Imagine being a random citizen in a neighboring nation in Tamriel, like in raven rock, hearing scattered reports of a great dragonborn legend who helps everyone and became the leader of several guilds due to their greatness, and then a few months later, hearing reports that the very same dragonborn has gone mad and is murdering everyone, only for those reports to slowly become more and more infrequent before stopping completely. And then hoping and praying that he doesn't leave Skyrim.
Imagine the scene... The empire hears about random massacres that are happening around the hold of Skyrim, along with the assassination of the emperor in said hold. alongside that, the aldmeri dominion receives the news that their embassador in Skyrim and all of their agents have been systematically murdered. They send a scouting legion to check out the region along with some thalmore legions... Only to be met with a dead providence, every hold, town, village, outpost, guild and political figure, dead... All murdered without a second though... They search the land... No one besides animals and the ocasional bandits that escaped the slaughter, telling tales of a dark knight, followed by a black miasma of death. The empire tries to repopulate Skyrim... But no one wants to be there anymore, seeing the place as a cursed land. The aldmeri dominion starts numerous missions to try and locate this "Dark knight" as to eliminate him, afraid that he might try and spread this massacre across the land of tamriel, or worst... To them! Throughout all of that... On top of the throat of the world stands the corpse of this so called dark night... His armor poisoning the land around him. In the end, the only creature capable of killing him... Was himself.
Lol. I think the DB have rules who to kill and the limit. If it's a whole organization, then it still has to be done by name of a person, by person, and a clear motivation.
Most of the population is made out of bandits and guards. If none of those guys respawned, Skyrim would be a noticeably underpopulated nation by the time you've killed Alduin. It would also be a noticeably popular tourist destination due to the fact you can see some one third-vampire one third-werewolf one-third-dragon god bend the will of reality to their every whim with a random platter they picked up off of the nearest coffee table, most likely spawning a "Children of Atom" esque cult.
Only due to the video game tradition of downscaling. Coding a whole country's worth of people would be nightmarish, and make game lag, so they only include essential ones
This is like the set up for a creepypasta. "I found this old xbox 360 and booted up skyrim. I noticed there was a save already on it so I loaded it up. I found every named NPC was dead"
@@swagpyro47 Don't forget those hyper realistic eyes, or how the dude got so freaked out herturned the game off, only to wake up to Skyrim being turned back on, and everyone in his house killed.
If you used the Ebony Blade for the entire challenge, you would have learned what it does. The Ebony Blade grows in power every time you specifically kill an npc with a relation value of 3 (friend) or higher (so, lover). It actually grows to be the strongest weapon in the game in terms of base damage, and you even get dialogue from the daedric prince it belongs to every time it gets stronger
@@heybro4000 So? You can smith it up to do a million damage per hit. Edit: GUYS I WAS WRONG GOD DAMMIT STOP LIKING MY COMMENTS LIKE THE OTHER GUYS COMMENTS SO PEOPLE ARENT CONFUSED FFS!
@@Bigjosher_poo Pretty sure you can dude, or have you really not heard of looping alchemy and enchanting to get stupidly high fortify smithing gear? You can literally use a dinner fork and one shot the ebony warrior, weapons in Skyrim are purely cosmetic choices in the late game.
@@connorbranscombe6819 Of course I know that but ebony blade is literally unsmithable, you’re not allowed to improve it I think. It says in the book, the sky forge couldn’t burn it or whatever. Only weapon in the game you can’t use smithing on
My sister did this at 12 years old on her main save. I asked her why and she said that she wanted to get legendary archery. Still scared of her to this day
When a man kills people the news media mentions it for weeks almost a month , , ,however when a woman commits a homicide , it gets maybe mentioned 3 times in one week and virtually never again , , government wants constant births and orphans to later fill military ranks , , so killer women stories are suppressed , so men will feel comfortable approaching females , if they got same level of press , nation birthrate would drop to one-3rd , , , it's the bonafide truth even if it sounds wonky , ,🤔🎃🤔🤔
If no one has congratulated you on elegantly piling the corpses into an assortment of different shapes and sizes, then I'll do so. Congratulations good sir.
@@dumpykong i know that feeling well, my sister will occasionally come over to hang out with my dog, and watch me game for a bit, I always try and do weird shit, like shooting all the limbs all in fallout, making a body throw it back with the grab button. The only game she's played is GTA, where she drives around following the rules, but apparently finds absolute chaos hilarious
After by brother and I would beat a bethesda game wed go back through and kill everyone we could and then we would pile them up like that , this is the only time I've every seen anyone else do that Every time all I can hear is Mikey say " get in the pile" lmao
"I... I killed them. I killed them all." "They're dead-- every single one of them." "And not just the men... But the women. And thie CHILDREN too...!" "They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like ANIMALS."
The damn courier. Boy was I overjoyed killing him. But then annoyed cos if he breaks, some quests don't work anymore cos they trigger with letters. Even for modded ones. Sigh
Bullshit. Ron Pearlman was the newscaster that literally announced the end of the world in Fallout 4. He’s also been the narrator for the series going way back to the OG Interplay title.
36:02 sadly for you, if you successfully calm the champion of boethia using emperors voice he has dialogue about how he decided to betray boethia because he was sickened by her and what she made him do and that he is actually a decent person now, its like as if you murdered a redeemed version of you in blind frustration, completely sealing your fate to moral degradation.
Yeah, calmed him using a spell & was amazed I could talk to him. Him telling me that any time a weapon, shield or piece of armour he’s created saves a life rather than take a life, I felt that. I let him live that play through, feeling bad about the many times I’d confronted him & taken his life without a word.
8:47 “I just slayed two dragons and saved your village from being burnt to a crisp” “You shouted at that man” “He was running towards the dragon and went in front of me” “It doesn’t matter. He’s dizzy because of you, so you deserve to go to jail” “…I should just kill everyone…”
I love it how at the beginning he has so much eneggy, enthusiasm, and soul into the challenge, afterwards as if he had lost every aspect of himself just like his character, not realizing how much he loved each and every character within the game. He is the only youtuber ive seen to show mercy to npcs and it makes you reflect on things you've done in games and what you do in your games. I hope we get to see an actual fun challenge from him soon in Skyrim
i walked into this vid expecting a fun lighthearted time but as it got darker i remembered completing the civil war questline for the first time when i was like twelve years old. i had picked the stormcloaks, and as such got very very attatched to ralof. i didn't know he was an essential npc so i ended up frantically searching every major city and town after the final battle, thinking he had died. i seriously almost started crying. i eventually found him at the sleeping giant inn and up to that point i had never been so relieved over the events of a fictional story in my life. it's honestly wild that video games can tap into such a raw emotional force.
As the Dragonborn finally takes his own life after the weight of so many dead became too much, he appears in Aetherius, and before him is Alduin "Well done, Dovahkiin. You succeeded when I could not. I should show you more respect for your dedication. So many have been ended, and now, you stand upon the piles of bodies. How does it feel? To be the World Eater?" -My soul will never be free of it's sins "As it should be. For this is the torment I endure each time I consume the world. Why I didn't want to end it. You can see why I rebelled against my duty. Now it can end. For you have ended it" -Just kill me and be done with it "No. Father has plans for you" Alduin then shouts, and the screen goes white.... "Hey, you, your finally awake."
5:53 That actually fascinates me, because I came across her in my first playthrough, and ever since then, I make sure to kill her in every playthrough for a free bed to sleep in prior to buying a house. She always attacks me first, so it's not murder. Granted, she attacks me because I broke into her cellar, but the game says it's not murder, so it's fine. :)
She also has a letter which I think implies she's an evil witch or something, and she says "Fool! No one must know my secret!" before attacking you so she kinda deserves it
The dark entity picked up a journal wet with blood it reads. My men and myself have just been brought to Skyrim something about the empire will not bow to some so-called unstoppable threat but by the time we got there it seemed to be too late as everyone was dead even the emperor I had to act quickly safe those I could I gathered my men and we made haste for solitude and the other holds but with each hold, we were met with the same gruesome stench of rot the bodies put on display as though the monster doing this not only took pleasure from it but saw it as an art form and now I wonder if I'll join those cruel displays I my men all slaughtered in an instant this beast walks like a man but poisons the very air with just his presence it's getting hard to breathe it draws near I only hope I can finish writing so that those who follow will now the terror and death that awaits
Interesting that you had never seen Anise before as, for me, she was the one characters that opened my eyes to how much detail Skyrim had. I remember that, when I first started playing, I walked by her house, saw her and thought "she is probably a witch" (Typical old medieval witch living in the woods by herself cliché), but, as I noticed she wasn't hostile, I entered her house and noticed the door to her cellar. I sneaked in and read her letter to Moira talking about wanting to create a witch coven, confirming my suspicion. I didn't notice, however, that I was stealing the note, as all the books I had seen so far could just be taken. I kept doing my quests, went to Riverwood and one of the kids there asked me to play hide and seek. She counted to three and, no joke, as soon as the countdown ends, I hear "should've never come here!" as I'm being attacked by hired thugs. At first, I thought it was a programmed event where a kid would bait you into looking away as some dudes tried to kill you (Would be cool if it was), but, then, I found out by looting their bodies that she was the one that hired them. So I went back there and found her to be hostile (I left there sneaking the first time, so I could fast travel near her) and killed her. Later, when doing the Sanguine Rose questline, I immediately remembered that Moira was the name of her sister that she was sending letters to. With the simple act of getting in the house of this old witch, I learned about the NPC relations, the hired thug/bounty system, the hargravens and how much cool lore and details there was in this game. So, even though she's really irrelevant, she's a very important NPC to me.
I just met her for the first time the other day in my new playthrough and because I'm a nosey little bitch I broke into her basement. However, when I left her cellar, she yelled "None may know my secret!" And immediately became hostile to me. I felt really bad killing her, for one because I myself was doing a mage run, fellow witch essentially, but two, she was just an old woman. I don't see "witch coven" as this terrible crime, so I felt bad that I had essentially ended it before it started. I took all her shit after tho. What can I say, I'm a nosey bitch and those ingredients were gunna go to waste!
@@Arvel_The_Swit I hold Sven from Riverwood really closely because I started a new playthrough one time, needed a follower to do a dupe glitch and he was the, closest. After a while of having him, I started to enjoy his company. So much so that in the event of his death in any save, I will reload no matter how much progress I lose.
Dumpy, The Daedric Prince of Genocide. At least he was consistent and at the end he offed his vessel, finally clearing the province of Skyrim of all humanoid and intelligent lives. A cataclysmic event more destructive than Alduin, thankfully contained by the mountains of Skyrim. One message has stuck through time from Dumpy: "All my homies hate Mercer" and it was true
Even though this was just a silly video made for fun, I feel like the fact that you felt empathy for simply the IDEA of a human being (and dog) sort of lends to the idea that humans are more inherently good than evil.
It's because the subconscious cannot discern fantasy from reality. When you jump awake from falling in a dream? That's your body, your mind, reacting physically to what it saw. "We are how we treat those below us," which includes fantasies and imaginary characters and yes, NPCs. And as social creatures, going on a massacre and hearing cries and seeing blood is not good for our souls, aka our combined body, heart and spirit/ consciousness/ mind.
he shouldn't modified Paarthurnax to be much much stronger I know he's suppose to be level 10, but he had just pulled an Undertale and murdered literally everyone Paarthurnax is the last one left standing, for one good reason No one can bring themselves to kill him (except heartless people and completionists) "I have watched you from the peak of the Mohnavan Dovahkiin. You would have made Alduin proud with your thirst for blood. And I do not speak that lightly. Not it is just you and me. You left me to last. I will make you wish you hadn't"
understandable. thankfully, it's just a game and sometimes people get curious or bored. sometimes the game itself even has viable options for crazy things. although, considering the idea of "time travel/time loop nihilism"; it does start to get into theoretically questionable philosophy.
@@joshuaxiong8377Yeah but... meeko man, they were the bestest boy. Honestly on my first play through, even if I just thought someone killed meeko I would go on a rampage. Didn't have to clear any holds but there were certainly small villages/settlements that felt my wrath on those days.
Psychology is fascinating! I have never attempted this "challenge" and after hearing you narrate it, I don't think I ever will. Logic says that it is all pretend, there's nothing being destroyed or lost, but the characters, the environments, the sights and sounds have all left their subtle mark on me. I've experienced real emotions in and through my experiences with this game so while I am a reasoning, sane person, I know that a new, fresh Nirn is just a few clicks away for you, or me, were I to follow your footsteps; I feel that something precious has been tainted and I am sorry that your experience is irreparably changed. I also really appreciate that you leaned into this video and topic rather than just making a goofy, peppy murder montage as seemed to be your intention at the start. You performed your self appointed task with much more thought and thoroughness than I anticipated when I started watching, and you followed through with the shift in tone and direction that the execution of the deed brought about. Excellent video, good job, and my condolences for your heavy heart!
I remember when I first played the forsworn conspiracy on my 5th play through. Instead of surrendering to the guards I decided the best course of action was to wipe out the entirety of the markarth city guard. Took me a few playthroughs and hundreds of markarth guards to realize I was suppose to get arrested.
Dang, that got darker and darker. In the beginning I was like thinking hey I kinda want to try this too. Now I am thinking that maybe it is better not to even try. Also the editing and the story itself is all well done. I love the choices of music and the way things are presented. Then to finally kill the last person in Skyrim (not spoiling) was both poetic and depressing. After everything was dead it made living itself empty. (I shared it with my discord 👌)
I can't get over the fact how much work is behind this video. Your humor is great, you're trying to be as transparent as possible and yet only a hand full of people are watching this. Keep up the great work dude, you have my support.
i’m actually kinda upset no one commented on how perfect the intro sequence was. i fucking loved that shit man. i legit replayed it 7 times. i can’t remember what movie or tv show it was inspired from but i know exactly what you did 😂
For joining the dark brotherhood, clairvoyance points to Vasha only because he’s at the top of the objective list in the quest, which is what clairvoyance will guide you to. So realistically speaking, Vasha isn’t necessarily the target. That said, in-universe, I don’t think the clairvoyance spell would mislead you.
So this is basically what barbus's owner would've done had you wished for peace in skyrim. "With a snap of me fingers and every citizen in skyrim dead! No more war."
Rarely do I watch or read something that makes me need to stop, step back and take a moment to internalise my emotions. This was one of them. The ending has me laying in bed staring straight into my dark screen with unseeing eyes. It was horrible. It was beautiful. You did an amazing job with the tone of the video, the cinematics, the music choice... All I can say is wow, kudos man. Didnt think I'd be this profoundly affected by a Skyrim TH-cam video but you succeeded in doing so. You have a new fan!
@@kirbyis4ever I'm proud to say that in my latest XCOM 2 run, I only ever lost two men, in the first and second missions, when they were really weak. Some of my most successful men and women have over 100 confirmed kills now. We leave no man behind.
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 I guess it's the same for him. That's what happened to me, I played this game a lot, and even when I stopped for a few years, I remembered them fondly.
its not that easy especially killing animals for these types of challeneges i would know as i had to kill the dog in Divinity 2 in fort joy it was painful
@@sadsworth4605 true, but I think that what makes a game amazing, you feel bad about your choices or excited to see a certain NPC excited about what you did, if you feel nothing about your choices in a game, then it's not a well made game
I like to believe, from a narrative stand point, that this is the result of actually consuming Alduins soul. He is too strong, even in ethereal form, and he corrupts the Dragonborns mind, body and soul, and slowly the Dragonborn deteriorates mentally until all that's left is to eat the world. So they start slaughtering anyone and everyone, not sleeping or eating, wearing dark armors that feel at home as Alduins scales once did, and at the very end kills themselves in a final bout of lucidity before Alduins spirit consumes them completely.
@@demonic_myst4503 I know, but that's why I said this is the result of *actually* doing it, unlike in game where that doesn't happen. Working off the theory of multiple universes there is a high likely hood of a world out there where you do consume it and I was saying this could be the outcome of that.
@@unearthlyfromage2297 My canon for this video too, skyrim becoming a depopulated wasteland due to the madness of the dragonborn who truly destroyed Alduin. Maybe the ruins of Skyrim could be settled by the Orcs and forge a new Orsinium, Imperial settlers? Even perhaps the Thalmor might try to take the opportunity to seize a colonial project like that, Morrowind would take parts. It would be a scramble over a wasteland.
My headcanon is that dragonborn's soul after absorbing almost all dragon souls existing on Nirn, became equal to Alduin's soul. The last dragonborn was entrusted with world-eater role by Akatosh/Auriel in Alduins place
As my first child and wife, I actively flinched when he killed Lucia and Aela, even if they're a little bit bland, I still somehow made an emotional connection with them-
@@Tigerman4545 the armies of mortals united to face this new threat. This monster who had slain every man, woman, and child in the province of Skyrim. When they met the monster he simply said: Let the end come.
Nobody gonna talk about the wholesome story of how his older brother didn't bother getting his half for the game and paid it all himself Shout out to the big bros who spoil the young ones
Oddly enough Anise was the first real character I killed the day I got the game I was exploring around river wood because I wasn’t paying attention to the quest line telling me to go to Whiterun and I stumbled upon her shack to steal some things and she didn’t like it so I just started sword bashing her and it did the cool kill cam thing and I was blown away a knew from then on I was going to like this game That was 11 years ago and I remember it just like yesterday
It's a lot like Genocide mode in Undertale. Slaying all the characters that you bonded with in several playthroughs. Killing the last few characters really felt like droplets in an ocean. But I got to see what would happen
best part is skyrim is an rpg too and you get stronger the more you kill, so by the time you're fighting someone like ulfric stormcloak, a heroic warrior king, it's hardly a battle at all.
As Dump looks over Skyrim, he felt Paarthrunax’s soul enter his own, becoming just another of the countless dragons he had slain. As Whiterun, and all the other major cities in the land burned, creating orange dots on the map like world, Dump began to come to terms at what he had done. He had killed everyone, his friends, the closet thing he had ever had to family, and his wife, Lydia, sacrificed to Boethia. Then something dawned on Dump, as he removed the mask of Nakhiriin, for what felt like the first time in years, he looked out over the world and knew there was still one person left, him. Dump began to take steps toward the ledge, and closed his eyes as he felt the ground leave his feet. He awaited what fate would befall him. He felt a pain in his spine and neck, and then it all stopped. Dump opened his eyes, and got to his feet. He saw that he was now in Sovengarde. And ready to face his consequences, he raised Wuuthrad and made the trek to his judgement.
Went into the video giggling thinking it was hilarious, ended the video actually genuinely sad. Even if they are fictional characters as you said you form a bond with em
Damn I’ve been playing this game for 6 years now and this heartbreaking to see all of the characters from my favorite game die. Even if they aren’t real, they are very much so real to me
As much of a meme this video was, Mia's reaction to seeing her mother killed in front of her felt too real. Whiterun really is such a well made city, too many great characters.
Imagine being in the position of those two kidnappees that were at the beginning of the dark brotherhood quest. You were feet, inches away from death, but were ultimately spared and found a way to go back to your normal life. You wanted it to be over, that nightmare is behind you. But that was only the start of it. Soon enough, you learn that you two were the only ones that were left after a man had gone around all of Skyrim, killed everybody, and then himself, leaving the world a desolate domain. Nothing but pure destruction, indiscriminate death. You’re all that’s left.
Imagine the dragonborn from the eyes of friendly NPCs throughout the questline. A handsome, charismatic man that keeps his distance from most. A man with a darkness in his eyes. Sometimes he stares off into the distance and he seems as something unknowable. I wonder if people like Lydia and Karliah sometimes saw that darkness in him and feared for what was coming. Later, Karliah might have thought quite often, as the reports came in, how she once held his life in her hands. How she could have saved everyone had she known. If only she had known. The first kills. The lack of mercy, in everything he did. People saw that. Delphine and Esbern had to have known what he did to the innocents in the ratway. But did it matter, when he had the capacity to save the world? When he snapped, i wonder if they were even surprised?
I saw this video and several other comments and i wanted to try and make my own little story detailing the aftermath of this run: "As you finally pass through the Jerall Mountains on a routine merchant run from Cyrodil to Helgen you notice that the sky continues to grow darker, as if the sun refuses to shine in this part of Tamriel. Your first thought was that the encroaching winter was making days shorter and nights colder, but that was quickly debunked from checking your calendar: Its the middle of Suns Height. The seventh month of the year in which it is the warmest and brightest, where farmers reap their fields and villagers cool themselves off in cold rivers. Something has happened during your time through the Jerall Mountains. Something that was confirmed uppn finally reaching the borders of Skyrim, empty of any guard presence and the walls blackened with sickly rot You discover a sign nearby, your merchant convoy woodworker notes that the wood is only a month old at most and yet is blackening and rotting at an almost impossible rate Your scribes present you with a copy of the writing on the sign, what little writing they can salvage that hasnt rotted to illegibility was delivered to you just now The sign reads as follows: * ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶r̶o̶v̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶O̶f̶ ̶S̶k̶y̶r̶i̶m̶* **This place is not the Skyrim you once remembered, you will find no farmers working the fields, children playing in the streets or young men and women to fall in love with. You will not find great riches or a higher calling here. This province is dead. In every sense of the word that meaning can ascribe to it, past this border-warning there is only mounds of bodies, wild animals, starving bandits and desperate vampires. There is not a single living soul in the entirety of this dead province. Our records are spotty on account of a lack of eyewitnesses, but the world eater, Alduin, the harbinger of the end times had returned to swallow the world, the prophecy of the Dragonborn was fufilled, a man rose to defy the return of the dragons and destroyed the black wyrm. Saving Nirn from the apocalypse We could not have been more wrong. Whether due to his dragon blood, daedric corruption or the insidious possession by Alduin, the dragonborn went on a slaughter. Butchering every man, woman and child in every hold and village. As the butchery continued, infrastructure began to break down due to a lack of manpower. Crops rotted in the fields with nobody left to tend to them. Buildings caught fire, roads and public works fell into disrepair and the survivors starved. Then came the blight, a daedric poison wind that spread only decay and sickness wherever it went. Theorized to have emenated from an artifact of the Daedric Prince Boethiah that the Dragonborn had discovered or earned in service to the Prince. The Blight poisoned the land and darkened the skies. Only the hardiest survivors and animals survived the poisoned wind. As food supplies dwindled and the dead continued to grow, many desperste survivors turned to cannibalism, subsisting off of the carrion left behind by a maddened butcher, and eachother Not even the vampires, insidious creatures that they are, were safe. The collapsing population of skyrim led to fewer and fewer thralls. The starving vampires became desperate for fresh blood. Hunting for survivors and even attempting to escape the province altogether. We dont know if they succeeded. We urge any travellers who pass through the Jerall Mountains to consider this: There is nothing of value left in this part of Tamriel, you will only find death, starving cannibals, desperate vampires, and the Blight. Turn back. Before its too late**
This comment sets such a great depth to the video and story. It truly deserves more than a few likes. You sir have done a great service to us law nerds and you deserve the greatest thanks from all of elderscolls players on my behalf
Honestly, the end of this video shows that even the toughest, heartless players of this game aren’t completely heartless. This shows how attached we can get to these characters. It makes it better that Dumpy just felt bad rather than, “HAHA ALL THESE GUYS WERE TRASH SO EASY TO KILL LMAO”
I just made up a name for this effect: the undertale effect. Basically the idea of it is when you get invested in anything in a story, the world, the characters, or the powers, and then YOU CHOOSE to shove it all down the drain and kill what you enjoy so much. It leaves an almost indescribable feeling of emptiness. This video captured that feeling really well, watching these things you enjoy burn and for what? Nothing, but your choice. Most role-playing games where there is an option to kill everything get this feeling if you choose to go down this route. Walking through empty towns and places you chose to empty. It makes a person feel as close to guilty as a game can get you. This feeling I have christened 'the undertale effect' is very strong in this video. Why did i write a thesis in your replies you ask? I have no clue.
ive only been playing for a few years (maybe 3) and i completely understand the connection you were talking about. Hard to spend so much time with these npcs and not get attached or feel like they were real people who affected your life. I think addressing that the challenge didn't make you feel good is honeslty the healhtiest way to address it. This video reminds me of the premise of DDLC which is definitley a more meme centered version since it starts as a spoof of the anime dating sim, but it also talks about the level to which npcs exist and the impact of in game actions on coded characters. It was really hard to play and was super dark, but its a solid game in terms of AI Philosophy. But again, you can acheive the same questions this way.
Paarthurnax: "Dovahkiin. I will not honor you with the tongue of our kind. I have watched what you have done. Seen your every sin. And perched atop this mountain...I have but one question. Why have you done these things?" Dump: "I...I have to." Paarthurnax takes a deep breath in, and says "I do not know what drives you, or clouds your mind, Dovahkiin. But...After you finish it. Leave. Do not return" Dump takes a step forward, as the specter of Lydia appears behind him, and Paarthurnax accepts his fate, knowing he cannot stop him. Apologies for the nerdiness, but I wanted to do a nerdy bit of writing.
I feel the guilt would make all subsequent playthroughs all the more difficult due to the guilt. Also at the end entering the after life I can only imagine you killing them all again. Anyways-- all my homies hate Mercer.
Your approach is waaay more organized than mine was. I tried this same thing back in 2012. I would also loot all of the bodies so that they were ‘naked’ and drag them to a central location in whatever town/area I was in. This also resulted in me accumulating so much crap that my house in Whiterun became a hoarder house that was so cluttered, it would crash the game when I tried enter it. I ended up giving up the ghost after a couple months and had probably accomplished only about 2/3 of what you did, lol. Thanks for the motivation (and guidance!) for getting me interested in trying it out again.
@@anonthe-third2367 'If the console command "unlock" is used on the whispering door, there is a cupboard behind the door that cannot be opened, and it blocks entrance to the room without further usage of the developer console. The cupboard serves as a placeholder for the Lady's voice.'
The starting establishment shots with all the bodies would be such a good way to start a "Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe" Movie. Also thanks for giving me Jacob Seed PTSD
My follower in every play through has always been Stenvar. He’s been with me for countless hours of questing, adventuring, murdering, looting, stealing, and fighting. I’ve probably heard his little quips tens of thousands of times. It’s strange but he’s almost like an old friend that I run into again when I boot up the game. Weird how we can get truly attached to pixels.
I cried when my follower died on my first play through, because I didn’t know about the wonder of reloading the previous save. I hadn’t played a video game in 20 years when I played it the first time. I can’t watch this video, I already know it, because I try my hardest to keep my followers, and other NPC’s who are not programmed to attack you, alive. Teldryn Sero is my favorite NPC, and my favorite follower, and I can’t watch him die, even though he killed me in one hit once when I was pickpocketing his helmet off of him, because he’s too handsome for his face to be covered, lol. I went back a few levels one time, because he was missing, and when I backtracked, I found him dead in the water at a Dwemer ruin. There’s so many others I also have an emotional attachment to, like Faendal, for example. It’s very odd to me that I have such an attachment to video game characters, but it’s my understanding that it’s designed to be that way. Developers want us to have an immersive experience in gameplay, so we keep supporting them financially by buying their games, and recommending them to our friends and family.
That's how I feel with Lucia and Sophie. I always adopt them so they no longer have to live on the streets and even though I know they're just pixels I get really attached, like they are my real daughters. I give them daggers, allowances. I even play tag or hide and seek with them. Sometimes you can't help but grow an attachment to video game characters. I think that's what makes video games such a great and fascinating thing. They can help us through our worst times and even be there for us in our best of times.
Bro the music choice as your showing the corpses is such a beautiful touch of cinematography, it creates an elegant eerie tone it's done so well. Love the video
I called the ending 10 minutes into the video but wow, didn't expect how emotional that would end up being. Almost feels like llamas with hats but with less of a focus on comedy.
I've done this challenge myself actually, you really do start to understand just how much you cared for all of these npcs. You feel like a monster and you want to stop, but for the sake of completion you keep going. I followed through, almost all the way, every single named npc all excluding one. Parthurnaxx. I just could not bring myself to finish the job. I feel so different from before, I genuinely don't think I can ever play skyrim like I did back then. I was like everyone else, gaining levels, tools, power, all for the end goal of just doing whatever I want. A true power fantasy, I never felt like my actions had consequences, because I could just reload the save, but for this, every action, every life taken, was permanent. And that feeling stewed inside of me for the entire playthrough after clearing the *first city*. It just gets worse and worse. Truly, if you have played this game for years and had grown to love it and its characters like I did, I would recommend not doing this challenge. Or do, i'm not the boss of you. I guess one good thing from this challenge is that I gained a newfound appreciation of all of the npcs in skyrim, even the worst ones, I started to feel like these npc's lives had actual weight, and *most* playthroughs after that one was just me being the dragonborn, a hero of skyrim, not a murderhobo, not a monster, not a freak, just a regular hero doin' quests for fun. Is this how saitama feels???
This video felt much much faster than 42 minutes, I was quickly hooked by not only the ambitious premise but then the moral spiralling into darkness. By the end I was uncomfortable just watching beloved characters fall, can't imagine how it felt finishing them off yourself. What a journey, and what an ending.
Suburban mom: “Video games make kids violent terrible people!” Dunpykong: “I feel terrible killing all these imaginary people.” Very entertaining. Thank you for your hard work.
I did something similar in fallout 4 once. I can’t describe how inexplicably sad it made me, walking around an empty Diamond City, listing to the same old songs. Songs that I associated with good memories, at that point.
31:54 "But killing Meeko will haunt me for the rest of my life." And that's what broke me, that's when the tears welled up [Edit] The Paarthunax part killed me
I gotta be honest, this is one of the most amazingly crafted and structured videos I’ve seen in a long LONG time. Well done. The Whiterun segment was way more tragic and nostalgic than I could imagine, and I loved it. I can see myself coming back to watch this again and again in the future
I came in expecting some fun time, memes, epic level editing, and basically standing atop a mountain of corpses and laughing my ass off on how it was pulled off. _...I did not expect to come to a point on a sorrowful note where your darkened soul and Wuuthrad tarnished with the blood of the innocents approach before Paarthurnax at the Throat of the World. _*_And there, your battle axe raised, and Paarthurnax simply perched, openly ready to accept his fate, never once even questioning your motive to why._* This video was a unique take on genocide runs in a game dearly beloved. Coming in enthusiastically with a hash of morbid curiosity, but ultimately becoming hollow by the end of your slaughter. Amazing intro, outro, and edits, the tonal shift of narrative from the start to the end, and showing a glimpse on what happens if you utterly shattered a game meant to be explored, beloved, and enjoyed over and over. 10/10. You gain my like, sub, and that bell. Also, all my homies hate Mercer. Delphine more, but yeah, Mercer was an asshat.
I could handle killing some characters, and would relish killing certain ones (you’ll be in the cloud district permanently every time, don’t worry. You know who you are.) but some would hurt. I have a weird love for and attachment to the guards in this game that I don’t feel in any other TES game. (Also I love the female guard’s accent. The male isn’t bad either, but the female’s accent is amazing.) So they would hurt to kill. But… The dogs? No, I couldn’t kill the doggos.
"In a universe similar to the one we know as Tamriel, but kinda different from it, someone named the dragonborn would save Skyrim from it's fall, until the locals started seeing their friends, families and jarls dead in the streets"
Damn, after watching this I genuinely feel, bad… that suicide jump at the end especially. I hope you are able to return to the game in the future with a better outlook again, as I know it will be much better than leaving it with such a sour taste in your mouth.
I know I'm talking to the void given how many comments you're getting right now but I just wanted to let you know this video really left an impact on me. I couldn't help getting broken up a bit at the end, I wasn't sure why at first. I've barely played Skyrim, not even sure why I clicked on the video. The opening cinematic with the excellent music choice pulled me in however and 40 minutes was over faster than it started. This video inflicted the feeling of dread, of their being nothing left, and no meaning to the actions. I know it sounds stupid, but I found myself recognizing my own actions in this video. Not systematic homicide of course, but meaningless tasks that feel at first enjoyable but eventually wear down on me. Seeing an entire video game world meet a dead end (literally), made me question if my own actions are actually what I want to do with my life. At the end of the day you gave me a different outlook on life, and that's the biggest thing you can do for someone, so thank you.
Wow I was going to comment about this but you did it for me. I too feel like I don't know what to do with my life, and would like to find what I truly want instead of living days of meaningless..well yeah you get me
I love how at the end there is no peace, only silence and the only NPC remaining is you, only you I felt bad but at the same time respectful for the feat, good job and now you can go back in time and love every single NPC like it's the last time they're there, have some kids with Lydia lol Except for Mercer, all my homies hate that guy
there is something so oddly upsetting about seeing you slaughter the folks in whiterun to that song. whiterun is kinda what I consider my home city, like I literally bought Hjelarchen Hall because I wanted a homestead but wanted it to be close to whiterun. I'm harbinger, I adopted Lucia, I helped the one woman find her son. Seeing the companions and those two die especially hurt oof.
I agree. Out of all the major cities, Whiterun is the best. It might be because its the first city people tend to visit due to the storyline, or it might be because the only bad thing about the town is the Gray-Mane and Battle-Born feud, that one guy constantly preaching Talos, and the Jarl's kids. Aside from that the town is pretty great and when you spend a lot of time there you grow to be attached to the people and it hurts when they die. That and the Whiterun guard are awesome and a part of me melts with happiness when they compliment me or just talk to me when I pass by them.
I wanted to try and attempt this, so I started making a doc using the list over at Skyrim.Fandom, only to find out way too late it doesn't include everyone (ow). UESP seems a lot more reliable though I recommend it to anyone trying this, though you'll have to dig a lot to find certain uniques like Arvak or Farkas/Vilkas' wolf spirits. Anyways great video, it inspires me to beat people up
There's this one npc named Grete which I can't find a way to kill legitly and is so obscure no one's every really mentioned her in anything before, uh oh
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Imagine being a random citizen in a neighboring nation in Tamriel, like in raven rock, hearing scattered reports of a great dragonborn legend who helps everyone and became the leader of several guilds due to their greatness, and then a few months later, hearing reports that the very same dragonborn has gone mad and is murdering everyone, only for those reports to slowly become more and more infrequent before stopping completely. And then hoping and praying that he doesn't leave Skyrim.
Pedro
@@KanyeMeatrider47Jonathan
@@soleo2783 jerald
Thank Todd for invisible walls
@@flyingsky1559"OH BY THE GODS HES HACKING"
Imagine the scene...
The empire hears about random massacres that are happening around the hold of Skyrim, along with the assassination of the emperor in said hold. alongside that, the aldmeri dominion receives the news that their embassador in Skyrim and all of their agents have been systematically murdered. They send a scouting legion to check out the region along with some thalmore legions... Only to be met with a dead providence, every hold, town, village, outpost, guild and political figure, dead... All murdered without a second though... They search the land... No one besides animals and the ocasional bandits that escaped the slaughter, telling tales of a dark knight, followed by a black miasma of death.
The empire tries to repopulate Skyrim... But no one wants to be there anymore, seeing the place as a cursed land. The aldmeri dominion starts numerous missions to try and locate this "Dark knight" as to eliminate him, afraid that he might try and spread this massacre across the land of tamriel, or worst... To them!
Throughout all of that... On top of the throat of the world stands the corpse of this so called dark night... His armor poisoning the land around him. In the end, the only creature capable of killing him... Was himself.
Jesus Christ man I want to read a whole story or play a horror game like that
Also dark as f
And fall damage.
Pretty good. Thought the ending was cheesy.
Sadly that does not affect the performance of my vehicle vrom vroom
"I want you to kill the Emperor. He'll be in Skyrim."
"You want me to kill the Emperor, and all of Skyrim. Got it."
"Yes, that's-"
...Wait, what?"
Lmfaooooo
*stab*
*muffled scuffle, Dragonborn emerges soaked in blood*
Didn't kill Frost the horse.
Lol. I think the DB have rules who to kill and the limit. If it's a whole organization, then it still has to be done by name of a person, by person, and a clear motivation.
Skyrim's population is both bigger than I thought and smaller than it should be
Yarsh
OMG HI PATTERNZZZZZZZZZZ
Most of the population is made out of bandits and guards. If none of those guys respawned, Skyrim would be a noticeably underpopulated nation by the time you've killed Alduin.
It would also be a noticeably popular tourist destination due to the fact you can see some one third-vampire one third-werewolf one-third-dragon god bend the will of reality to their every whim with a random platter they picked up off of the nearest coffee table, most likely spawning a "Children of Atom" esque cult.
Amen alleluia God bless you and everyone you know Jesus forgives just repent and have faith and you shall be forgiven✝️🙏🙌
Only due to the video game tradition of downscaling. Coding a whole country's worth of people would be nightmarish, and make game lag, so they only include essential ones
This is like the set up for a creepypasta. "I found this old xbox 360 and booted up skyrim. I noticed there was a save already on it so I loaded it up. I found every named NPC was dead"
Omg you’re right☠️☠️☠️
that actually is really creepy lol
Watch the skies, traveler.
Then hyper realistic Alduin came out covered in hyper realistic blood and killed me
@@swagpyro47 Don't forget those hyper realistic eyes, or how the dude got so freaked out herturned the game off, only to wake up to Skyrim being turned back on, and everyone in his house killed.
If you used the Ebony Blade for the entire challenge, you would have learned what it does. The Ebony Blade grows in power every time you specifically kill an npc with a relation value of 3 (friend) or higher (so, lover). It actually grows to be the strongest weapon in the game in terms of base damage, and you even get dialogue from the daedric prince it belongs to every time it gets stronger
But you cant enchanht ebony blade to do 10 mil damage a hit
@@heybro4000 So? You can smith it up to do a million damage per hit.
Edit: GUYS I WAS WRONG GOD DAMMIT STOP LIKING MY COMMENTS LIKE THE OTHER GUYS COMMENTS SO PEOPLE ARENT CONFUSED FFS!
@@connorbranscombe6819 Nah don’t think you can
@@Bigjosher_poo Pretty sure you can dude, or have you really not heard of looping alchemy and enchanting to get stupidly high fortify smithing gear?
You can literally use a dinner fork and one shot the ebony warrior, weapons in Skyrim are purely cosmetic choices in the late game.
@@connorbranscombe6819 Of course I know that but ebony blade is literally unsmithable, you’re not allowed to improve it I think.
It says in the book, the sky forge couldn’t burn it or whatever.
Only weapon in the game you can’t use smithing on
"They say everytime a dovahkin is born, the gods flip a coin, one side its greatness, the other side is madness."
Now I have to make Daenerys as the dragonborn in Skyrim.
This coin landed on its side, true evil
This coin flipped, got split in half and landed on both sides
@@PixelTheMushroom Two Face as the Dragonborn 😂
no matter what the madness side will always be my option because of NAZEEM!!!
My sister did this at 12 years old on her main save. I asked her why and she said that she wanted to get legendary archery. Still scared of her to this day
When a man kills people the news media mentions it for weeks almost a month , , ,however when a woman commits a homicide , it gets maybe mentioned 3 times in one week and virtually never again , , government wants constant births and orphans to later fill military ranks , , so killer women stories are suppressed , so men will feel comfortable approaching females , if they got same level of press , nation birthrate would drop to one-3rd , , , it's the bonafide truth even if it sounds wonky , ,🤔🎃🤔🤔
Proper lady. Send my regards.
Is your sister single?
y not just keep hitting the grey beards
@@hardwork......... she was on Xbox 360 and couldn’t make them non essential. I think her whole shtick was killing every killable character
“i thought about bringing lydia but didnt want to get too attached”
*marries her*
There's a joke to be made about how marrying isn't about being attached and haha boomer. But I don't wanna make it, that shit was sad as fuck
Giggity ehhehe 👩❤💋👩....Meow
@@meghansmith7884exactly, these are the type of geniuses i wish could be everywhere in our time and day
@@customch33s32 I wish for soo many things hehehe wink....Purrrrrr
@@meghansmith7884 seek help.
I can’t believe how easily you took out Whiterun. The security in Whiterun is terrible, shameful is what it is.
"whiterun eh? The pride of skyrim.... Doesnt look like much to me.. Now blacklight, thats a real city" - teldryn sero
Riften definitely has the best security, they have an entire army of guards lol
They need officer Jenkins
Wait, I know you
@@OsinakiKun you’re making a mistake
If no one has congratulated you on elegantly piling the corpses into an assortment of different shapes and sizes, then I'll do so. Congratulations good sir.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I felt like an absolute psychopath but the cinematic effect paid off lol
Hey where have you been mate, is there social media platforms i can follow you on, i really started to like your channel
Just like Myers in Halloween Kills. Perfect!!
@@dumpykong i know that feeling well, my sister will occasionally come over to hang out with my dog, and watch me game for a bit, I always try and do weird shit, like shooting all the limbs all in fallout, making a body throw it back with the grab button. The only game she's played is GTA, where she drives around following the rules, but apparently finds absolute chaos hilarious
After by brother and I would beat a bethesda game wed go back through and kill everyone we could and then we would pile them up like that , this is the only time I've every seen anyone else do that
Every time all I can hear is Mikey say " get in the pile" lmao
"I... I killed them. I killed them all."
"They're dead-- every single one of them."
"And not just the men... But the women. And thie CHILDREN too...!"
"They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like ANIMALS."
Maybe he is the son of Anakin. It runs in the blood!
@@SuperDuper-CoolGuy So, Luke?
I have a disease called completely-blind-to-non-canonical-star-wars-content. Your comment seems to be empty.
@@SuperDuper-CoolGuy Anakin's other long-lost child... Dave Skywalker!
Im going to be honest, after you killed Parthunax, and said there was one more character, I was fully expecting, "I've been looking for you"
"I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver. Your heart only."
(Courier draws dagger)
"Leeet's see here..."
@@felynecomrade "I've got a letter and a lot of gold. Something about it being your inheritance? Oh, and... sorry for your loss."
The damn courier. Boy was I overjoyed killing him. But then annoyed cos if he breaks, some quests don't work anymore cos they trigger with letters. Even for modded ones. Sigh
@@maurbor3809 the issue is if you try to kill him… he comes back with a vengence, a fist full of caps, and enough ammo to retake hoover dam.
@@mattsmocs3281 and some power armor.
Genocide has never been this well narrated.
Bullshit. Ron Pearlman was the newscaster that literally announced the end of the world in Fallout 4. He’s also been the narrator for the series going way back to the OG Interplay title.
Ay yo Same profile pic check
I know there was technically no narration in undertale but... Undertale Genocide Route?
i have several holocaust jokes that my lawyer has advised me to not tell
@@Enraged-Gecko calm down
They thought Alduin would be the end of the world, but the world slayer was standing right next to them all along.
Why else would his final line be "Dohvakin, no!"
@@trashlambo who’s final words?
@@johnsalgado9217 Alduin, who else?
“Beware, beware, the dragonborn comes”
World Eater*
36:02 sadly for you, if you successfully calm the champion of boethia using emperors voice he has dialogue about how he decided to betray boethia because he was sickened by her and what she made him do and that he is actually a decent person now, its like as if you murdered a redeemed version of you in blind frustration, completely sealing your fate to moral degradation.
Yeah, calmed him using a spell & was amazed I could talk to him.
Him telling me that any time a weapon, shield or piece of armour he’s created saves a life rather than take a life, I felt that.
I let him live that play through, feeling bad about the many times I’d confronted him & taken his life without a word.
"Oh hey I forgot Skyrim existed let me play it for 50 hours in one week, then then not touch it until next year"
ouch my guy I felt that
yeah. im on my second playthrough this year now
My time is coming this year. And TH-cam knows it. This video is 3 months old and it just got suggested to me. My time has come
spend 24 hours finding mods, playing it for 4 hours then not touch it for a year. Repeat
Yes. Spend over 4 hours finding the perfect mods, play it for like, a good 10 hours in one week and then well, not touch it for several months.
@@lewis5481 😂
Bro turned Solitude into a solitude
clever...
✌🖖
dont get it
@koda236, then you, are too young to be here.
Bruh not this young shit@@MonsterArmy21st
8:47
“I just slayed two dragons and saved your village from being burnt to a crisp”
“You shouted at that man”
“He was running towards the dragon and went in front of me”
“It doesn’t matter. He’s dizzy because of you, so you deserve to go to jail”
“…I should just kill everyone…”
Well said cowboy
I love it how at the beginning he has so much eneggy, enthusiasm, and soul into the challenge, afterwards as if he had lost every aspect of himself just like his character, not realizing how much he loved each and every character within the game. He is the only youtuber ive seen to show mercy to npcs and it makes you reflect on things you've done in games and what you do in your games. I hope we get to see an actual fun challenge from him soon in Skyrim
no fr i was starting to get kinda sad too
i walked into this vid expecting a fun lighthearted time but as it got darker i remembered completing the civil war questline for the first time when i was like twelve years old. i had picked the stormcloaks, and as such got very very attatched to ralof. i didn't know he was an essential npc so i ended up frantically searching every major city and town after the final battle, thinking he had died. i seriously almost started crying. i eventually found him at the sleeping giant inn and up to that point i had never been so relieved over the events of a fictional story in my life.
it's honestly wild that video games can tap into such a raw emotional force.
almost the same thing happened to me with piper in fallout 4
The same thing happened to me with dogmeat in fallout 4 except he got bugged an I never found him so I actually cried😂
That rebel scum deserves to die, LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE
@@lilvro7016 ikr! Every single time I send him away to somewhere, he just disappears for ages.
I had the same feeling for hadvard when I joined tullius on eliminating the stormcloaks!
Imagine how horrifying it would be to live in a neighboring country to skyrim, and hearing about this massacre until reports just cease coming.
Province.
@@cookricwhat’s the difference between
@@user-sg1bn2ij2k in TES, they’re referred to as provinces. Not countries.
You could argue that Alduins soul in this version of events was reborn as the Dragonborn. A poetic irony.
As the Dragonborn finally takes his own life after the weight of so many dead became too much, he appears in Aetherius, and before him is Alduin
"Well done, Dovahkiin. You succeeded when I could not. I should show you more respect for your dedication. So many have been ended, and now, you stand upon the piles of bodies. How does it feel? To be the World Eater?"
-My soul will never be free of it's sins
"As it should be. For this is the torment I endure each time I consume the world. Why I didn't want to end it. You can see why I rebelled against my duty. Now it can end. For you have ended it"
-Just kill me and be done with it
"No. Father has plans for you"
Alduin then shouts, and the screen goes white....
"Hey, you, your finally awake."
@@enderman_of_d00m24 damn
before warching this, i tried to do thr same thing. But named myself "Alduin himself"
@@enderman_of_d00m24by father here do u mean akatosh or todd howard
@@enderman_of_d00m24 TH-cam commenters could make a living as professional writers.
5:53 That actually fascinates me, because I came across her in my first playthrough, and ever since then, I make sure to kill her in every playthrough for a free bed to sleep in prior to buying a house. She always attacks me first, so it's not murder.
Granted, she attacks me because I broke into her cellar, but the game says it's not murder, so it's fine. :)
Yeah and she got alchemy ingredients, an arcane enchanter and an alchemy table in her basement
She also has a letter which I think implies she's an evil witch or something, and she says "Fool! No one must know my secret!" before attacking you so she kinda deserves it
Damn, imagine you're an imperial soldier who's just been stationed in Skyrim and when you arrive, you're just surrounded by the corpses of everyone.
The dark entity picked up a journal wet with blood it reads. My men and myself have just been brought to Skyrim something about the empire will not bow to some so-called unstoppable threat but by the time we got there it seemed to be too late as everyone was dead even the emperor I had to act quickly safe those I could I gathered my men and we made haste for solitude and the other holds but with each hold, we were met with the same gruesome stench of rot the bodies put on display as though the monster doing this not only took pleasure from it but saw it as an art form and now I wonder if I'll join those cruel displays I my men all slaughtered in an instant this beast walks like a man but poisons the very air with just his presence it's getting hard to breathe it draws near I only hope I can finish writing so that those who follow will now the terror and death that awaits
@@videogamereacts3139 okayyyyyyyyyy
“Oh, what happened?”
@@kampua4life“shame.”
@@videogamereacts3139nice
Interesting that you had never seen Anise before as, for me, she was the one characters that opened my eyes to how much detail Skyrim had. I remember that, when I first started playing, I walked by her house, saw her and thought "she is probably a witch" (Typical old medieval witch living in the woods by herself cliché), but, as I noticed she wasn't hostile, I entered her house and noticed the door to her cellar. I sneaked in and read her letter to Moira talking about wanting to create a witch coven, confirming my suspicion.
I didn't notice, however, that I was stealing the note, as all the books I had seen so far could just be taken. I kept doing my quests, went to Riverwood and one of the kids there asked me to play hide and seek. She counted to three and, no joke, as soon as the countdown ends, I hear "should've never come here!" as I'm being attacked by hired thugs.
At first, I thought it was a programmed event where a kid would bait you into looking away as some dudes tried to kill you (Would be cool if it was), but, then, I found out by looting their bodies that she was the one that hired them. So I went back there and found her to be hostile (I left there sneaking the first time, so I could fast travel near her) and killed her.
Later, when doing the Sanguine Rose questline, I immediately remembered that Moira was the name of her sister that she was sending letters to. With the simple act of getting in the house of this old witch, I learned about the NPC relations, the hired thug/bounty system, the hargravens and how much cool lore and details there was in this game. So, even though she's really irrelevant, she's a very important NPC to me.
Honestly I thought she would've followed you from her house all the way to Riverwood and attacking you, and somehow you didn't notice lol.
She’s important to me because I have an age-old tradition of killing her as soon as I complete Unbound in every playthrough
I just met her for the first time the other day in my new playthrough and because I'm a nosey little bitch I broke into her basement. However, when I left her cellar, she yelled "None may know my secret!" And immediately became hostile to me. I felt really bad killing her, for one because I myself was doing a mage run, fellow witch essentially, but two, she was just an old woman. I don't see "witch coven" as this terrible crime, so I felt bad that I had essentially ended it before it started. I took all her shit after tho. What can I say, I'm a nosey bitch and those ingredients were gunna go to waste!
@@Arvel_The_Swit I hold Sven from Riverwood really closely because I started a new playthrough one time, needed a follower to do a dupe glitch and he was the, closest. After a while of having him, I started to enjoy his company. So much so that in the event of his death in any save, I will reload no matter how much progress I lose.
Son of a bitch that's why those thugs came after me all those years ago. I couldn't figure out what I did to have them after me
Dumpy, The Daedric Prince of Genocide. At least he was consistent and at the end he offed his vessel, finally clearing the province of Skyrim of all humanoid and intelligent lives. A cataclysmic event more destructive than Alduin, thankfully contained by the mountains of Skyrim. One message has stuck through time from Dumpy: "All my homies hate Mercer" and it was true
Dumpy may be genocidal, but he is not a liar.
Even though this was just a silly video made for fun, I feel like the fact that you felt empathy for simply the IDEA of a human being (and dog) sort of lends to the idea that humans are more inherently good than evil.
Analyzing an isolated case doesn't feel fair.
It's because the subconscious cannot discern fantasy from reality. When you jump awake from falling in a dream? That's your body, your mind, reacting physically to what it saw. "We are how we treat those below us," which includes fantasies and imaginary characters and yes, NPCs. And as social creatures, going on a massacre and hearing cries and seeing blood is not good for our souls, aka our combined body, heart and spirit/ consciousness/ mind.
Dumpy: "I have come home, master..."
Paarthurnax: "This is no longer your home and I am no longer your master."
A good quote from a good movie.
@@terriblegamer7949 which film? It sounds familiar
@@hckingking Kung Fu Panda
@@melissao643 that's right. Love that movie.
he shouldn't modified Paarthurnax to be much much stronger
I know he's suppose to be level 10, but he had just pulled an Undertale and murdered literally everyone
Paarthurnax is the last one left standing, for one good reason
No one can bring themselves to kill him (except heartless people and completionists)
"I have watched you from the peak of the Mohnavan Dovahkiin. You would have made Alduin proud with your thirst for blood. And I do not speak that lightly. Not it is just you and me. You left me to last. I will make you wish you hadn't"
This guy literally desecrated all of his memories, present and future, with Skyrim for science. I don't know If I could ever have made that sacrifice
oof
understandable. thankfully, it's just a game and sometimes people get curious or bored. sometimes the game itself even has viable options for crazy things.
although, considering the idea of "time travel/time loop nihilism"; it does start to get into theoretically questionable philosophy.
It's fitting that he became the champion of the daedric prince of batrayl then, isn't it?
Bro knows the password to every Black door.
Bro isn't just worshipping Sithis.
Bro IS the Sithis.
@@joshuaxiong8377Yeah but... meeko man, they were the bestest boy. Honestly on my first play through, even if I just thought someone killed meeko I would go on a rampage. Didn't have to clear any holds but there were certainly small villages/settlements that felt my wrath on those days.
Plot twist - this was the only way to create huge army in Sovngarde to fight Alduin. The most moral thing a man could ever do.
Psychology is fascinating!
I have never attempted this "challenge" and after hearing you narrate it, I don't think I ever will. Logic says that it is all pretend, there's nothing being destroyed or lost, but the characters, the environments, the sights and sounds have all left their subtle mark on me. I've experienced real emotions in and through my experiences with this game so while I am a reasoning, sane person, I know that a new, fresh Nirn is just a few clicks away for you, or me, were I to follow your footsteps; I feel that something precious has been tainted and I am sorry that your experience is irreparably changed.
I also really appreciate that you leaned into this video and topic rather than just making a goofy, peppy murder montage as seemed to be your intention at the start. You performed your self appointed task with much more thought and thoroughness than I anticipated when I started watching, and you followed through with the shift in tone and direction that the execution of the deed brought about. Excellent video, good job, and my condolences for your heavy heart!
I remember when I first played the forsworn conspiracy on my 5th play through. Instead of surrendering to the guards I decided the best course of action was to wipe out the entirety of the markarth city guard. Took me a few playthroughs and hundreds of markarth guards to realize I was suppose to get arrested.
yo dude, i have a save here, if i start another playthough, do i lose this save?
@@viny9329 yes
@@DRDOOM-od7uj I’m pretty sure you don’t or maybe I’m dumb.
Same man
@@viny9329 as long as you don’t save over your previous save it should be fine.
Dang, that got darker and darker. In the beginning I was like thinking hey I kinda want to try this too. Now I am thinking that maybe it is better not to even try.
Also the editing and the story itself is all well done. I love the choices of music and the way things are presented. Then to finally kill the last person in Skyrim (not spoiling) was both poetic and depressing. After everything was dead it made living itself empty.
(I shared it with my discord 👌)
I got sad when Lydia died.
I can't get over the fact how much work is behind this video. Your humor is great, you're trying to be as transparent as possible and yet only a hand full of people are watching this. Keep up the great work dude, you have my support.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!
well, this video has a million views now. i'd say it's more than a handful. 😁
21:44 Derkeethus is certified friend shaped. Look at that smile
And potential boyfriend shaped if you decide to put a ring on it :))
@@KallichoreMothheck yea
This run just makes me think about Uncle Parthy's line “What is better? To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?”
In that case it is: "What's worse? To be born evil, or to inspire people, be embodiment of greatness, only to backstab them?"
Dovahkiin: "I Born not about to slay Every Dragon. But i Born to slay every single Human creature that exist in this Province"
Imagine traveling to Skyrim and seeing nothing but rotten corpses.
😋 snacks for the road
@@joshdavis5991 scavengers gang
welp, I suppose I should've stayed in cyrodiil after all.
Is it a Dark Souls reference?
pure terror
i’m actually kinda upset no one commented on how perfect the intro sequence was. i fucking loved that shit man. i legit replayed it 7 times. i can’t remember what movie or tv show it was inspired from but i know exactly what you did 😂
Im glad Im not the only one who thought it was familiar
i know this comment was posted before it was released, but All Quiet On The Western Front starts out like this too
@@dominicbeltran7420 that is a good ass movie. sad as fuck but absolutely great.
Maybe it reminds you of Farcry 5, how in Jacob’s region you hear that song and it makes you go psycho?
Seems like it was inspired by mob movies like Goodfellas
For joining the dark brotherhood, clairvoyance points to Vasha only because he’s at the top of the objective list in the quest, which is what clairvoyance will guide you to. So realistically speaking, Vasha isn’t necessarily the target. That said, in-universe, I don’t think the clairvoyance spell would mislead you.
i mean it has mislead me once. Because it kept pointing at a door i could not go in. But other than that yeah.
So this is basically what barbus's owner would've done had you wished for peace in skyrim. "With a snap of me fingers and every citizen in skyrim dead! No more war."
THE EDITING GOES HARD NO WONDER IT TOOK SO LONG
THANK YOU I LOVE YOU
Imagine coming to skyrim and all you find are skeletons...
Don't give up, skeleton!
a necromancer's dream
@@thescp1833 that does sound like an scp actually
That sounds like a creepypasta or something
"they told us that alduin would herald the end times, and after the loss of Skyrim no one doubted it"
Rarely do I watch or read something that makes me need to stop, step back and take a moment to internalise my emotions. This was one of them. The ending has me laying in bed staring straight into my dark screen with unseeing eyes. It was horrible. It was beautiful. You did an amazing job with the tone of the video, the cinematics, the music choice... All I can say is wow, kudos man. Didnt think I'd be this profoundly affected by a Skyrim TH-cam video but you succeeded in doing so. You have a new fan!
Man, this was quite depressing - testament to how attached we get to people and characters, fictional or not.
XCOM players know this too well. Don't name them, don't get too attached... they'll die and you'll feel WORSE.
The grim ending certainly felt 'right' after killing Paarthurnax, though.
@@kirbyis4ever I'm proud to say that in my latest XCOM 2 run, I only ever lost two men, in the first and second missions, when they were really weak. Some of my most successful men and women have over 100 confirmed kills now. We leave no man behind.
How did you get so attached to the characters? Just sheer time spent d'cking around in the game?
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 I guess it's the same for him. That's what happened to me, I played this game a lot, and even when I stopped for a few years, I remembered them fondly.
Never before have I seen someone not be psychotic with this kinda challenge and even feel bad about it, crazy
its not that easy especially killing animals for these types of challeneges i would know as i had to kill the dog in Divinity 2 in fort joy it was painful
@@sadsworth4605yes it is, it's just a fucking game
@@sadsworth4605 true, but I think that what makes a game amazing, you feel bad about your choices or excited to see a certain NPC excited about what you did, if you feel nothing about your choices in a game, then it's not a well made game
I like to believe, from a narrative stand point, that this is the result of actually consuming Alduins soul. He is too strong, even in ethereal form, and he corrupts the Dragonborns mind, body and soul, and slowly the Dragonborn deteriorates mentally until all that's left is to eat the world. So they start slaughtering anyone and everyone, not sleeping or eating, wearing dark armors that feel at home as Alduins scales once did, and at the very end kills themselves in a final bout of lucidity before Alduins spirit consumes them completely.
Damn I like that, that's actually cool
You dont consume alduins soul in the game he vanishes when killed the game states he will come back his sould is t absorbed
@@demonic_myst4503 I know, but that's why I said this is the result of *actually* doing it, unlike in game where that doesn't happen. Working off the theory of multiple universes there is a high likely hood of a world out there where you do consume it and I was saying this could be the outcome of that.
@@unearthlyfromage2297 My canon for this video too, skyrim becoming a depopulated wasteland due to the madness of the dragonborn who truly destroyed Alduin. Maybe the ruins of Skyrim could be settled by the Orcs and forge a new Orsinium, Imperial settlers? Even perhaps the Thalmor might try to take the opportunity to seize a colonial project like that, Morrowind would take parts.
It would be a scramble over a wasteland.
My headcanon is that dragonborn's soul after absorbing almost all dragon souls existing on Nirn, became equal to Alduin's soul. The last dragonborn was entrusted with world-eater role by Akatosh/Auriel in Alduins place
As my first child and wife, I actively flinched when he killed Lucia and Aela, even if they're a little bit bland, I still somehow made an emotional connection with them-
In this universe it turns out that the dragonborn was actually the world eater.
The World Eater's soul took over the Dragonborn after his death, destroying the world all the same
Soon he will go into another Continent
@@evosupersonic7298 Next Stop, Cyrodill
@@Tigerman4545 the armies of mortals united to face this new threat. This monster who had slain every man, woman, and child in the province of Skyrim. When they met the monster he simply said: Let the end come.
that is actually a cool idea for a new playthrough, thank you stranger
THE EBONY WARRIOR IS PART OF THE DRAGONBORN DLC, I DID NOT MISS HIM
👍
Come back!
Wassup dumpykong
No amount of fun fact videos ever told me this, maybe I should have known 💀
You sound so defeated by the end...
Nobody gonna talk about the wholesome story of how his older brother didn't bother getting his half for the game and paid it all himself
Shout out to the big bros who spoil the young ones
” I have to kill all the kids in this orphanage.” 😂
Ahh yes , the Anakin younglings route 🗡️🤣😂
Oddly enough Anise was the first real character I killed the day I got the game I was exploring around river wood because I wasn’t paying attention to the quest line telling me to go to Whiterun and I stumbled upon her shack to steal some things and she didn’t like it so I just started sword bashing her and it did the cool kill cam thing and I was blown away a knew from then on I was going to like this game
That was 11 years ago and I remember it just like yesterday
Oh yeah I killed her super early when she attacked me for discovering her secret lol
@@Shoxic666 wait whats her secret?
“Not just the men. But the women. And the children too.” -this guy. lol
And we thought Vader’s body count was bad…
I love them... most of them...
It's a lot like Genocide mode in Undertale.
Slaying all the characters that you bonded with in several playthroughs. Killing the last few characters really felt like droplets in an ocean.
But I got to see what would happen
Exactly-it’s a mental toll
Determination
best part is skyrim is an rpg too and you get stronger the more you kill, so by the time you're fighting someone like ulfric stormcloak, a heroic warrior king, it's hardly a battle at all.
I’m not sure why, but the montages of you killing people to upbeat music felt very Umbrella Academy
As Dump looks over Skyrim, he felt Paarthrunax’s soul enter his own, becoming just another of the countless dragons he had slain. As Whiterun, and all the other major cities in the land burned, creating orange dots on the map like world, Dump began to come to terms at what he had done. He had killed everyone, his friends, the closet thing he had ever had to family, and his wife, Lydia, sacrificed to Boethia. Then something dawned on Dump, as he removed the mask of Nakhiriin, for what felt like the first time in years, he looked out over the world and knew there was still one person left, him. Dump began to take steps toward the ledge, and closed his eyes as he felt the ground leave his feet. He awaited what fate would befall him. He felt a pain in his spine and neck, and then it all stopped.
Dump opened his eyes, and got to his feet. He saw that he was now in Sovengarde. And ready to face his consequences, he raised Wuuthrad and made the trek to his judgement.
Went into the video giggling thinking it was hilarious, ended the video actually genuinely sad. Even if they are fictional characters as you said you form a bond with em
i feel the same way like damn im depressed with u now, its hard to think abt those iconic/favorite characters just going off
Lydia...🥹🥀⚰️
@@valeriefranco24_7 marcurio 😿🔥
Not stump not the dog 😢
@@nathanschmidtke5901 cicero
Damn I’ve been playing this game for 6 years now and this heartbreaking to see all of the characters from my favorite game die. Even if they aren’t real, they are very much so real to me
(he hasnt taken his schizo meds)
(He's never heard of toby fox)
@@RielyPiely 💀
"I will command a great and terrible army and we will sail to a billion worlds. We will sail until every light has been extinguished."
As much of a meme this video was, Mia's reaction to seeing her mother killed in front of her felt too real. Whiterun really is such a well made city, too many great characters.
The best character of course being nazeem.
@@Miniyorkie0744 do you get to the cloud district very often?
@noobmaster64 oh what am i saying, of course you don't.
I adopted Lucia on my recent playthrough, so watching her get brutally murdered with an axe hurt.
It’s a terribly made city, what? Every city in skyrim sucks
Can you imagine just entering Skyrim and going city to city just to see that everyone is dead. Quite sinister lol.
Imagine being in the position of those two kidnappees that were at the beginning of the dark brotherhood quest. You were feet, inches away from death, but were ultimately spared and found a way to go back to your normal life. You wanted it to be over, that nightmare is behind you. But that was only the start of it. Soon enough, you learn that you two were the only ones that were left after a man had gone around all of Skyrim, killed everybody, and then himself, leaving the world a desolate domain. Nothing but pure destruction, indiscriminate death.
You’re all that’s left.
damn
Imagine the dragonborn from the eyes of friendly NPCs throughout the questline. A handsome, charismatic man that keeps his distance from most. A man with a darkness in his eyes. Sometimes he stares off into the distance and he seems as something unknowable.
I wonder if people like Lydia and Karliah sometimes saw that darkness in him and feared for what was coming. Later, Karliah might have thought quite often, as the reports came in, how she once held his life in her hands. How she could have saved everyone had she known. If only she had known.
The first kills. The lack of mercy, in everything he did. People saw that. Delphine and Esbern had to have known what he did to the innocents in the ratway. But did it matter, when he had the capacity to save the world?
When he snapped, i wonder if they were even surprised?
It's comedic how fitting the ebony blade would be for this.
Missed opportunity
And it’s op
@@Nehauonno it’s actually really terrible. It can’t be upgraded with smithing
@@Purriahit is upgraded by murder bro
@@Purriahisn’t there a enchantment that makes two handed weapons do more damage plus it’s swing speed is great for a two handed weapon.
I saw this video and several other comments and i wanted to try and make my own little story detailing the aftermath of this run:
"As you finally pass through the Jerall Mountains on a routine merchant run from Cyrodil to Helgen you notice that the sky continues to grow darker, as if the sun refuses to shine in this part of Tamriel.
Your first thought was that the encroaching winter was making days shorter and nights colder, but that was quickly debunked from checking your calendar:
Its the middle of Suns Height. The seventh month of the year in which it is the warmest and brightest, where farmers reap their fields and villagers cool themselves off in cold rivers.
Something has happened during your time through the Jerall Mountains. Something that was confirmed uppn finally reaching the borders of Skyrim, empty of any guard presence and the walls blackened with sickly rot
You discover a sign nearby, your merchant convoy woodworker notes that the wood is only a month old at most and yet is blackening and rotting at an almost impossible rate
Your scribes present you with a copy of the writing on the sign, what little writing they can salvage that hasnt rotted to illegibility was delivered to you just now
The sign reads as follows:
* ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶r̶o̶v̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶O̶f̶ ̶S̶k̶y̶r̶i̶m̶*
**This place is not the Skyrim you once remembered, you will find no farmers working the fields, children playing in the streets or young men and women to fall in love with. You will not find great riches or a higher calling here.
This province is dead. In every sense of the word that meaning can ascribe to it, past this border-warning there is only mounds of bodies, wild animals, starving bandits and desperate vampires.
There is not a single living soul in the entirety of this dead province.
Our records are spotty on account of a lack of eyewitnesses, but the world eater, Alduin, the harbinger of the end times had returned to swallow the world, the prophecy of the Dragonborn was fufilled, a man rose to defy the return of the dragons and destroyed the black wyrm. Saving Nirn from the apocalypse
We could not have been more wrong.
Whether due to his dragon blood, daedric corruption or the insidious possession by Alduin, the dragonborn went on a slaughter. Butchering every man, woman and child in every hold and village.
As the butchery continued, infrastructure began to break down due to a lack of manpower. Crops rotted in the fields with nobody left to tend to them. Buildings caught fire, roads and public works fell into disrepair and the survivors starved.
Then came the blight, a daedric poison wind that spread only decay and sickness wherever it went. Theorized to have emenated from an artifact of the Daedric Prince Boethiah that the Dragonborn had discovered or earned in service to the Prince.
The Blight poisoned the land and darkened the skies. Only the hardiest survivors and animals survived the poisoned wind.
As food supplies dwindled and the dead continued to grow, many desperste survivors turned to cannibalism, subsisting off of the carrion left behind by a maddened butcher, and eachother
Not even the vampires, insidious creatures that they are, were safe. The collapsing population of skyrim led to fewer and fewer thralls. The starving vampires became desperate for fresh blood. Hunting for survivors and even attempting to escape the province altogether.
We dont know if they succeeded.
We urge any travellers who pass through the Jerall Mountains to consider this:
There is nothing of value left in this part of Tamriel, you will only find death, starving cannibals, desperate vampires, and the Blight.
Turn back. Before its too late**
This comment sets such a great depth to the video and story. It truly deserves more than a few likes. You sir have done a great service to us law nerds and you deserve the greatest thanks from all of elderscolls players on my behalf
Honestly, the end of this video shows that even the toughest, heartless players of this game aren’t completely heartless. This shows how attached we can get to these characters. It makes it better that Dumpy just felt bad rather than, “HAHA ALL THESE GUYS WERE TRASH SO EASY TO KILL LMAO”
I just made up a name for this effect: the undertale effect.
Basically the idea of it is when you get invested in anything in a story, the world, the characters, or the powers, and then YOU CHOOSE to shove it all down the drain and kill what you enjoy so much. It leaves an almost indescribable feeling of emptiness.
This video captured that feeling really well, watching these things you enjoy burn and for what? Nothing, but your choice.
Most role-playing games where there is an option to kill everything get this feeling if you choose to go down this route. Walking through empty towns and places you chose to empty.
It makes a person feel as close to guilty as a game can get you.
This feeling I have christened 'the undertale effect' is very strong in this video.
Why did i write a thesis in your replies you ask?
I have no clue.
ive only been playing for a few years (maybe 3) and i completely understand the connection you were talking about. Hard to spend so much time with these npcs and not get attached or feel like they were real people who affected your life. I think addressing that the challenge didn't make you feel good is honeslty the healhtiest way to address it.
This video reminds me of the premise of DDLC which is definitley a more meme centered version since it starts as a spoof of the anime dating sim, but it also talks about the level to which npcs exist and the impact of in game actions on coded characters. It was really hard to play and was super dark, but its a solid game in terms of AI Philosophy. But again, you can acheive the same questions this way.
This video began light hearted and funny, and then became depressing as hell, I’m playing Skyrim right now and this is making me emotional
Graybeards: We can show you the way, but not the destination.
Dragonborn: *Kills everyone*
Graybeards: You cuk
Graybeards: we should perhaps have been less vague, moral for next life prehaps
:v cuk
Paarthurnax: "Dovahkiin. I will not honor you with the tongue of our kind. I have watched what you have done. Seen your every sin. And perched atop this mountain...I have but one question. Why have you done these things?"
Dump: "I...I have to."
Paarthurnax takes a deep breath in, and says "I do not know what drives you, or clouds your mind, Dovahkiin. But...After you finish it. Leave. Do not return"
Dump takes a step forward, as the specter of Lydia appears behind him, and Paarthurnax accepts his fate, knowing he cannot stop him.
Apologies for the nerdiness, but I wanted to do a nerdy bit of writing.
Cool one dude.
I like it
would need a mod for that one
Paarthurnax: U tuk mah jawb!
This is cannon to me
0:01 "you alright, deputy?
This really sounds like an actual killer's documentary on how he killed people and what he felt.
Feels like I should be hearing JCS come in
"this is when we start to get some really big boy numbers"
This is a Serial killers wet dream
The most memorable line of this entire video
“I didn’t wanna get too close to anyone, because I need to kill them all in the end”
Undertale feelings
mine was “is this offensive”
Griffith
I feel the guilt would make all subsequent playthroughs all the more difficult due to the guilt. Also at the end entering the after life I can only imagine you killing them all again. Anyways-- all my homies hate Mercer.
Your approach is waaay more organized than mine was. I tried this same thing back in 2012. I would also loot all of the bodies so that they were ‘naked’ and drag them to a central location in whatever town/area I was in. This also resulted in me accumulating so much crap that my house in Whiterun became a hoarder house that was so cluttered, it would crash the game when I tried enter it. I ended up giving up the ghost after a couple months and had probably accomplished only about 2/3 of what you did, lol. Thanks for the motivation (and guidance!) for getting me interested in trying it out again.
The ending though. He wasn't satisfied with killing only all of the living, so he killed himself to kill the dead in the afterlife. Wow.
The intro is genuinely chilling, and it’s a silly Skyrim challenge. I love the symbolism in how the bodies of certain characters are placed.
Same the first time I saw it I got chills
have you played far cry 5?@@bigchungus7748
what does it symbolize?
just roll with it ig i forgot by now@@mrosskne
@@mrosskne that they died
Fun fact! Did you know than in the daedric quest the "whispering door" mephala the daedric prince's model is actually a floating end table?
Oh my god are you serious?
All facts
@@anonthe-third2367 'If the console command "unlock" is used on the whispering door, there is a cupboard behind the door that cannot be opened, and it blocks entrance to the room without further usage of the developer console. The cupboard serves as a placeholder for the Lady's voice.'
@@comedygoblin1045 😭😭💀
@@poopypants9983 Just so amazingly on brand for Bethesda.
The starting establishment shots with all the bodies would be such a good way to start a "Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe" Movie. Also thanks for giving me Jacob Seed PTSD
My follower in every play through has always been Stenvar. He’s been with me for countless hours of questing, adventuring, murdering, looting, stealing, and fighting. I’ve probably heard his little quips tens of thousands of times. It’s strange but he’s almost like an old friend that I run into again when I boot up the game. Weird how we can get truly attached to pixels.
Wise words master kenobi
I cried when my follower died on my first play through, because I didn’t know about the wonder of reloading the previous save. I hadn’t played a video game in 20 years when I played it the first time. I can’t watch this video, I already know it, because I try my hardest to keep my followers, and other NPC’s who are not programmed to attack you, alive. Teldryn Sero is my favorite NPC, and my favorite follower, and I can’t watch him die, even though he killed me in one hit once when I was pickpocketing his helmet off of him, because he’s too handsome for his face to be covered, lol. I went back a few levels one time, because he was missing, and when I backtracked, I found him dead in the water at a Dwemer ruin. There’s so many others I also have an emotional attachment to, like Faendal, for example. It’s very odd to me that I have such an attachment to video game characters, but it’s my understanding that it’s designed to be that way. Developers want us to have an immersive experience in gameplay, so we keep supporting them financially by buying their games, and recommending them to our friends and family.
That's how I feel with Lucia and Sophie. I always adopt them so they no longer have to live on the streets and even though I know they're just pixels I get really attached, like they are my real daughters. I give them daggers, allowances. I even play tag or hide and seek with them. Sometimes you can't help but grow an attachment to video game characters. I think that's what makes video games such a great and fascinating thing. They can help us through our worst times and even be there for us in our best of times.
You are strong and wise Master, and I am very proud of you
Is it weird that I marry that thieves guild Scottish guy every run? He's cool.
Bro the music choice as your showing the corpses is such a beautiful touch of cinematography, it creates an elegant eerie tone it's done so well.
Love the video
I called the ending 10 minutes into the video but wow, didn't expect how emotional that would end up being. Almost feels like llamas with hats but with less of a focus on comedy.
I've done this challenge myself actually, you really do start to understand just how much you cared for all of these npcs. You feel like a monster and you want to stop, but for the sake of completion you keep going.
I followed through, almost all the way, every single named npc all excluding one. Parthurnaxx.
I just could not bring myself to finish the job. I feel so different from before, I genuinely don't think I can ever play skyrim like I did back then.
I was like everyone else, gaining levels, tools, power, all for the end goal of just doing whatever I want. A true power fantasy, I never felt like my actions had consequences, because I could just reload the save, but for this, every action, every life taken, was permanent. And that feeling stewed inside of me for the entire playthrough after clearing the *first city*. It just gets worse and worse.
Truly, if you have played this game for years and had grown to love it and its characters like I did, I would recommend not doing this challenge. Or do, i'm not the boss of you.
I guess one good thing from this challenge is that I gained a newfound appreciation of all of the npcs in skyrim, even the worst ones, I started to feel like these npc's lives had actual weight, and *most* playthroughs after that one was just me being the dragonborn, a hero of skyrim, not a murderhobo, not a monster, not a freak, just a regular hero doin' quests for fun.
Is this how saitama feels???
This video felt much much faster than 42 minutes, I was quickly hooked by not only the ambitious premise but then the moral spiralling into darkness. By the end I was uncomfortable just watching beloved characters fall, can't imagine how it felt finishing them off yourself. What a journey, and what an ending.
Suburban mom: “Video games make kids violent terrible people!”
Dunpykong: “I feel terrible killing all these imaginary people.”
Very entertaining. Thank you for your hard work.
I did something similar in fallout 4 once. I can’t describe how inexplicably sad it made me, walking around an empty Diamond City, listing to the same old songs. Songs that I associated with good memories, at that point.
My man set on a quest to kill every NPC and then proceeded to NOT kill NPCs when specifically given chance to. What a legend
31:54 "But killing Meeko will haunt me for the rest of my life."
And that's what broke me, that's when the tears welled up
[Edit] The Paarthunax part killed me
The Paarthurnax part made me cry, I have never killed Paarthurnax in any of my playthroughs and I don’t think I ever will
I'm glad I'm not the only one that got misty eyed
I gotta be honest, this is one of the most amazingly crafted and structured videos I’ve seen in a long LONG time. Well done.
The Whiterun segment was way more tragic and nostalgic than I could imagine, and I loved it. I can see myself coming back to watch this again and again in the future
it would be the most tragic, if not for Paarthurnax
I came in expecting some fun time, memes, epic level editing, and basically standing atop a mountain of corpses and laughing my ass off on how it was pulled off.
_...I did not expect to come to a point on a sorrowful note where your darkened soul and Wuuthrad tarnished with the blood of the innocents approach before Paarthurnax at the Throat of the World. _*_And there, your battle axe raised, and Paarthurnax simply perched, openly ready to accept his fate, never once even questioning your motive to why._*
This video was a unique take on genocide runs in a game dearly beloved. Coming in enthusiastically with a hash of morbid curiosity, but ultimately becoming hollow by the end of your slaughter. Amazing intro, outro, and edits, the tonal shift of narrative from the start to the end, and showing a glimpse on what happens if you utterly shattered a game meant to be explored, beloved, and enjoyed over and over. 10/10.
You gain my like, sub, and that bell. Also, all my homies hate Mercer. Delphine more, but yeah, Mercer was an asshat.
I could handle killing some characters, and would relish killing certain ones (you’ll be in the cloud district permanently every time, don’t worry. You know who you are.) but some would hurt. I have a weird love for and attachment to the guards in this game that I don’t feel in any other TES game. (Also I love the female guard’s accent. The male isn’t bad either, but the female’s accent is amazing.) So they would hurt to kill.
But…
The dogs?
No, I couldn’t kill the doggos.
this really was a 10/10 video i felt connected throughout super good writing and editing
"In a universe similar to the one we know as Tamriel, but kinda different from it, someone named the dragonborn would save Skyrim from it's fall, until the locals started seeing their friends, families and jarls dead in the streets"
Tamriel is a continent.
Damn, after watching this I genuinely feel, bad… that suicide jump at the end especially. I hope you are able to return to the game in the future with a better outlook again, as I know it will be much better than leaving it with such a sour taste in your mouth.
I know I'm talking to the void given how many comments you're getting right now but I just wanted to let you know this video really left an impact on me. I couldn't help getting broken up a bit at the end, I wasn't sure why at first. I've barely played Skyrim, not even sure why I clicked on the video. The opening cinematic with the excellent music choice pulled me in however and 40 minutes was over faster than it started.
This video inflicted the feeling of dread, of their being nothing left, and no meaning to the actions. I know it sounds stupid, but I found myself recognizing my own actions in this video. Not systematic homicide of course, but meaningless tasks that feel at first enjoyable but eventually wear down on me. Seeing an entire video game world meet a dead end (literally), made me question if my own actions are actually what I want to do with my life.
At the end of the day you gave me a different outlook on life, and that's the biggest thing you can do for someone, so thank you.
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Wow I was going to comment about this but you did it for me. I too feel like I don't know what to do with my life, and would like to find what I truly want instead of living days of meaningless..well yeah you get me
Sounds like post nut
@@sirnegrodamusthomas2275 def a post nut
"Sheogorath is just a silly daedric prince, he's not that bad"
Sheogorath's puppet :
I love how at the end there is no peace, only silence and the only NPC remaining is you, only you
I felt bad but at the same time respectful for the feat, good job and now you can go back in time and love every single NPC like it's the last time they're there, have some kids with Lydia lol
Except for Mercer, all my homies hate that guy
Well there will always be bandits and other npcs that have no connection to the story.
@@שחר-ע3ל exactly, there's no one left
How can you be an NPC?
“Astrid more like Asstrid” had me dying over the sheer stupidity.
there is something so oddly upsetting about seeing you slaughter the folks in whiterun to that song. whiterun is kinda what I consider my home city, like I literally bought Hjelarchen Hall because I wanted a homestead but wanted it to be close to whiterun. I'm harbinger, I adopted Lucia, I helped the one woman find her son. Seeing the companions and those two die especially hurt oof.
I agree. Out of all the major cities, Whiterun is the best. It might be because its the first city people tend to visit due to the storyline, or it might be because the only bad thing about the town is the Gray-Mane and Battle-Born feud, that one guy constantly preaching Talos, and the Jarl's kids. Aside from that the town is pretty great and when you spend a lot of time there you grow to be attached to the people and it hurts when they die. That and the Whiterun guard are awesome and a part of me melts with happiness when they compliment me or just talk to me when I pass by them.
I wanted to try and attempt this, so I started making a doc using the list over at Skyrim.Fandom, only to find out way too late it doesn't include everyone (ow). UESP seems a lot more reliable though I recommend it to anyone trying this, though you'll have to dig a lot to find certain uniques like Arvak or Farkas/Vilkas' wolf spirits. Anyways great video, it inspires me to beat people up
There's this one npc named Grete which I can't find a way to kill legitly and is so obscure no one's every really mentioned her in anything before, uh oh