The Elder Scrolls Lore: The Argonians
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- The Argonians are the native reptilian race of Black Marsh in south eastern Tamriel. They are known for a variety of skills, from alchemy, magic, guerilla warfare, and especially their abilities in water. This video discusses Argonian culture, their native province of Black Marsh, the Hist, their origins, as well as their history as a race.
Sources of Information:
Since TH-cam does not allow for such long descriptions, I have created a viewable Google Doc for those who wish to see my sources!
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Every Dunmer gangsta until the swamp starts speaking Jel
That didn't stop them from enslaving them. It took the Oblivion crisis, asteroid impact, and volcanic eruption to kill tons of Dunmer to change things around.
@Etzlen, The An-Xileel Ambassador That makes you sound like a slaver apologist. The Archein play a part but it's the Dunmer that actually spent money and time to travel south. Risk their lives all to get slaves.
Oh, southern Morrowwind, you mean, New Argonia
@@placeholdername3818 >slave apologist
>literally has An-Xileel in his name
Slaves?
You mean sleeper agents of the hist.
Honestly a game set in Black Marsh with all the argonian species would be hella cool
Man, I hope that’s Elder Scroll’s Six
@@ViktorEnjoyer it's going to be set in High Rock or Hammerfell. Also with how Bethesda has been making their games these past 15-20 years, I think they'd do a massive disservice to the Black Marsh.
@@asturias0267 true. Very true.
@@asturias0267 god I wish they’d embrace the weird shit in tes rather than continually making more “standard” fantasy as the forefront
@@asturias0267 highrock and hammerfell**
"The most misunderstood, vilified, and reviled of all the sentient races"
Orsimer being forgotten about again, as they are cursed to be.
Do the Orsimer fill their pillows with live and wriggling centipedes? I thought not.
Orsimer sleep on rocks.
At least Argonians can live past 50 😢
Qarcon Orcs are physically strong and resilient. & Orcs are able too live along time they just see old age as a pointless weakness. If a orc dies young in battle it is a great honor but if one lives too be old it means they are weak and did not seek out enough challenge in there youth.. Orcs basically believe that they must seek out more & more difficult challenges until it ultimately kills them then they have achieved as much as they could in life.
I thought the most hated was the Sload.
Tree: “These f*cking insects are bothering me what to do?
Hmm..”
“Aha, creates giant lizard”
The real reason.
The only logical course of action
The biggest wtf fact is that the argonians alone fought the dedric invasion during oblivion in black marsh alone and made dagon rage quit while the rest of the races struggled
WHAT ARE YE DOIN IN MY SWAMP
Dont mess with the lizards.
I like how people jump on this bandwagon that Argonians are a strong race, but fail to think this was all responsible because the Hist Trees felt threaten and basically 'upgraded" the Argonians.
Case in point:
*Argonians are taken as slaves* No response from Hist Trees.
*Dagon invades and Hist Trees feel threaten* Hist Trees power up the Argonians and goes "save us!"
All in all, while a mysterious race with some interesting and deep lore...are Tamriel's weakest race.
@@battlemageblitz82 I guess they are slaves to the hist up to a point. perhaps this is why some move to other parts of Tamriel.
@@battlemageblitz82 From what I can tell your Argument is somewhat false.
You are right that the Hist only freed their Argonians from Dunmer Slavery when they needed every individual
fending off the Daedra Armies, however calling them weak is wrong.
The hist shape the Argonians however they see fit, and it is theorized that the Argonians are made to look weak so the other races ignore them. This safes both the Hist and the Argonain race
It's this adaptability that makes all Argonian truly dangerous, and the most powerful race in the ES world.
To say it again argument stems fromy currwnt Argonia lnowledge.
Also slavery ain't a bad thing automatically
The Argonians literally zerg rushing oblivion gates to the point that the Daedra were closing their own gates is some of the most interesting and disturbing lore surrounding the oblivion crisis
"Tickled under their mouth. Argonians instinctive open their mouths."
There is a little fact of all little facts. I just love. *writes that down *
I wanna tickle an argonian under their mouth. Preferably a hatchling
Zimitry and that one lusty maid.
@@ThrillaWhale yeah...
Wtf is wrong you all
A second little known fact: Annoy the Argonian, and that is a very quick way to lose some fingers ! Ouch ! Healer ! Help !
The leaders of Tamriel are Argonians wearing man/mer skin.
P. Dillen High elves are putting chemicals in the water to turn the argonians gay.
In Divinity OS2 Rivellon is actually controlled by the "House of Shadows" which is a Lizard faction.
Sounds about right
Hippity hoppity argonians are no longer property.
haha
For now
They protec,
They attac...
But most importantly, they fight bac...
Yep my new bag is soo useful.
@@Asmoden3444 Suuk xhuth?!
i love the argonians. my first character I played in an elder scrolls game was argonian
Since Morrowind my first character in any Elder Scrolls game is always a Argonian.
Whitepayn playing Morrowind as a lizard is like playing a freed slave. Nice
Same
In Skyrim I play as an Argonian named Land-Dragon. :P
Ew disgusting
This. This was the video I was waiting for. And, as I had hoped, you delivered more Argonian lore than any other lore channel I have run across. I applaud and commend your efforts. Whenever I meet someone looking for Elder Scrolls lore, I will point them in your direction.
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Simp
@@caw7542 guys who call other guys simps are incels
@@caw7542 Incel!
Argonians, khajiit, and orcs are my favorite playable races, amazingly detailed lore here thanks for sharing very in depth and intriguing background here I would love a elder scrolls game featuring black marsh, great work keep with it!
morphingfaces alien grey moth whistles I play as khajiit and bowmen I play a stealth based character
@Whozaper why the lamest? If he likes them then let him like them and a reason why is probaly the complete difference between humans and the beast races and them beeing so much more different from the most races like the men and mer that are still very humanoid. Now fuck off and dont annoy people for having a different taste and like different things then you.
Aran. M to be honest I find playing as a imperial or a nord is boring, but I am not a he, my pronouns are she/her or they/them as I am non binary but thanks everyone has different tastes you are correct thanks for standing up to people who have nothing better to do then to bitch about other people's video game preferences
Whozaper I do like Jar Jar, I wouldn't say Jar Jar is my favorite character though I think darth maul or mission from kotor would be among my star wars faves
bauerpower1 khajiit's make a good stealth build but on my current playthrough of skyrim I am focusing on conjuration and illusion doing a vegan playthrough
I hope lady of scrolls is doing okay. 3 year hiatus is worrisome. She is genuinely one of the people who helped me get through hard days.
Hopefully she’s still alive
My favorite thing about Argonians is that not only were they not conquered, it is *impossible* for outsiders to occupy Black Marsh.
The first race I ever chose was Argonian, and I still play Argonians almost exclusively (with the occassional Khajiit here and there).
This video gave me a lot of fun ideas to try implementing in future playthroughs, awesome work!
Ayyy same here, but I’ve tried out almost every race
You're taking it to a whole nother level Lady. I'm excited to see what the future brings. And to think we still have Elder Scrolls 6 to look forward to.
Agreed. After ten years without a true addition to the Elder Scrolls universe ( I can't stand ESO) I am looking forward to an adventure in the lush, vibrant, and terrifying world that is Black Marsh. An entire landmass shrouded in mystery? Populated by beings that predate most intelligent life on Toril? The possibilities are endless for what can be conjured up in the swamps of Black Marsh!
Shame Starfield shows us there ain't much hope for TES6.
I had a Argonian mage level 98 on Skyrim until I lost my ps4 to a flood. Miss him more than all my other creations.
Wow. I didn't know the fanfiction character lusty argonian maid had this much lore behind her. Crassius Curio is such a good writer.
Lore fact: In native Argonia, there exists a gender swapped version, The Lusty Argonian Footman.
@@markuscriticus8278 Really? I only ever heard of the lusty Argonian bard as a gender swapped.
@Markus Criticus Yeah, I thought I was the only one… And yes I’m a role player and I take no shame in it!
i just came across this channel... 1 hour and 5 minutes talking about a fictional fantasy race... god dammit, you are amazing! you have a new subscriber.
Yaaay! I raise the spine of thanks! So much lore on my Egg-Kin
@Etzlen, The An-Xileel Ambassador Indeed Beeko. She may be ojel, but she is surely blessed by the Hist 🦎
After playing the Murkmire DLC in ESO I absolutely fell in love with Argonian culture and switched my character race
Welcome egg-kin
I recently started paying more attention to Argonian lore but I never imagined there would be so much information. A truly underappreciated race
Ah yes. Thank you for honoring the people of Argonia, and may the Hists bless you.
"With the now combined forces of the nords, dark elves and argonians, they managed to defeat the powerful Kamal invaders."
*The Argonians are Winged Hussars Confirmed*
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED
@@nikotheanubianjackal9114 COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE
I found the men of culture
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They even got betrayed by the countries they helped save. Argonians truly are the Poles of this universe.
I'm not racist, I enjoy the argonian literature
My skooma dealer is even an argonian
I even have argonian slav- i mean FRIENDS.
@@niclasfb9270 slavery was made illegal in morrowind. if you are caught with slaves you will fucking die because i have a gun from a mod
@@CherryBotV2 jokes on you I only enslave the thalmor
@@YEETUSDAFEETUS jokes on you the lizards in our universe is burning our planet’s.
@@chrissierra-5633 jokes on you I am a lizard
Personally, Khajiit till the end, but this has given me SO much more respect for the Argonians and I'm not even half an hour in!
My favorite race! As someone on the spectrum the Argonian experience and way of being is quite similar.. being misunderstood and having different body language and ways of viewing/connecting with the world. It brings me so much joy interacting with the argonians. Thanks for such a beautiful and thorough video!
I hear the argonians have some of the best pornographic novels and literature ever written LOL
Man, jewelry, brewing and porn? Theyre living it up
@@jurassicsmackdown6359 LOL exactly when you're not too busy ravaging the dark elves
@@LegatusLucius1994 oi, only when absolutely necessary, preferably
@@jurassicsmackdown6359 although I'm sure all the dark Elven governments would have preferred to see them in cages don't you think so Jurassic
@@LegatusLucius1994 aye, that's likely true.
I guess we havent a choice
My next playthrough character will be an argonian named Runs-with-Sissors. Another fun lore video with your beautiful voice. :)
Will you use a kill la kill scissor sword mod?
Why don't you just name him Bangs-Girl-Harder?
@Mr Culec Anti-Sem-Ite
I can see plenty of scenarios where an argonian could go postal, specially after having a puff of -crack- sap
1: Take a shot of hist sap everytime she says Black Marsh
2: *Deadra invade Black Marsh*
Argonians: ITS FREE REAL ESTATE
Lottery just the ES equivalent of‘‘ WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP‘‘
Argonians are my favorite race! Mysterious and unique. I hope the future Elder Scrolls games give them a bit of spotlight.
Thanks for making this. I'm writing a literary analysis of the Argonians in ESO (focused on Bal Foyen and Stonefalls for now) as a part of a new genre of slave narratives. Planning to do a lot with the Elder Scrolls as colonial and postcolonial literature. Your videos will point me toward gaps in history and culture for my research. Thank you for all of your hard work!
I listen to your videos while at work so these longer ones are awesome, I could easily listen to your narration for much longer. Thank you for making my day go by a little faster.
As always your music choices are of high taste
Is that stone tower, and lost woods? I approve!👍
I just wanna say, thank you so much for making these video's. Your voice is indeed soothing to hear as you speak about Argonian lore, and I'm sure I'm not the only person who said this already. As you and your content really has helped me learn much on elder scrolls lore and Argonians, I'm sure many other's find this beneficial as well.
Keep doing what your doing because your goat at it. I wish you nothing but luck to whatever issues you face in your current circumstances.
Love your channel & the amount of efforts put in each & every video - the variety of information, the appropriate artworks, the background music & deep delving into the Elder Scrolls Lore
I love your channel and work. There are so many other Elder scrolls channel's, big and small but doesn't come close to your detail and research. I've learned more about my favourite Argonian race from you than watching countless of other videos. Keep it up. Thanks! From a penguin in the deep, snowy forests of Sweden. 🐧
I remember watching your channel a while back when I was really into ES. I recently picked up oblivion again for the nostalgia and I’m so glad you’re still around :D
This was an excellent listen! Thank you so much for the work you put into this. It definitely helped me get through a night shift 👍
That was so cool. Thank you so much for putting in the time and work to make this video
"Drag the enemy into the water and simply drown them :)"
That killed me lmao
This is just perfect, I was looking for something to play on the background as I play Daggerfall.
Argonians have been my choice since Skyrim (my first game), i love beast races in games, and have a special spot for lizard folk since I played an iksar shaman in Champions: Return to Arms.
I love getting immersed on different characters, but the character that I always feel most attatched to is my argonians, Zee'machil Ranaate in Skyrim and Sha Urdric Gerr'ah. I am team argonian all the way.
Someone else who remembers Champions?!? That game was so awesome.
@@TheGamingBDGR oh yes, my childhood right there, sadly I can't play it emulated (kinda broken) and my old ps2 setup is out of order. But to this day I haven't found one like it.
@@Soul_Free I've tried to play it emulated as well but the frostbite engine really just doesn't port well. I know that feeling! Torchlight for me has kind of covered it but every year i hold out hope that someone will remaster it and Champions of Norrath for current gen.
*NEEERRRRRRRRRRERRRRDDDDDD*
My first game was blades on the switch and my first character was an Argonian and so far having only played 2 elderscrolls games have only played argonians
I LOVE the music selection.
I just found your channel today and I hope all is well! I am SO looking forward to viewing your videos!!!
Damn they put a lot of thought into the Argonians, shame very little of this ever materialised in the game and all they were was thief lizards that breathe underwater
You read the lore books and pamphlets in game, right? A lot of this is in there.
@@Barabel22 Jordan can't read.
the main thing about the argonians is that they have a very rich history but ironically they are the least interested in it only caring about the present and so they themselves rarely bring it up and most is found out by the other races studying them
There's an entire hidden faction in Morrowind that lets you start a slave revolt if i recall correctly (I never got far enough to see how that goes, something always happened to my systems/game files). I wouldn't be surprised if you got to see some more argonian goodness through them.
It's all the lore that is added into the game that you can never see or interact with that makes The Elder scrolls games so amazing and unlike any other game series.
Finally! A well documented and well done video to my favourite race! Instant sub! Also love your voice! Keep up the good work!
I can hardly wait for the next video! 😁 Absolutely top notch you take your time
Argonians are probably my second favorite race, my first being Nord just becuase I love lore and land they hail from but maybe nostalgia since i played as one in Skyrim and they were my favorite NPC's in oblivion.
But argonians are genuinly phenomenal and unique. I ave three original elder scroll characters in an on-going story I'm writing. They are just so diverse and kick-ass
Also Histskins saves lives
I’m binge watching this during quarantine. Thanks for the great content.
You have such a clear and soothing voice, its perfect for narrating things.
Best Lore video on the Argonian every. Its long but Full of understandable detail.
I can't help but notice the uncharted themes playing in the background from the soundtrack, perfect choice if you ask me. Incredible video
That was very informative. Thank you very much for giving me more knowledge about my favourite race. Keep it up
Such a detailed video, and thank you for the subtitles.
So much wonderful information on the lizard kin. Never knew so much about the hist and the argonians even from playing elder scrolls for ages and reading every book I could find or conjure.
You are back!!! love the video, keep up the hard work Lady of Scrolls!
I am very glad I found you Lady of Scrolls. I really enjoy listening to the lore of various games. It is really pleasant to listen to your voice which enhances the entire story in my opinion. Kind of like listening to a tale at a camp fire :D
... in my mind I wander into the interior of Gaia and envision a world unknown to me until now.
Your presentation makes everything so much more tangible than ever before ..... a great thank you from me for this beautiful channel.....and your voice Lady of Scrolls ..... it gives me/us almost an eXtra dimension to this life.......
GreetzZz from Holland.
Im saving this lore video for tomorow when I work on my warhammer 40k ! Thanks so much ! Love your lore video's.
you are my favorite lore channel! So detailed and interesting and you have such a nice voice ^__^ subscribed immediately and looking forward to more videos!
Always amazed by your content. Well done again.
really love these long lore videos
You're not about to throw in "The Lost Woods" and act like no one would notice lol great choice!
Watching this again, years later, and it's still so relaxing and insightful.
I love your videos. They are well-made, well put together, and informative. It's been some time since I've delved into TES lore and I needed a refresher.
One aspect of the lore that always causes me to immediately forget most of what happened the second I stop reading/hearing about it is The Warp In The West. For whatever reason, I have trouble remembering many pieces of that time. If you ever get the time or motivation, perhaps you could make a deep video on what happened there? :)
Either way, I love your videos. I'd love to see more!
Wow. Very thorough work. I just created my character as Argonian in TESO and I fell interested in their origins. Superb information, now I don't have to gather it all by myself. :)
Wow, I remember the time not so long ago when this channel had only 5-6 subscribers.
Well done :-)
Remarkable detailing as ever! Thank you for the lovely lore my lady.
Love this video! The presentation is awesome
First character I ever played was as an Argonian, and it was Oblivion.
Great video! I appreciated the Kothringi tidbits.
Same
Third video of yours i've seen, subscribed. You earned it.
1hr of content, Lady you're the best. Thank you.
I liked immediately because of my love of Argonians. :D
Now do one for Lifts-Her-Tail
Over an hour of Argonian lore! You’re friggin awesome.AND with subs.
The reincarnation of Argonians is indeed true......and I hope to see Mewah-Jez once again. Her Sacrifice will never be forgotten.
This has now become one of my favourite videos of all time
just discovered your channel. amazing work. your voice is amazing too.
I love your videos. ❤ You actually dig for lore unlike Fudgemuppet and Imperial Knowledge. I learn way more lore from one of your videos.
Beautiful! You should do one about Sotha Sil, a very interesting character that was said to be the most intelligent of the lore :)
Thank you for this lovely video!
Love the art and music in these videos. Elder scrolls, fan art and a hint of zelda and lotr. Perfection!
Argonians have one of the most interesting lore of all the races, I think :)
Hope all is well, your videos are great!
I’d love to see you do one on The Imperials or the Empire
Your content is amazing as usual
Awesome channel, keep it up!
Incredible video! Thank you!
Gives credit to the artists of the pictures used, doesn't scream at me or perform overly dramatic "voice acting", extremely knowledgeable. Checks all the boxes, awesome work. Great channel.
Ive always loved the Argonians. Great video.
Yesss! Finally the video on my fav race
I've started watching and fallen asleep to this video like 5 times already I'll finish it some day.
I was looking for copper and I found gold. Interesting video.
A whole bleeding hour of lore. Good job mate 👏
26:00 "Black Marsh maybe in fact a fragment of Oblivion that somehow melded with with Nirn"
*laughs in Mankar Cameron*
"Tamriel Ae Daedroth"
Awesome video!
Her voice is very soothing, and her information is very interesting.
My first character I played as in Skyrim was an argonian and they have been my favourite race since
I need to see you do a Redguard video. Their lore is deep and I think you’d do the best job of any Eldar Scrolls loremaster.
your videos make me want to play skyrim! ive never played but the lore is interesting and i think i might just play very soon
Claudia oblivion is really fun too!! It’s really silly but I find that the story is quite compelling :)!
You have plenty of time before the elder scrolls 6 comes out. That's not going to be done for years
thr boys at Fudgemuppet can learn a few things from this channel. Great content !