@@Dancerlayla-z6gJust turned 62 last month. Even though I think I'm still 17 and it's 1979 😁 I started with Morrowind while I was still in the movin business. Had a damn desktop computer and monitor in the bunk of my truck, lol. Then Oblivion came out, and I played the hell outta that, then I pre-ordered Skyrim. Here it is over a decade now, and I'm still a Dark Elf. Just broke down and got a new Xbox X almost a week ago and slapped the anniversary edition on it. Now I just gotta see if I can squeeze anything from Nexus in there. I'm not the *swiftest* when it comes to mods, but I installed a few here and there. My son in law says you can indeed make it happen, but I've not seen anything yet that makes me agree with that statement 😎
The South has the best living besides whiterun. Way warmer than up north, falkreath and riften have lots of hidey-holes and places to build a house undisturbed. Goldenglow Estate is nice too, but you can't upgrade it or change anything.
@@sophiemendez5567 I’m a fan of Golden Hills Plantation because they’ll make me coin and resources while I’m out lollygaggin. Plus, I love hunting in the plains of Whiterun. Helps with my archery and smithing. I kinda made Breezehome my central hub for alchemy and smithing stuff. I can tolerate that over encumbered walk way more. I tend to forget my horse.😅
The secret that i was always wondering about was the fact that how Lucan had the claw in the first place? one hypothesis that i have is maybe Lucan used to wonder into bleak falls barrow in the past to find items for his shop to sell, evidence that i have are not solid but here they are: 1. the innkeeper in Ivarstead is known to practice the same graverobbing methods (collecting items from the ruins and selling them) and when you take his quest to kill the ''ghost'' aka Wyndelius Gatharian he will give you the claw to open the inner sanctum 2. often you will find the relating claw of a barrow inside the barrow itself this MIGHT imply that the claws are placed inside the tomb in the first place unless someone steals it 3. Lucan was against his sister venturing into the barrow possibly because he already been there and knows what dangers are within the barrow
All of these sound pretty solid imo, only thing missing is Lucan having adventurer gear stashed in his room (though maybe his own inventory could suffice).
These are really good theories, one more could be the same however it wasn’t him who did it but perhaps his father or grandfather and the claw got passed down. But I like yours better.
There are 2 named skeletons near Anise’s cabin. Edit to add: The first is under the fallen tree as you are approaching the cabin from Riverwood (Lumi), and the second is on the rocks to the north of the cabin.
I had already adopted two children by the time I overheard conversations with Braith and and her parents. Next play through, her parents will have a horrible accident so I can adopt her. Poor girl, no wonder she acts like she does.
I have seen two thieves in Riverwood. One was running around inside the Riverwood Trader, while Lucan and Camilla did their normal business. The other was outside, and got chased and killed by the guards.
Played this game since it was released and just now learning about some of these things. insane. the attention to detail in skyrim is something you rarely see anymore :'(
I play mostly on Survival mode, so when Delphine is at Dragonreach it’s a problem for sleep. You can take the road to Helgen and kill the 2 bandits that have that lookout above the road. There are sleeping bags there.
@@AurbisYT one thing that I do since I am on PC and don’t consider a cheat is wear a backpack that has a sleeping bag, in console commands use: player.placeatme c34af 1 This gives you a sleeping bag, after using it, I disable it. They don’t give you any other way of using that sleeping bag.
Go to the house of the person you escaped Helgen with - you can use the beds there AND help yourself to anything in the house without it counting as stolen.
One detail I love is that once you convince Balgruf to send guards to Riverwood, Irileth will actually walk down to the barracks and tell some guards to head to Riverwood, just like how she does to later send some guards to the western watchtower. You can follow the guards as they actually walk all the way to Riverwood to set up camp. It's something most people never see because you're immediately told to speak to Farengar in the next room, but it's nice that the world still has real interactions even when you aren't looking.
yeah, it goes from the pile of wood to a couple sleeping bags and a fire ring after they arrive Skyrim has a ton of little things that a lot of people will never see.
In relation to the Inn and Delphine, after she gives you the horn of Jorgen Windcaller, if you return to Ustengrav before returning it to the Graybeards and place it back on the pedestal, you'll get a free dragonsoul.
In all these years of seeing vids with tag lines stating they're showing you hidden secrets about a place or similar claims....THIS is the 1st to actually have more than one detail I was entirely unaware of!!! EXCELLENT!!!
I was once selling junk to Lucan when a dragon attacked the town. Both Alvor and Sigrid fought bravely but didn't make it. Dorthe was devastated but Hadvar didn't care, he was just saying "I wanna kill some stormcloaks, man!". Had to go to Whiterun to build a house so I could adopt Dorthe. Now she's happier than ever playing with her sister Lucia.
Alvor and Sigrid both died in a dragon fight recently in my game. I saw sigrid died but i hadnt noticed alvor also died and i got the letter getting inheritance from him. I was so sad for Dorthe and i had already adopted 2 kids.
I don't even bother getting the quest from Lucan in the first place. I just get the claw from the thief and take it to my home with a dragon claw stand, then I just pop that bad boy in.
Yeah there is definitely a variety of kids to adopt but I feel bad if I kill their parents so I tend to adopt the ones that have their parents die from other causes or they are already orphaned.
Finally! A new Elder Scrolls-focused channel, all about theories and game facts. I’m subscribing the moment I saw the video pop up in my recommended. I’ll be even happier if you start delving into the lore!
I have tons of plans for the channel, there was a gap between uploads because I’m getting my first PC next month. So I thought I would wait to make content to make the highest quality possible. But I have so many ideas that I thought I may as well start creating and waste no time. Lore topic videos are 100% coming for both Skyrim and a little bit of Elder Scrolls Online. But that will be around 1 video a month for ESO because they will be extremely long to get footage for :)
@@AurbisYT Oooo, congrats on your first PC! Start creating and nail ideas down right away, is what you’d say, and once you get everything you need, remake or update them! Spectacular, then, I can help with the lore and theories, if you’d like! I’ve got a decade of experience in the RP community for ESO, been a Loremaster once or twice.
That’s perfect man, I have been craving to play some ESO. I used to play daily but it’s been about 2 months. I can’t wait to start all over again with the Arcanist class.
I was picking locks in Riverwood one night and it kept spawning thieves, I think I had three or four-- literally, pick a lock to get into the building, come back out, and that entering/leaving seemed to be triggering it.
I knew it, but this just clicked into place as you said it. You cannot adopt a child unless you are willing to kill for it. That's one way to test a prospective parent's determination. Props to Grelod for giving her life for the cause. Was she only horrid when there's a visitor?
I knew about the thief showing up at night in Riverwood, which is one of many reasons why I don’t join the thieves guild anymore. I actually had a thief show up inside the Riverwood Trader, and he ran out through the upstairs door, with Lucan chasing him…where he was finally killed by Lucan and the guards😅…the thief always shows up in Riften at night also…not sure about other towns🤔
Had a midded playthrough that made dragons much harder, adopted Dorthy because both her folks were torched alive in front of her. I felt guilty lol. "My bad, I didn't know they weren't essential kiddo....."
@AurbisYT honestly that run was CURSED. Greybeards were furious at me and I had no idea why. Then upon fast travel, Parthurnax's lifeless carcass fell from the sky, onto the head of my horse, burned, and gave me a dragon soul. Never even fought him. Just stuff like that lol
I remember pre-release interviews from back in 2010-2011 that sad that Riverwood would have a larger role. And that it required the player to return to the village multiple times over a play through. Shame that the village in the final release it is so underused.
I've encountered two Thieves in Riverwood, one was outside the trader and the other was near the stairs to the tavern, I didn't notice any dialogue differences though.
I only go to Riverwood to see Camilla and gawk and her great video game figure while she stirs the pot. Lucan doesn't seem to mind, all he talks about is that golden claw.
Alvor in Riverwood and Adrienne? in whiterun both have a smithing tutorial. So if you join the stormcloaks and meet alvor, he should have the tutorial and finishing it allows you to take his iron and steel ingots by his forge which otherwise would be marked stolen.
Alvor isn't just a useful merchant, he's also a really good father and has some really sweet dialogue with Dorthe. If you kill him, then you truly belong to Sithis. However it *is* possible to get him killed by waiting for a dragon to show up. Alvor will often try to fight it, which prompted me to reload my save because I prefer to have him alive.
Yeah I completely understand what you mean. Alvor did end up dying in one of my playthroughs one time when a dragon attacked which lead me to downloading the Run For Your Lives mod which makes all the Non Guard NPCs go inside their homes during Dragon & Vampire attacks.
I encounter the two thieves just recently! I’m brand new to the game. I was doing the quest with the blades and about to leave river wood with dephine when they all showed up.
Ermm I’m not quite sure what the term refresh is in modding. However the mod I used for Riverwood is called Kato’s Riverwood. I will be doing a video on my mod list after I have finished the current video I’m working on :)
I’m pretty sure if you marry Camilla after doing the Faendal or Sven quest, she cheats on you because they can show up at your house with her randomly, so I tend to just let Camilla have Sven or Faendal 🤣
I killed Lucan by accident when I was trying to kill a thief and he and some guards got in the way and he died. I didn’t get a letter from he’s sister but now when I see her she sometimes says the dialog “you…. Every time I see you it makes my blood boil” but then if you talk to her again she starts flirting with you. Odd
Wihlem in ivarstead has a business relationship with the guy who runs the pawned prawn. There's a letter on the pawned prawn's table. The theory is that wilhem has been raiding the burrow in invarstead, which is why he had the Sapphire dragon claw. Lucan probably has similar contacts that go into places to look for things to sell. And clearing the burrow in ivarstead means Wilhelm can go in later after every thing is dead and loot the place.
Well oddly this explains why I walked up to the blacksmith to find a corpse of a thief after coming up from the Ratway and I'm 45 hours into this play through without even going to Bleak Falls Barrow, and I only did the thieves guild up to where you can sell to the fence Tonila, so I believe it's only the Guild quest that triggers the thieves. It was mid day when I looted a surprising amount of gold and flawless gems. Man, I love this game.
Yeah I’ve actually seen that before, also I think if you are level 18 and Higher then there is a section with an adventures body hidden up on a rock. I think you can only reach him with TSL or free cam.
Pretty sure the feeling is mutual for Lucan. Despite his dialog for her death, his relationship rank with Camilla appears to be low. Kind of like Lemkil and his daughters in Rorikstead. I don't remember how to check for sure. He just didn't react to a mod that uses relationship rank.
You can follow Delphine back to Riverwood after you talk to her in Dragon's Reach. You can also follow the guardian of the Whitereach Jarl when she goes to talk to the troops - I highly recommend hearing each speech at least once, as it's hilarious. "Hey, you three, remember how you keep asking to get assigned to Riverwood? Well, good news!" "We're going to die, aren't we?" And then you can follow the guards walking back to Riverwood.
@@AurbisYT I'm told you can also follow Eleween and the General out of Helgen as they make their way back towards Solitude, but I think you have to work hard to catch up with them if you don't use console commands.
@@AurbisYT I'm not sure. I think you have to catch up to them on one of the roads between Helgen and Solitude. I've only seen videos. You could probably teleport yourself to the character with console commands to find out.
The first unguided area of an Elder Scrolls game (Privateer's Hold, Seyda Neen, Vilverin, Riverwood) are all relatively unremarkable (apart from being mini tech demos of any "groundbreaking" features of the game) yet profoundly iconic and cozy- Even with half being hostile dungeons.
I remember encountering the Inn is closed scenario but I guess at the time I didn't figure out it was a kind of easer egg. I probably didn't put together that Delphine was in another place or I didn't even know it was her.
I might have encountered the two thieves in riverwood, I assumed it was part of a mod and I didnt see them outside the trader, one was already dead and the guards were fighting the other when I got there, and there was no unique dialogue from anyone that I can remember
Yeah, off camera when I was trying to get footage I went inside Alvors house and came back outside and the thief was there. I then went back inside the house and when I exited again there was 2. I did this one more time and then there were 3. So I think that was a glitch of the random encounter respawning. The 2 thieves one on the wiki I think happens inside the shop, because it says Lucan thanks you. :)
@@AurbisYT its possible whoever put it on the wiki was just confused, Lucan does often thank you for bringing the claw back as random lines when youre nearby. Also keep up the great work, you deserve way more subscribers for these high quality videos
Always gets himself killed in my games. The guy boasts about "I can make you a Warhammer that would crush a giant's head" then proceeds to fight a dragon with an iron 🗡️ dagger.🇬🇧👍
@@AurbisYT Me also these days, but I kind of miss old Alvor running headlong towards a dragon or a bunch of Nightlord Vampires - with his trusty dagger! 😆
Riverwood town drunk Embri loves/tries to flirt with Sigrid when she walks by him at some point during the day. Sigrid will reject him and say that she's spoken for.
Ahhh yeah I’ve heard that aha, I was going to mention how if you give Embry a drink then all the items in the Sleeping Giant become free even though he doesn’t own it, just rents a room I believe. But I feel like most people probably know about that :)
1 - Yeah, I knew about this. 2 - Yeah, I knew about this, too. 3 - Yeah, and this one is kinda neat. 4 - Okay... I did not know about this one. 5 - Yeah, I know about this, as well.
The first one I did not know, that harlot never kicks the bucket in my games 😂 The last time Alvor and Sigrid got in the crossfire during a battle with a dragon, little Dorthe sent thugs after me 😳 I get that "I know what you did" letter from either Faendal or Sven, depending on which one got in the way of an arrow, never from Camilla. Enjoyed the video 👍🏼
@@AurbisYT you should check out the Riverwood pizza mod and Sheeva's skooma shop mod...the pizza mod adds a player-friendly oven near the far end of town by the inn and a shop across from it. The skooma shop mod adds a player-friendly shop just past the oven '' kitty ''corner from it out near the woods...a male khajiit runs the pizza shop, and female khajiit runs the skooma shop...you can find all kinds of cool stuff in there.. the only drawback about the male khajiit is that you can't buy from him while he's cooking.. so if he's cooking you just got to wait until he's away from the oven.. he doesn't go anywhere else but to the oven and back to the shop... The female khajiit doesn't leave her shop. But he's got a huge variety of different kinds of pizza that give you all kinds of buffs. These can be found in the creations menu and they are absolutely free and do not conflict with any other mods, unless you have something that directly places something in those locations. The skooma shop, is where you can buy raw Moon sugar, and you can buy a variety of different types of skooma.. if you add another mod called "drug crafting", you can make all the different types of skooma and you can craft sleeping tree sap as long as you have the necessary ingredients.
That last one is hilarious, with 23 to adopt in the entire game, killing the parents of one specific kid who's parents are still alive and are aparently good people is creepy as hell.
I've been in every single house in building in Riverwood, even ones that have added into the game from Mods...sheevas skooma shop/riverwood pizza(there's nothing funnier and more enjoyable then a khajiit in a chef's hat and tunic making pizza for the citizens of Riverwood and all of Skyrim.)
@@AurbisYT my friend has a PS5, I don't have my own system or computer. But I found it as a PS5 mod, I guess if you get around to playing just search for "Skyrim Pizza" and "Skooma Shop" on whichever platform that you prefer to play Skyrim on. So what I'm saying is I don't know if it's on PC or Xbox. But it is in the "creations" menu.
I need to play Starfield again, I didn’t play much of it because I wanted to wait for my PC. I wonder how many Skyrim players regularly play Starfield.
After giving the claw back, lucan valerious still isn't kill able. His health just regenerate s. I'm trying to kill him so I can marry his sister and let her run the shop.
I have had the 2 thieves appear, killed one on my own and the 2nd one killed along side a guard but this did not trigger any related dialogue with Lucan for some reason
It's these sorts of videos that make me realise that I'll still be playing Skyrim in my 80s.
Yeah I can imagine myself doing that too, thank you for watching.
Im still playing at 62. Looking forward to TESVI
@@Dancerlayla-z6gJust turned 62 last month. Even though I think I'm still 17 and it's 1979 😁
I started with Morrowind while I was still in the movin business. Had a damn desktop computer and monitor in the bunk of my truck, lol. Then Oblivion came out, and I played the hell outta that, then I pre-ordered Skyrim. Here it is over a decade now, and I'm still a Dark Elf. Just broke down and got a new Xbox X almost a week ago and slapped the anniversary edition on it. Now I just gotta see if I can squeeze anything from Nexus in there. I'm not the *swiftest* when it comes to mods, but I installed a few here and there. My son in law says you can indeed make it happen, but I've not seen anything yet that makes me agree with that statement 😎
And even by then Elder Scrolls 6 won't be out
That stretch between Whiterun and Falkreath has always felt like home but no place more than Riverwood.
I agree
My headcanon would be that the dragonborn rebuilds helgen and makes the whole area between Lakeview, the meadary, Riverwood, and helgen his home.
@@sophiemendez5567 that would be sick! Just that little stretch alone can captivate me for hours.
The South has the best living besides whiterun. Way warmer than up north, falkreath and riften have lots of hidey-holes and places to build a house undisturbed. Goldenglow Estate is nice too, but you can't upgrade it or change anything.
@@sophiemendez5567 I’m a fan of Golden Hills Plantation because they’ll make me coin and resources while I’m out lollygaggin. Plus, I love hunting in the plains of Whiterun. Helps with my archery and smithing. I kinda made Breezehome my central hub for alchemy and smithing stuff. I can tolerate that over encumbered walk way more. I tend to forget my horse.😅
The secret that i was always wondering about was the fact that how Lucan had the claw in the first place? one hypothesis that i have is maybe Lucan used to wonder into bleak falls barrow in the past to find items for his shop to sell, evidence that i have are not solid but here they are:
1. the innkeeper in Ivarstead is known to practice the same graverobbing methods (collecting items from the ruins and selling them) and when you take his quest to kill the ''ghost'' aka Wyndelius Gatharian he will give you the claw to open the inner sanctum
2. often you will find the relating claw of a barrow inside the barrow itself this MIGHT imply that the claws are placed inside the tomb in the first place unless someone steals it
3. Lucan was against his sister venturing into the barrow possibly because he already been there and knows what dangers are within the barrow
All of these sound pretty solid imo, only thing missing is Lucan having adventurer gear stashed in his room (though maybe his own inventory could suffice).
These are really good theories, one more could be the same however it wasn’t him who did it but perhaps his father or grandfather and the claw got passed down. But I like yours better.
Very solid theory. I made a similar assumption as well.
@AurbisYT Camilla mentions to the Dragonborn as she escorts him that Lucan "found" the claw somewhere, but wouldn't tell her where he got it from.
I had assumed the bandits had sold it to him and Arvel stole it when he figured out how it worked
Riverwood does not have a smelter for turning ore into ingots - therefore does not have "everything you will ever need".
True
There are 2 named skeletons near Anise’s cabin.
Edit to add: The first is under the fallen tree as you are approaching the cabin from Riverwood (Lumi), and the second is on the rocks to the north of the cabin.
I think I found the one near the fallen tree but I didn’t know about the other one. That’s really cool man. Thanks for watching :)
I had already adopted two children by the time I overheard conversations with Braith and and her parents. Next play through, her parents will have a horrible accident so I can adopt her. Poor girl, no wonder she acts like she does.
Yeah I agree
I have seen two thieves in Riverwood. One was running around inside the Riverwood Trader, while Lucan and Camilla did their normal business. The other was outside, and got chased and killed by the guards.
Hmm that’s interesting, I’ve never managed to see a thief inside the Riverwood Trader.
Also came across a theif in the riverwood trader. But there wasn't one outside at all
I've had the two thieves appear
Same here even though it only happened once out of like 10 playthroughs. I am actually convinced it was one of the many mods Ive had
I'm on xbox x, and have no mods, so it's not that. Only had it happen once.
Played this game since it was released and just now learning about some of these things. insane. the attention to detail in skyrim is something you rarely see anymore :'(
I love to hear all the rare dialogue, I’ll be making more secret/details videos for sure :)
I play mostly on Survival mode, so when Delphine is at Dragonreach it’s a problem for sleep. You can take the road to Helgen and kill the 2 bandits that have that lookout above the road. There are sleeping bags there.
I have never played Skyrim on survival before. I may have too soon, if I ever start streaming I’ll definitely stream my first playthrough.
@@AurbisYT one thing that I do since I am on PC and don’t consider a cheat is wear a backpack that has a sleeping bag, in console commands use:
player.placeatme c34af 1
This gives you a sleeping bag, after using it, I disable it.
They don’t give you any other way of using that sleeping bag.
Go to the house of the person you escaped Helgen with - you can use the beds there AND help yourself to anything in the house without it counting as stolen.
One detail I love is that once you convince Balgruf to send guards to Riverwood, Irileth will actually walk down to the barracks and tell some guards to head to Riverwood, just like how she does to later send some guards to the western watchtower. You can follow the guards as they actually walk all the way to Riverwood to set up camp. It's something most people never see because you're immediately told to speak to Farengar in the next room, but it's nice that the world still has real interactions even when you aren't looking.
yeah, it goes from the pile of wood to a couple sleeping bags and a fire ring after they arrive Skyrim has a ton of little things that a lot of people will never see.
In relation to the Inn and Delphine, after she gives you the horn of Jorgen Windcaller, if you return to Ustengrav before returning it to the Graybeards and place it back on the pedestal, you'll get a free dragonsoul.
Wow really? I didn’t know that. Im definitely going to do it for my current playthrough.
@@AurbisYT yup
A dragon killed both of Dorthe parents in my current playthrough, maybe I'll adopt her.
Yeah, did Alvor run straight at the dragon?
@@AurbisYT of course, pretty sure the wife too, one dragon breath two bodies in the river.
@@travissapienza4930 usually how it goes 🤣
In all these years of seeing vids with tag lines stating they're showing you hidden secrets about a place or similar claims....THIS is the 1st to actually have more than one detail I was entirely unaware of!!! EXCELLENT!!!
I’m glad to hear that, thank you for watching :)
These are such niche but interesting little details...
Great video!
Thank you for watching. I really appreciate it :)
Despite what the Whiterun Guards will tell you, Riverwood does in fact have a wall.
Skyrim feels like home.
It really does.
For real, I’ve been playing it since 2012 and I’m still not bored.
I was once selling junk to Lucan when a dragon attacked the town. Both Alvor and Sigrid fought bravely but didn't make it. Dorthe was devastated but Hadvar didn't care, he was just saying "I wanna kill some stormcloaks, man!". Had to go to Whiterun to build a house so I could adopt Dorthe. Now she's happier than ever playing with her sister Lucia.
A sad story with a happy ending I guess?
Alvor and Sigrid both died in a dragon fight recently in my game. I saw sigrid died but i hadnt noticed alvor also died and i got the letter getting inheritance from him. I was so sad for Dorthe and i had already adopted 2 kids.
Anybody else steal the golden claw right back after retrieving it? 🙋🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
I always try to collect everything so yeah aha :)
I don't even bother getting the quest from Lucan in the first place. I just get the claw from the thief and take it to my home with a dragon claw stand, then I just pop that bad boy in.
I was like “Wait TWENTY THREE CHILDREN?” And then I remembered you can adopt children that become orphans if both their parents die
Yeah there is definitely a variety of kids to adopt but I feel bad if I kill their parents so I tend to adopt the ones that have their parents die from other causes or they are already orphaned.
Wooow i feel like i just struck gold with your channel! 😍 Your videos are so well done im sure youre gonna grow well 🤞
Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words :)
Finally! A new Elder Scrolls-focused channel, all about theories and game facts. I’m subscribing the moment I saw the video pop up in my recommended.
I’ll be even happier if you start delving into the lore!
I have tons of plans for the channel, there was a gap between uploads because I’m getting my first PC next month.
So I thought I would wait to make content to make the highest quality possible. But I have so many ideas that I thought I may as well start creating and waste no time.
Lore topic videos are 100% coming for both Skyrim and a little bit of Elder Scrolls Online. But that will be around 1 video a month for ESO because they will be extremely long to get footage for :)
@@AurbisYT Oooo, congrats on your first PC!
Start creating and nail ideas down right away, is what you’d say, and once you get everything you need, remake or update them!
Spectacular, then, I can help with the lore and theories, if you’d like! I’ve got a decade of experience in the RP community for ESO, been a Loremaster once or twice.
That’s perfect man, I have been craving to play some ESO. I used to play daily but it’s been about 2 months. I can’t wait to start all over again with the Arcanist class.
@@AurbisYTOooo, we could play together sometime! Heh, I’m on the same side. Used to play daily but now barely log on once weekly or so.
I was picking locks in Riverwood one night and it kept spawning thieves, I think I had three or four-- literally, pick a lock to get into the building, come back out, and that entering/leaving seemed to be triggering it.
Yeah I think it does because that happened to me, every time i went into Alvor’s house and left a new one would be there.
I knew it, but this just clicked into place as you said it.
You cannot adopt a child unless you are willing to kill for it.
That's one way to test a prospective parent's determination. Props to Grelod for giving her life for the cause.
Was she only horrid when there's a visitor?
I adopted Dorthe once, after a simultaneous dragon and vampire attack in Riverwood killed both her parents.
I would do the same for sure
I knew about the thief showing up at night in Riverwood, which is one of many reasons why I don’t join the thieves guild anymore. I actually had a thief show up inside the Riverwood Trader, and he ran out through the upstairs door, with Lucan chasing him…where he was finally killed by Lucan and the guards😅…the thief always shows up in Riften at night also…not sure about other towns🤔
Whilst doing research for this video the thief can also show up in Riften :)
Had a midded playthrough that made dragons much harder, adopted Dorthy because both her folks were torched alive in front of her. I felt guilty lol. "My bad, I didn't know they weren't essential kiddo....."
Aha I get you, I hate it when merchants die so I always use a mod In my actual playthrough that makes them all essential.
@AurbisYT honestly that run was CURSED.
Greybeards were furious at me and I had no idea why. Then upon fast travel, Parthurnax's lifeless carcass fell from the sky, onto the head of my horse, burned, and gave me a dragon soul. Never even fought him.
Just stuff like that lol
@@DFX2KX That sounds like a typical; Skyrim experience aha
@@DFX2KX When Deplhine wants him dead, he'll end up dead.
I remember pre-release interviews from back in 2010-2011 that sad that Riverwood would have a larger role. And that it required the player to return to the village multiple times over a play through.
Shame that the village in the final release it is so underused.
I've encountered two Thieves in Riverwood, one was outside the trader and the other was near the stairs to the tavern, I didn't notice any dialogue differences though.
I only go to Riverwood to see Camilla and gawk and her great video game figure while she stirs the pot. Lucan doesn't seem to mind, all he talks about is that golden claw.
Camila's comments as owner of the Riverwood Trader should Lucan meet his demise, are basically the same as Lucan's if Camila dies.
You can also just kill grelod the kind to start the quest which in itself changes Aventus’s dialogue
Alvor in Riverwood and Adrienne? in whiterun both have a smithing tutorial. So if you join the stormcloaks and meet alvor, he should have the tutorial and finishing it allows you to take his iron and steel ingots by his forge which otherwise would be marked stolen.
Knew all of them via. experiencing them, or the UESP (or both). Still, you gave me a run for my money. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for watching :)
Alvor isn't just a useful merchant, he's also a really good father and has some really sweet dialogue with Dorthe. If you kill him, then you truly belong to Sithis.
However it *is* possible to get him killed by waiting for a dragon to show up. Alvor will often try to fight it, which prompted me to reload my save because I prefer to have him alive.
Yeah I completely understand what you mean. Alvor did end up dying in one of my playthroughs one time when a dragon attacked which lead me to downloading the Run For Your Lives mod which makes all the Non Guard NPCs go inside their homes during Dragon & Vampire attacks.
That's definitely the kind of mod I want.
I encounter the two thieves just recently! I’m brand new to the game. I was doing the quest with the blades and about to leave river wood with dephine when they all showed up.
Ahh okay thank you for letting me know. I hope you enjoy your play through :)
There is another secret dialog that Lucan has, when returning the claw.
what is it
@@yuotan1 It has to do with Camila.
What "refresh" mod are you running for Riveroood? I love the detail you were showing in your video.
Ermm I’m not quite sure what the term refresh is in modding. However the mod I used for Riverwood is called Kato’s Riverwood. I will be doing a video on my mod list after I have finished the current video I’m working on :)
Alvor got killed by the dragon. I looted his stuff, and his ghost sent thugs after me for being a theif.
Sounds pretty reasonable aha
I think Camilla has a big part, I set her up with Sven. Every time, she hangs out with him while he sings and plays.
I’m pretty sure if you marry Camilla after doing the Faendal or Sven quest, she cheats on you because they can show up at your house with her randomly, so I tend to just let Camilla have Sven or Faendal 🤣
I killed Lucan by accident when I was trying to kill a thief and he and some guards got in the way and he died. I didn’t get a letter from he’s sister but now when I see her she sometimes says the dialog “you…. Every time I see you it makes my blood boil” but then if you talk to her again she starts flirting with you. Odd
I don’t have a single run of Skyrim, where the dog in Riverwood doesn’t kill himself
How does he kill himself? Dogs in Skyrim annoy me with their incessant barking, and I now make it a point to always kill him. But I do not have to?
@ they spawn in the air and fall when you load in, it’s a glitch
@@Spartan-bl4pq Thanks for replying 🙂
Wihlem in ivarstead has a business relationship with the guy who runs the pawned prawn. There's a letter on the pawned prawn's table. The theory is that wilhem has been raiding the burrow in invarstead, which is why he had the Sapphire dragon claw. Lucan probably has similar contacts that go into places to look for things to sell. And clearing the burrow in ivarstead means Wilhelm can go in later after every thing is dead and loot the place.
Yeah I have seen this theory, it sounds plausible for sure
What's left to loot after the typical player passes through? :)
Well oddly this explains why I walked up to the blacksmith to find a corpse of a thief after coming up from the Ratway and I'm 45 hours into this play through without even going to Bleak Falls Barrow, and I only did the thieves guild up to where you can sell to the fence Tonila, so I believe it's only the Guild quest that triggers the thieves. It was mid day when I looted a surprising amount of gold and flawless gems. Man, I love this game.
Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoy your playthrough :)
If your 45 hours before bleak falls, you can find a frost troll in it, but you have to be like level 20-30. It's a really cool detail
Yeah I’ve actually seen that before, also I think if you are level 18 and Higher then there is a section with an adventures body hidden up on a rock. I think you can only reach him with TSL or free cam.
Pretty sure the feeling is mutual for Lucan. Despite his dialog for her death, his relationship rank with Camilla appears to be low. Kind of like Lemkil and his daughters in Rorikstead. I don't remember how to check for sure. He just didn't react to a mod that uses relationship rank.
You can follow Delphine back to Riverwood after you talk to her in Dragon's Reach. You can also follow the guardian of the Whitereach Jarl when she goes to talk to the troops - I highly recommend hearing each speech at least once, as it's hilarious. "Hey, you three, remember how you keep asking to get assigned to Riverwood? Well, good news!" "We're going to die, aren't we?" And then you can follow the guards walking back to Riverwood.
Hmm I’m gonna look into that, sound interesting :)
@@AurbisYT I'm told you can also follow Eleween and the General out of Helgen as they make their way back towards Solitude, but I think you have to work hard to catch up with them if you don't use console commands.
Which gate do they come out off?
@@AurbisYT I'm not sure. I think you have to catch up to them on one of the roads between Helgen and Solitude. I've only seen videos. You could probably teleport yourself to the character with console commands to find out.
i knew these all except the camilla sendinf you a "thank you letter" after you kill lucan.
damn shes horrible
The first unguided area of an Elder Scrolls game (Privateer's Hold, Seyda Neen, Vilverin, Riverwood) are all relatively unremarkable (apart from being mini tech demos of any "groundbreaking" features of the game) yet profoundly iconic and cozy- Even with half being hostile dungeons.
Yeah I agree, I literally just started a new playthrough of Oblivion the other day and Vilverin was an amazing starter dungeon.
I remember encountering the Inn is closed scenario but I guess at the time I didn't figure out it was a kind of easer egg. I probably didn't put together that Delphine was in another place or I didn't even know it was her.
Was this on your first playthrough?
I might have encountered the two thieves in riverwood, I assumed it was part of a mod and I didnt see them outside the trader, one was already dead and the guards were fighting the other when I got there, and there was no unique dialogue from anyone that I can remember
Yeah, off camera when I was trying to get footage I went inside Alvors house and came back outside and the thief was there. I then went back inside the house and when I exited again there was 2. I did this one more time and then there were 3. So I think that was a glitch of the random encounter respawning.
The 2 thieves one on the wiki I think happens inside the shop, because it says Lucan thanks you. :)
@@AurbisYT its possible whoever put it on the wiki was just confused, Lucan does often thank you for bringing the claw back as random lines when youre nearby. Also keep up the great work, you deserve way more subscribers for these high quality videos
Thank you I really appreciate it :)
Nvm Alvor being useful, I don't think I could bring myself to kill him, even if he wasn't a merchant..
Yeah i really didn’t want to do it myself aha
Always gets himself killed in my games.
The guy boasts about "I can make you a Warhammer that would crush a giant's head" then proceeds to fight a dragon with an iron 🗡️ dagger.🇬🇧👍
Aha true, usually when I play I use a mod to prevent merchants from dying.
@@AurbisYT Me also these days, but I kind of miss old Alvor running headlong towards a dragon or a bunch of Nightlord Vampires - with his trusty dagger! 😆
Wait really? Over the 11 years I've played I don't think he's ever died for me
Riverwood town drunk Embri loves/tries to flirt with Sigrid when she walks by him at some point during the day. Sigrid will reject him and say that she's spoken for.
Ahhh yeah I’ve heard that aha, I was going to mention how if you give Embry a drink then all the items in the Sleeping Giant become free even though he doesn’t own it, just rents a room I believe. But I feel like most people probably know about that :)
@@AurbisYT I had no clue and I always gave Embry a drink, not realizing the things in the inn were now free.
1 - Yeah, I knew about this.
2 - Yeah, I knew about this, too.
3 - Yeah, and this one is kinda neat.
4 - Okay... I did not know about this one.
5 - Yeah, I know about this, as well.
Well I hoped you enjoyed the video either way :)
@@AurbisYT That, I did! 🥃
5:57 Таким образом можно много кого из детей Скайрима усыновить, перед этим сделав их сиротами😂. Не только Дорти
Yeah, I just thought I would mention Dorthe because I feel like not many people would unalive Alvor and Sigrid because Alvor is useful.
@@AurbisYT однажды я случайно убил Алвора и его жену
imagine being adopted by your own parents murderer without even knowing... wild...
I don’t think I could even do that on a evil character playthrough tbh
First of all I did adopt Dorothy from River Wood a vampire killed her parents and I adopted her and that was that
The first one I did not know, that harlot never kicks the bucket in my games 😂 The last time Alvor and Sigrid got in the crossfire during a battle with a dragon, little Dorthe sent thugs after me 😳 I get that "I know what you did" letter from either Faendal or Sven, depending on which one got in the way of an arrow, never from Camilla. Enjoyed the video 👍🏼
Thank you for watching I appreciate it, honestly it pained me to do that to Sigrid and Alvor aha
Great content
Thank you, I really appreciate it
Nolvus v6 version of Riverwood is incredible
I think I have actually seen some gameplay of Nolvus. Is that the extremely highly mod pack?
Yeah you're right most players might just go to whiterun first, but then again Riverwood has the only alchemy table in that part of the region.
That is certainly true :)
@@AurbisYT you should check out the Riverwood pizza mod and Sheeva's skooma shop mod...the pizza mod adds a player-friendly oven near the far end of town by the inn and a shop across from it.
The skooma shop mod adds a player-friendly shop just past the oven '' kitty ''corner from it out near the woods...a male khajiit runs the pizza shop, and female khajiit runs the skooma shop...you can find all kinds of cool stuff in there.. the only drawback about the male khajiit is that you can't buy from him while he's cooking.. so if he's cooking you just got to wait until he's away from the oven.. he doesn't go anywhere else but to the oven and back to the shop... The female khajiit doesn't leave her shop. But he's got a huge variety of different kinds of pizza that give you all kinds of buffs. These can be found in the creations menu and they are absolutely free and do not conflict with any other mods, unless you have something that directly places something in those locations. The skooma shop, is where you can buy raw Moon sugar, and you can buy a variety of different types of skooma.. if you add another mod called "drug crafting", you can make all the different types of skooma and you can craft sleeping tree sap as long as you have the necessary ingredients.
There is an alchemy table in a shack not far from Riverwood.
That last one is hilarious, with 23 to adopt in the entire game, killing the parents of one specific kid who's parents are still alive and are aparently good people is creepy as hell.
Yeah I know right, especially since she will be living with you calling you papa without knowing you unalived her actual one is messed up
Не знал, что Дельфина бегала в драконий предел
I'm confused as to why Lucan gave awkward laugh about the claw size is being smaller than he remembers, does it imply something?
Potentially, maybe he is disappointed.
Adopt the child of the parents you killed 😭
Very dark indeed
I've been in every single house in building in Riverwood, even ones that have added into the game from Mods...sheevas skooma shop/riverwood pizza(there's nothing funnier and more enjoyable then a khajiit in a chef's hat and tunic making pizza for the citizens of Riverwood and all of Skyrim.)
Is that a mod for PC only or is it on Xbox too?
@@AurbisYT my friend has a PS5, I don't have my own system or computer. But I found it as a PS5 mod, I guess if you get around to playing just search for "Skyrim Pizza" and "Skooma Shop" on whichever platform that you prefer to play Skyrim on. So what I'm saying is I don't know if it's on PC or Xbox. But it is in the "creations" menu.
Great vid. I wonder how you obtain the claw after the thieves take it
Thank you! I’ve never actually seen them take it. They always end up getting caught by the Whiterun guard.
Ahh I see really interesting. Ive spent so much time in that town and have never seen it.
Yeah even after all these years I’m still learning new things :)
Interesting! Subscribed.
Thank you for watching :)
What mods are you running?
There is a video that is recent on my channel with all the mods I used :)
Kill Faendal? Fuck you mean, kill Faendal? If ya do that, who's gonna say Riverwood's agreeable enough, I suppose...for a Nord village 😎
Faendal is a real one for sure
I wonder if there will be videos like this about the most beloved locations in Starfield in 2034?
I need to play Starfield again, I didn’t play much of it because I wanted to wait for my PC. I wonder how many Skyrim players regularly play Starfield.
I wonder how you achieved that appearance of the game ? Some sort of mod ?
Yeah and some monitor settings. I’ll be making a video on my mod list soon for PlayStation before I switch to PC.
@@AurbisYT I would be interested in mods for PC which improves Skyrim appearace
Yeah, when I get my PC set up and get the mods I want then I may do a video on that too :)
Never knew about those thieves but those it happen on a PC or on a PS4
It happens on both Console and PC :)
What would happen if you killed the brother before you returned the claw?
You will return to Camilla instead.
i miss the part where that's my problem
Real.
What would happen if you kill Lucen and marry Carmilla ? Who would run the Riverwood trader ?
Hmm I have no clue 🤔
Steal a couple books from The Arcanaeum...
Give it a few game days and see what happens. ; )
After giving the claw back, lucan valerious still isn't kill able. His health just regenerate s. I'm trying to kill him so I can marry his sister and let her run the shop.
Do you have any mods?
I wish I could buy a house in riverwood
Yeah, sometimes I just use Faendal’s house as my own or download a house mod for riverwood. Some are really nice.
There is a free mod in Creation Club that puts a home for you in Riverwood.
There are plenty of children to adopt. 4 are living on the streets.
Yeah I feel like those children are probably the most popular ones to adopt as they have no homes.
@@AurbisYT sofie is always the first i adopt sleeping on the streets off windhelm in the cold and no1 there will give her a home so sad
@@Genlog-ox7fo honestly I never adopt her but now you have made me want too.
Lucia and Sofie always ❤
All this detail, i ve encounter. I guess i ve too much skyrim playtime.
Mate! You just murdered my wife
I’m terribly sorry, I reloaded the save don’t worry :)
What thief has a iron claw? TF
What do you mean? Did i accidentally say iron claw instead of golden?
Weird colors
Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown, White
I only knew 2
Well I’m glad you learnt something new, thank you for watching.
@@AurbisYT welcome did know camlliea can take over trader or die or you can murder the love interested
Unwatchable. The graphics have been fucked beyond belief
Fair enough, we all have different preferences. Have a good rest of the year :)
Are you a bottom?
Maybe
I have had the 2 thieves appear, killed one on my own and the 2nd one killed along side a guard but this did not trigger any related dialogue with Lucan for some reason
I feel like it may be a rumour at this point because it says it on the wiki but I haven’t seen or heard anyone encounter it
@@AurbisYT that makes sense as no one I know has had any unique dialogue triggered by killing the thieves