all the named faces being possibly connected is a crazy find i might have never noticed, despite seeing all these locations before, its great how connected morrowind feels a lot of the time when you have it explained by someone who really knows their stuff
It's crazy how a game universe can have so much depth and information. It just keeps on giving even after years of playing it and reading lore. Great video as always. Btw, I like your nords drip in this video.
Morrowind's interesting cuz there's like a middle point at times between the new retconned lore that Redguard did and the old Daggerfall era lore. I think some of that seeps here with the nords. In Daggerfall era lore, the nords had a way more brutal society, a lot of that got later pushed into the Dunmer post retcon. For example the Nords seemed to be the main slavery culture in Tamriel. And exercised such control over their neighbours at times that they had the authority to lead runaway slave-catching raids into Morrowind. Because Morrowind (or at least its monarchy) was fairly anti-slavery and slaves would flee there apparently when trying to escape the Nords. This gets covered briefly as like background worldbuilding in the Edward series. There were also slave owning Nord houses living in western Vvardenfell seemingly as enclaves of Skyrim. The Nords weren't particularly picky tho because it seems they also enslaved other nords and had no problem even selling other family members into slavery if convenient. The genocides that the Nords did on Snow Elves and other ethnicities are also not painted as gloriously and approved by the gods. As a matter of fact it's explicitly said that the Nordic gods were appaled by what they did to the Falmer. A lot of Kirkbride's lore pulls a lot from Warhammer stuff esp with the elf-hatred and foreign colonial powers and gencides and crusader aesthetics of Pelinal n shit. The older lore was a lot more critical, anti-colonial (tho some of this remains in the newer games especially Morrowind but not on the same level), brutal, more nuanced and less reliant on the divine. Dunmer were anti-slavery. Falmer were victims of genocide. Wild Elves (later Ayelids) were victims of colonialism resisting the new Imperial culture and its spread, Direnni were just an influential family. Post retcon a lot of that was either taken out or reversed. Elves became evil and oppressive. Their crimes appaling. But when Nords or Bretons or Imperials do it it's no longer bad, its actually done with explicit divine endorsement and help. Countries are more set in stone like they're borderline inherent nation states, rather than having more fluid and vague borders with a lot of pockets of different ethncities and micro-cultures and different linguistic dialects and cultural practices and other ethnic groups that don't have their own state but are either active within pre-existing ones or are fighting to form new countries. There used to be a lot more diversity in terms of divines and pantheons. Not just the main Imperial 9 and the Daedra. But a lot of other divines and saints and lesser daedra and holidays.
Thanks! I'm refreshing their page daily, can't wait either! Thinking of starting in Cyrodiil this time. Although maybe I should wait for Grasping Fortune first?
@@boreanknightMaybe start without TR first, and then add it after the Grasping Fortune release? There should be enough content in Anvil to keep us fed until GF 😆
Simmachus, Queen Barenziah's husband was thought to have nords in his family lineage because of how big and tall he was. According to "The Real Barenziah" biography.
After reviewing the related lore I'm now inclined to think that Wulfharth being mentioned in Hanin's Wake book is likely to be some sort of error and it's actually supposed to be King Harald. Hear me out. First of, the phrase "...and upon that year of the Reign of Wulfharth and his Son's..." is interesting for a couple reasons. First, it mentions Wulfharth's son - I believe Wulfharth's direct progeny isn't ever mentioned anywhere else in the lore. Harald, meanwhile, had many sons (Olmgerd the Outlaw mentioned in this video being his bastard too). One of his sons, Vrage the Gifted, was also the one who conquered Morrowind back in the day. In addition, Harald was also the first historical Nordic ruler, so it would make sense for the Nords to use his reign as a basis for their calendar (the mention of his "son" reinforces that, as it implies that the king in question has already been succeeded and it's not a simple case of a "x-th year of the monarch's reign"). And in general, that being Harald would make more sense timeline-wise, and it's not likely the Chimer and the Dwemer would've tolerated any northern demon in their land after kicking them out decades ago. Of course, we have to work with what we have and the in-game book explicitly names Wulfharth, but personally I think Harald just makes more sense in the given context. Great video btw!
Glad you're back man. I was low key kinda concerned about you when you took that break. I saw you did a Skyrim video but it didn't show up in my notifications
I love your Morrowind videos, thanks for doing another one. I hope there will be way more. Honestly, I would love anything on the Temple, the 36 lessons of Vivec, or character analysis of each of the Tribunal, or unexplored theories and mysteries
@ximthedespot4673 well sir, on first sighting the daedra I naturally gave the order to advance. That's my style, sir. The South Cyrodiil crossed over the bridge and engaged the enemy. Major Lennox panicked, so then I fell back in good order and destroyed the bridge. I have written to the Imperial Legion, sir, to state that the South Cyrodiil acquitted itself commendably, in discharging both your general orders to engage the daedra, and your particular order to destroy the bridge.
@@ximthedespot4673 Legionnaire Gibbons led the advance, sir. You may say that he is tied to me by blood. But, is it a tie of blood to tie my tongue and rob a brave man of his just reward? No sir. I recommend Legionnaire Gibbons be gazetted Captain, sir.
My bet would be that Hanin used to be a Breton knight at some point of his life, before all this daedric occultism, and that the shield was his possession from the earlier life.
So two things, first the very fact that nords view magic as inherently evil could actually be a support to the theory of their ancient dadra worshiping past, second did you notice that the model for the axe buried in the long-ship looks very much like a single bladed version of Wuthrad from the companions quest in Skyrim?
@@theremasked7749 I'd suggest checking out the UESP. It's a great resource for not just Morrowind but TES content in general. I'd also suggest looking up some beginners guides, I think PatricianTV has a good one that's only 20 minutes. It's important to remember that Morrowind is closer to Baldur's Gate 3 than Skyrim so your class and build do matter, in the early game at least. Also don't be afraid to reroll your character if it isn't working for you, Morrowind's tutorial only a couple of minutes and you can be in the game fast.
Daedric face of inspiration and daedric face of terror are not unique, they're rare. There is more than one of each. The face of god is unique. that one is the only one.
If you can't tell that Nords had dominion in Morrowind then you're not paying attention to lore very much because even the way settlements are designed points to this. The large numbers of Nord families that live in rural areas tell the whole story - imperials hate Nords so it makes sense that they'd be cast to the same reservations as dark elves. The Empire does the same segregational thing in Windhelm, through politics, and it fuels racism between Nords and Dunmer in the Grey Quarter. However, in Skyrim there are dozens of half-elves, such as Nivenor, who prove that Dunmer and Nord relations are significantly closer than the relationships between Nord and Imperials. Imperials are eugenistic and believe that Nords are inferior and are not to be mated with. A lot of species are like this, where they believe interspecies mating is wrong, despite even being very close to one another, so as to both be human. It's likely that Imperial motivation to merge with the Thalmor is driven by Breton's innate magic abilities, as Bretons seem to threaten the Empire, having similar abilities to those of the Dominion. It makes sense that Imperials would seek some magical advantage especially in the way of trying to inhabit areas like skyrim - the Reach having massive Breton influence due to its proximity to High Rock
BoreanKnight and a Morrowind deep dive = great start to the weekend❤
Morrowind era Nord culture and lore is ES best lore/culture
also great to see you back Sera!
Never forget, Molag Bal has a court of scamps, and not only are funny hats worn; but also a wig :)
all the named faces being possibly connected is a crazy find i might have never noticed, despite seeing all these locations before, its great how connected morrowind feels a lot of the time when you have it explained by someone who really knows their stuff
It's crazy how a game universe can have so much depth and information. It just keeps on giving even after years of playing it and reading lore. Great video as always. Btw, I like your nords drip in this video.
I do like how Mordrin Hanins name apparently came from a D and D character that one of Morrowinds devs had
Morrowind's interesting cuz there's like a middle point at times between the new retconned lore that Redguard did and the old Daggerfall era lore. I think some of that seeps here with the nords. In Daggerfall era lore, the nords had a way more brutal society, a lot of that got later pushed into the Dunmer post retcon. For example the Nords seemed to be the main slavery culture in Tamriel. And exercised such control over their neighbours at times that they had the authority to lead runaway slave-catching raids into Morrowind. Because Morrowind (or at least its monarchy) was fairly anti-slavery and slaves would flee there apparently when trying to escape the Nords. This gets covered briefly as like background worldbuilding in the Edward series. There were also slave owning Nord houses living in western Vvardenfell seemingly as enclaves of Skyrim. The Nords weren't particularly picky tho because it seems they also enslaved other nords and had no problem even selling other family members into slavery if convenient. The genocides that the Nords did on Snow Elves and other ethnicities are also not painted as gloriously and approved by the gods. As a matter of fact it's explicitly said that the Nordic gods were appaled by what they did to the Falmer. A lot of Kirkbride's lore pulls a lot from Warhammer stuff esp with the elf-hatred and foreign colonial powers and gencides and crusader aesthetics of Pelinal n shit. The older lore was a lot more critical, anti-colonial (tho some of this remains in the newer games especially Morrowind but not on the same level), brutal, more nuanced and less reliant on the divine. Dunmer were anti-slavery. Falmer were victims of genocide. Wild Elves (later Ayelids) were victims of colonialism resisting the new Imperial culture and its spread, Direnni were just an influential family.
Post retcon a lot of that was either taken out or reversed. Elves became evil and oppressive. Their crimes appaling. But when Nords or Bretons or Imperials do it it's no longer bad, its actually done with explicit divine endorsement and help. Countries are more set in stone like they're borderline inherent nation states, rather than having more fluid and vague borders with a lot of pockets of different ethncities and micro-cultures and different linguistic dialects and cultural practices and other ethnic groups that don't have their own state but are either active within pre-existing ones or are fighting to form new countries. There used to be a lot more diversity in terms of divines and pantheons. Not just the main Imperial 9 and the Daedra. But a lot of other divines and saints and lesser daedra and holidays.
Great to see you back in Morrowind Alek! Can't wait for You to play the new Project Cyrodiill expansion soon!
Thanks! I'm refreshing their page daily, can't wait either! Thinking of starting in Cyrodiil this time. Although maybe I should wait for Grasping Fortune first?
@@boreanknightMaybe start without TR first, and then add it after the Grasping Fortune release? There should be enough content in Anvil to keep us fed until GF 😆
Simmachus, Queen Barenziah's husband was thought to have nords in his family lineage because of how big and tall he was. According to "The Real Barenziah" biography.
That woman really likes her nords.
After reviewing the related lore I'm now inclined to think that Wulfharth being mentioned in Hanin's Wake book is likely to be some sort of error and it's actually supposed to be King Harald. Hear me out.
First of, the phrase "...and upon that year of the Reign of Wulfharth and his Son's..." is interesting for a couple reasons. First, it mentions Wulfharth's son - I believe Wulfharth's direct progeny isn't ever mentioned anywhere else in the lore. Harald, meanwhile, had many sons (Olmgerd the Outlaw mentioned in this video being his bastard too). One of his sons, Vrage the Gifted, was also the one who conquered Morrowind back in the day. In addition, Harald was also the first historical Nordic ruler, so it would make sense for the Nords to use his reign as a basis for their calendar (the mention of his "son" reinforces that, as it implies that the king in question has already been succeeded and it's not a simple case of a "x-th year of the monarch's reign"). And in general, that being Harald would make more sense timeline-wise, and it's not likely the Chimer and the Dwemer would've tolerated any northern demon in their land after kicking them out decades ago.
Of course, we have to work with what we have and the in-game book explicitly names Wulfharth, but personally I think Harald just makes more sense in the given context.
Great video btw!
I see my boy saw the new Project Tamriel updates! Great work as always!
So many good TES lore vids and channels. But you always bring something to the table that is unique. 👍🏻
for sure - love borean's style
"I might have prepared something really special for you today" and the journey begins in the better way
Glad you're back man. I was low key kinda concerned about you when you took that break. I saw you did a Skyrim video but it didn't show up in my notifications
Another beautiful video 😊 Divines bless you
Okay but I need a mod that makes all scamps wear colovian fur hats NOW.
i was just a Palansour recently in my tes3 mp server with one of my friends. i had no clue wtf was going on
Another great video. Always love these type of videos.
I love your Morrowind videos, thanks for doing another one. I hope there will be way more. Honestly, I would love anything on the Temple, the 36 lessons of Vivec, or character analysis of each of the Tribunal, or unexplored theories and mysteries
Found your channel a few days ago. You have really engaging storytelling and I love that you use Morrowind visuals instead of concept art and so on.
Ooo nice :) ive never played morrowind, but Oblivion and Skyrim, so all this is new to me :)
Amazing lore dump Borean Knight
I see a new Borean Knight Morrowind video. I click on said video. That's my style, sir.
Continue, Sir Henry.
@ximthedespot4673 well sir, on first sighting the daedra I naturally gave the order to advance. That's my style, sir. The South Cyrodiil crossed over the bridge and engaged the enemy. Major Lennox panicked, so then I fell back in good order and destroyed the bridge. I have written to the Imperial Legion, sir, to state that the South Cyrodiil acquitted itself commendably, in discharging both your general orders to engage the daedra, and your particular order to destroy the bridge.
@mr.coolmug3181 Did any officer distinguish themselves?
@@ximthedespot4673 Legionnaire Gibbons led the advance, sir. You may say that he is tied to me by blood. But, is it a tie of blood to tie my tongue and rob a brave man of his just reward? No sir. I recommend Legionnaire Gibbons be gazetted Captain, sir.
@mr.coolmug3181 And Legionnaire Sharpe?
Great storytelling and cinematography as always!
I like your video's very much 🙂
My bet would be that Hanin used to be a Breton knight at some point of his life, before all this daedric occultism, and that the shield was his possession from the earlier life.
This is awesome!
So two things, first the very fact that nords view magic as inherently evil could actually be a support to the theory of their ancient dadra worshiping past, second did you notice that the model for the axe buried in the long-ship looks very much like a single bladed version of Wuthrad from the companions quest in Skyrim?
I really want to get into Morrowind but I don’t really know where to start
@@theremasked7749 I'd suggest checking out the UESP. It's a great resource for not just Morrowind but TES content in general. I'd also suggest looking up some beginners guides, I think PatricianTV has a good one that's only 20 minutes. It's important to remember that Morrowind is closer to Baldur's Gate 3 than Skyrim so your class and build do matter, in the early game at least. Also don't be afraid to reroll your character if it isn't working for you, Morrowind's tutorial only a couple of minutes and you can be in the game fast.
Wooooo
Daedric face of inspiration and daedric face of terror are not unique, they're rare. There is more than one of each. The face of god is unique. that one is the only one.
If you can't tell that Nords had dominion in Morrowind then you're not paying attention to lore very much because even the way settlements are designed points to this. The large numbers of Nord families that live in rural areas tell the whole story - imperials hate Nords so it makes sense that they'd be cast to the same reservations as dark elves. The Empire does the same segregational thing in Windhelm, through politics, and it fuels racism between Nords and Dunmer in the Grey Quarter.
However, in Skyrim there are dozens of half-elves, such as Nivenor, who prove that Dunmer and Nord relations are significantly closer than the relationships between Nord and Imperials. Imperials are eugenistic and believe that Nords are inferior and are not to be mated with. A lot of species are like this, where they believe interspecies mating is wrong, despite even being very close to one another, so as to both be human. It's likely that Imperial motivation to merge with the Thalmor is driven by Breton's innate magic abilities, as Bretons seem to threaten the Empire, having similar abilities to those of the Dominion. It makes sense that Imperials would seek some magical advantage especially in the way of trying to inhabit areas like skyrim - the Reach having massive Breton influence due to its proximity to High Rock
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this is clearly a ripoff of Kenshi. Lazy devs!