I can't enjoy chaps. They chafe like crazy. The problem is, they're made to fit snugly in order to have the right look, but that rough material just cuts into your thighs like crazy, y'know?
With the female vampire broach, As it also resembles a ships wheel, I always thought ships=harbour=Coldharbour as females vampires are daughters of coldharbour.
A symbol for chaos on a vampire outfit fits as much as a clown does at a funeral to entertain the grievers. Vampires are very ordered, chaos is their enemy because they don't want their cattle to be alarmed making it more difficult to obtain a meal. They live in ordered covens with their own rules and laws. They infiltrate towns and cities, blending in as much as they can... up to being the court mage of Solitude or simply a husband and wife who runs the local sawmill. Keeping the peace with a lack of chaos serves them and their interests.
@@ZippyMrMew daughters of coldharbor are female vampires who obtain their vampirism directly from molag bal through.... unpleasant means. Age has nothing to do with it. Though the means are why Serena isn't comfortable around temples.
Sam Reddig age doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with it from the start, but the daughters of coldharbour do seem to end up living a long time, if Serana and Valerica are any indication lol. That’s the one thing about romancing Serana... she’s well preserved but a bit of a cougar for the Dragonborn 😂
6:32 theres actually another kill cam where the dragonborn uses a battleaxe to "hook" the chaurus and drag it to the ground and then finishing it off with a powerful blow straight to the body
Harkon seems like the kind of dude that'd really respect how close the mythic dawn cult came to conquering nirn and most likely just wanted an artifact of them as decoration
I've heard a theory about the Mythic Dawn banner in Harkon's room, I don't remember exactly where though. Since Dagon and Molag Bal are rivals, it is possible that Harkon captured some Mythic Dawn members during the Oblivion crisis and kept the banner as a symbol of triumph.
@Quantum no I'm pretty sure with the dawngaurd dlc installed you can loot werewolf pelts off of dead werewolf's. I have multiple werewolf pelts in my house
The skeleton on the mountaintop... You first two explanations were a bit more of a stretch I think. Though the third theory of it being a nod to Melkor has something to it. Melkor was defeated by the Valar and banished in to the void. In short he experienced as true of a death as a deific being can. Further, while he had the silmaril embedded in his crown, they were a prize he stole from the Noldor who had crafted them. They were beyond precious as they held the last light of the two trees of valinor (which morgoth/melkor destroyed with the aid of ungoliant). This in turn led to his pursuit by the Noldor and sons of Fëanor and the ensuing wars where these mighty elves fought to reclaim the treasure of their father. You also ought to consider the area that those wars took place in. Beleriand. It was a land with several Elven kingdoms, granted alongside those of men and dwarves, but the history of the 1st age is predominantly about the elves. Additionally, the wars ultimately concluded with Morgoth/Melkor's defeat, his 'death' and the destruction of Beleriand. Mark also that Orcs are not a race created in and of themselves, in Tolkien's lore, Orcs are twisted and betrayed elves. Morgoth is also the one who brought the dragons into being. And before I forget, the final battles of those wars against Melkor were fought about his fortress of Angband which was located beneath Thangorodrim, northern, very tall, mountains. So with all these facts, we have; A skeleton representing true death (to my knowledge you cannot raise skeletons in skyrim with conjuration) A crown bearing three remarkable gems. A weapon of the elven races and an indicator of times of war. Located in an area once held and ruled by elves. The same area that has been forgotten by the outside world (i.e Lost) A twisted and deformed race of creatures that were once elves. A fortress/temple located in the mountains. And the snowy environment of being located in the biting north and heights. I'd say the skeleton being a nod to Morgoth/Melkor and the end of the 1st age of Arda is a pretty good bet.
Bloody ancient king trolled the shit out of me. Somehow I stepped over him unknowingly while exploring and his sword started rolling off the cliff. I ran after the sword. Then I realised- “Wait. This is a long way down. Uh oh.”
Here's something I noticed instantly. Might be a coincidence but. Gunmar is a member of the Dawnguard who trains Trolls. In Trollhunters. Gunmar a troll is the Antagonist who with his sword Controlls other trolls. I have always found this slightly interesting and nobody else seems to notice this
Imagine if you could convince arch curate vurther to aid them in defeating Harkon or somehow convince him that he can be cured by Falion, I aways felt bad killing him as you are left no choice, one of the last snow elves
Camel, your videos are so well done and thorough. You’re honestly my favorite TH-camd, you e gotten me back into Skyrim at least 20 times lol! Keep up the excellent work!
I’ve been watching your Skyrim videos since I was a little girl, it’s amazing to look back at them, pure nostalgia🖤Always happy to see people still adoring Skyrim.
Yup! I always grab "The Sultry Argonian Bard". I've a thing for the books in the game and am determined to have at least 1 copy of every findable book for my houses' libraries.
Excellent video! For the unknown king, I like the second theory, with makes reference to Thorin. He is buried next to a stone castle almost buried in the mountain... Just like Erebor
40:55 on a video you made you mention that vampires like the taste of werewolf blood which means that harkon may have hunt them for him to taste the delicious blood they have and that is why he has it as memento from the hunts he made.
I'm the Soul Cairn, as I was doing the Arvak quest, I remember wandering around to find the skull and I found what looked like a tomb to me. I entered, since tombs hold corpses, and corpses have skeletons, etc, only to be met with a stand or so which required a gem fragments, which I'd previously collected because I thought they looked cool and I had literally nothing better to do as I tried to stay up all night. As a result, I recall there being a strange reaction of there suddenly being lightning striking the center of the room from the stand and the ceiling, the room dark with a grate-like floor I think? I know for sure, however, that an executioner-like figure started attacking me, vomiting as an attack whilst summoning skeletons or something of the sort. Either way, I got completely owned regardless of my relatively high-ish level and quite leveled armor, magic, and weapons. This was a few years ago, and ever since then had I figured I'd found a secret boss or an Easter Egg or something. Only recently had I decided to Google it to figure out what the hell actually happened there. Turns out, I just got my ass handed to me by what was quite literally a secret boss, the Reaper.
For me it was like memories about strange crab-people and a guy with a forehead as huge as a MAN truck. ... And Morla, the giant turtle. And that fluffy dragon Fuchur. ... And that Stone giant, forgot his name. Man, being born in 1992 was good, the following years were great with just everything. I grew up knowing how cool it was to build a fortress out of wooden sticks in the local forest, something today's Fortnite-generation will never understand. ...When good old Nintendo just exploded on the worldwide market.
Camelworks, have you ever thought about doing videos on specific non-quest locations? Places like Lost Prospect Mine that are seemingly mundane at first but have a story hidden away inside them. Skyrim has quite a few of them.
The green slime The Reaper spits at you, actually comes from Peryite's questline in Skyrim where his followers are infected with an unknown sickness from his plain of Oblivion and are referred to as The Afflicted and the humanoid that's crushed in Castle Volkihar may also be Hircine, a daedra with a deer head
I've been spending the last two days getting all the Xbox 360 Achievements for Oblivion. It's nice to listen to some Elder Scrolls while I finish up the Shivering Isles. Thanks, Camel!
Oh man, if only there was a TH-camr with extensive knowledge of NPC dialogue who could speculate, hypothesise and theorise where the next Elder Scrolls game might be set... Each game seems to have many hints to the next
I'm standing by hammerfell my reasoning is poor at best, in morrowind you're taken from cyrodill in skyrim you were headed to hammerfell. Little hints in the openings of games.
@@ralcogaming7674 I'm inclined to agree. That, and one of the first quests most players following the story will encounter is the Saadia quest with the two Redguards
@@jmell458 we also learn in eso that red eagle was a sword singer. Red eagle was a prominent reachmen. Theres also the ebony warrior whose a dragonborn and a redguard.
34:32 ..but when you have Mjoll the Lioness as follower, she tells that she as a girl, went hunting with her father and the Clifracers made for excelent sport...so Juib didn't wipe them out completely
For the snowberry bush I think it's a reference to the fountain for all the reasons you stated but also there is a little stream of water passing through it
Just came off of watching this and the main Skyrim video and _man..._ between all these easter eggs and the monumental list of fanmade content, I'm never gonna run out of things to do in Skyrim.
The Story of St. Patrick is actually a glorified genocide committed by The Holy Roman Empire against Irish-Celtic Pagans. The “Driving the Snakes from Ireland” trope is actually a metaphor to the Genocide as “The Serpent” is one of the Totem/Spirit Animals of Irish-Celtic Pagans. The Colours of St. Patrick’s Day being Green is also wrong. The original colours of the St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations were Blue and Gold.
It's also possible that the Ancient Falmer Armor is called "Ivory Armor" in the creation kit coding because it's similar in design to Ebony Armor, but with a white color scheme, and as such is the opposite of ebony - hence ebony and ivory.
I remember meeting Jiub in the soul cairn....I got pretty emotional. Morrowind was an exponentially important game for me so getting to run into him again....that was nice.
There's another Sultry Argonian Bard book out there. I've gotten that book before but never at a bedroll like that. Examination with the creation kit should show proof enough if I'm right on that though.
I'm fairly confident you can get the bard book in dragonborn too. In fact, a lady sends you on a misc quest to get it, asking you to retrieve it and other cargo when it was stolen by pirates, and to "keep the contents of the cargo a secret"
I saw the Lich on the thumbnail and got excited. Gauntlet dark legacy was my jam when I was a kid (green Archer for LYFE) and the Lich's Crypt was my favorite ost track in the entire game. The way the Lich climbed out of the hole in the middle of the arena headless, grabbing his head from the spike on his axe and then kicking his axe up with a menacing flourish and twirling it in his hands was amazing!! The way he whispered "Come 'ere...." As he chased you around, spinning himself around with his axe and vomiting maggots and grubs, summoning cracks in the ground to slow you down and even giant skeleton hands to grab you and deplete your health....oh my gods what a great time! Sorry for ranting....
I just thought of one, the color scheme and shape of the vampire lord itself is a 3d rerendering of Dracula's final from from symphony of the night just a little less bulky
The Nightmare from D&D (pre-5e) is native to the Lower Planes, not the Astral Plane or Plane of Shadows. Which is fitting since they're often the mounts for night hags ("night-mara"). Cu Sith is properly pronounced "Coo Shee."
Just wanna let you know since I'm a bit early today, I really love your content, please keep doing what you do! Theres not enough good skyrim content on youtube nowadays and I think your content definitely applies! PS: you have a sexy voice
I always assumed the Chaos symbol pin on the female vampires' capes were some kinda lowkey nod to Molag Bal's domain Coldharbour. Now, English isn't my native language but harbors makes me think of the sea and marine stuff, so the pin I always thought was like... a fancy rudder for a ship.
40:15 What do you mean by "used to"? Selene the character is still just as hot today, Kate Beckinsale is just as hot too. Now I want to watch Underworld again lol. Oh the broach on Serana's outfit isn't about chaos but a ships wheel, ships being found in and from a harbor, ships being female as in "Is she seaworthy?". She is a daughter of Coldharbor, Molag Bals plane of Oblivion. She is a female from a harbor and that broach is her wheel. And that same symbol that her broach has looks more like a compass than the chaos symbol which further supports the wheel as that's a compass in a way with each handle representing a numbers of degrees to turn in a direction. Primary directions being the longer and the directions between(northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast) being shorter. North usually being the more notable direction on a compass, but she is a vampire and supposedly evil and that comes with upside down symbolism. Then why would it represent chaos? Vampires are not chaotic. Evil but ordered. Lawful Evil would be the D&D alignment. Chaotic Evil would be more werewolves or werebears, they transform and sow chaos in their rampage. Vampires? They sneak into someone's home and suck some blood and maybe not kill them in the process, just left tired and weak from blood loss, make thralls of villagers for a slow takeover of the village, run a skooma den, or be the court mage in the most powerful hold... none of which is chaotic, Vampires are very ordered, has covens, social hierarchy, politics, laws rules and by-laws, they use order rather than chaos. No, Sorry but a symbol of chaos as a broach on a vampire outfit fits like a clown at a funeral.
Tho I mostly agree, I think the whole idea of vampires darkening the Sun and going into a rampage and probably a world conquest (or just giving the opportunity to every independent vampire clan in Nirn of destroying/conquering as they please) may be a little chaotic. Also they come from Molag Bal, who is in a sense a very "chaotic" daedra, as despicted in TES:O Vampires could have hierarchy, rules, politics and so on, but they still are beasts that hunger for blood. They maybe go in disguise or form clans to protect themselves, but if the mortals werent so powerful and organized they probably would go into rampage as werevolves and werebears (who also go in disguise into human society and make clans, tribes, etc.)
The actual place ‘Coldharbor’ isn’t even a harbor, or on the sea or ocean at all. The name is based on a real place. Land that was fought over during the US Civil War and was the site of some of the bloodiest, one-sides skirmishing of the conflict. “Some accounts refer to the 1862 battle as the First Battle of Cold Harbor, and the 1864 battle as the Second Battle of Cold Harbor. Union soldiers were disturbed to discover skeletal remains from the first battle while entrenching. Cold Harbor was not a port city, despite its name. Rather, it described two rural crossroads named for the Cold Harbor Tavern (owned by the Isaac Burnett family) which provided shelter (harbor) but not hot meals. Old Cold Harbor stood two miles east of Gaines's Mill, and New Cold Harbor a mile southeast. Both were approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Richmond, capital of the Confederacy. From these crossroads, the Union army was positioned to receive reinforcements sailing up the Pamunkey River, and could attack either the Confederate capital or its Army of Northern Virginia.” This is befitting Molag Bal’s nature and the name itself just kinda sounds ominous. Mechanicsville, Virginia is a little over an hour and a half from Bethesda, Maryland. I’m sure that’s why they thought of it. Anyway, just a small aside, it has little to do with your take on the symbol - though I also don’t at all agree with your theory. It seems to obviously be a reference in a similar... vein... to the one made in the video. Harbor in the game’s “Cold Harbor” refers to “shelter” - as in, followers of Molag Bal will find a cold and sickening embrace.
Great video as always camel! As an Irish man I feel ashamed I didn't get the reference to Fionn mac Cumhail until now. Thanks for bringing an Irish legend to light :)🇮🇪
The Fountain is my favorite movie of all time. Clint Mansell is an incredible composer, and I spend about 80% of that movie ugly sobbing. Also, the gorgeous Xibalba effects were done by chemical reactions, not just CGI, which makes it even more beautiful
This might be a stretch, but I like to think this is either a reference or at least something influenced by Warhammer Fantasy. One interesting character in Warhammer Fantasy is named Walach Harkon, is the Grandmaster of a group of Vampire Knights called the Blood Dragons, residing in The Blood Keep. The leader of the vampires in Skyrim, is named Harkon, and one of the very first objectives you receive when you start making moves against him is find 2 elder scrolls, each named Blood and Dragon.
Wendigo North American Culture- The deer skull with the human body is a reference to Celtic/Gaelic lore and a Manga Series that got extremely popular that was influenced by the culture in 2014 and ended up getting an Anime in 2017-2018 called "The Ancient Magus Bride" the character is Alias Ainsworth a dark Fae that lives aside Humanity and is very rich and powerful and a collector of oddities and a creature that feasted on human flesh at one point when he was more feral, its also could be a reference to Cernunnos the horned God.
While you already covered it...for those wandering in a few years too late like me....the Mythic Dawn banner is theorized if not proven to be a trophy banner...placed to show off the defeat of the cult.
28:20 I'm sure you're right and it's a ghostbuster reference but ectoplasm from ghosts/mediums is very Victorian. They went through a spiritual craze (at least in the US) and that's the first place I know of ectoplasm being a thing
Excellent video! I love learning about all of the Easter eggs and references to the real world and mythology tales. What mods are you using for the video? Those graphics look amazing!
Enjoy chaps.
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Easter Eggs Playlist: goo.gl/77qUDJ
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Arvak
02:49 - Nightmare Dungeons & Dragons
03:24 - Artax Never Ending Story
04:15 - Arvakr Norse Mythology
05:03 - Castlevania II Simon's Quest Dracula's Relics
06:32 - Chaurus Hunter Kill Cam
07:34 - Moby Dick
08:41 - Draco Dragonheart
09:24 - Brandon Stark Game Of Thrones
10:06 - Bran & Sceolang Fionn mac Cumhail Irish Folklore
10:42 - CuSith Scottish Mythology
11:32 - Garmr Garm Norse Mythology
12:15 - The Corpse Bride
13:46 - The Fountain
15:44 - Lost Souls Dialogue
16:08 - An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
16:18 - Emperor Reman's Court Wizard
16:26 - Saint Alessia
16:33 - Oblivion Crisis
16:41 - Sacking Of imperial City
16:47 - A Brush With Death
16:56 - Potema Looking Thicc
17:03 - Ghostbuster II Vigo The Carpathian
17:28 - November's Doom Lyrics
17:38 - Dark World Burden
17:56 - The Pale Haunt Departure
18:17 - Ancient Falmer Armor Ivory
18:59 - Molag Bal Broach
19:41 - Molag Bal Collar
20:08 - Symbol Of Chaos Pin Eternal Champion
21:24 - Chaos Warhammer
21:41 - Molag Bal Blood Shrine
22:10 - Mythic Dawn Banner
23:01 - Poisonbloom Spell
23:42 - Arch-Curate Vyrthur Princess Bride
24:48 - The Reaper
27:00 - The Grim Reaper
27:46 - Ghostbusters Slimer Ectoplasm
28:37 - The Lich Gauntlet Dark Legacy
30:26 - Saint Jiub The Eradicator
33:16 - St. Patrick Cliff Racers
34:35 - Tiny Blisterwart
35:37 - The Sultry Argonian Bard Volume 1
37:41 - The Titanic Jack & Rose
38:44 - Torture Tool Knee Splitter
39:39 - Serana Selene
40:17 - Underworld Werewolf Pelt
41:04 - Wendigo North American Folklore
43:05 - Forgotten King
44:16 - The Snow Prince
45:24 - Eragon Vrael Utgard Islingr
46:26 - The Hobbit Thorin Oaken-Shield Orcrist
47:01 - The Silmarilian Silmarils Morgoth
48:13 - Outro
Nightmare is already in the game. To get her you have to play through the dark brotherhood quest line.
I can't enjoy chaps. They chafe like crazy. The problem is, they're made to fit snugly in order to have the right look, but that rough material just cuts into your thighs like crazy, y'know?
Joshua Steelflex you are my hero
Cheers Camel! Love all the work you put into these vids!!
Marry me
I absolutely love your videos!!! I catch every one of your innuendos and laugh, roll my eyes, and shake my head!! LOL You are a funny man, Camel!!!!
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I hope you're having a good week! 🖤
Hi grandma !! 😀
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Oh my, you're the Skyrim grandma! I love your videos. I heard about you cause of the documentary made about you. I just subscribed 😁
Dawnguard Easter Eggs reVAMPed
Booo
Hi fudgemuppet. How are you?
Lets sink our teeth into it ;)
Slow clap
Bruh
"swallowing seamen by the mouthful, huh, I've met a few people like that"
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im sure he didnt mean to make that pun it was just an accident :D
@@jesterssketchbook
Ha!
Don't bet on it. ~_^
Jester's Sketchbook I highly doubt that 😂
"So tell us the first time you socked cack?"
Only E3 kids will remember.
@I SELL SALT why not both?
"We have something rather detailed and obscure. And I'm not talking about my sexuality _whatthef_ "
I completely lost it, well done Camel.
“I forgot I wrote that that’s funny”
Same.
I couldn't believe he left that in.
I completely lost it too, I still think about that joke at least once a day
😂 him keeping that take in as is was priceless.
With the female vampire broach, As it also resembles a ships wheel, I always thought ships=harbour=Coldharbour as females vampires are daughters of coldharbour.
A symbol for chaos on a vampire outfit fits as much as a clown does at a funeral to entertain the grievers. Vampires are very ordered, chaos is their enemy because they don't want their cattle to be alarmed making it more difficult to obtain a meal. They live in ordered covens with their own rules and laws. They infiltrate towns and cities, blending in as much as they can... up to being the court mage of Solitude or simply a husband and wife who runs the local sawmill. Keeping the peace with a lack of chaos serves them and their interests.
Not all female vampires are daughters of coldharbour, just the old ancient and powerful ones lol
@@ZippyMrMew daughters of coldharbor are female vampires who obtain their vampirism directly from molag bal through.... unpleasant means. Age has nothing to do with it. Though the means are why Serena isn't comfortable around temples.
Sam Reddig age doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with it from the start, but the daughters of coldharbour do seem to end up living a long time, if Serana and Valerica are any indication lol. That’s the one thing about romancing Serana... she’s well preserved but a bit of a cougar for the Dragonborn 😂
@@ZippyMrMew Serana is not a romantic choice without mods.
6:32 theres actually another kill cam where the dragonborn uses a battleaxe to "hook" the chaurus and drag it to the ground and then finishing it off with a powerful blow straight to the body
Master Windu...
@@simplycinclair8979 Master Kenobi
Mace Windu Are you sure Anakin wasn’t fit to be a Jedi master? Surely he was...You haven’t seen him in combat.
4:11 "atreyu went off and joined a band"
I`'ll admit I didn't think I'd get a rock band atreyu refrance in a skyrim video
One of my fav albums still to this day, lead sails paper anchor is such a good piece
Reference*
i love atreyu so much - they carried me through my teenage years 🥺
To be fair if you Google atreyu the band shows up first I believe so he likely had to scroll a bit
I knew Molag Bal was evil. But the Daedric God of Demonetisation as well?. That's really evil. Great video.
what a cruel monster
He’s also the king of rape
Luigihatesyou yeah that too
He is the prince of intercourse without consent
Harkon seems like the kind of dude that'd really respect how close the mythic dawn cult came to conquering nirn and most likely just wanted an artifact of them as decoration
Camel: “esoteric”
Us: “he said the thing, he said the thing!”
Nobody:
Not a single Soul:
Camel: AH YES,
i believe this is a reference to Socucius Ergalla from Morrowind
so he is not alone
Nobody: memes need to die.
10:08 "Curating Curious Curiosities: Who is the Goodest Boy in Skyrim?"
I've heard a theory about the Mythic Dawn banner in Harkon's room, I don't remember exactly where though. Since Dagon and Molag Bal are rivals, it is possible that Harkon captured some Mythic Dawn members during the Oblivion crisis and kept the banner as a symbol of triumph.
14:24 “As one does” lolllllllllll
Don’t you ever fly through space looking for the fountain of youth, Camel?!?! I do it all the time!
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my favourite secret is camel's sexuality
Definitely no secret 😂
@@Camelworks lol😂😂
@@Camelworks always knew you were pansexual so brave!
@@alexandermutter929 pan? Oh, I tought he was Camelsexual.
@@alexandermutter929 wat
Aren't you able to find werewolf pelts in the Silverhand hideout when you first become a werewolf and on other werewolves?
And if you just find the place and loot the dead wearwolfs you can find one as well.
@Quantum no I'm pretty sure with the dawngaurd dlc installed you can loot werewolf pelts off of dead werewolf's. I have multiple werewolf pelts in my house
You can also find a werewolf pelt in Lord Harkon's room
34:35 the blisterwart are under the butt of a gargoyle, with a few rocks situated in the pot. I think it's supposed to be implied to be gargoyle poo.
40:00 "They look quite similar." Take off those mods first lol.
Imo vanilla serana looks similar too
A new video! Christmas arrived early!! :-D Thank you, mate!
@Camel King Clarith always. ;)
Ok bro...
Keep in mind at the time this comment was written it was 111 where I was
The skeleton on the mountaintop...
You first two explanations were a bit more of a stretch I think. Though the third theory of it being a nod to Melkor has something to it.
Melkor was defeated by the Valar and banished in to the void. In short he experienced as true of a death as a deific being can.
Further, while he had the silmaril embedded in his crown, they were a prize he stole from the Noldor who had crafted them. They were beyond precious as they held the last light of the two trees of valinor (which morgoth/melkor destroyed with the aid of ungoliant). This in turn led to his pursuit by the Noldor and sons of Fëanor and the ensuing wars where these mighty elves fought to reclaim the treasure of their father.
You also ought to consider the area that those wars took place in. Beleriand. It was a land with several Elven kingdoms, granted alongside those of men and dwarves, but the history of the 1st age is predominantly about the elves. Additionally, the wars ultimately concluded with Morgoth/Melkor's defeat, his 'death' and the destruction of Beleriand.
Mark also that Orcs are not a race created in and of themselves, in Tolkien's lore, Orcs are twisted and betrayed elves.
Morgoth is also the one who brought the dragons into being.
And before I forget, the final battles of those wars against Melkor were fought about his fortress of Angband which was located beneath Thangorodrim, northern, very tall, mountains.
So with all these facts, we have;
A skeleton representing true death (to my knowledge you cannot raise skeletons in skyrim with conjuration)
A crown bearing three remarkable gems.
A weapon of the elven races and an indicator of times of war.
Located in an area once held and ruled by elves.
The same area that has been forgotten by the outside world (i.e Lost)
A twisted and deformed race of creatures that were once elves.
A fortress/temple located in the mountains.
And the snowy environment of being located in the biting north and heights.
I'd say the skeleton being a nod to Morgoth/Melkor and the end of the 1st age of Arda is a pretty good bet.
Ah yess. Molag bal, daedric prince of demonitizesation
Bloody ancient king trolled the shit out of me. Somehow I stepped over him unknowingly while exploring and his sword started rolling off the cliff. I ran after the sword. Then I realised- “Wait. This is a long way down. Uh oh.”
I can’t even imagine the amount of work it takes to create a video like this
"Didnt know...wendigo" I rolled my eyes so far I burped, farted and died laughing. Good video :3
Here's something I noticed instantly. Might be a coincidence but. Gunmar is a member of the Dawnguard who trains Trolls.
In Trollhunters. Gunmar a troll is the Antagonist who with his sword Controlls other trolls.
I have always found this slightly interesting and nobody else seems to notice this
skyrim reference in trollhunters
"brace yourself for this one" absolutely masterful execution, thank you Camel 🐪
Well the scene of Vyrthur siting in the throne with thoses "frozen" creatures is a reference from the castle of the white queen Jadis in Narnia :D
Imagine if you could convince arch curate vurther to aid them in defeating Harkon or somehow convince him that he can be cured by Falion, I aways felt bad killing him as you are left no choice, one of the last snow elves
I got chills just looking at the thumbnail and seeing the LICH FROM FUCKING GAUNTLET...THATS MY CHILDHOOOOOOOD
Same that’s why I click
30:20 Gauntlet being called obscure makes me feel SO OLD hahaha
Camel, your videos are so well done and thorough. You’re honestly my favorite TH-camd, you e gotten me back into Skyrim at least 20 times lol! Keep up the excellent work!
I’ve been watching your Skyrim videos since I was a little girl, it’s amazing to look back at them, pure nostalgia🖤Always happy to see people still adoring Skyrim.
Yup! I always grab "The Sultry Argonian Bard". I've a thing for the books in the game and am determined to have at least 1 copy of every findable book for my houses' libraries.
I love Camel's videos almost as much as I hate his cringy 'sexy' mods.
@Ralis Sedarys je made a series on one of them
Wdym, that's some of the best about the videos, that and his puns
@@nytdiir who cares
Dawn guards dogs could also be a reference too Norse mythos as Fenrir's pups share the same names
I'm late to the party...is there a definitive spelling of how Camel says "bones"?
Boerns?
Bowerns?
Baurns?
Excellent video! For the unknown king, I like the second theory, with makes reference to Thorin. He is buried next to a stone castle almost buried in the mountain... Just like Erebor
40:55 on a video you made you mention that vampires like the taste of werewolf blood which means that harkon may have hunt them for him to taste the delicious blood they have and that is why he has it as memento from the hunts he made.
I was trying to sleep
Oh well
I'm the Soul Cairn, as I was doing the Arvak quest, I remember wandering around to find the skull and I found what looked like a tomb to me. I entered, since tombs hold corpses, and corpses have skeletons, etc, only to be met with a stand or so which required a gem fragments, which I'd previously collected because I thought they looked cool and I had literally nothing better to do as I tried to stay up all night. As a result, I recall there being a strange reaction of there suddenly being lightning striking the center of the room from the stand and the ceiling, the room dark with a grate-like floor I think? I know for sure, however, that an executioner-like figure started attacking me, vomiting as an attack whilst summoning skeletons or something of the sort. Either way, I got completely owned regardless of my relatively high-ish level and quite leveled armor, magic, and weapons. This was a few years ago, and ever since then had I figured I'd found a secret boss or an Easter Egg or something.
Only recently had I decided to Google it to figure out what the hell actually happened there. Turns out, I just got my ass handed to me by what was quite literally a secret boss, the Reaper.
When you said “the never ending story” i got chills, Brought back some good memories
For me it was like memories about strange crab-people and a guy with a forehead as huge as a MAN truck. ... And Morla, the giant turtle. And that fluffy dragon Fuchur.
... And that Stone giant, forgot his name. Man, being born in 1992 was good, the following years were great with just everything.
I grew up knowing how cool it was to build a fortress out of wooden sticks in the local forest, something today's Fortnite-generation will never understand.
...When good old Nintendo just exploded on the worldwide market.
Camelworks, have you ever thought about doing videos on specific non-quest locations? Places like Lost Prospect Mine that are seemingly mundane at first but have a story hidden away inside them. Skyrim has quite a few of them.
The green slime The Reaper spits at you, actually comes from Peryite's questline in Skyrim where his followers are infected with an unknown sickness from his plain of Oblivion and are referred to as The Afflicted and the humanoid that's crushed in Castle Volkihar may also be Hircine, a daedra with a deer head
That Molag Bal collar on the royal armor is basically the vampire equivalent of a choker that says "daddy"
I knew vampires were kinky. 😂
@@littlearies3862 I mean, TES vampirism is an STD.
I've been spending the last two days getting all the Xbox 360 Achievements for Oblivion. It's nice to listen to some Elder Scrolls while I finish up the Shivering Isles. Thanks, Camel!
Oh man, if only there was a TH-camr with extensive knowledge of NPC dialogue who could speculate, hypothesise and theorise where the next Elder Scrolls game might be set... Each game seems to have many hints to the next
I'm standing by hammerfell my reasoning is poor at best, in morrowind you're taken from cyrodill in skyrim you were headed to hammerfell. Little hints in the openings of games.
@@ralcogaming7674 I'm inclined to agree. That, and one of the first quests most players following the story will encounter is the Saadia quest with the two Redguards
@@jmell458 we also learn in eso that red eagle was a sword singer. Red eagle was a prominent reachmen. Theres also the ebony warrior whose a dragonborn and a redguard.
34:32 ..but when you have Mjoll the Lioness as follower, she tells that she as a girl, went hunting with her father and the Clifracers made for excelent sport...so Juib didn't wipe them out completely
she was on mainland Morrowind
Perfect Timing!
I needed this. Now.
Thank you.
For the snowberry bush I think it's a reference to the fountain for all the reasons you stated but also there is a little stream of water passing through it
Just came off of watching this and the main Skyrim video and _man..._ between all these easter eggs and the monumental list of fanmade content, I'm never gonna run out of things to do in Skyrim.
3:40 listen - I was not ready, it's been twelve or more years, but it still hurts
The Story of St. Patrick is actually a glorified genocide committed by The Holy Roman Empire against Irish-Celtic Pagans. The “Driving the Snakes from Ireland” trope is actually a metaphor to the Genocide as “The Serpent” is one of the Totem/Spirit Animals of Irish-Celtic Pagans. The Colours of St. Patrick’s Day being Green is also wrong. The original colours of the St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations were Blue and Gold.
Anyone else think of Grim Fandango when you saw the skeleton with plants growing out of it? It looks like he got sprouted lol
Gauntlet dark legacy was my favorite game as a kid I’m glad they added the reference
20:10 other people: what a strange simbol
Warhammer players: FOR CHAOS!!!!!!
other people: what a strange simbol
Warhammer players: FOR CHAOS!!!!!!
Me: Hmmm Milk... Milk for THE KHORNEFLAKES!!!
they just straight up stole it from moorcock lmao
"[...] Michael Moorcock - something we've all asked for." I haven't giggled to myself like this for weeks xD
Bran means "Defender" on most slavic languages. Branimir is very popular variation of the name, it means defender of the world.
It's also possible that the Ancient Falmer Armor is called "Ivory Armor" in the creation kit coding because it's similar in design to Ebony Armor, but with a white color scheme, and as such is the opposite of ebony - hence ebony and ivory.
Binge watching your videos back to back- and adding comments for the algorithm~! 🌻👍 Keep up the great content!
Camel, I could use a man like you in my ranks to investigate what the legion is doing. Consider fighting for the true sons and daughters of skyrim
The stormcloaks have obtained access to the internet?
@@angelnavarro3387 Hail Ulfric!
You can actually find Chaurus hunters in the Falmer dungeon you go to during the Thieves Guild questline if you have the Dawnguard DLC installed.
I remember meeting Jiub in the soul cairn....I got pretty emotional. Morrowind was an exponentially important game for me so getting to run into him again....that was nice.
There's another Sultry Argonian Bard book out there. I've gotten that book before but never at a bedroll like that.
Examination with the creation kit should show proof enough if I'm right on that though.
I'm fairly confident you can get the bard book in dragonborn too. In fact, a lady sends you on a misc quest to get it, asking you to retrieve it and other cargo when it was stolen by pirates, and to "keep the contents of the cargo a secret"
Every time camel makes a easter egg video an angel gets its wings
thank you good sir for still making easter egg videos about skyrim in mid 2020, these help me get through my day
I saw the Lich on the thumbnail and got excited. Gauntlet dark legacy was my jam when I was a kid (green Archer for LYFE) and the Lich's Crypt was my favorite ost track in the entire game. The way the Lich climbed out of the hole in the middle of the arena headless, grabbing his head from the spike on his axe and then kicking his axe up with a menacing flourish and twirling it in his hands was amazing!! The way he whispered "Come 'ere...." As he chased you around, spinning himself around with his axe and vomiting maggots and grubs, summoning cracks in the ground to slow you down and even giant skeleton hands to grab you and deplete your health....oh my gods what a great time! Sorry for ranting....
I just thought of one, the color scheme and shape of the vampire lord itself is a 3d rerendering of Dracula's final from from symphony of the night just a little less bulky
The Nightmare from D&D (pre-5e) is native to the Lower Planes, not the Astral Plane or Plane of Shadows. Which is fitting since they're often the mounts for night hags ("night-mara").
Cu Sith is properly pronounced "Coo Shee."
Arvak always reminded me of Artax, I'm glad I'm not alone!
Been binge watching a bunch of “elder scrolls detective” and “curating curious curiosities” this is perfect timing
Just wanna let you know since I'm a bit early today, I really love your content, please keep doing what you do! Theres not enough good skyrim content on youtube nowadays and I think your content definitely applies!
PS: you have a sexy voice
I hope you have more new, big videos like this in the work! Anyway, time to dive in deep into this Dawnguard delving! Thanks so much for uploading!
When you drew notice to the sword in the dragon's mouth my mind INSTANTLY thought of Dragonheart, I love that film soooo much!
Love that you used the Nightfall in Middle Earth cover art!
I always assumed the Chaos symbol pin on the female vampires' capes were some kinda lowkey nod to Molag Bal's domain Coldharbour.
Now, English isn't my native language but harbors makes me think of the sea and marine stuff, so the pin I always thought was like... a fancy rudder for a ship.
40:15 What do you mean by "used to"? Selene the character is still just as hot today, Kate Beckinsale is just as hot too. Now I want to watch Underworld again lol.
Oh the broach on Serana's outfit isn't about chaos but a ships wheel, ships being found in and from a harbor, ships being female as in "Is she seaworthy?". She is a daughter of Coldharbor, Molag Bals plane of Oblivion. She is a female from a harbor and that broach is her wheel. And that same symbol that her broach has looks more like a compass than the chaos symbol which further supports the wheel as that's a compass in a way with each handle representing a numbers of degrees to turn in a direction. Primary directions being the longer and the directions between(northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast) being shorter. North usually being the more notable direction on a compass, but she is a vampire and supposedly evil and that comes with upside down symbolism.
Then why would it represent chaos? Vampires are not chaotic. Evil but ordered. Lawful Evil would be the D&D alignment. Chaotic Evil would be more werewolves or werebears, they transform and sow chaos in their rampage. Vampires? They sneak into someone's home and suck some blood and maybe not kill them in the process, just left tired and weak from blood loss, make thralls of villagers for a slow takeover of the village, run a skooma den, or be the court mage in the most powerful hold... none of which is chaotic, Vampires are very ordered, has covens, social hierarchy, politics, laws rules and by-laws, they use order rather than chaos. No, Sorry but a symbol of chaos as a broach on a vampire outfit fits like a clown at a funeral.
Tho I mostly agree, I think the whole idea of vampires darkening the Sun and going into a rampage and probably a world conquest (or just giving the opportunity to every independent vampire clan in Nirn of destroying/conquering as they please) may be a little chaotic. Also they come from Molag Bal, who is in a sense a very "chaotic" daedra, as despicted in TES:O
Vampires could have hierarchy, rules, politics and so on, but they still are beasts that hunger for blood. They maybe go in disguise or form clans to protect themselves, but if the mortals werent so powerful and organized they probably would go into rampage as werevolves and werebears (who also go in disguise into human society and make clans, tribes, etc.)
The actual place ‘Coldharbor’ isn’t even a harbor, or on the sea or ocean at all. The name is based on a real place. Land that was fought over during the US Civil War and was the site of some of the bloodiest, one-sides skirmishing of the conflict. “Some accounts refer to the 1862 battle as the First Battle of Cold Harbor, and the 1864 battle as the Second Battle of Cold Harbor. Union soldiers were disturbed to discover skeletal remains from the first battle while entrenching. Cold Harbor was not a port city, despite its name. Rather, it described two rural crossroads named for the Cold Harbor Tavern (owned by the Isaac Burnett family) which provided shelter (harbor) but not hot meals. Old Cold Harbor stood two miles east of Gaines's Mill, and New Cold Harbor a mile southeast. Both were approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Richmond, capital of the Confederacy. From these crossroads, the Union army was positioned to receive reinforcements sailing up the Pamunkey River, and could attack either the Confederate capital or its Army of Northern Virginia.” This is befitting Molag Bal’s nature and the name itself just kinda sounds ominous. Mechanicsville, Virginia is a little over an hour and a half from Bethesda, Maryland. I’m sure that’s why they thought of it.
Anyway, just a small aside, it has little to do with your take on the symbol - though I also don’t at all agree with your theory. It seems to obviously be a reference in a similar... vein... to the one made in the video. Harbor in the game’s “Cold Harbor” refers to “shelter” - as in, followers of Molag Bal will find a cold and sickening embrace.
Great video as always camel! As an Irish man I feel ashamed I didn't get the reference to Fionn mac Cumhail until now. Thanks for bringing an Irish legend to light :)🇮🇪
Whenever I see a human body or skeleton with a deer head I think of the Jersey Devil.
The Fountain is my favorite movie of all time. Clint Mansell is an incredible composer, and I spend about 80% of that movie ugly sobbing.
Also, the gorgeous Xibalba effects were done by chemical reactions, not just CGI, which makes it even more beautiful
Yo thanks for reading the 'Sultry Argonian Bard.' We needed that.
23:56 He should have made a great jarl, he already have “I’m bored out of my skull” look down!
12:48 completely disregards Pyramus and Thisbe
The Fountain is f-ing phenomenal and I'll never stand for slander of it
So you'll take it lying down?
I play the intro bass boosted into my ears when I sleep
Thank you!! Showing love to camelworks!! Love watching your videos been watching for a long time now please keep the videos comming!! 😃
This might be a stretch, but I like to think this is either a reference or at least something influenced by Warhammer Fantasy. One interesting character in Warhammer Fantasy is named Walach Harkon, is the Grandmaster of a group of Vampire Knights called the Blood Dragons, residing in The Blood Keep. The leader of the vampires in Skyrim, is named Harkon, and one of the very first objectives you receive when you start making moves against him is find 2 elder scrolls, each named Blood and Dragon.
Helheim, hel is just the goddess. But I appreciate the reference none the less, and love the video even more. Well done. Love you.
8:30 - I like to put these on to fall asleep too, i was almost off and then you went and said that!
The 'snakes' St Patrick drove from Ireland are supposedly a metaphor for the druids, who were sometimes referred to as 'serpents of wisdom'
I never thought I would hear a Neverending story and metal band reference in a elder scrolls skyrim video. Great a video.
35:05 aaaw man, only ONE?!?!!? I’ve been looking for more for so looonggggg
The amount of work that goes into these videos is mind-boggling, good on you man.
Wendigo North American Culture- The deer skull with the human body is a reference to Celtic/Gaelic lore and a Manga Series that got extremely popular that was influenced by the culture in 2014 and ended up getting an Anime in 2017-2018 called "The Ancient Magus Bride" the character is Alias Ainsworth a dark Fae that lives aside Humanity and is very rich and powerful and a collector of oddities and a creature that feasted on human flesh at one point when he was more feral, its also could be a reference to Cernunnos the horned God.
While you already covered it...for those wandering in a few years too late like me....the Mythic Dawn banner is theorized if not proven to be a trophy banner...placed to show off the defeat of the cult.
The king of puns strikes again.
cool video, really enjoyed it :)
Just finished the questline again on new character. Thx camel, always amazing
28:20 I'm sure you're right and it's a ghostbuster reference but ectoplasm from ghosts/mediums is very Victorian. They went through a spiritual craze (at least in the US) and that's the first place I know of ectoplasm being a thing
Excellent video! I love learning about all of the Easter eggs and references to the real world and mythology tales. What mods are you using for the video? Those graphics look amazing!