We’ve Cracked The Companions' Biggest Mystery 

YES NATE YOURE BACK

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@@Rip_LilTimmy no offense but those comments are annoying asf and you’re not even first ;-;

Hey Nate is there a connection to the lunar forge and sky forge??? It's so close to Whiterun

RAID? Come on, man; you're better than shilling that crap.

I feel like imma be in the retirement home at 80 and then see a new Nate video and that he discovered a new Skyrim mystery

You're not the only one.

ditto! =D

​@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd truth

@@malignusrex3968 yrryr

Feels good to have you back

We love you nate!

You have been missed. Most thorough and captivating Skyrim that exists. Personal opinion,… but I’m right..

Love to have a channel I can always immediately watch the videos of when they pop up.

Welcome Back Nate!~ Great job on the Skyrim Iceberg series!🤩😆

Go finish the Companions storyline, then tab through its menus.

​@@JoshSweetvale😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😮😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😮😮😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😊😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😮😅😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😮😮😅😮😅😮😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😮😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

I have an iron dagger sharper than any skyforged dagger made in game 😅

EXACTLY…they’re famous garbage

@@JoshSweetvaleOMG you’re right! More bottom tier garbage! 😂

I didn't know that. I usally clear the way for the captured spriggan before realising it. Why would this creature die when it get home? That is odd but if that is what the game developers choosed to do then so be it. Personally I would prefer some form of gratitude making this one into a non hostile spriggan living in the sanctuary.

has that always been a thing? bc i’ve played skyrim since day one and only saw this for the first time the other day. but my game glitched, and that spriggan is permanently alive in my game at the end spot

sadly i killed everything on the way

@@peepeepoopoo6053 ya it's always been that way, but it's not really an area that gets treaded on every playthrough, you have to be adventurous and not apt to fast travel

@@michaelpettersson4919 if you escort the guy from whiterun, you get a dapling not sap and the spriggans dont become hostile.

I theorize the Nordic Totems help depict the greater story of the conflict between Shor, the fox and moon, and Auri-el/Magnus, both symbolized with the eagle and sun. In that the all of the events of the game that the Thalmor play a part in are mirrored in the actions that Auri-el took against Shor. Auri-el usurped the power and name of Akatosh, the dragon, similar to the Thalmor who puppet the Empire against the Stormcloaks.

I don’t remember a selkie statue in skyrim. Is my memory failing me ?

@@raph3699 its from Oblivion. Its another of the statues from before history, and it depicts a creature that isnt found anywhere on known Nirn.

@@Im-Not-a-Dog alright. Thanks for your insight.

Maybe the Ehlnofey didn't have humanoid shapes during the Dawn era. The Aedra probably could freely choose their shapes like the Daedra Princes can, and the Aedra only choose to appear like their followers in later eras instead of animal shapes. The Reachmen worship the Aspects of Hircine which are very similar to the Atmoran animal totems. This might be a connection from back before the Wandering Ehlnofey split into the Atmorans, Nedes, and Yokudans.

RU-vid users on their way to comment "When the world needed him most, he returned" two weeks after the last video

You're

@@rps9339 loool true 😂

@@rps9339 reddit memes are a fucking disease

You gotta be too young, or just decades behind the praises and/or just one of those people who hate popular things for the fact they’re popular, (I am one of those on a minute level) but the elder scrolls 4 oblivion has had over 2000 hours of my life, on 2 consoles, and Skyrim has around 600 on 1, but good on ya lad for not dismissing it for the simple fact you were late pulling up to the party, enjoy the fuck out of it man, nothing will ever be the same in these games as the first time I promise you that, you’ll be begging to be able to play it for the first time again for the rest of your life🤘😊

Minotaurs, sons of Kyne, follow Hircine... Oh yeah, they are literally children of Kyne and Hircine

​@@sassmos How is literally is the parentage of minotaurs? Are Hircine and Kyne simply the minotaurs' creators or mentors? Or did Hircine impregnate Shor's widow?

Also in some lore Kyne breathed life into man at the throat of the world, which would make man natives to Skyrim. Edit: also do you have sources? I would love to read up on it.

@@chrishutchins9384 There is plenty to criticize for ESO's MMO elements, but their lore additions are pretty interesting. I would recommend looking up on Elder Scrolls wikis: *Great Spirits of the Reach *Spirits of Amun-dro

@@badluck5647 Thanks, will do

Madjic

Honestly this further supports the theory that the Skyforge is Kyne's. There's a long running theory that the Dragonborn is actually a Shezarrine, a mortal reincarnation of Shore. Imo, it makes sense that the Kyne's forge wouldn't hurt someone who's a fragment of her partner.

Of all the things to gripe about

I mean, I feel like that's on flavor for a primal magic forge. Means you can work with hotter metal without getting hurt

Aetherium Forge - "Am I a joke to you?"

Yep, I was thinking this exact thing. It never once says a forge is there, just the statue. Large detail to overlook.

Then where did the flaming eyes come from?

@@Thor-Orion .....magic, obviously.

@@Thor-Orion I assume the magic but we can only guess. And you could sti'll be right and me wrong, but I feel if there was indeed a forge attached right at the start it's a pretty unique thing to not mention in the early accounts and instead refer to it just as a statue without mentioning it. But who knows.

So would the statue be powering the forge somehow?

i do the same thing. epic nate and fudge muppet

I listen him to fall asleep. I can’t sleep otherwise XD

Sammee i fall asleep to these vids alot !

This is a great idea. I might start doing this!

The Bible is truth. Please read at least Genesis Mathew and one book of the Bible you chose yourself in your lifetime. Combining the personal reading with doing the inner work Jesus Christ taught are key. Start with forgiveness, parents are easiest, they’ve loved you. It all starts in the heart. Genuinely open up. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life. Break down before him and ask for forgiveness. Please trust me,

This video is like Skyforge Ebony.

You got a heart from Nate. Congrats

Nate does get to the cloud district often unlike us

Wait. You can get skyforge ebony? When in oblivion did this happen

A wordsmith with a superb voice.

If you look at all the stuff in the underforge it looks like its less worked into the structure and more stuff that could have been placed there at any point. Even the alters that you place the wolf totems on could easily be mistaken for seats

There should be no connection of the Skyforge with Hircine apart from some stupid Companions selling their souls to Daedra and then building a hole in a rock near their Hall. Underforge was not a part of the Skyforge, it was simply a hidey hole build by and for werepeople to skulk in.

@@badluck5647 I'd say yes. Hircine's deal had the companions carve out a stone area beneath the Skyforge. Then Hircine's power manifested in the blood chalice thing appearing in the center. Or the Nords carved it too and Hircine blessed it. The whole darned ritual might be powered by leeching off the Skyforge.

@@kyltredragmire4939 You are going with secret construction site with no body noticing tons of stone rubble being removed from a historical landmark by people who no experience building anything? You think makes more sense than an ancient site having a an ancient compartment?

@@badluck5647 I guess I just don't see why it has to be secret. Who in Whiterun is going to stop the companions? They don't have to explain why the project is being done. Even if it was secret, in the real world huge excavation projects happened in secret all the time. The Vatican, Westminister palace, even Washington DC all have vast networks of tunnels that are basically unknown to the commoner. The youtuber Collin Furze dug a huge tunnel last year and kept it completely secret until his first video on it came out. He's just one British guy. If he can do that, I can't see why elite soldiers can't dig one little stone room.

He was gone for 2 weeks

@@Simonris worst 2 weeks of my life

@@Naigleb Indeed

@@jeffdroog 💀

Also, it’s not Absorb Health. It’s Fire Damage.

I wonder if that’s an oversight, for it seems that shouldn’t be.

Yeah my boy is getting lazy

@@DeoSiege the book does say that it has an absorb health effect though. That's an oversight on the developer's part.

@@classydays43 some boi got lazy*

@TheEpicNate315-_- YOO EPICNATE HAS BECOME SUCH A GREAT RU-vidR, HE EVEN GOT THE BOTS COMING! LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

A good amount of the depth seems to be inspired by The Silmarillion. Of course they are distinct. A good read if you find this interesting.

Beautiful thought and insight for a blind knight my friend. Also, Kyne is a deity closely linked with the wilds and the natural world, whereas Hircine seems to represent the more beastly and bloodthirsty side of nature, and as a Daedra is almost in direct conflict with Kyne/"her version of wildness." It's possible that the Lunar Forge and the Underforge were both originally tuned to the Bodies of Lorkhan and mirrored the Sky of Kyne (One moon further away, the other opposite/beneath the Skyforge)... but were later usurped by Hircine and/or his followers. Perhaps they sought to desecrate such a shrine to Kyne and her spouse, but incapable of destroying such a relic as the Skyforge they could only pervert the Underforge. Indeed, as the lycanthropy was introduced to the Companions by the witches who were direct followers of Hircine, it's possible that was done on purpose to corrupt the shrine of their rival deity. What better way than to trick the Companions into being forced to follow/adapt to Hircine's vision of the Wilds, right beneath the shadow of the great bird itself. Pleasure to meet and speak with you friend. Be safe and well

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@@jamesmayle3787 bro shut up

Lorkhan's body became Nirn itself not the moons which explains this in the Monomyth, "But when Trinimac and Auriel tried to destroy the Heart of Lorkhan, it laughed at them and said, "This heart is the heart of the world. For one was made to satisfy the other." So Auriel fastened the thing to an arrow and let it fly long into the see where no aspects of the new world may ever find it."

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Skydible sounds awesome

@@jamesmayle3787 Your comment has no place here. Stop trying to force your beliefs onto others.

Gopher did a complete reading of all the books of Skyrim. He is an excellent youtuber; Skyrim fan and has a great voice. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FyiZ_vRBjFQ.html

@@Joe_Joe_The_HvacMan Thank you for the info! I will definitely check him out

ESO also added the Bloodroot Forge on the Skyrim-Hammerfell border.

also a callback or confirmation to this line 5:12

Also that super funky Dwemer joint that was fueled by *souls* or something. That was a good one.

Same. It’s so crazy how a 10+ year old game still has so much content left to offer

@@car9472 not really content, but hidden story. pretty sure every quest has been completed already.

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thats bethesda though, i think thats a dialogue mistake by them

@@Sam-lu3zy I'm partial to believe it'd be a mistake. Or it's just their way of simultaneously giving you an idea as to why it has its power, as well as one of multiple rewards for reaching the end companions quest line.

I think it's on Nate here--you can only free Kodlak's spirit *after* he dies. He most likely just had a powerful soul, or perhaps the Skyforge is strengthened by human sacrifice.

@@spinosaurusdex I would say that one is on his writers to be fair

Mouth and belly

Me too. I never made that connection myself either. I'd look at the roof of the building and wouldn't think twice of it.

Ya gotta read the books, bud lol

Same here. I've never played any of the previous elder scrolls games, so a lot of the lore is lost on me. By reading the books in skyrim (and skyrim only) Ive pieced together, and understand the basics, like the different territories, races, and some events, both current and historical. But the companion's mead hall is one (of many I'm sure) that I was completely unaware of. And it was hiding in plain sight too, lol.

Cmon boys we gotta use our god given eyes

@@Pliko3 Ikr? I spotted it as soon as I entered Whiterun the first time, and I'm half blind lol.

Real question is anyone living there now?

To be clear, the glaciation of atmora is most likely a reference to fimbulwinter.

I mean... ice ages aren't a huge mystery unless we have a reason to believe it came about because of some mythic event. That would for sure be influenced by fimbulwinter, which in turn probably was inspired in real life from the small ice age during the migration period.

Whatever it was seems to have affected more than atmora too. Skyrim seems to be getting colder over time too from it's early descriptions as well as the golden coast used to be a jungle in cyrodil.

He had a lot of irl issues that got in the way, and made it so he couldn't upload videos. But he's, thankfully, gotten through most of those. I'm glad he was able to come back to this! Missed his in depth analysis of all the random bits of skyrim lol.

@@nulikka6967 Aww, that's unfortunate but I'm really glad he's been able to make progress on those issues and start coming back to RU-vid. Hopefully everything continues going well for him going forward!

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Don't forget they had dragons and Azhidal heavily enchanting their armor and weapons.

@@lighterudite I didn't know this I thought it was because Ysgramor could shout or something

@@ComeNalgi Now I think on it, only dragons and dragonborns were able to shout at that time. Only much later during the Dragon War, Paarthurnax teached the nords how to shout.

Although his gear is not that impressive. I kept his axe AND shield. Eh, I CRAFT better weapons and armor with better enchants. I ended up just sticking them up on my wall for display. Those as well as all the Daedric artifacts I have collected and discarded as obsolete after time passes.

Well that's damn cool! B)

Yeah its Vukodlak in Croatian as well. Vuk - wolf dlak - hair/fur. Pretty sure Farkas and Vilkas also mean wolf in some other language. Edit: i checked it out, Farkas is wolf in Hungarian and Vilkas is wolf in lithuanian

There is a companion named farkas and it translates to wolf in hungarian too btw

@@360Roko I was about to say that. I'm Hungarian and the first time I played the game all those years ago I really liked that detail.

Vilkas and Farkas are Lithuanian and Hungarian respectively for 'wolf'. Fun little tidbit. Basically, every member of the Circle is somehow referencing the fact that they're werewolves.

Saints and Seducers CC content... nuff said 😁👍

Someone on the staff must be a D&D DM. lol

@@janeenschultz8502 Well, funny enough, that's how the entire franchise was started. Homebrew D&D.

Bethesda developers have actually admitted to doing this.

@@badluck5647 Can recognize it as a fellow DM.

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Rivers change over seasons, let alone ages. It may have been larger in the past.

@@jaredrussell4064 You dare bring logic into the RU-vid comments section? Seriously though, the streams are too small, and looking at the erosion, you can see where the water reaches to It could have been different 5000 years ago when they were doing it, but if the water was high enough for the ship to sail on it, the skyforge would not have been on a plain, it would've been on an island in the middle of a massive lake

@@EvelynnWinters2000 Maybe the ship was magic?

@@TheSpiritsLease Pfft, magic? In Skyrim? No way lol While I guess technically, that would be possible, it also would've been something that would've been mentioned SOMEWHERE that his ship is magical

@An Insane Moose. Wait, I just read the volume of Songs of the Return. They didn't sail. It says, "Southwards they went, by beast and by foot." Then later it says that they built the hall out of their ship.

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​@@jamesmayle3787 Their pun wasn't that bad.

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Maybe a character with some of his iconic quotes like "Only Akatosh knows the truth and Akatosh won't tell."

I think they use the underforge because it's a secret place nearby they can easily get to buy people who don't know probably won't be able to get into

@@SebasTian58323 My theory is this: Kyne suddenly detached her essence from the forge. The Companions needed the Skyforge to keep being the skyforge. So since they've been Turing into Warewolfs they turned to Hircine for his blessing instead. Hence the Underforge used for the initiation ritual. and keeping the ritual a secret so ppl from Whiterun dont end up attacking the Companions.

Others have mentioned that Kajit beliefs mention an alliance between Hircine and Kyne and possibly also Lorkhan to defeat a corrupted… something with a name that starts with a Y, sorry. I think the Skyforge runs on a mix of Aedric and Daedric magic.

What

Yes. The elves were afraid of the hawk, kyne. An enemy of their ancestors, the old elnhofey.

@@kingofstrangeness7014 To summarize - The Ehlnofey were at the bottom of the totem pole of the gods (to the point that names of individual Ehlnofey are no longer known except to Druids or other worshippers of local nature spirits) that created Nirn (the Aedra, or ancestors), and became temporary, having to either merge with the world to survive or live on through their children. The Wandering Ehlnofey are the ancestors of men and giants, called such because they had to *wander* the surface of Nirn before finding Aldmeris, home of the Old Ehlnofey, ancestors of elves and Khajiit (that's another story, but tl;dr Wood Elves are more closely related to Khajiit than they are to the High Elves or any other elven races). The Wandering Ehlnofey thought that they would be welcomed back with open arms by their brethren, as the races had still not split that much at this point. For whatever reason, whether because the Old Ehlnofey blamed Shor, High King of the Wandering Ehlnofey, for them becoming temporary, or because the Wandering Ehlnofey had forgotten many customs and looked disgusting, the Old Ehlnofey rejected them from Aldmeris. This started a war that goes by many names, my favorite of which is the War of Manifest Metaphors. Many of the lands which once existed on Nirn sunk during this war. The elven death god Xarxes was likely adopted as the mannish death god Orkey during this time. The end stages of this war resulted in the betrayal of Shor by the elven gods and the removal of His Heart, along with Kyne gathering the Wandering Ehlnofey to the Throat of the World in order to stabilize their forms. Entering fan speculation - the mannish gods and the elven gods would have both had places of power in this terrible war, with the Skyforge and the Lunar Forge being places of power for the mannish gods. The Snow Elves feared the Skyforge because it was a place of power for enemy gods, specifically Kyne, a terrible wind that had likely destroyed many of their ancestors. I hope that clears it up, at least somewhat. Ask as many questions as you like, if it didn't clear it up. Much of this lore comes from either "The Monomyth" or "The Anuad."

Me who uses Altmer race, wield the Wuuthrad and also crafting at the Skyforge: 😐

@@jagnestormskull3178 could we argue that the giants we see may be the only ones who may know the true origins of the skyforge?

In the description, the captured snow elves say the forge is from before the elves. And the elves refused to be in the valley that is now Whiterun due to their fear of the Skyforge. Therefore, pre-Merithic era.

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Mind blown. That's stupid thing has been bothering me since I first started playing the game, shortly after release. It's nice to know the nords have the same attitude about it that I do. If it scares the elves, good.

Never mind the ability to "power up" by being used as a pyre for great heros, and the connection to Kynareth, I also believe Akatosh (Auriel and patron to the Snow Elves) was the main perpetrator in the shattering of Lorkhan (Shor, Kynareths husband to the Nords).

There is also the "X of the Vampire" category of Drain Health enchantments that I've only seen accessible through developer console commands... I wonder if these are accessible in the normal game eventually.

@@ModdingNewbie You mean the Standard Drain Health Enchant? Because any weapon with a Drain Health enchantment that you find (aside from the Blade of Woe) will be labeled "Weapon of the Vampire"

@@treybrzezowski3259 Except that these were stronger than any I've discovered personally in the course of all my _Skyrim_ playthroughs...!

She got rid of competition

How did he die 😂 Dragon got him or what

@@PlayerFORgamevmore than likely it was a dragon, it’s rare for a NPC that only stays within one city to die by any other means lol

@@PlayerFORgamev does he only die after you lift the curse? He did dedicate a good portion of his life to that... worried real hard about where he'd go when he'd die. Maybe he finally was just at peace, and let go.

@@maxinac We are talking about Euroland Greymane not the Kodlak Harbinger ;D Dude from the Skyforge

My theory is that for the average commoner with an average commoner’s salary, skyforge is top of the line quality.

@@Scringus im sure the mans steel is legendary 👀

head-canon*

​@@TheDevilbound I'm pretty sure it's not spelt with a asterix ether.

@@SynthLizard8 an*

@@MrAlphaBeck Nice try but 'A' and 'An' is based on pronunciation, not context. For example: "A event" vs "An event" insinuating I could be referring to one of many events vs a specific event among many, both are synonymous and they are just both different flavours referring to the same context.

The amount of times I come back to Skyrim, reach that part of the quest and realise, oh poop, I forgot the no werewolf mod, 1 moment my dear companions *warps reality*

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A short Nate video is 3x longer than a normal video from any other creator I watch😂

Ah man. I wish I had time to go back and play. I had such good memories spending hours on this masterpiece.

I was always bummed that they didn't do something with that. I think it would have been so awesome to have each forge add a different enhancement specific to either weapon or traits. The Lunar Forge could add a magic ability only active during a full moon and even more magical during a blood moon. Ahhh, could've been real cool.

The one true god

Actually I think that's canon. The Dark Elves look the way they do because of Daedric tampering (IIRC it was a punishment for crossing Azura) and were originally High Elves.

look up the Chimer. OR just play Morrowind.

Doubtful as the migration of Dwemer to Skyrim happened way after the first record of the Skyforge.

What I'm saying, though, is that, for whatever reason, all of the *special* forges of which we know are on or under Skyrim. What if that is because of some inherent property of the land itself, no matter who harnessed it?

Just reread my comment. The tone sounded a little rude. That was not my intention. Apologies if it came across that way. Thought it was a fantastic video! So glad that the underforge and lunar forge were mentioned in honour of Kynareth's partner. Is there any chance that the lunar forge used to be Hircine's forge, built by some of the companions (who would operate outside of Whiterune) later assimilated into white run after the underforge was built? And has anyone tried using the lunar forge as werewolf (maybe vampire) to create lunar materials?

@@jakemelliot The moons have always been associated to Lorkhan's sundered body parts, so I don't see the Hircine connection with the Lunar forge. Also the Companions took up the Pact with Hircine just a couple hundred years ago where as the structure around the Lunar forge looks like it was built in Merethic era.

@@SorcererKing94 I am aware of Lorkhan's background - but I still see a strong connection. I am aware of the pact, but the connection was more again to Kyraneth as 'Mother of Men and beasts' in that aspect of her ability to give life and 'kiss at the end' of life while Hircine was the combining of the two and emodying the hunt. One kiss leads to sovngarde, (but her 'kiss' can also send people to Hircine's eternal hunting grounds). So while she is the widow of Lorkhan, Hircine and herself have a very good lunar connections to Lorkhan. So the skyforge, underforge and lunar forge make sense as both deities are linked to Lorkhan and the cycles of the wilderness, Kyraneth preserving the life of the wild, Hircine destroying the life of the wild but having.

@@jakemelliot I see your point, but it just comes across as Kyne and Hircine being rivals, but at the same time being inheritor(Kyne as she took after Shor as chief of a pantheon) and usurper(Hircine as he "stole" the mantle of Lorkhan's domain) of Lorkhan's legacy.

The statue looks more like an Eagle than a Hawk to many people, including me. The Eagle is a representation of Auri-el, the older version of Auriel/Akatosh. AND Daedra were not distinct from Aedra back in ancient times. So im pretty sure ancient Auri-el and Hircine worshippers wouldnt be in conflict with each other.

Why not? Somebody's done one of Shirley Curry for _Skyrim..._

There is evidence that the Nedes including the Reachmen predate Elven presence on Tamriel. Maybe the Wandering Ehlnofey split after fall of Shor with the proto-Nedes going to the Reach and the proto-Nords going to Atmora.

@@badluck5647 It would fit the Reachmen's claims. And possibly some of the cited archaeology.

Thats actually obtained from a place in the labyrinthian after a puzzle and a fight with a daedra who's carrying it but i have no idea lorewise how or why it exists there

While it is supposed to be unique, you can get two of them, one in the end of Shalidor's Maze, and one outside of Froki's shack. The one outside of Froki's shack is supposed to be some other kind of diadem, but an error in the game's code causes the Diadem of the Savant to appear instead.

The last dragonborn is not Lorkhan (or Shor in the nordic pantheon). He is called Ysmir, the "Dragon of the North" (nordic aspect of Talos) by the Greybeards. But since he has both Shor's and Kyne's blessings (there are some hints on several dialogues), I guess it can explain why he can sits on Shor's throne.

He got his sight from the Jet

@@jamesbearden3013 sap tree skooma

I think that more meant he is an incredible judge of character, not some magical ability.

@@Treble453 No, he does actually have visions. He documents them in his journal.

@@jamesbearden3013 w comment 😂

Furthermore if dwarves also worked with ebony I wonder what would happen if Eorlund or other nord expanded the range of materials they forge in that forge Just imagine an ebony or glass nord item

They weren't Falmer back then

@@imonke5303 Are the dwarves not dwemer? Dark elves, dunmer? High elves, atmer? Wood elves, bosmer? The Snow elvers are Falmer. Regardless if they're the unchanged version from thousands of years ago or now, still called Falmer.

@@miriciousvespyre They are indeed the same but they’re usually separated since all we know them by in Skyrim is the falmer. Once they were made to be the weird creatures we see in Skyrim almost nobody called them snow elves.

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