What Is The TRUE Meaning Of Alduin's Wall? - Elder Scrolls Detective
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Hope you enjoy the secrets within Alduin's Wall
i will enjoy!
Camelworks Hope you enjoy a full night’s sleep, it’s late bro
You magnificient fucking bastard
13:00 or sooner, you only said mannimarco became a living God, you didn't mention he both ascended to godhood as the necromancers Moon and remained a lich/mortal mer which is why we killed him in Oblivion.
@@kirkfogg8366 Well "A living God" pretty much can be interpretated as that
it’s something for esbern and delphine to stare at while i never contact them again after they tell me to kill parthurnax
I just disable their essential tag and kill them after I finish the main quest
If you finish the main question without there help they're sort of pissed off because you don't have to kill him, but I kill the blades anyway
Get the Parthurnax Dilemma mod. That's what I do.
Sail Hatan how do you do that? 😱
Eva Olthof It’s something that can be done with commands on PC.
The Akaviri: We're going to spend six years literally setting history in stone, so that no one forgets it
Also the Akaviri: Now we're going to seal it off so that nobody can find it, and eventually the whole world will forget it exists.
Writes history book ... hides book behind lock impossible to open for few thousand years
Maybe its because they realized that their order was going to be destroyed, the Empire would be shattered and in that process, the wall would be destroyed by the Empire's enemies. So they elected to preserve it in the hope that some of their order would survive and that the Last Dragonborn would realize his or her destiny to defeat Alduin.
@@adarshkamoda9183 ya hide the best kept secrets for only those who know the importance of it
@@danielhughes8593 Thanks for the assist. 👍
@@adarshkamoda9183 well, they were canonically right to do so. Who knows where the hell did those Akaviri found all that info? They seem to understand the tower theory, and the wheel. There is so much knowledge of the inner workings of the TES lore. Did they have elder scrolls? Were they able to read them and understand them?
My head cannon: The blades are remnants of the old akaviri, but i think that the moth priests also have some of the akaviri heritage.
Think about it. They spend their entire lives divining out of them. They have intimate knowledge of the workings of the universe. And the first moth priest that comes to my mind is Dexion Evicus from the dawnguard quest line. Guess what is his weapon of choice? A blades Katana...
Esbern: *gushing about the Akaviri art*
Delphine: “We’re not here for an art history lesson.”
Me: “Delphine, shut the Oblivion up! That’s exactly why I’m here!”
@@cal2127 Haha me too!
Same that's one of the things I love about the Elder scrolls games, the lore it just Draws me in
BITCH!! DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!
Dragonborn: Oh, excuse me, Delphine, why don't you take some armors and sabers and go back to your the Sleeping Giant's Inn and recruit new blades there? I can give you the title of property to my house in Whiterun, if you're missing a base of operation. Because if you're not going to take advantage of this base's uniqueness, you don't need to isolate in mountains ridden by forsworns, do you?
@@quinnzykir I understood that reference
It's hard to pay attention to the wall since you get kicked out of the temple by a pair of unkillable douchenozzles for not betraying your best dragonbro.
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You're welcome 😊
@@Nixicated You missed the whole point.
@@yaasinm whoosh? 😅
Nixicated Whoosh. Happens to the best of us.
Esbern is a bad prick.
No one:
Camelworks: *practically explains the entirety of The Elder Scrolls lore*
@woof Yeah, that's the thing.
_This is barely a tenth of the lore._
But also, EVERYONE!
No one:
Cares
This is hardly any of the lore...
He said "practically", not "does". I mean, this is how I'd explain the lore to someone that hasn't played any of the games, or at most, just skyrim, since the plots of each of the games is enough for such people to get them into the swing of things, and whet the desire to learn more themselves, hopefully by playing the other games
Alduin's wall predicts Raid Shadow Legends sponsorships.
Huh. Didnt think John was into fantasy games.
@@left-2-write28 Bet his favourite fantasy is not having to deal with Gaz's sassy ass.
@@Carbon2861996 his fantasy comes true thank-GOD
It predicted tik tok as well.
We should have listened
Does anyone even play that "game"?
It’s unbelievable how much detail they put into the games. I’m speechless every time I watch a lore video! It’s all so confusing but that’s what makes it interesting. Great work Camel 👏🏻
Yeah but when it comes to making the fallout franchise they just take a huge dump on the source material...
@@THEJOKER-ii8wo I watched Fallout 1 and played Fallout 2. I much prefer all the Bethesda Fallout.
@@Safetytrousers I'm not talking about the gameplay....
I'm talking about the story... Bethesda doesn't give a damn about the canon lore for some reason that eludes me
@@THEJOKER-ii8wo when they made fallout 3, they made a spiritual successor set in the same universe. It's a lot like the lore of Dungeons and Dragons in that sense. There have been so many writers involved that there are bound to be conflicts or mistakes. For the most part, fallout stays true to the old stories and lore. It's not like they rewrote Vault Tec to be an alien civilization on another planet.
@@jondubois5347 I agree. Fallout 3 was a new different take on the Fallout Gameplay style, with a whole different cast of writers and creator as I seem to recall that the previous owners of the franchise went bankrupt. So the way i see it, Bethesda saved Fallout.
For how long they take before they kill it themselves is another matter tho.
I'm a simple man, I see Elder Scrolls detective I click really love this series
Man your so underrated, you're arguably the best elder scrolls TH-camr even above fudge and Irish
Agreed
@@wizardcat733 lol true but they are highly rated
Fudge is like a preschool "lore" teacher. Personally I stopped watching him due to false lore he tried to call factual.
Here are another 500 EpicNate Skyrim videos, that are complete garbage.
@@TeeteringTod Don't diss my boy Nate or i will 1v1 you Skyrim together.
I have my own roleplays inside my head for all the Skyrim characters I've made over the years. The good, the bad, the True Neutral haha. But I've never, ever been able to bring myself to kill Paarthurnax. XD
Good man/woman
I did it once to see what the blades rabbit hole looked like and it's not worth it. The blades fucking suck.
I only did it on my first playthrough because i thought i had to
One day I decided to test to see if it would be worth to kill parthanax, so I saved my game and killed him then I went to the blades and it was NOT worth it so I loaded my game to before I killed parthanax. Don't kill parthanax and you get this whole dragan saramoney on top of the throte of the world or you kill parthanax and you have some annoying twat saying good job, like she could not kill parthanax so she had the dragan born defeat him, like the dragon born should not be some lap dog to some spineless coward.
Ive been seeing alot of comments saying people roleplay skyrim, i personally dont and unsure how youd do that. So what i mean is, how do you roleplay in skyrim? Like, do you just play a different way each time you play it? Because i just replay the game over & over more or less the same way each time..?
“A brief history of the world of Tamriel told through Alduin’s Wall.”
yeah haha, I was disappointed because it was more about what previous games were about but I stayed because it's still interesting
I always wondered what the intended use of the eye of magnus was and if it was actually created/part of magnus it's self
Here's the gist of it, at least the way I understand it through my own delves into the lore.
Magnus is the God of Magick. He was the first of the Aedra/Magma Ge to abandon Lorkhan's Mundus creation project after they realized that they would lose most of their divinity during the process.
The Eye of Magnus was said to be used in the creation of Mundus/Nirn. The way I understand it, it's essentially a magical toolkit of such. The Thalmor's ultimate goal is to unmake the world (not destroy the world, but rather unmake the world by reversing the process that used to create it). They believe that by unmaking the world that they can "return" to being Aedra/Gods themselves, as the Altmer claim to be direct descendants of the Aedra.
Ancano found a shortcut through the Eye of Magnus.
Oh, I just found this lol.
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@@ink4852 Omg, that is one insanely cool/difficult/long-game plan from the Altmer
This made me cry. The sheer beauty of this. I had my suspicions but you also called some things out I hadn't thought about. Whoever wrote this is a master craftsman at story telling and to be able to mold such a great story and lore into one piece or artifact in game must be so difficult for the average person. So this is why I say I tear up, the person who thought this up or people are amazing story craftsman. That is a gift that should be treasured.
I'm reminded of the headmaster of bards, Viarmo's statement. He says that despite one of the sides in the civil war winning, there is no real conclusion to be found. That leaders will come and go as time passes. That only the event of the dragons' return is something which definitely will be remembered. I believe the developers, by that, made sure that the next game doesn't have to provide us with any accurate detail or references to Skyrim and the civil war, just general points of it. The next chapter will likely revovle around a greater theme - the men versus mer conflict. The whole of the fith chapter in the Elderscrolls is practically leading up to it. But how it will unfold, time only will tell. Oh, but we do know of one heroine who will be present: Grandma Shirley Curry!
22:21 general Tillius: legate I've never seen you wear that outfit so well
Rikke: by talos
Tulius: what was that?
Rikke: nothing sir
I feel bad that I've never taken any notice of it.
I did the same I said what an amazing cool looking wall skip took all the blades armor and sword came back much later and took a closer look
I wasnt expecting a history lesson, but i appreciate it nonetheless. Thank you for expanding my knowledge of the elder scrolls games!
Delphine : "You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy all the dragons, not join them! Kill Paarthunax, not leave him on the mountain! You were my brother Dragonborn! I loved you!"
Dragonborn : "I hate you!"
Edit : Wow I never got 100 likes, thanks guys :))
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Great parody....it really does work. Gave me a laugh at work when I needed it
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You might want to edit your edit.
The dragonborn might even say "ok boomer"
I get so annoyed each time you first get there and Esbern has these super interesting things to tell you and Delphine just wont shut the hell up.
I love when writers do stuff like this. They acknowledge events of past games and simultaneously retcon them by weaving them
into the present narrative.
I think the period after what the wall depicts will be an era of dragon breaks, the breaking down of reality and barriers between Mundus and the other realms.
Theres a mod that has thalmor trying to tear down reality by destroying the pillars of reality (towers throat of the world crytal tower etc)
Honestly this is just a really good recap of the entire Elder Scrolls series! No wonder that Bethesda have a full size version in their offices
Camel we need another detective video about solving where the Dragonborn was before waking up on the carriage crossing the border. There’s a lot of confusion and contradictions with this one.
I'd love to see you do an episode on the Bloodspring Den, as it seems the red water has something special to it and the origins are quite gorey as well. It's part of the Dawnguard DLC Vampire questline.
Watching this felt as though I would be quizzed after. Good work man, very well done.
Oh my god I've been waiting for this one for so long!
I learnt all these things long ago. But the way you told the stories of the previous games and the rest was far more eloquent than I could have managed to tell it, so excellent job, my friend!!!
Esberns voice actor went to sovengarde a few days ago. R.I.P
I was waiting for you to do this video for almost 9 years now. Still you did a great job!
Slight correction regarding the death of High King Torygg: True, Ulfric Stormcloak's Thu'um knocked him on ass, but it was his sword stabbing him through the heart that actually killed him.
Smartest stormcloak sympathizer 🐒
you know
when we'll look back on alduins wall, after playing the following games, i'll not be surprised to find mention of the new storylines
The lore of the Elder Scrolls universe is what drew me into the series. It's genuinely original (well, as original as anything can be when used in certain genres) and deeply thought out, interconnected, and just a little bit mind screwy.
Wow, Camelworks should be hired as a consultant in TES6 development! 👍🏽🤺
This implies Zenimax won't just make it a slot machine
@@last_raven Please don't mention, or Zenimax & Betty will get some dreaded ideas! 🙏🏼
Never noticed there were references to all previous games in the wall, great video... The prophecy most probably came from an elder scroll since they are always described as "the source of prophecies".
What an amazing video. Having not played the games before Morrowind, finding the lore of the first two games was enthralling. If you'd do something like a full recap of those games (in regards to canon lore) I think others would appreciate it too.
How someone can dislike this video (or any TES detective video in general) is fucking beyond me. Top level, elite content.
I love the Elder Scrolls for its lore and I like being engrossed with it
Was binging your videos. I watched some of your old stuff, and am back to your fairly new stuff. Wow you really got so much better. You are so amazing now at making these videos
what really annoyed me in the original skyrim, even on pc's highest settings, you couldnt make shit out of the graphics for the wall
fse😂
Perhaps the sundering of the snow tower may refer also to the time rift created during the fight with alduin?
Love the Eso footage! Really good job!
ESO cinematics are wonderful
The snow tower was sundered dimensionally, as you said earlier in the video. No metaphors necessary for that part.
I love the Dragonborn Prophecy and how it both simply and thoroughly sums up the major events of the series leading up to the events of Skyrim.
The Towers is one of my favorite parts of the lore as well.
And if you read into it, “The Wheel” isn’t just the wheel of time. It refers to the structure of the Aurbis. The universe itself is made ready for the last Dragonborn. He was fated.
The end part of the prophesy about the snow tower being sundered is especially interesting. The Throat of the world isn't a "tower" like Red mountain is, the true snow tower is the Nords themselves. The throat of the world represents the Nords as a people, but the place itself is scarcely even special. The Throat of the world is just the place where the Nords' main creation myth takes place and what marks the Nords as "the children of the sky".
I literally binged all the episodes and was kinda sad that it was over and all of a sudden there is this episode ❤ now im sad again that its over :(
I just started playing Skyrim again. 👍 So more content and lore is always welcome. Thanks Camel!
This has reignited my love for the elder scrolls and re downloaded skyrim
Alduin's wall was a cool way to tell of a new prophecy using events from previous Elder Scrolls titles. I found that rather interesting were the world is going to actual Oblivion your character (Depending on the game) is the only force that keeps that darkness at bay acting as the world's final ray of light.. Pretty poetic.
And all the events depicted can be traced back to Uriel Septim VII
This video is awesome man, I love it. I mean, your other works have been great, but this just seems really different & unique. The imagery, the clips, entire presentation is on point 👍.
Many more like this please ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Interesting how they depict the broken staff accurately yet chose to show the throat of the world split in half
Metaphorically split in half. Stormcloaks and Imperials
Who knew this would be a whole rundown of the entire series.
I think Miaq will become Emperor and rule with a furry hand 😁
maiq would make a good fur lining for my robes.
@@thomasjenkins7506 lol now that was priceless
Nobody said M'aiq didn't rule anything
19:23 You turned Martin Septim into full-on realistic Sharpe-era Sean Bean.
Fascinating lore, many thanks for your efforts!
Just one piece of evidence that I take issue with, if you ask him Ulfrik claims that, while he learned to use the thuum (in the same way the monks do) and used it in his challenge, he killed the high king with his sword !. The claim that he shouted the kings body to pieces is a fabrication that was developed by the empire to imply that Ulfrik’s challenge was not done legitimately. This has always seemed more likely to me despite the fact that I usually side with the empire. 😀
When the scrolls themselves lie sullied..... The second great war shall begin!!!! And ruin shall fall for one or the other... (The elder scrolls themselves are a representation of Bethesda... A plot device so they can interact with their world directly)
Wow, I have a lithograph of Alduin's Wall I got at Quakecon years ago, but never really knew there was so much such contained within in it. Great video.
For a suggestion perhaps a video on what happens to daedric followers as in what happens within their realms
Okay, so here's a thought I had: what if the king of the Snow Tower is *not* the High King of Skyrim, but rather the Grandmaster of the Greybeards -- Parthurnaax? And what if Alduin's Wall shows us not the completion of the prophecy which heralds our arrival, but forewarns us of the choice we will soon have to make, and the potential consequences if we make the wrong choice?
Then how come that the ''World-Eater wakes''?
oh yes, the Brass Tower...the Brotherhood of Steel ending
Hah. Nice.
*DEMOCRACY IS NONNEGOTIABLE*
Thanks, man! You just made my day! Love these series! You even made me play the game in completely different way..I now stumble around looking suspiciously at every single bottle of mead, wondering how it came to it being there and whether there is a massive story behind.. :-D
When I first saw it in the trailers I was expecting to find some titanic construct at one point and then I found... a decidedly unimpressive construction inside Sky Haven Cafeteria.
13:25 How can conflicting timelines merge into one? All outcomes being true must mean that the same characters are both dead and alive at the same time.
What am I missing here?
Bethesda: It justt works.
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Leto85
Here's someone who hasn't achieved chim. Kappa
Nah, I'll explain what I can.
All events happened, but it's the merging and reconciliation from the 7 endings as time mended that's the sticking point; I know.
I'm sure it would help to know the practicality-- What the end result *_after_* the dragonbreak was.
For the powers feuding for control of the Iliac Bay, here's an excerpt from "The Warp in the West", a book found in tES4 Oblivion:
"During the 'Miracle of Peace', according to official accounts, the formerly war-wracked Iliac Bay region was transformed overnight from a patchwork of squabbling duchies and petty kingdoms into the peaceful modern counties of Daggerfall, Sentinel, Wayrest, and Orsinium. The 'Miracle of Peace', also known as the 'The Warp in the West', is celebrated as the product of the miraculous interventions of Stendarr, Mara, and Akatosh to transform this troublesome region into peaceful, well-governed Imperial counties."
As for the other two endings...
The Underking likely claims the death he sought, and, given the Shade of the Revenant, it is possible that King of Worms did actually ascend to a godlike state, and he did claim the title of God of Worms if "Where Were You When the Dragon Broke?
" (another in-game book) is to be believed.
And for the process of how countless timelines are reconciled...
Well, average out all possibilities and distill muddlingly homogenized aspects into disparate parts as you would a sample in a centrifuge, and you may be closer to the result than you might think.
Perhaps the rest just falls into place naturally like a fine sediment as a result.
When a dragon break merges, the Jills repair it.
I always knew that Alduin's wall mention events from the previous Elder scroll games but this video goes fully in-depth analysis I manage to relearn and fill in gaps I forgot or didn't know
Do a video on who the nord pilgrim Karita is! Even just a theory would be great!
So, it's an elaborate "Previously on Elderscrolls, ..." carved in a big chunk of rock
So this is an AMAZING recap of the game series... Thanks for that!
This makes me want to play again... have a family now so will be hard to play much but damn do I miss it. Truly a masterpiece. Thank you for video.
Absolutely Love this series, never stop Camel
Brilliant vid Camel! I always felt Alduin's Wall had hints into future titles but assumed I was just too stupid to figure it out =p
Thank you for realizing how truly amazing ESO music is
So glad to know Camel is a stormcloak ;)
I can't wait to gut another one of Ulfric's boys.
From all your detective videos i think this one is the best, great job👌
This video is so good! It has all the summary of all the lore
If the break re-merged as we are told this would mean that Mannimarco would be merged with the Underking making them into the same being. This is rather scary as it would mean that the Underking already being of godlike power just got a major upgrade, that would explain how the necromancer's moon can still shine despites Arkay's best efforts. The Ark is coming and nobody sees it . The Akvari are coming!
Just what I needed after a day at collage!
I love your detective and the lore series so much they're my most favorite of all things to watch on youtube.
Everything in the Elder Scrolls is like the root system of a tree: All is connected together.
this video is basically a recap of TES 1 through 4
In Elder Scrolls 6 we're going to:
READ MORE ELDER SCROLLS
Thank you for all of the time and effort you put into your videos.
The Wheel doesn't refer to a wheel of time.
The Wheel is the shape of Aurbis, also with its eight spokes which the staff of chaos probably relates to but that's besides the point here.
or it refers to the Wheel of Fortune (not the gameshow) as fortune turns on the dragonborn just before the start of es5 putting you in your prisoner setup. Then it turns again with Alduin preventing your execution, and again as you get involved in things. It turns again and again as the dragonborn succeeds and nearly fails again and again over the course of the game.
It's just much more kirkbride than saying the wheel of time.
"Today we will be focusing our gays upon alduins wall..."
Jonathan from Queer Eye just stood there standing at the wall screaming "YAS DRAGONBORN YOU'RE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE"
Now I'm pissed again that Bethesda killed off the only Canon gay couple in TES that wasnt even though n the vanilla game.
dont worry pal, gays are still in skyrim so long as you play.
I just LOVE all your documetaries (cuz that's what they are). Now to re-install all the Elder Scrolls again... (but not Arena... Never been able to leave the FIRST dungeon!!)
You didn't even mention the fact that there's clearly 3 blades agents with the Last Dragonborn even though there's clearly only two in the game. Or is there, wink wink.
You can recruit 3 followers to be blades
I pray it was a Fultheim hint.
Buferoto The Mad Probably not but that’s a badass idea.
This video was a crash course in Elder Scrolls lore. Thanks man!
Would be really cool if there was some kind of unexplained prophecy of the future on the wall.
Really good vid. Loves all the work you put into it. Lots of lore and never once boring or stale. Keep it up and thank you
I cant imagine how much studying it took to make this video your a legend and prolly terrifyingly good at strategy games
Love how you use the calming Oblivion Music
This was so totally badass! Thanks for making this Camel!
Camel you should make a series detailing all of the provinces of tamriel
Such juicy lore! I can't believe I didn't find this channel sooner! Subbed my dood!
so basically this video works as a summary of the 5 main games.
hi Camel! I'm not sure how information there is about this, but I think it would be cool to see a detective episode about the Dwemer Lockbox in Skyrim in Septimus Signus' outpost! Who put the book in there? Why is it locked? Why does Septimus hint at it being the Heart of Lorkan?????
The lore of Elder Scrolls is incredible. I had no idea when I first started.
"the wheel" may be more than just "time". According to other videos, specific ones I don't remember, upon reaching an understanding of CHIM, one realizes the fact that reality is a dream, that the "godhead" looks like a "wheel". "time" doesn't rest on the Dragonborn, all of existence does
Something I appreciate about you Camel: While I mainly love these types of videos for the spoken word element (and tin foil hat time, obvi), I cherish that you use mainly high-resolution modded Skyrim for your clips, especially when it’s clear you used specific mods in the Skyrim clips/slideshow to illustrate what you’re narrating. This is especially cool when you’re talking about something really specific that may not be found in the Vanilla textures and models, or perhaps it’s about a figure from lore whose true appearance is best accomplished using mods. It paints a more complete picture of your stories (which always have a strong visual component), and that’s just better art!
God this is fucking epic, this is really why I love Skyrim. Such rich lore.
So three of however many towers have “fallen” so what happens if they all fall? Does nothing happen? Or does something beyond description happen?
Short version - that's what the Thalmor want. TL;DR shattering all towers makes the world end and everyone (possibly meaning "The Altmer") gets to be Divine.
Quick history lesson: Lorkhan the trickster god convinced the Et'ada (Gods) to make Nirn. The Et'ada didn't realize it would cost them their divinity and godhood. Magnus realized it, and he and his countless subordinates fucked off to Aetherius. (The holes they tore in reality became the sun and stars.) The remaining ones decided what to do with Lorkhan and everything. In the end, they ripped Lorkhan's heart out, banished him, and the Et'ada and their descendants decided they should continue to make Nirn with Towers as "anchors" (for lack of a better term) which keep the world working as it should - math and physics, gravity, time, etc. work the way they do because of these anchors. It would cost everyone their divinity, but things would work out in the end.
Those who continued to make Nirn (or realized too late) became the Aedra, who lost their divinity and godhood. Those who said no or refused to do so became the Daedra.
The descendants of the Et'ada, descendants of the Ayleids, etc. eventually became all the Mer you see today. The Altmer have a large "religious" group (for lack of a better term) called Thalmor who believe that if creating the Towers requires you to give up divinity, then logically, un-creating the towers gives you divinity back.
If the Altmer unmake or sunder all eight towers, Nirn destabilizes, reality fucks up, time stops being time, the World Eater consumes everything, and everyone loses Nirn but they all become Divine Gods. No more Nirn sure, but no more suffering, war, death, pain, hunger, betrayal, corruption.... nothing. In the end, literally becoming gods is worth the small price of all of reality.
Most people see only two problem with this - in many eyes, ONLY the altmer would Ascend, and the path to doing so involves murdering ALL MEN. Literally making them extinct so that they are removed from history and possibility. This includes Talos, who is a man-god. As you might expect, most humans don't particularly like how this would work out for them.
The other problem is that nobody's really 100% sure that destroying the towers will make everyone gods. Kind of like how if you put water and flour together and make it hot you get bread, but you can't take bread, make it super cold and get water and flour. most people are pretty sure if you sunder the things keeping reality the way it is, you just get death with no divinity as a freebie.