PART 2 IS NOW HERE: PART 2: th-cam.com/video/0KXUSvorIxA/w-d-xo.html My longest video so far! Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Cinematic Intro 2:10 The Basics 4:29 The Dawn Era 9:08 The Merethic Era 13:40 The First Era 21:26 The Second Era 23:40 The Third Era 29:16 The Fourth Era 34:29 Why is it called "The Elder Scrolls?" 35:37 Why is TES lore so interesting? 37:10 Reccomended further topics 38:20 Ending
What I love about Elder Scrolls Lore is that when reading about it and Tamriel's History it's like reading real life history. As there are different versions of it and NPCs purposely left out historical facts to fill their own agendas or views, just like real life people
@@salmonjenga so naruto starts out everything seems nice and innocent and then shippuden introduced the shadow government secrets, any creation reflects its creator and as god created us we can only create things that reflect us and therefore his creation, so anything with any level of depth mirrors the depth of reality, any good story isn’t all sunshine and fairies they embrace duality and keep things rather secretive and that’s really important in world building, hope this makes sense it’s Boxing Day morning and I’m hungover
@@user-du7kb6ed1q they compound it they introduce you to a small world of simple characters and as you go along with these simple characters they explore the world and as they react to it it gives the characters depth and experience as well as really opening up possibilities
To generally explain a dragon break. Imagine light through a prism. The prism represents the start. The refracted rainbow represents the timelines. Now imagine the entire rainbow of light hitting another prism, and becoming normal light again. This is a dragon break. Time shatters into multiple paths. But they eventually reconverge, and all aspects and events within every path are true and false. But from an outside perspective you see everything as it happens.
Hey, I know this is late but how is it possible though? Isn't there a contradiction? Say there was a dragon break when Alduin returned, so there would be a timeline where the Dragonborn fail to stop Alduin and one where he succeeded. If the timelines reconverge how can the Dragonborn have failed and succeeded at the same time?
@@technodroid9411 no, not quite. See, Alduin's defeat did not come at the point of a dragon break, it's the tunnel punched through time he was banished through. And literally everything about a Dragon Break is a contradiction. The end of it has every timeline within true and false at the same time.
@@fireblast133 So every possibility merged into one. But there are no consequences though? Shouldn't an event like this collapse the world or something? Kinda like an error in the matrix type of stuff. How did Nirn survive something like this?
@@technodroid9411 One of the things to bear in mind is that Nirn is not 'earth with magic'. It's a plane within oblivion that many ancient spirits poured their power into at Lorkhan's urging. It is, in essense, a plane of oblivion just like a daedric prince's realm is, and Lorkhan was to be it's Daedric Prince, but between his betrayal being discovered and the other spirits not putting everything into Nirn, it became different. And everything in the Elder Scrolls universe? It is all the manifestation of a dreamer. It's all, technically, one big dream. And dreams do not follow logic as we know it.
@@fireblast133 basically yeah all of that, daedric princes and gods are the same, the 9 just gave there power after being tricked by lorkahn now they sre the planets thst orbit tamerial and they can only interact in small ways while full power gods (the daedric princes) can do some eacky stuff even influence history, also there is one god above all, sithis... i forget his real name but he is 1 of 2 of the forces that created everything... good and bad... sithis/his real name and the good god I also forget.
My dream future elder scrolls game is one which does a bait and switch halfway through the main questline where the dwemer return and they become the new antagonists because they've been trapped in some other plain of existence and they've made it their mission to return to tamriel and conquer it. It would be cooler if its kept a secret in the marketing of the game and its a suprise for the player unless they've seen some leaks.
That would be cool, rather than being trapped it's just as likely they were thrown through time as a result of a dragon break caused by the activation of the numidium, kind of like how Alduin was thrown through time by a dragon break.
@@Jon-ov4ncit wasn’t a dragon break it was the application of an elder scroll to change history, specifically alduins place in history which meant he was moved forward, although I don’t think that was intentional elder scrolls are predictably unpredictable
What if that's what happened? When they hit the heart of lorkan with all 3 artifacts they probably where transported forward in time like alduin in skyrim
36:48 You are absolutely right. I'm studying History at the university and of course I love to learn everything I can, that's the reason why I think I love TES. The lore of this universe is like History, we don't know everything and, as you said, it's up to interpretation, that's why it's incredibly good. Great video man!
Except learning history is real knowledge, whereas learning about video game lore is utterly pointless since it's just modern fiction written by some sweaty nerds.
@@trawrtster6097 Nope, because if you know history you can apply that knowledge to today. Wise people learn from the mistakes of history. One example is how the LGBT agenda is being pushed today; that isn’t new, it happened in the past and civilisations fell because of it.
@@trawrtster6097 Learning history would potentially give you insight into humanity through the actions and thoughts of real people's actual lives. Learning TES lore will only give you insight into what the writers of TES lore think and can create
@@abhishekmajumder742 I've played the games for over a decade now, but understanding any lore other than "great war and empire" takes digesting LSD and Ketamine.
@@laboskie349 😂😂I get what you mean. IMO, I don’t think the lore is too hard to get into, but there is extensive knowledge to be learned. Example, the Second Era is personally one of my favorite era of ES Lore. That was the era when there was no Dragonborn emperor and with the death of the last Tsaeci potentate, the Interregnum began. It wasn’t until *hundreds* of years later that Hjalti Early-Beard was revealed to be a Dragonborn. When he came to the Ruby Throne, called himself Tiber Septim and relit the Dragon Fires, only then did the Third Era finally begin.
What I love about this one is that it doesn't go too much into details or theories as to not confuse beginners with excessive, and pointless for the time being, information!
I may be decently familiar with _Elder Scrolls_ lore but it is helpful to get an in-depth refresher every now and then; and even in a "Introduction Basics" video I can always learn something new. This is indeed an impressive effort of summarization and I look forward to the future episodes of the "Intro Lore" series you are developing. Also with what you said about Elder Scrolls themselves; I just thought what if its the game code itself that's written on them.
It helped to put timestamps to facts too, I didn't knew the whole Ysgramor to dwarven disappearance happened in the merethic era. I thought it was much more recent.
@@Braziliansyrah same I found that out from a coworker who has played all the games he's 54 and I'm 21 so it's nice to find someone no matter the age that you can talk to about stuff that is this in depth
@@Braziliansyrah he said they were all good except dagger fall that's the only one he didn't like cuz it was worst then arena in his opinion, he actually said he thought elder scrolls would die off because of it but then Morrowind was released and it brought it back to life. But for real he said it's just weird to try and go back to past games now because the graphic are irritating since they just kept getting better😂.
Been a fan of TES since the release of TES 2 Daggerfall back when I was in high school, it's amazing how popular the series has gotten and how much lore has been made for the series. Great video by the way.
The amount of time between the release of Arena and Skyrim will likely be close to the amount of time between Skyrim and ESVI. I bought Skyrim in high school, and now I’m nearly 30, which blows my mind.
Daggerfall was my gateway drug into TES and it blew my mind when I played it for the first time. I had no inkling of the scope of the game or what to expect from it. My college buddy lent me his copy and right there on the box was written "Welcome to your new obsession". It was the first PC game I'd ever played and, having nothing but console JRPGs under my belt, my sense of awe and wonder was palpable. I could do practically ANYTHING in this world. It was such an enormous sandbox that I have yet to finish the main story line. Someday, King Lysandus,...someday I will finally free your tormented soul and close the marble jaws of Oblivion.
I'm none of the above. I'm a 19year veteran of the Elder Scrolls and know a ton about the lore. But Im still watching this because I never get tired of just listening to people talk about Elder Scrolls.
i started playing skyrim like a week ago, have never played a second of the elder scrolls before then and i immediately understand why this game is still so iconic and popular. just cant believe i've been seeing memes and references to this series for years and never played it. thank you for the recap my friend
@@adamplentl5588if skyrim is the "worst" of any game series then its gotta be the best game series of all time. because even with the problems and cut content skyrim has its still a 10/10 game and a cultural phenomenon rarely seen
Honestly, I'm watching this video to help me familiarize myself with ES lore. Not because I've never played any games in the series, but because I want a refresher on the lore. Reason being, I want to create a D&D campaign based in this world.
Fun fact: when he was talking about books being censored, he is most likely talking about “The Real Barenziah” which is a biography about one of the most famous Dunmer Queens who came to power just as the Septim Dynasty was founded. The censored portion was actually censored not “by the church” in game but by people rating the game as the particular potion that got censored was a very graphic sex scene between Barenziah and Talos. They just used the church excuse I imagine as a way to explain the blip in the story and also possibly as a jab at the people who made them censor it in the first place.
“Gods be praised.” - Eorlund Gray-Mane. Thank you for this well in-depth video of the history of Tamriel, was always interested learning about the history and lore of the games. 🥰🙏🏼🖤
I came to know the elder scrolls when I first picked up a copy of morrowind in late middle school, and I’ve always had incredibly fond memories since. Many years later, I’m looking to plan a d&d game rooted in the world of the elder scrolls. After much research, this video laid out a TON of information I didn’t even realize and I’ve played at least 4 of the games from start to finish! So excited, and couldn’t be more thankful. Your video was phenomenal, thank you sir!
Dude, this was fantastic. I’ve studied Elder Scrolls Lore for years. Your delivery of this lore was among the best I’ve seen. I can’t wait to watch your next video. Thank you.
I've really only played Skyrim, my beloved, and finally decided to educate myself on the full history of Nirn and have already learned so much, like the differences between a daedra and a god and such, and that their planet is called Nirn, making nirnroot basically earthroot! So cool, thank you so much for taking the time to put this together
The Elder Scrolls is truly under-appreciated. The fact that they baked very logical concepts like censorship in written texts, or biases into their NPC dialogues. This lore is one of the last bastions where the creators only treat it with love, and they tend to it like a garden.
@@Cloudy_Jones without eso the franchise would have died. Not to mention the fact that eso is the most expansive game by far, and its worldbuilding quality is pretty damn good.
Big compliment on your ability to summarize and make references. I have watched many many hours of TES lore videos, but I was always lacking sources that summarize a bit. You do that very well (aedra vs. dadrea vs. magna ge for example). It's important for learning things to have summaries that help you compress knowledge into concepts. So, thank you for not just rambling on and stuffing information down our content hungry brains but actually taking the time to structure it in a way that makes it easy to follow.
You are doing the gods' work here friend, thank you! I had a decent understanding of the lore but you've sufficiently filled in the holes in my knowledge.
Thank you for this video! I've always loved Skyrim and the little lore I know from just playing but I've really been wanting to get more into the ES series as a whole recently. I love video game lore, history and theories. This video was very helpful and has me even more in the mood to try Oblivion and Morrowind!
For aspiring Elder Scrolls fans, this is the most significant Elder Scrolls video lore on TH-cam. The channel is deserving of more subscribers than those well-known channels that provide lore videos.
Masterpiece of a summary! Thank you for doing this! Best Regards: Someone who's played Skyrim since it came out but had no idea of what the hell was going on until now
Just wanted to mention that the Dwemer ruins image @ 11:09 is a photo I took years ago and eventually put up on Instagram. It was on Xbox 360 which didn't have a photo-taking ability, so I actually took the picture by pointing my physical camera at the TV screen... I like what others have done to make it look a lot better. Great video!
Im pretty sure that picture is from my own folder of Skyrim SE (taken in late 2017 I believe) since I generally put credit on screen for other fan taken images. But its a really cool hallway with a really picturesque vibe so I can imagine others took it as well! Ill see if I can find the original in my folders again to make sure, bc if it yours i want to add some credit in the description since I try to always give the appropriate credit. Ill update it here if I cant find it!
Update: The picture was from my 2019 playthrough. I linked the full version of the picture below! I looked it up asap since I would have felt really bad if it was your picture and I did not credit it for 2 years heh :) cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/511290043403337750/1191470539378802819/20191017161529_1.jpg?ex=65a58e69&is=65931969&hm=041b9c5569255ebb314c4cea5a99689a1e3ca02575eef1b9355248893e6b47db&
This was brilliantly done and you're intro was magnificent, it looked professional, like something you'd find at the opening of a history program on TV!
I am here to present you a late appreciation for your affection of the elder scroll's lore. The masterpiece is staple of modern literature, narrative of fantasy that inspires a generation. Good video, I humble feel gratitude to be your new subber. Will consume all your products. Thank you.
My first solo video game ever was Oblivion, then when i was 16 i remembered TES existed and started to play skyrim. Today i'm 20 and i thanx you for this verry informative video ! The work you must have put in it seems incredible. Good job !
I discovered TES with skyrim like 2 weeks ago and it immediately took me into it, the lore only from one game frome one "country?" seemed so enormous that I wanted badly to know more about the elder scrolls so thank you so much for this video, it's incredible and knowing I'm just scratching the surface and all of that is only from Tamriel's perspective is breathtaking
This is amazing! I love the way you tell stories and give information; the visuals are excellent as well! I watched the whole video in one sitting, when I've never even played a single Elder Scrolls game in my life. But now, I really want to lol. I'll definitely be recommending this video to many people! Great work! :)
Bro, thank you for this! I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your channel. I'm a lore junkie and am trying to get back into skyrim after a big absense. You ROCK!
I have just watched this video in one sitting and absolutely loved it! Exactly what I was looking for to understand the depth of ES lore. Thank you so much for taking the time to research this and put it into a format where lazy people like me can come along and just consume the whole thing! 😂 It’s clear it was no small undertaking! I’m going to share it with my ESO guild mates and a few other massive Elder scrolls fans, before I jump straight into the next one. Best regards.
This content is all so amazing that I’m scared for ES6. There’s no way they’re going to make stories this good given their track record over the last decade.
Also I totally agree about the lore’s complexity being part of what makes it so interesting. I LOVE how each in-game source has to be read within its context, and a lot of it is propaganda that you have to study to see the underlying biases. It’s got so many layers that give it way more substance than a typical game/series.
Thank you for this video. It's the reason I will be going back and playing the elder scroll games I've missed. I started in oblivion but never learned the history of Tamerial
Amazing channel bro, hope your content blows up when Elder Scrolls 6 comes out. You'll ascend and achieve CHIM, and be a God. "The Lore Master" Damn, if only the Snow Elves could've lived to see this... poor Gelebor 😓
Subscribing to this channel is pretty much joining the Scholars Guild of Mundus, seekers of Tamriel's lore and mysteries, followers of "The Lore Master"
I've watched a lot of lore videos of TES and I wanted to see a video of the timeline all laid out and pieced together. You knocked it outta the park with this video!!! This video is what I'll recommend to my friends or anyone else who are also interested in learning the history. This video is so good, really well done and great in the way it highlights the main stepping stones of the history while also stressing that it's just a generalized rundown and there's a lot more details to learn. I can't wait to watch the other videos in this series.
*says something incredibly interesting that I’d like to hear more about* “But we’re just covering the basics. Moving on.” Time to watch more of these videos
Fun Fact: The Argonians Kicked the Shit out of the Daedra during the Oblivion Crisis... So much so, that the Daedra had to close the Oblivion Gates in Black Marsh because the Argonians started going through them on the Offense and Merking Daedra on the Oblivion Plains
Great video well paced and good length. Particularly loved the explanation of the elder scrolls themselves and why the game is called that, almost one to quote
Woooow thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means for me. I've played skyrim half year ago on switch and bought eso with eso plus. But it was so confusing to me and now I finally have gotten a better understanding of what happened in tamriel. More of this! I love it 💕💕 lol
a huge thank you for this video I've recently been brought into TES by a friend and didn't know where to start with the lore you've earned a new subscriber for your insanely good work
Thank you for the history lesson! I just started playing Skyrim and Oblivion last year so I still have lots of lore to catch up on. It gets confusing pretty quickly so it's great to have it all laid out for me. I'm awful at remembering dates and names so I'll probably be referencing this video a lot. Again, thank you! I'll definitely check out some of your other videos as well.
This video is so perfect, awesome. The rabbit hole lore of this series is so big and im trying to explain it to my best friend, sending him this video as it's perfect for him, thank you.
Amazing video, well done. I love the background music, and almost cried at the cinematic intro (TES music just hits different man). I'll be sure to share this on r/ElderScrolls so newcomers see this. Good job!
Ahhh you lit the fires inside many souls, including myself; a rekindle of a passion I once had, and forgot existed inside. (Not just for beginners, but even lore masters untold) This is amazing, and while I am a fan, and take my own personal account on how to interpret most of the lore since 'Morrowind' onwards; this does exactly what any fan wants, to learn and know more about, especially in a orderly and summarized way. Definitely interested in watching more of your content, alongside with sharing this with some people who are beginners to the Elder scrolls universe. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world, this is truly amazing. Blessings friends; May the Gods ever shine their glow, and the hearts of people learn to know, May the Fates watch over us, and their threads weave us a future of Gold.
Wait, so why do we know so little about the Akaveri people if their descendants directly ruled over Tamriel, proclaimed the new era, and their inability to rule caused the conflict of Elder Scrolls Online. And we don't even know if they were snake people or not?
Wow. I've been playing these games for over twenty years, and I only just, on my current playthrough of Skyrim, realized how little I grasp the lore. I came here looking for more info on the current political geography (during Skyrim) because I hadn't realized how fractured the Empire was. My main games being Morrowind and more recently Oblivion. So wow, yeah, this lays such a strong groundwork to explain later Lore. Well done!
John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life and no one gets to the father except through me." Jesus Christ the son of God got crucified for us so we can go to heaven.
@@JeskaiEye it is. If you don't believe in Jesus/God what's your alternative and whats the evidence it's reliable? I'd love to hear this. Don't worry, I'll wait...
@LionOfJudah3 why is the burden of evidence on me? You are proselytizing, so tell me why I should believe. By default, I don't have any reason to believe in your god, one of many ancient gods
@@JeskaiEye because it's your belief, duh. You want me to tell you evidence for your beliefs? What are you talking about? And there is many reasons to believe in God. The fact you say that showcases your ignorance.
If you read "Imperial report on Sarthal" it doesn't know why the snow elves decided to sack Sarthal but if you read "Night of Tears" it says the Nords at Sarthal found great power(Eye of Magnus) and possibly the staff which the elves heard about and decided to invade winning initially before Ysgramors 500 companions reclaim it and push them out.
The same reason why I love DC comics is thr same reason I love The Elder Scrolls: they don't spoon feed lore and information, they allow us to match the pieces ourselves.
@@user-sf9hu2xd8j search "Imaginay Axis DC" and look at the channel "WebcamParrot". Watch their videos, you'll understand. I recommend starting with the 2 Dakrseid videos on Imaginary Axis's channel
Watched my dad play Oblivion a few times and it was so cool, then last year I was finally abl to get my own copy of Skyrim and it’s such a great game, the puzzles, the characters, the world, amazing.
Honestly it's always worth keeping in mind a general overview of lore for any series, especially any series with a great deal of both depth and uncertainty to said lore. I think most of us who have knowledge of the lore, to one degree or another, have our general interpretations of what we consider likely but it's worth remembering that, even if our preferred interpretation is strong, nothing is really set in stone until it is canon.
loved the video. I've payed both skyrim and oblivion multiple times as a kid but mostly just glossed over the lore. Now that I've finally got interested in the lore aspect of the game, your video really helped me understand the timeline.
In skyrim, I belive that regardless of the outcome of the Civil War, the worship of talos will return, but I'm curious if Bethesda will make the stormcloak win will be canonical, or if the imperial win will be canonical, I personally like the idea of the skyrim independence and then allied with hammerfell, and they fight the thalmor
I can't really see the stomrcloaks alighing themselves with elves of any sort, especially some who were briefly but recently part of the Thalmor. It would be really cool tho!
Man, wonderful video!! I played only Skyrim for years, but never really studied the lore in-depth. Now I want to, because of this channel. Just watched the whole video and taking notes, this is a wonderful introduction. Thankyou so much!!
This is great! Thank you very much. I'm not new to the games by any means, but I've played them out of order and was very confused. Is there a way that subtitles could be added? I'm awful at accents, and at some points, I can't understand what is being said.
I'm only new to Morrowind. I've journeyed through Cyrodiil & Skyrim. I heard there's a "Skywind" in the making, so maybe i'll get to see it in a more crisp form
I've played almost every game, and wasn't close to figuring out how everything connects together. This video was amazing. You've got a new subscriber. I'm going to be going through your whole catalogue.
The Elder Scrolls is mostly based on Tolkein's Universe (lotr). the first 11 minutes of the video was like I'm listening to fan made lotr. I also like elder s. lore a lot
PART 2 IS NOW HERE: PART 2: th-cam.com/video/0KXUSvorIxA/w-d-xo.html
My longest video so far! Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Cinematic Intro
2:10 The Basics
4:29 The Dawn Era
9:08 The Merethic Era
13:40 The First Era
21:26 The Second Era
23:40 The Third Era
29:16 The Fourth Era
34:29 Why is it called "The Elder Scrolls?"
35:37 Why is TES lore so interesting?
37:10 Reccomended further topics
38:20 Ending
For me...your best video...thank you !
@@ivansimunek4829 Glad to hear it!
@@-unresponsive- thanks for permission
As a Belgian, I must say. That is a FAT Dutch accent. Very noticeable.
Nederlanders assemble
What I love about Elder Scrolls Lore is that when reading about it and Tamriel's History it's like reading real life history. As there are different versions of it and NPCs purposely left out historical facts to fill their own agendas or views, just like real life people
Any good fictional world mirrors reality. Naruto shippuden being a fantastic example of why every good world needs a shadow government
@@connorbarton4308 Could you explain that thought process?
@@salmonjenga so naruto starts out everything seems nice and innocent and then shippuden introduced the shadow government secrets, any creation reflects its creator and as god created us we can only create things that reflect us and therefore his creation, so anything with any level of depth mirrors the depth of reality, any good story isn’t all sunshine and fairies they embrace duality and keep things rather secretive and that’s really important in world building, hope this makes sense it’s Boxing Day morning and I’m hungover
Edits of old kings of tamriel will start popping up in my FYP
@@user-du7kb6ed1q they compound it they introduce you to a small world of simple characters and as you go along with these simple characters they explore the world and as they react to it it gives the characters depth and experience as well as really opening up possibilities
To generally explain a dragon break.
Imagine light through a prism. The prism represents the start. The refracted rainbow represents the timelines.
Now imagine the entire rainbow of light hitting another prism, and becoming normal light again.
This is a dragon break. Time shatters into multiple paths. But they eventually reconverge, and all aspects and events within every path are true and false.
But from an outside perspective you see everything as it happens.
Hey, I know this is late but how is it possible though? Isn't there a contradiction? Say there was a dragon break when Alduin returned, so there would be a timeline where the Dragonborn fail to stop Alduin and one where he succeeded. If the timelines reconverge how can the Dragonborn have failed and succeeded at the same time?
@@technodroid9411 no, not quite. See, Alduin's defeat did not come at the point of a dragon break, it's the tunnel punched through time he was banished through.
And literally everything about a Dragon Break is a contradiction. The end of it has every timeline within true and false at the same time.
@@fireblast133 So every possibility merged into one. But there are no consequences though? Shouldn't an event like this collapse the world or something? Kinda like an error in the matrix type of stuff. How did Nirn survive something like this?
@@technodroid9411 One of the things to bear in mind is that Nirn is not 'earth with magic'. It's a plane within oblivion that many ancient spirits poured their power into at Lorkhan's urging. It is, in essense, a plane of oblivion just like a daedric prince's realm is, and Lorkhan was to be it's Daedric Prince, but between his betrayal being discovered and the other spirits not putting everything into Nirn, it became different.
And everything in the Elder Scrolls universe? It is all the manifestation of a dreamer. It's all, technically, one big dream. And dreams do not follow logic as we know it.
@@fireblast133 basically yeah all of that, daedric princes and gods are the same, the 9 just gave there power after being tricked by lorkahn now they sre the planets thst orbit tamerial and they can only interact in small ways while full power gods (the daedric princes) can do some eacky stuff even influence history, also there is one god above all, sithis... i forget his real name but he is 1 of 2 of the forces that created everything... good and bad... sithis/his real name and the good god I also forget.
Finally a video for beginners who want to learn about the history of Tamriel. Thank you! 😉
I would have preferred a shorter video.
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@@zerovikings5852 this is the elder scrolls, do you think short is a possibility? The lore is stupid extreme and weird
@@Glutahhn cool
It's missing just enough to keep you searching for more but not too vague that it's boring.
My dream future elder scrolls game is one which does a bait and switch halfway through the main questline where the dwemer return and they become the new antagonists because they've been trapped in some other plain of existence and they've made it their mission to return to tamriel and conquer it. It would be cooler if its kept a secret in the marketing of the game and its a suprise for the player unless they've seen some leaks.
That would be cool, rather than being trapped it's just as likely they were thrown through time as a result of a dragon break caused by the activation of the numidium, kind of like how Alduin was thrown through time by a dragon break.
there would be a huge war with the imperies and the dwemer
That would be leaked and spoiled for everyone, I guarantee it
@@Jon-ov4ncit wasn’t a dragon break it was the application of an elder scroll to change history, specifically alduins place in history which meant he was moved forward, although I don’t think that was intentional elder scrolls are predictably unpredictable
What if that's what happened? When they hit the heart of lorkan with all 3 artifacts they probably where transported forward in time like alduin in skyrim
36:48 You are absolutely right. I'm studying History at the university and of course I love to learn everything I can, that's the reason why I think I love TES. The lore of this universe is like History, we don't know everything and, as you said, it's up to interpretation, that's why it's incredibly good.
Great video man!
Except learning history is real knowledge, whereas learning about video game lore is utterly pointless since it's just modern fiction written by some sweaty nerds.
@@goblinoide Except knowing history is pretty much as useful as knowing TES lore. Just let people enjoy things without being so negative
@@trawrtster6097 Nope, because if you know history you can apply that knowledge to today. Wise people learn from the mistakes of history. One example is how the LGBT agenda is being pushed today; that isn’t new, it happened in the past and civilisations fell because of it.
@@trawrtster6097 Learning history would potentially give you insight into humanity through the actions and thoughts of real people's actual lives. Learning TES lore will only give you insight into what the writers of TES lore think and can create
@@trawrtster6097 definitely let people enjoy themselves and do whatever though. that's why me you and the other guy are watching this video
"this is targeted at people new to the elder scrolls series"
-Me listening from bed like a love starved puppy- "Can i pretend i'm new?"
haha, yarp.
Same!
@@abhishekmajumder742 I've played the games for over a decade now, but understanding any lore other than "great war and empire" takes digesting LSD and Ketamine.
@@laboskie349 😂😂I get what you mean. IMO, I don’t think the lore is too hard to get into, but there is extensive knowledge to be learned.
Example, the Second Era is personally one of my favorite era of ES Lore. That was the era when there was no Dragonborn emperor and with the death of the last Tsaeci potentate, the Interregnum began. It wasn’t until *hundreds* of years later that Hjalti Early-Beard was revealed to be a Dragonborn. When he came to the Ruby Throne, called himself Tiber Septim and relit the Dragon Fires, only then did the Third Era finally begin.
As. ESO fan yep. Cant bring myself to play that single player trash.
What I love about this one is that it doesn't go too much into details or theories as to not confuse beginners with excessive, and pointless for the time being, information!
I may be decently familiar with _Elder Scrolls_ lore but it is helpful to get an in-depth refresher every now and then; and even in a "Introduction Basics" video I can always learn something new. This is indeed an impressive effort of summarization and I look forward to the future episodes of the "Intro Lore" series you are developing.
Also with what you said about Elder Scrolls themselves; I just thought what if its the game code itself that's written on them.
That is a cool theory woah
It helped to put timestamps to facts too, I didn't knew the whole Ysgramor to dwarven disappearance happened in the merethic era. I thought it was much more recent.
@@Braziliansyrah same I found that out from a coworker who has played all the games he's 54 and I'm 21 so it's nice to find someone no matter the age that you can talk to about stuff that is this in depth
@@astaroth5609 Damnn must be nice to see a franchise go all the way from arena to Skyrim, but must be frustrating too.
@@Braziliansyrah he said they were all good except dagger fall that's the only one he didn't like cuz it was worst then arena in his opinion, he actually said he thought elder scrolls would die off because of it but then Morrowind was released and it brought it back to life. But for real he said it's just weird to try and go back to past games now because the graphic are irritating since they just kept getting better😂.
Been a fan of TES since the release of TES 2 Daggerfall back when I was in high school, it's amazing how popular the series has gotten and how much lore has been made for the series. Great video by the way.
How was playing Daggerfall for the first time back then? I’d image it was unlike anything else.
The amount of time between the release of Arena and Skyrim will likely be close to the amount of time between Skyrim and ESVI. I bought Skyrim in high school, and now I’m nearly 30, which blows my mind.
Daggerfall was my gateway drug into TES and it blew my mind when I played it for the first time. I had no inkling of the scope of the game or what to expect from it. My college buddy lent me his copy and right there on the box was written "Welcome to your new obsession". It was the first PC game I'd ever played and, having nothing but console JRPGs under my belt, my sense of awe and wonder was palpable. I could do practically ANYTHING in this world. It was such an enormous sandbox that I have yet to finish the main story line. Someday, King Lysandus,...someday I will finally free your tormented soul and close the marble jaws of Oblivion.
Try nodded DaggerFall Unity. It's free and will run on a ten year old laptop.
You will be around your 50 when es6 comes out😭😭😭
Holy shit, the amount of effort in this, good shit.
This is what happens when you read every lore book. In every game. And actually pay attention!
The amount of detail and carefully crafted history of this world is absolutely astonishing.
I love how nuanced and concise your videos are! So good.
Glad to hear you like them :D
@@ImperialKnowledge did you ever make the other four episodes of this series I can’t find them
I'm none of the above. I'm a 19year veteran of the Elder Scrolls and know a ton about the lore. But Im still watching this because I never get tired of just listening to people talk about Elder Scrolls.
i started playing skyrim like a week ago, have never played a second of the elder scrolls before then and i immediately understand why this game is still so iconic and popular. just cant believe i've been seeing memes and references to this series for years and never played it. thank you for the recap my friend
Bro are you still playing how far have you gotten
Crazy because Skyrim is literally the worst one.
@@adamplentl5588cap, I don’t doubt oblivion and morrowind argument but cmon now it’s obviously better than the first two
@@yozi1062 okay fair. I literally don't even consider Arena or Daggerfall when discussing the series. It starts at Morrowind for me lol.
@@adamplentl5588if skyrim is the "worst" of any game series then its gotta be the best game series of all time. because even with the problems and cut content skyrim has its still a 10/10 game and a cultural phenomenon rarely seen
Honestly, I'm watching this video to help me familiarize myself with ES lore. Not because I've never played any games in the series, but because I want a refresher on the lore. Reason being, I want to create a D&D campaign based in this world.
Same brother.
@SHDUStudios Is that logo to be woke, it looks a bit tacky
@@dajjukunrama5695your existence is tacky, why can’t people mind there Buisness damn
This was extremely informative. Because of this video, I was able to begin my endeavor into the Elder Scrolls lore universe. Thank you.
No, thank you, really
@@joeys4485 Hm?
Psijic endeavor?
Fun fact: when he was talking about books being censored, he is most likely talking about “The Real Barenziah” which is a biography about one of the most famous Dunmer Queens who came to power just as the Septim Dynasty was founded. The censored portion was actually censored not “by the church” in game but by people rating the game as the particular potion that got censored was a very graphic sex scene between Barenziah and Talos. They just used the church excuse I imagine as a way to explain the blip in the story and also possibly as a jab at the people who made them censor it in the first place.
"Whoops! Can't show THAT in a Christian manga!"
It was a Khajit named Therris, not Talos
“Gods be praised.” - Eorlund Gray-Mane.
Thank you for this well in-depth video of the history of Tamriel, was always interested learning about the history and lore of the games. 🥰🙏🏼🖤
Dragonborn: What have you got for sale.
Eorlund: GaWdZ bEe pRaIZeD!
@@reffa2858 was gonna comment something similar lol
🍿 time to sit back and enjoy some lore
And its a long sitting down session at that hehe.
Man I remember the old days when the mic was basically a soda can, glad to see you know
Genuinely the most complete whilst still comprehensible summary of the history of Tamriel that I've ever seen.
No other medieval fantasy universe does lore quite like Elder Scrolls. Tamriel has a little bit of everything and is so varied in its worldbuilding.
I came to know the elder scrolls when I first picked up a copy of morrowind in late middle school, and I’ve always had incredibly fond memories since. Many years later, I’m looking to plan a d&d game rooted in the world of the elder scrolls. After much research, this video laid out a TON of information I didn’t even realize and I’ve played at least 4 of the games from start to finish! So excited, and couldn’t be more thankful. Your video was phenomenal, thank you sir!
Dude, this was fantastic. I’ve studied Elder Scrolls Lore for years. Your delivery of this lore was among the best I’ve seen. I can’t wait to watch your next video. Thank you.
I've really only played Skyrim, my beloved, and finally decided to educate myself on the full history of Nirn and have already learned so much, like the differences between a daedra and a god and such, and that their planet is called Nirn, making nirnroot basically earthroot! So cool, thank you so much for taking the time to put this together
I got into elder scrolls lore a few years ago, and a video just like this would have been perfect! Definitely will help everyone that is new
Thank you! As a person going back to the lore after a burnout, I think this video is perfect!
Thanks
this should have a million views, this guy obviously put a lot of work into this video
If only
It does now. Congratulations.
@@ShadowOfDeath33almost
@@ImperialKnowledgeyep
@@ImperialKnowledge1.1million now congrats!!
I've been playing Skyrim since release but never really took a huge interest in lore until recently. This video was incredible, thank you so much
The Elder Scrolls is truly under-appreciated. The fact that they baked very logical concepts like censorship in written texts, or biases into their NPC dialogues. This lore is one of the last bastions where the creators only treat it with love, and they tend to it like a garden.
Until you play ESO
@@Cloudy_Jones without eso the franchise would have died. Not to mention the fact that eso is the most expansive game by far, and its worldbuilding quality is pretty damn good.
Big compliment on your ability to summarize and make references. I have watched many many hours of TES lore videos, but I was always lacking sources that summarize a bit. You do that very well (aedra vs. dadrea vs. magna ge for example). It's important for learning things to have summaries that help you compress knowledge into concepts. So, thank you for not just rambling on and stuffing information down our content hungry brains but actually taking the time to structure it in a way that makes it easy to follow.
You are doing the gods' work here friend, thank you! I had a decent understanding of the lore but you've sufficiently filled in the holes in my knowledge.
It is 2024 and this video is still amazing! Thank you for this dedicated video..
Even as an Elder Scrolls Enthusiast, I enjoyed watching through this lore series, and I even learned somethings!
after a period of time i found a long video im comfortable watching and am not losing my attention so thank you a lot
Thank you for this video! I've always loved Skyrim and the little lore I know from just playing but I've really been wanting to get more into the ES series as a whole recently. I love video game lore, history and theories. This video was very helpful and has me even more in the mood to try Oblivion and Morrowind!
For aspiring Elder Scrolls fans, this is the most significant Elder Scrolls video lore on TH-cam. The channel is deserving of more subscribers than those well-known channels that provide lore videos.
Masterpiece of a summary! Thank you for doing this!
Best Regards: Someone who's played Skyrim since it came out but had no idea of what the hell was going on until now
Just wanted to mention that the Dwemer ruins image @ 11:09 is a photo I took years ago and eventually put up on Instagram. It was on Xbox 360 which didn't have a photo-taking ability, so I actually took the picture by pointing my physical camera at the TV screen... I like what others have done to make it look a lot better. Great video!
Im pretty sure that picture is from my own folder of Skyrim SE (taken in late 2017 I believe) since I generally put credit on screen for other fan taken images. But its a really cool hallway with a really picturesque vibe so I can imagine others took it as well! Ill see if I can find the original in my folders again to make sure, bc if it yours i want to add some credit in the description since I try to always give the appropriate credit. Ill update it here if I cant find it!
Update: The picture was from my 2019 playthrough. I linked the full version of the picture below! I looked it up asap since I would have felt really bad if it was your picture and I did not credit it for 2 years heh :)
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This was brilliantly done and you're intro was magnificent, it looked professional, like something you'd find at the opening of a history program on TV!
Because thats the only part you could sit through before commenting, getting bored and leaving🤣
This is the best summary of ES history I’ve ever seen. Well done man.
Love the use of the map and images. Perfect pacing too. Thanks for this!
You're welcome
I am here to present you a late appreciation for your affection of the elder scroll's lore. The masterpiece is staple of modern literature, narrative of fantasy that inspires a generation. Good video, I humble feel gratitude to be your new subber. Will consume all your products. Thank you.
My first solo video game ever was Oblivion, then when i was 16 i remembered TES existed and started to play skyrim. Today i'm 20 and i thanx you for this verry informative video ! The work you must have put in it seems incredible. Good job !
I discovered TES with skyrim like 2 weeks ago and it immediately took me into it, the lore only from one game frome one "country?" seemed so enormous that I wanted badly to know more about the elder scrolls so thank you so much for this video, it's incredible and knowing I'm just scratching the surface and all of that is only from Tamriel's perspective is breathtaking
This is amazing! I love the way you tell stories and give information; the visuals are excellent as well! I watched the whole video in one sitting, when I've never even played a single Elder Scrolls game in my life. But now, I really want to lol.
I'll definitely be recommending this video to many people! Great work! :)
Wow, this must have been so much work!! It was super helpful, thank you so much!
Bro, thank you for this! I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your channel. I'm a lore junkie and am trying to get back into skyrim after a big absense. You ROCK!
dive into ESO if you haven't yet
Been playing Skyrim for years. It's awesome to find a video that can fill in the gaps for me. Thank you very much and much love
I have just watched this video in one sitting and absolutely loved it! Exactly what I was looking for to understand the depth of ES lore. Thank you so much for taking the time to research this and put it into a format where lazy people like me can come along and just consume the whole thing! 😂 It’s clear it was no small undertaking! I’m going to share it with my ESO guild mates and a few other massive Elder scrolls fans, before I jump straight into the next one. Best regards.
This content is all so amazing that I’m scared for ES6. There’s no way they’re going to make stories this good given their track record over the last decade.
Brilliant, as if I needed more reasons to start yet another playthrough. :) this is great, thank you!
Also I totally agree about the lore’s complexity being part of what makes it so interesting. I LOVE how each in-game source has to be read within its context, and a lot of it is propaganda that you have to study to see the underlying biases. It’s got so many layers that give it way more substance than a typical game/series.
Thank you for this video. It's the reason I will be going back and playing the elder scroll games I've missed. I started in oblivion but never learned the history of Tamerial
Have fun man
Elder scrolls universalis. No idea what is going on, but i love it. Would love to see some history on some of these tags.
I would love a detailed video about eso's lore and the lore of its DLC's
I'll do my best
Amazing channel bro, hope your content blows up when Elder Scrolls 6 comes out. You'll ascend and achieve CHIM, and be a God. "The Lore Master"
Damn, if only the Snow Elves could've lived to see this... poor Gelebor 😓
Subscribing to this channel is pretty much joining the Scholars Guild of Mundus, seekers of Tamriel's lore and mysteries, followers of "The Lore Master"
I've watched a lot of lore videos of TES and I wanted to see a video of the timeline all laid out and pieced together. You knocked it outta the park with this video!!! This video is what I'll recommend to my friends or anyone else who are also interested in learning the history. This video is so good, really well done and great in the way it highlights the main stepping stones of the history while also stressing that it's just a generalized rundown and there's a lot more details to learn. I can't wait to watch the other videos in this series.
Bro... really appreciating the effort put into all this. Greetings from Italy🇮🇹
*says something incredibly interesting that I’d like to hear more about*
“But we’re just covering the basics. Moving on.”
Time to watch more of these videos
Fun Fact: The Argonians Kicked the Shit out of the Daedra during the Oblivion Crisis... So much so, that the Daedra had to close the Oblivion Gates in Black Marsh because the Argonians started going through them on the Offense and Merking Daedra on the Oblivion Plains
Did they have the sentient tree stuff fight with them? 😅
Great video well paced and good length. Particularly loved the explanation of the elder scrolls themselves and why the game is called that, almost one to quote
The captions did your accent dirty
This video explains lore in a way that doesn't make me rewind every 10 seconds. Nice
Woooow thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means for me. I've played skyrim half year ago on switch and bought eso with eso plus. But it was so confusing to me and now I finally have gotten a better understanding of what happened in tamriel. More of this! I love it 💕💕 lol
a huge thank you for this video
I've recently been brought into TES by a friend and didn't know where to start with the lore
you've earned a new subscriber for your insanely good work
Thank you for the history lesson! I just started playing Skyrim and Oblivion last year so I still have lots of lore to catch up on. It gets confusing pretty quickly so it's great to have it all laid out for me. I'm awful at remembering dates and names so I'll probably be referencing this video a lot. Again, thank you! I'll definitely check out some of your other videos as well.
Watched the entire video knowing everything about Elder Scrolls. This is probably the best Elder Scrolls lore video.
This video is so perfect, awesome. The rabbit hole lore of this series is so big and im trying to explain it to my best friend, sending him this video as it's perfect for him, thank you.
I’ve caught snippets of the history and lore in the elder scrolls games, but it cleared a lot up to have it explained in order. Great video!
Amazing video, well done. I love the background music, and almost cried at the cinematic intro (TES music just hits different man). I'll be sure to share this on r/ElderScrolls so newcomers see this. Good job!
Ahhh you lit the fires inside many souls, including myself; a rekindle of a passion I once had, and forgot existed inside. (Not just for beginners, but even lore masters untold)
This is amazing, and while I am a fan, and take my own personal account on how to interpret most of the lore since 'Morrowind' onwards; this does exactly what any fan wants, to learn and know more about, especially in a orderly and summarized way.
Definitely interested in watching more of your content, alongside with sharing this with some people who are beginners to the Elder scrolls universe.
Thank you so much for sharing this with the world, this is truly amazing.
Blessings friends;
May the Gods ever shine their glow, and the hearts of people learn to know,
May the Fates watch over us, and their threads weave us a future of Gold.
Wait, so why do we know so little about the Akaveri people if their descendants directly ruled over Tamriel, proclaimed the new era, and their inability to rule caused the conflict of Elder Scrolls Online. And we don't even know if they were snake people or not?
I've always thought I had a good understanding of the lore but seeing each game be pieced together like this makes it much more engaging.
Do you think the creators of the lore have a book with all the truths about the world of Nern and Tamriel or are they just making things up as they go
Wow. I've been playing these games for over twenty years, and I only just, on my current playthrough of Skyrim, realized how little I grasp the lore. I came here looking for more info on the current political geography (during Skyrim) because I hadn't realized how fractured the Empire was. My main games being Morrowind and more recently Oblivion. So wow, yeah, this lays such a strong groundwork to explain later Lore. Well done!
You know somethings wrong when you know the history of Tamriel more than the history of the real world
John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life and no one gets to the father except through me." Jesus Christ the son of God got crucified for us so we can go to heaven.
@@ShadowOfDeath33damn that's crazy bro
@@JeskaiEye it is. If you don't believe in Jesus/God what's your alternative and whats the evidence it's reliable? I'd love to hear this. Don't worry, I'll wait...
@LionOfJudah3 why is the burden of evidence on me? You are proselytizing, so tell me why I should believe. By default, I don't have any reason to believe in your god, one of many ancient gods
@@JeskaiEye because it's your belief, duh. You want me to tell you evidence for your beliefs? What are you talking about? And there is many reasons to believe in God. The fact you say that showcases your ignorance.
Thanks for doing this, it is interesting. I have played and loved these games, it's great to know the stories details.
take a drink every time he says the video is only going over the basics
If you read "Imperial report on Sarthal" it doesn't know why the snow elves decided to sack Sarthal but if you read "Night of Tears" it says the Nords at Sarthal found great power(Eye of Magnus) and possibly the staff which the elves heard about and decided to invade winning initially before Ysgramors 500 companions reclaim it and push them out.
The same reason why I love DC comics is thr same reason I love The Elder Scrolls: they don't spoon feed lore and information, they allow us to match the pieces ourselves.
Thats not dc at all
@@user-sf9hu2xd8j search "Imaginay Axis DC" and look at the channel "WebcamParrot". Watch their videos, you'll understand. I recommend starting with the 2 Dakrseid videos on Imaginary Axis's channel
DC definitely has great lore, especially the cosmic stuff
@@oksayer3100 indeed. Superman alone is apparently a metaphysical entity, that affects even our universe
Don't you ever compare the filth that is DC to TES again 😁
Watched my dad play Oblivion a few times and it was so cool, then last year I was finally abl to get my own copy of Skyrim and it’s such a great game, the puzzles, the characters, the world, amazing.
This is even better than human history lol
Nah
Honestly it's always worth keeping in mind a general overview of lore for any series, especially any series with a great deal of both depth and uncertainty to said lore. I think most of us who have knowledge of the lore, to one degree or another, have our general interpretations of what we consider likely but it's worth remembering that, even if our preferred interpretation is strong, nothing is really set in stone until it is canon.
Im in my first replay of skyrim after 10 years. I never understood what the empire or the alder dominion was. Thanks so much for this
This is my absolute favorite beginners video on Elder Scrolls Lore!
I just got in to Oblivion and so far, it's my favourite in the series. Thanks for this video for us newbies!
Good taste. Oblivion is the best, bar none. Morrowind second, then Skyrim.
loved the video. I've payed both skyrim and oblivion multiple times as a kid but mostly just glossed over the lore. Now that I've finally got interested in the lore aspect of the game, your video really helped me understand the timeline.
In skyrim, I belive that regardless of the outcome of the Civil War, the worship of talos will return, but I'm curious if Bethesda will make the stormcloak win will be canonical, or if the imperial win will be canonical, I personally like the idea of the skyrim independence and then allied with hammerfell, and they fight the thalmor
I can't really see the stomrcloaks alighing themselves with elves of any sort, especially some who were briefly but recently part of the Thalmor. It would be really cool tho!
Talos be praised
Ulfric Stormcloak is an Altmeri agent, so he won’t fight the Thalmor.
@@OpasgegenLinks they should have made joining the thalmor an option
Man, wonderful video!! I played only Skyrim for years, but never really studied the lore in-depth. Now I want to, because of this channel. Just watched the whole video and taking notes, this is a wonderful introduction. Thankyou so much!!
This is great! Thank you very much. I'm not new to the games by any means, but I've played them out of order and was very confused. Is there a way that subtitles could be added? I'm awful at accents, and at some points, I can't understand what is being said.
Thank you for every time you brought up a new event and said a character or item or something you reminded us what it was
I'm only new to Morrowind. I've journeyed through Cyrodiil & Skyrim. I heard there's a "Skywind" in the making, so maybe i'll get to see it in a more crisp form
Best to just get a bunch of texture/quality of life mods and play Morrowind by itself.
Dude this was awesome..can't play it nowadays but always watching videos like yours just to relive it...thank you.
Farengar, is that you?
I've played almost every game, and wasn't close to figuring out how everything connects together. This video was amazing. You've got a new subscriber. I'm going to be going through your whole catalogue.
The Elder Scrolls is mostly based on Tolkein's Universe (lotr). the first 11 minutes of the video was like I'm listening to fan made lotr. I also like elder s. lore a lot
Perfect, a video that covers most of the lore while still being digestiable