Elder Scrolls Lore: Ch.10 - Imperials of Cyrodiil
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They call it the bleeding heart of Tamriel. So many have spilled their blood for the Ruby Throne, it's a wonder why the the Niben River doesn't run red. As Tamriel's central-most province, Cyrodiil has become the ultimate seat of power in Tamriel. With the White Gold Tower acting as the citadel of civilization, Cyrodiil is arguably the most influential of the Nine Provinces. It cannot be disputed, the events that take place in Cyrodiil are liable to echo in every corner of the continent.
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*Imperials all use Voice of the emperor at once*
"Go home other races, you're drunk"
Drew Manz Nope
Nords are to thick skulled for that to work
***** lol I always thought of as the Nord's too stupid and proud for their own good they need imperial masters to serve :)
+Meaty Gandalfs But that's the thing. It's the God they feel most passionate for and the Imperials conceded it.
They are most certainly an overly prideful race, but not stupid whatsoever.
Therrion ` they don't worship our god!!! Must kill!!!
Lol pretty much how religion was back before it was civilized eh?
+Meaty Gandalfs and still now irl
The "Imperials" sound like a bit like a mixture of all the great Empires of our world -- Roman, Greek, Persian, there's even a bit of British Empire thrown in there with "The East Empire Company", I wonder whose little joke that was.
*****
I'd argue that they are partly Roman but also have elements of other empires, like I said.
*****
Seems like there are a lot of various cultural influences in all of the races, it's just a lot more obvious with the human ones.
***** I agree haven't you noticed the Orcs live in tribes similar to that of South Africa and the Red Guards wear similar robes to middle eastern cultures. I can also see the Dunmer being Japanese just by looking at their buildings and body type this should be mentioned in the lore.
Tom Wilson
I'd say the Red Guard are again a mixture of cultures -- there's clearly influenced by both north africa and the middle east, possibly the closest similarity to a real world culture is with the Moors, black muslims whose empire encompassed much of the mediterranean. It's harder to pin down a real-world culture that relates to the elven races though, those are a little more "fantastic" in nature.
***** i didnt notice the dark elf part, i never bothered to look much into them
So Imperials are soldiers while Nords are warriors.
While Nords do tend to be a formidable foe on the battlefield, they don't really have a knack for strategy. Imperials, on the other hand, are kinda weak concerning their fa- I mean, sword-arm, but they have been known to be quite intelligent and disciplined when it comes to war.
+NoviKey Weak? They're one of the most disciplined, trained, strongest military in the Provinces.
+NoviKey Nords Don't have a knack for strategy? have you ever heard of Talos Stormcrown?
Only a gifted few can strategize (see Legate Rikke and Talos). I was just saying that as a whole, all the Nords ever do is *CARVE YOU INTO PIECES*.
NoviKey Fact: Most of the Empire in Skyrim are nords and the Empire carves Ulfrics men into pieces.
The Imperials are my favorite. Kill someone in front of a guard, then use the Voice of the Emperor and walk away like nothing happened
Stop! You violated the law!
"Cyrodiil is ARGUABLY the most influential of the nine provinces, it CANNOT BE DISPUTED" is an oxymoron.
+Tobias Hagström LOL. Glad I'm not the only person who noticed that.
Cyrodiil is UNDENIABLY the most influential of the nine provinces, it CANNOT BE DISPUTED
- There, I fixed it.
You're fucking dumb. I know what an oxymoron is, but I can't tell you because I don't know.
So is argonians being fish-lizard-bird-human-hybrids who drink mind control tree juice but who’s counting?
You cannot dispute the fact that you can argue that cyrodil is the most influential of the nine provinces. Awkward sure but not an oxymoron
This is why I like them better than Stormcloaks. Unfric just wants to rush in, not thinking of the problems it will bring. I've always liked strategy, so it's appealing to me. (Though this is a problem with the whole "The Law is Sacred thing", being a thief) I hate the Thalmor with a passion, but they would have had to be idiots not to sign the treaty when they did.
There's also the fact that I play as a wood elf, and Ulfric, despite what he says, is in fact a bit of a racist. He'd send an entire army to save a nordic village in trouble, but probably not a group of Beast Folk or Elves. I can understand his stance with his background, but it still stands that there's a reason his city is my least favorite with me not playing a Nord. That, and I really didn't want to attack Whiterun. I also, while not liking Maven, I'm a proud thief guild member and having her in charge serves my character best in the RPing aspect.
+shadowkat678 so... Who make him racist?
Just Noob Who makes him, or what makes him? Who is likely the Thalmor who kidnapped him and killed his father in the war. What makes him is bitterness and a superiority complex. Skyrim is for the Nords? Wrong. You came her way after some of the other races. Snow Elves, giants, etc.
shadowkat678 correct! Thalmor make him racist
***** enough lockpick?
anybody else enjoying Shreks cameo at 3:25-3:44?
Is there anyone out there who really loves the Empire? I see a lot of love for the Nords/Stormcloaks and the Elves but I don't see much for the Empire (the Empire as of Skyrim). Am I right or am I just not looking in the right place?
There are plenty of Imperial supporters. Just like the Imperials though, they don't need to boast about it.
Personally Imperials are my favourite race because of them being extremely versatile and because the Empire is based off of the Romans
Long Live The Emperor Long Live The Empire !
Why wouldnt you like the empire. during its peak when all of tamriel was under its controll it was the most peaceful
***** Yes! Long live the Empire!
9:39 Fighting with an iron dagger...
Well, at least you made an effort. Good on you, I guess.
Smaller the Sword bigger the Dagger....Wink Wink....
My favourite race :) For the Empire!
The imperials think us all lawless beasts. I am proof of their ignorance!
BlueShit199 stormcloaks! Lets do this!
TheAbsoluteBest Don't you know about the Justiciars and their camp to the east?
They kidnapped and purged people there
BlueShit199 my favorite has always been the nords and dunmer but hey to each their own right?
BlueShit199 My favourites are the redguards,woodelves, the argonians and the orcs 💟
Just an addition to the video, Cyrodiil wasn't always the lush and green rolling hills we see in Oblivion. Cyrodiil was a great, thick jungle all the way up until Tiber Septim used the power of CHIM (which is incredibly complicated metaphysical concept that can best be described as understanding the universe in a way that literally anything is possible) to reshape the land to be more suitable for the capital of his empire. "Commentaries on the Mysterium Xarxes, Book Three" is a recommended read for understanding CHIM and how it was used.
*****
Not really, Dragonbreak was why people retain memories of the swamp despite it never being swamp. Talos and CHIM explains how it changed in the first place.
***** Well that's the thing. What he said isn't true, but he did get the false info from a history book in the game. TES does this all the time.
...It could still have been a jungle, with cities in it...
+Lightscribe225 So, the Dragonbreak is TES version of the Mandela Effect?
***** I think I may be about to blow your mind- jungle cities.
3:30
Hold up!
Is that... Is that Shrek? XD
More like every Orc in oblivion (I'd that shrek?)
Rasmus Thyrring lol no but it is an Ogre
*****
I know... I'm just joking...
lol K
***** its not his swamp... not ANYMORE!
The funny thing about skyrim was, that while Imperials and Stormcloaks were sitting in woods, bandits were manning those forts :D
Those bandits were the good imperials
Bit late. I whole heartedly agree that Skyrim belongs to the bandits
I love how the game's races can be traced back to real life cultures. Imerials: Romans, Nords: Vikings, Akaviri: Japanese, Bretons: ancient Greek/England
***** True dat! Also..
Redguards: Arabs/Mid.Easterners/Moors
Argonisns: Aztecs (If you've played eso you'll see it)
Kajits: Gypsies/Russians
Orcs: Mongols
Dwemmer: Mesopotamian/Assyrians/Hittites/Bronze-age innovative race.
Regardless, Imperials have always been my favorite race
+SirSaxamaphone Mine are the NORDS.
Svil Buscus Fuck yeah Nord 4 lyf
+Zedi gan where is the Ancient Greek in the Bretons? Their English/French.
XMikeybeeyX fair enough
if they are silver tongues then why isn't their speech skill starting at 25? in skyrim
petargrad hmm this comment was made by me weeks ago, but perhaps imperial's restoration isn't so bad either
petargrad actually here's the thing... i go make an imperial woman who only wears taverns clothing then goes upgrading only health then picks mages stone then disenchant enchanted loots, collects a lot of woodcutter's axes, enchants them by 1 point of damage/// plays at novice difficulty in PS3 =D that's what i did
+HulCAWmania Universe Also kind of dumb that Imperials get a heavy armor bonus instead of the Nords, who get a bonus to light armor..
Patrick Riley perhaps imperials are built for armored knights? or a Paladin? or simply a real heavy tank...with the use of Restoration in one hand a sword on the other...
HulCAWmania Universe Well...even still, Nordic armor in Skyrim at least, is all Heavy Armor.
If only this was taught in school...
HA! I'd be an A student
If this was taught in school, the district would be sued for incompetence. This video is a terrible lore description of the Imperials. Differences between Colovians and Nibenese are not even mentioned.
Alright "the thinker", then let's see your video on the lore of imperials if you think this is crap...
You DO realize how irrelevant that insult was right?.... People like you condemn this community and it's sad because you'll never enjoy things like these lores since you just have high standards for videos , ones that clearly even you don't want to handle making...
James O'Sullivan
I don't think my standards are too high; yours are just too low. If you are going to make a LORE VIDEO about the Imperials then don't cover the MOST BASIC possible stuff you could find that 85% of players already know. Maybe the reason I don't make any videos at all is because I don't have the proper video editing software, time, or money to do so. In fact, maybe that's why most people who use youtube don't upload at all.
Using your logic, anybody who dislikes the original Star Wars trilogy has to make one of their own for their opinion to be validated.
This guy has the perfect narrator voice for any in-depth story
Howe IV not when he says scheme-tar for that blade the red guards use.
I'd like to see another game in Cyrodiil. Maybe early Cyrodiil, but I'd like to see Cyrodiil like 200 years after the events of Skyrim or something more
+Devin McGuire While i loved Cyrodil i would prefer to see other provinces first.
Take a look at Beyond Skyrim mod
oblivion takes place 200 years before skyrim and is based in cyrodil
+Elliot Rodger He said another game based in Cyrodiil.
Like, another Great War?
This series will never get old to me.
I FREAKING LOVE THE IMPERIAL RACE
Imperial Soldier yea boyyy
Imperial Soldier little bits of the tongue
me too
3:30 It's Shrek!
No, 05:41 is Shrek.
Didn't notice the second one, they are both shrek.
Twins :)
haha yea
No, it's not. Shrek is an ogre, not Orsimer.
3:31 Wait, SHREK IS IN CYRODIIL?
He's everywhere.
You just don't know it.
You're in his swamp, laddeh!
It's never ogre.....
Jeesaf Oceanleft Orcs are mer, not beastfolk
+Jeesaf Oceanleft High elf = Elf on skooma
Bethesda must like the number 9 I mean 9 provinces, 9 divines, 9 holds in Skyrim...they have a hard on for the number 9...
The elder scrolls 9 is confirmed !
Abit like George re Martin and 7. 7 kingdoms 7gods etc...
CandyVenom-Reviews & gaming
That'll probably be the last one, when tamriel is finnaly destroyed.
zenimax made it 10 provinces, they ruined bethesda hardness
Balinux Hail Sithis...
If I had to live in an alternate world, I would want it to be Nirn, particularly in Cyrodiil (preferably Skingrad, Chorrol, Anvil, or Elven Gardens District). Oblivion is my favorite TES game and one of the major reasons was because of how incredible Cyrodiil's climate is.
+jacobjedi2
The world of TES is dangerous and without many comforts and luxuries we enjoy in the modern world. Remember the Thrassian plague, which wiped out half the population of Tamriel and lasted for more than 400 years? Yeah, I wouldn't.
The Thinker That's true, but the thing is that there are really beautiful environments, humans can escape their physical limitations via magic, and best of all, most of Tamriel is ruled by an Empire rather than pathetic republics like most of the world nowadays. The Empire alone would be enough reason for a semi-imperialist monarchist like myself to want to live there lol
jacobjedi2
The world of Nirn has a completely different political climate from the Real World, and as such, an Imperial system of government would be acceptable. However, that's not the case in the real world. Those "pathetic" Republics economically flourished and ushered in a new age of technology while authoritarian and tyrannic states lagged behind. Those "pathetic" Republics allow you to have a say in what goes on in your country. They give more power to YOU, the average citizen. They are havens of individual expression and freedom, where cultures clash and new ideas flourish. Remember, the Imperials are based off the Romans, who had a Republic for 500 years. If you think the Roman Republic was "pathetic", then I have some news for you. In a world where external threats are the most urgent at hand, people must be forced into creating militarily ruled political states. However, in the real world, as the the threat from external factors decreases, the threat from internal factors such as civil war, incompetence, decadence, etc. increases. A Republic is much better suited for such a situation. Remember, the Roman Empire fell from the inside, not the outside. A prime example of this from the TES universe is the Reman Empire, which fell after the end of the Reman dynasty and the elimination of the Tscaesi Potentates. It baffles me as to why you would want power, freedom, and personal rights taken away from you.
Oh boy, here we go. I'm not in the mood to debate this, so I can't believe I'm about to do this, but...
Those pathetic republics only flourished economically and technologically because they encouraged corporate greed and selfishness. The American dream in and of itself could be defined by a simple statement: "Step on your fellow man to climb to the top." Do you really think all of the economic, civil, and national conflict in this world is thanks to monarchies or empires? No, what you see today is thanks to "democracy" (in other words, mob rule).
Those pathetic republics are republics only in name, but are really just disguised oligarchies or mob rule if they haven't gotten to an oligarchical state yet.
They do not give you any more freedom than an empire or kingdom would, as most states with monarchies today encourage freedom to a potentially greater degree than that of a so-called republic.
The Roman republic suffered from the exact same thing every other republic does: greed by those with the money, screwing over the poor or even middle-ground citizens, and it was run by mob rule prior to that.
A republic will not save itself from civil war, incompetence, or decadence. There have been FAR more incompetent "leaders" from republics/democracies than all monarchies combined. There have been more civil wars and bloody revolutions either to bring about a "republic" or to depose those in power which the citizens simply do not like. And decadence? I suppose you haven't seen the mansions, cars, food, and clothes that the oligarchs in power have?
The Roman Empire fell from within merely because it grew too big. That is the only major problem with an empire: it can grow too big in which case things become far too hard for even two, three leaders, much more for those who wish to rule on their own. However, if you look at history, empires and kingdoms have lasted FAR longer and with longer sustained periods of stability than any republic has. In general, republics fall within a few centuries (almost always due to internal conflict rather than external factors), while some kingdoms (even kingdoms today) withstood nearly a millennium of internal and external conflict, yet usually only fell because things just grew too large. I mean, look at the British Empire: they ruled the world, practically. Had the selfish colonials in the now-US not have revolted, there was a potential for Britain to literally rule the world. Not saying that would have been a good thing, necessarily. However, its downfall was a combination of growing too large to handle, AND thanks to people who demanded a "republic". Do you have any idea what the "patriots" did to the loyalists back in that war? And somehow history looks fondly upon such men...
Freedom/rights and empires are NOT mutually exclusive in the least. You seem intelligent, and relatively knowledgeable about history so it baffles me as to why you can't recall that Roman citizens did have freedoms/rights, as was the case with many other empires and kingdoms throughout history. I will even admit I wouldn't want to live in a kingdom or empire where the monarch/emperor could just off someone for whatever reason they like, seize any property for any reason, etc. HOWEVER, I also despise living in a society where businessmen run the whole affair and try to pull up a facade of freedom/rights for those who are simply submitting to their reign without thinking twice. I also would not want to live in a world where the mob dictates what happens, even if the path they take is foolish and/or morally wrong, as is the case with the mob today.
I've had this debate many, many times since I first became a monarchist and there is no swaying me. I am 100% convinced that a constitutional monarchy or constitutional empire is the best form of human government that we will get until the return of Christ (yes, I imagine my faith has a part in what I believe). That is why I admire the Empire in TES, particularly the Septim Empire: it doesn't sway, it usually has the best intentions, and the only ones who despise it are the ones who just want to dictate everything for themselves.
At its core, any form of democracy is little greater than anarchy.
jacobjedi2
Thanks for taking the time to type out your thoughts. This is my response.
"Those pathetic republics only flourished economically and technologically because they encouraged corporate greed and selfishness."
Ah yes, the long-lasting argument of Communists. Ever since the concept of money was created, it became a huge part of human life. Eventually, money became the bedrock of all societies. While it would be better if it was not so, you still cannot deny it. Communists promised a utopia where money would be distributed equally, until the day it lost value completely. They seriously underestimated the value of money. The free market, on the other hand, allowed people to do what they wanted with their money. A farmer in the market could sell his grain for $50 a sack, for example, instead of being forced to give it up for redistribution. "Corporate greed" as you so call it, doesn't exist, it's just a fabrication used to gain support for one's cause. The fabrication of "corporate greed" lost credibility during the economical boom of the 1950s, when people were happy with their lives and realized that even IF "corporate greed" existed in their society, it didn't matter, because it had obviously either helped or not affected them. If you can give me one piece of evidence that corporate greed still exists in the modern world, then I might believe you.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, people had the same mindset as you. They hated "corporate greed", which in this case, is business trusts and monopolies. Eventually, people realized that while some trusts and monopolies were bad for society, most were actually healthy economically. Take the economic policies of Teddy Roosevelt as an example, then you'll see where I'm going with this.
Companies make money. People get paid with that money. Investments are made. The economy expands. Standards of living improve. Repeat. There, free market for you. If you consider that unhealthy, greedy, or bad in any way, then you might seriously want to take time to re-think things through.
As for technological advancement, the new found economy not only put people in better positions to invent and try new things, but it also gave the government more money to invest in scientific expeditions.
"The American dream in and of itself could be defined by a simple statement: 'Step on your fellow man to climb to the top.' "
That's only if you're looking at the 19th century laissez-faire and Darwinistic way of economics. That's putting economic competition into too narrow of a perspective. Competition is actually healthy for the economy to an extent, which was why some trusts and monopolies were busted for the benefit of smaller business. Modern Republics have a hybrid of Capitalism and Socialism, to make sure nobody is "stepped on."
"Do you really think all of the economic, civil, and national conflict in this world is thanks to monarchies or empires?"
No, it's because nations are nations and constantly war with each other. It is neither the fault of monarchies and empires nor democracies and republics. Nations always act in their best interests. In addition, we are in one of the most peaceful eras of human development. While the Middle East is in turmoil and the economies of the Western powers have begun to stagnate, there are no major wars, diseases, rebellions, feelings of discontent, and so on. In the modern world, we have the internet, nice houses, massive economies, mass media, and so on.
"No, what you see today is thanks to 'democracy' (in other words, mob rule)."
Wait, now you're changing arguments. At first, you claimed "corporate greed" was running amok, but now you blame things on the "mob"? Aha! I always knew you were one of those REPUBLICans who always despised the "mob" for voting Obama!
All bad jokes aside however, in this case, the "mob" at least gets to choose HOW they are treated. That's the beauty of Democracy. It is the will of the people, not some petty government.
"Those pathetic republics are republics only in name, but are really just disguised oligarchies or mob rule if they haven't gotten to an oligarchical state yet."
Oh no, the everlasting "oligarchy" argument. Again, you fail to show any examples of an "oligarchy" taking place. Just because somebody is rich due to their economic success does not make them on oligarch.
Do you think that Empires do not have oligarchs? The Emperors themselves are the oligarchs! Emperors will always have favorites, and tend to show it when handling money. The favorites of the Emperor get to live good, wealthy lives in positions of power. The Emperor and his favorites rule without question and the ones who suffer most are the average citizen. If that's not an oligarchy, it's pretty close to it.
"They do not give you any more freedom than an empire or kingdom would, as most states with monarchies today encourage freedom to a potentially greater degree than that of a so-called republic."
Complete hogwash! In a Republic, set barriers prevent the government from doing whatever it wants. In the USA, that's what we have the supreme court for. In fact, citizens in most Republics even have their LIST of rights read to them, so that they always know them and can use them in their defense against the government. Just think! The Apple v. US government case wouldn't even exist if Republics were as "evil" as you say they are! The FBI would already have its information by now, and there would have been nothing Apple could have done about it.
Take North Korea for example. An authoritarian dictatorship. There is no freedom whatsoever in that country. For God's sake, if your hairstyle is anything different from the 19 "approved" ones, you'll get thrown in jail!
"The Roman republic suffered from the exact same thing every other republic does: greed by those with the money, screwing over the poor or even middle-ground citizens, and it was run by mob rule prior to that."
Actually, the Roman Republic is a PRIME example of one of the "oligarchic" Republics you describe. It was the patricians who ran the government. Citizens of the Roman Republic were divided into several different voting divisions, with each voting division having one representative to put forth the vote of the division. All the plebeians were grouped into a single division, meaning that in total, they had one vote. However, the patricians were grouped into SEVERAL voting divisions, meaning that the patricians had many more votes than the plebeians. In fact, it took several hundred years for the Roman Republic to recognize the plight of the plebeian and grant them some political power, but the patricians nonetheless still had the final say. This is not the case in modern Republics, which made sure to take big steps to prevent such things from happening. The closest thing we see to the voting divisions of Rome is the electoral college of the USA, which was originally put in place by the founding fathers to prevent "mob rule" as you so put it. However, the electoral college is now useless, with delegates being slaves to their party. Therefore, the average citizen has much more power than he/she would've had if he/she lived in the Roman Republic.
Don't get me wrong, I think the Roman civilization was one of the greatest in history, and I admire them in almost every way. Remember in Rome's early years? When it was a monarchy, ruled by kings? Yeah, we saw how well that worked out.
"A republic will not save itself from civil war, incompetence, or decadence. There have been FAR more incompetent "leaders" from republics/democracies than all monarchies combined."
Hogwash! While Republics and Democracies do suffer from the occasional civil war, it is not as bad as Monarchies and Empires! I'm assuming that you are British, based off of your support for a constitutional monarchy. Your country underwent a huge civil war in the 17th century because of the king! In fact, the 100 years war was caused over who would become the king of France! While Republics and Democracies have their share of incompetent leaders, you leave out two important things. First of all, at the very least, it is the people who get to choose their leader. IF the leader is incompetent, it is nobody's fault but the voters'. Second of all, incompetent leaders in a Republic are not as harmful as incompetent leaders in a Democracy or an Empire. In a Republic, there is some kind of legislative branch with prevents an incompetent leader from doing whatever he wants, and therefore ruining the country. However, there are no such barriers in an empire or a monarchy to prevent a leader from harming his/her nation.
"There have been more civil wars and bloody revolutions either to bring about a 'republic' or to depose those in power which the citizens simply do not like."
Actually, there have been far more wars over disputes on control of the throne. Take the interregnum from the TES universe as an example, then you'll see my point. One of the major reasons the Roman Empire collapsed was because of civil wars over the throne of the Emperor. Those "bloody revolutions" were worth it, if they got rid of a leader who caused even more bloodshed than those "bloody revolutions." It is not someone's God-given "right" to be a ruler, as many monarchs and emperors thought to justify their actions.
"And decadence? I suppose you haven't seen the mansions, cars, food, and clothes that the oligarchs in power have?"
What about the parties that emperors and monarchs constantly throw. I quote: "Bah! Let them eat cake!". Emperors and monarchs are infamous for splurging on money. The luxuries the rich enjoy are based off of economic success, not usually because they had anything to do with the government.
"The Roman Empire fell from within merely because it grew too big. That is the only major problem with an empire: it can grow too big in which case things become far too hard for even two, three leaders, much more for those who wish to rule on their own."
Your hypothesis as to why the Roman Empire fell was shared by a certain Emperor, who decided to divide Rome into two. We saw how well those two different halves cooperated! Rome's economy was ruined over the course of time, meaning its military had to make do with less. There were a whole lot of reasons as to why Rome fell, and I don't have enough time to explain them all. However, it's not just simply because Rome was "too big."
"However, if you look at history, empires and kingdoms have lasted FAR longer and with longer sustained periods of stability than any republic has"
That's only because the concept of a Republic didn't actually become widespread and popular until relatively recently, meaning Kingdoms and Empires have been around longer than Republics because Republics didn't EXIST up until relatively recently.
"In general, republics fall within a few centuries (almost always due to internal conflict rather than external factors),"
By which you mean the Roman republic, because as I'm aware, in between the Roman Republic and the American Republic, there haven't been any MAJOR Republics to compare to kingdoms. Your comparison in this aspect doesn't work, because Rome started out as a monarchy, became a Republic, and then became an Empire. Up until the USA came about, there weren't really any MAJOR Republics, meaning you can't just compare them to Empires and Kingdoms.
"while some kingdoms (even kingdoms today) withstood nearly a millennium of internal and external conflict"
Because they were around longer than Republics.
"Had the selfish colonials in the now-US not have revolted, there was a potential for Britain to literally rule the world."
Selfish? Hogwash! Have you heard of no taxation without representation, which has always been a founding stone of British law? Once that foundation was broken, I say that American succession was justified!
"Do you have any idea what the 'patriots' did to the loyalists back in that war? And somehow history looks fondly upon such men..."
Yes, I do know EXACTLY what the patriots did to the loyalists AND what the loyalists did to the patriots. Entire families were murdered, both patriot and loyalist. Patriots were taken away by loyalists and thrown into prison. Loyalists were tarred and feathered. Many of the founding fathers looked down upon the violence committed by their country men, with John Adams going so far as to defend the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre in court. I recommend you read the "List of Grievances" in the declaration of independence, which lists all the crimes the British committed upon the Americans. Because Americans were forced to house British soldiers, many of the British soldiers came home drunk and raped the women of the household and committed other atrocious crimes. You cannot just look at one side of the story and blame Americans for everything, nor can Americans blame the British for everything. However, I believe that in the end, American independence was justified.
Yes, I am aware that Roman citizens had rights. However, I also know that the Emperor could override those rights at any time he wished to do so, which was not often, but still happened occasionally.
You need to stop believing that its the "business men" who run this country, when that is not the case at all.
I am glad that you are a Christian, as I too share that faith. However, I don't think Jesus was particularly fond of the Roman Empire (especially after they crucified him), or Empires in general. I think that Jesus would have preferred a Republic over an Empire.
While your opinion cannot be swayed, I still felt obliged to respond. Thank you.
The Imperials strongly resemble the Romans
***** Yeah I know what you mean. Still it's pretty cool to see hints of real life history in video games
***** Thanks, Captain Obvious! Lol
***** I dint like the switch to roman armor
***** it does actually make sense since after the war both side had a lot of lost to go back and use less material for armor but its a bit ugly with the building style of the imperials
***** Fuck that, before Oblivion Cyrodiil was described as a Southeast Asian-Rome, so it was romans in the jungle with japanese/chinese culture mixed in.
I can't help but feel Skyrim should be under Imperial control. If the Thalmor should ever invade (which I believe will def happen in time) the Empire is their only hope. Either that or the Stormcloaks and Legion need to make their peace.
***** nah ur wrong. its called the ebonheart pact
***** Hamerfell succumbs to the various inner political plots way too often to be good for creating a steady alliance.
tina gonzoles
The Ebonheart Pact was between the Nords, Dark Elves, and Argonians. You may have been thinking of the Daggerfall Covenant which was an alliance between the Redguards, Orcs, and Bretons.
no you Imperial milkdrinker, Cyrodill should be part of Skyrim. You Imperials evolved, were freed from slavery and given an Empire by us Nords. The true sons and daughters of Skyrim will unite man, beast and elves to demolish all opposing elves and unite Tamriel just as Talos Stormcrown did.
***** you ass wipe milkdrinker turds will never stop the powerful northern tamerielic warrior cultures
I really wish there was a "history channel" where it was video game lore. But this is the next best thing. I love watching these.
dude i literally cried when i was halfway to episode 10. thank you for doing this. thank you for making what is from my perception an 'Elder scrolls ' movie. you literally made my day. hell no my years to come. At least i have something from my collection to show my kids in the future. Keep up the good work. You are not merely a nerd for doing this man. Awesome. ;-)
Imperials are the best humans. Nords are just super stereotypical muscular vikings with hairy beards and super high testosterone levels and mead and ale and manly stuff! HERP DERP. So dumb.
Very true, but no race is superior to that of the Altmer.
François Royal
True.. but they are dicks..
Tehee Tohee With good reasoning.
Ha! The Imperials are dogs stupid and domesticated by the Ayleids. The Nords are yet still Wolves brave and strong filled with honor the Imperials will never know.
Ayleid King The Ayleids don't even exist anymore.
All hail the Empire !
I love empires in video games :D
Me too. Too bad that almost every developer thinks that we are a minority.
Everybody likes the empire in Star Wars. Everybody likes the helghast in killzone etc...
messergabel Yea.... :(
Boo go d stormcloaks
Eamon Hamel
Don´t make me destroy you.
"the empire can kiss my ass" -
Ralof 2016
so the imperials are like jedi counsulars use there words to talk but if the person does not listen then they grt there buts kicked
They're more like romans, why waste valuable manpower and resources when words can usually win the day? But when words fail, they aren't afraid to crush any resistance to get what they want
Caleb Washington *their
Viy Snjór thx so much now i know the race i shall play as in skyrim
Viy Snjór thx so much now i know the race i shall play as in skyrim
Not really. For all their posturing, the Imperials are the most warlike of all the people of Tamriel. They are either trying to conquer everyone around them or they are fighting amongst themselves to decide who gets to try to conquer everyone else. In fact, the Mede Dynasty was arguably one of the more peaceful periodes of Cyrodiil's history, up until the Great War began.
I'd like to hear Lore about the Snow Elves and their war with the first Nords.
They are kinda explained in dwemer vid
Nord - FIGHT OR DIE WELL *Charges straight into enemy territory fearlessly and begins butchering the enemy*
Redguard - *Follows orders*
Imperial - MEN, WE MUST UNITE *Leads an entire force*
Orc - ROOOOOAAAAAR *Activates berserker rage* *Also charges in headfirst*
I wish Shoddycast would get back to doing Lore again
(Sorry the fact i can't speak english nicely)
ShoddyCast this is one of the best series ever, im testing a RPG on the table about Elder Scrolls and this series give me all the info i need and even more!
I'll shape my next NPCs and adventures to my players thanks to this wonderful piece of work.
Simply the best TES content i'v ever seen, keep good work.
Blessings of the nine!
that's pretty good English actually
Cyrodiil has produced some of the greatest military tacticians, and General Tullius
*Sigh* I hate reading through the comments of TES videos and only finding inane, stereotypically racial comments...people stating that it's a BLOODY FACT that every individual in this race is better than every individual in that race, that they're bred for perfection within a certain field...
"Nords are physically the strongest race, therefore they can beat anyone in a fist fight, sword fight..." etcetera etcetera
I'm pretty sure that kicking the shit out of someone is not limited to the Nords.
The same when comes to, say, Altmer and magic. I'm certain that the races that YOU would LEAST EXPECT to be mages, can (and are) more gifted than the...*ahem* average Altmer...
I hate to imagine people making stereotypes regarding the physical/mental prowess of certain ethnicities in real life.
You sir deserve a cookie
A big cookie.
A cookie as big as nirn.
Corvinus You Deserve A Medal
You didn't even mention the difference between the Colovians and the Nibenese. The Imperials are compromised of those two peoples. The Colovians are the bigger, more athletic, and stronger ones (very similar to the Nords), while the Nibenese are the more slender, skinnier, and more magically inclined ones. You also didn't mention Marukh and his Marukhati Selective and how they did the dance on top of White-Gold in order to break the Dragon create the Imperial Pantheon.
Yay Colovians!! My eso character is named Serjius Colovianni :)
I know quite a lot of the lore, I wouldn't consider myself a loremaster but I would not by too far from being such, so I'm only watching this for the entertainment, however most of the history of the Imperials and the Redguards escaped me and pretty much all of the history of the Ayleids was a mystery to me so I'm super glad that you made this videos.
I'm a loyal imperial! Long live the empire!!
Says the guy who's using the emblem of the Ebonhart Pact.
@@discountplaguedoctor88 The Empire didn't exist when the Ebonheart pact was around idiot.
Russian Representative literally was. The empire we know was founded in the first era when the humans rebelled against the Elyssians
@@drunkenskeleton299 aylieds. The alessians ARE the humans that rebelled.... But your a skeleton, and drunk too, so I'll let it slide this time citizen.
I liked how the Imperials were basically the Romans of Tamriel. I just wish it had been more like the medditerenean the Romans once ruled. Yes, the mountains of the north are like the alps, but cyrodill should have had a medditerenean climate (cyprus trees, palm trees and hot weather).
th imperials look italic and their armour looks very hellenistic so they got that right at least. There names are latin (though some have italian sounding names which im divided by)
Their names only started sounding Italian by Skyrim. In all the other games they are more traditionally Latin. I think it was mainly done to show language drift and change since skyrim has a massive time gap compared to the rest of the games.
***** still bs though. How Manu games have Latin names. Maybe Nibeneese could have Italian names and Colovians have Roman names? It could fit in the lore well
kwadwo baidoo That divide was really played down in Oblivion. The only people who talked about it were the rural NPCs. However if you took notice of the names in areas around Kvatch, Chorral, Anvil and Skingrad there are more harsher sounding names like "Charus Valga" and "Jiv Hiriel". While people in the imperial city tended to have regular imperial-latin names. The Italian sounding names i think were chosen because in linguistics italian is much further down the line of the romanic tree then latin. It'd be weird to have them side by side. An equivalent of that for english would be like a race of people that's supposed to be the english to have regular sounding modern day names like "Henry Cameron" as well as old english names like "Æðelwalh Thrydwulf".
Oh hey I'm from Cyprus :D
It use to be a jungle land until Talos changed it with his chim.
I've been getting into these more and more as of late. I am absolutely blown away by the attention to detail and effort that must have went into these. This series is one of the greatest contributions to ever hit the ES community. Period.
9:42 an elf is hitting himself in the nuts with a mace. haha
The music for Oblivion is my favorite for any elder scrolls game. I wish i could substitute that soundtrack for skyrim on ps3
cloudbloom Why don´t you give PC a try?
Richardsen can't afford a pc right now
cloudbloom
Hang in there, better times are sure to come :] And when they do, check this builds on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds#wiki_the_media_elite
You can get a PC as powerful as PS4 for less than U$S 350.
Richardsen haha yeah i really want a good gaming pc but i already saved up money for a trip to vegas (leaving tonight!) for the EVO fighting game championship tournament. I went last year and it was unbelievably fun
cloudbloom
Oh, have fun then!
The Imperials make really good Paladins and Clerics. I like their Style Especially in The Legion with The Heavy Armour
People also get confused about Alessia being Dragonborn because she didn't use the power of the Thu'um, but that's simply because she never knew about it, and there obviously weren't any dragon souls around for her to absorb. Tiber Septim only discovered his Thu'um because he was visited by the ghost of an ancient Nord Tongue, and was then summoned by the Greybeards.
4:49 That arm... It has always bothered me!
Matthias Heyrman KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Ah, I knew Cyrodiil was the most fertile of the land. Explains a lot :)
They are also in a great trading position.
Do you guys think that if your Champion of Cyrodiil was still alive, he/she could have prevented the Aldmeri from taking over the Empire?
He is he's just sheograth.
Chameleon at 110 for that sweet sweet permanent invisibility... fuckers wouldnt have a chance against me, their leader goes straight to azura's star.
The Aldmeri Dominion never took over the Empire, the Great War ended in a Stalemate, the Aldmeri army in Cyrodiil was completely destroyed so Titus Mede II signed the White-Gold Concordat because he did it for the Empire and he needed to prepare for the next great war.
Guys, the Stormcloaks actually are wrong. They are right in the sense that they care about Skyrim, but they cannot see the bigger image ahead of them. Do not hate the elves, do not hate the imperials, do not hate the nords. Love all mortality and embrace it, and shun those who threaten it's equality, the thalmor being a prime example.
But of course, there are actually a ton of people like me, you just need to scour the earth for them. When the Stormcloaks take over skyrim, the empire loses it's power to defeat the Thalmor. Then the empire gets defeated by the Thalmor and everyone gets enslaved. Skyrim can't stand up against the Thalmor alone being that the Stormcloaks couldn't even defeat a weakened empire by themselves, so then they also get enslaved! Now, because a bunch of nords were too stubborn to realize that the temporary ban on Talos worship was temporary, they put all of the empire at risk for their own selfishness. In more funny is that the Thalmor were not even allowed in skyrim until Ulfric started whining about it all, so at that point, everyone just worshiped Talos silently in their basements, no harm was done!
+LukeTheDrifter07 well u do realize that the Thalmor will attempt to take over the empire and Skyrim once more right? If Skyrim seceded, nobody is going to help them. The Thalmor could literally march through cyrodiil with zero interference into Skyrim and may even force the legion to help them.
So I'd rather have Justiciars than become some Thalmor Wizard's Nordic slave.
+Satans Fetus Legs understandable. Sometimes I like to play the civil war campaign with the Stormcloaks because it's super fun to burn and pillage in a Nordic war party xD
Sabr3cat You are completely correct. Though I like to think of it less as "who's right", and more as which story would I deem more interesting reading in future elder scrolls games. For me personally, I like the one where the mighty Imperial Legion, endorsed by Akatosh himself, couldn't defeat a fractured and small nordic group in their own land. Similar to how much I love the story of the Argonians of Black Marsh/Argonia counter invading Oblivion during the Mehrunes Dagon crisis.
So yes, the best outcome for mankind is with Imperial victory, but in The Elder Scrolls lore, we've seen time and time again those with impossible odds rise up, Alessia being one prime example.
East empire trading company, I wonder what that's a reference to...
Discover Shrek at 3:25, enjoy and have a shrektacular day
The Imperials are the race chosen by god, eventhough all the disgraces and defeats suffered by the imperials the always rise above, by their perseverance and unbreakable spirit, one day will come that the imperials will controll all over Tamriel, and will be the time to find more lands beyond the sea, that belong to imperial controll by divine right
***** despite there's 8 divines, they always refer to Akatosh as the ruler of the Gods, and he made a pact with the imperials, he gave St. Alessia the amulet of the kings, made of his own blood, not only Tamriel, but all Nirn, belongs to the imperials by divine right
Quoting an american WWII genereal Oliver P Smith "We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction" the imperials didn't gave up, they know how to fight wars, and wars aren't win by skirmish, the white and gold concordate is an way to make time while they regroup, to raise their forces and beat the Talmor, is something that the unciviliced and primitive Nords can't understand
***** Also... Talos didn't created Nirn, he didn't create any human or any elf, he didn't created a single thing, he was born when all this was alredy created.. so he es not an Aedra.. and he can not be a God
***** You never said that Talos was one of the first divines, but you were acting like he was the most powerful.How can you tell him to use figurative speech correctly when you can't even use correct grammar?
Everyone agrees here. Nobody likes the Thalmor, and the Empire is the best chance of defeating them.
The Imperials had no choice. Half of their entire military was dead, and the other half was badly wounded. If they fought on, all would've been lost. There is no point in fighting until you drop, it's wiser to live to fight another day.
Jorge MC Talos is now one of the Aedra after he ascended into Godhood.
i think it's the best thing that you can actually read about the obvillion crisis and what happened and you can see the white gold tower from skyrim, i think it just really connects the games together really well
#MaketheEmpireGreatAgain
i just wish My Social studies class was this interesting.
this series is so............... magical
3:29 good god is that shreck!? he really is a divine!!
narrator sounds like the outsider from dishonored
Imperials are pretty damn close to being my favorite human race. I actually played as an Imperial in my very first playthrough of Skyrim.
They are my favorites
The idea of being one great empire and everyone live in peace might be good but what I saw in TES games is that the Imperials are killing off the local traditions.
Still It was a nice episode and great nostalgia I almost reinstalled Oblivion after watching this but then I realised that I haven't finished Skyrim for 100%
All Empires destroy traditions of the lands they conquer its how they keep control. I mean Rome did it but also integrated the more important cultural stuff and only destroyed the less important stuff and it's worked for a while and they ruled for a long time till they started fucking with the Germanic Tribes and that didn't go well
The war between the Nords and the dragons is perhaps one of the greatest examples of the weak overcoming the powerful (with help from a couple of the powerful, that is) That plot line seems to be the overall go to concept for most epic fantasies these days, not that that's not cool and still has plenty of life in it. It's just been done so many millions of times that it's become mildly predictable. Still, I would always rather take that over the pessimistic alternative where the bad guys win and everyone suffers in loss. I think that as a species, because we humans know we are in truth fragile and can be killed in countless ways, it is in our nature to imagine, create and admire tales of those who overcome obstacles much bigger and seemingly stronger than them. It is our primal drive to dominate and expand just as the Nords have, and our values of friendship, courage and strength in numbers are what give us power. In a way, our voice or thu'um is each other. That, and nukes. Not sure you can "Fus Roh Dah" away nukes...
Hey the commercial about Ryse, Roman whatever came on right after watching this and it was awesome! :)
Hmmmmm...
When it comes to history in school I'm like: Bwaaaaahh, who cares?
But when it comes to elder scrolls history I'm like: Awwwwww yeaaaaaahhhh!
Mettik your not the only one
I love listening to this while playing Skyrim, although I wish Skyrim would not absolutly hate being alt-tabbed so I can use chrome to listen to this instead of Steam's browser.
You can run the game in borderless windowed mode with a mod from Nexus. You can alt-tab and stuff without having the screen go black or any other issues.
you gota alt tab it twice if you wanna go back in, like you do it from whatever you were doing once then you do it again while holding alt and hitting tab to choose the window you want to go, like skyrim,... i figured that out by accident one day
As I watch your series, it has a feel that this is really suited to be incorporated into the game itself as a Codex, like the Mass Effect Codex where the narrator actually reads and speaks out the subject of interests. Good work man.
send ulfric my regards! stormcloak fool's
The Empire is law, the law is sacred.
Wow, the Imperials are pretty awesome, not as boring as I initially thought.
Imperial Stormcloak
Solider Archers
You know this is true.
Thijs Tharn not really the stormcloaks have the advantage's since they are fighting in their own turf so reinforcements aren't a total problem plus if they take falkreath chances of imperial forces getting there would be tough,not to mention fighting gorilla style would be very hard to take down.
Thijs Tharn The imperials never conquered skyrim,the nords loved and respected tiber septim so when the emiper was founded the nords without hesitation joined the legion.
but by the end of the day neither side will win unless the dovahkiin picks a side
Stormcloaks are just a group of rebels they don't have much chance in a real war against Imperials
yea u know cuz empire is so strong even after it just lost a war and its king could be easily killed by dark brotherhood
They're so obviously based off of the Romans
petargrad Actually they are
The endings of each episodes gives me the shivers x3
I hate the Aldmeri Dominion in Skyrim, since they're all such dicks, but I think the Dominion in ESO looks awesome. Figures. I want that armor!
+Charles Dang Yeah, +James R is right. The Aldmeri Dominion isn't in Skyrim, the Thalmor are. Damn their souls to Oblivion and all that.
+Jonah Locke Wrong. The faction of Elves in Skyrim are called the Aldmeri Dominion- the Thalmor are merely their agents, sort of like a military/inquisitorial arm.
The The Dominion in Elder Scrolls Online are a completely separate faction though.
Are you going to cover the races from Akavir (the Ka Po'Tun, Tang Mo, Tsaesci, and Snow Demons of Kamal)?
HASHTAG :soldier playing elder scrolls.....HASHTAG : COOOOOL!!!
Talos was a Khajiit, that's why his name was changed to Tiger Septim.
Imperials=Romans. infact Romans are an offshot of Germanic people and Imperials are an off shot of Nords.
***** To be fair every single western empire/culture/civilization of the last 2000 years has been influenced shaped inspired by the Romans so. Romans=western culture.
***** Name of that tribe?
MrAwrsomeness The Latin tribe....
Maximus Axius Source?
MrAwrsomeness Look it up you idiot, I shouldn't have to provide you a source for common knowledge.
When it comes to video games I'm such a asshole. I hate almost anyone that is not human. The only elves I can stand are dark elf's, I actually like the orcs because I feel they get fucked over too much, and I find the argonianes repulsive. I like the Nord culture but dislike the people, unless they side with the Empire. The Khajit are 50/50. If you support the Altmer no matter if you are Imperial or not you need to be put into a room with hundreds of adoring fans. Hopefully the next game can span all of Tamriel, or at least have dlc that let you go to Cyrodiil. For the Empire!!!!
The Altmer are the superior race of Tamriel, whether you like it or not.
***** Culture, weapons, armor, intelligence, athletics, society, clothing, military, magic, appearance, food, etc. etc.
***** Weapons/Armor : Dwarven Armour is better, but Elven weapons beat Dwarven weapons.
Intelligence : The Altmer are said to be the most magically gifted and intelligent of the races, this is unarguable. Bretons are the second smartest.
Athletics : Altmer have the fastest running speed and jump the highest.
Military : While the Imperial Legion were good fighters, the Aldmeri Dominion defeated them.
Appearance : I guess appearance is a matter of opinions, I personally find the Altmer to be the most attractive in the game.
And to add to this, the Aldmeri Dominion defeated the Empire once, and can do so again.
***** A pyrrhic victory is still a victory.
***** I would just like to clarify that only the Reman and Septim empires were the only empires that were symbols of unification and peace. To find the basic stats of the races to compare them the strategy guides for all the games except for Skyrim have them if you would like to compare them.
Also mentions that if Ulfric won, it'd unite Skyrim and make Skyrim a greater threat to the Thalmor. I think we should gather from that source that they "broke" him by convincing him the need to fight against the Imperials to get to the Thalmor, thus weakening both of the Thalmor's enemies, Imperial and Stormcloak alike. It doesn't mean Ulfric is a good buddy of the Thalmor.
Ending the civil war on either side is a blow to the Thalmor.
Every Empire comes to an end, British, Roman, Macedonian, Mongol, Portuguese, Spanish and (Elder Scrolls reference) The Ayleids. Blessings of Akatosh upon ye.
ElfLord 1108 except America
What about McDonald's?
I do enjoy this video, however there is no 'Imperial race'.
The people of Western Cyrodiil, the Colovians, are quite different from their eastern neighbours, the Nibenese. You should consider doing a video expanding on this as Bethesda did a terrible job of showing it in their games - Oblivion comes to mind right away!
I agree with you so much!
Bethesda intended for them to be a race. Colovians and Nibenese aren't their own races. Imperials, Bretons and Nords are NOT the same. Since the Imperials are based off of the Romans, the Imperial race gets its name from the Imperialistic way of the Romans. Bethesda made it quite clear that the Imperials are a race. You don't govern how they make their game. While the Colovians and the Nibenese do have different features, so do all of the races. Bretons and Imperials can be difficult to distinguish at times, that doesn't change the fact that they are two different peoples.
TheImperialSyndicate The Colovians and Nibeneans were different (although they still shared some similarities) before the founding of the Empire; I'd argue most definitely before Reman's Second Empire, in particular.. As the ages go on, it's possible to argue that they became more similar and, as you put it, both cultures were very 'Roman' from an outsider's point of view during the Empire. Do you believe they were the same people before they came together to form a Cyrodiilic Empire?
Whatever your thoughts on them, I do recommend reading this article: tamrielvault.com/group/lore/forum/topics/the-imperial-divide-colovian-and-nibenese
There isn't a lot of ingame lore explaining the two people (Imperial Empire aside), so it's one of the small gems.
+Euroland07 While "Imperial" isn't a race in real life, I think Bethesda intended for them to be a race in-game due to their relation to the Romans. I've never found any lore or in-game evidence that suggests that they're not a race. I also think, the fact that their race is named "Imperial" is supposed to be ironic because of how they represent the very definition of "Imperial".. Imperial-"of or relating to an empire."
Hank Hill WE KNOW... HES SAYING THERE ARE SUBGROUPS UNLIKE BRETONS AND NORDS.... Jesus fucking Christ you’re thick...
This is an excerpt from Ulfrics thalmor dossier.
Under interrogation, we learned of his potential value (son of the Jarl of Windhelm) and he was assigned as an asset to the interrogator, who is now First Emissary Elenwen. He was made to believe information obtained during his interrogation was crucial in the capture of the Imperial City (the city had in fact fallen before he had broken), and then allowed to escape. After the war, contact was established and he has proven his worth as an asset.
so the imperials are the good guys and the storm cloaks were just rebels...huh I may have chose the wrong side as many other new elder scrolls players must have in skyrim XD
oops commented on the wrong video lol the playlist was rolling!
+87lycanthropy there's the stormcloak
+87lycanthropy The Empire never wanted to ban talos worship. Why would they? Tiber Septim himself founded the third empire. Banning his worship willingly would be like betraying your own father.
They banned it because they wanted to protect the people.
Make no mistake, when an Imperial cries out, "for the empire", he includes Skyrim and hpincludes as well.
Love the Empire:)
Pelinal Whitestrake and I love you, Pelinal!
Long live the empire!
Herma Mora is linked fairly strongly to Aka. There's actually been a decent amount of discussion about that. Excellent catch. Obviously we don't know for sure, but you're definitely not shooting in the dark with that assessment.
I would say the Septims didn't shout because they might not have saw any need and eventually the knowledge was lost. Doesn't help when there's no dragons around to absorb souls and knowledge as well.
Good stuff bro.
Is it just me or are they 100% modelled after the Roman Empire
Yeah, they are pretty much modeled after the Roman Empire with a few exceptions.
Lmfao THANK YOU! My friend was saying they're based off Jews.... I never laughed so hard in my life, I even did a side-by-side of Roman and imperial armor, yet still to this day he's convinced he's right...
It's totally just you ;)
Only the armor and weapons. Pretty much nothing else is Roman.
Really Kevin? Just their armor? Not the fact they themselves are an empire too that took over most of the world, or how they move in legions? Or how they're so advanced in merchants? Or how they have a collesium? The list goes on and on haha
i liked them more in skyrim then oblivion
I get so much nostalgia when i watch these videos now
Imperials are not weak. Some are actually on par with Nords in terms of size and strength and overall warrior capability.
AGREED!
u can say that the imperials are a mix of humans as their armie is a mix of races.
Do Imperials Breton and Redguard descend from Nords?
No. Nords, Bretons and Imperial descended from Nedes. The Nedes that stayed in Skyrim became the Nords, while the ones that moved south to Cyrodiil became the Colovians and Nibenese. The ones that went to High Rock interbred with the elves until the Bretons came about.
Redguards come from a whole different continent so they have no ties to any of the man races.
So that means that Ysgramor and his companions were Nedes not Nords, but this also means that the figure of Ysgramor should be important for Imperials and Bretons too, since he was also part of their history.
RZ-357 Not quite. The events with Ysgramor happened after the humans of Cyrodiil and High rock have settled in their respective lands.
Bretons are descended from nords and altmer.
I believe that the Nords were the first humans to inhabit Tamriel, when Ysgramor led them from Atmora. However, I think that most human races had their own beginnings. The Bretons, however, did descend from the Nords and Elves.
I thoroughly enjoy the writing in these as well as the information I gain
Never really understood why the Reguards originated on a separate continent rather than being on the same continent as the nords bretons and imperials...
The Swift Stufful Thr nords cane from the same continent as the imperials and bretons it's called atmora.
Joe Hoe Because they are humans from a previous Kalpa, and they destroyed their continent.
Matheus Cossuol Thx
and sorry i misread your question
Same reason the Akiviri humans are from a different continent? They are all descended from the wandering ehlnofey anyway, all 3 proto-races came from that one race that, as their name implies, wandered around a lot and settled many lands.
Shrek!!!
3:31
This serie has thought me one thing, the races of Tamriel are at itchothers throughs constantly. At least this empire tries to change things, bring the races closer together while still honoring some autonomy and traditions. Thats the best Ive seen on Tamriel so far.
13:10 - 13:30
So... Tiber Septim was a Nord??? I've heard people say he was a Breton. I'm confused.
Well, like a lot of TES things - that is a definite maybe. The best theory I have read says he was a Nord born in High Rock. Father being a Nord, Mother being a Breton. Since kids take the race of their mother, he would technically be a Breton. However, he was raised in Skyrim from a very young age, and would likely consider himself a Nord.
There Be Dragons That makes sense. Thanks for the answer. :)
There Be Dragons he was dragon born so he would most likely be a nord.
+There Be Dragons so what about the other septims like Martin and Uriel?
ScoffSlaphead72 Well. Being dragonborn is being a mortal with the blood and soul of a dragon. This dragonblood is a gift from Akatosh rarely given out. They can be any race and gender because it is a gift of blood from a God, not a genetic trait singled to one race.
I'm soooo glad that everyone is arguing intelligently and not just saying "elves are suuuuuch douchebags, omgz" or "xxx are the only good guys" and "I hate x race, because they stole my sweetroll". Glad to see everyone is not ethnocentric, arbitrarily posing racist judgment and deeming people "good" or "bad" because of their race. OH WAIT. EXCEPT THEY ARE. Funny how in real life that would be deemed racist while in lore-discussion it's just immature and stupid. Grow up, people, and learn how to discuss cultures and races without being butthurt when they don't have the same values as you.
Elfs r stoopid thye t00k my sweetrole!!
Uhhh pretty sure racism exists in the ingame universe lol just like everywhere else. You are aware people are roleplaying right? Maybe they're just roleplaying a racist character. Obviously with the Eldar Scroll's history the races don't always get along that's what the whole storyline of ESO is about in case you didn't realize
hendry jonathan Yeah well i can assure you its not.
Dussmasterzero Well, I honestly doubt that people posting comments like "imperials are the only good guys lol" or "elves suck" are roleplaying. And I don't see how the hell I'm supposed to know that they write TH-cam comments from the perspective of a racist in-game character. I always assume, silly me, that people commenting on TH-cam either state what they really think or are trolling. No third option. If they role-play, I have no way of knowing it.
Feamelwen either way dude you are just feeding the trolls, which unless you are an alchemist looking for a lot of troll fat, is foolish. And i personally prefer the nords and orcs and dislike the lore of the elves and khajiit
8:52 I got nostalgic right there after playing oblivion
+E'X tremeXD Hey fuck head Skyrim is for the Nords! Get out!
UserName0043 What?
+UserName0043 A prime example of a "true son of Skyrim"
The elder scrolls lore is incredible, but I don’t know if it’s just me but the towns in elder scrolls games are waaaaaay too small.
"The day the Empire signed the damn treaty, was the day the Empire died"
False.
+The Thinker At least he tried.
And failed.
The same weak Empire that sold Hammerfell down the river. The Redguards don't need the Empire, Skyrim don't need the damn Empire.
Eddy Weaver Oh my dear, point is Skyrim NEED the Empire.
Oblivion is and will always be my favorite game,although im a dark elf in game and i love their culture,i love equally the empire,
i think bethseda should just release bunch of skrim dlcs
cyrodil dlc hammerfel dlc etc....
elderscroll online is just crap
Zenimax is making ESO...Bethesda's still developing TES 6.
Lightscribe225 Most likely they are doing Fallout 4 right now. I wouldn't expect TES6 for a long, long time.
ReBornSADD
They follow the same pattern since Morrowind. As soon as they release the TES game, they have a team getting to work on the next one. When they took over the Fallout series, they changed it about, with a bare bones team working on TES while the main group modifies the last TES engine to run Fallout.
TES VI is in development, though I know it will take them a while.
*****
I actually enjoy what I have played of ESO, and I am hardly 16. Maybe you should get off your high horse and understand that not everything is going to be catered to your pallet, and accept that there are Elder Scrolls fans that don't look at ESO with scorn.
The Leo I loved ESO so far and i too am far from 16... I love how everyone is making such ridiculous comments yet its still in beta. The game looks and plays amazing and the fact its an mmo is a pure bonus for anyone who has friends.