Nate: *Perfect pronunciation of forgotten Dwemer names like Mzinchaleft that aren't even uttered in the whole game.* Also Nate: *Completely butchers Jyggalag as "Jyggalagagiggitywhoppity" or something like that.*

The biggest mystery is how you keep finding new things in skyrim after 8 years!

I always figured that Mjoll managed to drag herself out of the ruins onto the road, and Aerin just managed to be walking by on a trip or something.

"Just curl up by the fire and relax" Me: (Sweating in front of a fan in Australia)

Well actually Mjoll managed to crawl her way back on her own. She collapsed as she reached the surface. Maybe Aerin was a healer within the Imperial Legion. Could explain his inexperience with weapons and wealth and the fact, that he was able to nurse Mjoll back to health. Just a theory... I mean... she almost died out there.... he must have been with an imperial scouting party or something, but obviously he was somehow able to bring her back to life from the brink of death and take her all the way back to Riften. It wasn't Falk Firebeard who said the sentence about Potema and her lineage, it was Styrr, the Priest of Arkay in Solitude. Falk Firebeard suggests, that Solitude would have fallen to a resurrected Potema, that he shudders at the thought. PS: There are recorded lines, that Sybill will get very frightened and furious, when she's the one talked to first during the beginning of The Wolf Queen Awakened. Quote (UESP) "When you approached her, she would have asked: "What did you do in Wolfskull cave?!" You could then reply by choosing one of the three options: Who are you? "I'm Sybille Stentor, court mage of Solitude, and according to my scrying you've managed to unleash Potema herself!" I stopped some Necromancers from summoning Potema. "You weren't nearly as successful as you think, fool. According to my scrying the Wolf Queen has returned." I'm here to speak to Falk. "Listen you impudent cur. According to my scrying something happened at Wolfskull Cave that returned Potema to this world." "

4:00 Erin lives in a town that houses the Thieves Guild. Tells Mjoll not to go after them. And found her in a Dwarven ruin, which members of the Thieves Guild occassionally loot or look for leads in. And you assumed *Dark Brotherhood* to be the reason he's rich?

The biggest haunting mystery for me is how Nate knows so many small details and lore but also at the same time he often makes mistakes about very obvious things. Like mistaking the voice of the priest of Arkay with sybille Stentor. It's just really confusing for me.

Mjoll was outside of the ruin when she was found.

What is Mjoll the Lioness' middle name? "The"

"...for a very, very, very long time." Did someone say Elder Scrolls 20: Atmorah

Very interesting stories indeed... One little thing though: Potema wasn't the Granddaughter of Uriel III. but Uriel _II._ Uriel III. Was her son.

Nate, I have a mystery for you. When you enter a Falmer location and "Murder to Death" said Falmer, you have a chance to retrieve 0-3 Falmer ears from them. Also when you come across an area where Falmer keep Alchemy ingredients, you may find a Falmer ear or two with the ingredients. So since you can find 0-3 Falmer ears on a Falmer - are they cutting off their own ears or cutting off other Falmer's ears to make their potion?

So if you joined the blades in your playthrough and then did the wolf queen quest, would you be obligated to try and help her take the throne rather than kill her? As a blade, it would be your job to see the true septim heir corinated

he actually got me with the "bah! did I get ya?"

I had to kill Aerin after finding him one too many times in my house after marrying Mjoll.

Wait... did Mjoll not say that she managed to drag herself back to the entrance of the ruin???

Actually, Mjoll states that she some how managed to crawl out of the dungeon and was then found by Aron. In either case, the question of why he was there may still be valid.

"Hidden in the game's files..." Interest raised to 100

Having to pick whether or not to support Potema would be awesome lore challenge. Could easily see people wanting to do it as to reignite the bloodline. Nothing says those in power can't just let her take the throne long enough to bear an heir. Let the dragonborn do his thing, kill her again, and raise the kid to be a sane leader. Boom. Septim dynasty reignited. You know those dirty elves would get involved like crazy to try and prevent the rebirth of the true empire too. Drama. Intrigue! Story!

i'd say the most disturbing mystery i have encountered is a person who doesn't understand the saying "murdered to death"... maybe they'll understand it soon enough.

Erin's an adventurer like you, but hasn't taken an arrow to the knee.

Maybe Aerin was the one setting the traps and that’s how he got so wealthy. He was looting from the corpses of the fallen but he fell in love with Mjoll. Same story different version but would explain how he got there so quick.

And Aerin continues to follow Mjoll even after you marry her. I don’t understand why that’s the case. It wouldn’t have been hard to program a few “I miss Mjoll but I’m happy she’s happy” lines for him when she moves into your house and have him stop following her.

@TheEpicNate315, the blades were not bound to the septim emperors exclusively, but rather bound to the dragonborn emperors of cyrodil. their servitude began during the rule of Reman Cyrodil, after he defeated the akaviri (who became the original blades). by that logic this is why they are bound to serve the last dragonborn as well.

Your theories about Lillith Maiden-Loom are interesting, but have you considered the possibility that Lillith and Maven knew each other as kids and remained good friends despite their respective social standings?

I personally believe that Aerin is actually a stalker that’s obsessed with Mjoll so him “finding” her was because he wasn’t actually all that far behind her.

He speak in mic, The video I like, But most importantly, GothSockS is now playing Counter-Strike. 7:18

Hey nate, i wanted to mention something in skyrim that kind of confused me but i dont know if you mentioned it, in solitude,one of the priest at the temple of the divines, speccifacly the long hair and bald top dude, after you initate yourself in the bards College and during the fire festival he Will say "I thing Sanguine would be happy with this ritual" or something among those lines.A daedra worshipper at the temple of the nine divines... Interesting. P. S Thanks for making these fun and interesting videos, keep up the good work

"what on Earth, or I guess Nirn" reminds me that multiple characters refer to Nirn as Earth in Skyrim. Including "Earth Mothers" like why aren't they Nirn Mothers?

Personally as a necromancer I wish we could help potema come to power and take the ruby throne has a fun dark side quest

One other thing that contradicts the Aerin/Dark Brotherhood idea is that in my playthrough, I received a Companions quest to save a citizen who was kidnapped by vampires. That citizen was Mjoll. Upon entering the cave, right there in front of me was Aerin facing off with one vampire, with no weapon or armor equipped. Of course he died which any member of the DB would be able to hold their own better. His AI is set to follow Mjoll and I guess he followed her into the cave too. Something weird I experienced.

The thing about Tiber Septim coming from Atmora is mysterious and all but I’m pretty sure that was supposed to be a Nord legend. Nord culture sees Septim (or Talos Stormcrown as they address him) as a Nord, but the traditional imperial belief, and the most logical one imo, is that he’s a Breton. Which is also funky, because that means the hero-god of mankind is also part elf.

The scimitar might be a reference to The 13th Warrior, where an Arabian scholar and swordsman went on a sailing adventure with a bunch of Vikings.

Another weird thing about Aerin: There’s a location in TES IV: Oblivion called Aerin’s camp, and he was supposed to be a master of (I believe) acrobatics. We never meet him in Oblivion, and maybe the names just a coincidence, but idk 🤷‍♂️

Since the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild work together sometimes, the people in the Guild would possibly know Aerin, but since they don't I think it's safe to assume, he's not a Dark Brotherhood member.

“2000 year old demon ghost lady” best quote ever Omg over 300 likes

On the Atmora thing, the king being depicted as a Giant isn’t actually all that strange lore wise. Some Nords used to be much larger before they split from the linage that became the modern Tamrielic Giants. So it’s entirely possible that the King of Atmora was from that bloodline and was incredibly long lived due to him possibly being born before the time when Alduin shortened the lives of the Nord’s ancestors.

Just want to know how many packs a day Sybille was smoking when she made that quote about Potema! :-D

" Shes like a superhero..... but without the super......" um nate that is a black widow and she would just be a hero lol

God Nate! You can hold out on the jump scares, almost fell over

Remember that the Deathbrand set has two scimitars even though the armor itself is made from Stalhrim. Which is only used by particular groups of nords. Also the dremora pirate that can be summoned in the college of Winterhold carries a scimitar as well. My understanding is that even though they started out as redguard swords, scimitars slowly gained popularity with the pirates of Tamriel and even of Oblivion (in the case of the dremora). The boat at the last point could have been an escape vessel from a pirate ship, whether the escapee was a pirate or a survivor..

For the last mystery, we already saw with some other weapons in the game that scimitar can also be the weapons of pirates. maybe this was a pirate wanting to have a big big boat, but without money he just embarked on this and well.....

They made it sound arin was just walking by and saw her outside the ruins dying. Not that he went in.:)

2:57 Aerin found Mjoll outside a Dwemer ruin after she barely managed to crawl out of there without Grimsever and meeting the Dwarven Centurion. The question isn't "How did Aerin get down into a Dwemer ruin despite being an 'ordinary citizen'?" but "What was Aerin doing near a Dwemer ruin?" Sight-seeing? Walking about the golden woods of Riften?

Didn't realize that the priest of Arkay was the court wizard.

You quoted the Priest of Arkay who is a old imperial male. Not the court mage of Solitude

Whenever I get tired of playing Skyrim I watch one video about Skyrim from you and it’s all I can think about for the rest of the day

I can’t stop playing this game.

It's a mystery how Nate knows all this information in the game files...and awesome! Thanks Nate, you must spend an lot of time researching and reading, whew. We appreciate you. :)

Huh, I thought Mjoll escaped the ruins herself? The exit is right behind where you find her sword. She mentioned collapsing after escaping, I thought.

The real mystery is how Aerin is able to just magically appear at your house when you have Mjoll as a follower or your wife. Dude just won't get the hint.

About the giants ( 15:20 ), in Greymoor DLC of ESO, there's a trial in the location Kyne's Aegis. There are "Sea Giants", culturally seems very nordic and with also weapons and skills (dragon totem for example). Also they are pretty inteligent, compared to the giants inland we're used to, they kinda seem like just taller and very stronger nords. Maybe this sketch is kinda canon? For example, Yandir the Butcher. He's very tall, very very strong, has weird creatures he summons with him. There are even some snake-like creatures, which reminds me of Akavir. Definitely worth to check.

Is that a mod for the roof of the Blue Palace? I swear it was never that colorful.

About Aeryn, one time I played through Skyrim doing that radiant quest of Florentius at the Dawnguard Fort, where a vampire has kidnapped one of your friends. As it turned out, that friend was Mjoll, they had fucking taken Mjoll. So I come to the rescue, but upon entering the place, I suddenly hear some madlad drawing his dagger. I turn around, fucking Aeryn rushes past me, straight into 3 bandits - one being a mage - dagger flailing around. Let me tell you, if Aeryn was once an assassin of the Dark Brotherhood, he wasn't exactly cut out for that type of work, as he got burnt to a crisp and caught a couple blows from a two-handed sword. That guy went down FAST.

At this point you probably know more about this game than anyone at BGS does

The biggest mystery I'm trying to solve is why you only upload when I'm at work/ in class/ with family.

2:10.. Aerin didn't teke her out of Mzinchaleft, she crawled out herself, he found her outside the ruin, she tells it herself !!!!!

17:41 the biggest mystery is how you can't differentiate the detail how hammerfell is in the *west*

It could be that the reason the humans left Atmora in the first place was that the continent was slowly going into an ice age, leaving it uninhabitable for both humans and Dovah, and that by the time of Tiber Septim’s departure, the land had become too frozen. In an extension, it’s possible that the Forgotten Vale is part of the newly frozen Atmora, and that the Snow Elves have made the frozen hellscape into their new glacial paradise.

I also love the trademark statement "Only (insert character name here) is in the know and (insert aforementioned character name here) isn't telling. For a 4th spot..."

Nate: "Where could this overturned boat have come from?" Us: Could it possibly be a Lifeboat from that ship wrecked ocean vessle in the background of 17:46 ? lol

"Only Todd Howard knows the reason why he lies a lot, but sadly he will never tell" lol

Huge mystery: Why can't you fast travel when enemies are nearby? You are literally the Dragonborn!

Imagine if the snow elves took Admora it would be poetic

To be fair, Potema would be a better Emperor than Titus Mede II.

8:20 Uriel Septim III is Potema's son, Uriel II is her grandfather. Edit: Okay Nate you got so many things wrong about that story that I am not even going to point out everything...

Mjoll traveled Tamriel and helped out Settlements? "Preston Garvey wants to know your location"

10:58 "She would've been the only soul on Nirn with a direct link to Tiber Semptim." Uriel V: Am i joke to you?

On one of my 1st playthroughs I married her, and "randomly" came home to those 2 in MY bed. He was swiftly excuted.. she parished shortly after for domestic violence

I honestly get more of my Skyrim fix watching your videos than I do playing my own characters😂. Thanks man!

This video is almost a year old, and I've been binging these videos for the past couple days so I really have no excuse, but I was got. You made me jump at the beginning. My sound was up much higher than anticipated.

8:20 Nate you're wrong. Potema was the granddaughter of Emperor Uriel II. Uriel the III. was her son. Source: elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Potema_Septim

That jumpscare at the beginning nearly gave me a heart attack

14:41 Yeah, it became a land of incredibly terrible, permanent winter. There's a theory all the continents that get destroyed on Nirn are destroyed because of a weaker connection to The Towers, and Tamriel remains cuz it has such a strong connection.

Nate: (referring to last one) "And chances are, were not going to get them to talk." Potema: "Allow me to introduce myself."

Me: watching top X factor performances Epic Nate: uploads Me: taps video faster than the speed of light "the other video can wait"

can someone tell me the texture mods Lord Nate is using?

The real question, tho: Was Potema a Dragonborn? All Septim emperors apparently were Dragonborn, since they were able to wear the Amulet of Kings and light the Dragonfires. If she wasn't, would she have had a true claim to the throne?

Got me face desking right now at Hammerfell being on the "east coast" of skyrim. xD

Probably the reason why I get really baked and take my sweet ass time adventuring Skyrim and sometimes doing quests.

Atmora- elder scrolls' Bermuda triangle

Mjoll dragged herself out of the ruin, Aerin didn't have to fight anything

11:20 ? Sybille stentor is looking very jarl like and sounds rather preistly

I want a mod putting Nate in the game as a follower. I imagine something similar to Lucien Flavius or Xelzaz, someone familiar with the lore and history of the game and its locations that will comment on quests, items, locations, etc.

I always assumed Mjoll crawled away (as she says in the dialogue), and got at least most of the way out of the dungeon before Aerin found her.

Nate, here's something else to ponder.. What if The Dragonborn. SIDED with Potema. I alway wished i had that option in the quest. My character is a Vampire after all. She could have turned on everyone and helped Potema become fully revived.

My grasp at straws for erin: maybe he used to be some famous adventurer and then stopped after he got a big haul. Also with the ruins maybe he was trying to get back into adventuring. Thank you for coming to my ted talk

Tiber Septim is a Breton from Highrock. This is well established in the lore. His hometown is Alcaire and his birth name was Hijalti Early-Beard. That is a fact referenced in Skyrim in the Ghost of Old Hroldan quest. Tiber only hyped himself up by claiming to be from Atmora. Please note this for the future.

Hey Nate, have you used “gargantuan” to describe Skyrim?

Lillith is now forever known as Memaw, I don't make rules, Nate does

I think another explanation for Aaron is that he's a dungeon diver or treasure hunter. Would explain why he was in a Dwarven ruin, his combat skill, and his wealth.

Another fun note: if you make Mjoll a Blade, Aerin will follow and hang around Sky Haven Temple.

I got here so early and I’ve never seen the character Aaron ever before

"Hammerfell's all the way on the Eastern coast". You ok, Nate?

I was looking at your mjoll and just thanking the nine divines for mods. I’m sorry but mjoll looks absolutely cracked out in vanilla Skyrim 💀💀😂😭😭🤣🤣

Keep in mind that the Brinehammer is one of several wrecked ships along the coast, and redguards are supposed to be the greatest sailors in all of Tamriel, so I think the small boat is an escape vessel, most likely from the Brinehammer, that washed ashore with its occupant(s) died either at sea or when a big wave deposited it where the Dragonborn finds it.

Erin? Simple, he's Mjoll's friendzoned companion.

There are many M'aiqs. This is unsettling to M'aiq

The theory with the dragons leaving Atmora is great because if you stop time everything in the zone without flowing time gets shock frosted because the molecules don’t move anymore

When u actually get scared of the boo at the start cuz ur headphones are on full volume