I mean, Dane axes aren't _that_ heavy - it's entirely possible im my experience to wield a longaxe in one hand and a centergrip round shield in the other. Practical? Not really, too hard to strike with the head with such a long haft - but possible. Poleaxes are... difficult, but still possible. Halberds... if you use it like a less nimble spear, then sure. But you won't be top effective cutting one handed with a polearm that long and a shield.
Elder scrolls has one of the best lore and maps in the gaming history the map seems realistic the lore is so good that even me (a jackass who hates reading books)reads them and enjoys every bit of it
Please forgive me for this but what mod are you using for weapon animation. I love the great sword being placed on the shoulder like that. gives it real weight.
Sorry for spamming every video y'all put out. I've been a fan of ur content for a couple years now, and your Skyrim builds gave me so many hours to replay Skyrim and I really want to see one of my favorite builds fleshed out with mods. The Stormcloak Mage. Here's hoping you'll see my comment. Godspeed.
Oh fudgemuppet, I'm troubled. I was scrolling the Facebook group Skyrim stoners (I don't smoke) when I found this : "What is hell in Tamriel? We know that sovngarde is their form of Valhalla, but do they have a hell? What about a heaven for people who didn’t die in battle (farmers, merchants, etc)?" Obviously there's the daedric princes. Their realms and followers but what of the average Joe? I posted that we needed to consult the Fudgemuppet Triumvirate for the answers to this dilemma
oh man let's be real here the Nords back then were beyond bad-ass and no one would dare fight them. On the other hand, the nords now are... you can say "dumbed down". Like seriously probably the nords back then: *grunts* and you know they mean business. Meanwhile the nords now: DiE alrEaDy sO I cAn takE YouR stUff!".
@@NODnuke45 true. I recently started playing Skyrim again after a few years, and one thing I did not notice until now is just how many redguards there are among the bandits. there are also lots of dunmer among them. I was killing a bunch of bandits and I was like, can I finally fight a Nord? when I finally found one I was happy, and he was like "skyrim belongs to the Nords!". cool, did you tell your bandit friends that?
@@zekun4741 Seeing as you found him alive and not beaten to death among overwhelming numbers of foreign cutthroats. I'm amusing he failed to share that particular opinion of his with them.
Finna of The Moesring Pass: The Snow Prince rode in shining steel, Rending flesh of Nord with zeal. His Falmer slay the Northern host, Their frosted hearts fell young and old. Until his spear met a fair maiden, Her sword did fall in snow blood laden. When Finna saw her mother deadened, She charged the field with features leadened. Only 12 she took up her mother's sword, Crying she tossed it at the Elven Lord. His icy heart now pierced with steel, He fell dead with his armys zeal. So it was that the fury of a single child, Slew all hope of Falmers guile.
I still have doubts if that story is real. For me, it sounds like a bullshit from the Nords to downgrade the Snow Prince. Oh well, the victors get to write history.
@@abrakadabra4966 theres next to zero chance for the Stormcloaks to win, they dont have the man or the resources, its just a matter of time for Tulius to beat Ufric... again, cause if you remember the beginning of the game Tulius had already captured him and was ready to execute him if not for Alduin shenanigans
@@rodangrahf the empire ain't exactly brimming with manpower or resources. Tulius tells us himself that basically what he's got is what he's got. And they may have managed to capture ulfric with a ambush once but that doesn't mean they can just do it again. Who knows how much planning and spying was needed to pull off the 1st one and im sure ulfric, a war veteran and general isn't foolish enough to be caught by the same trick twice.
The ONLY reason I joined the stormcloaks is because the mede Empire is too weak, corrupted & incompetent. If I was to choose between Elisif & Ulfric, I would choose Ulfric. He at least knows thum.
@@martvinegar3431 he's also a belligerent racist idiot being support covertly by the Thalmor, very group he hates more than any other. Thu'um or no Thu'um if he somehow eeked a victory against the Empire its by sheer luck and then the Thalmor would almost immediately smash the Stormcloaks to bits because they're too weakly built. If the Thalmor could break the Empire with ALL of its forces garrisoned at Cyrodil, the much smaller Stormcloaks stand no chance; and again the Stormcloaks are being secretly aided by the Thalmor to keep the civil war going. The Empire isn't great, won't argue that, its weakened, sickly and there's a good bit of corruption sprinkled in, but they stand a massively better chance at winning the civil war and then beating the Thalmor later.
The Snow Prince rode in shining steel, Rending flesh of Nord with zeal. His Falmer slay the Northern host, Their frosted hearts fell young and old. Until his spear met a fair maiden, Her sword did fall in snow blood laden. When Finna saw her mother deadened, She charged the field with features leadened. Only 12 she took up her mother's sword, Crying she tossed it at the Elven Lord. His icy heart now pierced with steel, He fell dead with his armys zeal. So it was that the fury of a single child, Slew all hope of Falmers guile.
Damn straight Ysgramor was the bringer of words. I still get teary eyed thinking about the last passages of his mourning poem for his son Yngol: 'And none on land nor sky, nor sea would ever again be as should be'
I like being Werewolf on Skyrim, but dislike the companion questline because it is too many random quests and Kodlak Whitemane might judge me for not curing the beastblood of mine
Wait, did you forget Azidal, the wizard that learnt magic from every race in Tamriel, including dragons, and then from daedra? The guy that created the impossible enchantments? Possibly the most powerful mage ever?
Ahzidal is not even in the top 10 strongest mages, compared to Celarus, Iachesis, Mannimarco, Galerion, Divayth Fyr, Sotha Sil, Neloth, mistress Therana, Dratha, Archmagister Gothren etc. All these names mentioned are either Daedric prince tier, or very close to the same level. Ahzidal could most likely only take out a group of bandits if i had to guess, and Shalidor is probably only slightly more powerful.
The Last Dragonborn possibly the GOAT of mages if he went through College of Winterhold questline. Became an Archmage. Trained by the Greybeards. Fought and Defeated Alduin alongside Several of his Dragon's. Defeated Miraak. Defeated/Suceeded Harkon.
My favorite race for Oblivion is Argonion but for Skyrim that one is tied with Wood Elf for favorite. My second favorite is Orc, third favorite is a tie between Nord and Dark Elf
And even still we have yet to hear the deeds to come of mighty Erik the Slayer of ol' Rorikstead! Last I heard he stated a wish to seek glory and gold in Hammerfell..
I imagine going into a tavern and happening upon a Nord Mercenary offering his services like the ones in TES 5, telling you how he got started as an adventurer many years ago when a stranger convinced his father to let his son live his own life.
@@Jonas_æ That would be really neat, but it doesn't sound like something that will happen. Anyway, I hope Bethesda will do something. I`m a sucker for development stories like Erik's.
Wow, it's a nice surprise when Ulfric takes a spot on a list of the greatest Nords, instead of being instantly disdained and called a nazi. He's a complicated character and I really appreciate you guys took his various achievements as well as demerits into account.
@@personb9034 It’s pretty easy to hate him. He is headstrong and confident even though he is explicitly being manipulated by the Thalmor, and any sane person in his position could see the damage he is doing to his homeland, and the great service he is doing to the dominion.
@Berserking Bishop If you read the dossier in the Thalmor embassy you will see that they’re actively funding the stormcloaks, shipping them weapons and armour. That’s also what they’re talking about with the human in Elenwen’s solar. So I’m not sure how you’re getting that his victory is to be avoided at all costs, a fractured empire is much more beneficial for the Thalmor and if they really didn’t want ulfric to win then they wouldn’t have started it in the first place. Yes it would be better for there to be no winner and for the civil war to carry on, but the imperials winning would be worse for them. Ofc they want a fractured empire.
@@TheCrypto34 You know that TES lore takes a lot of inspiration from christianity right? For example, Molag Bal is basically Satan and the statues of Mara are a carbon copy of the statues we have of the virgin Mary.
Lol mightiest 🤣😂 They have being invaded by the covenant in the second war and have to abandon they entire island. They have to be conquered by the empire to be able to unite all of tamriel, even though the empire could not "conquer" Hammerfell without the help of the forebears and conquer summerset without the help of the numidium. And now more recently, they just lost the great war to the dominion and and Thalmor agents are doing whatever they wish within their province while they are killing themselves in a stupid civil war just cooling the numbers for the dominion lol Yeah, mightiest race 🤦🏽♂️🤣😂
As a Norwegian, I can’t help but have a Nord main. It’s definitely a plus that their lore is so fascinating! Thanks so much for yet another awesome video!
You can role play as so many different play styles as Nords, I’m currently doing a Skaal based play through and it’s one of the best play through’s I’ve done yet!
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Harkon could have been mentioned as apparently he once had a mighty kingdom in Skyrim and was able to achieve immortality. Not to mention how ambitious he was for trying to block out the sky.
Nords having the lucky chance to be born with dragon blood running through their veins makes their race special including the ability to shout like dragons.
For the sake of Skyrim's civil war gameplay, the nords clearly had to be highly nerfed, otherwise picking Imperials compared to the Stormcloacks would've been like fighting in hard mode.
I'm so glad you spoke about ulfric. All of my friends think he's a bumbling idiot when in reality he is a grieving man who has been pushed into the mindset of upholding honored contracts. I feel the only mistake he truly made was killing the high king, and if anything tullius' unwillingness to hear out ulfric despite feeling that the war with the thalmor is about to restart is a much larger folly. This war is a result of the empire refusing to uphold its own contracts in favor of sating the oppression set on by their enemies. To subjugate skyrim instead of negotiating with them is doing nothing except showing that the empire is selling out their own people for a momentary peace.
The man almost completely lost the war in the first 6 months to an ambush by a general who didn't even know what Sovengarde was let alone the terrain. Him being on that list is a fucking joke
I would argue that his biggest mistake was the Markarth incident. The Empire was happy to only pay lip-service to the white-gold concordat, and not bother to enforce the ban of Talos worship. But no, Ulfric had to be a massive dick about it, and get the Thalmor to notice that the Empire wasn't enforcing their ban. Honestly, I always side with the empire BECAUSE I support Talos, and despite Ulfric's claims, he has done more to damage the worship of Talos in the empire than any nord in Skyrim. I think that's why people call him a massive idiot, tbh. He blames the empire for a problem that he himself caused.
I will say this, ulfric is a very strong warrior and more or less tries to be honorable. That being said he repeatedly makes mistakes and gets manipulated by others into doing the exact opposite of what his goals are. On top of that he has a bit of an ego that has led him to make it so only he could be the leader skyrim needs right now which is something that many who believe in the same cause as him see and simply cant follow because he goes about things wrong. He is one of the best nerds in skyrim at the time of the game but in history his being in this list is..... honestly just strange, even if you take everything he has done as positive he still doesnt fit in with the legends the nords hold, maybe an honorable mention but that's about it
@@humanoidez7796 hence why you kinda can’t say that the Dragonborn is in the list of best Nords. I always play Bosmer so in my eyes the greatest Bosmer is the Dragonborn.
Playing skyrim as a nord feels like the best way to play it bc you get more out of your playthrough with all the lore that being said the greatest nord is the one you play through in skyrim
Because someone ulfric did. He's a fine warrior, but unless the unlikely happens and the stormcloaks win the war, he won't have any great feat to his name, except perhaps winning from some poor bloke with the title of king by using shouts.
Great video. However you got a few facts about Lyris wrong. She wasn't necessarily sacrificed, and if she was she didn't go to coldharbour she went to what was most likely Sovngarde. V- How are you alive? I watched you sacrifice yourself to empower the Amulet of Kings! "Oh. That. Right. I'm not really sure. I remember white light as the Amulet of Kings took me, and then …. I woke up. I wasn't in Tamriel. I was somewhere else. Somewhere cold. I was home." V- Home? "It felt like home. There was a great longhouse in the fog. It was warm inside, full of people like me. Warriors. I don't know how long I was there, but eventually I woke up one day and I really was home. In Skyrim." V- I don't understand. "Neither do I. Was I in Sovngarde? Maybe. But then I was back here, in Tamriel. I guess there are still a few things that me and my axe need to do. In general, though, I try not to think about it." Also she wasn't involved in the rebuilding of the Abbey of the blades, that was Sai. V- What have you been up to since we defeated Molag Bal? "We defeated Molag Bal and stopped the Planemeld, but the empire I knew was dead and gone. There wasn't anything else I could do for Varen or Cyrodiil, but Skyrim was still there. So, I went home." V- What have you been doing in Skyrim? "Whatever I can. Traveling. Dealing with problems as I encounter them. My axe has been busy, that's for sure! Mostly, I've been helping Jorunn the Skald-King. Looking into bad situations. Like this one with the Icereach Coven."
Since she magically reappears later in this year's Chapter Greymoor, that's a baseless claim to begin with. So far we've seen Sai, Lyris and Abnur Tharn alive and well - but not Varen, the Prophet. Guess who the canon sacrifice was.
He no doubt is, since according to what I've heard and seen of ESO (the game, not the TH-camr), Varen's the ONLY character that DOESN'T come back in a DLC.
Giving the choice was pretty dumb on the devs part to begin with. I mean who do you pick? -A giant of a Nord warrior who's power and fame are known all through Tamriel? -A Redguard who is likely one of, if not the most skilled warrior in his age. - An Imperial battlemage that has great magical knowledge, and the Tharn name to wield great pollitical influence. Or the obvious choice, an Ex-Emperor that lost everything, and has become unable to don the mantle of Emperor ever again, along with being unfit for combat as well, doomed to live a hollow and quiet life, who is practically begging you to pick him as the sacrefice as the other 3 can actually mean something for the future of Tamriel.
jefthereaper it’s been years since I’ve played that quest line, do you get like specific rewards for sacrificing different people? Because if not it’s just instinct to sacrifice Varen.
Hjalti Earlybeard is the most Nordic name I've ever heard. How is he saved for another race? Hjalti aside, I agree with this list. Could make an argument for any of them to be higher or lower. Except Ysgramor. The dude only had an army of 500 and conquered the entire of Skyrim. Pretty crazy for just 500 people to do
I never did buy that. How did 500 warriors of men, albeit skilled, wipe out a race of ELVES??? Masters of the land, bow, spear, and blade, even magic? I just think there is more to the night of tears than is being told. I think the betrayer in this case, was YSGRAMOR! Killing his own people for whatever reason, blaming it on the elves and then using it as an excuse to conquer the northland. I just don’t think the elves were so tactically inept as to massacre a settlement and not expect retaliation. Even if they were careful, there is just no way. Now if ysgramor killed his own people and then wrote the history to say it was all the elves fault, that’s the only story we’d have and thus the only story we’d believe making ysgramor the champion of man. It goes even deeper than that too because if ysgramor was an avatar of shor aka lorkhan aka the divine BETRAYER, OF COURSE HED DO THIS!!!
There’s different races in all the provinces though not only bretons can live there hjalti sword you find for the ghost in Skyrim is an ancient nord sword and the ghost that mentions training with him at alcaire is wearing a full set of ancient nord armor is nord stature and has a nord looking face
As always, amazing, love all your vids (even when I don't agree with something). This is one of those times lol. Ulfric over Miraak? You're crazy my dude.
I've got a theory that may be unrelated to this video. Akotosh looked into the future and saw the dragonborn stopping alduin from eating the world to start a new world. So he made the world just go south from obivion. Magic falling out if favor. Possibly making Mercer Frey take the key to make the thieves guild loose its luck. Make Astrid the leader. But the dragonborn fixes them. They are defying akatosh. Another theory I had is Martin mantled the role of akatosh. Just a thought. But its a interesting onem
I have been for this work of art. As one born in Atmora, but reigned in Skyrim, I love my Nordic offspring. Though many mentions, I still wonder if I, High King Ysmir Wulfharth, will have my own video. If you do this, and help my people, I will name you Thane of Windhelm , a high honor.
I think we can potentially add another Nord Hero to the list. Lars Battle-born. His constant bullying at the hands of Braith led all the other girls in Whiterun to laugh at him and reject him causing a huge well of incel rage to build up inside him which he finally releases by single handedly wiping out the Thalmor and defeating the Aldmeri Dominion.
Just the nords really. The imperial's who were once the needes successfully rebelled against the ayleids and the red guards came from yokuda and took hammerfell for themselves in the first era
Hey Fudgemuppet! Are you doing more “what if” videos? Can you make one about Bretons? What if the direnni who emigrated to high rock taught the direnni to weaponize the Bretons?
I'm starting to wonder if Fudgemuppet have actually played The Elder Scrolls Online since they keep mispronouncing words that are only pronounced in that game. Lyris: Leer-is, not lie-rus Anequina: A-ne-quin-a, not a-ne-key-na Pellitine: Pel-i-teen, not pel-i-tine Tsaechi- Say-she, not sigh-see
They may have played it before but they definitely don't like that style of game. I'm not much of a fan of that style of game either and so I haven't played ESO. I don't really like much of Zenimax's lore for ESO either.
@@Priceluked I agree. Alot of the lore doesnt line up with what was already established at all. I personally dont consider it canon, and I never will unless ES6 actually builds upon it and establishes it as so. Because in the previous games weve read nothing about the Planemeld in books, it's not been mentioned, nothing. You think something that significant would just go unsaid? No. Shitmax just created it and pissed on what was already established. The best example goes along with this vid actually, look at Jorrvaskr. The very ship Ysgramor and his 500 companions sailed from Atmora on, and carried it to where they found the Skyforge. They then turned the ship into their Hall, and there it stands to this day. In ESO? Jorrvaskr is a bloody fucking fort, in the mountains. Really? No. No thank you. I'll stick with what Bethesda has already established thanks, ESO can go screw itself.
So when they say if they speak a word they could cause destruction, do they mean that they only spoke the dragon language so all their words of power could be invoked in regular conversation? Can they say words like yol or krii without executing the shout? So many questions
How could you forget about the Nord who's words has been quoted more than any other?
"You're finally awake"
@The Wail of a Dying Coyote Are u crazy? Saying his name, without preperation. You wouldn't just read an Elder Scroll, would you.It's too powerful.
@The Wail of a Dying Coyote i used to say his name like you then i took an arrow to the knee
I even got a pillow with a picture of him saying this glorious line
@@finnsvenson7570 You Know Who... RALOFMORT!!
jack tom You stole my line.
Ysgramor was so badass he carried a two handed ax in one hand and a shield in the other.
And ate soup with a fork :D
I wish there was a mod or way to wield both, would’ve been sick
I mean, Dane axes aren't _that_ heavy - it's entirely possible im my experience to wield a longaxe in one hand and a centergrip round shield in the other. Practical? Not really, too hard to strike with the head with such a long haft - but possible. Poleaxes are... difficult, but still possible.
Halberds... if you use it like a less nimble spear, then sure. But you won't be top effective cutting one handed with a polearm that long and a shield.
@@saintpoli6800 combat gameplay overhaul?
@@saintpoli6800 there is
Ysgrammor literally ate his soup with a fork
cuz he dont give any shits no shits given
It feared his wraith so much it stayed on the fork.
Yeah he’s pretty stupid. Didn’t even know how liquid worked the stupid twat.
It took him like a week to eat his soup
My kind of nigga
Fudge: the Nords may have lost some of their renown throughout the ages-
me: that's the understatement of the month.
don‘t mean to be an ass, but it‘s „throughout the ages“. just so you know.
@@helixgamer8894 ey man why you trying to be such an ass. Not cool :(
@@helixgamer8894 ah, thanks. I'll just fix it anyway.
wasn‘t being mean, i myself often wonder how some words are spelled, just wanted to help. :)
Eso exposes one Skyrim’s biggest flaws and that’s the size and depth of cities and towns
They aren’t my favourite race to play but Nordic lore has to be one of my favourites, btw great video
love all tha
It is best to play as non-Nord, because playing as a Nord making your character is the most stupid Nord ever in Skyrim
@@MizanQistina eh. I love RPing as a Nord Stormcloak Companion with heavy armor and a greatsword and frequently using my shouts in combat
Yeah, skyrim has left a HUGE impact lore wise. Lets hope the next one lives up to it.
Exploring Nordic lore was one of my main primary draws to Skyrim. I always play at least one Nord in each game
Your lore vids are simply epic. Thank you for making the Elder scrolls world more alive.
Elder scrolls has one of the best lore and maps in the gaming history the map seems realistic the lore is so good that even me (a jackass who hates reading books)reads them and enjoys every bit of it
jack tom it is the best!!!!
5th Century of the 1st era was what I meant to say lel. Brain Fart.
Please forgive me for this but what mod are you using for weapon animation. I love the great sword being placed on the shoulder like that. gives it real weight.
Sorry for spamming every video y'all put out. I've been a fan of ur content for a couple years now, and your Skyrim builds gave me so many hours to replay Skyrim and I really want to see one of my favorite builds fleshed out with mods. The Stormcloak Mage. Here's hoping you'll see my comment. Godspeed.
FudgeMuppet what is that whitretun and dragonreach mod
Oh fudgemuppet, I'm troubled. I was scrolling the Facebook group Skyrim stoners (I don't smoke) when I found this :
"What is hell in Tamriel? We know that sovngarde is their form of Valhalla, but do they have a hell? What about a heaven for people who didn’t die in battle (farmers, merchants, etc)?"
Obviously there's the daedric princes. Their realms and followers but what of the average Joe? I posted that we needed to consult the Fudgemuppet Triumvirate for the answers to this dilemma
Martsching Madness they just go back to aetherius as opposed to going to sovngard, they don’t have a hell
Ragnar The Red...who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead
And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade
As he told of bold battles and gold he had made
Floor.
The End lol
Then he went quite did ragnar the red as he met the shield maiden Matilda who said
who said
Oh, you talk and you lie and you drink all our mead
Now i think its high time you lie down and bleed
There came a great clashing and slashing of steel
As the brave lass Matilda charfed in full of zeal
I still wish Ysgramor would say "Put that axe and shield back where you found it!" If you got them before meeting him at the end of the main quest lol
Nords according to the lore: *Drew's monologue - 0:18
Nords according to the games: "Death is highly overrated!"
oh man let's be real here the Nords back then were beyond bad-ass and no one would dare fight them. On the other hand, the nords now are... you can say "dumbed down". Like seriously probably the nords back then: *grunts* and you know they mean business. Meanwhile the nords now: DiE alrEaDy sO I cAn takE YouR stUff!".
@@jamesmccloud7535 or maybe books and bard's tales dont paint the most accurate depiction of humans with flaws :^)
@@jamesmccloud7535 To be fair most of those bandits aren't even Nords. lol
@@NODnuke45 true. I recently started playing Skyrim again after a few years, and one thing I did not notice until now is just how many redguards there are among the bandits. there are also lots of dunmer among them. I was killing a bunch of bandits and I was like, can I finally fight a Nord? when I finally found one I was happy, and he was like "skyrim belongs to the Nords!". cool, did you tell your bandit friends that?
@@zekun4741 Seeing as you found him alive and not beaten to death among overwhelming numbers of foreign cutthroats. I'm amusing he failed to share that particular opinion of his with them.
Finna of The Moesring Pass:
The Snow Prince rode in shining steel, Rending flesh of Nord with zeal.
His Falmer slay the Northern host,
Their frosted hearts fell young and old.
Until his spear met a fair maiden,
Her sword did fall in snow blood laden.
When Finna saw her mother deadened,
She charged the field with features leadened.
Only 12 she took up her mother's sword,
Crying she tossed it at the Elven Lord.
His icy heart now pierced with steel,
He fell dead with his armys zeal.
So it was that the fury of a single child,
Slew all hope of Falmers guile.
I still have doubts if that story is real. For me, it sounds like a bullshit from the Nords to downgrade the Snow Prince. Oh well, the victors get to write history.
@@mark5222given Nord feats throughout TES history… a Nord child killing an Elven Prince sounds almost too easy to be true.
Players playing ES6:
Who won Skyrim’s civil war?
Tod Howard:
It never happened because some random person used an Elder Scroll.
I'd imagine the storm cloaks win then enter some sort of alliance with the empire to strike back against the thalmor
@@abrakadabra4966 theres next to zero chance for the Stormcloaks to win, they dont have the man or the resources, its just a matter of time for Tulius to beat Ufric... again, cause if you remember the beginning of the game Tulius had already captured him and was ready to execute him if not for Alduin shenanigans
@@rodangrahf the empire ain't exactly brimming with manpower or resources. Tulius tells us himself that basically what he's got is what he's got. And they may have managed to capture ulfric with a ambush once but that doesn't mean they can just do it again. Who knows how much planning and spying was needed to pull off the 1st one and im sure ulfric, a war veteran and general isn't foolish enough to be caught by the same trick twice.
The ONLY reason I joined the stormcloaks is because the mede Empire is too weak, corrupted & incompetent. If I was to choose between Elisif & Ulfric, I would choose Ulfric. He at least knows thum.
@@martvinegar3431 he's also a belligerent racist idiot being support covertly by the Thalmor, very group he hates more than any other. Thu'um or no Thu'um if he somehow eeked a victory against the Empire its by sheer luck and then the Thalmor would almost immediately smash the Stormcloaks to bits because they're too weakly built. If the Thalmor could break the Empire with ALL of its forces garrisoned at Cyrodil, the much smaller Stormcloaks stand no chance; and again the Stormcloaks are being secretly aided by the Thalmor to keep the civil war going.
The Empire isn't great, won't argue that, its weakened, sickly and there's a good bit of corruption sprinkled in, but they stand a massively better chance at winning the civil war and then beating the Thalmor later.
The greatest Nord of all time is the little girl who felled the Snow King.
The who?
The Snow Prince rode in shining steel, Rending flesh of Nord with zeal.
His Falmer slay the Northern host,
Their frosted hearts fell young and old.
Until his spear met a fair maiden,
Her sword did fall in snow blood laden.
When Finna saw her mother deadened,
She charged the field with features leadened.
Only 12 she took up her mother's sword,
Crying she tossed it at the Elven Lord.
His icy heart now pierced with steel,
He fell dead with his armys zeal.
So it was that the fury of a single child,
Slew all hope of Falmers guile.
@@portawop9 holy crap
@@chrisriley2321 🤘
its Sinding, he killed an immortal creature called "Child"
Damn straight Ysgramor was the bringer of words. I still get teary eyed thinking about the last passages of his mourning poem for his son Yngol:
'And none on land
nor sky, nor sea
would ever again
be as should be'
TBH everything about the Companions is epic. Even their report on the Snow Prince "incident". No hate or lies, just respect for a worthy warrior.
I like being Werewolf on Skyrim, but dislike the companion questline because it is too many random quests and Kodlak Whitemane might judge me for not curing the beastblood of mine
Wait, did you forget Azidal, the wizard that learnt magic from every race in Tamriel, including dragons, and then from daedra? The guy that created the impossible enchantments? Possibly the most powerful mage ever?
Ahzidal being the strongest mage ever is a biiiig stretch dude.
Ahzidal is not even in the top 10 strongest mages, compared to Celarus, Iachesis, Mannimarco, Galerion, Divayth Fyr, Sotha Sil, Neloth, mistress Therana, Dratha, Archmagister Gothren etc. All these names mentioned are either Daedric prince tier, or very close to the same level. Ahzidal could most likely only take out a group of bandits if i had to guess, and Shalidor is probably only slightly more powerful.
The Last Dragonborn possibly the GOAT of mages if he went through College of Winterhold questline.
Became an Archmage.
Trained by the Greybeards.
Fought and Defeated Alduin alongside Several of his Dragon's.
Defeated Miraak.
Defeated/Suceeded Harkon.
He's great but he was forgotten.
@@thomasrosendahl2783 Now I was fine with you dissing Ahzidal but put waaay more respect on Shalidor's name bruh.
The nords my favorite race in the entire elder scrolls
Same.
I’m a Breton guy. Part Mer, part Man. It’s cool.
I will always be a true nord even before Skyrim I always played a nord
@@abrakadabra4966 Nords are in my top 5 but my favorite is the Dunmer
My favorite race for Oblivion is Argonion but for Skyrim that one is tied with Wood Elf for favorite. My second favorite is Orc, third favorite is a tie between Nord and Dark Elf
Now wait a flipping second, where are my handsewn tongue robes in Skyrim?!
Like most descriptions offered in the Nordic legends of Skyrim, that's probably just an embellishment...
Oh wait. It isn't. Cool!
And even still we have yet to hear the deeds to come of mighty Erik the Slayer of ol' Rorikstead!
Last I heard he stated a wish to seek glory and gold in Hammerfell..
I hope they will mention some of his deeds in the next game. It would be quite a sad thing if they don't.
@@DarkThagan If TES6 takes place in Hammerfell in a timeframe not too distant from the events of Skyrim, I hope we can meet him.
I imagine going into a tavern and happening upon a Nord Mercenary offering his services like the ones in TES 5, telling you how he got started as an adventurer many years ago when a stranger convinced his father to let his son live his own life.
@@Jonas_æ That would be really neat, but it doesn't sound like something that will happen. Anyway, I hope Bethesda will do something. I`m a sucker for development stories like Erik's.
Wow, it's a nice surprise when Ulfric takes a spot on a list of the greatest Nords, instead of being instantly disdained and called a nazi. He's a complicated character and I really appreciate you guys took his various achievements as well as demerits into account.
Well said, and I agree.
So many blind Ulfric haters out there, it's weird
I mean, Ysgrammor is literally a successful Hitler
@@personb9034 It’s pretty easy to hate him. He is headstrong and confident even though he is explicitly being manipulated by the Thalmor, and any sane person in his position could see the damage he is doing to his homeland, and the great service he is doing to the dominion.
@Berserking Bishop If you read the dossier in the Thalmor embassy you will see that they’re actively funding the stormcloaks, shipping them weapons and armour. That’s also what they’re talking about with the human in Elenwen’s solar. So I’m not sure how you’re getting that his victory is to be avoided at all costs, a fractured empire is much more beneficial for the Thalmor and if they really didn’t want ulfric to win then they wouldn’t have started it in the first place. Yes it would be better for there to be no winner and for the civil war to carry on, but the imperials winning would be worse for them. Ofc they want a fractured empire.
I’ve been a Christian for 5 years now but I swear I know way more Elder Scrolls lore than anything in the Bible
No offense but it's probably because Elder Scrolls lore is more interesting lol
@@TheCrypto34 You know that TES lore takes a lot of inspiration from christianity right? For example, Molag Bal is basically Satan and the statues of Mara are a carbon copy of the statues we have of the virgin Mary.
how are you a christian for only 5 yrs? I was born christian and now Im just... an agnostic gamer.
.....I became agnostic maybe 15 yrs ago
good, lol! christianity has more bugs than the edition 1 release of Skyrim
By Shor you guys took your sweet time to speak of Tamriel's mightiest race. Great work guys!
Aye! Mightiest indeed!
Lol mightiest 🤣😂
They have being invaded by the covenant in the second war and have to abandon they entire island.
They have to be conquered by the empire to be able to unite all of tamriel, even though the empire could not "conquer" Hammerfell without the help of the forebears and conquer summerset without the help of the numidium.
And now more recently, they just lost the great war to the dominion and and Thalmor agents are doing whatever they wish within their province while they are killing themselves in a stupid civil war just cooling the numbers for the dominion lol
Yeah, mightiest race 🤦🏽♂️🤣😂
@@Blagraite Ignorant fool.
@@maki49574 great reply 😂🤣
@@Blagraite dude you are taking this way to seriously it isnt some historical debate its youtube comments
7:25 I guess you could call him a Mer-derer
I wanna boo that but...it's just too fitting
As a Norwegian, I can’t help but have a Nord main. It’s definitely a plus that their lore is so fascinating!
Thanks so much for yet another awesome video!
You can role play as so many different play styles as Nords, I’m currently doing a Skaal based play through and it’s one of the best play through’s I’ve done yet!
Anyone else find these oddly relaxing?
More like Drew's forte. 😂
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These videos are by far the best Elder Scrolls videos on this platform. The effort, the visuals, the voiceover. Superb.
Honestly a new fudge muppet video is what I needed today ❤️ love you guys, please keep making these videos. I can’t express how much I appreciate the lore of the Elder Scrolls universe, and y’all for giving me hundreds of videos to watch.
Harkon could have been mentioned as apparently he once had a mighty kingdom in Skyrim and was able to achieve immortality. Not to mention how ambitious he was for trying to block out the sky.
Nords having the lucky chance to be born with dragon blood running through their veins makes their race special including the ability to shout like dragons.
Will you three be doing anymore "What if's" soon? They were really interesting and I'd love to see more of them
Agreed.
I believe canonically a nord is the best fit for the main character of Skyrim.
For the sake of Skyrim's civil war gameplay, the nords clearly had to be highly nerfed, otherwise picking Imperials compared to the Stormcloacks would've been like fighting in hard mode.
I'm so glad you spoke about ulfric. All of my friends think he's a bumbling idiot when in reality he is a grieving man who has been pushed into the mindset of upholding honored contracts. I feel the only mistake he truly made was killing the high king, and if anything tullius' unwillingness to hear out ulfric despite feeling that the war with the thalmor is about to restart is a much larger folly. This war is a result of the empire refusing to uphold its own contracts in favor of sating the oppression set on by their enemies. To subjugate skyrim instead of negotiating with them is doing nothing except showing that the empire is selling out their own people for a momentary peace.
The man almost completely lost the war in the first 6 months to an ambush by a general who didn't even know what Sovengarde was let alone the terrain. Him being on that list is a fucking joke
I would argue that his biggest mistake was the Markarth incident. The Empire was happy to only pay lip-service to the white-gold concordat, and not bother to enforce the ban of Talos worship. But no, Ulfric had to be a massive dick about it, and get the Thalmor to notice that the Empire wasn't enforcing their ban. Honestly, I always side with the empire BECAUSE I support Talos, and despite Ulfric's claims, he has done more to damage the worship of Talos in the empire than any nord in Skyrim.
I think that's why people call him a massive idiot, tbh. He blames the empire for a problem that he himself caused.
I will say this, ulfric is a very strong warrior and more or less tries to be honorable. That being said he repeatedly makes mistakes and gets manipulated by others into doing the exact opposite of what his goals are. On top of that he has a bit of an ego that has led him to make it so only he could be the leader skyrim needs right now which is something that many who believe in the same cause as him see and simply cant follow because he goes about things wrong. He is one of the best nerds in skyrim at the time of the game but in history his being in this list is..... honestly just strange, even if you take everything he has done as positive he still doesnt fit in with the legends the nords hold, maybe an honorable mention but that's about it
Can't wait for the greatest Dunmer of all time :)
Great video as always, keep up the good work
I mean that’s a easy Answer it’s The Neverine or Nerevar himself
From the picture I legit thought you were going to say Jon snow for a solid minute 😂😂😂 excellent video!!
you forgot about the dragonborn. Also I love this series and your channel please keep making more videos like this
Yes I know that the dragonborn can be any race
@@humanoidez7796 hence why you kinda can’t say that the Dragonborn is in the list of best Nords. I always play Bosmer so in my eyes the greatest Bosmer is the Dragonborn.
Playing skyrim as a nord feels like the best way to play it bc you get more out of your playthrough with all the lore that being said the greatest nord is the one you play through in skyrim
immediately liked the video before watching cuz it has the greatest nord heros so ofc its gonna be epic especially with the narration
Why was Ahizidal not on this list? Ysgramor would have probably lost without him
Too many epic nords just too many if they could fit half of the race here they would
Because someone ulfric did. He's a fine warrior, but unless the unlikely happens and the stormcloaks win the war, he won't have any great feat to his name, except perhaps winning from some poor bloke with the title of king by using shouts.
Well its a list of the greatest not strongest and while in nord culture they are very closely related they are still 2 different things
Doubt that it was just enchanted weapons they decimated the snow elves with 500 warriors would have helped though
Great video. However you got a few facts about Lyris wrong. She wasn't necessarily sacrificed, and if she was she didn't go to coldharbour she went to what was most likely Sovngarde.
V- How are you alive? I watched you sacrifice yourself to empower the Amulet of Kings!
"Oh. That. Right. I'm not really sure. I remember white light as the Amulet of Kings took me, and then ….
I woke up. I wasn't in Tamriel. I was somewhere else. Somewhere cold. I was home."
V- Home?
"It felt like home. There was a great longhouse in the fog. It was warm inside, full of people like me. Warriors.
I don't know how long I was there, but eventually I woke up one day and I really was home. In Skyrim."
V- I don't understand.
"Neither do I. Was I in Sovngarde? Maybe. But then I was back here, in Tamriel. I guess there are still a few things that me and my axe need to do.
In general, though, I try not to think about it."
Also she wasn't involved in the rebuilding of the Abbey of the blades, that was Sai.
V- What have you been up to since we defeated Molag Bal?
"We defeated Molag Bal and stopped the Planemeld, but the empire I knew was dead and gone. There wasn't anything else I could do for Varen or Cyrodiil, but Skyrim was still there.
So, I went home."
V- What have you been doing in Skyrim?
"Whatever I can. Traveling. Dealing with problems as I encounter them. My axe has been busy, that's for sure!
Mostly, I've been helping Jorunn the Skald-King. Looking into bad situations. Like this one with the Icereach Coven."
Lyris as a sacrifice was canon? I though the prophet was the canon sacrifice.
Since she magically reappears later in this year's Chapter Greymoor, that's a baseless claim to begin with. So far we've seen Sai, Lyris and Abnur Tharn alive and well - but not Varen, the Prophet. Guess who the canon sacrifice was.
I think it’s meant to be the prophet since he appears as a weird ghost too at the end of the wrothgar quest line
He no doubt is, since according to what I've heard and seen of ESO (the game, not the TH-camr), Varen's the ONLY character that DOESN'T come back in a DLC.
Giving the choice was pretty dumb on the devs part to begin with.
I mean who do you pick?
-A giant of a Nord warrior who's power and fame are known all through Tamriel?
-A Redguard who is likely one of, if not the most skilled warrior in his age.
- An Imperial battlemage that has great magical knowledge, and the Tharn name to wield great pollitical influence.
Or the obvious choice, an Ex-Emperor that lost everything, and has become unable to don the mantle of Emperor ever again, along with being unfit for combat as well, doomed to live a hollow and quiet life, who is practically begging you to pick him as the sacrefice as the other 3 can actually mean something for the future of Tamriel.
jefthereaper it’s been years since I’ve played that quest line, do you get like specific rewards for sacrificing different people? Because if not it’s just instinct to sacrifice Varen.
Glad to see you're still making these awesome videos
this is what i have been waiting for
Hjalti Earlybeard is the most Nordic name I've ever heard. How is he saved for another race? Hjalti aside, I agree with this list. Could make an argument for any of them to be higher or lower. Except Ysgramor. The dude only had an army of 500 and conquered the entire of Skyrim. Pretty crazy for just 500 people to do
I never did buy that. How did 500 warriors of men, albeit skilled, wipe out a race of ELVES??? Masters of the land, bow, spear, and blade, even magic? I just think there is more to the night of tears than is being told. I think the betrayer in this case, was YSGRAMOR! Killing his own people for whatever reason, blaming it on the elves and then using it as an excuse to conquer the northland. I just don’t think the elves were so tactically inept as to massacre a settlement and not expect retaliation. Even if they were careful, there is just no way. Now if ysgramor killed his own people and then wrote the history to say it was all the elves fault, that’s the only story we’d have and thus the only story we’d believe making ysgramor the champion of man. It goes even deeper than that too because if ysgramor was an avatar of shor aka lorkhan aka the divine BETRAYER, OF COURSE HED DO THIS!!!
Hjalti was implied to be either Breton or is of a breton-nordic ancestry due to his link to Alcaire, which was an Direnni island state.
There’s different races in all the provinces though not only bretons can live there hjalti sword you find for the ghost in Skyrim is an ancient nord sword and the ghost that mentions training with him at alcaire is wearing a full set of ancient nord armor is nord stature and has a nord looking face
Hjalti sounds very nordic/viking ish add the title early-beard only nords have these titles by their names it’s Viking shit
last time I was this early Ysgrammor was still in Atmora
Man drew I am sitting in my car listening to this, and your voice was putting to sleep. People probably thought I was on drugs
You guys just keep putting out top tier content
Nirnin' out with that cup 'o' joe, thats really the best part of wakin' up
So many hard choices, so I will stick to my protagonist Nord Dragonborn from Elder Scrolls 5.
*wHy Do ThE vIdEo HaVe MoRe LiKeS tHaN vIeWs*
sorry just gotta express my hatred for those comments
The way youtube janks things, I've come across dozens of videos I've watched before but youtube removed my watching them from existence
@@dorianshepard2841 which REALLY sucks when you're watching a 48-part play through.
Thank you Fudgemuppet for making such fascinating content throughout the years. I think I know more about TES lore than real history at this point
For Valhalla! .. I mean Sovngarde!
I wonder what Thor would think of Sovngarde and the Nords
And what would the Nords think of Thor and Valhalla
As always, amazing, love all your vids (even when I don't agree with something). This is one of those times lol. Ulfric over Miraak? You're crazy my dude.
You know your a badass when A GOD HIMSELF would personally revive you just to lead an army once more.
For my money, this is the most epic Fudgemuppet intro ever.
Great Vid, Drew! I love your lore presentations.
I've got a theory that may be unrelated to this video. Akotosh looked into the future and saw the dragonborn stopping alduin from eating the world to start a new world. So he made the world just go south from obivion. Magic falling out if favor. Possibly making Mercer Frey take the key to make the thieves guild loose its luck. Make Astrid the leader. But the dragonborn fixes them. They are defying akatosh. Another theory I had is Martin mantled the role of akatosh. Just a thought. But its a interesting onem
I have been for this work of art. As one born in Atmora, but reigned in Skyrim, I love my Nordic offspring.
Though many mentions, I still wonder if I, High King Ysmir Wulfharth, will have my own video. If you do this, and help my people, I will name you Thane of Windhelm , a high honor.
I always watch but I always know its gonna be good keep up with the good work all 3 of you
The Lone Wolf why say whenever u do if u always watch lol
Well after my 5th day of work in a row and I’m rewarded with a Nord video... THANK TALOS
I love lore videos keep up the good work
fudgemupet: lets see who is the greatest nord
every nord in skyrim: IF ITS NOT TALOS OR ULFRIC STORMCLOAK GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT SH**
Can't believe Shalidor, one of the greatest wizards to ever live, was a Nord. Probably gave them High Elves an aneurysm.
Super late but lmao
Lyris' mother WAS the giant, not her father. You even meet her father (a Nord) when rescuing her and he tells how she could lift him up as a child.
I think we can potentially add another Nord Hero to the list. Lars Battle-born.
His constant bullying at the hands of Braith led all the other girls in Whiterun to laugh at him and reject him causing a huge well of incel rage to build up inside him which he finally releases by single handedly wiping out the Thalmor and defeating the Aldmeri Dominion.
"Ulfric Stormcloack, some here in Helgen may call you a hero, but a hero doesn't use the power of the voice to murder his king and usurp his throne."
I'm just here to say "Draconic Oppression" is complete gold
That intro was amazing
That thumbnail is excellent 👌
3:20 Olaf ruled in the 5th century of the fourth era?
Nough!
first era actually.
Shalidors labyrinth is more akin to an airline queuing systems than an actual maze. It's basically a long, winding, straight line
I think we all know the answer, but I’ve still been longing for this video 🙌🏼
ALL HAIL TALOS! oh and Skyrim still and forever belongs to the Nords!
Talos is clearly number 1. But can we even call him a man when he is a god?
Tiber Septim wasn't a Nord. He was a Breton
@@ooginator12 His name is Hijalti Early beard, dudes definitely a nord
@@ooginator12 the thalmor would want you to believe that
dokcso this guy Elder Scribes
@@dokcsowestern propaganda.
If there's any race that comes close to matching my love for the glorious Dunmer, it's the mighty, proud Nords
Could it be possible for you guys to start having a link in your video descriptions to a list of the mods you are using?
I played a Nord/Breton Hybrid. Strong in arms, and adept in magical skill, with a bit of Bard behavior.
Wasn't expecting any characters from ESO, but I'm happy Lyris is here.
The greatest Nord of all time is Ysgramor. If it weren't for him,most races of men probably wouldn't be living on Tamriel now.
Just the nords really. The imperial's who were once the needes successfully rebelled against the ayleids and the red guards came from yokuda and took hammerfell for themselves in the first era
"Rightful" habitation. I laughed pretty hard at that.
Hoag Merkiller has to be the most badass names in Elder Scrolls History.
I feel like Talos was slighted in this video. Fudgemuppet are clearly Myr sympathizers.
Hey Fudgemuppet! Are you doing more “what if” videos? Can you make one about Bretons? What if the direnni who emigrated to high rock taught the direnni to weaponize the Bretons?
When this series is done u guys should do the opposite one "most villainous" by race
2:25 Shalidor jammin on the left
Other nords: legendary warriors of sword and tongue
Hoag: *mmmmh, dirt*
A greatest dragons video would be great (with the dragonborn as a surprise entry)
I drunkenly turn my phone and a new video 1 min ago, it was fate a drunken nordic fate. Moooooooar mead!!!
Can you share your modlist ? It looks good !
I'm starting to wonder if Fudgemuppet have actually played The Elder Scrolls Online since they keep mispronouncing words that are only pronounced in that game.
Lyris: Leer-is, not lie-rus
Anequina: A-ne-quin-a, not a-ne-key-na
Pellitine: Pel-i-teen, not pel-i-tine
Tsaechi- Say-she, not sigh-see
It's their accents maybe? I have british accent so I'd pronounce some of these words differently.
I have seen a few TH-camrs from Europe talking about ESO and they pronounce the same as Fudgemuppet.
They may have played it before but they definitely don't like that style of game. I'm not much of a fan of that style of game either and so I haven't played ESO. I don't really like much of Zenimax's lore for ESO either.
@@Priceluked You mean Zenimax's lore for ES. ESO's lore is as canon for the entire universe as it gets.
@@Priceluked I agree. Alot of the lore doesnt line up with what was already established at all. I personally dont consider it canon, and I never will unless ES6 actually builds upon it and establishes it as so. Because in the previous games weve read nothing about the Planemeld in books, it's not been mentioned, nothing. You think something that significant would just go unsaid? No. Shitmax just created it and pissed on what was already established. The best example goes along with this vid actually, look at Jorrvaskr. The very ship Ysgramor and his 500 companions sailed from Atmora on, and carried it to where they found the Skyforge. They then turned the ship into their Hall, and there it stands to this day. In ESO? Jorrvaskr is a bloody fucking fort, in the mountains. Really? No. No thank you. I'll stick with what Bethesda has already established thanks, ESO can go screw itself.
This week would have been a great opportunity to post a "greatest redguard" video.
Why?
I love the Nords of Skyrim and I also love the Khajiit and the argonians and the High Elves
I’m curious about Lyris Titanborn. Specifically her mother…how did she manage to do it with a Giant without being killed or severely injured?
Can you please do one of these for the Imperials?
You probably should check the uploads before asking things like that. 2 months ago my dude.
Wow the snount of work you guys out in!
Amount*
"the GREATEST Nerd of ALL TIME?"
"Nord"
"whatever"
Nerds are my favourite race
Great video as always, btw are u allowed to use skyrim soundtracks for your videos?
So when they say if they speak a word they could cause destruction, do they mean that they only spoke the dragon language so all their words of power could be invoked in regular conversation? Can they say words like yol or krii without executing the shout? So many questions
All my mods are warrior nord based and honestly its my longest playthrough compared to my other builds
Can you show your mod list because your skyrim looks amazing🦆