The year is 2088. I trapped myself in a cryogenic chamber. I wake up and ask the first person I see; “when was the last time epicnate posted a Skyrim top 5 video?” Future person: “uhhm about an hour ago, top 5 unusual rocks in Skyrim” Me: “thank god, there’s hope for humanity”

Petition for Bethesda to make a "Nate-the wise" character in TES 6 👇

Me: *farming souls in skyrim* Some bush: I have decided to become *spriggan*

most terrifying creature of all: The Mannequin. they play pretend like theyre not alive but they are. believe me. they are

Skyrim is a vast, cold, open, cavernous, dangerous, beautiful, scary, cheerful, expansive, thicc, memorable, fantastical, land

Nate: "I hope we will see werecrocodiles in future" Argonian: *exists* Nate: *surprised pikachu face*

M'aiq was happy to be featured.

Although to be fair, Even though they are rare, You might wanna prepare for the werebeares there. -- The Senile Scribbles

"Hopefully we get to see a wherecrocodile" Argonians: "am I joke to you?"

"They're just like werewolves, minus the wolf part" so like a guy who goes onto rage fits on full moons?

The true monster of this game is the unskippable introduction, along with nazeem.

Tiny details you might not have included in a video: -The dragon at the Western Watchtower may say "Dovahkiin no," as you slay him -There are noticeably more female Stormcloaks than Imperials (possibly due to historical accuracy for the Vikings and Romans) -The people in the Soul Cairn may say that "They're always watching," which might be referring to the fact that the sky in the Cairn resembles an eye that is always directly overhead, no matter where you are -The Volkihar ruins have a statue of Mara, candles still lit (What would vampires want with a statue to the love goddess?) -There is a size difference between male and female werewolves -When speaking to Serana, asking about her family will prompt her to ask the player about their family, allowing the player to decide on their character's past and how their family was

"The werebears terrifying transformation..." *Human turns to werebear via powerpoint*

Heard they're reforming downguord.vampirah hunter or something in the old fort near riften.might consider joining up myself.

Lurker could be a reference to Lovecraft’s novel ‘the shadow over Innsmouth’ which describes a town of fish people

Unpopular Opinion: Lurkers. Big Ol' Mudcrabs.

I would think that the Frost Giants being evolutionary predecessors to Giants and Trolls is a damn fine theory. Forgotten Vale also has the only remaining snow elves, making it basically the theme of Journey to the Center of the Earth, prior evolutionary animals and such. Great episode, sir.

Nate you should make a Skyrim playthrough.

Easiest way to test your vampiric spriggan theory would be a detect life/death spell

Some may call this junk. Me, I call them treasures.

2:40 - "Like their wolf counterparts, werebears necessarily suffer from lycantropy." Given that the word _lycantrope_ comes from Ancient Greek _lukánthrōpos_ "wolf-human", and the Ancient Greek word for "bear" is _àrktos,_ wouldn't it be Arkantropy in their case?

I always thought a were-bunny would be a great addition to skyrim. Beware the killer rabbit! Ni!

Lurkers bear striking resemblance to The Deep Ones, from H.P Lovecraft.

Nate : Here's some horrifying creatures you should avoid Dragnborn: Challenge accepted

This guy talks like how i write essays trying to make word count lol

Lurkers may be immune to Banish simply because they were natural creatures made by the Moura to spite Skyrim wizards

Since kynareth created the eldergleam tree in Skyrim, and that the sprigans guard it, it’s safe to say they are created from kynareth

The spookiest are the levitating mammoths that fall from the sky

I was super sad when you couldn't become a werebear :(

According to everyone I should be on this list. I disagree. The dragonborn should be on this list. not me. (s)He always kills me. Do you get to the cloud district very often? Oh what am I saying. of course you don't.

Conclusion: Dragonborn DLC is scary.

Nice vids Nate all I really know about Skyrim and fallout I have gotten the info from you keep up the good vids

The only thing disturbing is how Nate is able to put out such fire content every other day

I wonder if Frost Giants have the disposition to sign people up for the Skyrim Space Program... But then again, Imperial "astronauts" may not have seen competitors back in the day.

Sorry im late Had to watch an ad called soap for dudes. Worth it

5:03 "thank Talos for that". *[Thalmor intensifies]*

Sees Thumbnail Me: WHAT THE F*** IS THAT? Oh right, apocrypha

When I saw a Spriggan Earth Mother for the 1st time it scared the hell out of me. I had to summon 2 atronachs to deal with her 4 controlled Cave Bears and I dealt with her myself. It was near Riften sometime after level 40. She almost killed me!

I'm pretty sure "He's watching" is in reference to Durnehviir, who's job is precisely to watch over the region of the Soul Cairn we visit. The Reaper really is first and foremost a Gauntlet Easter egg.

In Morrowind there was a book called 'Natural Predators' Which claimed Frost Giants as the ancient terrors of Atmora

His bio is “I talk to myself for a living”... I can relate so hard to that... just minus doing it for a living

“Avoid” Yeah hunting them now, never seen a Frost Giant 😂

Omg I love this channel, I like how Nate is so enthusiastic and funny when talking about things he really brings this to life

Awesome! Thanks for these videos you do! I truly enjoy them. Recently I got back into Skyrim after Idk how many years and just love that someone is out there STILL doing content pertaining to this game. Love it! Thanks again!

i never noticed that the model for the frost giants eyes were the top set from the giant model and the bottom/rest of the face from the trolls. so cool!

Shouldn't they be called Spriggan *Nirn* Mothers?

Since I've only ever played special edition, my view on Earth Mothers is that they are just the next rank of Spriggans. It's rather surprising to learn that spriggans don't level up at all without DLC

5 creatures you absolutely want to avoid, me:*SHARPENS GREATSWORD*

You can actually *become* a werebear in Daggerfall. Slightly better stats than werewolves, but harder to do (werebears are a lot less common in the game).

re - 11:27 "... a skeleton _embroiled_ in executioner robes." The word _embroiled_ doesn't taste right in that sentence. _Adorned_ would have been a far better fit.

Always a joy when I see your videos. Thanks Nate!

Huh, never incountered the Reaper in the Soul Cairn. I'll have to take a look! Thanks Nate.

"Although to be fair, even though they're rare, you might want to prepare for the werebears there."

Also they drop netch leather so a hybrid deadric corruption of a slaughterfish and netch

A dragon riding giant flying over a mountain pass east, north-east of Morthal, midway to to Winterhold, literally jump scared me a few years back. Never been surprised by anything in a game since then.

2 things that scare me the most in skyrim That one dark hallway in apocrypha where you can see the outlines of lurkers roaming around And cicero

lurkers could be a reference to fallout 4 or vice versa, as lurkers resemble mireLURK kings in both name and appearance

Spriggan earth mothers are definitely not afflicted by vampirism. They are most likely the oldest type of Spriggan, as being soul trapped will result in a greater soul.

_Heads to the Soul Cairn_ *I REJECT MY SOUL, DRAGONBORN*

After my 1000s of hours played, Nate still seems to teach me something nearly every video

I know you don't do New Vegas but, MAN! That first night on launch, staying up all night to only crap your pants because you had no clue that Nightkin existed.

When I see an Earth Mother, I like to practice the Joestar Family Technique.

I’ve only just started watching your channel today and you made it to 700k subs!! All day I’ve seen it at 699k and wondered how soon you’d hit 700k. Congrats !

I know this vid was 4 months ago but i binge watch your vids from time to time. While watching this, bout half way through i decided i love your vids on skyrim more than i love playing the actually game. And bro this game.....i love! this game.

What so spooky is how Nate know every detail about TES lore....Oh my god.....he is the godhead !!!! ;^)

I really hope your grandchildren keep up your channel. Once the new game comes out.

An actually good and informative list. I had no idea about the Reaper or his origins and I didn't know that banish daedra doesn't work on Lurkers. Maybe Bethesda just overlooked it? Does it work on Herma Mora's other servants?

I remember seeing an interview with a developer who mention that the Lurkers are references to the fish people in the H P Lovecraft book "A Shadow over Innsmouth". Given the Lovecraftian nature of Herma-Mora and his realm as well as the reference to this specific book in Oblivion's side quest it would explain the slaughterfish scales.

Synonyms for large for Nate to use at his disposal: BROAD CONSIDERABLE ENORMOUS EXTENSIVE FULL GENEROUS GIGANTIC GIANT GRAND GREAT HEFTY VAST WIDE BLIMP? COLOSSAL COPIOUS EXORBITANT GRANDIOSE JUMBO MOUNTAINOUS (oddly fitting) MONUMENTAL IMMEASURABLE HUMONGOUS VOLUMINOUS (my fave) PLENTIFUL CAPACIOUS SPACIOUS Comment anymore y'all can come up with.

“Werecrocodiles” You mean argonians? *I will never look at those lizards in windhelm the same again*

Your narration is always great

It amazes me how often I learn new things about this game after all this time, I had no idea the reaper even existed.

Nazeem is truly the most terrifying of creature in the frigid land of Skyrim

Deathclaws are WereLizards, fight me

Great video!

Dude I love ur videos keep them coming!

VAMPIRE SPRIGGANS VAMPIRE SPRIGGANS

Hey Nate just wanted to say hi hope you're having an amazing summer and everything.

Soap for dudes is a hilarious commercial!!! Another great video!!! Thank you!!

when I went to solstheim and ran into a lurker it was actually surprisingly easy to defeat, I honestly thought it would be harder to fight but just a few swings and it was down

Werebear's, Werewolves... Skyrim needs more Wererabbits.

I'd say the Chickens are the most terrifying. Those... lifeless eyes, swear I can see the very gates of Oblivion in them. 0)_(0

I like your videos about Skyrim I find them very interesting. You show me things that I didn't even know where in the game.

Well done brother 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I dont think I heard you mention how large Skyrim is and its unsettling lol

I’m quite surprised you only have 500,000 subs, you deserve millions. Your videos are amazing!

The Gildergreen Qwest sends you to Eldergleam Sanctuary. There, at lvl 18, I fought a Spriggan Earth Mother that absolutely smacked me around like a play toy.

Another great video man keep it up

First time i saw a Lurker he was running to me from behind, i freaked out after turning and closed the game.... How the fuck did they put my mother in law in the game???

Hermaeus Mora can’t create, only accumulate - so my thought was always that Lurkers were corrupted people who get stuck in his realm. Similar to the seekers, except they didn’t get stuck in apocrypha because they were looking for knowledge.

dope vid bro 👌

I just found something out so I was redoing the entire Dark Brotherhood questline and when you first enter the Falkreath Sanctuary you have to talk to Astrid, instead I went around her and went straight to Nazir and very special text popped up just wanted to let you know Nate

"Earth Mothers start spawning in at level 30!" Nate's 2H increases in skill to 17 while swinging at one. Bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for him.

Are we just going to let the whole “Earth” issue for Earth Mothers pass?

One theory I like about Lurkers (which can support them not being entirely Daedric) is that they actually belong to Hircine, and are possibly another one of his twisted versions of animals and beast, like a werefish. That said, I can't say that explains the reason why they use tentacles. Maybe due to spending too much time in Apocrypha?

Personally i always theorized that the reaper was some type of forgotten daedra or even daedric prince that was sealed away by the ideal masters when they took over the soul cairn part of oblivion.

Notification squad where you at 😅😆😍😚😱

Lol that bunny ok? Looks like it’s been possessed.

I always assumed the reason the Reaper takes the form of an executioner was related to some of the souls saying something about being drawn and quartered, which is two thirds of a particularly gruesome method of execution known as being "hanged, drawn, and quartered".

Thank you for this information, tiny details man