A Volkihar Vampire that escaped from the castle, trying to just live peacefully in Solitude after he had heard of the owners of Halfmoon Mill trying to live peacefully in Falkreath. That could be an interesting one.
Videos like this make me wish there were more fantasy role playing/life sim games out there that focus less on combat and more on being a normal guy living in world that just so happens to have dragons, magic, sapient non-humans and that sort of stuff.
There are a fair few farming and life sim games on steam that do that. The thing is you need to give up 3D graphics to play them, but they're there. "Spiritfarer" is a HIGH recommendation. You're basically the afterlife's ferryman in that game. "Wytchwood" is a game where you play as a witch brewing potions and balancing things in the woods. "Journey" is the obvious choice, and is free on some platforms. There are more but those three are a good place to start
You may legitimately have better world building, writing, and story telling than Bethesda themselves. Was captivated the entire time. Amazing video man
My partner and I watched the Whiterun video and ever since then I've been dying for more videos like it! I was super disheartened when I realize most videos are just talkovers instead of narrative storytelling. Seeing that you made a 2nd one, instantly brightened my day! I would love to see you do Windhelm or Riften, just because of how bleak those places are! Thank you for making such fun content! Also your dad did a perfect job voicing Silas!!
wow! your dad did fantastic V.A work, and i hope he knows it, these "narrative challenges" are really cool and thank you for all the work you've put in to carve this particular gem of a story!
I was expecting a play through as usual with a video title like this and instead I received the gift of an earnest, fascinating story. I’m so looking forward to your future videos. Kudos to Papa Varlik as well for the immersive voice acting
Your storytelling is so good! I love it so much!! For the next video you could maybe be an alchemist in the north, foraging for rare herbs and berries in the snowy tundra and swamps. Just be sure to grab the campfire mod for those long nights out picking berries. The north is unforgiving, you wouldn't want to die from the cold.
i think i like this one even more than the previous one to be honest! As for differant place's to try a similair challenge maybe trying to be a normal student at winterhold could be fun, having to scrape thogether a living in between classes and expeditions
Yay another episode! The Whiterun vid both made me sub and got me back into Skyrim, thank you mate! Edit: If your dad doesn't already have a lucrative voice acting career then wow :) Would love to see Wildhelm or Solitude ep
Literally obsessed with these challenges. I wish there were more creators that really tapped into the role-playing aspect of games like Skyrim. Super excited for more!
I absolutely love these videos. I can't tell you how enjoyable they are. I'm happy you've been doing great work utilizing your talents and resources like recruiting your dad, and YES, he did a GREAT job. You're also a great orrator. If neither of you have jobs as orrators or voice actors, you should seriously submit these videos as your talent reel. Great work.
Girl you had me feeling real feelings during this whole thing. I was like let’s see what happens after Rory and whiterun and now I’m heartbroken. Great video.
I watched one other video of you and I was so confused about the accent at the beginning. Then it dawned on me, that it was not you xD Dude these videos are so cozy, great work
I really love how the bethesda challenge scene keeps evolving. Not just "speedrun with x limitation" but things like these, where it's not about "finishing" the game a certain way, but by setting other goals. On my last Skyrim playthrough I decided to just not be the dragonborn that saves the world. I'm just yet another adventurer out for glory and wealth. Learning a trade, buy a house, find love, start a family, and get rich enough to retire.
You should do Haafingar!! It would be so interesting to see how you could use Solitude to your advantage. Also The Rift would be cool as well, I know some of the Thieve’s Guild’s quests go out of the hold but it would be good storytelling, plus there’s the alchemists shack for a starter home
Nice Senile Scribbles reference at 14:18 I love this videos. This is my first video I’ve seen from you and I’ll watch more, I got bad news today and after calming down I’m sitting and enjoying a comfort meal with enjoying your story boarding and narration. Thanks :)
I'm the middle of a Skyrim narrative phase myself so your videos have been really fun to watch. You're doing the job that Bethesda wishes it could with lore and world building here.
Keep up the good work! For the next hold it would be really interesting if you did something like Riften, but instead of can you make an honest living, you could try making a dishonest living, only selling things through the fence and what not. Outside of that, Markarth could be really fun if you tied in the slave stuff they have going on with the mines!
Big props for the video, really liked the Whiterun video, loved this one! Idea for another play through: Orc Hunter, maybe cast out of their original stronghold and trying to find a new home?
You are such a hidden gem. This and the other ‘make a living’ video were amazingly well made. The narrative driven element is so charming. Your writing makes me feel warm and relaxed and I genuinely found myself smiling in a wholesome way at multiple moments. Please do continue this series with similar narrative stories for each area in Skyrim. Eventually sure you’ll find a new series too, but honestly these narrative Roleplaying vids are great. Keep it up.
I would like to suggest you do Markarth next, as it has a lot of deadric quests and lots of lore with the foresworn and the reach in general. also these videos are amazing, love this kind of lore driven content in the elder scrolls.
I really enjoy the more narrative parts, like the opening and near the end, where you sound more calm, it really creates a better atmosphere that really convey the story you present. I personally would say, if you do narrative videos where you lean more into this "telling a story" with footage vibe it would make great content. In any case great work on the video and thank you for making it
Yes! It would be amazing to see more of this. An interesting story wrapped up in the idea of a challenge run. It poses so many interesting character ideas. An old Nordic warrior, living in the harsh tundra of Eastmarch, ready to pick up the hammer again but this time to build a new life. A Redgard bounty hunter chasing a renowned Monster or Criminal in the Rift, but they are ellusive and you survive and prepare for the eventual confrontation. Or any other ideas!
Another banger. Challenges used as vessels for storytelling is an art-form you make masterpieces with. If you decide to do one in Windhelm, a dark elf or argonian dealing with the oppression they face there would be a pretty good story, and having a restriction on nord npcs or something similar would be interesting to see too
im not crying youre crying! honestly what beautiful storytelling, to be able to take skyrims amazing world building and twist it into your own narritive in such a way is truly amazing, i hope we get to see more of these videos for each hold in skyrim
Amazing as always!! I’m really loving these videos. I think a non-college Winterhold native would be interesting! Especially with the challenges of survival mode and warmth.
Honestly? Absolute banger of a video. Solid writing of a low-stakes but no less interesting story. You don't always need an epic tale, sometimes a man finding peace can be just as fulfilling. Kudos to you, have a like :)
I really enjoy the narrative aspects of these videos. In a niche where every single topic has been done a hundred times over, it's really cool to throw in a roleplaying twist on these concepts. Plus your dad did awesome VA work!
I absolutely loved both of your make a living wage in Skyrim videos! They felt like watching a very good movie. BTW, it's so heartwarming your father helped you by voicing the main character here, he did a great job, too!
You should do Markath as someone starting from the warrens. OR morthal, since there you have a whole vampire quest, and you have the NCP who cures vampirism there.
First time running into your videos and was shocked that your channel is still growing!! The quality is amazing and I really enjoyed it :) Keep up the good work
You should do a video were you have to live as a thief. You can go around Skyrim but your only a rookie thief so you don’t take challenges to hard. You could build a camp as a base. I think joining the thieves guild would be different then just being a thief because you can make more money easily then if you just steal and commit other crimes.
The smaller towns in Skyrim present their own challenge when they don't have all the amenities we've come to depend on. Dawnstar doesn't have a general store; Morthal doesn't have one either, nor a smithy. Winterhold doesn't have much of anything. Can you make a living in Winterhold without being a mage at the College? There are towns even smaller than that, that don't have anything except a few scatterings of houses: Karthwasten, Dragon Bridge, Darkwater Crossing. It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to make a living in any of those tiny villages.
Excellent video! I’d love if you did Solitude, not sure the story it would be but I’d love to see. Also, your dad did such a good job that I thought he was an actual voice actor
Damn! I thought I was going to watch another challenge video but you surprised me with a bonus story! Your dad did an excellent job with the narration! I hope you'll continue making these. They are really entertaining and unique.
I think if you want to do another minor hold Morthal would make a great pick or if going for a major hole The Rift as both work well for a fishing-based story which i believe would work well with the survival aspect of your playthroughs.
These videos make me wish I could play Skyrim for the first time again. Also, I love that your dad helped you out. So wholesome and he did a fantastic job!
It'd be fun to see your take on a non-Forsworn Reachman in the Reach, trying to stay true to their Reachman heritage and customs but not taking an active role in the conflict, at least at first.
This series really works because no one else really does 'narrative' challenges.
Jacoby Wakeby does some too if you’re looking to watch more
Closest I’ve seen is a guy named Jacoby Wakeby. He doesn’t do so much narration as he does “real life” type challenges
@@elysian7510He’s my brother, he’ll be interested to see that people are suggesting him to others
You should give GamenOnHardMode a chance then, kinda similar stuff
The gentleman responsible for reading the diary entries would make for a good Skyrim mod VA.
I strongly concur, your father did an amazing job.
Or just a series where he reads the books of Skyrim.
"Oh hey look, a fun little skyrim challenge video" to "Absolutely captivating cinema" so fast
A Volkihar Vampire that escaped from the castle, trying to just live peacefully in Solitude after he had heard of the owners of Halfmoon Mill trying to live peacefully in Falkreath.
That could be an interesting one.
Or the Pale since there's a hearthfire house there.
And the vampire serving the Jarl of Solitude
Videos like this make me wish there were more fantasy role playing/life sim games out there that focus less on combat and more on being a normal guy living in world that just so happens to have dragons, magic, sapient non-humans and that sort of stuff.
If you give up the fantasy aspect of what you want, you can play Medieval dynasty, which is sort of what you are looking for tbh
There are a fair few farming and life sim games on steam that do that. The thing is you need to give up 3D graphics to play them, but they're there.
"Spiritfarer" is a HIGH recommendation. You're basically the afterlife's ferryman in that game. "Wytchwood" is a game where you play as a witch brewing potions and balancing things in the woods. "Journey" is the obvious choice, and is free on some platforms.
There are more but those three are a good place to start
Fantasy Life and the Rune Factory series would likely be absolutely up your alley. Very whimsical games too.
Idk if its exactly whay upu
Idk if its exactly what you are looking for, but Tavern Talk kinda follows this vibe
That was your dad? I thought you went and hired a voice actor, man. He should do audiobooks
Great stuff! Your dad did a bang up job as Silas' VA
You may legitimately have better world building, writing, and story telling than Bethesda themselves. Was captivated the entire time. Amazing video man
Remember when that fucking bar was _actually above_ ground?
@@seand.g423 what do you mean?
@@dyldo_c13 "better world building and writing than Bethesda"...
Your dad helping you out is actually so awesome man
My partner and I watched the Whiterun video and ever since then I've been dying for more videos like it! I was super disheartened when I realize most videos are just talkovers instead of narrative storytelling. Seeing that you made a 2nd one, instantly brightened my day! I would love to see you do Windhelm or Riften, just because of how bleak those places are! Thank you for making such fun content!
Also your dad did a perfect job voicing Silas!!
This dude's dad did a beautiful job reading the diary entries. He has a good voice for storytelling
wow! your dad did fantastic V.A work, and i hope he knows it, these "narrative challenges" are really cool and thank you for all the work you've put in to carve this particular gem of a story!
I love these videos.
I would love to see a surviving in Riften video. Dealing with the thieves guild and fishing for money? Lots of potential
i want one where he is a dark elf having to deal with windhelm racism
Awesome video! A Reachman in Markarth video could be neat.
I was expecting a play through as usual with a video title like this and instead I received the gift of an earnest, fascinating story. I’m so looking forward to your future videos. Kudos to Papa Varlik as well for the immersive voice acting
I really enjoyed the voiceover by your dad. Adding the journal was a neat element.
Your storytelling is so good! I love it so much!!
For the next video you could maybe be an alchemist in the north, foraging for rare herbs and berries in the snowy tundra and swamps. Just be sure to grab the campfire mod for those long nights out picking berries. The north is unforgiving, you wouldn't want to die from the cold.
Your Dad has some serious talent!
I'd like to see a sequel to Silas's escapades, maybe with a love interest...
i think i like this one even more than the previous one to be honest! As for differant place's to try a similair challenge maybe trying to be a normal student at winterhold could be fun, having to scrape thogether a living in between classes and expeditions
The vanilla college is really lame. But with mods it can be greatly improved
Ha! I heard Silas and thought
“Wait. I know you.”
Amazing work, y’all!
Making Silus a Werewolf unknowingly, caught my attention. That's Damn good storytelling well done
Yay another episode! The Whiterun vid both made me sub and got me back into Skyrim, thank you mate! Edit: If your dad doesn't already have a lucrative voice acting career then wow :) Would love to see Wildhelm or Solitude ep
Literally obsessed with these challenges. I wish there were more creators that really tapped into the role-playing aspect of games like Skyrim. Super excited for more!
Taken aback by the fact your dad did the voice acting! He did an amazing job! I was thinking you hired someone.
I absolutely love these videos.
I can't tell you how enjoyable they are.
I'm happy you've been doing great work utilizing your talents and resources like recruiting your dad, and YES, he did a GREAT job.
You're also a great orrator.
If neither of you have jobs as orrators or voice actors, you should seriously submit these videos as your talent reel. Great work.
Your dad did a great job! Wonderful video!
Your dad is such a great VA, he really gave Sila's words meaning ❤
I love this video, your writing skills are amazing
damn silas is going through it
Love the videos!! Your dad is iconic for this performance
Girl you had me feeling real feelings during this whole thing. I was like let’s see what happens after Rory and whiterun and now I’m heartbroken. Great video.
Dude your dad is a _killer_ VA, very impressive work
I watched one other video of you and I was so confused about the accent at the beginning. Then it dawned on me, that it was not you xD Dude these videos are so cozy, great work
Your instinct for narrative and storytelling is incredible. So exited to have caught this in its infancy. You have huge potential ❤
Your Dad did amazing, better than most of the custom mod VA's out there. Would be great to see a Markarth or Solitude run.
wow I really love your channel. 10/10 not what I expected
I really love how the bethesda challenge scene keeps evolving.
Not just "speedrun with x limitation" but things like these, where it's not about "finishing" the game a certain way, but by setting other goals.
On my last Skyrim playthrough I decided to just not be the dragonborn that saves the world. I'm just yet another adventurer out for glory and wealth. Learning a trade, buy a house, find love, start a family, and get rich enough to retire.
i cannot express how much i love these videos 😭
The man just wants to chop wood but approximately every daedric lord keeps hitting him up like "hey"
This is so good. You should have far more subscribers.
Ive been super excited for this
You should do Haafingar!! It would be so interesting to see how you could use Solitude to your advantage. Also The Rift would be cool as well, I know some of the Thieve’s Guild’s quests go out of the hold but it would be good storytelling, plus there’s the alchemists shack for a starter home
Nice Senile Scribbles reference at 14:18 I love this videos. This is my first video I’ve seen from you and I’ll watch more, I got bad news today and after calming down I’m sitting and enjoying a comfort meal with enjoying your story boarding and narration. Thanks :)
Love these videos! I thought it was going to be a funny challenge video, but the stories are actually really interesting and compelling
So much heart in these videos, you're an excellent storyteller.
This was awesome!! Loved the voice acting. I'd love to see you try Windhelm as a Dalf Elf.
I'm the middle of a Skyrim narrative phase myself so your videos have been really fun to watch. You're doing the job that Bethesda wishes it could with lore and world building here.
As for suggestions, go full Gotham City with a Riften video!
Keep up the good work! For the next hold it would be really interesting if you did something like Riften, but instead of can you make an honest living, you could try making a dishonest living, only selling things through the fence and what not. Outside of that, Markarth could be really fun if you tied in the slave stuff they have going on with the mines!
Big props for the video, really liked the Whiterun video, loved this one!
Idea for another play through: Orc Hunter, maybe cast out of their original stronghold and trying to find a new home?
You are such a hidden gem. This and the other ‘make a living’ video were amazingly well made. The narrative driven element is so charming. Your writing makes me feel warm and relaxed and I genuinely found myself smiling in a wholesome way at multiple moments. Please do continue this series with similar narrative stories for each area in Skyrim.
Eventually sure you’ll find a new series too, but honestly these narrative Roleplaying vids are great. Keep it up.
I would like to suggest you do Markarth next, as it has a lot of deadric quests and lots of lore with the foresworn and the reach in general. also these videos are amazing, love this kind of lore driven content in the elder scrolls.
awesome video man! so glad you uploaded again!!
This is great content. Your dad did a great job. I really enjoy these. Good mix of real gameplay and narrative. Keep up the great work.
You and your dad did great this episode i hope we get to see more of his voice work (also might i recommend can become filthy rich in solitude?)
I really enjoy the more narrative parts, like the opening and near the end, where you sound more calm, it really creates a better atmosphere that really convey the story you present. I personally would say, if you do narrative videos where you lean more into this "telling a story" with footage vibe it would make great content. In any case great work on the video and thank you for making it
This was a lovely video! Loved the story!
Imagine shaving with Mehrunes' Razor and you just die.
Yes! It would be amazing to see more of this. An interesting story wrapped up in the idea of a challenge run. It poses so many interesting character ideas. An old Nordic warrior, living in the harsh tundra of Eastmarch, ready to pick up the hammer again but this time to build a new life. A Redgard bounty hunter chasing a renowned Monster or Criminal in the Rift, but they are ellusive and you survive and prepare for the eventual confrontation. Or any other ideas!
Amazing! Please do the reach!
Another banger. Challenges used as vessels for storytelling is an art-form you make masterpieces with.
If you decide to do one in Windhelm, a dark elf or argonian dealing with the oppression they face there would be a pretty good story, and having a restriction on nord npcs or something similar would be interesting to see too
Yay I’m glad you’re continuing this! I always forget there’s a shopkeeper in falkreath with the same name as me bahahaha
im not crying youre crying! honestly what beautiful storytelling, to be able to take skyrims amazing world building and twist it into your own narritive in such a way is truly amazing, i hope we get to see more of these videos for each hold in skyrim
Amazing as always!! I’m really loving these videos. I think a non-college Winterhold native would be interesting! Especially with the challenges of survival mode and warmth.
Loving this series. Your character building and storytelling are incredibly gripping. Looking forward to more!
Honestly? Absolute banger of a video.
Solid writing of a low-stakes but no less interesting story. You don't always need an epic tale, sometimes a man finding peace can be just as fulfilling.
Kudos to you, have a like :)
I’d love to see a khajit episode ❤
You and your dad did a great job!
So cool!!! I love that this is becoming a series. Can't wait to watch the next one.
Adding roleplay to this video was a stroke of genius. Really interesting watch👍🏻
I really enjoy the narrative aspects of these videos. In a niche where every single topic has been done a hundred times over, it's really cool to throw in a roleplaying twist on these concepts. Plus your dad did awesome VA work!
Best 24 minutes of skyrim content I’ve ever seen. Well done! 👏👏👏👏
That was a great video. Thanks.
Another great one!! Skyrim videos help me sleep, this one was especially soothing ❤
This is a fantastic watch! I love the narrative style to these challenges. They really have so much heart in them.
Omg that so sweet your dad is silas voice, so lovely ❤ great video btw ❤
I hear “a new hand touches the beacon” then in my own game i open a chest and the first thing i see, meridias beacon.
I'd love to see this in Solitude. Proudspire is the most expensive house, after all.
Fantastic! I absolutely love these narrative challenges. You are an excellent storyteller. Please keep up the amazing work!
You are so underrated, these videos are awesome.
OMG I almost got scared you weren't going to voice the video and got sad! So glad you're still round!!!!
love, love, LOVE your storytelling in these videos! your dad's a good voice actor :) i think a khajiit in one of the colder holds could be fun.
Man, I love those stories!
Also, hurray for family business!
XD
Bravo! Very good video! I'm here for more of this.
I absolutely loved both of your make a living wage in Skyrim videos! They felt like watching a very good movie.
BTW, it's so heartwarming your father helped you by voicing the main character here, he did a great job, too!
i absolutely love these challenges!! you add so much depth to them and it makes it feel like you're actually accountable to the choices!
You should do Markath as someone starting from the warrens. OR morthal, since there you have a whole vampire quest, and you have the NCP who cures vampirism there.
Very fun concept. Im looking forward to seeing more like this
First time running into your videos and was shocked that your channel is still growing!! The quality is amazing and I really enjoyed it :) Keep up the good work
You should do a video were you have to live as a thief. You can go around Skyrim but your only a rookie thief so you don’t take challenges to hard. You could build a camp as a base. I think joining the thieves guild would be different then just being a thief because you can make more money easily then if you just steal and commit other crimes.
The smaller towns in Skyrim present their own challenge when they don't have all the amenities we've come to depend on. Dawnstar doesn't have a general store; Morthal doesn't have one either, nor a smithy. Winterhold doesn't have much of anything. Can you make a living in Winterhold without being a mage at the College? There are towns even smaller than that, that don't have anything except a few scatterings of houses: Karthwasten, Dragon Bridge, Darkwater Crossing. It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to make a living in any of those tiny villages.
Excellent video! I’d love if you did Solitude, not sure the story it would be but I’d love to see. Also, your dad did such a good job that I thought he was an actual voice actor
Your narration is so soothing!!! Would love to see more skyrim vids in the future
Really love this content. I hope it pops off like the other. Please do keep it up :D
Damn! I thought I was going to watch another challenge video but you surprised me with a bonus story! Your dad did an excellent job with the narration! I hope you'll continue making these. They are really entertaining and unique.
I think if you want to do another minor hold Morthal would make a great pick or if going for a major hole The Rift as both work well for a fishing-based story which i believe would work well with the survival aspect of your playthroughs.
Your pop nailed it
I love your storytelling and video style
Having such a character took me by surprise and I love him
These videos make me wish I could play Skyrim for the first time again.
Also, I love that your dad helped you out. So wholesome and he did a fantastic job!
Greatest gift to TES fans since the creation of Drewmora
It'd be fun to see your take on a non-Forsworn Reachman in the Reach, trying to stay true to their Reachman heritage and customs but not taking an active role in the conflict, at least at first.