Skyrim: The Aedric Daedra Lord, Meridia

Skyrim: The Aedric Daedra Lord, Meridia - Elder Scrolls Lore

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In our latest Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video we delve the into the aedric daedra lord, Meridia.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an open world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011.
The game's main story revolves around the player character and their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. The videogame is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion, and takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game continues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely.
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@fusrodahdaily9664 5 жыл бұрын

I had a nightmare once where I picked up Meridia's beacon and it said to me *_"Another settlement needs your help."_* Bethesda have made too many monsters :(

@DelinquentChibi 5 жыл бұрын

"Hear me, and obey! Oh, wait, that's that *other* radio station."

@alecneal8335 5 жыл бұрын

@Tom-wt3sb 5 жыл бұрын

I’LL MaRk iT oN yOuR mAp

@FakeBlocks 5 жыл бұрын

By Azura by Azura by Azura!!!! It's the Grrraand champion!

@josephhuggins5394 5 жыл бұрын

that might be the scariest nightmare ive ever heard of

@stormblade3408 5 жыл бұрын

Meridia: A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON! Last Dragonborn: *collapses, bleeding out of both ears*

@HuyGia-wp5tx 5 жыл бұрын

That a giant glowing spheres of crystal: In me mind: how much would it sell for. In the ball mind: What taking that mortal so long.

@braydenleclerc5529 4 жыл бұрын

Is that how loud shouts are to the townspeople

@oppionatedindividual8256 Жыл бұрын

He literally shouts… all the time

@ahhthatsjustgrand6502 Жыл бұрын

Its even funnier when you understand that Meridia is literally just vibrating your brain at the correct frequency to produce a telepathic dialogue. You dont "hear" gods the way you hear people because people have to turn thought into vibration through their vessel instead of directly into the Aether. Meridia would be psychically exploding your brain in that case. Sometimes I pity humans because most humans will never understand these things about how gods and spirits work, and it sucks because that's literally the step that needs to be taken to evolve to the next frontier. To even define the next frontier in a way you can understand you need to be able to comprehend its distance from you and what it is... if the 2d.dimension is something you as a 3d being fold out of, then the 4th dimension is something you fold into. More sides, more shape, more complexity and depth - one body, created by nature, another body, made of thought. This is the key.

@ThreadBareHope1234 Ай бұрын

😂😂

@hyperionman420 5 жыл бұрын

_A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON_

@AkiyamaKatsuko 5 жыл бұрын

When I first heard that, I thought it was the player's voice.

@andrewedioma 5 жыл бұрын

Daedric Prince of Ear Rape

@mephistophelesthesilentchi3446 5 жыл бұрын

BACON*

@LordOctopussy 5 жыл бұрын

*_LiStEn, HeAr Me AnD oBey_*

@arakasi1033 5 жыл бұрын

Return the beacon to mount Kilkreath

@HuffleRuff 5 жыл бұрын

Kyne my lady of Life, Azura my lady of Sight, Meridia my lady of Light. Such three I hold dear In the face of any plight.

@atomiccrusader6839 4 жыл бұрын

Ironically, Azura's realm causes blindness from it's beauty alone But nonetheless, she's still our Lady of Sight

@RomeoX-bv4et 4 жыл бұрын

what about nocturnal shes not that bad

@SobeCrunkMonster 4 жыл бұрын

a druid/paladin chosen one that champions them three would be pretty op

@camilo3626 4 жыл бұрын

Meridia, lady of beacon touching and earrape

@l.a4738 3 жыл бұрын

What about lady Mara? She's the true deity of life

@Katerina-kqkq 5 жыл бұрын

**A new hand touches the beacon** *PTSD INTENSIFIES*

@Ivanus59 5 жыл бұрын

And then again when you come close to her temple. :s

@HuyGia-wp5tx 5 жыл бұрын

Fur Roo Da the ball

@NODnuke45 5 жыл бұрын

*Repeatedly smashing Meridia's beacon against the nearest rock* WHY... WON'T... YOU... DIIIIIIIIE!?!?!

@HuyGia-wp5tx 5 жыл бұрын

@@NODnuke45 Meridia: i can not die, foolish mortal. YOU: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

@NODnuke45 5 жыл бұрын

@@HuyGia-wp5tx HNGH... GRGH... AGH... *falls over dead* Guard: *Walks up and kneels over my corpse* "By the divines..."

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 жыл бұрын

Vigilants of Stendarr: "Y'know we thought about changing our name to the 'Vigilants of Meridia' but you ever hear that she's a DAEDRA!? YUCKY!"

@AkiyamaKatsuko 5 жыл бұрын

I never understood why Meridia allowed me to touch her beacon when I'm a vampire. Doesn't she hate the undead?

@DollopussD 5 жыл бұрын

Oversight in the game probably. No amount of Alpha and Beta testing can remove them all.

@couchbear6108 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe she's a forgiving Daedra

@jmell458 5 жыл бұрын

As Drew was kind of saying towards the end of the video, Meridia isnt completely consistent or genuine about her beliefs. You could probably suggest that Meridia only wants the temple fixed and Malkoran gone, and in return you get an artifact that still preaches Meridia's ideals.

@the_dropbear4392 5 жыл бұрын

@@jmell458 No it's mostly likely because Bethesda didn't want to limit the player and lock then out of quests

@midshipman8654 5 жыл бұрын

asmr is 4nights not to the undead. If you hear her dialogue in Skyrim it’s pretty explicit that she has no patience or mercy for the undead.

@CultOfNothoon 5 жыл бұрын

A NEW PAN TORCHES THE BACON!

@vampireguy24 5 жыл бұрын

Meridia's Bacon

@Caerulean 4 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. 😆

@lynnie11000 4 жыл бұрын

😛

@zamathellama9708 5 жыл бұрын

Let's sacrifice drew to the daedric gods so that we can get The Lusty Argonian Maid volume 3 in ES6

@ki-td5yb 5 жыл бұрын

*Smites the furry with Dawn Breaker.*

@ahbraveconscript997 5 жыл бұрын

yes. the saga continues!

@BranBal 3 жыл бұрын

Don't we have already a vol3 in Online?

@machina221 5 жыл бұрын

I don't necessarily think Meridia a hypocrite, but I do agree with her vanity. I would imagine her siding with the Ayleids because they worshipped her, and recognised her divine power, as opposed to the Nedes, who where rather quick to invent their own religion after overthrowing the Ayleids. That being said, we know far too little about her. She was cast from Aetherius for "consorting with Daedra," whatever that means, and she hates the undead. Xarxes also consorted with Mora, but gets to be deified regardless, but an actual Et'Ada gets kicked out? Then again, Xarxes was an early mortal, so maybe he just didn't know better, whereas a Magna Ge should.

@Taevarth 4 жыл бұрын

It could be a possibility that Meridia consorted with Azura, the lady of DAWN and Dusk. As I dont see her consorting with any other Daedric Prince, since Azura isnt entirely evil, though not entirely good either. But who knows I'm speculating.

@MrDMIDOV 3 жыл бұрын

Could be that Nedes have a shorter lifespan and more prone to be raised as undead?

@placeholder2586 Жыл бұрын

Well I highly doubt that xarxes was flirting with the potato crab Meridia and molag balls on the other hand....

@specialagentddd 5 жыл бұрын

for a Prince she is amazingly human (her emotions at least). It seems like she is held up on high only to resent the role she plays. When she chooses she "acts out" in a way choosing to seek out power for herself. The contradictory nature of her actions seem very much like the struggle of good and evil inside us all.

@joaovictornave Жыл бұрын

I mean, most princes have terrifyingly human emotions, from egotistical pride to vanity, to hatred and insecurity, debauchery and even madness. Aadreas are spirits that at least model what we think of god and gods and organized religion in the west. Daedra are more like how the indian gods are portrayed in works like the Mahabharata, like what would happen if human-like spirits had god-like powers.

@MultiKommandant Ай бұрын

From what we do know about her character and behaviour she does seem to have at least some passing affection for mortals *but* only so far as they are actively venerating her in return. In a weird way she reminds me of Morgoth from LotR, participating in a noble cause (for a bit anyway) but ultimately thinks it should all be about them. With Morgoth this was his adding discord to Iluvatar's harmonious creation, with Meridia however it is a bit weirder. She seems very proactive for a daughter of Magnus, lending her boons out to the mortals she takes a shine to only to send them off to a new mortal later, probably when the prayers grow quiet. It could be she was rather naive in siding with the Ayleids, seeing only the wondrous creations and not the lifeless hands that actually laboured on them, or it might be she cares only for those who will actively flatter her ego, which the Nedes likely had little intention of doing considering the atrocities the Ayleids inflicted on them. Very interesting to have a fickle and melodramatic Goddess of Light instead of the usual militantly benevolent type.

@kishinyami1417 5 жыл бұрын

Finally!! 2 More to go, Mehrunes Dagon and Malacath

@kishinyami1417 5 жыл бұрын

@ Fudgemuppet, Can we expect the last two princes as well? its killing my OCD

@meredithnavin1358 5 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who first thought that Mehrunes Dagon was actually spelt Mehrune's Dagon? Like, it was a Dagon owned by Mehrune?

@drac7478 5 жыл бұрын

Did they do Jyggalag?

@kishinyami1417 5 жыл бұрын

@@drac7478 They did him along with Sheogorath, tho id love a video just on him

@UwU-xk5cx 4 жыл бұрын

At last he also did Jyggalag, who technically is a daedric prince too

@WhaleofDreams 5 жыл бұрын

Haha when you’ve played Skyrim SO much that when you find the beacon in a random chest, you actually contemplate wether it’s worth it or not to hear the dreaded words... *”A NEW HAND TOUCHEZZ THE BEACON.”*

@DelinquentChibi 5 жыл бұрын

I always get it for teh weapon (for inigo) and for teh gold and experience.

@Alizudo 5 жыл бұрын

The dead bodies in her temple EACH have 70-100 gold on them. It's very much worth doing. Just mute the game until she stops talking.

@ryklatortuga4146 5 жыл бұрын

The weird thing is that it Is that Thalmor hottie, Elenwen stood behind your character when you pick it up.

@Jadechamberrr 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@meredithnavin1358 5 жыл бұрын

It's probably my favourite side quest.

@HeroOfTime1 5 жыл бұрын

Dawnbreaker is not only my favorite Daedric artifact, but also my favorite weapon. It's just so beautiful

@Muongoing.97c 5 жыл бұрын

FalseRegalia second favorite, only beaten by the dawn guard war axe because that thing is just so simple and elegant.

@HeroOfTime1 5 жыл бұрын

Technically Dawnbreaker and Chillrend are contesting as my favorites lol but Dawnbreaker wins in appearance for Vanilla Skyrim. However with mods, Chillrend is definitely the top

@iloveyourunclebob 2 жыл бұрын

I like the Nightingale blade because it has a similar look to dawnbreaker, but dark.

@Dragon359 5 жыл бұрын

"She is the enemy of our enemy, but not our friend" Edit: To anyone who's done the new dungeons they added in ESO, you'll know where that snippet comes from. :P

@Narutoesret 5 жыл бұрын

i know which dongeon you refer to, but i dont remember the quote :D

@AtherusMora 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely peeped the ESO lore weaves through this vid. Much appreciated FM. It means alot that you've finally acknowledge the viability and legitimacy of ESO lore.

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 жыл бұрын

@@AtherusMora Basically - where it doesn't conflict with other lore it's good for fleshing out the universe. Like Star Wars EU used to be until Disney tried to off it, but failed because nobody should give a shit about what a multi-million dollar company says is or isn't canon.

@rodyorkshire3255 5 жыл бұрын

Fate of the Knights of nine please we need a lore video on them love you guys keep up the great work

@thenativegamer4053 5 жыл бұрын

Theophilus the homeless I thought I was just seeing things😂😂

@jorgeprobert2997 3 жыл бұрын

Did we ever get this video

@worldman3218 5 жыл бұрын

The first time i played, skyrim "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON" Nearly broke my eardrums.

@dinorazor3413 3 жыл бұрын

same here I was like WTF is this.

@lilrize9112 5 жыл бұрын

When you tell yourself you need to sleep and you have school in two hours but get a fudgemuppet notification

@TheRandomnone 4 жыл бұрын

She's my fav daedra. I would love to see a story of her ascending back to aedra-hood

@lifesucketh4923 2 жыл бұрын

The Aedra are Gods that gave up their powers to the creation of Mundus The Daedra are Gods that are interacting with Mundus despite not helping in it's creation Some Daedra are evil, some are not, Daedra is just a term for Gods that did not participate in Lorkhan's plans Meridia is a Daedra, whether or not she is Good or Evil.

@gamer1X12 Жыл бұрын

There's really not much difference between the two. Also the Aedra lost most of their power when they were doing all that creation nonsense, so if Meridia were to be a true Aedra she wouldn't the powerful looming prince of life and light we know her as. Moral of the story, Meridia cool, Aedra lame.

@dumat8303 Жыл бұрын

@@gamer1X12 So Meridia is basically just like an 'Aedra' who decided that they still needed their powers to carry out their work on Nirn, which makes it so that they can more directly intervene while actually being more similar to them in resemblances than most of the Daedra.

@gamer1X12 Жыл бұрын

@@dumat8303 Yes basically. Meridia was kicked out of the Aedric realms for unknown reasons, but carved out her own realm anyway rather than try to get back in. Because she didnt expend herself during creation she still has the full extent of her power, making her basically identical to the Daedra. Like I said there isnt truly much difference between Aedra and Daedra other than motivations--those who wanted to help make the world and those who didnt. Its a rather loose and vague classification, which I think is a nice world building moment. It enhances the mystery of their existence

@mattaffenit9898 3 жыл бұрын

Weird story - I always give Dawnbreaker to Serana and let her strike the final blow on Harkon. Seems fitting for a renegade Daughter of Coldharbor to strike down her father with the sword of Meridia.

@LeeBuddy Жыл бұрын

Dawnbreaker should actually kill her as she is an undead. If you were a vampire and equip it I believe you'd die.

@joaovictornave Жыл бұрын

Funny how dawnbreaker (and silver weapons for that matter) don’t burn vampires that touch them. My werewolf Redguard warrior gave a powerful silver nodachi to Lydia. You know, as a contingency.

@mattaffenit9898 Жыл бұрын

@@joaovictornave Well, the grips of all silver weapons are wrapped, so they aren't directly touching silver directly. Dawnbreaker... I've got nothing.

@ninjustumaster5101 Жыл бұрын

@@joaovictornaveWerewolves aren't undead

@thisisaname5589 Жыл бұрын

Weird story - I always download the mod to kill Serana, because that's what a vampire hunter would do if they find a vampire in a tomb. Then go hunt down her entire wretched family and slay them, too. 8 million, six hundred and ten.

@dragonson04 5 жыл бұрын

"I always thought it is a cold light, remote and far away." -Kili, The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug. I think that sums up Meridia pretty well. Beautiful, but distant and cold. Proclaiming warmth and beauty, but being unable to see how distant she actually is from the world she shines on.

@The_Keeper 5 жыл бұрын

Of course Meridia loving life, and her support of the Ayleids can be reconciled: The Ayleids were strong, and life is survival of the fittest. And until their defeat, the Ayleids were the fittest. Life is not only sweet, but also bitter. Meridia, as an Aedra/Daedra, would have to embody that duality.

@daralcampbell2171 4 жыл бұрын

Ayleids did nothing wrong. All that race of men do is enslave and subjugate the other races against their will.

@theFORZA66 4 жыл бұрын

@@daralcampbell2171 im not sure if you are playing a character or not because the hypocrisy in this comment is as blinding as meridias realm

@nowan6221 4 жыл бұрын

@@daralcampbell2171 What kind of Skooma you're using? Because your hypocrisy is as blinding as Azura's Moonshadow.

@jenshep1720 3 жыл бұрын

@@daralcampbell2171 did you hear the part where drew said gut gardens

@CheemsofRegret 2 жыл бұрын

@@daralcampbell2171 Pelinal Whitestrake would like to: Know your location

@Crispycritter35 5 жыл бұрын

Dawn breaker is my favorite artifact. Always rocking dawn breaker in one hand and my nightingale sword in the other !!!!

@HuyGia-wp5tx 5 жыл бұрын

I sold my to that wandering khajiit.

@austinfowler3313 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Dawnbreaker is great... But it could do without the whole 'sending the enchanted sword down the cliff into a charas pit' part... Goddamn it...

@HuyGia-wp5tx 5 жыл бұрын

@@austinfowler3313 i give the sword to Serena, no negative effect was applied.

@arx3516 4 жыл бұрын

My vampire character used dawnbreaker to get rid of rival vampires.

@user-hr8fq5qb4v 4 жыл бұрын

@@arx3516 like Blade (1997 movie ft. Wesley Snipes).

@ludovicdisson3668 5 жыл бұрын

My theory : Being originally a Magna-Ge, she fled from the newly created Mundus when she understood she would lose her immortality and her power, so she might share the Aldmers' hate for Lorkhan, so that might explain why she chose to support the Ayleids against the Nedic slaves, given that Men were originally the followers of Lorkhan.

@HickoryDickory86 5 жыл бұрын

You know, Pelinal wasn't guiltless of barbarous butchery himself. And why would Meridia not back the Ayleids, considering she was one of their patron deities, if not the chief of their pantheon? And that's not to mention that Molag Bal's Ayleid worshippers were constantly terrorizing Meridia's devotees, until Meridia finally put an end to it herself by destroying the central city of Molag Bal worship. And her being pissed and getting vengeance on yhe Divines by sending Umaril back into world... well... wouldn't you do the same? The Divines brought Pelinal practically out of nowhere, sent him into Ayleid territory to butcher any and all Ayleids he came across, whether or not they were good or peaceful, and slaughtered their king, Meridia's champion. So why would she not be pissed and try to take vengeance upon the Divines for their actions? After all, they hadn't themselves shown any interest in humanity's plight up until then, whereas Meridia was also worshipped by man outside Cyrodiil, like her temple in Skyrim.

@Kainlarsen 5 жыл бұрын

Gods are petty things.

@HickoryDickory86 5 жыл бұрын

@@Kainlarsen My point was to draw attention to the fact that Meridia isn't the only Elder Scrolls deity who can be blamed for the kinds of things she is. Even within the Anuad it's stated that, because they're the result of the mingled blood of both Anu and Padomay, the Aedra (the Divines) are capable of great good as well as great evil, respectively. And the Divines are proven to be just as petty as the Daedra from time to time, and their worshippers guilty of equal atrocities. Interestingly, however, Magnus and the Magna-Ge are said in the Anuad to be purely Anuic beings. So one wonders, then, if Meridia isn't likewise actually _more_ good and beneficent than the Divines themselves. Of course, that would depend on one's own interpretation of her actions. And we the players are not entirely without bias, as we're constantly forced by the games to side with the Divines and interpret things exclusively through the lense of the their devotees (e.g., the _Knights of the Nine_ DLC).

@ktc1875 5 жыл бұрын

Helps a race oppress another greatly, acts surprised when they rise and get revenge, sends a half daedra overlord to kill the divines as well as restore ayleid rule while supplying him with an army. Its almost like the ayleids deserved to get destroyed as well as meridia's "Champion" killed. Twice. Meridia doesnt have a right to act on who rules. The divines do, they made mundus. Also molag is apart of their revered pantheon. Speaks volumes.

@HickoryDickory86 5 жыл бұрын

@@ktc1875 Auriel, Trinimac, Ebonarm, Shor, Kyne, etc. have all done much the same. None are guiltless. And Meridia had a part in creating Mundus as a Magna-Ge. True, she and her father siblings left before seeing it through, but they took part. So she actually does have a right to lay some claim to Mundus. And as I mentioned above, just because she and Molag Bal both were worshipped by the Ayleids doesn't mean they have anything to do with one another. She and Molag Bal are vehement enemies, and as far as we know no Ayleid worshipped both. It does appear to have been an either/or situation. Perhaps most of the atrocities perpetrated by the Ayleids can be attributed to those who were Molag Bal and Mehrunes Dagon worshippers. That's just a guess, but it would make sense.

@HuyGia-wp5tx 5 жыл бұрын

The Divine are now retires

@catsymeow4411 5 жыл бұрын

She probably sided with the Ayleids because they worshipped her so much whereas the humans didn't.

@k9builder 5 жыл бұрын

You are probably correct. The Daedra and Aedra do tend to play favorites. Meridia is more likely to associate with humans if they were to seek her out more regularly. It would not be surprising if she envied the worship of Talos, even if his status as one of the divines is rather questionable, then again, I question whether or not Stendarr should be one of the divines.

@osborne9255 3 жыл бұрын

When my char touches the statue of Meridia, a message comes along "Meridia doesn't accept those who have not aided her" (or very close to that) but that might be the 'Faiths of Skyrim" religion mod maybe? It backs up your point also that the info provided exiting the Helgen caves at the start for this mod states that high elves and those using restoration are most worthy of Meridia's boon. It seems to me that she might be mainly aligned to the elves, and those that work to win her approval. Interesting stuff.

@BranBal 3 жыл бұрын

The gods of Elder Scrolls are more human than most. Wich is expected since they were based on Classic Mythology

@murkywaters1931 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites. I simply love her ferocious conviction, she's a zealot.

@Saber23 2 жыл бұрын

Zeal is always admirable

@dickspider8393 5 жыл бұрын

When you want to just kill bandits but an entitled god goes on a rant about beacons

@HuyGia-wp5tx 5 жыл бұрын

Every singles time.

@cabbagestand 5 жыл бұрын

I'd be tempted to leave it, but there's a lot of gold to be found in that dungeon....

@mutegrab666 5 жыл бұрын

When you're floating hundreds of feet in the air, are you really going to say no?

@dickspider8393 5 жыл бұрын

@@mutegrab666 I mean when she put it that way and i was playing with permadeath on so no loading saves i could not really argue with her, i mean she made your position concrete to debunk. Falling to concrete from a magnificent high. I just couldn't say no to her in character as anyone suspended that high above the ground presented with a choice by a passive aggressive deity would probably shitting them self. Although to anyone that says no with permadeath on i truelly recognize them as a legend this would be the highest moment {no pun intended] of their roleplaying experience

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 жыл бұрын

@@dickspider8393 Yep, you're bluffing a demon. You're playing chicken with a semi truck. A magical semi truck. You're looking an ethereal being right in its poker face and saying "I'll call".

@postaled 4 жыл бұрын

I love how in skyrim, with just two lines and excellent voice acting you instantly get her whole character.

@Hierax415 3 жыл бұрын

If I knew how I'd make a mod mace that used the beacon as its head. "A FACE TOUCHES THE BEA, A NEW FA, A NEW FACE, A NE, A NEW FACE TOUCHES THE BEACON!"

@Hawaiian_Pizza_Enjoyer 5 жыл бұрын

She’s always been my favorite deity in TES

@iLLya_ 4 жыл бұрын

But she helped the damn elves you know? Kid burners . i hate her by default

@Caerulean 4 жыл бұрын

@@iLLya_ Ayleid religion and culture were very divided. Not all of them enslaved men and worshiped Meridia.

@BranBal 3 жыл бұрын

The one Aileyd city confirmed to worship Meridia were not slavers They even fought alongside bretons against the Alessian Order (a cult of elf-haters)

@weldonwin 5 жыл бұрын

I miss Meridia's voice from Oblivion, where she had a Scottish accent

@midnightlemon4255 5 жыл бұрын

That description of the Colored Rooms sounds beautiful

@The5armdamput33 5 жыл бұрын

Does she ever even claim to love life? From what I've heard from the horse's mouth, she merely despises the undead...

@briarrosegael2015 5 жыл бұрын

She has dialogue that says, "look at my temple! Lying in ruins, so much for the consistantcy of mortals! Their hearts and their crafts. If they love me not, how can my love reach them?" Also, she probably hates the undead out of love.

@baronofbahlingen9662 4 жыл бұрын

The5armdamput33 Life is a never ending cyclical energy, she protects it as it is part of her sphere, same as why she hates the undead, it interrupts the cycle b

@unslaadkrosis3489 3 жыл бұрын

She’s the personification of light and life. She’s the energy of living things.

@BranBal 3 жыл бұрын

@@unslaadkrosis3489 That's not how gods in Elder Scrolls works lol

@lepidlover0557 2 жыл бұрын

@@BranBal She hates the undead because they are created from corrupted life energy. She herself is made of pure life energy and apparently when you use necromancy to create undead beings, you're tapping into HER power and corrupting it, perverting her sphere of life. She's abt the sacredness of life and sees that her energies go untainted. "Meridia despises the undead and any who have tampered with *her* life-giving energies"

@TAndRDInSpace 3 жыл бұрын

I love the Dawnbreaker sword. Was very helpful in Dawnguard DLC against vampires. Its also a staple for draugr in tombs.

@marcusblackwell2372 Жыл бұрын

You probably won't see this, but how can I get it?

@somedude6450 Жыл бұрын

@@marcusblackwell2372 find the beacon

@peepo068 Жыл бұрын

@@marcusblackwell2372 you can also go to her shrine first and she'll tell you where the beacon is, although usually you'll come across it randomly 😭😭

@wkingston1248 5 жыл бұрын

Meridia is the crulest dedric lord, no other deadra can inflict suffering near that of her unending voice echoing through your head. Great video your work always inspires me to learn more about the lore !

@emptyhand777 4 жыл бұрын

Hermaus Mora is infinitely worse. It's like he's on valium and he won't shut up.

@user-pq6hy4hx8n 5 жыл бұрын

Meridia: A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON... Dovahkiin: Nope. *closes chest, runs away.* Meridia: BUT MY TEMPLE. YOU MUST HELP ME... Dovahkiin: Not my problem. Baaaai.

@MrAranton 5 жыл бұрын

Mer-idia building her temple in among people whose culture is defined by various struggles against mer. She deserves her temple to remain in ruins.

@nowan6221 5 жыл бұрын

Well At least you get a badass undead butchering blade.I'd say it's worth it.

@thiefsreaps5805 9 ай бұрын

@@nowan6221😂

@JMBen 5 жыл бұрын

Meridia helps the vestige save nirn from Molag Bal tho.

@saifallahghidhaoui1853 4 жыл бұрын

She hates Molag Bal and does care about life on Nirn despite her neglect of its bad aspects.

@danielwolf8365 5 жыл бұрын

I suspect that Meridia's assistance of the Aylieds was due to Pelinal Whitestrake fighting on the side of the rebellion - he was well known to be extremely unnatural and largely unstoppable, so there's a good chance she felt the same way about him as she does about undead. There's no evidence that she was fond of the Aylieds at all, but she did assist them once Pelinal took the field against them. Makes me wonder what he truly was.

@baronofbahlingen9662 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Wolf Well he was likely a Shezzarine, an aspect of the dead Lorkhan, and she was one of those who were convinced by, and then rejected, Lorkhan. Although the Ayelids worshipped her before, meaning she is somewhat connected to them whether she approves or not, her assistance might be partially due to her hatred of Lorkhan/Shor/Shezzar’s incarnate.

@vogonp4287 4 жыл бұрын

I always wonder if Pelinal will return.

@saifallahghidhaoui1853 4 жыл бұрын

A lesser aedra or an aspect of Shor

@cibriis1710 7 ай бұрын

M'aiq

@rob266 5 жыл бұрын

Love meridia, waited so long for this

@knightofthenine3121 5 жыл бұрын

Also one thing, not being Captain "save a daedra": It is possible that Meridia was Cheated out of her Deal with Ayleids, and like Clavicus with Umbra, The Ayleids stole half of her powers to empower Umaril and Take control of her Aurorans, Since the Ayleids itself were on a the rapist necromantic depraved murderboner sphere of Molag Bal for a longer time. Also its well known that She hates Molag Bal with her guts, and why He is Obsessed in her. Plus the fact of why she gave you Dawnbreaker in SKyrim, said skyrim was also facing A vampire crisis, Said vampires were also created by Molag Bal. And OFC The World Eater itself since he is the rogue aspect of Akatosh. if i were to guess it, the divines punished her for helping the Ayleids and having her powers stolen by them and bal, But they made a deal that she would help Men and Mundus, to fulfil her deal with Lorkhan, since she was involved with the creation of mundus, and Men was his children. So she went to help mortals in Dealing with Bal's machinations and even stop the other Daedra from taking tamriel as penance for her sins, but as the time went on she became more and more weaker, to the point that even Dawnbreaker became lost and powerless, since Umaril was still in her realm with his followers and stealing more of her powers. Until a Shezzarath Sheostrake aka The CoC, showed up and stopped Umaril once and for all, restoring her powers and the control over her realm, But she lost the location of the Dawnbreaker, and She can't materialize herself fully in mundus, which brings to the Beacon, and the Events of Skyrim.

@animesoul167 5 жыл бұрын

It seems like the longer she's been cast out, the less good she becomes? Maybe Molag Bal is finding his own way to corrupt her? Isn't that his favorite thing to do? Take the most good people, and turn them evil, would be the best for what was supposed to be an aedra of light that hated undead.

@heskiador2752 5 жыл бұрын

The best Muppet smashing out a fantastic video once again!

@jackgrove4621 3 жыл бұрын

meridia is one of the few deadra I could get behind. Her and malocath. None are seeking to invade nirn, what they want does not get in the way or mortals much. Hate the undead and look to the light. Value strength and honest work.

@dumat8303 Жыл бұрын

She's just an Aedra who chose not to give up her power in the creation of Mundus because her way of doings things requires a different approach, which is just for her to use powers directly. I think where Arkay is not enough for some things she steps in or Stendarr's followers do. In choosing not to sacrifice her power she is on the 'level' of the Daedra but apart from that she is nothing like one, therefore if you follow her its no different from following any of the Aedra. She steps in when something happens like when not even the Dawnguard or Vigilantes of Stendarr are enough.

@IlMemetor72 Жыл бұрын

She also protected and assisted worshippers of Molag Bal soo...

@thrace_bot1012 5 жыл бұрын

*ZA HANDO HAS TOUCHED THE BEACON*

@vishishify 5 жыл бұрын

"You thought i was Meridia But it was me Dio"

@thrace_bot1012 5 жыл бұрын

@@vishishify kono dia da

@jasonlynch282 4 жыл бұрын

Her sphere is a fallen star. Just like how she was rejected from the heavens. Light gives life.

@Gravuun 5 жыл бұрын

she's always been my favorite daedra

@SudsyMedusa53 4 жыл бұрын

So in essence she's the best daedric prince, but that being an astonishingly low bar, it doesn't say much.

@Gilamath. 5 жыл бұрын

That last shot of the video was phenomenal. Really, truly brilliant. Well done, fellas!

@christergoode6465 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible that Meridia was playing as a double agent during the Ayelid/Nedic war? She loved the Ayelid people because they worshipped her, but also knew they needed to be punished, so She sent soldiers that would sabotage them to teach a lesson. Also possible that she wanted to save face with the survivors of the culture who loved her so much. Just a theory.

@barder1457 5 жыл бұрын

This quality is so high it is allmoast BLINDING. Keep up the good work.

@BasicallyBanal 4 жыл бұрын

*Magna Ge. She is not Aedric(our ancestor).

@Ashock88 5 жыл бұрын

Love all the lore videos on daedric princes! Keep them coming guys! Amazing job as always

@Maeve_Rose 5 жыл бұрын

whenever i hear the words "Dawnbreaker" i dont think of this artifact. I think of a Pathfinder spell that does a nice AOE of Holy and Fire damage around a target. fits with Meridia too.

@FramesJanco505 5 жыл бұрын

Best videos to listen to in the early AM, it's my favorite thing learning more and more about the Elder Scrolls universe

@UrielManX7 5 жыл бұрын

The first time I did her quest and obtained Dawnbreaker I thought "So, am I a Belmont now?". It always struck me as odd that you can't find anyone worshiping her, all the other daedra have followers you can encounter.

@Revens1 4 жыл бұрын

Lol her followers tend to get genocided

@pawcisq 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I watch your videos for two reasons. I deepen my understanting of TES lore and I relax and unwind while hearing the calm music, your voice and see the visuals. Thank you for doing an amazing job at keeping me sane.

@imadeyougay7 5 жыл бұрын

I love Meridia, she is one of my absolute favourites

@skullkrusher-dx4kg 5 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this vid.

@lordrumble7028 3 жыл бұрын

The Meridia quest is one of my favorites

@shardinhand1243 5 жыл бұрын

my favorite deadric prince... after shaogorath, thanks for this vid my man!

@chrisbritt4266 5 жыл бұрын

Great video keep up the good work I really enjoyed that one

@pippogriffthegreat7003 5 жыл бұрын

Meridia is a fantastic example of hubris among the venerated. Her own title and position belies her true, internal nature. God, I love the Elder Scrolls.

@sagacious03 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for uploading!

@pizzamuncher007 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is seriously the best, learning about the world of Tamriel.

@heskiador2752 5 жыл бұрын

Love you Drew!!!

@StraboSE 5 жыл бұрын

Best TES channel!

@michaelshorman 5 жыл бұрын

Love the series! Keep it up guys 👍

@Beanmachine91 3 жыл бұрын

some call me dragonborn, i call my self an explorer of oblivion like the hero of kvatch in cyrodil

@collierwright988 3 жыл бұрын

U got me with the a new hand touches the beacon bit

@SpookSkellington 5 жыл бұрын

I dont like this one. She's not a fan of calcium and funky doots.

@banxet 4 жыл бұрын

nice

@SobeCrunkMonster 4 жыл бұрын

be gone with ye foul creature

@gerbenvanegmond4007 5 жыл бұрын

Needed to kill some time, this awesome video helped a whole lot. Thanks Fudge!

@richardsousa2625 5 жыл бұрын

Here we go again. Trying to fit in a whole fudge muppet video before I’m officially late for work

@duncankayartwork 5 жыл бұрын

At breakfast every morning "A new hand touches the Bacon"

@Mysterialic 5 жыл бұрын

Do a series on all the holds and city-states of other continents please. Would be great to prepare for Beyond Skyrim & the next update for Legacy of the Dragonborn.

@silverbackwrites 5 жыл бұрын

"A new hand touches the beacon" I very nearly clicked away.

@koboldlord 4 ай бұрын

Been learning everything I can about the Aylieds and Meridia for my most recent playthrough of Oblivion. I'm playing an Altmer with Aylied ancestors who is sympathetic to them, like Umbacanno. Thanks for the info fudgemuppet!

@BL4ND5g33k 5 жыл бұрын

Before every one of these videos even starts I hit the like cos I kno it’s finna be fire

@johnagcaoili9389 5 жыл бұрын

After ESO:Summerset, I'll never look at Dawnbreaker as JUST a Daedric artifact ever again...

@JK-MALN 5 жыл бұрын

And the thing she did to Darien.

@ayybby8699 5 жыл бұрын

I was hesitant to click this video Incase- *A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON* Yeah that...

@jeremybds1901 5 жыл бұрын

Love these

@s.e.n3264 5 жыл бұрын

Meridia: A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON. Me: No god please no no... NOOOOOOOOO

@LucaS-lc2cu 4 жыл бұрын

The ayleids were never an unified culture as in a single nation. They were devided in many city-states that were constantly feuding with each other. The molag ball venerating cities like Abargalas for exemple was in an open war against the meridian following states. Actually many Aleyids city-states suported and joined forces with Alessia (like king Dynar) in hopes of defeating its rivals.

@epicwoad8999 2 жыл бұрын

Not many just some

@genobreaker1054 5 жыл бұрын

I've always seen Meridia's actions in the first age as her attempting to protect as much life as possible, even if the culture and actions were detestable, if they lost, they faced genocide for their crimes. I think Meridia chose her side in an effort to prevent that slaughter. To protect life, regardless of how bad that life was. To prevent "unnecessary" slaughter, regardless of how badly the oppressed wanted their freedom. While I am not agreeing with this stance, that is how I have always interpreted it.

@joeyo.9196 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so great and captivating

@alexbazin1108 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this videio

@EbikingViking992 5 жыл бұрын

YESS! Been waiting for Meridia!

@Abfallkannibale 4 жыл бұрын

Don't think about paladin-esque orders following Medridia being assaulted by the Vigilants of Stendarr. Don't. Think. About. It.

@onyxgod644 3 жыл бұрын

My first time playing skyrim, I did a run similar to my fallout experiences, 'take all' from chest. *a NeW hAnD tOuChEs ThE bEaCoN*

@Zombied77 5 жыл бұрын

She's like a New Age version of Aedra.

@r.a.panimefan2109 5 жыл бұрын

Her quest is always among the first i do love dawn breaker. After my first playthrough i stoped using my own made items. And opted for uniques

@TheGameGetterKuzuri 5 жыл бұрын

Dawnbreaker is one of my favorite swords to use

@jacobgeorge5428 3 жыл бұрын

Meridia is my favourite of the gods In the elder scrolls. I think her past where she was a aedra combined with the fact she went on to become a daedric prince is really interesting. Also she's the only daedric prince who Is still think is fundamentally a force for good more than she is for bad. and doesn't have the same degree of viciousness that almost all other Daedric princes possess, as a part of them.

@mariakittynight716 2 жыл бұрын

Besides from the annoying beacon, Meridia is one of my fave Daedra/Aedra. She is one of the kindest and everytime I hear her voice I kinda feel a warm feeling. Like she bath me with her warmth. And her weapon Dawnbreaker is the most coolest name of a weapon and one of the best swords. Really useful for the Dawnguard and Vampire questline. I always enjoy doing Meridia and I hope her shining warm light will guide my path and giving me strength. Others may call her Daedra but for me she is an Aedra.

@somethingclever1923 5 жыл бұрын

She is the Daedric Prince I would happily serve, the first Prince I ever did a quest for in any Elder Scrolls series. This is a tradition with every game I play, if there is a quest for Merida it is the first Daedric quest I complete. I adore her and her light.

@Shatterwings060 5 жыл бұрын

Her was so bright it even blinded her from her ways...

@TheYouglup 5 ай бұрын

I remember a while ago I had a play through where using the alternate start mod I played a vigilant of stendar who did missions for them before there HQ got wrecked. I started by doing the staff of madness and freeing dawnstar then I set out to find the beacon so it could be sealed away from the world. But when I came back the vigilants were slain by the vampire’s. In a moment of rage and grief I made a pilgrimage to the shrine of meridia, purged her sanctum and became her champion with dawnbreaker as my blade. It was a real cool play through role play and game wise, wish I still had my xbox hooked up so I could go back again.

@IL-CHIMERA 5 жыл бұрын

Since the elves WERE the first race to exist in the newest cycle, and are therefore descended from the Aedra(disputable) she was right to back the Hartland elves. The Nedic people were after all the invaders in their territory. They did go a bit far to enslave the humans but war is war.

@TheSuperRatt 5 жыл бұрын

wAr iS WaR They didn't just enslave the humans. The Ayleids also performed despicable deeds upon them, turning torture and vivisection into 'works of art'.

@IL-CHIMERA 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSuperRatt You make a very good point sir. Although, some just go to the most extreme of lengths to ensure that they can maintain their control over a certain territory. In their case, as you mentioned, atrocities that are turned into works of art.

@IL-CHIMERA 5 жыл бұрын

Then again, we are debating Meridia not the Hartland elves.

@Tamamo-no-Bae 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSuperRatt Keep in mind, the Ayleids were NOT a united people, they consisted of independent city states connected by a gateway network. Some Ayleids city treated the humans as servants, others treated them as tools, and others as sacrificial material in their worship of Molag Bal.

@Saber23 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSuperRatt how does that change his statement? War is still war it doesn’t matter how butt hurt you are about it

@lokiragnarok1881 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Meridia was like the one great contradiction for me and seeing as how i was a vampire i never used that sword anyway!

@nemesis7884 5 жыл бұрын

are you gonna do a series on the daedric lords? that would be AWESOME

@maf1799 5 жыл бұрын

Yo I legit was looking for this video yesterday because I was interested in Meridia lore and here it is 1 day later, coincidence? I think not, fries? Yes please.

@SentientMeatloaf1 5 жыл бұрын

FudgeMuppet has really been stepping up with the elder scrolls lore vids. Shoddycast almost beat them to it before they ate dirt. For better or worse, you guys are basically the definitive loremasters of the community for now. Don't abuse the power lol, and keep up the good work!!