“The Black Books are super dangerous. Look how they messed up this powerful wizard.” Dragonborn: yeah, but he didn’t have... a quest marker and 764 cheese wheels.
Well... it’s never 100% confirmed our dragonborn is literate. It’ll be funny ‘hey just look at the pictures to learn stuff safely’ as a way to bypass the madness.
FudgeMuppet: Don't read the Black Books or you'll go insane! Dragonborn: let me consult my life coach Sheogorath: I see no issue. Dragonborn: And there you have it folks.
Mora: "You've slain Miraak, so you are now my champion" Dragonborn: "Yeah whatever, man. I gotta go now. It's date night with my hot vampire gf" Mora: "No, wait, you can't just lea- ...and he's gone."
"I already have the Night Mother whispering in my head, so if I hear a few more voices after reading these books, the more the merrier, I say!" - Dragonborn
The trick, is to play a Nord Barbarian with 0 intelligence. “SKAAL GOOD, MIRAAK BAD. TENTACLE MAN HELP WITH MIRAAK. MIRAAK TASTE AXE. THESE SCRAPS OF FIRE STARTER HAVE FUNNY SYMBOLS ON THEM” Good luck Herma Mora.
@@magi_1756 Hey now! My Nord is an esteemed member of the college of winterhold in good standing! a Master of destruction, illusion, alteration, restoration and conjuration! He is very intelligent! unlike those faithless imperials.... ;)
I met a talking dog a talking corpse whose voice only I could hear. Heard a disembodied voice behind a door that heavily implied I should kill my friends. Went into a house that locked itself where objects flew everywhere and a disembodied voice told me to kill the guy there with me then locked me in a cage and told me to kill more people. Another time I hallucinated I was someone else somehow ended up in the last place my hallucination was and then got told to kill someone else by a disembodied voice. ...there's a lot of disembodied voices or voices coming from places they probably should'nt is what I'm getting at. A lot of them want me to kill things except that one hallucination who wanted me to cure a dead guys psychological issues, I was not sure I was qualified but it seemed to turn out alright.
Scott: *you* *will* *go* *insane* My Dragonborn goes on a frequent bandit killing spree and loot their dead bodies. Pretty sure I was already going down that path.
Fascinating, it's incredible to hear more about stories of Hermaeus Mora. The story of Ysgramor and the Hare was particularly interesting. Thank you for the video!
I'd imagine being Dragonborn, an aspect of Akatosh, an Aedra, you'd be immune or heavily resistant to the effects of Daedric Princes, Miraak didn't go insane, despite everything, neither did Durnehviir, though he was forever linked to the Soul Cairn. What I think Mora was banking on was the inherent greed of a Dragon Soul, the want to be the strongest, rather than thinking that he can break Miraak or the LDB mentally. What is more enticing to someone looking to power than an infinite library? Mora doesn't need to drive a Dragonborn insane, just offer promise of more knowledge, which is something he can do.
Paarthurnax: you feel it too, don't you? The desire for power, for conquest. I would not trust another dovah, even now, not a day goes by that I don't consider going back to my old ways.
"Have you learned nothing from us?! Would you simply be a tool in the hands of the [Blades or Mora] to be used for their own purposes?!" "Remain true to The Way of The Voice" "Breath and Focus" (Take a pause to ground yourself again) The Greybeards are the biggest Chads in safe guarding the well-being of the Dragonborn be it physical or to their sanity.
Nothing like a rousing game of tag using a bow! Afterwards you can even play hide and seek with the corp.... ehhh.... child! It’s really fun to hide them on their parent’s bed!
*Average citizen of Tamriel:* is that a black book? *AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M GOING INSAAAAAAAAAANE!* *The Dovakiin:* Yeah only like... Two of those books were good. The rest were boring as hell.
Insanity is just the sane reaction to living in a universe filled with temporal paradoxes, petty dick gods, time braking outright every few millenia or so, rampent demon invasions which is all just some incoherent dream of some brain dead omnipotent godhead doomed to end when it wakes up.
“For in much wisdom there is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” Ecclesiastes 1:18. I know this quote is not from the Elder Scrolls universe, but I still find this VERY relevant to Hermaeus Mora’s sphere.
Wisdom is the balancing tool. Life is all about balance. Everything there is are all made up of different elements balanced together in in a myriad of different ways. We are the universe experiencing itself. We are life trying to get itself right. This is the reason for evolution.
I'm really looking forward to the Daedric content that ES6 has. I think it would be cool if they had them more fleshed out than just one quest per lord for a relic. Imagine being able to devote yourself to the lords instead of just "becoming a champion" like the option to do more quests for perks or other gear that aren't relics, etc. Would make role-playing much more interesting
Allow me to recommend Wintersun: Faiths of Skyrim to you then, as it allows you to do just that to any of Tamriel's known deities and perform quests for some of them
So in my most recent playthrough of Skyrim, I was using the Sallow Regent quite a bit to optimize my alchemy/enchanting leveling up loop. (not the resto loop, because there is no point to use the books then). And I noticed, that as I was sitting in my basement within the home in Solstheim, that after I came out of the book, the Sallow Regent background noise followed me into the real world. That sort of...not-quite-moaning, not-quite-scratching noise... Like a hum of insanity that you definitely hear while in Apocrypha. The sound loop stopped as soon as I left the house instance. and went outside. I'm not sure if it was a glitch I had or not, but it definitely added to my immersion. Another time this happened is I went back into the Waking Dreams book after defeating Miraak (while outside in Solstheim) to reset some perk points, and when I came back out, Solstheim's sky resembled that of the green-webbed sky that hung above Apocrypha. No tentacles, but very disconcerning. Again, went away after I loaded into something else, like if I fast-traveled to Tel Mythrin or somewhere in Skyrim. And, again, I'm not sure if this is a glitch or intended, but it definitely added to the immersion that the dragonborn was becoming more and more insane the more he used these books. Someone (*cough cough* Fudgemuppet, if you're reading this) should load up a playthrough and report back if they notice the same thing.
Those who walk his halls are truly blessed. Even as their flesh falls away, they are permitted to browse the infinite tomes and scrolls, privy to all mysteries that have ever and will ever exist. It is the most blessed of fates.
*Laughs in uber sadistic vampire lord, inside a corpse riddeld whiterun, wearing the ebony mail, posing before a blood red sun * Yeah, as though there was any sanity remaining. Hold on to my Ebony blade for a moment, while i eat some corpses to regain health for a bit.
Considering the fact that canonically the Dragonborn has Waking Dreams in their possession, and that at some point they must've read it, does that mean that it's possible that they might've achieved CHIM?
@@purpledevilr7463 That may not be necessarily true as we have access to console commands after becoming/mantling Sheogorath in Oblivion even though it has been implied to be impossible for a Daedric Prince to achieve CHIM.
I would assume the Oghma Infinium, while not directly causing madness itself, could easily lead to it through obsession. Someone reads one section, it disappears, and the power it grants them drives them to search for it, desperate to obtain the knowledge of the other sections, and pretty much wasting their life searching for something that is now kept forever beyond their reach.
I still remember the "Doors of Oblivion" book *very* fondly. It's what launched my obsession with ES-lore & Herma Mora himself. I still feature that book in every house, in every playthru. I later found out that the master spoken of in that book actually has a tower in Morrowind with a hidden cellar.
It's fun to make deals with the gods, using your soul as currency, when you've already pledged your soul to the god of your choice. It's why being a werewolf is so dang cool, because you'll spend eternity experiencing the thrill of the hunt, and all these other gods who thought they were so clever as to dupe you into agreeing to give them your soul. How disappointed they will be when you die and get whisked away to Hircine's side, if he was the first of them you pledged your soul to, lol. Better yet, the Dragonborn masters the mysterious artifact known only as the "Tilde Key," and becomes truly immortal, never dying, and thus never having to make good on these contracts with the gods.
Boring!!!! I prefer spending my eternity in the Shivering Isles, but at last I am Dragonborn so my soul automatically ends up with Akatosh. I could dream though. Then again it is said that Sheogorath is the most powerful of deities, he'll figure out how to steal my soul from the others.
If the book will allow me to skip old Hermaeus’ dialogue, then insanity is a worthy price. Plus it’d probably get a ticket to the shivering isles pro bono!
My current character defeated alduin, slayed Harkon and Bested Miraak, but the black books drove him mad, he joined the Dark Brotherhood after swearing fealty to an Empire that he has just helped reunite the whole of Skyrim, with each contract he started to like the killing he only partook in once to uphold justice. With each quest eventually leading him to assassinate the very emperor he swore allegiance to by name. Eventually on a quest for every Dragon soul to fuel his growing he killed Paarthunax and now plots to terrorize Skyrim with the power of his unlimited Thu'um.
Hermaeus Mora had of course wanted the Black Books to be found and their temptation felt once more in Tamriel. Yet for all his supposed wisdom, the Daedric prince believed naively that any mere mortal would simply desire to keep them and accept their gifts. Having brought all of the Black Books to Tel Mithryn, Neloth and I hatched a plan to outwit these designs. I donned Ahzidal's boots of waterwalking, and set off for Vvardenfell alone. Trekking through that desolate ashscape, I looked up towards my looming destination. The climb was arduous, the heat unbearable, and the acrid fumes stung my eyes and burned my throat. Finally, I reached the summit and peered down into the crater, shielding my eyes from the intense volcanic glare. Then I hurled each abominable tome into the fires of Red Mountain, beyond the reach of mer and man and also, I hoped, of the daedric denizens of Oblivion. --- Add bBorderRegionsEnabled=0 in the [General] section in Skyrim.ini to visit Red Mountain showinventory (to find ids with Dragonborn load order in place of xx) player.removeitem xx01e99c 1 player.removeitem xx01e99d 1 player.removeitem xx01e99e 1 player.removeitem xx01e99f 1 player.removeitem xx016E2c 1 player.removeitem xx016E2d 1 player.removeitem xx016E22 1
Wait so why hasn't Hermaeus Mora achieved Chim or experienced Zero Sum? If he truly had all forbidden knowledge, then why hasn't he used chim to shape the god heads dream or disappear? This is a lore question that has bothered me
based on what happened with lorkhan, it's likely that gods (not semi gods like the tribunal, proper gods like the aedra and daedra) can't achieve CHIM or zero sum
I think we can all agree the Dragonborn is either completely immune to pacts with Deadra, OR that there’s going to be a Deadra war when he dies for who gets to claim his soul.
I’ve always looked at Chim and Zero Summing not to be taken that it’s literally a god head dreaming, but more symbolic and metaphorical. The “head” is actually a computer, and the dream, is the game. Zero summing occurs when you get bored of the game and stop playing. Chim occurs when you use cheats and mods to manipulate the game to your liking. Doing either requires full acknowledgment that it’s a fictional world. I think it’s a nice metaphor and the fact that characters in the game can do it is really mind blowing and meta to think about
See, it's talk like this that makes me dream of Skyrim builds for the disciples of the Princes. Can you imagine the backstory that they could create for a devotee of Herma Mora, Sheogorath, Peryite, Molag Bal, JYGGALAG?! Sometimes I watch the builds not for how to play them, but simply to enjoy the in-depth backstories, they are just that good.
I can only imagine herma mora and Sheogorath being best of friends, they're probably the only ones that can understand eachother, and there is a large crossover between their worshipers
In my opinion, the Last Dragonborn should get a choice on which Daedric Prince they want to spend eternity with! That battle over the Last Dragonborn's soul will be a sight to see! As me and Sheogorath disappear into the Shivering Isles in a cloud of butterflies, while Sheo is laughing his ass off! Hircene:'F&#@! The Mad God did it to me again!' Hermaeus:' What did you expect?' Hircene:' You only say that because you think you know everything!' The majority of the Princes:' OH S&#@! Here we go!' Molag, Mehrunes, and Malacath:' This should be fun!' Clavicus Vile:' I'm out of here! Come, Barbas!' Sanguine:' You know where to find me!' The others:' Duh, you are Sheogorath's BFF!'
I’ve met multiple Dahdra and basically bad-mouthed each and every one. They didn’t like me much, but I was on a personal quest to collect, and well, still haven’t defeated the main quest, but I did do the vampire quest, if just to keep NPCs safe from random attacks.
Hermaeus Mora puts His tentacles into your mind, like black fingers reaching in to scramble your thoughts, turning you into a vegetable. But a complicated vegetable, or a cacophony of vegetables, like a salad. So you could call Hermaeus Mora's tentacles, salad fingers.
Thanks for the warning man, I was going to buy one and read it glad I now know how dangerous they are I'm going to boycott the publisher writer and the business that have these books and I urge other to do the same
I once had something weird happen during a play-through on Solthsteim. After reading more than 5 black books, ending at whatever # in Neloth's house, I stepped outside and.... Solstheim's sky looked like Apocrypha's sky for a second or two, then changed back; it went from that bright slimy green back to normal. I want to think it wasn't a glitch, but I don't know! It's like I could gradually be getting bound to Apocrypha like Miraak was.
HAH! Jokes on you! I'm already a champion of every other deadric lord, and its only been a month! Now I'll go for the aidra! Hahaha when I'm done the world will tear itself asunder to determine my afterlife! Talos may be my lord but it is purely for he offers the best opportunity for my peoples survival, I defy all powers higher then mortal they all play to my game! When my power grows beyond all and my people know an eternal paradise only then will I die and with my death the uncaring, the harmful, the not essential gods shall fall, all shall know my name! Tim!!! MWUAHAHAHAHA!!!!
My headcanon in my play through was that my Dragonborn escaped his oath with Hermaeus via his allegiance to Azura and resides in her domain until he had gained enough power to return to Tamriel and keep Hermaeus from trying to enact his will over him
read racist war crime elder is nationalist kleptocracy lie propaganda to kill nations. What is nation? Humans born without nationality, born without fascism, nationalization in childhood make them. False value, false enemy, false nation definition make false enemy, destroy value of life. Nationalist kleptocracy created fa, refuse value of life and human rights. Take from society, use not for society, use for golden toilet trash disease, is stealing. Reward for worsening, over reward is kleptocracy support, steal reward system. Not only artificial inflation, kill by stealing safety, cripple to death, non direct kill, they steal money, money they are printed. They not deserved golden toilets. They not have right on other life. They not deserve worship. They did nothing good. They so powerful, they are only enemy to them. They so powerful, they can create legal approved law, law by which they self must be killed. Support nationalist kleptocracy, participate in war crime. Nationalization without nation, mafia nationalist kleptocracy divide humanity by nations to cover war crime, nationalist slavery ownership. Wikipedia false nation definition changed always. Commanders not kill directly, give orders and blame soldiers, soldiers forced to kill, blame generals, walking Milgram experiments. They kill for nations, they not know what nation is, nationalist kleptocracy protector. Not can distinguish between race and nation. What is good, what is bad? Choose between bandits called imperials, bandits called rebels, bandits called bandits. Protect golden toilet trash, create perfect society. Probably, dragon was right, when try kill them all, savior. Farengar not care who give order. Random infinite characters appears from nowhere every few minutes, that give you missions. In real world can kill by stealing safety, economy as weapon. In this world everything can be weapons, books, words, swords, booz. On missions of kill, create, sell, deliver weapon, cutting weapons, alchemy weapon, economy weapon, social weapon, life style weapon? Bring enemy to other enemy, stay and watch weapon. Everything can give missions, statues, books, papers, humans, other animals, places. Read hilterugen campf books, get bunch of missions for killing, must kill. Most dangerous killers are mission givers, books, statues, papers, they kill more than you met for entire life. Courage brave epic heroes not know for what they fighting, hilterugend cannon fodder did it. skyrim, "death is blessing crusade war crime ten commandments", boethian brave glory hilterugend cannon fodder. False nation definition, not can distinguish between race, nation. Why elf count as human? Vampires zombied mutants. They even know that races are property of humans only? Creators racist abilities, make species abilities as racist, races as nations, traditions, rituals, religions. Narcologist barmen. Sobriety is highly overrated, brew taverns everywhere. So much booz, that booz used as money. Nurturing booz for tavern children narcologist barmen, these hilterugend science academy children magically protected from death. Booz everywhere, booz competition, booz conversation, booz school, user became narcotic addicted. If not drink booz, force to sell booz. Almost everyone have booz in pocket. Overpopulation family values. Cannon fodder walking Milgram experiments, children in war zone. How they can build anything with that death rate? Kleptocracy, golden toilet value system. Not just thief guild, stealing ability, lockpicks, it is nationalist kleptocracy lie propaganda. Any click can steal item. Any stealed item magically make you criminal, ruin entire game, everyone and everything magically known that item is stealed. But magic not can protect them from stealing, nobody know about pickpocketing lockpicking protection. Caught known thief not allowed to some actions. Magic doors know that you are thief. Reward for worsening, nationalist kleptocracy reward system. Marauder economy, kill and loot. Traders somehow limited for money, but traders can buy infinite trash just wait for next sell. Ten commandments genocide crusade. Worship pray blessing priest divine cultist temple altar at every step, godless church ten commandments crusade ritualism. Kill for religion of peace crusade ten commandments. Faithless damn empire, faithless damn rebels, faithless damn priests Animal cruelty. Beautiful parts of dead body on walls everywhere. Law. First mission. With 0 crimes they try cut head off. They violate own laws, killing without reason must be punished with killing. They self are criminals. Must choose between 2 mafia, no other ways. Crimes not show easy in not big screen, no messages, guards say nothing, no anything, must search manually for statistic. Crimes even difficult to find in statistics sometimes. Lockpick in first mission cause crime in general stats, no messages, characters silent. In war zone, after innocent marauder corpses, lockpick cell with another corpse is bad, worsening. Helgen create criminals in first few minutes. Judge and kill who attack you is not crime, for example, if try attack hilter for self defence you are criminal, not nationalist kleptocrat. Lockpick chest of dead bandit is crime, but killing and looting is legal. Convoyed prisoners almost always fight for convoy, any enemy to guard is enemy to prisoner. Convoyed prisoners always stuck or die on road. Free prisoner is not crime, killed without crime. Characters usually kill and forget what they did. Steal from bandits is bad, but kill and marauder corpse is innocent. Some character unkillable, undead, but they criminals, by their law must be killed. It is not predictable, no logic, what is crime in that world, must check general stats crime every few seconds. Animated general stats is pain, time and money. No kill, how to kill which have no life? Shoot skeleton is kill, banish dead skeleton, no kill. Non direct chain reaction kill is innocent. Stumble on bucket which kill chicken, no kill. No crime, force to attack you, then kill as self defense. Shoot sparks at kettle, kettle hit chicken, no crime, kettle kill, not user. What next, pull trigger, blame bullet, not shooter? Kleptocrats steal safety, safety kill, blame economy, not nationalist mafia 99% economy thieves? Use mind control spider from solstheim to make killed in battle on your side, no crime. Fernik welcome, no lockpick, no crime, then why any lockpick is crime? Many program errors. Stupid character points ruin game more. Unreadable text, transparent, animated, for part of second. Not only load screen, almost every text unreadable. Not hearable voices, many characters speak at same time, or very silent voice. Pain and annoy. Even exit program is pain.
"don't read the scrolls! you'll go blind!" "don't read the black books! you'll go insane!" look dude, you gotta read something, you can't keep living with a vocabulary as thick as a child's coloring book
Superb content, Scott! I can really relate to that paradigm of going insane while reading black books. Chim and God head + daedra knowledge! it's great! thank you! p. S. thank you so such for reading that... in your normal voice, with no "insane" mystical intonations! xD
There's no help for it. The Dragonborn must choose: either to let Miraak return to Nirn and bollix things up, or read at least two Black Books to learn how to defeat him. Perhaps it helps that the Dragonborn isn't much of a scholar. He/she is restless. Footloose. Never stays for long in one place. Always is questing. He/she lacks the patience for a years-long retreat to a magnificent, if dangerous, library to catch up on the latest histories or philosophical musings or godly secrets. A library for the Dragonborn is just a place to visit. He/she feels no temptation to stay. I'm reminded of Chevy Chase in 'National Lampoon's Vacation,' where Chevy is at the Grand Canyon, but in a hurry. His head bobs up and down twice. Yep, nice view! Let's go! Nary a glance does he spare for the sight of mules descending to the river along winding trails, nor of dozens, nay, hundreds of ancient layers of rock piled up like a nearly infinite wedding cake, all telling their stories of aeons past, nor of hawks soaring high overhead, nor the sun casting brilliance and stark shadows into the incredible colored vista. There is no temptation in it for him. Is the Dragonborn that shallow? Yeah. He/she kind of is, because every player is. None of us would find fun in lingering in Hermaeus Mora's realm for long. Things to do, places to see! Kill the monsters, collect the loot, and away! And so perhaps the Black Books aren't as dangerous to the Dragonborn as they might be to a more studious fellow or gal. Remember the killing joke? Those who hear it die of laughter. But the person with no sense of humor is immune. To him or her, it's just not funny. Hermaeus Mora's trap is sprung. The Dragonborn read the Black Books. But the lure of those endless stacks in Hermaeus Mora's library is impotent against the restless adventurer. He, or she, doesn't get the joke.
The last time I played a heroic dragonborn character he kind of pulled a Sisyphus and made a pact with the dark daedra princes to acquire immeasurable power. Only to turn on them and use the power to thwart them and save Tamriel while killing all evildoers.
Hermaeus mora is one of my favorite daedric princes. He's not really evil but definitely not good, he provides very powerful knowledge but at a very costly price, usually your sanity, soul, or other. This is also why i like sheogorath and sanguine, they're chaotic neutral and really don't align themselves with good nor technically evil, simply out for themselves and their own amusement. I guess you could say that for alot of the daedric princes but there are some blatant evil ones like molag bal, bohethia, and mehrumes dagon. And good ones like meridia and azura. I just really like the neutral and chaotic daedric princes.
Eh, even Dagon isn't necessarily evil. You'd want him supporting a revolt against a true tyrant like Star Wars' Palpatine, would you not? Dagon has his uses
I imagine the Dragonborn being shaken by Apocrypha, and sometime after defeating Miraak he/she decides he will slay every dragon and absorb every soul, so that he is in fact the last Dragonborn (it’s based in good intentions but disfigured into fear, pride and hate), culminating maybe in Parthunax death or escape. Becoming High King of Skyrim in the end, or maybe emperor... and then, to end his tyranny, comes from Akivir, the Neravarine!
“The Black Books are super dangerous. Look how they messed up this powerful wizard.”
Dragonborn: yeah, but he didn’t have... a quest marker and 764 cheese wheels.
Only the Dragonborn has the insanity and the power to get Fortify Carry Weight enchants powerful enough to carry 1528 pounds of cheese...
Let alone the power to eat all of it in a mere moment
AND THE CHEESE! To die for.
This is a man who went to a Dinner with Pelagius and the Mad God. He’ll be fine
*AND* never need to poop under any circumstances, @@patheronaetherson2860, while never gaining even an ounce of fat! I wish I had *that* metabolism...
I like to listen to the black books on audible. Hermaeus Mora narrates it himself
That must take forever for him to read a single sentence.
@@tylerrussell9926 dude
I’d pay my whole pay check to hear that.
@@gsport150 as is your right but i have other things to do than listen to god talk slowly and only finish when i'm dead
It was probably 12 words long and took 2hrs to complete
DO NOT READ THE BLACK BOOKS AT 3 AM (GONE WRONG) (HERMAEUS MORA CAME TO MY HOUSE)
(GOT RAPED)
@@AbG-pk4ti wait, Molag Bal came too?
Making that Tentacle Porn... smh
@@tahabashir3779 No it was Molag Balls
@@tahabashir3779 Very poor choice of words...
My dragonborn reading a black book after drinking 100 bottles of skooma: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you.
Well... it’s never 100% confirmed our dragonborn is literate.
It’ll be funny ‘hey just look at the pictures to learn stuff safely’ as a way to bypass the madness.
But Skyrim Skooma is SOOOOOOO WEAK!
@@Gr3nadgr3gory This is Morrowind stuff, imported
A bear killed my dog so I tried to OD on skooma. Idk if it’s possible but 56 double distilled skoomas doesn’t do it.
xD xDxD
FudgeMuppet: Don't read the Black Books or you'll go insane!
Dragonborn: let me consult my life coach
Sheogorath: I see no issue.
Dragonborn: And there you have it folks.
Llol
*Looney tunes theme starts playing*
Its funnier when you realize that sheogorath is your character from oblivion.
And look where my advice has got you!
LOL
It is said the black books contain the most forbidden knowledge of all: the TES VI release date
2026 you can thank ESO
Truly knowledge too terrible to bear
TheComedyGamingNetwork jeez, I’ll be in my third year of college by then. At this rate, I’ll be playing TES VII during my mid life crisis
@@pythonl0rd584 you don't have mid life crisis by your third year in college.
Wario I said by the time the seventh one comes out
Mora: "You've slain Miraak, so you are now my champion"
Dragonborn: "Yeah whatever, man. I gotta go now. It's date night with my hot vampire gf"
Mora: "No, wait, you can't just lea- ...and he's gone."
*Serana liked that*
Serana ain't gonna give in. Accept the truth.
*installs mod*
@@CS_Mango All hail the power of mods!
@@electricc437 is it possible to learn this power of mods?
@@prasunkumar117 Skyrim Ascendancy engine
"I already have the Night Mother whispering in my head, so if I hear a few more voices after reading these books, the more the merrier, I say!" - Dragonborn
Pretty much true
Meridia: Am I a joke to you?⚪💬
@@iidentifyasnon-retarded9214
no one:
not even nazeem:
meridia: ...
..
a NEW hand TOUCHES the BEACON
hehehe yeah true xD xD
The trick, is to play a Nord Barbarian with 0 intelligence. “SKAAL GOOD, MIRAAK BAD. TENTACLE MAN HELP WITH MIRAAK. MIRAAK TASTE AXE. THESE SCRAPS OF FIRE STARTER HAVE FUNNY SYMBOLS ON THEM”
Good luck Herma Mora.
You say this as if nords have anything above 0 intelligence to begin with
You say this as if this game had intelligence
All I can think of is Fallout when I read this
As a nord main I never laughed so much at something I don't now should be offensive to me
@@magi_1756 Hey now! My Nord is an esteemed member of the college of winterhold in good standing! a Master of destruction, illusion, alteration, restoration and conjuration! He is very intelligent! unlike those faithless imperials.... ;)
I mean I’m not going insane right now but reading the black books gave me some good perks
Hunter schaalma how do you know you didn’t go so insane that you only THINK you have new perks?
You ain't lying, loved those petks🥰🥰
Indeed
i find most of them pretty shit
Kaze Ryu that’s way too meta bro, holy shit 😱
hahahahahaha
I met a talking dog, I think it's already too late...
You to?
Glad I'm not the only one
That's great😂😂😂😂
Dude... I sacrificed someone for a shitty armor...
I met a talking dog
a talking corpse whose voice only I could hear.
Heard a disembodied voice behind a door that heavily implied I should kill my friends.
Went into a house that locked itself where objects flew everywhere and a disembodied voice told me to kill the guy there with me then locked me in a cage and told me to kill more people.
Another time I hallucinated I was someone else somehow ended up in the last place my hallucination was and then got told to kill someone else by a disembodied voice.
...there's a lot of disembodied voices or voices coming from places they probably should'nt is what I'm getting at. A lot of them want me to kill things except that one hallucination who wanted me to cure a dead guys psychological issues, I was not sure I was qualified but it seemed to turn out alright.
@@noonenowhere877 Welcome to my world
It's still better than a used copy of "The Lusty Argonian Maid"
My copy has pages stuck together. I think I'm going to burn my copy.
"Used"...
BLASPHEMER
Good god in the name of Talos
I found it.... hard..... to put down. Too sticky.
Scott: *you* *will* *go* *insane*
My Dragonborn goes on a frequent bandit killing spree and loot their dead bodies. Pretty sure I was already going down that path.
That's what a madman would think.
Well a man has to feed his family and gosh are those a bunch of hungry fellas 😂
The gods sent me to punish them
Do you not hear their voices
While being addicted to Redwater Skooma and a cleptomaniac
Dragonborn: *wields the Wabbajack from the Mad God himself, has read 5 Black Books*
Also Dragonborn: *still sane and rationally thinking*
...press x to doubt.
The dragon born is as sane and rationally thinking as a barbarian
*encounters a talking dog*
Love the Wabbajack!
Rationally thinking? The cheese wheel addiction says otherwise
Dragonborn be like :
"Oh no ..."
"Anyway"
"black books will drive you insane"
Dragonborn:" that's disgusting... Where?
@@daubenyshowyourself8455 omg honestly 😂😂
@@daubenyshowyourself8455 Indeed
One of these days it'll get me killed or worse
yeah xD xD
@@RestlessRebel Expelled
i read the black books and all i got was this t-shirt
Did it also read "Mora's little princess?"
I read the black books and got cheated out of killing Miraak. Damned Mora!
The Black Books in fact contain Hermaeus Mora´s Alduin/Dragonborn fanfic.
Alduin: That time i got reincarnated as the world eating dovahkiin.
@@zombiedemon1762 Tamriel: *chuckles* I'm in danger.
@Akina Hachi Roku. I don't understand. Why is Tamriel saying its in danger?
@@zombiedemon1762 because Alduin and Dragonborn joined forces to eat the world?
@Akina Hachi Roku. Good point. But what if Alduin was the dragonborn?
"DO NOT READ the Black Books! You Will Go Insane"
My Sheogorath adoring Dragonborn: "Ok cool"
Insanity: Are any of the beings in Apocrypha female? If so i must make one pregnant.
@@zombiedemon1762 And that's the story of Davy Jones
@Chris East. Yeah sounds about right.
@Chris East. Maybe if Davy Jones comes back to life he can give Captain Jack some SeaWeed to smoke while waiting for more rum.
@Chris East. That might mean Tia dalma was penetrated by an octopus.
I’m deep into Elder Scrolls lore, like to the point of CHIM, battle of Red Mountain, Godhead, Dwarves, stuff like that I’m already insane
You're also one of the demon cultists from Ravnica, I see. I suppose insanity comes easy to us 🙃
I don't think insanity pairs well with CHIM, wouldn't it result in a demolition of the self?
@@the_hanged_clown Ego and Insanity are not very connected, as strange as it may seem. I mean, look at Vivec and tell me that fucker is sane
@@heavenbot I'm still working my way through Morrowind for the first time so sadly I cannot say as yet
@@the_hanged_clown Then you ARE the one prophesied!
"Do not read the black books"
Me: *black books next to me* must resist stupidity impulse
Fascinating, it's incredible to hear more about stories of Hermaeus Mora. The story of Ysgramor and the Hare was particularly interesting. Thank you for the video!
"Hans the Fox" was a Shezzarine. Very interesting seeing connections like this.
Don’t tell me what to do! Just for that I’m gonna go read a black book right now.
Jaela Ordo noooooo.... call me crazy but the black books gave me great perks
with the word of warning this almost ended like a creepy pasta.
I'M NOT CRAZY, YOOOOOOOU'RE CRAZY! *ESPECIALLY YOU, M'AIQ!*
I'd imagine being Dragonborn, an aspect of Akatosh, an Aedra, you'd be immune or heavily resistant to the effects of Daedric Princes, Miraak didn't go insane, despite everything, neither did Durnehviir, though he was forever linked to the Soul Cairn. What I think Mora was banking on was the inherent greed of a Dragon Soul, the want to be the strongest, rather than thinking that he can break Miraak or the LDB mentally. What is more enticing to someone looking to power than an infinite library? Mora doesn't need to drive a Dragonborn insane, just offer promise of more knowledge, which is something he can do.
The dragonborn is the godhead, we are the god head the dragonborn is our avatar for the time playing
Paarthurnax: you feel it too, don't you? The desire for power, for conquest.
I would not trust another dovah, even now, not a day goes by that I don't consider going back to my old ways.
"Have you learned nothing from us?! Would you simply be a tool in the hands of the [Blades or Mora] to be used for their own purposes?!"
"Remain true to The Way of The Voice"
"Breath and Focus" (Take a pause to ground yourself again)
The Greybeards are the biggest Chads in safe guarding the well-being of the Dragonborn be it physical or to their sanity.
"So not read the black books! You'll go insane!"
Player: *installs mods to be able to kill children
Nothing like a rousing game of tag using a bow! Afterwards you can even play hide and seek with the corp.... ehhh.... child! It’s really fun to hide them on their parent’s bed!
Title: Do not read the Black Books
Me who made it my mission to find every Black Book on Solstheim: ...
Have yet to find all of them. Only have 3-4 myself.
Cool I have 6 now
*Average citizen of Tamriel:* is that a black book? *AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M GOING INSAAAAAAAAAANE!*
*The Dovakiin:* Yeah only like... Two of those books were good. The rest were boring as hell.
Isn’t that how sequels usually work? Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events, I’m looking at you.
I rather read a black book then read Twitter. Insanity vs stupidity.
*B A S E D*
Damn straight
I'd say both sides are insane, one's just a lot more intelligent than the other.
Then go to reddit and it's insanity vs virginity
This guy gets it!!
Videos and channels like this is what got me into Skyrim and now I’m role playing a Soul Cairn Battlemage/Spellsword. I’m forever grateful
Insanity is just the sane reaction to living in a universe filled with temporal paradoxes, petty dick gods, time braking outright every few millenia or so, rampent demon invasions which is all just some incoherent dream of some brain dead omnipotent godhead doomed to end when it wakes up.
“For in much wisdom there is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” Ecclesiastes 1:18. I know this quote is not from the Elder Scrolls universe, but I still find this VERY relevant to Hermaeus Mora’s sphere.
Only with hermaeus mora its the other way around, you suffer by aquiring knowledge where normally you aquire wisdom by suffering
Wisdom is the balancing tool. Life is all about balance. Everything there is are all made up of different elements balanced together in in a myriad of different ways. We are the universe experiencing itself. We are life trying to get itself right. This is the reason for evolution.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 oh carpet thats deeper than the ocean
Sheogorath: Jokes on you, I'M ALREADY INSANE
The black books are the secret unreleased Lusty Argonian chapters not meant for mortal men
They also contain the pages that were stuck together
I'm really looking forward to the Daedric content that ES6 has. I think it would be cool if they had them more fleshed out than just one quest per lord for a relic. Imagine being able to devote yourself to the lords instead of just "becoming a champion" like the option to do more quests for perks or other gear that aren't relics, etc. Would make role-playing much more interesting
Allow me to recommend Wintersun: Faiths of Skyrim to you then, as it allows you to do just that to any of Tamriel's known deities and perform quests for some of them
@@DavidbarZeus1 a mod? On Nexus?
@@prettysparklez1195 Yes, though I believe it’s also available through Bethesda on SE
I would rather read a black book than continue life at this point
I agree
why are you so depressed?
@Roger Boyd i don't think writer of Black Book correspond to Nietzsche in real life. It won't have the same satisfaction
The Hoggcast i am not depressed,its just i don’t want to be kiled by global warming in 20 years,i would rather kill myself than die that way
I think you should visit a Temple of Mara
So in my most recent playthrough of Skyrim, I was using the Sallow Regent quite a bit to optimize my alchemy/enchanting leveling up loop. (not the resto loop, because there is no point to use the books then). And I noticed, that as I was sitting in my basement within the home in Solstheim, that after I came out of the book, the Sallow Regent background noise followed me into the real world. That sort of...not-quite-moaning, not-quite-scratching noise... Like a hum of insanity that you definitely hear while in Apocrypha. The sound loop stopped as soon as I left the house instance. and went outside. I'm not sure if it was a glitch I had or not, but it definitely added to my immersion. Another time this happened is I went back into the Waking Dreams book after defeating Miraak (while outside in Solstheim) to reset some perk points, and when I came back out, Solstheim's sky resembled that of the green-webbed sky that hung above Apocrypha. No tentacles, but very disconcerning. Again, went away after I loaded into something else, like if I fast-traveled to Tel Mythrin or somewhere in Skyrim. And, again, I'm not sure if this is a glitch or intended, but it definitely added to the immersion that the dragonborn was becoming more and more insane the more he used these books. Someone (*cough cough* Fudgemuppet, if you're reading this) should load up a playthrough and report back if they notice the same thing.
Black Books contains the knowledge of the Dwemer secrets, and a mystery of their disappearance.
Those who walk his halls are truly blessed. Even as their flesh falls away, they are permitted to browse the infinite tomes and scrolls, privy to all mysteries that have ever and will ever exist. It is the most blessed of fates.
*Laughs in uber sadistic vampire lord, inside a corpse riddeld whiterun, wearing the ebony mail, posing before a blood red sun *
Yeah, as though there was any sanity remaining.
Hold on to my Ebony blade for a moment, while i eat some corpses to regain health for a bit.
Btw if the blade talks to you don't listen
I mean the Dragonborn is already insane!
So I think we’ll be fine
Sshhh
NIGERUNDAYO
I mean I enjoy having power, killing people, server Herma Mora...okay, maybe I'm a little insane
Madi Wilson ‚‘proceeds to consum 42 Wheels of cheese!‘‘
Go ahead, Mr. Joestar.
Considering the fact that canonically the Dragonborn has Waking Dreams in their possession, and that at some point they must've read it, does that mean that it's possible that they might've achieved CHIM?
Yes
They read the book and moments later they woke up in doc Mitchel's office.
yes
Yes. It’s called Console commands. Or Modding.
@@purpledevilr7463 That may not be necessarily true as we have access to console commands after becoming/mantling Sheogorath in Oblivion even though it has been implied to be impossible for a Daedric Prince to achieve CHIM.
I would assume the Oghma Infinium, while not directly causing madness itself, could easily lead to it through obsession. Someone reads one section, it disappears, and the power it grants them drives them to search for it, desperate to obtain the knowledge of the other sections, and pretty much wasting their life searching for something that is now kept forever beyond their reach.
I still remember the "Doors of Oblivion" book *very* fondly.
It's what launched my obsession with ES-lore & Herma Mora himself.
I still feature that book in every house, in every playthru.
I later found out that the master spoken of in that book actually has a tower in Morrowind with a hidden cellar.
"Say hello to Hermaeus Mora for me."
- Neloth
" Do Not Read The Black Books Or You'll Go Insane"
my kahjiit necromancer: you assume i'm sane ?
White one assumes this Khajit is sane yes?
David Kamps my khajiit; this one has black books if you got the coin
@David Kamps. He probably gave all the skooma to his zombie wife.
Zombie demon my khajiits these ones are not sugar tooth. These ones married to dark elf/argonian
@Grimm_Kitsune. Okay but maybe after the wife died he made her undead and she needed to drink a lot of Skooma to feel okay as a zombie.
Books that teach you powerful knowledge at the cost of your sanity. Unless you got things for slimy tentacles thingy
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
That moment when you learn too much about tentacles?
"I know things. Hidden things. things you aren't supposed to know."
Who the imposter is in Among Us
@@altruisticprotector2368 The sus one
@@insaincaldo very sus indeed
It's fun to make deals with the gods, using your soul as currency, when you've already pledged your soul to the god of your choice.
It's why being a werewolf is so dang cool, because you'll spend eternity experiencing the thrill of the hunt, and all these other gods who thought they were so clever as to dupe you into agreeing to give them your soul. How disappointed they will be when you die and get whisked away to Hircine's side, if he was the first of them you pledged your soul to, lol. Better yet, the Dragonborn masters the mysterious artifact known only as the "Tilde Key," and becomes truly immortal, never dying, and thus never having to make good on these contracts with the gods.
I imagine after the dragonborn dies, all the daedric princes are fighting over who gets their soul.
Give them an IOU slip
my dragonborns always have an oh shoot moment when they start to gain perspective and realize they've sworn themselves to contradictory powers
also i just googled tidle key, fml, ima console gamer lol
Boring!!!! I prefer spending my eternity in the Shivering Isles, but at last I am Dragonborn so my soul automatically ends up with Akatosh. I could dream though. Then again it is said that Sheogorath is the most powerful of deities, he'll figure out how to steal my soul from the others.
The metaphysics of TES helped me become a more metaphysically inclined individual irl. I wouldn't be who I am without this franchise.
It is such a shame most aren't as blessed. They wouldn't understand.
I know thongs. Thongs that should remain unknown. Thongs that contain writhing tentacles of desire and betrayals.
Writhing testicles*
Star SCT4000E Bun Toaster not when Mora is involved it isn't
@Raantuva. So Hermaeus Mora did it with a mortal and his half nord daughter is our waifu?
Can we play with the daughters of Apocrypha?
Iveseenenoughhentaitoseewherethisisgoing
My dragonborn would be raving blind lunatic then, as she read the Elder Scrolls and every black book.
Good times ahead, I guess.
Might aswell go insane, I've already divided my soul between every deadric god :'D
The Last Dragonborn:' I'm already mad.' Fist-bumps Sheogorath.
While admiring your mountain of cheese wheels in his honor.
If the book will allow me to skip old Hermaeus’ dialogue, then insanity is a worthy price. Plus it’d probably get a ticket to the shivering isles pro bono!
His dialogue is what drives people insane...
Skip? Ha, to better understand him, you will be listening slower.
Yeah, have a nice lovely retirement in the realm of insanity, get to chat with sheogorath aka your past character. Lots of fun.
“The daedra in essence are corrupting”
Malacath: no ❤️
Im already half insane because of how long i have to wait for TES 6.
imagine if this was sponsored by audible 😂
And some of those audible books were read by Hermaous Mora himself.
Hey my character is already insane so it won't stop him
You roleplay an unhinged character as well, I take it?
@@PinkWytchBytch yep who has a will so strong that the dead even follow him
@@dwarvenwarrior7713 Cicero approves and so do I
You hear the wonderful voices of the gods in your head to?
@@RestlessRebel which voices are you talking about the one to protect or the one to slaughter
This video was so calmly explained that not even the horror of being just a dream was enough to make me go mad
I bet his library does not contain the knowledge of..
*GREEN EGGS AND HAM*
My current character defeated alduin, slayed Harkon and Bested Miraak, but the black books drove him mad, he joined the Dark Brotherhood after swearing fealty to an Empire that he has just helped reunite the whole of Skyrim, with each contract he started to like the killing he only partook in once to uphold justice. With each quest eventually leading him to assassinate the very emperor he swore allegiance to by name. Eventually on a quest for every Dragon soul to fuel his growing he killed Paarthunax and now plots to terrorize Skyrim with the power of his unlimited Thu'um.
Reading every regular book in Skyrim will drive you insane too if BDG is any indication.
BDG?
Big Dumb Grin?
He is a gift you take that back!
I love Palla and also The Poson Song. Chimavirillum or whatever is cool to. But Palma, man, that's a chilling tale.
When you guys were talking about this video on the podcast it got me excited, gonna enjoy this one I bet
"Do not read the Black Books or you'll go insane!"
Me: I'm already there, so....nothing to lose?
Hermaeus Mora had of course wanted the Black Books to be found and their temptation felt once more in Tamriel. Yet for all his supposed wisdom, the Daedric prince believed naively that any mere mortal would simply desire to keep them and accept their gifts. Having brought all of the Black Books to Tel Mithryn, Neloth and I hatched a plan to outwit these designs. I donned Ahzidal's boots of waterwalking, and set off for Vvardenfell alone. Trekking through that desolate ashscape, I looked up towards my looming destination. The climb was arduous, the heat unbearable, and the acrid fumes stung my eyes and burned my throat. Finally, I reached the summit and peered down into the crater, shielding my eyes from the intense volcanic glare. Then I hurled each abominable tome into the fires of Red Mountain, beyond the reach of mer and man and also, I hoped, of the daedric denizens of Oblivion.
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Add bBorderRegionsEnabled=0 in the [General] section in Skyrim.ini to visit Red Mountain
showinventory (to find ids with Dragonborn load order in place of xx)
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Wait so why hasn't Hermaeus Mora achieved Chim or experienced Zero
Sum? If he truly had all forbidden knowledge, then why hasn't he used chim to shape the god heads dream or disappear?
This is a lore question that has bothered me
based on what happened with lorkhan, it's likely that gods (not semi gods like the tribunal, proper gods like the aedra and daedra) can't achieve CHIM or zero sum
I think we can all agree the Dragonborn is either completely immune to pacts with Deadra, OR that there’s going to be a Deadra war when he dies for who gets to claim his soul.
Fudge :Black books causes insanity
Me: have you ever voted in among us
Oh
I’ve always looked at Chim and Zero Summing not to be taken that it’s literally a god head dreaming, but more symbolic and metaphorical. The “head” is actually a computer, and the dream, is the game. Zero summing occurs when you get bored of the game and stop playing. Chim occurs when you use cheats and mods to manipulate the game to your liking. Doing either requires full acknowledgment that it’s a fictional world. I think it’s a nice metaphor and the fact that characters in the game can do it is really mind blowing and meta to think about
I dunno, becoming insane did wonders for champion of cyrodil >.>
Edit: hermaeus mora is totally echidna >.>
I met him once inside the mind of a dead Septim
What an odd experience that was
Echidna is Hermaeus Mora in disguise.
The road shown by Hermaus Mora in Apoccrypha, leads to Sheogorath in the Shivering Isles
Dude i literally became the God of Insanity, you think im afraid of Mora's puny books?
See, it's talk like this that makes me dream of Skyrim builds for the disciples of the Princes. Can you imagine the backstory that they could create for a devotee of Herma Mora, Sheogorath, Peryite, Molag Bal, JYGGALAG?! Sometimes I watch the builds not for how to play them, but simply to enjoy the in-depth backstories, they are just that good.
Too late. I read the books and now I'm having tea with Sheogorath and Molag Bal in 3 hours
I can only imagine herma mora and Sheogorath being best of friends, they're probably the only ones that can understand eachother, and there is a large crossover between their worshipers
My Dragonborn sold her soul to every single one of the dadera. I just want to see them all fight over who gets her soul in the end.
*Constantine liked that*
In my opinion, the Last Dragonborn should get a choice on which Daedric Prince they want to spend eternity with! That battle over the Last Dragonborn's soul will be a sight to see! As me and Sheogorath disappear into the Shivering Isles in a cloud of butterflies, while Sheo is laughing his ass off! Hircene:'F&#@! The Mad God did it to me again!' Hermaeus:' What did you expect?' Hircene:' You only say that because you think you know everything!' The majority of the Princes:' OH S&#@! Here we go!' Molag, Mehrunes, and Malacath:' This should be fun!' Clavicus Vile:' I'm out of here! Come, Barbas!' Sanguine:' You know where to find me!' The others:' Duh, you are Sheogorath's BFF!'
I’ve met multiple Dahdra and basically bad-mouthed each and every one. They didn’t like me much, but I was on a personal quest to collect, and well, still haven’t defeated the main quest, but I did do the vampire quest, if just to keep NPCs safe from random attacks.
Aint going to lie, I thought that opening was leading to a Skillshare ad read.
Hermaeus Mora puts His tentacles into your mind, like black fingers reaching in to scramble your thoughts, turning you into a vegetable. But a complicated vegetable, or a cacophony of vegetables, like a salad. So you could call Hermaeus Mora's tentacles, salad fingers.
Thanks for the warning man, I was going to buy one and read it glad I now know how dangerous they are I'm going to boycott the publisher writer and the business that have these books and I urge other to do the same
Let's go to Barns and Noble and make them take it off the shelf!
I once had something weird happen during a play-through on Solthsteim. After reading more than 5 black books, ending at whatever # in Neloth's house, I stepped outside and.... Solstheim's sky looked like Apocrypha's sky for a second or two, then changed back; it went from that bright slimy green back to normal. I want to think it wasn't a glitch, but I don't know! It's like I could gradually be getting bound to Apocrypha like Miraak was.
HAH! Jokes on you! I'm already a champion of every other deadric lord, and its only been a month! Now I'll go for the aidra! Hahaha when I'm done the world will tear itself asunder to determine my afterlife!
Talos may be my lord but it is purely for he offers the best opportunity for my peoples survival, I defy all powers higher then mortal they all play to my game! When my power grows beyond all and my people know an eternal paradise only then will I die and with my death the uncaring, the harmful, the not essential gods shall fall, all shall know my name! Tim!!!
MWUAHAHAHAHA!!!!
My headcanon in my play through was that my Dragonborn escaped his oath with Hermaeus via his allegiance to Azura and resides in her domain until he had gained enough power to return to Tamriel and keep Hermaeus from trying to enact his will over him
read racist war crime elder is nationalist kleptocracy lie propaganda to kill nations.
What is nation?
Humans born without nationality, born without fascism, nationalization in childhood make them.
False value, false enemy, false nation definition make false enemy, destroy value of life.
Nationalist kleptocracy created fa, refuse value of life and human rights.
Take from society, use not for society, use for golden toilet trash disease, is stealing.
Reward for worsening, over reward is kleptocracy support, steal reward system.
Not only artificial inflation, kill by stealing safety, cripple to death, non direct kill, they steal money, money they are printed.
They not deserved golden toilets.
They not have right on other life.
They not deserve worship.
They did nothing good.
They so powerful, they are only enemy to them.
They so powerful, they can create legal approved law, law by which they self must be killed.
Support nationalist kleptocracy, participate in war crime.
Nationalization without nation, mafia nationalist kleptocracy divide humanity by nations to cover war crime, nationalist slavery ownership.
Wikipedia false nation definition changed always.
Commanders not kill directly, give orders and blame soldiers, soldiers forced to kill, blame generals, walking Milgram experiments.
They kill for nations, they not know what nation is, nationalist kleptocracy protector.
Not can distinguish between race and nation.
What is good, what is bad?
Choose between bandits called imperials, bandits called rebels, bandits called bandits.
Protect golden toilet trash, create perfect society.
Probably, dragon was right, when try kill them all, savior.
Farengar not care who give order.
Random infinite characters appears from nowhere every few minutes, that give you missions.
In real world can kill by stealing safety, economy as weapon.
In this world everything can be weapons, books, words, swords, booz.
On missions of kill, create, sell, deliver weapon, cutting weapons, alchemy weapon, economy weapon, social weapon, life style weapon?
Bring enemy to other enemy, stay and watch weapon.
Everything can give missions, statues, books, papers, humans, other animals, places.
Read hilterugen campf books, get bunch of missions for killing, must kill.
Most dangerous killers are mission givers, books, statues, papers, they kill more than you met for entire life.
Courage brave epic heroes not know for what they fighting, hilterugend cannon fodder did it.
skyrim, "death is blessing crusade war crime ten commandments", boethian brave glory hilterugend cannon fodder.
False nation definition, not can distinguish between race, nation.
Why elf count as human?
Vampires zombied mutants.
They even know that races are property of humans only?
Creators racist abilities, make species abilities as racist, races as nations, traditions, rituals, religions.
Narcologist barmen.
Sobriety is highly overrated, brew taverns everywhere.
So much booz, that booz used as money.
Nurturing booz for tavern children narcologist barmen, these hilterugend science academy children magically protected from death.
Booz everywhere, booz competition, booz conversation, booz school, user became narcotic addicted.
If not drink booz, force to sell booz.
Almost everyone have booz in pocket.
Overpopulation family values.
Cannon fodder walking Milgram experiments, children in war zone.
How they can build anything with that death rate?
Kleptocracy, golden toilet value system.
Not just thief guild, stealing ability, lockpicks, it is nationalist kleptocracy lie propaganda.
Any click can steal item.
Any stealed item magically make you criminal, ruin entire game, everyone and everything magically known that item is stealed.
But magic not can protect them from stealing, nobody know about pickpocketing lockpicking protection.
Caught known thief not allowed to some actions.
Magic doors know that you are thief.
Reward for worsening, nationalist kleptocracy reward system.
Marauder economy, kill and loot.
Traders somehow limited for money, but traders can buy infinite trash just wait for next sell.
Ten commandments genocide crusade.
Worship pray blessing priest divine cultist temple altar at every step, godless church ten commandments crusade ritualism.
Kill for religion of peace crusade ten commandments.
Faithless damn empire, faithless damn rebels, faithless damn priests
Animal cruelty.
Beautiful parts of dead body on walls everywhere.
Law.
First mission.
With 0 crimes they try cut head off.
They violate own laws, killing without reason must be punished with killing.
They self are criminals.
Must choose between 2 mafia, no other ways.
Crimes not show easy in not big screen, no messages, guards say nothing, no anything, must search manually for statistic.
Crimes even difficult to find in statistics sometimes.
Lockpick in first mission cause crime in general stats, no messages, characters silent.
In war zone, after innocent marauder corpses, lockpick cell with another corpse is bad, worsening.
Helgen create criminals in first few minutes.
Judge and kill who attack you is not crime, for example, if try attack hilter for self defence you are criminal, not nationalist kleptocrat.
Lockpick chest of dead bandit is crime, but killing and looting is legal.
Convoyed prisoners almost always fight for convoy, any enemy to guard is enemy to prisoner.
Convoyed prisoners always stuck or die on road.
Free prisoner is not crime, killed without crime.
Characters usually kill and forget what they did.
Steal from bandits is bad, but kill and marauder corpse is innocent.
Some character unkillable, undead, but they criminals, by their law must be killed.
It is not predictable, no logic, what is crime in that world, must check general stats crime every few seconds.
Animated general stats is pain, time and money.
No kill, how to kill which have no life?
Shoot skeleton is kill, banish dead skeleton, no kill.
Non direct chain reaction kill is innocent.
Stumble on bucket which kill chicken, no kill.
No crime, force to attack you, then kill as self defense.
Shoot sparks at kettle, kettle hit chicken, no crime, kettle kill, not user.
What next, pull trigger, blame bullet, not shooter?
Kleptocrats steal safety, safety kill, blame economy, not nationalist mafia 99% economy thieves?
Use mind control spider from solstheim to make killed in battle on your side, no crime.
Fernik welcome, no lockpick, no crime, then why any lockpick is crime?
Many program errors.
Stupid character points ruin game more.
Unreadable text, transparent, animated, for part of second.
Not only load screen, almost every text unreadable.
Not hearable voices, many characters speak at same time, or very silent voice.
Pain and annoy.
Even exit program is pain.
"don't read the scrolls! you'll go blind!"
"don't read the black books! you'll go insane!"
look dude, you gotta read something, you can't keep living with a vocabulary as thick as a child's coloring book
Superb content, Scott! I can really relate to that paradigm of going insane while reading black books. Chim and God head + daedra knowledge! it's great! thank you!
p. S. thank you so such for reading that... in your normal voice, with no "insane" mystical intonations! xD
I believe it's pronounced, "Toddhead."
I’ve been excitedly waiting for this video ever since Michael spilled the beans about it on the last podcast episode 😉
Reading a black book might explain the insanity of the last 4 years
There's no help for it. The Dragonborn must choose: either to let Miraak return to Nirn and bollix things up, or read at least two Black Books to learn how to defeat him.
Perhaps it helps that the Dragonborn isn't much of a scholar. He/she is restless. Footloose. Never stays for long in one place. Always is questing. He/she lacks the patience for a years-long retreat to a magnificent, if dangerous, library to catch up on the latest histories or philosophical musings or godly secrets. A library for the Dragonborn is just a place to visit. He/she feels no temptation to stay.
I'm reminded of Chevy Chase in 'National Lampoon's Vacation,' where Chevy is at the Grand Canyon, but in a hurry. His head bobs up and down twice. Yep, nice view! Let's go! Nary a glance does he spare for the sight of mules descending to the river along winding trails, nor of dozens, nay, hundreds of ancient layers of rock piled up like a nearly infinite wedding cake, all telling their stories of aeons past, nor of hawks soaring high overhead, nor the sun casting brilliance and stark shadows into the incredible colored vista. There is no temptation in it for him.
Is the Dragonborn that shallow? Yeah. He/she kind of is, because every player is. None of us would find fun in lingering in Hermaeus Mora's realm for long. Things to do, places to see! Kill the monsters, collect the loot, and away! And so perhaps the Black Books aren't as dangerous to the Dragonborn as they might be to a more studious fellow or gal.
Remember the killing joke? Those who hear it die of laughter. But the person with no sense of humor is immune. To him or her, it's just not funny.
Hermaeus Mora's trap is sprung. The Dragonborn read the Black Books. But the lure of those endless stacks in Hermaeus Mora's library is impotent against the restless adventurer. He, or she, doesn't get the joke.
The last time I played a heroic dragonborn character he kind of pulled a Sisyphus and made a pact with the dark daedra princes to acquire immeasurable power. Only to turn on them and use the power to thwart them and save Tamriel while killing all evildoers.
Whats crazy is how much parallels there are with The Elder Scrolls lore and Real world lore
That's really cool, I'd love to see a breakdown on all of the black books!
It's amazing that it's almost been a decade and people are still exploring this game
My current dragonborn is a devout follower and champion of both Meridia and Azura. She cannot be corrupted!
Hermaeus mora discoves hard drives. Apocrypha becomes a couple of books and a wasteland.
Hermaeus mora is one of my favorite daedric princes. He's not really evil but definitely not good, he provides very powerful knowledge but at a very costly price, usually your sanity, soul, or other. This is also why i like sheogorath and sanguine, they're chaotic neutral and really don't align themselves with good nor technically evil, simply out for themselves and their own amusement. I guess you could say that for alot of the daedric princes but there are some blatant evil ones like molag bal, bohethia, and mehrumes dagon.
And good ones like meridia and azura. I just really like the neutral and chaotic daedric princes.
Eh, even Dagon isn't necessarily evil. You'd want him supporting a revolt against a true tyrant like Star Wars' Palpatine, would you not? Dagon has his uses
We have the daughters of Coldharbour but we still need the daughters of Apocrypha.
Love seeing that you are still making content. All you videos are so interesting
**You found out a note in apocrypha**
"still trying to find lusty argonian maid vol 3"
I honestly believe that once the quests were done Akatosh allowed the Dragonborn death. His soul was not human. It was a dragon, the body a shell.
I imagine the Dragonborn being shaken by Apocrypha, and sometime after defeating Miraak he/she decides he will slay every dragon and absorb every soul, so that he is in fact the last Dragonborn (it’s based in good intentions but disfigured into fear, pride and hate), culminating maybe in Parthunax death or escape. Becoming High King of Skyrim in the end, or maybe emperor... and then, to end his tyranny, comes from Akivir, the Neravarine!
I would like to see that Elf try
My skooma fueled power is a force that even old man Sheo fears