31 Recurring Characters in The Elder Scrolls Series Explained 

It sort of made sense that everyone living near Red Mountain sounded like they smoked 12 packs a day lmao

I mean witouth a gas mask that the dwemer could make you'd get similar results.

It was all that volcanic ash cuh 😂 If a Dunmers name isn't Jiub, they're irrelevant to me 😂 He's the OG.

I really liked Morrowind's chain-smoker voice for dunmers, missed them in next games. The Dunmer never felt the same.

@@AxOfTheHorde was unique for sure

Perhaps they are a family of philosophers?

@@user-un5xj1wl6p philosophers rarely have children...or at least in our world. some cases it's because they've spent so long studying life itself that they've lost all passion for life and thus, do not wish to create new life.

@@thevashfan12392 I don't know for greek philosopher 2000 years ago but most philosopher of the couple last centuries have children.

@@leo-paulgrain3832 I know Schopenhauer did not. But y'know. Pessimism doesn't really like bringing children into the world knowing the amount of suffering that exists

Or perhaps the inscription itself is just another lie from M'aiq??

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Tripped balls so hard he achieved Chiim

@@SmokeyMountainSuccubus There's actually a pretty well thought out and detailed theory that Maiq is actually lorkhan, so that would literally be the truth, assuming that theory is correct, as Lorkhan was the person that invented the state of CHIM in the first place.

@@SmokeyMountainSuccubus if chiim is elder scrolls lore educate me nwah

@@xxmrppman69x33 Aight this is gonna sound like some mad shit if you haven't heard any of it, but the whole elder scrolls universe is a dream experienced by an one unconscious being. When you're confronted with the knowledge that you're just part of someone else's dream, you'll mostly likely conclude that you don't exist and vanish from reality entirely. This is known as Zero Summing. However, some people manage to confront this knowledge and state with totally irrational confidence that they exist anyway, and these people essentially become lucid dreamers within the dream making them basically omnipotent. This is what happened to both Vivec and Talos, and it is called achieving Chiim

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Oblivion is my favorite game of all time and when I saw HoK I cried.

While I’m still on level 1 in Morrowind, reading your comment gives me more joy than what I understand.

@@bobcat24 If you're new to _Morrowind_ you have a huge journey and an amazing story ahead of you. I've put in around 18,000 hours over the last twenty-ish years. Trust me, it's an incredible adventure.

You have to kill Umbacano if you get all the Ayleid statues and do his mission.

Literally

A rebellious phase

mmmmm all this natural musk

Funny thing is, Altmer are the only ones that have canonically bred and trained goblins for war... It must be their goblin nature taking over, mmmmm, cave goblins we are.

@@Lunam_D._Roger nah man the nords pushed the elves into the mountains that's what happened to the dwemer

I thought jiub was indawnguard

@@danielshore1457 Maybe he was, I forget.

@@iammaxhailme - He was in Dawnguard DLC.

@@danielshore1457 yea he was in the soul cairn

Wait what ghoul does he play

Yeah... combat wasn't one of Morrowind's strong points lol. Hope they make good combat in ES6.

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or league of legends

@@WASZCZI-WASZCZI get that shit away from here

He only says that because of the failed intimidation attempt. All characters will tell you to pound sand if you fail an intimidation attempt.

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@@CallMeMimi27 yeah but. He lived through the Blight, survived the neravarine, and survived the red mountain throwing a tantrum, he earned the right to that line

@@Okami_irl nobody cares

@@cjdziesiuta1995 if you mean to say he's the only one capable of backing up his threats then I agree.

Well there was a giant volcano that exploded and that’s sure to kill a large majority of their food.

Thats what a diet of kwama eggs, ash yam and muck sponge does to you.

That really only applies to the elven races. All the other races are fine.

Except yagram

can't wait for obese characters in elder scrolls 6, the sweet roll factory.

You gotta be level 8 or 10 I think before those DB guys attack you when you sleep, and gaining levels in Morrowind aint nowhere as easy as later games, so by that point you've probably already joined several factions and done quite a few quests. You aint no "Random Prisoner" by that point.

@@ZHBraden13 This is false, the attack can happen at any level.

@@33link333 Not entirely true, on console, it waits until your lv6+. " In the Xbox version, you will only be attacked after you have reached level 6."

@@ZHBraden13 oh man you really got him. He was wrong about a stifled console version nobody plays! Yeah, Shapiro jr., they will attack you from level 1 on PC, the platform everybody else is on.

@@ksquidplaysminecraftHow old are you, 10? The thousands of 4-5 star reviews on the console Marketplace for Morrowind tell otherwise genius.

She is unpredictable and also dont like bootlickers I think.

potentially that was due to here not being in her resting place in... Cheydihal ... the fuck are you meant to spell that city?

But in Oblivion, Night Mother also says that she didn’t warn the Brotherhood because the Listener was weak (and I think the other members of Black Hand too, hence she decided that they needed a good old fashioned purge). Probably the same happens in Skyrim. Astrid is so obnoxious and thinking herself above Sithis and Night Mother - she decides to punish almost all of them for disobedience and following falsehoods.

Sithis doesn't care for weak - being part of family or not. By extension the same is with Night Mother. Remember her twisted sculpture in Oblivion? It perfectly shows Night Mother essence. Uncaring mother which favour you need to gain.

I always assumed that it is a Dremora in the shape of a horse, like how the bound weapons are dremora souls in the shape of weapons.

@@TheCodemanc4 that is actually way cooler than my theory. I like the idea of a dremora having to be like "ah shit now i have to be a horse again..." because i don't imagine they particularly like turning into things

@@cheylikespie because they don't, especially to help mortals. You know how much one hated being Summoned by a mortal to go and get a sigil stone? Imagine "I gotta be a sword now, for a mortal who barely knows how to swing one!?"

Could just be two different undead horses raised in different time periods? Would explain the gender change that and the dark brotherhood aren't against necromancy what with the dark guardians

I just always assumed that Shadowmere is not a normal horse but like a spirit or something similar to that

Yes. That’s why he showed a picture of his severed head during the dremora’s speech

No, thaw was not Jiub. It's just model of head another dunmer

But he died in Kvatch, that's how he got sent to the Soul Cairn @@apelsinplay9478

@@StarborneSybil there can be more than one dark elf per city. The head is used in more than one buildinng btw

@@timyuusis3372 still, he did say he died in Kvatch

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In the dragonborn DLC he says that he was the one who originally brought Siltstriders from the mainland to Solstheim

Late but we dont know if there are more. It's likely there not seen due to lack of importance. It's like solitude. It's a lot bigger in lore BUT we dont need a ton of generic npcs for no purpose and waste of space

Frankly the Information on Morrowind in Skyrim is full of so much contradiction that it’s pretty much impossible to take anyone at their word, in the Quest for Bran-Shei we’re told that he’s actually the last living descendant of House Telvanni since the Argonians wiped the house out, but Brelyna in the College of Winterhold claims to be a part of House Telvanni and Neloth claims that House Telvanni is still around. I think it’s best to assume that the Combined destruction of Red Mountain Erupting and the Argonian Invasion was so apocalyptic and devastating that there’s no way to properly take census of what’s still around, perhaps all the Silt Striders died out in one part of Morrowind while in another part they survived.

@@InquisitorThomas I thought Bran-shei was the last heir of the actual family named Telvanni, not the last of the Great House Telvanni. Brelyna's family is Maryon(you can find at least five other members of this family in Morrowind and Oblivion iirc), which is probably an important family in the Great House Telvanni, but isn't the family actually named Telvanni. I could be mistaken, though.

Remember to sell it. The book will not bring him fame when you keep it as a memento.

It's not canon

@@whiteasian4990 Incorrect. According to both Zenimax and Bethesda game studios loremasters currently in office, ESO is officially canon material.

@@Lunam_D._Roger Not to mention in Morrowind everyone knows Divayth Fyr as already Ancient and powerful, even when compared to the Telvanni Masters.

@@Lunam_D._Roger Sources for that?

@@whiteasian4990 Sources for that?

@DabbingSquidward No, Some characters have beards, like Owyn the Blademaster, and Sheogorath, and potentially the player character themself, from the beard part of the "tone" menu.

@@darklordthomaspie6293 How would the Emperor outlawing beards affect Sheogorath? XD

@@Vanerov Again, did you forget that I mentioned Owyn the Blademaster? He literally is a citizen of the empire, and he has a beard: www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/1/17172/1060089-owyn.jpg

@@darklordthomaspie6293 Not what I meant, why would Sheogorath even be included in the comment? He's a Daedric Prince, of course the Emperor cannot affect Him.

His beard has been burned by Oblivion flames :D

Late but, Gothren also appears, although he is just a Magister and not the Arch-Magister. Yet.

Agree

That’s Tiber Septim

No that was Wulf/Talos.

He was in daggerfall, sending you on the quest

I always saw that as Uriel

I am sure that was Talos

It was Akavir that they set sail for, but technically yeah they're good because they got Corprus. Corprus makes you immortal yet ravaged by cancer and madness. The potion just nullified the cancer and insanity, the immortality and boosted physical stats was still there for Big N

You're thinking of Akavir, like the other commenter said. Besides that yeah spot on. Nerevarine *should* be around, but we'll never receive upfront confirmation via confrontation for obvious reasons

Akavir* Divath Fyr*

@@Stryker1297 They could easily do it after all they've already given them a canon gender.

@@inspectorjavert9868 Race is still not confirmed, plus if I remember correctly they said that was a script error and Nerevarine still doesn't have a confirmed gender

Lgeneds? Everyone was there basicaly.

EVERYONE was in Legends. Even the Dremora that threatens to do unspeakable things to your corpse in Morrowind....but at least he's gentle ;)

@@TheVeryAngryShrimp so was the lich from miscarcand, the random dude who took argonians from morrowind etx.

@@TheVeryAngryShrimp ah yes the dremora who said he would rape my corpse, but will be gentle.

Yes, because he is an alchemist, not a historian.

@@Mysticpaw but theres a big glowing orb that sends a dragon.... that seems pretty study worthy

@@simplekid4328 He doesnt know about the dragon. You can summon the dragon by shoutibg at the orb. Sinderion cannot use shouts.

@@Mysticpaw true.... fair enough. I still think the orb is more worth looking into than some red plant

@@simplekid4328 Yeah it is, but like I said, he is an alchemist. Historian and/or mage would be more interested of the orb.

Thanks mate, I will love to in 2027 :P

Nafahlaar is his Dovahzul name. After Tiber Seprim conquered Tamriel, he went under his service, and after a while ended up styling himself as Nafalilargus, which is just the Cyrodillic stylization of his name. But ye, same dragon.

Lol not even close to better than Camel 😂😂

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Thank you, sir. Same to you!

Yeah you are right

Yes you are right. That was Volanaro's fellow prankster buddy J'skar who is the only survivor and moves permeantly into the Arcane University's "lobby" you might call it.

Yep, because Mjoll boasts about killing them, and she’s a “young” nord woman.

He drove them out of Vvardenfell though

@@elha7982 wonder if they'll go back now the eruption and argonian invasion made most of the dunmer leave

Just like the guy playing the song

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So that's why my player is always a psychotic, mass murdering basket case.

Kinda feel like a lot of cursed items follow similar lines, not exactly a Lord of the Rings thing.

umbras original lore was that it was just a regular sword. it was changed in oblivion.

It's more likely a reference to Stormbringer from the Elric books.

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Come on all gods or warp entitys aré evil.

Azura is fucked up sometimes, dude Meridia, as much as I love her, is bland The only arguably good daedra might be Hircine or Malacath

"Meridia may speak fair to mortals when she wishes to use them or command their obedience, but here in Cyrodiil we remember her for what she was: a patron and mentor to the Heartland High Elves, and complicit in the bondage and oppression of as much of humanity as the Ayleids could enslave. Her honeyed words hide devious purposes. Heed instead the words of the Covenants, and trust not in the promises of Daedra!" - Primate Artorius Ponticus, Akatosh Chantry

@@mrcopycat2355 i think u can definitely argue some daedra r good, all the good events in morrowind literally wouldnt have happened without azura

Even the "good" Daedra do bad things, and hey sometimes the "bad" Daedra do good things, the common thread is that they do what best serves them and their aims, some Daedra just have aims that favour mortals more and others less. Azura didn't facilitate the events of Morrowind out of the goodness of her heart. She claims she wanted to help the Dunmer, but she also sought the death of Vivec. Vivec's loss of powers/death/disappearance leads directly to Red Mountain erupting which certainly goes against her stated aim of helping the Dunmer. More likely she just wanted to punish the Tribunal for their betrayal of her and Nerevar, damn the consequences. Meridia doesn't understand nuances, she is the lady of light, she burns away all who doesn't follow her rules if at all possible. She tends to punish evildoers but only because some evildoers like necromancy, vampirism and the like. She doesn't actually care about suffering of mortals or anything like that. Hircine cares about the hunt and its aspects, he likes the hunter, the hunted and all who take part in the hunt. He doesn't lift a finger to do anything but make the hunt interesting, sometimes that means helping the little guy (the prey) and sometimes it means creating a little guy (creating prey), we may consider the first good and the second bad, Hircine doesn't care. Hircine also created Lycanthropy which is a disease considered an evil to most mortals. Malacath is gets the closest to good in his protection of outcasts, but he is so restrictive in his protection and in his rules that arguably he actually creates outcasts. Some Orsimer believe Malacath is a lie even, a fiction of Boethia meant to keep them from following their true god of Trinimac. Either way it's possible Malacath actually helps keep the Orcs in their outcast status because of his own desires and that he might not be helping them. As for the other Daedra there are lots of times where even the outright evil Daedra will help cause some "good" event on Nirn because it helps that Daedra win a personal battle. The Daedra are all about self interest, it just happens at times that Daedric self interest aligns with what is best for mortals.

Entirely possible. I had trouble streamlining some sections. Forgive. The REAL barneziahs story is yours to tell 😉

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Gelding of Sithis Such badass title

Somewhere around 300 years of lifespan

For unclear reasons, wizards have a much longer life span than their race is normally capable of. This is across the board. Only mage elves live more than a few hundred years. Only mage humans live past their 80's. With necromancy or vampirism, you can extend your life indefinitely.

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So is the Nerevarine, but he's gone off somewhere.

The Immortal Soul = Lord of Souls (Unless I'm missing something)

@@elha7982 Yeah, that. Translation era and lack of clear memory of since it's been years didn't help.

I highly doubt people read the books as much as I'd hope they do. Greg Keyes is a great writer.