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I'd personally give Idgrod some extra points for being one of the Jarls not blinded either by pride , greed or even hatred as well as being suprisingly proactive politically for the sake of her Hold, even if she doesn't always like it. I mean, we learn that while she cooperates with the Thalmor its not cause she wants to(she makes it very clear she detests their condescending attitude), but because she believes its just the right move As for her strange behaviour, its kind of implied that she uses it to her advantage and lures people's true intentions out by playing the fool

Jarl Balfruuf is more than The Greater, he likes to slip out of his castle to drink with his people at the Bannered Mare and that makes his housecarl Irileth nervous every time.

Balgruuf is the one that most impressed me. He cares about his people, and not only that, by not siding right away with one of the two main factions, he managed to keep his people out of the armed conflict, which of course contributed both to save lives and mantain the economy going strong.

Do dragon priest masks next. It would be cool to hear you opinion on gameplay value as well as aesthetics 🧐

I personally consider Skald to be the worst, considering this is the Jarl that openly threatens to execute his own hold's citizens from his doorstep. Also, best Daedric Artifacts?

One note about igrod She knows you're spying for the blades during the embassy quest but keeps it a secret That alone makes me respect her

Jarl Ingrid Ravencrone is my number 1; She is the only Jarl other than Balgruff who actively tries to stop the immediate threat to their main city, and unlike Balgruff she isn’t a shitty parent. Also psychic powers with the chutzpah to pro-magic in town whose favorite sport seems to be witch-burning. Oh she and the woman attends Thalmor parties just so she can keep an eye on the racist a-holes.

I always find it wierd how people are like "idgrod says she has visions, she must be crazy!" In a world of litterall mages, dragons and daedra

I got the amulet of Mara and thought I could marry one of the jarls and live the rest of my Skyrim-life in sheer luxury, but that wasn't possible... I would have had Jarl Balgruuf, by the way.

Maven becoming Jarl of The Rift is probably the only backlash of siding with the Empire. But Balgruuf, Brunwulf Free-Winter, Brina Merilis, and Kraldar make up for it. Also, Idgrod Ravencrone is underrated. She probably actually has visions from the divine and if she hadn't taken in Falion, Morthal would have probably been overrun by vampires and other undead. The guy is seriously one of the most impressive mages in the lore. She is also very nice and honest.

I personally bump Ulfric further down the list for one simple reason. The quest to become Thane. Whiterun - Kill the dragon threatening the hold with the support of the Yarl Morthal - Kill a vampire that is threatening the hold with the support of the Yarl (granted, Ravencrone didn't know about it until you investigated it, but she encouraged the investigation) Skooma dealer...Forsworn attackers...bandits...just about every hold has you do something for the protection of the citizens. Windhelm? Find the serial killer that Ulfric has no interest in. He's the Thane of his city and two young woman are killed even before Suzanna and nothing is done to protect the citizens. Imagine him becoming High King with this level of disinterest in the protection of his citizens. Forget that, Elisif may be a puppet, but when it was made clear crazy necromancers were trying to revive Potema she had Falk fully support you. Ulfric? He gives zero support. Tells you alot about the type of leader he is

Weirdly find Siddgeir to be very amusing. Incredibly sassy, apathetic, and morally corrupt, but Nenya and Helvard are easily able to talk him down from any truly rash decisions like with the guard's wages and the taxes.

You should rank every bard in the game because some are alright and some... some have some interesting singing voices

Bro, rank fishing spots like on scenery and fish that can be caught love the video.

I don't think Laila Law-Giver should rank better than Idgrod : she has a bad judgement about ... everything (Thieves Guild, Maven, her son, the skooma problem ...), she said something like "If Riften should fall, it's only right that its leader be spared" which makes me think she doesn't care about her people ... On the other hand I take the side of the Empire but to me Maven, Elisif and Siddgeir are bad jarls each in their own category

I like that there are good and bad Jarls for both sides. Brunwolf is definitely my favorite, simply because he wants to help the Argonians and Dunmer, but he also realizes that he can’t just make that happen immediately after taking over.

Igrod should have been higher since she's the only other Jarl that can actually help you in the main quest. If you've helped her, you can ask her to cause a distraction at the Thalmor Embassy.

I like Idgrod the Elder. She’s chill.

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While I DID stick it to Ulfric when I played, I hated seeing Laila get put under house arrest; my desire to kill Maven was never stronger than the moment I witnessed her on the throne of The Rift.

Even though I have hundreds of hours in Skyrim I still learn a lot about the world and lore and characters every time one of these comes out

I don't find Sorli the Builder particularly interesting either, but what I do like is that Teeba-Ei, an Argonian, becomes her steward if she's made Jarl. You don't see that very often.

got a soft spot for Idgrod, she's a reasonable authority figure during the vampires-trying-to-take-over-her-town questline, and for that, she helps you out in infiltrating the Thalmor Embassy, knowing that you're out to cause trouble. her strangeness is not even a detractor for me, she's just all around a cool older lady

I had no idea Winterhold even had a jarl

Ideas in case you REALLY run out of things to rank: - doors ranked - bosses ranked - Thalmor Agents ranked - alchemical ingredients ranked - ennemies ranked - dark brotherhood members ranked - loading screens ranked - furniture ranked

skald is actually even worse. i remember a conversation i heard from him and his housecarl (jod or sum i forgor☠️) about how if skald keeps giving his guards to the stormcloaks they aren’t gonna have enough to properly protect the city, much less the entire hold. skald basically says he doesn’t care and doesn’t want it brought up again.

I want more obscure rankings, do forks next

I'm surprised none of the Jarl's have bad backs, considering they sit like that all day

Pretty good video. I think you covered everything well enough for the time constraints in place, and remained surprisingly objective. Good job.

With the High-King of Skyrim mod, I usually have maven executed and put Law-Giver back in power. Thing is, if you talk to Law-Giver, she doesn’t even really support Ulfric, she just wants her people to be well off.

Maven is also friends with the Thalmor so she's definitely someone to not rub feathers on.

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I love these more than i should, subbed and hungry for more

Hell yeah another one, man your content is amazing

thank you for spending 2 year's of your life making my skyrim life easier

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Your impression of Idolaf was so spot-on that I had to replay it to make sure it was you who said it.

Fun vid. Skald is the worst, bittter old man who when I stop the nightmares in Dawnstar it doesn't count as "helping his people." 🙄

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I think Elisif not knowing how to run the kingdom gives her a lot of character, and it's delivered in a way that is as subtle as Skyrim gets. But if you look at her initial encounter, she's trying her best, but she just doesn't understand the world she's thrown into. Which is actually kind of ironic because the job her advisor said wasn't worth the manpower turned out to be incredibly dangerous for the fate of Skyrim. It's just really entertaining to me that Elisif, had they listened to her and sent men to the cave, would have averted a potential disaster by sheer dumb luck. True, they still sent the Dragonborn who could probably equal the might of an imperial regiment, but Falk doesn't know that when he sends you. The quest is written like you're either some random adventurer or like the world doesn't know you're the legendary hero of prophecy just yet. Either way, I just find it really entertaining that just by dumb luck Jarl Elisif could have averted a disaster by ignoring all conventional wisdom being like, "Weird sounds in a cave? Sounds like something that an entire regiment of soldiers should take care of."

Brunwulf is my favorite, in part, because he provides really nice boarding to the pro-Stormcloak jarls along with their housecarls and stewards - his own enemies! - after the civil war (seeing how the Palace of the Kings is Skyrim's single largest and nicest hotel). He even lets Korir and his family take his old fancy house!

That Ingrod Ravencrone bottom of the well image was Hawksbill Crag in North West Arkansas about two miles from my house. Fantastic camping location. WPS baby.

Love your series

I LOVED IT when you zoomed in on Idolaf Battleborn 🤣

Do any of the Jarls have spouses? Feels like a lot of quests were dropped in the game. The whole Civil War barely seems to be happening! I’m playing Living Skyrim, the Wabbajack mod list. It’s loads of fun and massively fleshed out!

You should rank Black Book abilites/powers. Most of them are pretty unique and can be used in pretty awesome ways.

Siddgeir is so unbelievably corrupt he has to be my number 2. After jarl Ballin of course.

Have you ever done a ranking od daedric artefacts? I'd love to know what you think about each of them. Brunwulf Free-Winter is my 2nd favourite jarl, right after jarl Bulgruf, and even tho I dislike Ulfric I can not deny that he is a very fleshed out character, kind of sad that he realised how wrong he was only after he died.

"her husband got transferred to the afterlife branch" best line of the whole video

Korir annoys me. He hates the college, and wants to make his home great again, but the event that destroyed the city happened before he was born. So what has he done during his entire lifespan to actually help his people? I think part of the problem lies in the storywriters not really understanding timespans. As another example, there's a character in the thieves guild questline that spent twenty years plotting revenge against the leader, and all she really accomplishes is buying a bee farm, donating to a competitor to Maven Blackbriar, and making a single dose of a paralytic poison. Twenty years. Good job.

Love ur videos man, but can u do a video on which side to fight for in the game.? I just want to know who’s in the right. And get ur take.

i laughed so hard when i got the notification and read the title lol

yoooo balgruuf just wins straight up. i remember playing the stormcloaks side and when you take over whiterun he just guilt trips you such disappointment in his voice

Make a list of enemies in the game that you could beat in real life

I love the part where Jarl Balgruf says "it's ballin time!" And proceeds ballin all over the cloud district.

Alright that sudden Hawksbill Crag Arkansas reference was so unexpected but awesome

Dude, rank alchemical ingridients please, their design and their effect too, that would be great

I forgot that winterhold had a jarl

"say my name" "You're Heisenbriar" "You're godsdamn right"

How dare anyone assume that Jarl Ballin murdered his own wife! Do they not even comprehend his level of swag!?

"Gray-mane or battleborn" that shit got me dying wtf 10:35

To be honest that's what I hate about the Civil War in skyrim. Depending on which side you choose the rotten individuals become Jarl (Thongvor and Maven). I feel bad for the people of Riften and Markarth depending on the outcome but what can you do, I guess?

What do you mean Igmund doesn't think the Forsworn are a threat? He has many conversations with his steward and housecarl about how he wants them driven out of the Reach.

Great list!

Ufric stormcloak got a cool voice I like him

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If you didnt include the backstory parts, Ulfric would be like 4th last.

Every time I hear people call Balgruff Jarl Ballin', all I can think of is him in a modern day setting, on a basketball court dunking on Lebron

5:00 I mean… looking at FudgeMuppet and Camelwork videos… he may not be wrong. And it may be the reason why Tolfdir start sounding like an old man when you mention the Augur.

Honorary mention to Balgruuf's brother who has fully voiced lines and will take over as Jarl if you kill Balgruuf using console commands which insinuates that Balgruuf was gonna die at some point (probably when getting the ebony blade)

Have you completed a ranking video of Deadric quests, by any chance? If not I would absolutely love to see that.

Brunwulf, Elisif and Balgruuf are my favorite ones.

Did you know… Jarl Balgruuf of Whiterun is one of the first few characters the player meets at the beginning of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The ruler of Whiterun, he’s known for being a cautious man with a bit of a temper. He has three children - Frothar, Dagny, and Nelkir. It’s no secret to the people of Whiterun that Nelkir is a troubled boy, and when you investigate, you learn that he is in fact under the influence of the Daedric Prince of secrets, sex, and murder - Mephala. Mephala’s artifact is the Ebony Blade, a beautifully crafted sword which is locked behind a door only Balgruuf and his court wizard Farengar can unlock. It is never said how it actually came into Balgruuf’s possession, but he clearly knows about its existence and tries to keep it secretly contained, seeing as he carries a key to the door. But why is this? That I hope to explain. Again, Mephala is the Daedric Prince of secrets, sex, and murder. And Nelkir himself reveals that he does not have the same mother as his two other siblings, but hesitates to explain. What could this mean? Well, there are very few conclusions that can be drawn from this - maybe Balgruuf adopted him, or he simply split for Frothar and Dagny’s mother, and then had a child with another woman. But remember Nelkir’s hesitance to tell you about his lineage. Why would he be so reluctant to talk about being adopted or the like? Neither of those things seem like something you’d be so nervous to talk about. I think it’s something a little more...scandalous. What I’m implying is that Nelkir was conceived in an secret affair Balgruuf had with another woman - while he was married to Frothar and Dagny’s mother. This would fit the theme of Mephala well - with sex, secrets, and lies. But I’m going to take this one step further. I don’t think that’s the only thing Balgruuf is hiding. Remember, Mephala is about sex, lies, and lastly...MURDER. The Ebony Blade itself is powered by the blood of a betrayed loved one. So why would it be appearing in Dragonsreach? Because Balgruuf used it to murder his wife. Say she found out about his affair and confronted him about it. Balgruuf is seen to have an anger issue, so imagining the heated argument that would ensue from this wouldn’t be difficult. When she threatened to come forth with this information and make it public, he was angry and desperate. That’s when I believe Mephala appeared to him and granted him with the blade. After he had killed her, he realized what he had done and wanted to get rid of the blade. As we know, he tried to burn it in the Skyforge, but he could not, so he settled for locking it up in the room and holding onto the key. Now, does his court know about this? That’s a tough question. Farengar knows about the blade itself, but whether he knows its actual backstory is unknown. Seeing as no one mentions the blade or his wife, I’m inclined to believe that they do, but keep it quite. I could see both Irelith and Farengar swearing to secrecy about it. I could even go as far to say that the skeleton under the Dragonsreach bridge is what’s left of his wife when he tried to hide the body. that’s why jarl balgruuf killed wife

“Laila Law-Giver is a nice person!” Someone didn’t talk to her son lol

*Idgrod Ravencrone* is my favorite. She isn’t bigoted against mages, is willing to listen to reason, and is the most wise Jarl imo.

That shot of Maven Balck-Briar was darker than Game of Thrones Season 8

Now that you've ranked the jarls, you should probably rank all the stewards. The results might be surprising.

the only reason I chose the Empire was so I didn't have to see Daddy Balgruuf mad at me.

Imo ranking enemies next by any category would be really good

I support both the empire and the stormcloaks…I believe Skyrim should have its independence but also that the empire needs the loyalty of Skyrim to have a chance against the thalmor. Neither side is really wrong. There could definitely be more diplomacy. Tulius may have been a bad choice. Executing ulfric at the first opportunity could have created a martyr and inspired other nords to rebel. I think it would have been possible to negotiate skyrims independence with loyalty to the empire in any conflict against the thalmor.

Also, you need to do a video on top ways to kill Nazeem. I’ve probably done all of them throughout my many play through.

Like Maven or not, the woman knows how to get power.

Personally one of my favorite jarls is Idgrod because both she and I can have visions of the future with our dreams Although a difference is that my visions are more or less *POTENTIAL* futures

Rank ingredients next, that would be great!

Sponsor raid might as well be an honorable mention with that length

you should rank the mountain flowers next

Alredy commented, but its worth mentioning that Elisif's Court Wizard is a vampire. So its possible that, while Falk Firebeard and Tulius have Elisif's best interests in mind, she is obviously being exploited from positions that don't garner AS much attention Though, interestingly enough, if you yourself become a vampire and question Stentor , she shoos you away and tells you that her only goal is to use Elisif's lack of experience as a leader to advance her own position and ensure herself a comftorable life for a few decades Now, whether you believe her or not, is up to you

The shot at Arkansas 😂😂😂 and that’s my home state 😂

I like when maven brags about contacting theives guild or db when I lead both groups

Ravencrone is one of my favourites

jarl baalin: Is best me: *ah yes, a man of culture*

Am I the only one who has never even thought about killing heimskr?

Idgrod is my favorite Jarl I love her so much. She’s so weird but so good and I just have so much fun interacting with her

4:07 is when video starts

Joffrey the 2nd is painfully accurate xD

also let's not forget that winterhold has been like that for more than 70 years.

You could do the creation club with weapons and armour ranking them all is a lot harder so just ranking the weapons and armour is a much easier thing to do

I like the Stormcloaks the best, but I will admit most of the good jarl's are imperial sided.