Mazoga The Knight's Entire Story | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Explained

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  • In today's video, we discuss the wanderer known as Mazoga the knight who appears at Castle Leyawiin in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Count Marius Caro asks us to find out why she's in the castle. The answers we find lead us on a path of vengeance and bloodshed. We learn more about Mazoga's past which leads us back to the count. The count and Mazoga both shed some more light on who she really was in the past. Together, her and the player become Knights - Errant for the city of Leyawiin and the order of the Knights of the White Stallion. We delve a little deeper onto some possible theories revolving her past. We look at 3 quests, Mazoga the Knight, Knights of the White Stallion and Black Bow Bandits (Non-Journal). Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!
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  • @hody.8381
    @hody.8381 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    People hate Mazoga way too much. I found her to be quite sweet towards the end of the quest. I also tend to play as an Orc so people being rude to my character is the norm. It's implied, at least to me, that she used to be part of the Black Bows herself or maybe just a bandit that made deals with them. Probably why her friend got killed in the first place, the story was made up so that Mazoga seems more "knightly".

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I liked her character arc! For 2 quests it was cool to see her go from closed off to being pals with us

    • @sleepysartorialist
      @sleepysartorialist 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I didn't have the patience to get there. Her attitude pissed me off too much 😭

    • @Ma_ksi
      @Ma_ksi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      People don't like her?

    • @cobalt968
      @cobalt968 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      She’s rough around the edges, and it’s clear that she only has a rudimentary understanding of knighthood from children’s fables or sensationalist stories. But despite this, she zeroes in on the important parts: to defend the land, leave no wrong unanswered, and always be referred to as “Sir”. I was initially put off by her brusqueness, but I later warmed up over the course of the questline.

    • @oxfordeducatedhighschoolhe6989
      @oxfordeducatedhighschoolhe6989 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Simp.

  • @springheeljak145
    @springheeljak145 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    I like Mazoga, I enjoy doing her quests, and I'll never turn down an opportunity to collect some black bows. I get a real sense of satisfaction when we call each other "Sir Knight" officially. She gets way too much hate just for being rude in the beginning, but the point is that you both earn each other's respect through good deeds

    • @stephenkendrick4367
      @stephenkendrick4367 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @TheLastFighter
    @TheLastFighter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I remember this quest, I remember doing everything to annoy her because of her dialogue lol, but I did help her avenge her friend and become a knight hunting for black bows. But what about Weebam-na? Did he ever solve the rat problem in Leyawiin? 😂

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      😂 I hope he was able to control the rats, or he might get checked as a hunter 😂

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If he wants to get rid of rats, he should ask the fighters guild.
      Or if he wants his rats protected, they do that as well.

  • @bensonapi3220
    @bensonapi3220 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Love Mazoga. I like putting the Black Brugo quest on hold and having her as a follower. She sometimes proves to be an absolute beast in battle. At least early to mid-game. Last time I did the quest I was bogged down by one of the bandits and Mazoga killed Mogens Wind-Shifter and the other two herself. And I have seen her solo some high level dremoras in oblivion gates.
    I did wonder about her bandit past but I believe her longing to be a good and moral knight is genuine. She comes across as being pretty much a simpleton, doubt she was actually evil in her darker past.

  • @favillionbellarion9655
    @favillionbellarion9655 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ngl i was hoping there was a mod that extended the white stallion knighthood, it sounds like a great start gathering a rag tag group of random weirdos and former outlaws to become knights, at the end defend the city from a gate of oblivion or something.

  • @Matt-md5yt
    @Matt-md5yt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Glad you talked about this character and her questline

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It’s been on my list for awhile! First time I ever did these quests too!

  • @MadMamluk88
    @MadMamluk88 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I like Mazoga, she’s probably my favorite Oblivion character. She’s on a mission when you first meet her, blinded by anger and vengeance. Once she gets what she wants, she mellows out quite a bit.
    Plus she has the best line in the game: God’s goolies!

  • @stevensrocks798
    @stevensrocks798 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    They call them Black Bow Bandits, because they have black bows. Next he'll be telling us they're bandits or something.

  • @blindtreeman8052
    @blindtreeman8052 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    She calls you her pal. And thats enough to make me like her

  • @ralphnewcomejr
    @ralphnewcomejr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whats cool about oblivion is that you can still make videos about quests from this game that are relevant.👍

  • @yunusakm
    @yunusakm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You deserve so much more views my friend

  • @SqualidsargeStudios
    @SqualidsargeStudios 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That lrc, she is such a mazoganist

  • @scottwall1000
    @scottwall1000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love your content brings me back every time I watch. Do you think you'll ever cover other oblivion related topics like skyblivion or the recent potential remaster leaks?

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Appreciate the support! :) I’d be interested in covering those for sure!

  • @duncancarter9456
    @duncancarter9456 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Truly great content!!!! This is one of my favorite oblivion quests!!!!!!

  • @chaosticbraindo
    @chaosticbraindo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My theory is that Mazoga was in fact a bandit of some kind but- may not know that it’s bad?
    she doesn’t seem like the sharpest tool in the shed and from the way she act, blunt as it is, seem pretty pure hearted/want to do good.
    she seem like a decent fighter so I theorize that she was probably manipulated by others into doing crime for them due to her combat talent, probably deeply see others who are kind to her as genuine brothers and friends.
    not saying being a bandit is ok just because of that, but I believe she is a good person at heart, but quite dull and was manipulated into doing bad things without knowing the extent of the bad deed she was doing.

  • @mattlindsay9363
    @mattlindsay9363 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Doesn’t she call herself (and is called by others as) “MAH-ZO-GAH” in game? What’s with the mispronunciation 😂

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I got into the habit of calling her that for some reason during my research 😂 I couldn’t shake the butchered name afterwards lol

    • @andrewmcghee3662
      @andrewmcghee3662 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ABardsBallad This is a recurring problem throughout your videos my friend. It's mad when you have a clip of a word being spoken then your commentary straight after butchers it 🤣, it's really spoiling your otherwise great videos.

  • @backgroundnoise8109
    @backgroundnoise8109 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mazoga could've been apart of the black bows and when she met her best friend she probably left to live a normal life with her friend but when she saw her friend unjustly killed she deiced to become a knight

  • @kevinlarsson2211
    @kevinlarsson2211 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been waiting for this one!

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope you enjoy it!

  • @ThedownwardS
    @ThedownwardS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    if weebam-na die during the quest the count will accused you to have kill mazoga (even if she still alive). For me the quest was so-so (yes it give you a house), but you don't even need it (the bridge between weye and the imperial city is safe enough to leave your stuff on it)

  • @multigamer856
    @multigamer856 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am not a fan of this questiline. There are many holes in the story like when count says he doesn't know Mazoga and then he says that he knows about her apparently being a bandit and that she knows who Black Brugo is. We do never really know the real truth about her past and it's a bit shady. Also after the quest it is sad that she only says 1 dialogue and you can't even speak to her nornally anymore at least like you can with almost any other regular NPC.
    Also I had no idea she goes hunting for Black Bows by herself. I thought she is always in the house. Still, this is a bad mechanic, it would be nicer, if we could ask her, if she wants to go hunt Black Bows with the player, instead of her doing this as a routine as an NPC. We could simply ask if she wants to go hunt Black Bows with us and also choose one of the few destinations we could go to where the Black Bow bandits are. That's one thing that I am sad that Oblivion doesn't have - follower NPC to help us fighting; non-quest related one. There are only quest-related followers in Oblivion.

  • @NegativeDumpster
    @NegativeDumpster 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think Mazoga gets way too much flak for being a jackass at the start of the quest. I mean, Modryn Oreyn (The Fighters' Guild's Dunmer quest-giver) also starts off like a douche, but I don't see nearly as many people roasting him.
    As for the whole "Mazoga being an outlaw" thing?
    I think both of these quests are something of a redemption arc for Mazoga. She was an outlaw (possibly a bandit), but she seemed to be relatively well-adjusted by bandit standards, having a friend who was (probably) a law-abiding citizen. But Ra'vindra saw something she wasn't supposed to, reported it to the guards, and then Mogens responded by killing her (as a bandit would). This seemed to be the final straw for Mazoga, as she devoted the rest of her time to hunting him down.
    Thing is, if the city she was operating in _was_ Leyawiin, then why didn't the Count simply arrest her the instant he realized she was in the castle? I think the answer is simple: She was acting too strange. I mean, we have a known outlaw who's openly walking around the city (in the *fucking CASTLE,* no less), but instead of extorting or robbing anyone, she's insistent on speaking to the Count or one of his close friends. This sort of behavior is the last thing you'd expect a wanted fugitive to be doing. So to me, it seems the Count decided not to act right away, in the hopes of gleaning more information (besides, if she does anything stupid, she's right in the middle of a small army of guards). And sure enough, your character eventually shows up and ultimately reveals the reason for her presence.
    Wanted outlaw or not, she proves instrumental in taking out other wanted outlaws. I mean, after just these two quests, she (along with your character) has already brought down two notorious bandit kingpins. In your video on the Counts and Countesses ranked, I mentioned I was torn on Marius' attitude towards Argonians, concluding that he was either blind with lovesickness to his wife's actions, or complicit in them, and simply playing nice to an Argonian character. Well, if the Count is genuinely a good person, then it makes sense for him not to prosecute Mazoga, as he's forgiven her for her crimes and supports her new law-bringing way of life. If he's a manipulative douche, then it _still_ makes sense for him to leave Mazoga alive, as she's a useful tool in culling the outlaws; after all, a former outlaw would be all too familiar with the habits of her targets.
    Fun fact (sort of): There's the matter of "Sir" Lazare Milvan, of Skingrad; according to NPC dialogue, he insists on people calling him _"Sir_ Lazare". There's a theory (one which I think you touched on in one of your videos) that Lazare was part of a cut quest. If so, then he would've been the perfect foil for Mazoga. Just like her, he would've been an abrasive jackass simply pretending to be a knight. Thing is, Mazoga was from a life of poverty and turns out to be a genuinely good person when the chips are down; Lazare, on the other hand, is already well-to-do (having a fancy house and extravagant clothes), and I think he would've ultimately proven himself to be every bit as unpleasant as he initially seemed.
    Edit: Fixed a typo at the start.

  • @Bear-co2hb
    @Bear-co2hb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I disliked Mazoga because I had the same bug you mentioned, except I couldn't get her to actually go to fisherman's rock.

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was really strange! I had to wait a few times for her to start moving, and I even lost her on the way to fisherman’s rock!

  • @HamanKarn567
    @HamanKarn567 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An outlaw turned knight errant, Youxia, or Vigilante I'd say

  • @nikorasu_karasu
    @nikorasu_karasu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Strange how you study a character so in depth yet cannot pronounce their name correctly

    • @Keebrev
      @Keebrev หลายเดือนก่อน

      Strange how you’ll die within the next seventy years and this won’t matter. Seriously who gives a shit

    • @retrocasualscpf6
      @retrocasualscpf6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Engagement farming. N you dumbs dumbs fall for it all the time.

  • @Jostyy
    @Jostyy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ARE YOU THE COUNT?!

  • @DustunColeman
    @DustunColeman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I liked in a endearing kind of way

  • @Gorette66
    @Gorette66 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mazoga's questline was intolerable and I was glad when it was all over.

  • @wiwysova
    @wiwysova 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Since most gamers are uncultured swits, a "knights errant" is the classic character archetype of the knight who travels around looking for adventures and chances to prove their honor and the like. Youre welcome.

  • @Elsneakakaze
    @Elsneakakaze 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maize ogga the orc

  • @Grachtnakk
    @Grachtnakk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Would you say Mazoga's initiative to be called "Sir" is an allegory to trans people wanting to be called by their preferred pronouns? I see many parallels, the troubled past, dressing masculine, acting tough, having this sense of revenge/justice, being emotional but also repressing her feelings. The back story with her "friend" Ra'Vindra also sounds more like a tragic romance, something tjat may have started as a lesbian relationship, but feeling weak as a woman, losing her partner, she decided to become a knight. Now weilding weapons or wearing armor isn't reserved to men in Oblivion, not even being a knight (as can be seen with the Crusaders), however Mazoga seems to identify most with the masculine idea of a heroic warrior, something not really culturally adsociated with women, outside of something as for example Joan of Arc, but even she has a more passive role, as she's most widely known as a martyr, not a fighter.

  • @curajacaster
    @curajacaster 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    mazoga gra broke af

  • @TheAzureKnight25
    @TheAzureKnight25 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Historically, Knights were rude and dismissive of anyone below their status. Only High Fantasy makes Knights seem kind and noble.

    • @wiwysova
      @wiwysova 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, every knight acted exactly the same, and they were certainly the only people back then who looked down on other people, and knights are definitely only ever nice in high fantasy.

  • @et34t34fdf
    @et34t34fdf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    First!

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cheers! :)

  • @burge117
    @burge117 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Oh dear. I hate this Orc. I wonder if this video will change my mind 😮

    • @ABardsBallad
      @ABardsBallad  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂 i don’t think it will!

    • @burge117
      @burge117 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ABardsBallad I will let you know haha

    • @burge117
      @burge117 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@ABardsBallad yeah 😂 still hate her 😂 I hope she perishes in my next run through.