Dealing with Vile is a lot like classical stories of genies/djin, where the protagonists always make the same mistake: Your first wish should always be that your other wishes come true in exactly the way you intended, no strings attached, no messy surprises.

I feel like the original spirit that formed Clavicus Vile and Barbus really honed in on the fun of Anu and Padomay's relationship and recreated it in another micro-macrocosm model of the forces of stasis and chaos at eternal play, but uniquely among "Daedra" all within it's own being, for the purpose of capturing that endless drama and excitement. Making them kinda more relatable to Lorkhan and mortals.

As the Daedra Prince who spends his days with his dog, Clavicus Vil is the most relatable of the Princes.

Do you know Clavicus Vile's favorite shaving cream? Barbas-ol.

I bet him and Sanguine would make one hell of a combo! A Daedric Prince with ADHD and the other, a party animal.

He's my favourite Daedric Prince. An idea I had about him is that he may be the only Daedra that regrets not partaking in the creation of Mundus, and splitting his own being, and involving himself with mortals so much is an expression of that.

Vile was the first Daedric quest I ever did in Skyrim. . .also a wake up call these beings are not to be fully trusted. . .or bargained with. I think the only reason the Princes didn't find ways to completely screw over the Dragonborn is because they find him/her 'entertaining'.

I remember reading somewhere that Clavicus is the youngest of the daedric princes and as the prince of power and wishes he would have become the most powerful of them, so the other daedric princes devised a plan to divest him of half his power by tricking him into investing that power into another being. They presented him a loyal hound as a gift, and when Clavicus bestowed him with the name Barbas, Vile also unwittingly bestowed half of his power on his new companion.

The juxtaposition of Clavicus vile with Mara (2 to 1 vs. 1 to 2) kind of makes it sound like Vile is Daedric Prince of Divorce. There are a few interesting points along that line (be careful what you wish for, having to be outgoing and charming because you're back on the market...) even if it might ultimately break down.

Whoa I had no clue Clavicus Vile was such an interesting Daedric prince! I love his deal with the devil and jovial vibe. Watching this I really want to play as a champion of Clavicus Vile and do like a Deal Deliverer very rogue like duel personality playthrough. Anyways awesome video as always!

- I like the idea that he gave humanoids the ability to domesticate dogs, or even that he was just so known to early peoples that they wanted to emulate him by domesticating dogs so they could have a doggo companion to honor him

dude, your a certified daedrologist. tes6 needs to have a book written by you about daedra

I remember seeing a theory somewhere that clavicles vile while being a Daedra regretted not partaking in the creation of Mundus. This might be due to the fact he can play with the creations as much or the fact the aedra usually get the attention and praise from mortals. His realm is called the "fields of regrets" not only due to the regret of the people being there but also it being his regrets, it being one of the most similar planes to mundus in atmosphere and culture could be his attempt to make his own version of it to satisfy that need.

Clavicus Vile seems like a sociopathic director of sorts. He picks his cast, sets the scene, then sits back and watches the show.

I have a personal theory that if tamriel were to enter the next kalpa cycle, Vile would be one of the main forces to reverse or delay it due to the fact he wouldn't want to loose the current mortal realm. That and it would fit his domain, Subverting the enviable for personal gain and maintaining his hold (and fun) in the spheres of mortals. But this isn't fully thought out, just a thought I had while reading lore throughout the games.

I like to think Barbas is adventurer of old. A real smart fellow. Who managed to trick Clavicus to share his power but as always, Clavicus did his part of the deal in his own fashion. I mean the split personality is so boring. "Its such a cliche" :)

Obviously this is the best video ever! See Scott really is my friend he said so many flattering things... HA! you all said I only had friends that I created! I have Barbas, Umbra, and Todd Howard... sure I made them, But they are all great. Also I told you all a girl once talked to me, She even touched my hand... Umbra was all... part of my plan yes! And no she was not a swamp hag she was lovely ♡ Who among us doesn't like creating our own friends and have cultists who love them and think they grant the best and fairest wishes and have better bargains than even Belethor? So basically I am the best and most handsome and you should all come to my shrine.

I absolutely love these lore videos! I can't wait until you get to maphala and Nocturnal ❤️❤️❤️ this is my favorite KZfaq channel

With Daedric princes having dual natures, one they proclaim and one that is a more subtle and underlying trait. After some thought, I think Vaermina's goal is to circumvent to process of life and death. Whereas Molag Bal is doing it in spite of Arkay, Vaermina does it in envy. •Vaermina's followers use the miasma which has the effect to slow aging • If all you do is sleep, you are less likely to engage in activities that might kill you (as anything could kill you) • Thinking of what fear is, it is a primal response avoid danger. You are afraid of things that would ultimately kill you. She wants to scare you OF death • She works in the dream realm similar to the concept of and in envy of the dreamsleeve If she can keep you alive and incapacitated, she circumvents both life and death, providing her own supplement for reality sacrificed for her having ultimate control. She is greed, she wants everything to herself, but she is willing to give the benefits of her realm to persuade those to leave behind what they had. The only time she can't have you is when you die, it takes someone alive to sleep. She is like Hermeous Mora, she doesn't explicitly care to rule, just hoarding everything to herself. She is greed. Greedy people lie, cheat, and steal. She lies about reality, she cheats the process of life and death, and she steals memories and dreams. If you don't worship, her she scares you about things you don't want to happen to you in the real world. If you do worship her, you live as a God, she becomes the God head and you control the dream.

how on earth can you guys keep pumping videos on elder scrolls? how deep does this rabbithole of a lore go?

This video was really, really nice. I hope you still plan on doing such a thorough and deep analysis for the remaining princes!

Great video! Loving all the daedra lore 😊

When I first talked to barbas in skyrim, it reminded me of "all dogs go to heaven" for some reason haha

I like how Clavicus is a recurring character from Daggerfall to Skyrim and ESO. He's a interesting Daedra Prince. Great Video, keep up the good work!👍🏽

This is great, I love all of your content but when you guys go in-depth on Daedric Princes and the Divines it's insanely good, I enjoy studying Gods and religions in real life and I love Elder Scrolls so this kind of thing strikes a special sweet spot for me. You're like an Elder Scrolls theologian!

Top notch content ! Video, storytelling, lore, it all flows perfectly and keeps you engaged.

What armor mods were used for this video? It looks very good.

Clavicus Vile: The living casino where the House always wins.

Really enjoyed this one, can't wait for the next dive into another daedric prince!

Clavicus Vile's gifts often come with an enormous price, so could Vile's gift to the Cyrodiil Vampyrum Order be too good to be true? Could the Vile's teachings to the Order lead to the doom of Cyrodiil's vampires - traditionally the servants of rival prince Molag Bal? Using Vile's gifts, the Order was able to wipe out all rivals in the province. However, the last clan of vampires in Cyrodiil is on shaking grounds as their power and safety depends on a declining empire.

I can see Clavicus and Barbas as a stereotypical right brain/left brain split (born of boredom and literally “talking to yourself”), but at the end of the day, the emotional side holds a bit more power over the other

This was a really good video. Thanks FudgeMuppet

Bros thumbnail style is so much like theepicnate every time I see an upload I think it’s a new Nate video 😭

Fudgemuppet’s amazing B roll is extremely underrated within the Elder Scrolls KZfaqrs genre.

Haven’t seen a comment about this yet but the thumbnails are looking mint a lot better then the ones with a yellow back drop imo, keep up the good work always love to see a new vid in my recommendations!!

Masterful video once again by the muppets

An Orc warrior wouldn't mind the loss of Intelligence from drinking the Bitter Cup because nobody else would notice the difference

Also the way that he gets his full powers from himself and his dog kinda remind me of Coyote Starrk from Bleach, same way coyote splits himself and him power into 2 new beings who need each other since the original Coyote hated to be alone

And the bro is still going strong with the videos props for all the lore.

I'm just glad I made it into this video, thanks for not forgetting about me. Also you brought up a good point about Barbas in being that he's usually the more responsible one and "the voice of reason" between the two. That's why I found his role in the Vvardenfell so odd. It seemed like he was doing it just to make his master happy to win favor with him. Usually when we encounter Barbas he's actively trying to discourage us from giving into Vile's whims, and giving him the artifact he desires, in order to protect him from himself. I dunno it just kinda seemed out of character to me.

Thanks guys great job.

Perfect timing! I just started an illusion assassin that worships clavicus vile

Clavicus Vile gives me much more of a Mythological Loki vibe

I love these because I can just listen to them while cooking or cleaning

I flipping love lore videos!

Using your theme of Clav being The Daedric God of Boredom, that kind of makes Barbas his Comfort Animal.. i.e. A Service Dog for a Being with Depression. 🐕‍🦺

it cracks me up that clavicus is like ight its getting boring lets make some drama

Who tf does your cinematic shots, they looks so good all the time!!!

Honestly, I can't imagine a better life than being bad ass demon prince who spends all his existence with his loyal, talking dog.

I really like your idea about how he interacted with early nedes heavily

So, Vile is... the Dogfather? =^[.]^=

Dear Fudgemuppet, I've been trying forever to find a playlist, podcast or anything the COMPLETE timeline and history of the Elder Scrolls lore. Basically their big bang theory. How the Aedra and Daedra and Nirn we're created, the complete timeline and history of Tampriel and all the races thereof same with the other continents such as Akivir and Atmora and whatnot. PLEASE look into this I beg of you.

Love the daedric Prince lore!!

27:47 me who never finished the quest to keep barbas as my follower “I think not”

Can you guys do an extended video on Needs and their hard fought war for freedom

Legends I may not comment on every video but I love and always appreciate Fudgemuppet videos. I’m so thankful for my favourite content creators and all they do for us Bethesda fans. And with KZfaq we can go back and re watch videos and helpful guides whenever we want. Praise talos ❤❤❤

Would love to see a video on vampires

I think you have unwittingly revealed the origin of the headless horseman. For you see he was a vile worshiper praying to his God, then when his master finally appeared to him he cried "I want to be more like you". Interpreting this literally, the rueful axe was produced and a head was severed. Only later remembering that mortals don't come apart like that.

The double prince!

Great video ! I've always liked the idea that Clavicus Vile and Barbas are the two parts of a single Daedric Prince, it seems very convincing to me.

Yay more mup!

Love your videos! Thanks for the hard work!

It is obvious that Clavicus Vile has no respect for ethics, he knows exactly what his 'clients' want and yet he purposefuly always try to thwart it. He's a bad actor : always one with the malevolent intent against others, if not now then eventually. And he has established reputation for this too: that you can not expect that he'll play nice nor fair with you. It's sane thing to do to refuse to deal with him, just shun him, ignore him. So WTH do all these people still want to deal with him? I guess what is most fascinating about Clavicus Vile is not Clavicus Vile himself, but his... clientele: their foolishness, or their arrogance, or their desperation, their lust and desires, their frustrations, their dreams... etc. No matter how treacherous making a deal with Vile would be, people will still want to take their chances. If there's one Daedra with strongest argument that mortals are so Fccked... Clavicus Vile is the one. As most losers say in the beginning: "It's different this time guys! It will work, I know it will."

Nice vid

Shoutout to Calvicus for having the coolest looking artifact out there

Love these videos. Ive been watching on and off since the early days, but just recently subscribed.

- I like him because he always hangs out with his puppers :)

Such a wonderful video, great content.

Now I can’t unsee Clavicus Vile as just a kid or like preteen, blowing raspberries at people when he gets upset. And/or basically just kinda like The Collector from the Owl House 😂

He is my favorite prince

Was just rewatching your episode on clavicus vile from your podcast yesterday. My favourite Daedric Prince!

He and Ryuk from Death Note would be the best of friends; just fucking with mortals for eternity.

Never thought of Molag Bal as an Incel, but honestly, it fits.

Why did we get the Walmart brand Great Value version of this mask in Skyrim XD the model in this video looks so amazing XD

Can you guys do Skyrim Ordinator mod builds? I would be interesting

Ok but Barbus looks really eerie in some of thses shots

"do not be fooled" "ruh roh Scooby...."

Clavicus seems pretty chill tbh

I always though Barbus was a daedra that fell for some kind of deal but then somehow turned it around where he lived by bound by Vile and punishing him all the same. But thats just head canon

Also nice to see another daedra video

Barabas, the goodest boy in Mundud

I like to see you talk about the Daedra Prince name Namira :)

So... I haven't played Skyrim in many years but I remember that quest looking very different. Barbas was a normal size dog and he wasn't a companion as he appears in this video and the masque looks very, very different. The one I remember was shiny black and wrapped all around, there was no hood. Even the statue you report back too is completely different! In this video he's sitting down but in the version I remember, he is standing. Are these mods? Is it an update?? Why does it look so different now???

This is awesome! He's such a "Tom Sawyer" kind of personality! I really like how we can begin assessing Daedra less as context-less ideas and more like distinct characters - which they very much are. The very act of *experiencing* existence rather than simply existing involves internalization and the formation of a character - and timeless beings have indefinite context by which to become very nuanced characters!

Could you do a snow elf and Dwemer modded build

Okay, Barbas is my favourite Daedric Prince.

Love me some more lore

What mod are you using for the masque??? I fuggin love it

Which mods are used for the Masque and the shrine textures, please?

My favorite daedric prince

Okay...okay, hear me out FudgeMuppet. What if, as you have stated and speculated, since nobility have a habit of making deal with Clavicus Vile...What if the Emperor from Skyrim, Titus Mede II, made a deal with Clavicus? What if his death was the cost? What if he approached Clavicus and offered his soul in exchange for something precious to the Empire? Such as...securing the throne against the Elves in a way that they wouldn't be able to suspect, or fight against? What if...he not only martyred himself, but set up affairs in such a way that he himself knew would never be seen as an option to the Elves?

Happy Birthday Skyrim! 11/11/11 was 11 years ago today!

Team Muppet putting in the work.🤣😂😝

I have a theory about Umbra. The sword contains millions of souls & if Clavicus Vile claims it back and wields it, the souls in the sword infuse into Clavicus Vile rendering Umbra useless and making him very overpowered just like Jyggalag. The Daedric of Domination Molag Bal would be drawn to him for he will hear and see all the slain souls within Clavicus, if they both fight & Molag wins he will harvest both Clavicus & the souls for he is called The Havester of Souls which in turn would give Molag Bal a great motivation to try and created a 2nd Planemeld. So Clavicus would have to hide Umbra in his realm but never use it nor offer it to his Champion in Tamriel, because his Champion might deliver Umbra to Molag Bal himself. Comment below if you agree or disagree.

I'd be very interested in being a friend of Vile, one could present it as a bargain; "In exchange for you being my friend, I will be yours" and just see what we would get up to 😂😂

What's the mod for the masque it's not like the hooded version from your pactmaker build?

@FudgeMuppet May you please make longer videos?

So..could Clavicus' triune existence (Vile/Barbas/Umbra) be some sort of trinity|triad case, like Patris/Filii/Spiritus sancti, or Osiris/Isis/Horus? Maybe this enables him to rejuvenate his inner child through eons?...Allowing him to maintain equilibrium of sorts, perhaps. I mean, this is the way Vile remains relatively sane, unagressive, 'balanced' Daedra, despite his mischievous, Machiavellian ways, unlike vicious psychopaths such as Molag Bal or Boethia, or Sheogorath for instance...Sorry for my shitty English, it's not an easy task to formulate stuff like you do :-) Thanks for the yummy video, certainly provides plentiful food for thought!

Thank you for the great video! And OMG I want a mod list. 😍

After the Smash or pass podcast episode I just can’t see Clavicus the same, love ya guys, great video as usual, gotta share!