The Breton's Ancestors - The Direnni Clan | The Elder Scrolls Podcast #82 

I like the idea of Pre-Direnni alchemy. Just out in the wild eating mushrooms to figure out what they do. "Hmmm, this one tastes like goat. This one killed Rendil instantly. And this one makes you see the gods for a week."

thank the tribunal for this podcast. and by the tribunal i of course mean Drewvec, Michaelexia and Scotta Sil

The Direnni just went around "pioneering" young nedic men and women...

When they talked about the bretons being mistaken for elves I imagine at that time there is still a difference between the peasant nede and noble breton. The ESO has convinced me that the Reachmen are like the original nedes of the high rock displaced by the bretons and nords.

It's strange how nobody has mentioned the similarity between the Direnni Hegemony's racial class system and that of the Spanish Empire's. In the Spanish empire, those who were native were in a lower class than those born in Spain, and the mestizo population varied in level of class according to how close you were to being homeland Spanish.

If the setting if TES6 ends up being the Illiac bay I'd love for it to have an archipelago like area in the waters, like Skellige from the Witcher 3

Every time they say “Mer-Killer” it sounds like “Merculer” I was confused for so long

With regards to Nedic presence in Tamriel pre-Direnni & Ayleids, I always felt it fit better for Nedes to be there first. It works better with more of the lore. The wandering ehlnofey wandered about Atmora, Yokuda, (Akavir...?) and Tamriel before they rediscovered their lost kin, the old ehlnofey, either in Summerset or in Aldmeris. They weren't welcomed, then the dawn war started. At the end of it all, races of men spread back out over Tamriel, Yokuda, Atmora (Akavir...?) As the Merethic Era went on, elves started to voyage outwards and colonize areas with an already established human presence

Put the word Breton in it and I’m clicking! Good timing gentleman and thanks for being here.

Age of Empires- Tamriel edition. Also the Direnni seem very anti-Thalmor with their background of structure and order.

Came for the lore, stayed for the laughs!

Also I should say that the reasons Bretons arguably don't break the whole "you take your mothers race" thing is because it also says you take SOME traits from the father. So, after centuries of interbreeding (and assumedly, some Direnni women getting pregnant by Needs, eventually the you would effectively have a new race because of how many elven traits they'd have in their males.

Regarding the take on Serana and her lineage. Perhaps I misunderstood the statement about whether gameplay differed from the lore. But, her family could have voyaged over from Atmora and traveled to the other side of Skyrim. The ancient capital Windhelm influence would not have stretched over to where Castle Volikhar would eventually be built. Plus, it would have been way before Al-Esh Paravant and her rebellion. Giving Harkon his time to rule that section of Skyrim, not affiliated with Windhelm, prior to any empire. The way I always understood it in any rate.

Just started a playthough with a Breton historian. This is great.

It’s always a good day when Fudge Muppet drops a new podcast. Highlight of Sunday/Monday!

I agree with Scott, deserts do look cool

Unpopular opinion but the Bretons actually are my fave race. Their so under-rated and deserve so much more attention than what they get. I guess what drew me to them so much is that their basically the underdogs of the ES universe

What if in ES6, the Boats are the equivalent of Silt Striders in Morrowind or the Wagons in Skyrim and they're just used as a means of Fast Traveling to major locations you haven't found yet?

Nedes being more daedric involved makes sense when you think about how Auriel and Lorkhan are the souls of Anuiel and Sithis respectively, and those souls of Anu and Padomai respectively. The Elder Scrolls metaphysics is very dialectical, with an interplay of oppositions, and the man/mer conflict is sort of like the "soul" of the Auriel/Lorkhan conflict. If man is allied with Lorkhan, then them also moreso being aligned with daedra also makes sense. Granted, an important wrinkle or objection to that could be that the daedra/aedra distinction gets complicated and plenty of aedra seem to have roots going quite a ways back with cultures like the Nords. At the same time, another wrinkle to that could be that maybe the Nedes were just way more diverse than we give credit for. Like IRL, there might be all this complex culture and society that has been largely forgotten due to stuff like slavery and colonialism, perhaps not relying on text or the sort of infrastructure that is easy to find. Which is just to say, maybe there were extremely distinct cultures worshipping a variety of things, but then the modern cultural binary of man/mer was formed by Elven supremacist societies reshaping history. When myth makes reality colonialism could even take on metaphysical dimensions, redefining history could get quite literal.

Just started playing 🎮 with Bretons my favorite race now 😆 still I like My Nords and argonians and sometimes wood elf, but Bretons are actually good warriors and magical properties.

Snow Elves, remnant of the Aldmer who didn't remain stranded on the shatered landmass that later becomes Summerset, probably similar to how the Nedes and Atmorians got separated. Tamriel befoe the Elnofey wars is a sort of Pangea IRL

Love they covered the Direnni clan. One of my favorite topics in TES period. I always have my high elf character from their clan to roleplay.

The Bretons are, in fact, my favorite Elder Scrolls race.

It's somewhat confirmed that immigration from Atmora to Tamriel came in many "waves" so it's possible Nedes are just the Atmorans that came early to Tamriel (way before Ysgrammor), with their populations spreading more widely towards northern and central Tamriel, while the Nords come from a second mass immigration of Atmorans.

Morning all. This is great cause I just finished the other Breton podcast to get some info for a new build.

I wait all week for the podcast! Keep it up guys!

the story of the direnni and the breaton is very similar to that of latin america and particularly Mexico, the spaniards "breeding" with the natives creating modern Latinos

Perfect timing, just opened Skyrim and now I have something awesome to listen to over my Elemental Fury sound bugged save!

The Illiac Bay region has Nedic, Altmer/Direnni, Dwemer, Yokudan, and various other lost cultural ruins...would be quite the delving being done if that's the case.

Direnni were always my favorite part of high rock lore. Hope we get to see them in es6

This episode was amazing

So the comments Serana make about the Dwemer could mean that she was alive before they dissapeared and went to sleep long after the red mountain incident and maybe never knew they had dissapeared which would work with the 2nd era statement by devs

I don't play ESO but honestly if the plot of High Isle isn't super daedric stuff it'll be a pretty nice breath of fresh air, it feels like every big ESO plot has revolved around the princes in one way or another

Great dive in the lore of the Bretons. Thank you all for the fun video. 🙃☕❤❤❤❤

So just curious, is there going to be a podcast for the other 2 living gods? I watched a sotha sil video and looked for the others and was like, oh snap it's future content?

Direnni was Gentrified into extinction confirmed

I really wish they had made bretons just a bit more elven than imperial looking. Like maybe they have human sized ears but they have just a bit of a point

In TES 6 you should be able to choose to help the Thalmor. The Direnni should be able to be convinced to choose between the allied forces of Hammerfell and High Rock or the Thalmor, and play a key role in victory

Ayyy this worked out well as a tie in for ESO's new chapter

I hope next elder Scrolls includes high rock and a part of hammerfell, it could be interesting with the frontier having an important role in the game could add a sense discovery and thrill. For example with contraband or raiding parties.

Imperial Orrery shows the solar system of mundus. All of the planets in the system are named after the elves ancestors My hypothesis is that the Mer came from other planets in the system (Aldmer) this could explain why all of the elves are so different considering they have extremely long lifespans. and the time it would take for them to evolve separately, would be significant. Altmer, falmer, dwemer, seaelfs, left hand elf. If each race of elf came from a different planet in the system it would make more sense for them to settle a different area on Nirn. Then to come from some distant continent spread out to each area on tamriel and then evolve separately in such a short amount of time.

Scott's right. The Neides were there long before the elves and not all of those living in high rock were Neides.

I LOVE Bretons! Super excited to see if High Isle adds to the lore

Podcast time!!! :D

HOT TAKE: ES6 Will be like Legend of Zelda Windwaker with boat travel down the Illiac Bay and with Sword Singing being the music.

No cap. My newest playthrough character's name is Loliah Direnni. She is half Altmer (father) half Dunmer (mother).

Hope we learn who the druids of galen are in the high isle chapter since they've been ignored since arena and they talked about expanding on the druidism aspect of bretons.

Thank the direnni for our beloved manmer, always make mine look as elven as possible. Don't forget that ner in them.

The Direnni, the one group of Ancient Elves that Made Love more than War

My favorite race! Thanks guys!!

Who among the Direnni first summoned the dummy-thicc Flame Atronachs, again? 😁

Direnni down bad for dem nede cheeks

The Battle of Glenumbra Moors is a great example of what is called a pyrrhic victory. A victory so costly it is a loss in the long term. The term comes from the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus who won the Battle of Asculum against the Romans in 279 BC but lost so many men that he was forced to surrender when the Romans send reinforcements later.

I’m excited for Elder Scrolls 6 Hammerfell & Highrock.

Love me my Bretons

Cold take: shirtless hot take podcast. 🔥

I knew the cop sirens going off at 5 in the morning was a sign of a fudgemuppet upload.

Just wanted to say, I usually listen to the podcast at work on Spotify, but everytime I can listen to it on YT I do, hoping it gives a better revenue/view

The more boats the better! What's wrong witchall?

Always a great morning when I wake up to a notification from fudge muppet

Bretons are my favourite I can’t wait to enjoy seeing them in high isle even if it’s small

A new podcast is like a blessing from the divines themselfs

Do you think the Breton fixation with questing and rising above your station are a left over relic from being able to be more than just a common Nede serf by being born a Breton?

Thank you guys! ❤️❤️❤️ I was up early, & looking forward to my weekly dose of Elder Scrolls lore discussion. Are any of you familiar with authors Terry Goodkind, or L.E. Modesitt? They both have fun fantasy series.

I imagine the Direnni intermarriaed with all the Mer refugees they granted asylum to from the Ayleids and Pre Sundering Falmer aka the snow elves before they were blinded.

I desperately want TES6 to be Hammerfell and High Rock where the conclusion will be about the Direnni and the aperture stone. The bit about joining the Thalmor should work. There could be a Justicar that you can side with and do some quests to snuff out Blades in Hammerfell or something like that while for the main story we still have the big bad High Justicar to deal with (Still imagining my theory of the big bad Thalmor mantling the former Trinimac after doing some crazy ritual to split Malacath in two).

When I saw the trailer for the new LOTR series, I thought it was a new trailer for High Isle, and was very confused for a moment since I was signed into Netflix.

I'm always happy for another podcast

So do the Direnni want to destroy the world like the Thalmor do? Or do they want to preserve?

Every elder scrolls game, i play a new dirreni clan member.

A suggestion for a future podcast (though I doubt you need it). What happens to each race/culture in the future? For example: The Redguards, with their hatred of magic and knowledge of sword singing, inherent the “tonal technology“ of the Dwemer etc.

This is a great episode! Good job guys! ⚔️🛡🏹🔥

You cited the text where the Direnni claim to have taken over Markarth in 1E 477. Got me thinking; Wasn't Markarth still the Dwemer city of Nchuand-Zel back then? I think it is a similar kind of inconsistensy with the Direnni claim of being the first to sack Orsinium. Elinhir would have been a Nedic rather than Redguard city.

If the next elders scroll could have more than one region it would def be Amazing for rp. I mean contrabad could be a gun gameplay

Definitely prefer ES6 is in High Rock over Hammerfell.

Right on time, thankyou very much

What is tes 6 exclusively takes place in the illiac bay and its more of a sea of theives type game

Made alchemy potion that did not harm her but poisoned the vampire through her blood was it vitamin D concentration 😆

The Doreen, they had Nedes...

another sunday another elder scrolls podcast best part of the week lets go

I'm just curious on what kind of impact the DragonBorn will have on TES6 or if they will just be forgotten

It would be very cool to see maybe in elder scrolls online or elder scrolls 6 that the brenton family lines come back as in elves come back into the bloodline

Why did you guys get rid od your oblivon playthrough??

Lukewarm take. TES6 should have the main enemy be the sload. With them as the enemy you would have either a boss fight, or an enemy you can battle throughout the game depending on how they balance it. I would assume it would go something along the lines of War unending followed by trying to kill the last of the dragons, maybe a medium threat larger than dragons like maybe vermina tries to conquer nirn, but it's kinda easy to thwart, and then hard-core thrass is invading

Happy Sunday

Interesting video to put up with the new ESO announcement.

it'd be cool if you guys livestreamed these

Bretons in my opinion are the most powerful race, apart from Argonians heh. They are the Half Mer and Half Men, get the benefits from both races, they remind me of Tolkien's Half-men/elf or the Numenorians.

Honestly, I would love to see a DnD pack specifically tailored to Elder Scrolls lore. Idk, thought just popped up top

LARGE chungus

This sounds interesting 🤔

oh waiting for that High Isle episode, like I'm going to give them the chance to prove me wrong but man does it look like a ren faire.

Good morning fellow travellers!

All your squares are the same colour - Reeeeeeeee!

Direnni elves are like regular snobbish high elves, but worse because they do have some real accomplishments (unlike most pissmer) & were isolated running their own land

Bertons are half elves, but how? In Elder Scrolls lore a child will always be the race of the mother. So if a Nord husband have a Dunmer wife, his sons and daughters will be Dunmer. So how do you get halfbreeds?

Elder Scrolls is like the Tool of video games, still waiting.....

Noice

Gaming week

Direnni Elves breeding themselves out of the population is a consequence of their own success. The Direnni were true visionary creating a distinctive race all by themselves.