The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle Launch Cinematic 

Don't lie, EVERYONE was rooting for that knight.

My boy really said "Get that goofy ass magic out my face."

He beats the Rogue with Dexterity, Wizard with Magic and the Barbarian with Strength! That is an absolute unit right there.

On a rewatch the choreography is actually kinda genius. When he’s surrounded at the start his first move is immediately to get them all on one side. Then he focuses on disabling them so it turns into a series of 1v1 fights rather than a 1v3. Massive credit to the animators and choreographers.

So we’re all in agreement the knight should 100% be the main character

Not a necromancer, a daedric lord, a vampire lord, or a werewolf, just a man with an idea and training taking all three of them on.... And winning.

I searched "The Badass Knight" and this was the first video that got recommended. Im satisfied.

you know your fucked when your tank is getting shit on in *HAND TO HAND COMBAT* Jesus guys It was like 2 in the morning😭

They look so proud like they didn’t almost get soloed. They had to drop an entire fricking bridge on him.

"I bought the whole sword, imma use the whole sword"

That last part of him balling his fist... "I DIDN'T HEAR A BELL!"

That spell counter is the most badass thing i ever seen in a videogame trailer

The kicker is that the knight isn't doing some fancy bullshit. He's actually doing swordplay to an extent and it's so cool to watch this

Love that everyone collectively agrees that “nameless knight” was the true hero of this video

That Knight had the power of what actual heavy armor can do when used properly and knowing how to fight with every part of himself

His weapon was taken away, he broke the other's weapon and PUNCHED him down. This knight is a legend.

The man punched the Nord with nothing but hate after he stabbed him with his own sword. Never have I seen a trailer where we root for the unknown warrior like this guy.

No matter how you look at it, the knight is the hero in this scene. He is just doing his best to defend his keep. HOW are we supposed to root for the trio who gang up on him just to BARELY survive?

1:14 i like how the knight doesnt rest after the fight, but instead he makes sure everyone is dead by throwing them of the edge

Even at the end, he falls down and it feels like he's sitting on a throne! Badass!

Imagine: you are a trio of protagonists who fought overwhelming odds for so long You encounter ONE knight with a greatsword, plate armor, and that is all He wipes the floor with all three of you AT THE SAME TIME He even breaks your Nord's weapon WITH HIS HAND and shrugs off your magic And the only way you manage to win is by attacking in the back and making him fall through a roof And even then you didn't even kill him This knight is the new protagonist confirmed, the old ones are becoming trash

There is something so incredibly epic about a single nameless knight npc facing down three player characters and doing so with absolute ease.

One thing i love that shows the knights skill is the way he uses his sword. Its clearly really heavy and slows him down quite a bit, but he more tham makes up for it by utilizing careful timing and angles, which is really cool to see.

Bethesta, you all know we need more of that knight! The way he fights are just flawless.. instant hit !

Don't forget, in the cinematic he SURVIVES, at the end he makes a fist and just gets back up "Tis but a scratch"

When he fights the Breton, he's quick and underhanded. When he fights the Nord, he's deliberate and powerful. When he "fights" the Elf, he knows how to reflect the magic onto her. This Knight is clever.

OMG!! What skill!! The way he parried the mage, using her own spell against her was badass!! ❤❤❤

I seriously love how the knight has to actually contend with all three of them at once, especially at the start, and how he disorients them in order to have a easier time in the fight.

Nameless knight was the true hero we needed all along. My man's was holding it down against three main characters and was winning. What an absolute unit.

At the end of the fight he sat like a king even when he lost

The girl: try to counter my magic Knight: Bet

Holy smoke, what a fight scene. That knight was so badass I was actually rooting for him. That's a character who deserves his own story.

Not only does he win the 1v3, but he didn't kill any of them when he could've easily defeated him. He was clearly the hero here

bro got stabbed and his first response was right hook

🎵Someday, love will find you. Break those chains that bind you.🎵

Him making the fist at the end made me so happy. Bethesda better bring him in a game as the most unbeatable boss

Let's be real, most of us like how the knight went against 3 of them on his own.

She went for a spell and said "parry this you filthy casual" and he said "easily" What a badass

he did not falter, he did not yield, he did not fall, he did not lose, and most importantly he did not die, the knight was truly a true warrior, unlike the three misfits

The scene when he gets up from the blast and smoke fading from his armour is most badass scene for a knight

The cinematics are literally 10 times better than the actual game.

Can't even lie, I was completely rooting for him. They just met the main character and were surprised it wasn't them

0:55 Parry this you filthy knight *Gets parried*

Blud was laying in the rubble like he was sitting on a throne 🔥

My favorite part about this is how they've made the knight's punches seem lethal

Bro I don't even play ESO I'm only here for the insane cinematics.

He really was like: "Oh you're approaching me" "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer"

I love the camerawork and fight coreography in the combat scenes. That knight is hot as hell.

I really like how The Nord, Breton and elven sorceress went from leaders of enemy factions to dnd party

I love this knight guy. He just has plate armor and a longsword and he still squares off against three powerful adversaries by himself.

This has to be the best trailer I've ever seen in my life

Bro, even after he died, that knight was sitting like a god

For people wondering: The Knight was the Ascendant Lord - not just a random knight but the leader of the Ascendant Order. Dude is a badass.

i love how he didnt just use the blade of his sword he used the handle, the pommel, and even his fist

He won our hearts, because a had a sword. *A big fucking sword*

This isn’t just flashy to be impressive, the technical skill of this knight is insane, using every aspect of his weapon to gain as much advantage as possible

They really made that Knight feel as Clever as the elf, fast and skilled as the Breton and as strong as the Nord. The way he changed tactics when facing each one was just great to watch.

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a good long while. I've never in my life expected to see someone wield a 2-handed sword with anything aproaching _technique!_

Bro soloed 3 of them, got stab and have them fall a bridge to his ass and still come up alive. What a absolute unit.

I know who I'm "supposed" to be rooting for, but that knight is just too badass for me to not want to see him come out on top

This is how I imagine my Skyrim character fighting off those Mercenaries that show up randomly.

I don't play ESO and the trailer popped up as an ad. I genuinely thought he was the protagonist until I saw another short talking about this badass random knight 😂

even in death, he sits on a throne of glory nvm I watched the scene after the game title shows and that mf SURVIVED

My favorite part of this is how the knight's fighting style is historically accurate! And he doesn't waste movement with flashy unnecessary spins and attacks, but everything is efficient and precise.

The Knight's sitting posture among the ruins was like sitting on the Throne. So badass !

"Looking for a good time jack" ah character

"I'm gonna take away your sword." "Bro my whole body's a weapon."

This fight choreography is way too good to just be for some game expansion trailer.

Nothing more satisfying than seeing the “nameless knight” willingly turn his back on his enemies and giving them free attacks on him. Outstanding

Whoever wrote this trailer messed up, because EVERYONE was rooting for the badass knight who was outnumbered. They should have just had HIM be the hero of this trailer.

Bro was like, "I paid for the whole sword, i'm gonna use the whole swords."

Best part of this is how accurate the swordplay is in this. Greatswords like the knight was using were designed to deal with multiple attackers at once. Notice how the knight was using every bit of that weapon to counter, parry, reposte, and even steady himself when needed during the entire fight. Someone did their research.

I like how his reaction to being skewered by his own two hander through armor is to knock the assailant out with a single punch.

Seeing how everyone says that the knight is the hero is the closest thing to world peace

This man was sitting on that rubble from that bridge like a king👑

Two thoughts come to mind with this trailer; 1) Dear God if only the gameplay were half as exciting as this fight scene 2) Thank you Bethesda for accurately depicting the fact that there's absolutely nothing "slow" about a greatsword in the hands of a goddamn master.

I would be completely comfortable with bringing him back as a main character

Going solo just to rely on armored fist and a heavy sword on an uneven surface is insane

What an absolute Chad. It took three people just to minorly inconvenience him, they had to drop an actual bridge on his head, and he STILL fell into throne position. What a lad.

Still a classic even now. The "Seriously Screw that Guy" expression on everyone's faces after looking down to just make sure he wasn't getting up like some god damned terminator really sells just how they're in the "How did we jump this guy 3v1 and still get rocked this hard?"

I have never seen someone use a heavy sword so efficiently to even use the hilt to attack, very impressive

Damn at the end of the fight he sat like a king on a throne even though he lost

Finally animated a group of players fighting a city guard

They've given us a knight that has the balls to finally punch the spellcaster (a dream of mine) and not only goes against a Nord, but brings the fight all the way down to fisticuffs with the bearman. And he's the antagonist? Did you see his knightly stance at the beginning? He's my hero

Since he has kind of become the patron saint for DnD Fighters, let me tell you who the “nameless knight NPC” actually is. He is known as the Ascendant Lord, leader of a plot to assassinate the three top leaders of the alliances during a peace conference and main villain of the High Isle storyline.

Now that's a Knight!!! Damn!!!

I love, love, LOVE the heft they gave his sword. Instead of making its weight a nonissue, they built his fighting style around it, and you can actually SEE him using the whole weapon, not just the blade! INCREDIBLE. It actually makes him MORE formidable and intimidating too, since you can see him lightly jab the one guy in the liver with it, and you can BELIVE it hurt (like getting lightly hit with a bus!). And of course, disarming him doesn't mean he is any less physically powerful! WOW!

As a player of ESO, I can tell you this: There's a 'legendary' (read: Mythic) item added in this expansion called the Oakensoul Ring which permanently adds all the buffs one could possibly have in the game on the character wearing it, in exchange for not being able to use the weapon swap function-which is normally essential gameplay-wise. This cinematic may as well be a visual representation of how it feels to use the Oakensoul Ring in a fight

Not only was this guy extremely skilled, his sword was sharp enough to cut through steel armor.

That fact that he even survived

I love how he's not just skilled, he's got a strategy you can follow. He tries not to fight all three at the same time. He's confident he can take down the Nord in 1v1, or the mage and assassin in 2v1, but not all three, so he keeps trying to separate the trio into those groups so he can deal with them in what is effectively two separate fights. He initially tries the easier option by ignoring the Nord (by dodging), knocking the mage down and sending the assassin off the roof. He then starts to fight the Nord 1v1 but is interrupted at 0:43 when the mage launches the assassin back into the fight faster than he anticipated. Fortunately he's then able to knock the Nord down shortly after by settling for a non lethal blow, and takes down the assassin and mage as fast as he can, settling for a non lethal blow on the assassin as well so he can deal a decisive one to the mage. Then while both the mage and assassin are down he immediately goes for the Nord 1v1 instead of finishing off the assassin, who would've been the easier target, but going for the assassin would have risked the Nord getting back up, and he's the biggest threat since a hit from the Nord could go through armour. Only issue is the elf goes missing from 0:44 to 0:53. The assassin was flanking around the Nord from 0:44 to 0:49 so they could surround the knight with his back to the edge of the roof, but the elf could have flanked from the other direction and doesn't, nor does she help when the knight 1v1s the assassin.

Whoever did the animation for this trailer deserves a raise for 2 reasons. 1. It is extremely satisfying to see someone for once understand how weapons work, they are designed as tool and you use ever aspect of said tool when the needs arises. And 2. For letting everyone see how devastating a knight of high rock can be. Breton's are often seen as a physical weaker race by the others and belive to have an average understanding of magic, most races see them as nothing more than backstabbing politicians, but for those that have met an actual knight under the banner of any house of high rock will tell you it will often end with a pile of bodies laying at their feet

Even as the knight died, he still looked bad ass. he looked like we was king

so cool! he doesnt only use the blade of his sword but everything in his arsenal!

0:51 that two hit combo is just beautiful. That Knight understands his sword is a tool and makes full use of all of it

I don't know the game, but this knight is an absolute hero judging from the trailer, was defending his town from invading misfits, like a thief, some rogue mage and rading viking, almost got them all but got stabbed in the back... this better be one of the protagonists

nameless knight wombo combo was so clean, every hit landing.

Love this everytime ❤

We were made to believe that the Nord was strong af and now this new Knight not only brushes off his attacks like its a joke but also knocks him out with one punch like he's nothing.

I will never get tired of someone wielding a greatsword so effectively