The Cannibals of Markarth - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 

One of my favorite quests was the jailbreak one in Markath. You get arrested and assume it'll go normally then suddenly you're pulled into this jailbreak scheme that is so cool.

using the Ebony Blade on the coven is not only a very practical ( and surprisingly moral ) way to empower the blade, but also ironic.

"He had good taste." That implies to me that, rather than her eating him, he was actually a fellow cannibal (possibly the one who introduced her to Namira's service?).

I love how the Cryptkeeper won't let markarth residents into the hall but he lets a random stranger he met for the first time go in. He also didnt have a second thought before lying down on the obviously blood splattered sacrifice altar

To be fair, Riften and Markarth are pretty equally as bad on the corruption scale, just for slightly different reasons.

6:54 actually if you tell her “Your tricks won’t work on me! Monster!” She’ll get angry and scream “To oblivion with you then!” And attack you

“So what brings you to Markarth traveler?” “I’m a humanitarian.” “So you’re here to help the city, right? Right?”

It's worth noting that Eola could very well be using the same charm spell on us that she uses on Verulus.

What a wonderfully cinematic approach to storytelling!

I usually just get rid of Eola. It’s one of the few quests that you can “fail” right out of the gate.

Tasty human flesh for my freezer

The Last Dragonborn is, by definition, a cannibal. They literally consume the souls of dragons, and their own soul is that of a dragon.

I did the quest, got the ring for myself then killed everyone later. Just wanted the ring

I've had my fair share of hours playing Skyrim and all those playthroughs of mine - I really couldn't side with the cannibals. The closest I sided with them is when the priest was already laying in that contraption, but I had a change of heart and slaughtered every cannibal there.

I only just did this quest to get the ring for the daedric artifacts achievement, then proceded to reload to a save before eating the priest so i can get rid of all of these cannibals, it really feels like the right thing to do

Markarth being “the safest city in the Reach” just shows how dangerous the Reach actually is

Wait, so all this time, we could have just been asking priests of Arkay to come protect us whenever we need to clear draugr dungeons and we just haven’t been doing it? Come on, Bethesda Also, Lisbet sounded to me like she was implying her husband was a cannibal too, not that she killed him. Though I’m sure she definitely ate him afterwards. He probably wanted it. Sick fuck 😂

I'll chalk it up to Bethesda writers not looking too far into it, but I'll say it anyway. Hogni's comment about "the bloodiest beef in The Reach" shouldn't really imply he's selling human, as human meat reportedly tastes closer to pork, hence it getting the alternative name of "long pig", and would be fairly noticeable to the average Markarthian. Since I've never heard rumours that the meat he sells is "strange", maybe he just doesn't sell the human meat to customers that aren't in the cannibal circle and the slogan is more of a call for anyone who's looking to newly partake or join their circle?

This is some of the best content you’ve ever made. Keep it up

So, in TES, is it considered cannibalism if you eat another similar species? Like a Nord eating a Nord or Redguard is obviously cannibalism since both are human, but is it technically cannibalism if you eat an Elf since they’re a different species, even if they’re still outwardly humanoid? To say nothing of Beastfolk like Argonians or Khajiit, surely they have to be considered akin to any other animal you can hunt, even if they do obviously possess intelligence and free will? I don’t like having to consider this question but in my defence, it wasn’t my idea to make the Dragonborn canonically a cannibal so I’d have to ask it, lmao.

"I feel the hunger inside of you" bit presumptuous of you..... I'm a werewolf, not a sicko

despite being about cannibals, you still manage to make a beautiful looking video. thank you for all the care and effort, it's refreshing

This would have been the perfect video to have a "Make sure you aren't what you eat" joke at the end. Great video as always nonetheless!

I love that you have been doing Skyrim videos lately ! Please do more mystery/creepy themed videos. I love the depth.

There's a lot to digest in this video

surprised you didn't cover what happens when you rightfully kill all the Cannibals and save the priest before he gets killed

Hello didint expect i see u all so soon again

These fizhy videos got me into elder scrolls thanks my fizzle

We are loving the series keep em coming fizy boi

I just want you to know I watch hours of these vids a day and they are the absolute best! Even if there isn't a theory on it yet you still make a good video on it

“There’s cannibals, daedra, and immense poverty, slavery and murder. Oh, and the steward can’t get it up.”

In Whiterun, Andurs needs your help to retrieve his amulet because he says "it's the source of my divine powers and also a sacred badge of office" and that without it he's powerless to confront the dead. In Markarth, Verulus just gives you his amulet.

*Cannibals eating living and dead bodies* Arkay: Oh hell naw!

It’s always funny to me doing this quest as a vampire or werewolf, of course I eat people, why would I feel guilty about it? Edit: Bosmer too, cannibalism is literally part of their religion, if they kill it, they eat it

I love the fact that you think you’re helping this priest of Arkay out with some minor issue in his catacombs as another generic side quest, and then the game retcons your character into having repressed memories of cannibalism as a child and there’s literally nothing you can do about it, no way to say no and no way to bring this insane cannibalistic, daedra worshipping cult to justice, you HAVE to join them or pretend the quest isn’t in your log. 😂 And yet they’re still probably the most normal and well adjusted people in Markarth. 🤣

I don't really like this quest overall. Being implied that you're a cannibal, having to be a cannibal in order to get the ring, it's all kind of annoying.

Yeah, this is one of the few quests that I instantly screw up on purpose, and if I don't, then I do it to gather the rest and kill the rest of the cannibals. One of the few quests I can say is horrible in so many ways.

There is an optimal way to "fail" this quest. Rather than dispatching Eola in the Hall of the Dead, you can go along with her scheme and rid the draugr from Namira's shrine. Then, proceed as normal and convince Brother Verulus to come to the feast. This way, all the guests are there. After he has been put to sleep on the altar, you can rid the world of Eola and her guests. Provided you dispatch them quickly enough, Brother Verulus will remain unharmed. He will be dazed and confused, but you can now explain the situation to him. He will thank you for all you've done and eventually find his way back to Markarth. In this way, you have saved Brother Verulus _and_ wiped out what is suspected to be the whole cannibal coven in Markarth. No, you don't get the Ring of Namira; but, if you aren't a cannibal, that's not exactly a loss worth mourning. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

What's funny is that, if you're a werewolf, she doesn't say a word, even though it's guaranteed that you've eaten people in that form.

8:33 "Aight, I'mma head out."

I thought my quest for this was bugged bc no matter what i did or when i did it, eola WOULD NOT DIE turns out it was most likely my “followers cannot die” mod… so rip to verulus i guess 🤷🏼‍♀️

Why cant i go in "I can't talk about it" What if i help "Okay fine....bodies are being eaten" This guy is way too trusting...

"Nuke the place from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

Another banger video man, keep it up!

12:15 i thought that meant that her husband was also a cannibal and he had good taste in humans

Without a doubt one of the worst cities I’ve ever heard of Markarth: but you have heard of me

Went well with my supper 😂 Some ham and bread .... Thank you for another entertaining video 😊

"The safest city in the Reach"

this skyrim content is legendary

What I like to do is to bring the priest to the Altar and instead of killing him I'll kill everyone else. Eola even has a special line If you attack her. It fails the quest ofc course but the priest survives and cannibals are all dead

Cool to see other things besides rdr. All the videos are amazing just cool to see other stuff

This is why i do nothing whenever a dragon attacks Markarth.

Great video, do one on the Markarth prison escape

There is no Forsworn in Markart.

I just started this vid with my heaphones on and volume high and was greetednwith a satistying,y deeb bassy boom 👌👌👌

Markarth the city that definitly does exist

This is why I like skyrim. I can roleplay as a cannibal like I always wanted all these years. I wish Namira was also IRL... :)

"Safest city" tell that to the blood dragon that attacked me right near the blacksmith.

I liked the quest, but damn, I actually hate it because it gets rid of the best merchant to sell everything to in the game. Because she stays in a cave for the rest of the game instead of giving me all the gold from all the gems and useless swords and armour I looted off everything and sold it to them. She had the most gold out of any other merchant from what I seen

Your content is incredible. You've gained a sub. Keep up the great work 🎉

Jarls steward catching strays for no reason

4:54 I did this quest ONLY once in only one file I ever had (have had about 12 in only like 2-3 years 😅 Usually get bored of a file by lvl34). He speech here turns my stomach- literally 🤢 13:36 😳🤮 Naturally I didn’t do the deed myself; when it came to the objective to kill him- I killed the cannibals instead & spared his life. Don’t regret it… Not worth the Daedric artifact. Too gross a concept to me..

11:47 are you saying the dragon born has been a cannibal at some point 😮 :S

Hey fishy great video as always. If they make an assassins creed 1 remake would you be up for covering that?

I think in markarth I might get to buy some spell books from a certain person that is looking for a arrow might be an underground reach I don't know but I will keep the arrows

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...But I don't have four fathers, just one.

15:45 "And now so are we..." Better be speaking French cuz i don't know what this Oui business is 😬 Eola and her crew are the only ones getting eaten round here, and it's by the carrion beetles in the crypt, not by me, a respectable, wholesome Dragonborn. I play along with her nonsense just long enough to reveal the identities of her whole coven before I wipe them out, and Brother Verulus wakes up from his trance and thanks you heartily. No need to join them, and to Oblivion with that nasty rotten slag Namira. If i want to feed on people, i don't need her ugly ring to do it, I'll do it with a much better ring of Hircine in my wolf form, the way God intended. As for Eola's nonsensical ramblings about you and your past in the catacombs, i hardly call that Canon. I treat her sick fantasies the same i way I treat Brynjolf calling me, an honest true-hearted saint, a filthy thief who never gained gold correctly, or the same way i treat people on reddit who say that after the Solstheim DLC, the Dragonborn canonically serves Hermaeus Mora, or the same way i treat Ulysses from Fallout New Vegas who tries to assign my poor innocent Courier his bad AO3 fanfic as my backstory; that is to say, i treat them as if they're delusional, cuz they are. Nobody decides what my character's story is but me, kthxbai 😇🫶

please do a video in dawnstar please

The cannabis of markarth

What mod are you using for all the guards armor?

I accidentally agreed to join their cult and now I have an annoying prompt to eat bodies when I’m tryna loot 😤 ion wanna eat the bodies man just give me my LOOT

What happens if you off a few of these people before the mission? Or turn on them before the sacrifice? Or after?

All you ever hear is "reduce, reuse, recycle" yet when you bring up cannibalism, you're the "weird" one.

Happy 2am to those who celebrate

Every time I go there somehow I do something wrong and get arrested ??!! XD

Since a shrine of Molag Ball is located there, and covert cultists of Namira live there, does that mean Markarth was once a Forsworn capital? They worship Daedra.

Cannibalism has always been on my bucket list. I always played as a vampire-cannibal in Skyrim, and always felt a real sense of belonging in Markarth, real subterranean-imposter vibes. I love this video :D

Whiterun is the best city. Fight me if u disagree

I have an idea for a video, there's this letter from a secret lover on Haelga's Bunkhouse that says some...things they did. Anyone discovered who is the secret lover? Am i trippin?

Can you kill them as a werewolf and eat their hearts after?

Skyrim would be better if Balgruuf sided with the side that the player joined, instead of signing with the empire. Its stated in game that its a toss up what side he will choose

The dude that sells the meat has less chin than Andrew Tate, and that takes some beating.

Conspiracy theories!

ESO is this you??

I can't stand Markarth. I avoid it as much as I can.

Yummy

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