gives me zero hope for the humans defending the Nords (humans)on planet earth.

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  3. I like to think that the Nords used to be a lot more "otherworldly" and powerful than what we see in TES 4 and 5, but lost most of their primal nature and elemental powers either due to becoming Imperialized, leaving behind the Old Ways and adopting a syncretic version of their own religion instead, or because all the mortals on Tamriel are slowly losing their divine connection, generation by generation, with Aedra-worshiping humans being hit the hardest due to a combination of their short lifespans and absent gods.

    As has been pointed out before on this very channel, it's odd that even the militantly traditionalistic Stormcloaks aren't even fighting for their right to worship any of their traditional gods like Shor, but the ascended historical figure who represents the very Empire the Stormcloaks are rebelling against. This could be seen as a contradiction or a retcon (and let's be real, it probably is), but it's not completely incompatible with the lore. Talos does, after all, represent the indominable spirit of humanity and proves that humans are not spiritually inferior, severed from divinity forever, as the elves like to claim. If nothing else, it makes for a good story to rally behind, and isn't that what the Nords are all about?

    It would also add a deeper tragic element to the Civil War – even the rebels are aware that there is nothing for the Nords to truly return to, because the real cultural genocide is already done. The Old Ways have been all but forgotten, and there's barely anyone left who would give their life fighting for Shor or Kyne or Stuhn. So all that's left to fight for is the memory of an Empire that was destroyed during the Oblivion Crisis, that the Nords had only ever had a reluctant connection with, and that still managed to take their cultural identity from them. It's like a toxic mix of nostalgia and Stockholm Syndrome.

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  4. Don`t wanna sound like a broken record, but having a way to be exposed to this lore in an easy way while playing would be so, SO incredible.
    Imagine making a mod where Scott voices an NPC like Vilkas, who is supposed to be a scholar and know the nordic traditions.
    He would be the npc with most dialogue, teach you about Ysgramor, the companions, the war paints, the voice, the old gods, the ambiguity.
    It'd let us love the companions, understand our role as dragonborn and fix a bit of how Skyrim's lore was left behind.
    Maybe just revoicing him wouldn't be too hard. Maybe a mod author like Jay would be willing to help, and it would also push the channel towards modders that don`t know about it.
    Thanks again for another amaazing video, guys!

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  5. I feel like the name Nord for the people of Atmora was a name given to them by the snow elves, kinda like Viking wasn't the name of the people of Scandinavia but the name for the action of raiding, so maybe the name Nord could have meant, people from afar, tide tamers, or maybe ice breakers

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  6. Baldurs Gate 3 have been out for 5 months, and you are still playing this shit game? Skyrim was only the best rpg from 2012-2015, before that Dragon Age Origins, from 2016-2022 Witcher 3 + dlc's, currently Baldurs Gate 3 has dethroned all other rpgs.

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  7. *Snorts cokain * "You know what would be cool, man? Gigantic flying wales that, when the breath, the spew forth coke."
    That's how I imagine it went down at Bethesda when they came up with the Sky-Wales.

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  8. Oh, hell yes.

    The weird side of the Nords that TESV: Skyrim never explored.

    Wulfharth, his Tongues, and Shor, all their exploits, the stuff of legends.

    Ysmir would be ashamed of what the Nords have become in the 4th Era. Not because they serve the Empire, no. But because they’ve betrayed those they swore to fight with, in the end.

    Season Unending will end with Wulfharth’s reincarnation siding with the Dragon of the South.

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  9. I use to watch this channel all the time back in year 7 (2017). I just recently got back into skyrim and remembered your guys content and have been binge watching like crazy and listening to the podcast at work. Awesome to see yall still making videos, carried my childhood fr

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  10. You know, I think I never even considered this as the origin of the Nord.
    I guess in my head, they were Atmorans, who then were turned into Nords by Kyne, and that way they began to differ from just Atmorans into Nords and Giants.

    Or maybe it's something different. As I wrote this I had a thought: maybe the Atmorans as a people were vastly different in appearance from the more "uniform" Nords, and, in a way, more similar to the Khajiit? Maybe they were more like the "Giants" from norse mythology or how the Jötunar were depicted in God of War: a single people, but with vastly differing physiological characteristics, with individuals reaching heights from about 6-7 feet/1,80-2,10 m to as tall as a mountain.

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