@@whispro4646 no person that actually plays skyrim well uses bound weapons. I hope you were joking 😂 Edit: If one more person goes on a long ass rant about stuff that doesn't matter I'm gonna jump off a bridge. Stop @ me
wholesome little detail in Skyrim: Depending on what race you have as a spouse, they'll say different little things to you. for example, if you have an Orc as a spouse, they might say "Conquer your enemies, my love" little thing I found pretty wholesome
All-Maker: "Hmm these beings have been trapped and have nothing to eat." "Ah so disgusting that they ate the only thing they could, better punish them some more."
*Ring ring* “Hewwo? Mistel all maker sir?” *complete silence* “We are hungry mistel maker, please send fewd!” *silence intensifies* “Hewwo? Hewwoooo!” *one week later* “Oh wow, these guys ate rotten flesh. Yuck. Better turn them into zombies. That will teach them a lesson”
Im pretty sure its a callback to norse mythology. The norse were in the region of the norway-sweden area, and likely spoke a form of one of those languages or something of the like. Much like how sovangarde is pretty much Valhalla.
One thing I love about Skyrim is that a third of it is the D-born stumbling into some ancient legend/prophecy, crushing everything's skull and wandering off without a clue as to what they just did.
I know!! Why kill the Red Eagle?? Should one also kill and vilify William Wallace too?? Another example lately of this mindless scripting of lore, and having the Dragonborn's only way to interact is by killing the central character. The Pale Lady, minding her own business, just wants her sword back after it was stolen. A Kajiit, desperate to return it, is hunted by a bandit chief who wants the sword for himself. The Kajiit gets killed in the process. Along comes the Dragonborn, kills the Pale Lady and takes her sword - just because he can, or just because he can AND the game tells him to "Banish Pale Lady". To quote Mr. Potato head: "How about we don't?? Has everybody taken stupid pills?" These days I don't just blindly do what the game tells me to. For that reason Anise and Moira are still alive - and a LOT of Hold Guards are dead.
An enemy introduced in the Dragonborn DLC is the "Hulking draugr", a draugr with brown skin like the ones in bloodmoon. In addition, these draugr have necklaces of human hands and dried blood around their mouths. it is likely that THESE are those cannibal draugr from bloodmoon
@@MagnustheMage I've only seen a Hulking Draugr ONCE, and it was in Ustengrav. There's like, a really small point in between levels 10 and 20 where they spawn, and then you'll never see them again. It's super strange.
@@liamsteamwalsh8421 That and what deeds are actually considered evil or otherwise caused a lot of problems in that culture. The Three Funerals of Thorolf Twist-Foot tells of such an instance. A man who knew no mercy even when it came to family. If you want to hear a good telling of his tale look it up on the channel of Ocean Keltoi. He is quite a storyteller.
You know, they should definitely make you an essential NPC in ES6. And a prominent figure to boot. Maybe a chief historian in charge of a major rectory who actually has quests and possibly even has a small part in the main quest so the player has to run across you at some point. If they did that then I would hope they get you to supply the voice and give you lines like "Hey, how's it going?" and "Here's an interesting fact about you probably didn't know." That would seriously rock!
Seriously! Why is this not a real campaign?? I'd love to see more Skyrim TH-camrs immortalized in addition to Shirley Curry--Nate, Camel, The Scatsbury... this needs to be a thing.
"The doors are ment to keep the Draugr in." Ah yes is that why quite a lot of them are outside the door? I mean that's a pretty shit mechanism if you entomb them outside the area you want to keep them in.
@@SwedishEmpire1700 i mean if you look at it as the outside guards are meant to stop people from using the door. And then the door from letting the leader out it makes some sense. But also bethesda is lazy and doesn't wanna add anything extra then what's needed so that's part of it.
1. mercer frey could unlock a puzzle door without a dragon claw. presumably, he used the skeleton key, but the dragonborn couldn't. and how did Karliah get past it? 2. draugr weapons can be turned into nord hero weapons at, and only at, the skyforge. why? does the skyforge have a special connection to them? only the draugr know, and they'd rather kill you than talk about it.
Karliah could’ve gotten past the door by going in the exit of the tomb because they is always one of thouse also I think the way Mercer got through it is he Either knew how to use the Skeleton key better or because when they were there in the past he already unlocked it that could be it
Dragonborn: "Thanks to Raycon, I don't have to worry about disrupting the draugr when I listen to "The Dragonborn Comes" whenever I explore Skyrim's Nordic ruins!"
The thing I'd like to think about the different Draugrs is the red eyed ones are attackers after your flesh. But the blue eyed ones of skyrim are defenders just trying to protect their masters they were buried with. That's why they act differently.
For me, mainly draugr are only annoying when they use unrelenting force. I think they use disarm, but it never works on me. However, I hate getting blasted into a wall by you fuckheads
In my first ever playthrough, i was scared of the draugr,mainly the draugr deathlord. My 4th-7th playthrough: AHHHHHHH....get back in your coffin,ya decaying sack of shit! Go back to sleep!
Yeah. Their stories start off with a shout that sends you flying and leaves you prone. Then when you start to stand up they MDK you into the ground before you can defend yourself. :D
I once found a draugr on his knees in a tomb, I undid my armor and said "well if you insist" but it appears he didn't like what he saw.... I don't want to talk about it.
Many years ago, while playing Skyrim not too long after it first came out, I remember that one time upon entering Whiterun, a horde of Draugr simply appeared within the city and just walked out its gates. I have no idea why this happened, and I don't recall it ever happening a second time, but it was so odd that it still remains in my mind to this day.
If you have a high enough sneak skill, the draugr won’t wake up when you walk by their sleeping places. Combined with the 3x knife/sneak ability, you can wipe out whole swaths of dungeons without resistance
When I first played skyrim I spent almost an hour trying to put in and finally guess the claw puzzle in bleakfalls barrow then later found out it was on the claw😂😂😂
Miraak's tomb sure did have a claw wall. But since he betrayed the dragons and killed quite a few of them, its likely that after he was defeated by Vahlok the Jailer, the claw to the door was likely found, and either buried far away, or thrown into the sea to add insult to injury. And since Miraak was mind-controlling people and had them rebuilding his temple, he had his thralls break the door down.
I thought similar except the dragon loyalists likely simply smashed the door apart when laying seige to Miraak's temple, which also accounts for how damaged the place is.
When you travel to Dead Men's Respite for the Bard's College to collect the lost Verse of Svaknir's part in the Poetic Edda, you have to kill the undead King Olaf, who has the shape of a Draugr now. And, when facing him to kill him, you can clearly see, that Olaf One-Eye has two beautiful sky-blue eyes - I mean - TWO eyes. So why Olaf One-Eye????
Embalming tools are often laying about in those tombs. I wonder if these tools are what are necessary to create the Draugr. They don't appear to be your atypical "zombie". Their bodies seem more purposefully mummified, and at the same time, not completely dried out. After all, some can use the voice. This also explains who has been keeping the fires going in the tombs.
Glad you got a raycon sponsorship! I listen to your videos every night to help me relax and wanted to try higher quality wireless buds that are actually comfortable. Keep up the good work!
Doesn't "amongst the draugr" contradict "death of a wanderer"? In one book the draugr are intelligent, cleaning up and repairing the tombs, in the other they bump against walls and ignored a bleeding body among them?
It’s likely that Death of a Wanderer is over exaggerating a bit, and it’s also possible that the draugr are largely on autopilot when doing their routines
I'm 100% certain that it's just Shor. The DESIGN may be from Morrowind, but lorewise, its clearly supposed to be Shor; Nord God of the Afterlife and King of their Gods. There's literally NO other figure who would have a reason to be on *_every single tomb._*
The lore of The Elder Scrolls is so deep, it takes a long time to fully grasp it, and then there's always C0DA and the Imperial Library if you want to believe in that. Either way, TES is gorgeous when it comes to world depth, nothing comes close to it.
@@AerYdmyg I mean technically you don't have to search the web. Becausenost of the lore is found in other games. That's how it gets on wikipedia and other fan wikis. But I did this same man its I intriguing.
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Although I like the idea of Miraak getting frustrated and annoyed at a Claw door, I can't see why he'd damage it and at least not make anyone repair it. My theory is that someone else destroyed it - perhaps Vahlok the Jailor when he and Miraak fought. After all, the Black Book that houses Miraak is located further inside, and why would he want a defense mechanism that protects that to be destroyed - even if by his own hand? Also, we know that the Temple was Miraak's right? So, why wouldn't he have the Claw that goes with the door? I can understand him destroying the door if he didn't have the matching claw, but he should have it and know how the door works; right?
Theory on the difference between Solstheim and Skyrim draugr: the 'servant' draugr came first, created by the Dragon Cult. The Skaal found the practice abominable, given their respect for nature and natural processes. Then, when Miraak and Vahlok the Jailer had their titanic battle that supposedly broke Solstheim off from the mainland, the Skaal tribesmen took shelter from the carnage in the tombs. Some of the crypts ended up buried due to all the landscape-altering fighting, and the now trapped Skaal resorted to cannibalism. This is why the All-Maker made them into draugr: he turned them into the same abominations they had once feared.
First time in Skyrim, I didnt know where to find the Codes for the doors, so I activated historian mode and tried to analyse the reliefs on the walls XD
I did exactly the same thing, analyzed the carvings on the walls, and then I read a book that said the claw was the answer and I solved it. I just got into Skyrim and MAN IVE BEEN MISSING OUT SO MUCH
@@cookiewoke1899 what is there to fear? They're just reskins of human opponents. Different cats to skin, so to speak. You murder one to death, you've murdered all of them to death.
Regarding the Nords all being sealed alive in the tombs, it seems likely that this was the punishment meted out to the supporters of Miraak after he lost to the Guardian. Also, because his temple was laid siege to, it seems just as likely that Vahlok the Jailor was the one who Shouted down the dragon claw door Miraak thougbt to protect himself behind.
Nate, just wanted to let you know that I appreciate the content. These videos have made me refall in love with Skyrim and the Fallout series. I know myself and many others eagerly anticipate each of your videos. Keep up the great work!
Fun fact: You can actually get both of the Red Eagle weapons if you find the key weapon in the wild, complete the quest to get Red Eagle's Bane, then find "The Legend of Red Eagle", forcing the key weapon to respawn and officially starting the quest. Simply take the key, place it in the slot to open the tomb completing the quest, and remove the key as it is. Red Eagle doesn't respawn himself so the weapon never changes and you get to keep it AND Red Eagle's Bane.
Man I keep coming back to your channel man. First watched you back when fallout 4 came out but I still enjoy everything you do, and some times put on your videos when I’m v stressed. Keep it up bro
Draugr is basically the ancient Nordic word for zombie in real life. Therefore all the living dead can be called that, no matter how they became a Draugr.
@@recklessabandon5678 TLDR: I go super detailed about a tiny detail. Draugr often use frost magic, and are weak to fire damage. I don't think many of them use fire spells. Also, only certain stones can be struck together to make a spark that has the potential to create a flame. This includes the famous flint and steel (or steel on steel, if you're desperate, strong, and skilled), but even these combinations need dexterity to strike properly, as well as proper fuel that catches easily (often dry grass or other long, thin materials).
@@jameshubbell2000 No, Draugrs arent weak to fire damage, they are resistent to frost because they are nords and immune to posion because they are undead. Exist only 3 enemies with some weak, the 2 Trolls and Vampire. You can check the wiki if dont believe in me. But yes, no draugr uses fire magic
the most memorable thing about the draugrs was... the eyes effect bug that you get from the life aura shout that permanently make glowy eyes on your characters and you have to use console, race menu or mods to reset it
The red eagle for some reason is the book and lore I always read when I do a play through. I don’t know why, but every now and then in between doing everything I can to ignore the world’s lore, I’ll read through a book to understand the sub boss’s I fight in tombs. It helps to make it more immersive. It’s so fun knowing the name of the boss before I fight them.
@@haveagoodday6060 Except they aren't very hifi, lots of bass, a fizzy treble and no mids to speak of. Which is what they advertise, and so you get what you pay for. Not a bad product anyway.
Well the first detail explains a lot. I've always noticed that all most all the candles and fireplaces are always lit in the game. That never made sense to me. Now I know the Draugr's are taking care of the place. Thank's Nate.
Wait so Red Eagle was a briarheart capable of using a small number of shouts?!? No wonder it took so many imperials to stop him. I have a new found respect for red eagle.
I somehow bugged the red eagle quest and I was able to make it twice in one run getting two swords of his without cheating :'D Skyrim's a mess, but by God's I love it with my whole heart.
@@theironfisherman4623 u clearly haven’t been disarmed before, you wouldn’t understand the stress of losing ur weapon on the ground and god forbid having it fall through the floor textures
You can actually become a Draugr in Skyrim, sort of. There is a draugr spell, that you can get by a glitch while exploring some ruins. This spell don't do much, it's just make your eyes glow blue. And it's can be removed only by a console command. It's probably some unfinished or just cut content, may be it could some thing like vampire disease.
That could be cool, but you'd still not be a Reachman, so it wouldn't make sense with his lore for him to help you or respond to you in any way positively.
What you should be able to do, is if you're a Breton, you have a chance to join the Forsworn. Like, PROPERLY. And the end-quest is to revive Red Eagle.
@@Alizudo That's honestly what I hoped would happen, some cool story event, but in the end it was just another generic end-dungeon boss with a different name. Honestly one of the biggest let-downs of this game's quests, imho.
Hey Nate, maybe to help keep the series going, you could just start reading us all the books and material, like audio books. I was always too lazy, or too short attention span, but would find it interesting and would give it a listen
My headcannon is that when they try to transfer her from her human body to her avatar in the first movie, the spirit tree knew she was too weak and therefor gave the woman who she knew had a deep love, connection and curiosity for the planet a child, almost to give her a second life. The child is part of the planet. An extension of it. When she dies and is burries, a new spirit tree will grow.
The Draugr may have been learning Dovahzul (and the Thu'um) from their dragon overlords, while wearing Raycons. Otherwise, how the hell would they annoy us with their regular shouts?
Draugr is an old scandinavian word for "drowned" it also became synonymus with the "Undead" "Vengefull dead" and "Dishonored Dead" in scandinavian mythos. I suspect the reason for why both the Skyrim and Skaal are both called Draugr is most likely because they are "The Dishonorable Dead" among the Skaal due to cannibalism, and in Skyrim because during and after the revolt against the dragons i doubt most nords looked favorably upon the dragon cult. As for Apperance, Mummification and Dessication are quite similar in apperance on a human body.
Is it just me, or does there seem to be a huge hole in the "claw doors are mean to keep draugr in" idea? There are usually draugr on both sides of these doors, and many draugr are right near the entrances of various caves and dungeons anyway.
On the topic of Red Eagle, I had a quite a surprise in my fight with him. The Red Eagle was a dragon priest! Possibly because I was at a high level, playing on Legendary difficultly. This makes no sense to me... maybe Red Eagle was meant to be the strongest undead opponent possible?
I hope everyone is staying safe and is feeling well. And thank you Nate for keeping us all entertained during this hard time! Much love from Tennessee!
Here's a puzzler: A number of draugr can Shout. Since the only Dragonborn around back then would have been Miraak, one would assume that they must have been Tongues taught to fight dragons and the dragon cult during the Dragon War. So, how did they end up in tombs built and maintained by that cult, many of which contain dragon priests? Did they turn renegade and start serving the cult? Or did dragon cultists manage to snag their corpses and use them to make particularly-powerful guardians for those tombs? Another puzzler: Given that he was not a Nord, how did Red Eagle become a Nord-type draugr wearing ancient Nord armor and buried in a (conveniently empty) tomb of ancient Nord architecture a thousand years after the dragon cult had been eliminated?
Nord type dragur are the only ones ive seen. So the probubly all look the same (other then beast types) but also I think since the dragur were in the tombs for thousands of years some stronger ones (I.e the higher level and tier) could learn to shout through the way of the voice. They arnt mindless just not as intelligent. I mean ulfric learned in Like 20 years.
I always felt kinda bad about killing Draugr, they’re just protecting their home and some asshole comes bashing through, stealing the fresh produce that’s obviously hard to come by… setting off traps they’ll have to reset, just generally making a big ol mess and killing dudes who have been alive for centuries! Now I feel even worse, because I always assumed that was just my own personal joke head canon, but now that I know they actually DO care for the tombs… I feel super bad. It’s the Falmer all over again! Those little blind dudes are just scared and protecting their home! I used to have a blind dog, he would panic when left alone and bite and attack anything that moves out of fear. That’s how I see the Falmer, they’re just simpleminded and afraid because they’re blind. They just wanna farm their big roach friends in peace and protect their dwarven bros stuff… they made a deal and they will protec the robots and junk…
Have full sneak perks and go archer class. Shoot the draugr deathlord whom has a disarm shout while sneaking. Never get disarmed and lose your weapon. Problem solved. Fill perk points for sneak all the way up to shadow warrior as well bows three times more damage perk. Have all perk points for archery all the way up. You will have to level up archery and sneak to 100. Go legendary if you deem necessary. Either way, with archery perk point filled for chance to paralyze target at 100 you may even have a chance to paralyze the draugr deathlord (which occurs the moment your reticle makes bead with the enemy should the chance occur, you dont even need to fire to paralyze the target). And eureka! You greatly reduce the chance of being disarmed and permanently losing your weapon. Treat every draugr deathlord with the extreme prejudice assumption that each one could have that shout, take no chances. And if you're a good enough sneak, you can still use one or two handed weapons to sneak attack. If you get caught, better be quick at making distance and acquiring cover away from the shout or avoiding its trajectory if you're good at strafing to avoid attacks..
Footnote: I've been playing skyrim since it's birth on ps3. Discovered alot of things on my own before I ever even known that there were vids on yt. I'm a very avid strategist with all the classes. Variety is very well the spice of life
Draugr: shouts
Velma from Scooby Doo frantically patting the ground: my *daedric sword* I can't find my *daedric sword*
Ruh Roh!
Jinkies!!!
Now I need a scooby doo episode where the gang delves into an ancient nord tomb and the episode ends with them unmasking a dragon priest.
@@DragonGunzDorian that would be poetic and JUST
@@DragonGunzDorian Turns out, the Dragon Preist is just Nazeem in a latex mask.
6: sometimes they will shout your weapon out of existence. Don't even bother checkin the floor
That’s why you use bound weapons
@@whispro4646 True nords use their fists!
*loses hands to shout*
Well, fuck... XD
Or stun lock them
@@randomgamer4332 i say stun lock now join my skyrim together server
@@whispro4646 no person that actually plays skyrim well uses bound weapons. I hope you were joking 😂
Edit: If one more person goes on a long ass rant about stuff that doesn't matter I'm gonna jump off a bridge. Stop @ me
Everybody gangsta till the Draugr uses the disarm shout
That's why I don't give them the opportunity
I broke my game to the point where my sword does 900 some damage
Cant disarm magic
@@josers0968 True
Except mages
*frantically opens inventory to equip the shitty dagger I accidentally picked up earlier*
wholesome little detail in Skyrim: Depending on what race you have as a spouse, they'll say different little things to you. for example, if you have an Orc as a spouse, they might say "Conquer your enemies, my love"
little thing I found pretty wholesome
I guess I'm gonna marry an orc now
Conquer your enemies and rip them limb from limb as they scream in agony...my love
ATS how loving
I had a draugr as a wife once.
She picked snowberries.
One day she went to pick berries.
One day I told her to get lost
She got lost.
@@anomalyunit4637 better than fifty shades of grey
All-Maker: "Hmm these beings have been trapped and have nothing to eat." "Ah so disgusting that they ate the only thing they could, better punish them some more."
*Ring ring*
“Hewwo? Mistel all maker sir?”
*complete silence*
“We are hungry mistel maker, please send fewd!”
*silence intensifies*
“Hewwo? Hewwoooo!”
*one week later*
“Oh wow, these guys ate rotten flesh. Yuck. Better turn them into zombies. That will teach them a lesson”
Sounds like the judeo-christian god.
@@axeldornelles5292 leave it to a antitheist to bash religion using a video game dungeon.
Axel Dornelles Yup.
@@Jabooty_Williams Truth hurts, honey. :)
Fun fact: the Norwegian word for draugr (draug) literally translates to "again-walker" guess Bethesda didn't name them like that without a reason
Im pretty sure its a callback to norse mythology. The norse were in the region of the norway-sweden area, and likely spoke a form of one of those languages or something of the like. Much like how sovangarde is pretty much Valhalla.
In Norse Mythology draugr were also called aptrganga or aptrgangr which like you said before translates to “again walker.”
@@desiderata974 finnish was completely different. Please replace with danish
@@tada-kun982 sure. I dont know much about any of those languages or areas history, really only that the norse were there.
@@desiderata974 And Finnish natives did not really like raiding Vikings, the cultures are way different in that regard.
One thing I love about Skyrim is that a third of it is the D-born stumbling into some ancient legend/prophecy, crushing everything's skull and wandering off without a clue as to what they just did.
I know!! Why kill the Red Eagle?? Should one also kill and vilify William Wallace too??
Another example lately of this mindless scripting of lore, and having the Dragonborn's only way to interact is by killing the central character. The Pale Lady, minding her own business, just wants her sword back after it was stolen. A Kajiit, desperate to return it, is hunted by a bandit chief who wants the sword for himself. The Kajiit gets killed in the process.
Along comes the Dragonborn, kills the Pale Lady and takes her sword - just because he can, or just because he can AND the game tells him to "Banish Pale Lady".
To quote Mr. Potato head: "How about we don't?? Has everybody taken stupid pills?"
These days I don't just blindly do what the game tells me to. For that reason Anise and Moira are still alive - and a LOT of Hold Guards are dead.
@@Sionnach1601 As much as I hate defending Bethesda, you can actually return The Pale Blade to banish her
@@thezambambo2184huh, well that's awkward lol
Allfather: "I am disgusted by your cannibalism! Therefore, I shall curse you to live forever - AS CANNIBALS!!!"
Other Skaal: "WTF??"
Other Skaals :
什么鬼？？！
I read this in your voice M'aiq
All-Maker: Ok, who wants to be a worse wendigo?
@@magenta2787 *No hands go up*
All-Maker: TOO BAD BITCH
M'aiq have u counted the steps leading up to High Hrothgar
An enemy introduced in the Dragonborn DLC is the "Hulking draugr", a draugr with brown skin like the ones in bloodmoon. In addition, these draugr have necklaces of human hands and dried blood around their mouths. it is likely that THESE are those cannibal draugr from bloodmoon
...Nani.
Welp, another reason to avoid dungons..
@@smolderbreath3238 indeed
Im sorry.. what.
@@Redelmopaint I know! I never noticed it till it was pointed out to me on the wiki forums!
@@MagnustheMage
I've only seen a Hulking Draugr ONCE, and it was in Ustengrav. There's like, a really small point in between levels 10 and 20 where they spawn, and then you'll never see them again. It's super strange.
In Old Norse mythology Draugr is created when someone dies in an upright position as opposed to laying horizontally. Fun fact
also. They are restless and yes
They could also “swim” through stone.
That explains the upright coffins in the Skyrim catacombs!
@Rin no you dont you liar
@@liamsteamwalsh8421 That and what deeds are actually considered evil or otherwise caused a lot of problems in that culture. The Three Funerals of Thorolf Twist-Foot tells of such an instance. A man who knew no mercy even when it came to family. If you want to hear a good telling of his tale look it up on the channel of Ocean Keltoi. He is quite a storyteller.
You know, they should definitely make you an essential NPC in ES6. And a prominent figure to boot. Maybe a chief historian in charge of a major rectory who actually has quests and possibly even has a small part in the main quest so the player has to run across you at some point. If they did that then I would hope they get you to supply the voice and give you lines like "Hey, how's it going?" and "Here's an interesting fact about you probably didn't know." That would seriously rock!
Seriously! Why is this not a real campaign?? I'd love to see more Skyrim TH-camrs immortalized in addition to Shirley Curry--Nate, Camel, The Scatsbury... this needs to be a thing.
Otaku Hanzo that’s an awesome creative idea! I’d love that :D
somebody has to made a mod for this!
I support this 100000000%
Essential?
Nate needs to trademark the phrase “Murdered to death”
©
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Murdered to death™©®
Yes
Yes he does *He does* it suits him so well he says it a lot as you can tell
"I use to be an adventure like you, until a draugr nearly killed me at age 10"
Y'know, I'm sure most of the stories in skyrim end like the Red Eagle's:
*And then the Dragonborn showed up*
Lol
AND THEN ALONG CAME ZEUS
"The doors are ment to keep the Draugr in." Ah yes is that why quite a lot of them are outside the door? I mean that's a pretty shit mechanism if you entomb them outside the area you want to keep them in.
He means the leaders. Almost every single dragur boss os behind a claw wall.
Meant*
@@mr.pierogi it was 2 am ok
@@richardduncan2954 He got a point though, its dumb
@@SwedishEmpire1700 i mean if you look at it as the outside guards are meant to stop people from using the door. And then the door from letting the leader out it makes some sense. But also bethesda is lazy and doesn't wanna add anything extra then what's needed so that's part of it.
M’aiq once entered bleakfalls barrow. M’aiq saw one of these draugr’s and ran away.
Lies!
M'aiq knows much and tells some
Understandable
I once ran into M'aiq while travelling skyrim. I then took an arrow in the knee.
Cicero does not believe M'aiq no way *No way* it's all lies you speak I say
1. mercer frey could unlock a puzzle door without a dragon claw. presumably, he used the skeleton key, but the dragonborn couldn't. and how did Karliah get past it?
2. draugr weapons can be turned into nord hero weapons at, and only at, the skyforge. why? does the skyforge have a special connection to them? only the draugr know, and they'd rather kill you than talk about it.
Karliah could’ve gotten past the door by going in the exit of the tomb because they is always one of thouse also I think the way Mercer got through it is he Either knew how to use the Skeleton key better or because when they were there in the past he already unlocked it that could be it
@@_peter541 Of course he can use the Skeleton Key better than the player... He has 2 Nightingale powers at one time!
Didn't Mercer mention Karliah having the claw
Karliah had the claw
I bet LockpickingLawyer could pick the lock in 2 minutes
Dragonborn: "Thanks to Raycon, I don't have to worry about disrupting the draugr when I listen to "The Dragonborn Comes" whenever I explore Skyrim's Nordic ruins!"
here hold on to these, I will come back for them later
“Snitch or double cross me and I’ll kill you, I swear it”
*is already wearing the raycon*
“Hm? You say something?”
Hi Aqua, I bet you're still almost useless.
Wtf aqua u are everywhere yet again!!
Raycons are shit.
Cleaning and maintaining the tomb...
FB Spiders and Skeevers: "Hello there"
General Dovanobi!
The thing I'd like to think about the different Draugrs is the red eyed ones are attackers after your flesh. But the blue eyed ones of skyrim are defenders just trying to protect their masters they were buried with. That's why they act differently.
That first experience when you get blasted across the cave from the draugr warlord in bleak falls barrow
And you uses stealth/archery to hopefully take them out
For me, mainly draugr are only annoying when they use unrelenting force. I think they use disarm, but it never works on me. However, I hate getting blasted into a wall by you fuckheads
It’s only the super powerful ones that do that, the Bleakfalls one shouts, but it barely does anything, just wobbles the camera a bit.
Like, they're easy, just annoying.
In my first ever playthrough, i was scared of the draugr,mainly the draugr deathlord.
My 4th-7th playthrough: AHHHHHHH....get back in your coffin,ya decaying sack of shit! Go back to sleep!
Meeting draugr
Before watching this video : "Ay draugr, kill kill kill"
After watching this video : "You have a story to tell aren't you?"
*Don’t
Yeah. Their stories start off with a shout that sends you flying and leaves you prone. Then when you start to stand up they MDK you into the ground before you can defend yourself. :D
Getting Goonies vibes from this comment, like how Mikey had much respect for long dead pirate 🏴☠️, One-Eyed Willy.
Maiq is wise, Maiq stays 6 feet apart from fellow Khajiit.
Chris PPX M’aiq is most careful. M’aiq makes sure to stay 6 feet away of all.
🥚🥚🥚
Maiq makes sure to not drink Skooma with the Virus in it
Dovahkin just shouts people 6 feet away.
Wait you're not Maiq
I once found a draugr on his knees in a tomb, I undid my armor and said "well if you insist" but it appears he didn't like what he saw.... I don't want to talk about it.
R/cursedcomments
Wow.
ehhhrm ...
I'm wheezing
You assumed that Draugr’s orientation & triggered it. 😆
Many years ago, while playing Skyrim not too long after it first came out, I remember that one time upon entering Whiterun, a horde of Draugr simply appeared within the city and just walked out its gates. I have no idea why this happened, and I don't recall it ever happening a second time, but it was so odd that it still remains in my mind to this day.
If you have a high enough sneak skill, the draugr won’t wake up when you walk by their sleeping places. Combined with the 3x knife/sneak ability, you can wipe out whole swaths of dungeons without resistance
When I first played skyrim I spent almost an hour trying to put in and finally guess the claw puzzle in bleakfalls barrow then later found out it was on the claw😂😂😂
I guessed the puzzle right, as well.
To solve the Bleak Falls Barrow door, all you do is move each ring twice.
it was a dumb and over-used puzzle
Trust bro I did the same shit
Dude, same!
Same
Miraak's tomb sure did have a claw wall. But since he betrayed the dragons and killed quite a few of them, its likely that after he was defeated by Vahlok the Jailer, the claw to the door was likely found, and either buried far away, or thrown into the sea to add insult to injury. And since Miraak was mind-controlling people and had them rebuilding his temple, he had his thralls break the door down.
I thought similar except the dragon loyalists likely simply smashed the door apart when laying seige to Miraak's temple, which also accounts for how damaged the place is.
When you travel to Dead Men's Respite for the Bard's College to collect the lost Verse of Svaknir's part in the Poetic Edda, you have to kill the undead King Olaf, who has the shape of a Draugr now. And, when facing him to kill him, you can clearly see, that Olaf One-Eye has two beautiful sky-blue eyes - I mean - TWO eyes. So why Olaf One-Eye????
It was slightly awkward to meet him in Sovngard.
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He's really chill once you meet him in Sovengarde, though.
Because making a special model just for him cost cash ya know LOL Todd wanted that Ferrari bad
That "One-Eye" isn't referring to his ocular orbs... 😸
Probably because he had one eye when he was alive. Then in the afterlife you get back whatever body parts you lost or were missing while alive.
They say Miraak murdered the High Door, with his voice! Shouted him apart!
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Embalming tools are often laying about in those tombs. I wonder if these tools are what are necessary to create the Draugr. They don't appear to be your atypical "zombie". Their bodies seem more purposefully mummified, and at the same time, not completely dried out. After all, some can use the voice. This also explains who has been keeping the fires going in the tombs.
100% agree
Glad you got a raycon sponsorship! I listen to your videos every night to help me relax and wanted to try higher quality wireless buds that are actually comfortable. Keep up the good work!
Doesn't "amongst the draugr" contradict "death of a wanderer"? In one book the draugr are intelligent, cleaning up and repairing the tombs, in the other they bump against walls and ignored a bleeding body among them?
It’s likely that Death of a Wanderer is over exaggerating a bit, and it’s also possible that the draugr are largely on autopilot when doing their routines
"This wasn't based off of some famous figure or something, no, it only represents the most common depiction of a NORD NEREVARINE" okay Nate
I'm 100% certain that it's just Shor.
The DESIGN may be from Morrowind, but lorewise, its clearly supposed to be Shor; Nord God of the Afterlife and King of their Gods. There's literally NO other figure who would have a reason to be on *_every single tomb._*
Just when i think i know everything about this damned game.
The lore of The Elder Scrolls is so deep, it takes a long time to fully grasp it, and then there's always C0DA and the Imperial Library if you want to believe in that. Either way, TES is gorgeous when it comes to world depth, nothing comes close to it.
Yep lol
I started studying ES as soon as I was introduced to it. Most of it was searing the web since not all of the game's lore is in the game.
@@AerYdmyg I mean technically you don't have to search the web. Becausenost of the lore is found in other games. That's how it gets on wikipedia and other fan wikis. But I did this same man its I intriguing.
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@Fui Gebhardt1 there's no time to be homeless lol
Y did u comment twice
You can sneak up on Draugr pretty easily because of lot of them are wearing Raycons.
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Although I like the idea of Miraak getting frustrated and annoyed at a Claw door, I can't see why he'd damage it and at least not make anyone repair it. My theory is that someone else destroyed it - perhaps Vahlok the Jailor when he and Miraak fought. After all, the Black Book that houses Miraak is located further inside, and why would he want a defense mechanism that protects that to be destroyed - even if by his own hand?
Also, we know that the Temple was Miraak's right? So, why wouldn't he have the Claw that goes with the door? I can understand him destroying the door if he didn't have the matching claw, but he should have it and know how the door works; right?
Theory on the difference between Solstheim and Skyrim draugr: the 'servant' draugr came first, created by the Dragon Cult. The Skaal found the practice abominable, given their respect for nature and natural processes. Then, when Miraak and Vahlok the Jailer had their titanic battle that supposedly broke Solstheim off from the mainland, the Skaal tribesmen took shelter from the carnage in the tombs. Some of the crypts ended up buried due to all the landscape-altering fighting, and the now trapped Skaal resorted to cannibalism. This is why the All-Maker made them into draugr: he turned them into the same abominations they had once feared.
First time in Skyrim, I didnt know where to find the Codes for the doors, so I activated historian mode and tried to analyse the reliefs on the walls XD
I did exactly the same thing, analyzed the carvings on the walls, and then I read a book that said the claw was the answer and I solved it. I just got into Skyrim and MAN IVE BEEN MISSING OUT SO MUCH
@@patricioaroncastrillonross8372 welcome to the party, pal.
Dude, same. Weirdly, I got it right.
Here's a fun fact, they scare me.
Even as a level 90 I still have a little bit of anxiety going into crypts
They're teddybears compared to frostbite spiders
I’m in high school and it doesn’t scare me
@@GlennSkywalker2305 then you're a fool!
@@cookiewoke1899 what is there to fear? They're just reskins of human opponents. Different cats to skin, so to speak. You murder one to death, you've murdered all of them to death.
Thank you nate...you always make me think a little more about skyrim things I've never thought of and ive been playing for like 3 and a half years
I like that Nords build tombs for their enemies and give them proper burials if they die well. Really shows off their honorbound nature
Regarding the Nords all being sealed alive in the tombs, it seems likely that this was the punishment meted out to the supporters of Miraak after he lost to the Guardian. Also, because his temple was laid siege to, it seems just as likely that Vahlok the Jailor was the one who Shouted down the dragon claw door Miraak thougbt to protect himself behind.
Things they never tell you about arriving early.
Nate, just wanted to let you know that I appreciate the content. These videos have made me refall in love with Skyrim and the Fallout series. I know myself and many others eagerly anticipate each of your videos. Keep up the great work!
Idk how u do it Nate
I think i speak for everyone when I say I love the videos, they help me through this tough time
And as always, thanks for reading
Fun fact: You can actually get both of the Red Eagle weapons if you find the key weapon in the wild, complete the quest to get Red Eagle's Bane, then find "The Legend of Red Eagle", forcing the key weapon to respawn and officially starting the quest. Simply take the key, place it in the slot to open the tomb completing the quest, and remove the key as it is. Red Eagle doesn't respawn himself so the weapon never changes and you get to keep it AND Red Eagle's Bane.
Man I keep coming back to your channel man. First watched you back when fallout 4 came out but I still enjoy everything you do, and some times put on your videos when I’m v stressed. Keep it up bro
6. King Olaf One-Eye's undead corpse is the only draugr we meet in the game that speaks Tamrielic (or English) when he says "Insolent Bard! Die!".
I thought you were about to say “Thank you to Raid Shadow Legends” at the start of the video
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If he did I would have head out
Idc about Raid, but when it's sponsoring a FECKING RuneScape channel is where it crosses the line.
Draugr is basically the ancient Nordic word for zombie in real life. Therefore all the living dead can be called that, no matter how they became a Draugr.
The dragon claw doors are also only able to be opened with one specific dragon claw, so having the combination on the key isn't a bad idea
Who else would listen to Nate just read Skyrim books in videos maybe he could make it into a series or something.. just me? Ok
There is a TH-camr who does that
Why you can't read?
April showers will bring may flowers
April showers: doom eternal
RIP AND TEAR
Hey sorry the flowers had to be delayed since we needed more fertiliser but hay, the demon corpses have provided enough.
Finally, an explanation for why the candles, torches, and braziers are lit! Now, where are they getting their fuel and firelighters?
Fire magic....Or the rocks lying around everywhere
@@recklessabandon5678 TLDR: I go super detailed about a tiny detail.
Draugr often use frost magic, and are weak to fire damage. I don't think many of them use fire spells. Also, only certain stones can be struck together to make a spark that has the potential to create a flame. This includes the famous flint and steel (or steel on steel, if you're desperate, strong, and skilled), but even these combinations need dexterity to strike properly, as well as proper fuel that catches easily (often dry grass or other long, thin materials).
@@jameshubbell2000 No, Draugrs arent weak to fire damage, they are resistent to frost because they are nords and immune to posion because they are undead. Exist only 3 enemies with some weak, the 2 Trolls and Vampire. You can check the wiki if dont believe in me. But yes, no draugr uses fire magic
@@erichdegurechaff9515 Oh, okay. I just assumed they were, being undead.
0:37 say dungeon say dungeon. “Darkest corners.”
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
the most memorable thing about the draugrs was... the eyes effect bug that you get from the life aura shout that permanently make glowy eyes on your characters and you have to use console, race menu or mods to reset it
Red Eagle can spawn as Dragon Priest if your high in level when you get the objective.
The red eagle for some reason is the book and lore I always read when I do a play through. I don’t know why, but every now and then in between doing everything I can to ignore the world’s lore, I’ll read through a book to understand the sub boss’s I fight in tombs. It helps to make it more immersive. It’s so fun knowing the name of the boss before I fight them.
So proud of my boy! Look at him getting a raycon sponsor! Brings a tear to my eye :')
Raycon's gonna be the new Raid: Shadow Legends with all these new sponsorships
Except Raycons actually good
Oh no
I have AirPods tho so I don’t really need raycons
@@haveagoodday6060 Except they aren't very hifi, lots of bass, a fizzy treble and no mids to speak of. Which is what they advertise, and so you get what you pay for. Not a bad product anyway.
Me I don't use raycons or airpods I use regular classic headphones
The more videos I see from you about skyrim... the more I wanna play it again 🥰🥰🥰
Well the first detail explains a lot. I've always noticed that all most all the candles and fireplaces are always lit in the game. That never made sense to me. Now I know the Draugr's are taking care of the place. Thank's Nate.
Wait so Red Eagle was a briarheart capable of using a small number of shouts?!? No wonder it took so many imperials to stop him. I have a new found respect for red eagle.
I somehow bugged the red eagle quest and I was able to make it twice in one run getting two swords of his without cheating :'D Skyrim's a mess, but by God's I love it with my whole heart.
1. Sometimes getting on top of a table where they can't reach you with their weapon completely destroys their AI.
Draugr have a unattainable shout called " banish that weapon "
Actually you can get that shout it is called Disarm
@@theironfisherman4623 u clearly haven’t been disarmed before, you wouldn’t understand the stress of losing ur weapon on the ground and god forbid having it fall through the floor textures
@@CryNoM0 Yes I have been disarmed I lost my ebony war axe in labyrinthian. It pissed me off and I was so mad I punched the draugr to death
"Disgusting, decomposed, undead monstorous beings"
Jeez, no need to go straight up necrosist, think of the undead people watching this channel...
Lol
Wait
@@beacontheeldritch Yes?
I'm dead inside, does that count?
@@absintheminded8466 Eh, close enough
Personally I'm dead in general
You can actually become a Draugr in Skyrim, sort of. There is a draugr spell, that you can get by a glitch while exploring some ruins. This spell don't do much, it's just make your eyes glow blue. And it's can be removed only by a console command. It's probably some unfinished or just cut content, may be it could some thing like vampire disease.
What ruin can you find this spell
@@aldousboal4920 He's bullshitting. Looking through TCRF and the wiki, I can't find a single reference to a draugr spell
@@flamedramon68 or they have a mod downloaded they didn’t know about idk
@@boney2982 "that you can get by a glitch while exploring some ruins"
Mods don't make you do that to get a cosmetic. Dude's lying out of his ass
The man, the myth, the legend, finally reveals himself...
Is that really him though?
he revealed himself at 250k
He already did at 200k subs
Sea Shell Yes he already revealed at 200k
That him wearing the earbuds? He looks nothing like he sounds.
Nate modelling the buds was iconic. Slay us to death!
The Miraak theory is funny because his soul serves Hermaeus Mora the prince of KNOWLEDGE
Love Nate's Channel. Honestly does a PRETTY good job of not rehashing the same content which is pretty insane for his channel/content structure.
it'd be cool if as a Stormcloak you could recruit the Red Eagle to fight against the empire.
That could be cool, but you'd still not be a Reachman, so it wouldn't make sense with his lore for him to help you or respond to you in any way positively.
He'd probably kill any stormcloaks he'd come across since ulfric killed his people
What you should be able to do, is if you're a Breton, you have a chance to join the Forsworn. Like, PROPERLY. And the end-quest is to revive Red Eagle.
@@Alizudo That's honestly what I hoped would happen, some cool story event, but in the end it was just another generic end-dungeon boss with a different name. Honestly one of the biggest let-downs of this game's quests, imho.
@@Alexrider02 Well...Bethesda ya know *shrugs*
"keep the draugr in"
The twenty draugr laying dead on the floor ten rooms before the door: dafuq you mean
Hey Nate, maybe to help keep the series going, you could just start reading us all the books and material, like audio books. I was always too lazy, or too short attention span, but would find it interesting and would give it a listen
I can’t believe your still posting about fallout and Skyrim this truly is a amazing channel. Never give up
My headcannon is that when they try to transfer her from her human body to her avatar in the first movie, the spirit tree knew she was too weak and therefor gave the woman who she knew had a deep love, connection and curiosity for the planet a child, almost to give her a second life. The child is part of the planet. An extension of it. When she dies and is burries, a new spirit tree will grow.
Wow this was for an avatar short not for this video. Huh
4:32 so Skyrim has Wendigos on Solstheim. Neat!
I was just going to comment that lol
The Draugr may have been learning Dovahzul (and the Thu'um) from their dragon overlords, while wearing Raycons.
Otherwise, how the hell would they annoy us with their regular shouts?
Draugr is an old scandinavian word for "drowned" it also became synonymus with the "Undead" "Vengefull dead" and "Dishonored Dead" in scandinavian mythos.
I suspect the reason for why both the Skyrim and Skaal are both called Draugr is most likely because they are "The Dishonorable Dead" among the Skaal due to cannibalism, and in Skyrim because during and after the revolt against the dragons i doubt most nords looked favorably upon the dragon cult.
As for Apperance, Mummification and Dessication are quite similar in apperance on a human body.
"An entire legion of a thousand soldiers"
I always knew the SPQR would stomp the Cyrodilic Empire
You're literally the reason I bought skyrim. Bought it today
I hope the next elder scrolls game is as good as this one was. It's amazing to listen to all of the lore in this game.
Hey Nate please do a video about the skyforge specifically including what ties it has to draugr weapons
Imagine being Resurrected after 1000s of years just to run into the Dragonborn
What? A sponsor? Wow Nate, you’re finally getting the recognition you deserve.
Good job
Is it just me, or does there seem to be a huge hole in the "claw doors are mean to keep draugr in" idea? There are usually draugr on both sides of these doors, and many draugr are right near the entrances of various caves and dungeons anyway.
I think that’s for gameplay reasons
I think they mean the big boss not the servant cause the boss maybe still have some inteligence
On the topic of Red Eagle, I had a quite a surprise in my fight with him. The Red Eagle was a dragon priest! Possibly because I was at a high level, playing on Legendary difficultly. This makes no sense to me... maybe Red Eagle was meant to be the strongest undead opponent possible?
I hope everyone is staying safe and is feeling well. And thank you Nate for keeping us all entertained during this hard time! Much love from Tennessee!
The Draugr are so nice lighting up there Dungeons for the Player
the clip of the draugr sweeping is SENDING ME
The first one makes me feel bad about killing them.
Here's a puzzler: A number of draugr can Shout. Since the only Dragonborn around back then would have been Miraak, one would assume that they must have been Tongues taught to fight dragons and the dragon cult during the Dragon War. So, how did they end up in tombs built and maintained by that cult, many of which contain dragon priests? Did they turn renegade and start serving the cult? Or did dragon cultists manage to snag their corpses and use them to make particularly-powerful guardians for those tombs?
Another puzzler: Given that he was not a Nord, how did Red Eagle become a Nord-type draugr wearing ancient Nord armor and buried in a (conveniently empty) tomb of ancient Nord architecture a thousand years after the dragon cult had been eliminated?
Nord type dragur are the only ones ive seen. So the probubly all look the same (other then beast types) but also I think since the dragur were in the tombs for thousands of years some stronger ones (I.e the higher level and tier) could learn to shout through the way of the voice. They arnt mindless just not as intelligent. I mean ulfric learned in Like 20 years.
I just attributed it to devs not wanting, or maybe not having time to, make a unique model for Red Eagle compared to other Draugr. 🤷♀️
@@loraelstad8941 Yeah thats the most likely answer. But bethesda usually tries to make lore explanations for stuff like that
@@loraelstad8941 Just say "Because Bethesda", thats enough these days LOL
I was thought those carved stone faces were walruses never really questioned it just thought was some random design they used
Alex laframboise Ya mean Horker? 😁
I always felt kinda bad about killing Draugr, they’re just protecting their home and some asshole comes bashing through, stealing the fresh produce that’s obviously hard to come by… setting off traps they’ll have to reset, just generally making a big ol mess and killing dudes who have been alive for centuries!
Now I feel even worse, because I always assumed that was just my own personal joke head canon, but now that I know they actually DO care for the tombs… I feel super bad.
It’s the Falmer all over again!
Those little blind dudes are just scared and protecting their home! I used to have a blind dog, he would panic when left alone and bite and attack anything that moves out of fear. That’s how I see the Falmer, they’re just simpleminded and afraid because they’re blind. They just wanna farm their big roach friends in peace and protect their dwarven bros stuff… they made a deal and they will protec the robots and junk…
Have full sneak perks and go archer class. Shoot the draugr deathlord whom has a disarm shout while sneaking. Never get disarmed and lose your weapon. Problem solved. Fill perk points for sneak all the way up to shadow warrior as well bows three times more damage perk. Have all perk points for archery all the way up. You will have to level up archery and sneak to 100. Go legendary if you deem necessary. Either way, with archery perk point filled for chance to paralyze target at 100 you may even have a chance to paralyze the draugr deathlord (which occurs the moment your reticle makes bead with the enemy should the chance occur, you dont even need to fire to paralyze the target). And eureka! You greatly reduce the chance of being disarmed and permanently losing your weapon. Treat every draugr deathlord with the extreme prejudice assumption that each one could have that shout, take no chances. And if you're a good enough sneak, you can still use one or two handed weapons to sneak attack. If you get caught, better be quick at making distance and acquiring cover away from the shout or avoiding its trajectory if you're good at strafing to avoid attacks..
Footnote: I've been playing skyrim since it's birth on ps3. Discovered alot of things on my own before I ever even known that there were vids on yt. I'm a very avid strategist with all the classes. Variety is very well the spice of life
1:53 really had me chuckling