Akavir & The Tsaesci - The Elder Scrolls Lore

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[@conradclassey4471]

Double Negative. Check out AlviaAlcedo tiger dragon on deviant art, this isn't a plug. Just thought you'd you find it so awesome, it just has to be true.

[@grosslyoffensivelizard-man3438]

Vampirism sounds like a terrible thing for a snake to have. A severe allergy to sunlight would make basking difficult.

[@darkdave1998]

Maybe it's a variation of vampirism, one without the sun allergy, or perhaps one that, on snake men, would make them not need any kind of sunlight anymore.

[@madscientistshusta]

Nathan Baker most think it's vampirism like wearbears, except wearsnakes,so they are golden humans that turn into bloodsucking snakes

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

There is a bloodline of vampires in eso who are the first clan to ever be made by the first vampire who do not have any kind of weekness to sunlight but get stronger when night falls maybe these snake people are like them but who know if these snake guys are vampires all we know is that they drink blood the problem is we don't have enough information about these guys and we have is guesses

[@kung111cz]

Or they simply aren't cold blooded. Sentient species relying on basking to actualy be able to do something wouldn't be able to build any civilization. At least not in the place with the winters like they are described in the video.

[@spaceangelmewtwo9074]

I imagine that vampirism makes you a little supernatural and resistant to cold, seeing as even warm-blooded creatures go cold when they die and vampires are technically dead. It would probably be the best thing ever.
We also already know that the advanced reptilian races of the TES series are warm-blooded, like the Argonians. I imagine it isn't very different for the Tsaesci.

[@jarool1410]

"So awesome it has to be true" best quote ever.

[@glsapp23]

Except it seems really ridiculous.

[@gabzdark07]

Not in a videogame, which it's entire purpose is fun.

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

It may be beat by a historian saying: “It all seemed like a good idea at the time.”

[@mrbarefootbogan6254]

Their is also Atmora and Aldmeris, and I think Aldmeris is bigger than Akavir.

[@traceyjacobsen8544]

Mr Bare Foot Bogan no Aldmeri is a lot smaller then akaviri
Akavir I do believe is almost as big as tamriel or half the size of tamriel...its pretty big

[@BloomerMindset]

"We don't know much about Akavir" *gives a 14 minute presentation about akavir*

[@victuz]

Yes, this is TES universe, an almost none information is a huge information in this series.
And a big information is... Well, I can't describe the length.

[@RainbowManification]

Compared to other elder scrolls lore, that's very tiny

[@guardianofsummerset451]

Well, only to talk about Vivec, he would have to do hours of videos, so... yeah, not much about akavir.

[@pyjamies8159]

now compare that with the lore on tamriel

[@marshmallowmountains4636]

To be fair, 14 minutes of history with a huge continent filled with people that have been around for hundreds and hundreds of years is really small.

[@cowseverywhere7877]

I just can't get over how rich the lore is in the Elder Scrolls franchise, I wander if any of Bethesda's staff actually make a living writing and selling real life fiction novels.

[@Stargate-over-starwars]

Cows Everywhere!! Don't quote me but i think its was mostly written by once guy

[@jahpolley]

Indeed, most of the Elder Scrolls Lore was written by Michael Kirkbride, who, even though he no longer works for Bethesda, still writes lore for the Elder Scrolls universe. His work can be found at the Imperial Library website.

[@GoodnessandTruth]

I think the new Bethesda doesn't really care about lore...

[@connorcarbon]

There were two Elder Scrolls novels written, albeit poorly and to poor and obscure reception

[@d4darwin458]

Hurts me too man🥲
I wouldnt mind playing an akavir game

[@evansheehan9258]

A whole other continent! Jesus these games have like, ALOT of content to work with here.

[@MPtheNomad25]

Evan Sheehan yeah man Nirn actually has 4 continents at the moment. Used to be 5, known as Yokuda, but it sank into the depths. This is one reason I love the Elder Scrolls. The universe is so big, so many possibilities for different races and geography

[@evansheehan9258]

Michael Peters This shit is going to keep going for a fucking generation man. I mean,this started 1994? That was 22 years ago,albeit,they were different companies but still.

[@danb6742]

Evan Sheehan and that's the known world
There possibly could be more

[@MPtheNomad25]

Dan B yeah I remember reading on one wikia that it's possible the most of Nirn hasn't been discovered yet

[@blazednlovinit]

There's also a place called "Lyg", which is said to be _one of_ the "adjacent places", it was formed when Tamriel was folded up on itself, leaving an imprint and is said to be accessed by moving sideways in a weird and unspecified manner.
Then of course there are all the realms of oblivion of the daedra and the aetherius. The imperials have even had a space program before (the mananauts)

[@spencersmith5949]

I was under the impression that when it said the Tsaesci "consumed" the humans of akavir that it was a metaphor for conquering and absorbing the human kingdom into the Tsaesci's. This would explain why the akaviri are described as both humans and snake-men; the Tsaesci are the actual snake-men and rulers while humans were just slaves. This would even ensure that if the Tsaesci were all vampires that they would have a potentially never ending stock of food.

[@vanders4198]

And this would also explain why you find human Akaviri ghosts at the Pale Pass.

[@AlexanderPR2]

Spencer Smith They ate the humans of Akavir. The gnomes are their slaves and stock of food.

[@johnwhittington2998]

DarkHunter Hello me ol chum!

[@badernera7497]

I prefer to think it was something like Boethia eating Trinimac and pooping out Malacath, it's fucked up I know but it would fit the Tsaesci quite well

[@badernera7497]

Like instead of native humans there were native elves that became human after... ingestion

[@noahcunningham3166]

I feel like there should have been paintings of the snake people because they did ruler the empire for a time and were rich and powerful

[@itsbrewsky5519]

It's very possible they wanted to forget about that part of their history. If you think about it, people only ever really reference events from the first and third eras in the games...

[@fedegibsonlespaul]

@Strasznik I've been friends with Todd Howard for years now, since we were buddies at the chess club, and he said to me that there are infinite endings to Skyrim and to the Akaviri. He told me a story with sixteen times the detail of what's been told in this video and all about radiant invasions, and to be fair, it all just works. "See that continent over there? You can lie about it" he said, while drinking Skooma and munching on Moonsugar..."Im a snake man", he kept repeating, and then shot an arrow to his own knee.

[@deadchild3927]

it would make sense for the imperials to destroy the depictions of the tcaesi because it would hurt their pride to be reminded of them

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@itsbrewsky5519
But why? If the Emperor used them as high ranking officers, there would definitely be history kept to teach of them

[@seawind930]

2920 books say they were snakes.

[@horsymandias-ur]

I like the idea that the image of the Tsaeci was “mythified” over time - I think it would make more sense for them to be the Asian version of Men in TES.

[@Xegethra]

Well, half snake, half women existed in Arena, so it's not a stretch to imagine another race of half snake people.

[@Xo-3130]

I think ESO has implies tgey are humaniod but do have ssome snakelike fearures like scales and shedding skin.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@Xo-3130
So Asian humans but with some snake features?

[@lordowl3533]

I feel like they're probably just a subspecies of warrior argonians that are all vampires and over generations they just kind of evolved to be more snakelike due to vampirism being in their DNA, so they're like buff argonians with the facial features of the serpentine dragons from Skyrim.

[@xXaltowolfXxmp3]

@@thalmoragent9344 Right, I think the best depiction of them can actually be seen in the mod Elder Kings 2 (for CK3), which shows them as Asian-looking humanoids with golden scale-like skin. Very eastern in inspiration, which makes sense considering the relics we do see in the official games.

[@tarhiel737]

In oblivion there's a rumor (that's the key word, nobody knows for sure) that the nerevarine left on an expedition for Akavir. And seeing how they have corprus and cannot age, they could be still kicking it on the eastern continent.

[@savagex466-qt1io]

lmfao is your pic a character from Morowind called "Fargoth" ?

[@derekneese9497]

Who here thinks that the next ES game should be during the next Akaviri invasion?

[@vulpineknight]

Derek Neese The Admeri Dom. would need to be defeated first, but if they could work in both the downfall of the AD and an invasion from Akavir, and do it well, it would definitely explain why Bethesda needs a much better engine before they work on TES:VI

[@Smartacus98]

Nah, return of the Dwemer. They were catapulted through time by dabbling with the heart of Lorkhan, and now Kagrenac returns, using his own lifeforce to power a brass god. They march across Morrowind and Skyrim, laying waste to all dunmer in their path but surprisingly leaving the Nords alone (they were allies at the time of the battle of Red Mountain), until they reach Hammerfell, where they have come to destroy the dissident Rourken clan. The game will be set in Hammerfell, which is simultaneously invaded by the Dominion which leads to noble houses plunging into civil war over whether to fight alone or allow the legions to step in. The player is caught in the middle of this, and ends up unraveling the mysteries of the Dwemer and halting the path of Numidium/Akulakhan by killing Kagrenac. Meanwhile, black ships appear in Black Marsh, where the An Xileel have established a brutal, xenophobic Orwellian dictatorship in the increasingly secretive Black Marsh, containing refugee Tsaesci who spread across Tamriel, telling stories of impending doom. Tosh Raka (who had mysteriously vanished since the disappearance of the Nerevarine) had awoken after 200 years of being reclusive (presumed dead by the Tsaesci and thought to have left the mortal plane by the Ka'Po'Tun) and rallied his people and their human slaves to bring destruction upon the Tsaesci, and were now setting course for Tamriel.
Maybe in a DLC or sequel the player can travel to Black Marsh, liberate it from the An Xileel and, travelling to the Eastern coast, see a rising red mist on the horizon...

[@t84t748748t6]

depends what place the next elder scroll is set in a akavire invasion would be fun in the black marsh
reptile against reptile race
elder scroll online would have been perfect for akavire

[@Smartacus98]

***** Well, based on Oblivion/Skyrim standards of writing yes, but with good writing you can still unravel a mystery and leave more questions than there were before. Supposedly, in Morrowind, you "solve" the Mystery of the Dwarves as part of a quest for the Mages guild (or House Telvanni if you go at it a roundabout way) and it still leaves so many unanswered questions. I mean, you could speak in person to a living dwarf and still understand less about what was going on than you did before. The return of the dwemer doesn't necessarily explain why they disappeared. If anything, it just opens up the questions of how and why they came back, at least momentarily, which a well written story alludes to, but does not simply bluntly explain.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Or just anything to do with the continent. It would be nice to have them take a "risk" instead of playing it safe like they did with skyrim and f4.

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Awesome stuff man. However, I'm kinda surprised you didn't mention that there's a possibility that those nasty storms that plagued the Imperial Fleet might have in fact been magical in origin. Gives us a bit of perspective on how strong their mages might be, eh?

[@sickofitall89]

Thats what i thot the whole time , these storms were most likely unnatural.

[@shahsoarrogant7770]

Sultan I thought the storms were magical aswell

[@user-no3tu9kh3p]

It sounds like they took this from Japanese legend. An invading force being stopped by convenient storm multiple times. And they thought the gods were behind the storms, so maybe the same is for akavir. Maybe the Tsaesci are destined to stay. Maybe they're the ones keeping the perhaps more aggressive and dangerous snow demons at bay.

[@venabre]

You forgot to talk about The Blades

[@dreamz2134]

That was way after this, blades started in talos area I believe

[@Matakshaman]

But Talos was the first Septim emperor, so this takes place after his death?

[@justarandomaccount8330]

They have no association with them other then their armour and weapons

[@raphaelsilva9785]

@@justarandomaccount8330 Of course they have, the main quest of skyrim explain this.

[@captainrev4959]

@@dreamz2134 this is in the third era long after Tiber septim died.

[@pastlife960]

Yeah, the Tsaeci are human, based on the Japanese. The Disaster at Ionith never mentions them being snake-people. But they did kill Emperor Uriel 5th so the legend of them being immortal snake vampires came about because of imperial bias. The Blades, the potentates, the army at Ionith, are all human, essentially samurai.

[@joynelbonetdelgado4952]

I think so too. Their swords are Katanas and the guards are in shape of snakes wrapped around the sword

[@owo8996]

I'd like them to be actual snake people, we already have WAAAY too many Human/elf races to work with.

[@habibcicero3833]

@@owo8996 no us asians need a race its not fair lol

[@bullettime1116]

@@habibcicero3833 asian power!

[@gbt2009]

@@habibcicero3833 Akavir is definitely Asian. It just sounds like in inspiration: Tsaesci are Japanese/Korean, Tang Mo are Chinese/Vietnamese, Po Tun are Indian, Snow Demons are Mongolian.

[@dreammaker4147]

Tosh raka? So.... Akatosh? (With an "R") The father of dragons? Connection?

[@AlexanderPR2]

Master Austin Maybe. But Akatosh appears in Skyrim(Alduin) and his body doesn't have the same aspect of Tosh Raka. And Tosh Raka was the first to become a Tiger-Dragon a long time ago. Remember, Skyrim occurs in the 4th Era.

[@ulfricstormcloak9096]

DarkHunter alduin and akatosh are different beings

[@edugabreu]

Alduin is Akatosh first born, but not the same person/god/dragon/creature

[@hannukah4410]

Auriel, Akatosh, and Alduin are all aspect of the original spirit of time, called Aka. Auriel symbolises the beginning of time, Akatosh the body of time and Alduin the end of time. Alduin calling himself "firstborn of Akatosh" is merely him taunting The Last Dragonborn.

[@moongirl786]

Quite possibly. Maybe he was a Demi-god from the start, of the blood of Akatosh, similar to the Dragonborn

[@jakenikolia1453]

Bethesda I want a elder scrolls game set in Akavir

[@danb6742]

jake nikolia we should have explored all of Tamriel first

[@jakenikolia1453]

Dan B yeah I agree, I can't wait for Bethesda to make a game so that you can travel all tamriel

[@597das]

ESO has nearly all of Tamriel m8

[@tylerclark4681]

dasco597 yeah but since eso takes place so long ago it’s a bit lame

[@Knightmxre]

@@danb6742 its called ESO

[@sangelititan1171]

Meanwhile, the Nerevarine is on an adventure in Akavir, probably creating friends and allies, destroying countries, and planning peaceful negotiations between Akavir and at least Morrowind.
Seriously though, there is an immortal god walking around Akavir doing whatever the hell he likes. If we don't see more on the Nerevarine and Akavir in ES6, I'm gonna be pissed.

[@300subscriberswithoutanyvideos]

Not gonna lie,
I wouldnt be mad if ES6 isnt in akavir.
If it's still in tamriel, but another province. I wouldnt mind

[@haibuiphuoc4442]

Things in Tamriel haven't been settled yet, why leave so soon?

[@jaredhenderson7756]

From a leak, it will take place in high rock and hammerfel, but take that with a grain of salt

[@aguynamedatidade]

You know that a race is serious when they can enslave a whole race of dragons, and cause another one to flee.

[@alexdollesin300]

"It's so awesome it has to be true". This is exactly my process for determining canon

[@joshuahunterwilkins4922]

I never knew that Altair was in the Morag Tong...

[@sickofitall89]

How come ! Al Mualim was a dunmer !

[@xananymous431]

sickofitall89 and ezio was a redguard

[@fedegibsonlespaul]

@@xananymous431 Madrigal is Bethesda and we are in the animus

[@BoomstickAsh]

After all these years, I’ve finally delved into the world of The Elder Scrolls, starting with Skyrim. Trying to get caught up with the vast amount of lore (not to mention what happened in the previous games) has been a little overwhelming to say the least. Your videos about all things Elder Scrolls are the best on TH-cam. You’ve broken down so many things about this game world. Great job man! Liked & subscribed 👍🏻

[@daswordofgork9823]

I happen to have a theory based on the Tsaesci and the men of akavir. Rather two in fact.
#1: What of the Blades that were mentioned on Alduin's wall in Sky Haven Temple were the Akaviri people who were running away from the Tsaesci from Akavir and invaded Tamriel through Pale Pass? Since the akaviri soldiers and the commander in charge of the forces at Pale Pass were human, That would explain them being human. They tried to use all that they had in order to survive and they were granted pardon from Remen Cyrodiil and accepted it in order to survive. It would also explain how the people in the Disaster on Ionith explains them to be 'mounted warriors' not snake people. Can't ride a horse with a snake body.
#2: What if the humans on Akavir and the Tsaesci live together (sort of coexisting) and that the Tsaesci may have a power almost identically to the Cold Harbor Vampires in Skyrim (like Harkon and the Dragonborn having the ability to turn into a vampire monster thing). What if the Tsaesci had that same ability from turning into a humanoid form to a Snake-like form when they so desire, maybe explaining the Humanoid Akavir at Pale Pass.
So what do you guys think?

[@doot4452]

damn, most ES didn't reveal history just like you said, Akaviri people running away from Tsaesci

[@tank3143]

My idea for an es game would be set on Akavir where the men of Akavir defeat the snow demons and Tsaesci and you help conquer Akavir .

[@dismissedpillow7039]

I am really happy that this video is out.

[@Smartacus98]

The notion that Reman ruled all of Tamriel seems...unfounded to me. Obviously Morrowind is not included, but based on the account of 2920, the provinces have a degree of autonomy that would suggest independence, I think it more likely that the Reman Empire ruled a part of every nation of Tamriel (which were not necessarily the same border-wise as they are in the third and fourth eras).

[@seawind930]

It's more like he united the human nations. Most of the Elven and beastfolk nations were never really touched and I don't think he ever conquered Summerset.

[@cowseverywhere7877]

I must admit, I never took the time to read a lot of the books in the games, but these lore videos makes me wish had though.
In fact the next time I play Skyrim I am going to make it my character's personal mission to collect every book in the game and read them all.

[@riom.6091]

Cows Everywhere!! It’ll take absolute years.

[@hohnsenhoff]

I see what you did there with those Age of Empires 2 guard towers

[@pennywise6158]

Quick we r being attacked place a tower
Every add ever

[@kaisermikael589]

69 likes after 4 years.... Nice

[@zuckerhut8707]

Dude, this was awesome! I love how you describe detailed lore in a very visual way along with your text. I'm a big elder scrolls fan with waaay too many hours into oblivion and skyrim, but you've taught me so much more of the history. Just awesome!

[@sxcJOELisNotsexy]

3 videos in and I'm already wowed. Haven't seen anyone delve into Elder Scrolls lore like this since Shoddy Cast. Great work bro! I consider you a true Tamrieologist.

[@subtotalaljar3620]

Just had a thought. What if the Akaviri were somehow manipulating the weather to beat down the ships that tried to reinforce or bring them supplies?might be a long shot but manipulation of magic that strong could be possible. Even the Dragonborn can call hails of storms or clear the skys. Mixed with the overall dragoncentricness of Akavir as a whole. It’s possible

[@ChocorocK]

Bethesda simply wrote them off, like every interesting detail in the Elder Scrolls series.

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

chocoman45 When?

[@ChocorocK]

By the time of Oblivion there were still Tsaesci living in Cyrodiil. But along with the supposed Roman/Imperial Japan/South East Asian motif of the empire and the jungles of Cyrodiil they were gone cause they were too cool.
And during the Interregnum when ESO was set the Tsaesci Potentate is supposed to be still standing and the defacto head of the Empire.

[@alexappsapp1332]

Adam ESO is canon, but the Tsaesci were not many anyway so.

[@eligio7907]

they were made humans

[@CrystalPines]

ALfutbol ESO is canon

[@mrelephant2283]

I swear to god i can't get enough of this video, i just keep rewatching it and i'm never bored, i don't know why i just love this video.

[@DeadLinux]

This is by far the best amalgamation of all the Akavirii lore and Tsaesci history in one big gulp. I love it, and it actually makes me feel better about my current playthrough of Skryim. Thanks!

[@Deatheater4444]

Everything can be blamed on the snake people.
Just like irl.

[@ArmouredProductions]

Question: I thought that the Dragons in Skyrim, were in skyrim because they fled away from being killed/eaten on Akavir, including Alduin. I forgot where I heard this, but do the Akaviri Dragons have any relations to Alduin's rule in ancient skyrim?
EDIT: According to the wiki, the Skyrim Dragons are indeed indigenous to Akavir, and for some reason migrated to Tamriel and enslaved man. Why they fled? either they were bored or scared of being eaten/killed

[@madscientistshusta]

Exonaut Productions that's wierd according to parthunax alduan had 1 job, one fucking job n I that was to eat the world n since he didn't n tried to enslave it it left him weak n able to die, if the world eater created by the God of time fled from something...doesn't that throw a wrench in all of the 9 God's presumed power, if an aspect of the one God akatosh (alduin =death/rebirth of culpas) is a wuss and xanthine do his job on any content doesn't that mean the akiri people are the true gods? all hail tscexi

[@ArmouredProductions]

Yeah. I think that Alduin's superiority complex comes from them fleeing form Akavir. lol

[@bamvan8518]

Jesus. I've seen so many lore series and have never know half of what you talk about. Please make more.

[@iRemainNameless]

What an immersive video.
I want to know more now.
Your video style is very easy to understand

[@sorchatheraven]

I'm remembering more of ES history than I'll ever do of real life history

[@ThePieMan305]

These videos are so damn good, better than shoddycast imo (although I like shoddy's as well, he can be a bit biased in his retelling of the lore since he likes the thalmor so much lol). I just wish the videos didn't release so far apart :C

[@lazysalas]

Best lore videos on TH-cam. I've watched them all 5 times. please keep making more tes videos

[@pixeljam45]

As someone who played through Morrowind and is now working my way through Skyrim, I'm loving these videos! Definitely what I need to understand the games and their crazy amount of history. I can't wait for the next one!

[@ownageforkilz]

Great video, keep it up! Would you mind telling me what program you use for your presentation? I would really like to try it.

[@DoubleNegative]

+ownageforkilz
Premier Pro, mainly. The animation and effect tools aren't as sophisticated as something like After Effects, but it gets the job done.

[@djdjdijon]

how can you do a video on akavir but completely forget about the Akaviri who invaded morrowind and skyrim makeing the ebonheart pact theres no soild proof they where eaten and no solid time frame
because they invaded with the games already proveing they where humanoid and possibly Asian because of people like Akaviri Commander Mishaxhi and Duadeen with the dragon wall also showing them as human

[@moongirl786]

Watch the beginning of the video again, he briefly mentions it. The reason it is only a brief mention is because the video is mainly about the Tsaesci (its in the title, and again the beginning of the video). If you didn't know, the Akaviri invasion that led to the formation of the Ebonheart Pact was the Kamal invasion led by Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal, which was indeed driven back by the Dunmer and the Tribunal, plus the Nords and the Underking, as well as some Argonians

[@GothicElf68]

I was wondering about this as well, so thank you , Moongirl, for the explanation. I caught that about the invasion, yet the narrator really said nothing about it hitting Morrowind or how it was repelled by the Pact.

[@aecusregen4614]

To my knowledge he actually got a few things wrong, he does mention the Akaviri, but he says they were foot soldiers to the Tsaesci, the Tsaesci never invaded Tamriel; what actually happened was the Tsaesci attacked and nearly wiped out the Akaviri men and they fled to Tamriel and in the process attacked the nords and imperials. It was the Akaviri men who recognized Reman as Dragonborn, not the Tsaesci who surrendered to and bestowed the title upon him. Reman also didn't actually defeat the Akaviri; the Akaviri were kicking the shit out of the imperials and the nords until they recognized Reman as Dragonborn. I may be wrong on a few things here, but I've done a pretty large amount of research unto the subject and to my knowledge this is what occurred; he didn't provide any sources so I don't know where he got his information to corroborate or refute any of it

[@markmitin7397]

Maybe slanted eyes resembled snake-like appearance to the inhabitants of Tamriel, as well as Tsaeci armor, which resembles samurai armor from Japanese culture, with a fantasy touch that makes it look like a snake scale armor.

[@maijuporilainen7994]

This video was amazingly done, funny and really nice overall!! loved it,please make more! :)

[@joshmiller2979]

These videos are doing an amazing job of filling the void that ShoddyCast left behind. You got yourself a new fan.

[@omegatheta1701]

I noticed you glossed over the nevarines departure to and subsequent disappearance into, akavir, which seems somewhat important considering his assumed significance as a shezarine

[@dgmetalhead]

The Tsaesci are humans. The book "A Children's Anuad" says so when it lists the Tsaesci of Akavir as one of the original races of humans on Nirn, along with the Nords of Atmora and the Redguards of Yokuda.

[@andryuu_2000]

tuxxcat those are akaviri

[@420-V.T.L-Machinist]

Technically the race from Yokuda was the Yokudans. They became the Redguards at a later time on Tamriel

[@chaoticreaper0575]

well, it could be a case of, yes they're snake men but they're snake MEN, they may have counted as Human rather than Mer in the eyes of Tamrial scholars

[@wj287]

@@chaoticreaper0575 No they're men, idk why people cling to the "snake men" thing, they were just men. Very aggressive men.

[@chaoticreaper0575]

@@wj287 If you read my comment carefully, you would have seen I was saying that regardless of what people considered them, they were men nonetheless in the eyes of the people of Tamrial instead of another breed of elf kind. Also how are they not snake men, they're obviously part snake in some aspect, the long slender and legless bodies that slither along the ground, like a snake would do.

[@himynamelscolin]

Bro, how sick would a game be set in this time period

[@calebkelahan8745]

This seriously is so informative and I cannot even explain how much I learned from this and how much it satisfied me. Please please please do more

[@thewolfdevil5193]

This is basically what you can find in the book titled "The Mysterious Akavir"

[@gothic3theageofwar565]

The Tsaesci are humans (very similar to japanese people). Tamrielics call them "Snakes" because they've smaller eyes than than every race on Tamriel and because the main war banner of their empire is a green snake with red eyes.
Want a proof ? Play Oblivion and do the mission of the akaviri Tsaesci on the Pale Pass, all of them have human scheletons and their leader, General Mishaxi, is full human being :)

[@gothic3theageofwar565]

Crimson Archer20 Tsaesci being snakes is superstion. i already explained the many factors that cause the people of Tamriel calling them "vampiric snakes". The only thing about them that might actually be true is they have really strong magic that is able to manipulate the wheather. It is recorded that Uriel Septim V won several battles against them and they used human classic military tactics with infantry, heavy cavalry etc... and probably it was Tsaesci light cavalry that caused the many ambushes on the road between Septimia and Ionith. The most interesting matter is that many on Tamriel make superstions about their phisical aspect but basically very very few survived for actually tell what happened. Most part Uriel's army already left Septimia when the final battle started and even when the main force arrived in the Tsaesci Empire none of soldiers saw a single Tsaesci or any kind of resistence. Only two legionnaires managed to escape the battlefield of Ionith and immagine how scared they were after seeing thousands of their comrades being slaughtered like fools. They probably said everyone that the Emperor died heroically against "the snakes" and that those "snakes" were coming for all of them, if they wouldn't escape immediately. Probably from that day on everyone stated the Akavir is not conquerable baecause of the fucking "snakes". And the most ignorant people of Tamriel started to believe that Akavir is a Hell with demons. The same thing of our world: for example before discovering America Continent, Europeans believed that on the other side of the sea there was the Purgatory of the Catholic Religion and so a sort of forbidden and mithycal land populated by angels.

[@danb6742]

Frank -97 the emperor of the Snake people was emperor for hundreds of years
A human couldn't have lived that long

[@UnknownSquid]

@Dan B: Being long lived don't imply a snakelike appearance however. The elves are proof enough of that. It's potential evidence only that they aren't human, not that they aren't humanoids. It's important to remember that in the Elderscrolls universe, being "Human" isn't such a simple and unified thing. Various regional "races of man" (as opposed to Mer) literally have distinct innate magical and arguably trans-human powers, specific to their bloodline.

[@gothic3theageofwar565]

Thijs Tharn It's peasants's superstion, do you really believe they are like that ?!? Ahahahahaha. I tell you a secret then, Tosh Raka wants to defeat the Imperial Legion using a spell that invokes a rain full of yellow tomatoes!!! And the Snow Demons of Kamal are the Polaretti Ice-Cream Penguins in reality

[@thatshadyalchemist4488]

Frank -97 That's just speculation and not proven. Your theory is shit.

[@NakedAvanger]

This is probably the best and most detailed akavir lore video to date

[@juke9674]

Love how vague the tsaechi lore is.
In a communiy made mod coming up for crusader kings 3 the tsaechi and the akaviri humans are one and the same, but they can start a process towards tsaechence, which turns them into snakes more and more but also makes them more powerful

[@InquisitorThomas]

Back in the CK2 version of the Mod, Tsaesci were seemingly humanoid (who live roughly for 200 to 300 hundred years, who have a unique trait that allows them to extract blood from prisoners to boost their piety and had a generally Japanese aesthetic which fits with what we know from the gear and architecture they left behind.

[@kodajolly2655]

my favorite theory about the Tsaesci is that the whole "vampire snake men" thing is being taken way too literally, and they're actually just parasites that resemble small serpents that take control of whatever host they climb in. Kinda like Goa'Uld from Stargate

[@PMMillard]

imagine a TES game in which you are dragged into an expiditionary war against akavir and the turtorial takes place while you're stationed on black harbor

[@AT-qc6wg]

You desrve so much credit for this. This video was so enjoyable to watch Keep it Up

[@hieuphungminh6690]

Tsaesci are probably humanoid vampires who circumvented vampirism's weakness towards the sun by using magic to grow scales. They also probably have some connection with akatosh as well considering they can "eat" dragons like dragonborns do.

[@michaelmalone3110]

and here we show altier killing a Templar leader, to represent the morag tong

[@enusama1687]

I'm confused now. I thought Talos conquered all of Tamirel and founded the Empire not that Remen guy he's talking about.

[@Sehtlimbo]

Both did.

[@zally8183]

7:45 HAHA I love that you put an image of Altair up when you said that assassins killed that guy.

[@xxxtefennixxx]

This was the best lore explaniation video I've seen so far please continue to make them the visiuals are great

[@JRam757]

tbh the geography of that map just doesn't make sense. I'd wafer the Tsaesci are supposed to be Feudal Japan, Ka Po tun is ancient China, Kamal is Siberia, and Tang Mo would be like Indonesia or something due to its endless islands. That being said Tang Mo seems like it would be off to the southeast and Tsaseci along with Ka Po Tun would share a long border that would allow them to wage large-scale wars in the first place. Kamal I can imagine would be like Manchuria area but still within striking distance of Tang Mo.

[@maffiasvante]

when is the next episode coming out??

[@leatherface1136]

Imagine in the next ES game you’re a prisoner that is being exiled to Akavir and you arrive by ship like in Morrowind

[@dalandadan]

these are great, and well done. hope to see more in the future. keep up the good work.

[@muflon5920]

There's a theory that Tosh Raka is avatar of Akatosh

[@childeater7327]

Why would you fight vampires at night smh

[@doctor-atuti]

*This is how I think TES:6 should begin*
You hear the crashing of water but the screen is dark. Your vision slowly fades from black and you see a seagull fly past you. Your eyes follow the bird and see a thick mist everywhere. You gain control over your character and walk away from the railings of the side of the ship. You look around (obviously) and somebody comes up to you saying that the captain wants to see you. You go to the captains quarters he tells you something barely relevant and somebody shouts "LAAAAND!" from the deck. You finish the conversation quickly and rush out onto the deck. You see the fog getting less dense as the ship plunges through it and then a shore. Some sort of city seems to be quite close and as the ship sails closer and closer you start hearing loud shrieks and hisses, followed by intense violin sounds and the screen cuts to black. You see "The Elder Scrolls VI: Whatever" writing slowly fade in, and the game drops you somewhere completely different, in somebody else's body, with a whole story and destiny waiting to be uncovered...

[@poothrowingape]

You've earned yourself a subscriber. Keep up the Elder Scrolls lore, its awesome!

[@oddsock3254]

I like to think tosh raka became dragonborn, not a litteral dragon

[@Kotor007]

Great work but skyrim and morrowind repelled the snow demons in an ununited Tamriel so I think Tamriel would be fine if attacked again the protagonist of elderscrolls 8 would see to that 😉 lol

[@trillionbones89]

The Tribunal repelled the invadors, not the currently (by Argonians) conquered Dunmer.

[@DoubleNegative]

+Ferdinand Francis
Not quite conquered, but the Argonians did take a sizeable chunk of territory from the Dunmer. The eruption of Red Mountain did far worse. Plus, 2/3 of the Tribunal are dead now. Morrowind is not in the position to repel an invading army.

[@bsamaniac305]

Bat Man
Are Snow Elves and Snow Demons the same?

[@blovlh6258]

Fheroah No.

[@M3RS.]

Fheroah -Snow Elves are Falmers. How? Well... When Nords came from Atmora to Skyrim it was colonized with Dwemers and Snow Elves with Dwemers usually being underground. Nords were fighting against Snow Elves and they succeed with Snow Elves escaping Skyrim. Few got in Morrowind where they later became Dark Elves. They also got into Valenwood becoming Wood Elves but few got captured by Dwemers. They made them their slaves. Later when Dwemers disappeared. Snow Elves stayed in the Dwemers dungeons getting used to the dark areas eventually getting blind. There is more but I am lazy to type it.

[@TheoneknownasVC]

These are good! i hope you keep making more to help explain and show the story of the Elder Scrolls.

[@seanstacks3436]

I love Elder Scrolls lore, and the way you present it is really cool. Thank you for your videos they are great

[@trillionbones89]

The Taesci kinda remind me of aztecs.

[@TheRedname]

Why exactly...?

[@trillionbones89]

Redname
This might be because of the "From Dusk Til Dawn" series, where they made snake-vampires, instead of classical bat-vampires.
But the aztecs had warriors who dressed as eagles/jaguars(this was to confuse people, making them believe that they are those predators). They brutally ruled over other tribes and had human-sacrifices.
Maybe the imperial invasion needed some good old gunpowder and diseases.

[@liam-ethanwallis4924]

Erik Münso Rather ironic, considering these guys were probably inspired by Yuan-Ti, a monster race from DnD who have a lot of Aztec and Mayan influences

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

Hmm... I wonder if a small "We are sorry for the stupidity of our ancestors. Here have some cool stuff we made. Maybe wanna trade and exchange culture?" ship expedition would make it better or lead to some "They are weak - invade and take back our grip on the continent!" event.
Obviously the Akavir magic is better (the storms couldn't be a coincidence).
I am overthinking that damn lore... but fuck - bethesda making like one game every 6-8 years that doesn't add much to the lore isn't enough!

[@flamethekid]

you got a continent of snow demons that want to destroy everything(and even tried to destroy tamriel at one point too), an group of tiger people who want to conquer tamriel, and the Tsaesci who were said to eat their humans and dragons.
no cultural exchange would ever happen

[@elgatto3133]

@@flamethekid got some chill monkey dudes too tho

[@JOE96LIVERPOOL]

These lore videos are the best on TH-cam! Good work man!

[@flyshallowfax]

"that is just so awesome that it has to be true" wish all my cool stories were embellished like that all the time.

[@yeetntnt2903]

you should do a lore video on the underking, its something id love to know more about

[@YungFabz]

This is a great video. Thank you for putting this together.

[@liam-ethanwallis4924]

Due to the Tsaesci probably being based on the Yuan-ti from DnD, I'm betting the Tsaesci are a mix of vampire and snake man, being that they're rule by an upperclass of especially snake-like ones, with lower castes generally being less snake-like and all of them having vampire-esc aspects to them. They'd also probably be human-based as well

[@UnknownSquid]

Great stuff. Really well done. Would love to have one of these covering the origins and nature of the Daedra. I've seen plenty that introduce the various key figures and Daedric lords, but none that cover what they are and how they work as a whole.

[@xXD3ATHXx1000]

omg thank you! always loved learning more lore in elder scrolls! ever sense soddy stopped doing them ive been looking for someone els to make good vids for it keep it up!! ps you just got a new sub:)

[@paddyblah887]

Great Video dude... I know A LOT about ES lore but you thought me things kudos man...

[@OmegaMercenary]

Holy shit you explain things so well. You're like Bill Nye but for history in a video game. As in like you make learning fun in a way y'know. You should honestly be a history teacher. Anyways love the videos and you got my follow, keep it up :)

[@TDS181]

Oh that music in the background. The Old Kingdom will remain in my heart forevermore.

[@luismacias7944]

Just subscribed! Just got to say I love these Elder scrolls videos! Keep up the great work guys!

[@ExoSquadOffical]

This is the most informative elder scrolls video I’ve ever seen

[@NFITC1]

This was really good! The Akaviri tales in Oblivion really made me curious about them and I read everything in lore I could find on them only to learn that there's not that much. I thought there was some connection between them and the Argonians through the Hist, but I can't find mention of that now. Maybe that was an out-of-lore source.

[@Juxxize]

Great lore videos , I love es lore videos so u got urself a new subscriber :)

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Thanks so much for makeing this ! As I have only read books about the snake like people and I belive there named the Tsaeci. I choose not to barter with them as they give you a snakey deal !

[@SkoomaSam]

I crave an Elder Scrolls RTS, perhaps set in the invasion of Tamriel, then the invasion of Akavir.... oooh that would be good

[@MrRationalThought]

This was a great video, I really enjoyed it, and I subbed! One suggestion, though; it'd be nice if you could list some references in the description, in-game books, and that kind of thing for those of us who want to learn more.

[@Y-all-mofos-need-Talos]

Excellent work. People are so worried about what Thalmor are or what the hell they want, that they forget the possible Akaviri invasion, that is in my opinion, much more dangerous than the Thalmor.

[@InanisNihil]

well the Thalmor are the biggest and most current threat... not to mention they believe humans are descendants of shor/lorkhan who deceived the their ancestor... humans are on their shit list... butt at least humans and elves know each other so well.. its like their locked in a marriage of love hate... honestly... Thalmor would squash the akavirians if they came over... they'd probably see them as even lower then humans... xb the two empire of men and mer would naturally forge and alliance... also i have my doubts of akavir succeeding in the black marsh with the hist and argonians... they did stop a daedra prince and his invasion cold in its tracks...

[@Y-all-mofos-need-Talos]

Maaquchi Yes, maybe. In my opinion the worst enemy that you can fight, is the enemy that you don't know nothing about. The Tsaeci, the most known akavirian besides the dragons, we don't even know what the fuck they are if it's snake or humanoid, imagine the Kamal. Let's not forget the Ka Po' Tun and what Tosh Raka said.

[@InanisNihil]

Y all mofos need Talos what i love at the elderscrolls and how the dev's did the lore... it very much like religions in real life... most of the accounts come from regular people in the game... lots of misinformation and contradictions... xb if even men mer and the other races of tamerial have so much conflicting views and beliefs... how much more misinformation would they have given us about Akaivar....
from what we do know about dragons and akotosh... the chances of Ka po actually becoming a dragon is more likely a lie or myth in the games... unless he had some connection with akotosh... dont really know...
even the Tsaeci... if you think about it... they sound a lot like dragon borns.... eating dragons... could be a legend of them stealing dragons souls... eating men... it could also be an embellished tale of dragonborns killing and eating the souls of other dragon borns... like with the Lastdragonborn taking miraaks soul...?
one thing i noticed... books and things written by followers of who ever the book was about tend to embellish it... while books from people not so favorible to the person they wrote about... dont speak highly of them...

[@Y-all-mofos-need-Talos]

Maaquchi Yeah, sure! That's why i like the idea that every book is written by some person from Tamriel and i dislike books written out of the games, such MK, The Usurper.

[@VaChiee]

this is the only history channel I need

[@nina363]

i love these videos! :)
i find it interesting to see other peoples view on the history of Nirn, keep em coming!!

[@MRiMaGinGa]

most interesting lore ive ever seen! keep up the lore and good work

[@andyt1313]

Another awesome lord addition! Right up there with Shoddycast's Eldest Scrolls lore series.

[@blazednlovinit]

Great video man, content and editing are both top notch :)

[@MR_Nickanator]

I think it's be a nice change of pace if the elder scrolls started moving backwards in the timeline. Connecting missing ties and unraveling vague stories. Doesn't mean they could never progress it again. But it would be nice to go back to the beginning

[@FyreMagyk67]

It think a sweet plot twist would be a surprise invasion by the Akaviri would be a great way to shake things up in TES 6.

[@Talock2000]

Very well done videos, looking forward to the next one