Third Empire of Cyrodiil | The Elder Scrolls Podcast #95 

Yes pls

Facts

They have that yall are tripping

@@TwoMenInACloset You are mistaken. Otherwise provide a link.

Excellent idea!

Also makes it more dense, since it's comparatively short and has significantly more lore to it

The romans had an emphasis on provincial and local governments, that is what allowed them to stay together as an empire for as long as they did. The romans were definitely more politically advanced in comparison to the septim dynasty.

You could also see the same with the British dynasty from Edward IV. He is considered the bastard by an archer especially since his pregnancy was 10 months in duration and his father was in France during the key period. The present heir of the alternate line lives in Australia and doesn’t give a hoot about being king.

100% agree

I read that last line with the voice of J. Jonah Jameson

This is a good video idea

I'd definitely like to learn some mysteries about Blackreach.

I would love to watch a podcast in the psijic if they have enough foundation for it

@@keith7671 there's enough now with what ESO added

Yeah, maybe it's just me, but if they're going to make a Sotha Sil episode, they should eventually make Vivec and Almalexia episodes too.

@@MathiasWashburne I personally assume they are putting it off, because the topic is too big and complex for them to go off of memory in a podcast format. Just read the 36 lessons of Vivec to understand the undertaking.

@@badluck5647 Yeah, IIRC they've discussed the idea of Vivec on multiple podcasts, including a separate session just for the 36 Lessons. An Almalexia episode would be nice to get soon because it's already been six months since Sotha Sil's, but Vivec won't come for quite a while.

@@MathiasWashburne It must be the Mandela Effect, because I swear I heard an Almalexia podcast already. It is overdue, because she is a fascinating character is often overshadowed by Sotha Sil and Vivec.

@@badluck5647 ru-vid.com/group/PLt4dvC3zSbYDv5nI3FPR3VncQWSiSKRMW Just checked, no Almalexia episode yet.

This

Here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T6xdVqzTyNc.html

@@badluck5647 thanks I had forgotten about this video but I still think it would be entertaining to have a podcast discussion about them

@@toddkeyser4254 It is an old video, so it didn't cover the new stuff about Abnur and his half-sister.

@@badluck5647 I haven't played ESO since the markarth dlc so I wasn't even aware of the new stuff I should probably get back into it I heard black wood was really good and the Breton dlc looks good too

in all fairness at least 3 worked and 2 completely saved nirn and 1 him

@@adrianbaisden7655 Even a broken clock is right a twice a day

brudda how many comments did you make on this video

@@sam_v_murray6037 just 1

To be fair the bandits would eventually be killed by the 3 that he was right on.

The term you are looking for is the *Psijic Endeavor* -- the process by which mortals are charged with transcending the gods that created them.

I wonder if the Thalmor hate Rajhin as much as Talos. The idea of a Khajiit obtaining godhood through thievery must be incredibly offensive to the elven supremacists.

I want this one, I believe Akatosh is Auri-el "corrupted" by Lorkhan ideals and humanity.

@@AnonymousAnonposter True. Akatosh is "the time god" with aspects of Lorkhan's ideals. A time god that also serves as a Patron god to the Empire of Man. A bastardozation made by Allesia to give Lorkhan a friendly time god buddy to have. Marukhati Selective gave ma boi Auriel a massive migraine 😢

@Incapacitating Strike Precisely. An Et'Ada that combines aspects of Time and aspects of Lorkhan's ideals

@@AnonymousAnonposter "Some say Alduin is Akatosh, some say M'aiq is a Liar. Don't you believe either of those things."

Smash or Pass II?

I second this! They are putting in so much work on these, & I think I am looking forward to these even more than the future next game.

“My brother in talos, you live in Cyrodiil. Surely you know this?”

Saaaammmeeeee !

on god- i mean on akatosh

I'm fairly certain its that he's a Breton who lived in Skyrim for an extended period of time, and probably/definitely had some Nordic family

The reason children are adopted is literally because they didn't want to bother or saw the need to create a pregnancy system/sex or whatever. I would definitely say it's one of those things that's up to the player. It's headcanon, like whether the Champion of Cyrodill mantled and became Sheogorath (Which was confirmed by Michael Kirkbride, stating it was in the original design documents for Shivering Isles).

There was a Dunmer Empress? How did that come to pass?

@@dankseid3793 look it up, empress Katariah was a dunmer

This is ripped from the Unofficial ElderScrolls Wiki: Empress Katariah, born Katariah *Ra'athim,* was part of a prominent Ebonheart family, and she had been Duchess of Vvardenfell before she was married in 3E 141, to Pelagius Septim III, who was then ruler of Solitude (though they would go on to become Emperor and Empress). The unusual union was thought to have occurred both to cement Imperial relations with Ebonheart and because Emperor Magnus hoped Katariah, who was known for her shrewdness, could help conceal the eccentricities of his son Pelagius. Katariah was awarded the regency of Tamriel in 3E 147. The Empress Regent of Tamriel was proclaimed Empress Katariah I upon the death of her husband in 3E 153, and her almost fifty-year reign is remembered as a happy one.

It seems like a bad idea just because it makes it difficult to leave the race in ambiguity. Personally, I hope the Dragonborn joins the Nerevarine in Akavir in the fight against an unknown threat.

@@badluck5647 I think most people would agree that the draginborn from skyrim would most likely fit as a nord, but to keep it racially unknown as they mentioned in the podcast, make the spouse a specific race and then any following children can cannonically be whatever they decide. And as for depictions of race just put a helmet on their head and call it a day

The possible future of Tamriel would actually be a fun discussion!

I don't think an undead counts

Which could be quite terrifying!

Being of the Dragon Blood and being a Dragonborn hero are the same thing in the lore. Dragonborn heroes are defined as mortals that share some of Akatosh's divine essence. Dragonborn emperors are also defined as having Akatosh's essence. There is no distinction. This goes back to St. Alessia's pact with the god, which was reaffirmed by Reman and Tiber Septim. Now, Tiber Septim didn't just coincidentally happen to be a Dragonborn hero _and_ also have the Dragon Blood needed to gain Akatosh's blessing to light the Dragonfires and rule as emperor. Akatosh didn't make him a Dragonborn despite there being no dragons just for a laugh, and then decide _afterwards_ that he'd also make a good emperor. The God of Time made him Dragonborn so that he had the Dragon Blood needed to light the fires. To be one is to be the other. Further leading credence to the idea that they are the same thing is that the Akaviri Dragonguard recognized the Dragon Blood emperors as being the ultimate dragon slayers, and swore to be their personal protectors. They did not recognize just one of them, but the entire bloodline. They would not have done that if they didn't think they were worthy of the title. In my mind, the only practical difference between the two types of Dragonborn is that the Dragonborn emperors didn't shout. I do not think this is because they were incapable of doing so, but because they had no reason to pursue their godly talents. After Tiber Septim's reign there were no major conquests left and there were no dragons to threaten the mortals of Nirn. Shouting wouldn't have helped them reform the empire's bureaucracy or streamline its tax systems. Shouts are a combat orientated set of skills that don't lend themselves to the intricacies of running an empire. Those of Alessia and Reman's line probably didn't even know that they _could_ shout, since again, the dragons were already gone and the Greybeards never had to call on them to face them. I genuinely believe that if the Amulet of Kings and the Dragonfires still existed, the Last Dragonborn could have walked into the Temple of the One, put on the Amulet, and lit them. They would have been of the Dragon Blood via being Dragonborn and so would have had Akatosh's blessing. Now it doesn't matter, since the Dragon Blood requirement ceased at the end of the Oblivion Crisis, and the line of Tiber Septim was no more. To summarize, not all Dragonborn were emperors, but all emperors were Dragonborn. The vast majority of them may have never utilized their ability to shout, but they did have the *potential* to do so. There has been nothing in the lore to suggest otherwise, besides a lack of records showing that those aside from Tiber Septim _did_ shout during their reigns, which doesn't prove that they couldn't.

@@DovahFett disagree. For one: there was dragons in Tiber Septim's time. This is an issue with the lore in Skyrim. Also what about Uriel Septim the 5th who went off to Akavir? Seems like shouting would have really helped in that, but we have no records not even out of canon ones of him shouting. Tiber Septim is a bad example because his story is far more metaphysically complicated. Its possible it wasn't Tiber Septim at all who had the voice power, but Ysmir Wulfharth. Reman was born metaphysically and divinely. Also shouting probably really would have helped Uriel 6th or wtv when he got assassinated. Keep in mind that during the creation of the lore for Reman and the Akaviri invasion, dragons and the voice were not yet connected in lore and dragons themselves were far more animal feeling. To say every Emperor COULD use the voice brings up issues that are more easily resolved by acknowledging the difference in what Dragonborn meant preskyrim. The Thuum used to be an innate power ALL nords had.

If you have a smart TV, you can hook up your Switch to it and play the game on it like any other console. Don't have a switch personally, but I've seen family do it. You should look into that before dropping another $50 on a game. Unless you want to of course. On Xbox, it probably plays better and certainly looks better.

@@lazilycatharticone4191 thank you 😊

@@Mary_Beth_Reimer you're very welcome 😁

You probably already know this, but he left this channel and now posts on his own channel called Drewmora. It's a pretty good channel.

What if the last Dragonborn was an Argonian?

@@badluck5647 Martin has some explaining to do? maybe he used sanguine's rose on an argonian the guy must have read the lusty argonian maid and decided to become like crassius curo..

That is similar to the thought I also had. Great minds think alike, yes?

@@Mary_Beth_Reimer yes I wonder what the implications of this is and how does it affect tes6??

also unrelated, but wow I hadn't seen a MSPA pfp in a long time

@@BaalFridge it's something a friend made and I just never changed it. Partly cause of lazy and cus of memories. But yeah, not many of em around.

Wasn't the Dominion expelled from Hammerfell? Didn't Valenwood have massive death due to a Thalmor coup?

@@badluck5647 Meh, considering the state the Dominion left Southern Hammerfell in, and the fact that the 2 were in a Stalemate despite you Redguards having Homefield advantage says a lot about the skills of my colleagues. Hell, Southern Hammerfell was decimated as we left as well, and it was a struggle on BOTH sides, not just one... we left but we Sacked the hell out of your lands and left it more of a wasteland than it already was, so... enjoy your "victory" while it lasts, insolent fool 😤 Also, don't forget that it was an internal Valenwood struggle as well as pirate issues that the Altmer came in to stop, and the Thalmor DO have allies in Valenwood, so some Bosmer did Rebel, some allied willingly so, the Thalmor coup to put their own ally in charge, so, makes sense. Not to mention, that's nothing compared to the atrocities of the Empire. The list I gave is merely a PORTION of it all 😅

@@thalmoragent9344 Your description of the Dominion hardly sounds stable.

@@badluck5647 I believe that was his point 😊

I do not think two Dragonborns walk Nirn at the same time.

If that was the case, the War of the Red Diamond would be like a nuclear fallout

There is less inbreeding on Tamriel.