Hey y'all! Welcome back to Skypothesis! We really hope you enjoy this build video because (bad news) we have to take a mid-season break. Our video editing PC went up in smoke (literally, the gpu melted), so we're in the process of building a new PC for editing. No idea how long it will take, but plan on episode 4 in a few weeks!! We have everything almost done for the rest of the season, but are bottlenecked at video exporting. Rest assured, more episodes are still coming your way - they will just be a little bit late! Thanks for your patience

Two assassin characters in one season and neither are Dark Brotherhood members ?! Absolutely based.

_"You are an instrument._ _A utensil of the Empire..._ _Like A FORK! Or, a nice shiney trumpet!_ _I get confused on their differences sometimes._ _Oh, but I do love the sound of spoons being drummed on the skulls of fishmongers...there's nothing so sweet."_ - Sheogorath, prolly

I have to admit the idea behind this build sounds brilliant. A stealthy vampire assassin who manipulates almost every single faction for the sake of the empire. Nice.

I like the idea of a surviving yet disillusioned and bitter Blade who takes up with the Stormcloaks and the Dark Brotherhood. The image of a figure in full Blades armour stepping over the last of the Penitus Oculatus bodies to approach the Emperor and asking- "Is this what you replaced us with?" Also rampaging through the Thalmor Embassy would be very therapeutic for them. The only problem is I can never bring myself to kill Paarthurnax. May have to take another look at the Rebel and give them a bit of a re-flavouring, The intro to this build reminded me. This build is also excellent!

In case you didn’t know, you can actually join the Stormcloaks and the betray them by taking the Jagged Crown to General Tullius. I think it makes sense from a roleplay perspective, my take on it is my character was sent to Skyrim to infiltrate the Stormcloaks. The Rise in the East mission makes sense as well, and is a cool mission. I also believe Titus Mede II orchestrated the plot to assassinate himself, so you can even join the DB and kill the Emperor, roleplaying as part of a splinter group in the Penitus Oculatus or even play through DB up until you kill the body double and the Falkreath sanctuary is destroyed and then dropping those quests (justified by infiltrating the DB to foil the assassination plot). The possibilities are endless!

This one is, without a doubt, the most underrated channel I ever saw. Never thought that I would see skyrim builds as an art form, specially in such a well presented and consistent channel. Absolutely incredible, I will definetly stick around and see you guys growing

I only play Skyrim modded af, and still I'm always watching this creative vanilla builds on youtube lol! Great work

You could justify killing a Pennitus Occulatis soldier as roleplaying... As branding him a Stormcloak Spy who had (infiltrated the ranks or bought by or under manipulation) and was passing along information to the rebels! I love the vibe of this character and I think you guys are doing a great job! Let me know your thoughts about what I mentioned. Love to hear your thoughts!

4:42 epic. Imperial - Nord Vampire - Werewolf The Legion - The Stormcloaks The two have 3 swords and a shield, the two use sneak. Two good builds.

I like how this character breaks the typical expectations - an assassin who’s not part of the Dark Brotherhood but a Penitus Oculatus agent. I like how the double-agent aspect opens up opportunities to do many of the quests since she’s investigating threats to the Empire. The change of outfits when dealing with particular factions is a great choice for immersion. It’s neat how you connect the builds with each other, especially with The Imperial Spectre being the antithesis of The Rebel.

One of the funnest builds Ive ever played. Adds in alot of things that alot of melee builds dont think about, and is pretty powerful for a non crafting build

I love this series , with how you connect past builds I mean that last shot with the rebel on the ground was beautiful

This character would have SO MANY ennemis in the Skypopthesis universe. Of course, The Rebel would be her worst rival but The Stylite Storm, The Art Thief, The Oblivion Sentinel and The Volkihar Knight would absolutely want her head. I like the fact that you use the sneak tree to create other way to engage a combat instead of just slit the throart of everyone with a dagger. That's very nice and it make want to play Skyrim again. I always wanted to play a dark imperial assassin so i think i will make a playthrought with her. The Rebel is one of the best build you ever made and it make sense you wanted to give him a great rival but it's sad to see him killed at the end of the video by The Imperial Spectre, who his the incarnation of all what he hate. :( I can't wait for next Friday, the waiting time is always a torture but i'm never disapointed ! :)

Awesome build!! I also thought of an imperial assassin build and I must say the dark and red colours of the pentius occulatus armor fit very well to the dark brotherhood armor.

First off: awesome builds, guys and gal. Truly spectacular stuff. The Oblivion Sentinel gave me a drive to replay OG Skyrim all over again. Second: 05:04 I can't be the only one who sees that? Is that the Ghost?!

I actually love you guys. I've been waiting to see a Build like this for so long, and I've suggested it to so many channels before. And now my favourite channel has done it! This is perfect! It's honestly everything I've ever wanted in a Build. This may be one of my new favorites, possibly even my second favourite now (since nothing can beat the Ghost of Atmora). Also, I know I obviously could've just made this build myself if no-one else made it, but I like to play others' Builds since it feels more authentic. I have a hard time creating my own Builds simply because I control everything about it. Playing other people's Builds allows me to be more strict, and not change anything about it.

I love love *love* this build! Besides my general love of sneaky-assassin-type characters, I’ve always found the Penitus Oculatus to be a cool faction, and a lawful neutral agent of them is such a great concept. She really embodies the quote: *”Good soldiers follow orders.”* Excellent work, as always. Y’all have been consistently hitting it out of the park!

I'm astounded at the quality of these videos. Instant sub from me!

Again a very good build with a amazing backstory and very interesting gameplay ! Congratulations I can’t wait the next episode !

This build looks like so much fun. Combining sneak assassin with sword and board warrior never even crossed my mind but I'll be giving this build a try soon. Great job guys

The ghost of atmora on the mountain

Absolutely love the lore tie in with your other builds

I love this build! Amazing set of Les Mis Javert vibes hunting the Rebel down!

Another awesome build and great video! Tried out most of the builds you've made thus far and they have been some of the most fun playthroughs I've had and has changed the way I roleplay, you guys deserve more views and subs :)

Man i just discovered your channel and i gotta say the quality that's put into these videos is astounding, i just finished binging all of your build videos and it was worth every second, keep up the great work man. your content is pure gold.

Having played my take on The Rebel. Im starting this build today. Love the duality with them.

Upon my honor I do swear undying loyalty to the emperor, and to the officers of his great empire, may those above judge me and those below take me if I fail in my duty, LONG LIVE THE EMPEOR,LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE.

This build seems like an actual character of the game and that aesthetic is clean! I just read the post about the issue with your PC. I hope you can take care of that soon

you guys always deliver awesome characters and never ever disappoint

And right off the bat I can tell this is gonna be fun

Another great build cool to see you guys and gals implement your other builds like a story that connects all your builds and they meet each other very cool

Just got a notif of this while I'm playing Skyrim! Definitely gonna watch later!

This build works and looks great using the shrouded hood instead of cowl. It keeps a similar look and provides bonus stealth

This Build is so great, really looking forward to playing it. literally the one mod I use is the Alternate Start mod, which allows you start as a member of the Penitus Oculatus member. So I don't need to kill any imperials. These roleplaying builds are the best i've seen on KZfaq imo.

This was so entertaining to watch. I will definetely try this. Very unique build ! Subbed 🤍

I don't like characters without a ranged attack but the roleplay scenario is wonderful and the aestethics is super... I guess I've found the inspiration for a new run

Skypothesis New Build Day always makes me smile 😃! What's this? An assassin who isn't a member of the Dark Brotherhood with a stereotypical edgelord background? A highly skilled and trained Imperial intelligence operative unafraid to use the darkness' own methods against it? This build is so full of awesomeness, I could go on and on-but I'll stop myself. Good job (again!) Skypothesis team!

discovered your channel a couple days ago, and let me just say i’m extremely impressed; these are some of the most comprehensive character build videos ive ever seen in all my time playing skyrim. keep up the fantastic work!

yesss i made it through the week this video is my reward thanks for making awesome content dude :)

this build is so unique i love the role play aspect !!

The special moves you guys create are just TOO good, very creative. Still waiting for a quartermaster build haha

The gear color scheme is grade A. Very natural and thematic

Bro idk what it is but these videos are epic! There so unique. I thinks it’s the story you put into them.. fudgetmuppet definitely has some competition now! I love them too tho 🥰

I hear specter and can’t help but think,”commander Shepard, we need to neutralize the dragon threat”

Only watched this video and I'm already sold. This is far more unique and interesting than dozens of other identical skyrim/fallout build videos I've seen on youtube. This video incorporates things like signature moves, something I've not seen anywhere else in Bethesda Games KZfaq Sphere. I am hooked. The only reason I'm not binging all the videos of this channel at once is because I have chronic restart-itis and would no doubt feel the urge to make a new character with every single video, and that would lead me to getting no where in any one playthrough. And this channel is still making skyrim/fallout build videos in late 2021! Its amazing to see new life breathed into this rather stagnant and samey fictional realm. Bravo, and I will be intending to watch all of these videos at some point. Also youtubers always win their way into my heart with labeled timestamps

This is one of my favourite builds from you guys. I know you guys said that this is for vanilla but the mod master of disguise would go very well for this character. Also when acquiring the Penitus Oculatus gear instead of having to break immersion and role play. You could role play the agent you kill to get the gear is corrupt and needed killing as you have been ordered to do so as they are much like the agent the night mother sends you to who gives you the radiant dark brotherhood contracts after completing the dark brotherhood quest line. Although you will obviously not be completing the dark brotherhood questline with this character.

I can't wait u try this one was well all of these build are so much fun

Continue creating please, this is great!

I finished my playtrough with this character recently and wow it was a lot of fun ! I played the entire build on Legendary difficulty and I would like to share some experiences and tips if anyone else would also like to try this out (: First of all the beauty of Voice of the Emperor: Not only it's an amazing ability for utility, you can also use it to train some of your skills. In this character's case your Block. Basically go anywhere with some humanoid enemy and let them hit you. I personally used the Bandit just outside of the Embershard Mine. Raise your shield while them hitting you and then use Voice of the Emperor to calm the enemy when your HP is low. Then Wait 24 hours. This is gonna reset your ability, restore your HP and it's gonna reset the enemy's aggression. So you can constantly use this to raise your Block skill. Although not the case with this character you can also train your Heavy,Light Armor and Restoration the same way. For Sneak and One Handed you can use Hadvar just before the Bear. He won't aggro you no matter what and he's essential so he won't die. However i wouldn't recommend you to go all the way with this since it's gonna level you up too fast too early. Personally 40 OH for 3/5 Armsman and 30-50 Sneak was enough for me. 3/5 Armsman will make your early game a lot easier. For Illusion just buy Muffle from Farengar and spam it. It doesn't take long at all to 50. For Smithing, Alchemy and Pickpocket i would actually recommend skill trainers. After many playthroughs i realised you are gonna end up with tons of gold you won't ever need. Combined that with Imperial's Luck and how easy it is to get gold in Skyrim, buying skill training is simply an efficent way to use your gold in my opinion. I personally used Arcadia for Alchemy, Balimund for Smithing and Silda for Pickpocket. Speaking of Pickpocket, the Misdirection perk is amazing. I didn't expect it to be useful at all but if you can pull it off it's an amazing ability that can help you in a lot of dungeons. Combined with Voice of the Emperor most humanoid bosses becomes a lot easier with this perk. Being a Vampire Lord is also amazing. I would recommend getting the radient quest from Feran Sadri as soon as possible for the Amulet of Gargoyle. It's a radiant quest so it might take a bit for you to get it but having two Gargoyles especially early game is too OP. Personally i didn't need the Vampire Lord form that much but it's a good backup power in those rough situations. Sorry that this took long. It was a really fun playthrough. Thanks a lot again for the idea Skypothesis (:

I love the outfit on this one, I never thought the combination work but you never cease to surprise. you should make a video of the failed but funny outfits.

Saying it now. Skypothesis > Fudgemuppet

I'm still playing the burning barbarian :)

I have played skyrim for years. This build by far is the most lore creative and genius I've seen especially compared to other channels. I might do a build like this. Made me want to play vanilla again!

This build is spec tacular

Wow! Been a long time since I've seen such a well presented Skyrim build. Love the roleplay and the gameplay in this. Looking forward to checking out the rest of the channel.

Awesome build naturally 😉

This will be LIT!

Patriotism was never this dark

I LOVE the idea behind this build - Also, I'm a brand new subscriber as of today because of it! amazing that vanilla builds are still a thing in December of 2021! The build is fresh, the back story, the role play, it's the total package! love the addition of pickpocket in an otherwise not-very-thief-centric build. love the usage of alchemy but not overpowering the build. I love that this is a night blade - that doesnt use magic! but it still works! it reminds me of a mash of ESO's vampire spell sword, and Fudgemuppet's Messenger of Death builds, and somehow surpasses both, in my opinion. from a production stand point, your videos are organized, the layouts are clean, and I appreciate that the chapters make it quick to navigate. lastly - I like that the choice of standing stone is *not* the atronach stone. ❤ Great work everyone - random guy on youtube

Neat build! If you need another early game sword Bolar's Oathblade fits the katana motif , is potent and can be had around 5th level or earlier with a little luck. For mod users on P.C. there is a mod appropriately called Penitus Oculatus that allows you to join that organization after destroying the Dark Brotherhood. I haven't tried it yet but it looks pretty boss.

Yet another build to get the old brain running. I have run a Penitus Oculatus build before but this is an interesting take on it. And though I have not been a vampire before it is a good reason to give it a go.

Out of all these builds my favorite would be this, or the Sapphire Smuggler. They're all very good though. 😊

This is such a cool build!

I loved the build and the backstory, the justification for an imperial character to be held and turned into a prisoner because of the disguise was really good and compelling. Considering starting a play through with this build, though I am curious about the sliders specially the Char's Weight slider since it defines how well the armor and equipment suits the character. The one you used in the video is really good.

Watching your build videos gets me interested in wanting to try some of these for myself and my playthroughs of Skyrim

Good job! Keep going! Love this channel!

With the alternate start mod you can choose the option of being a member of the Pennetus Oculotus

Great build. Might be my favorite of yours to date.

Imma be entirely honest. The penitus oculatus are probably my favorite elder scrolls faction. Also, this build reminds me a lot of shay Patrick cormac from ac rogue.

Minor point you could roleplay that the oculitis member you kill was a double agent for the thalmor. ;)

She wears the Shrouded Cowl... but doesn't use Archery She perks Illusion, and is a vampire... but then creates potions to go Invisible I love this character, everything about her is so cool, but the min-maxer in me is going nuts right now 😬 Awesome stuff as always, she's my favourite this season for sure. I also found our Ghostly Atmoran friend, on the mountainside at 5:05?

I had a similar idea for imperial special operative, but based on Final Fantasy VII Sephiroth. His original story fits perfectly with Skyrim as he was basically created by imperial mages to be the best Soldier, using Septim's blood and daedric ritual on Sephiroth mother. The ritual performed was exceptional because all of daedric lord granted him their blessings and gifts. That explains his power and dragonborn status. Of course he joined the legion in Great War and later became a member of Penitus Oculatus. Much later he was sent undercover to Skyrim to deal with rebellion. (I used alternate start mod so I started in Dragon's Bridge). He wears a mix of daedric and ebony armor (i used console for RP reasons) and a black cape from cloaks of skyrim mod. Weapon is a daedric nodachi from immersive weapons mod or daedric greatsword. Later through the quests he found out that hes is dragonborn and have a Akatosh heritage as well as daedric blessings. Then, like in orginal FF story, our guy basically go mad, as he thinks he is a messiah sent by the gods to rule the world like Taiber Septim did. Of course daeric lords twisted his mind even more through their artifacts. This playthrough is best played on easiest difficulty so you can fell how overpowered such a character can be. He is a good guy turned absolutely mad and evil though a course of daedric quests, which should be prioritized. Especially to obtain Ebony Blade. In my playthrough Dragonborn DLC quests were the last, so i thought that MIraak is a good guy after all and defeated "Sephiroth" in the end. So you need to confront him and lose eventually to be reborn in TES VI of course. Overall, it is great build for Final Fantasy fans. Sorry for my English. Thank you.

These builds are so unique! I just wish I was half as good as you guys are when it comes to backstories! Are there going to be any nightblade builds in the future? It would certainly help me since I can’t figure out anything to save my life lol

I really like your builds very well thought out and presented. More please

Rp idea to justify the armor acquisition: corrupted agent was giving secrets to an enemy faction and you were charged with taking him or her out.

The equipment you choose for her

I wanted to do the civil war quests cuz I'd put off doing them and decided just to make new characters to do both sides, I'm currently doing a stormcloak berserker run and wanted to so a vampire warrior for an imperial run so this is perfect to base my next character on

This looks fun for my vanilla AE playthrough, though I'm going to join the dark brotherhood to assassinate the emperor with the headcannon that she was put in deep cover by the empire, who believe that Titus is weak (as you said she is a instrument of the empire) and I believe she serves the empire and not just the emperor.

I would like to add 2 specials move for this build: 1 - Submission Marked for Death + Voice of the emperor + Backstab With the power of your voice, your ennemis fear the strength of the empire and realize they don't stand a chance against it. And so they throw down their weapons and accept to be executed by your hand. 2 - Nosferatu Nightingale Strife + Drain vitality + Harkon's sword When the Spectre is taken in a hard situation when her health and stamina are very low. She can use this vampire special move to quickly recover a lot of health and stamina.

Very fun build. I don't become a vampire, though. One of those lines I don't cross in the game. This build reminds me of The Operative in the movie Serenity.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Hi i like the aspect of your builds keep up the good work

Technically you could roleplay that you found a mole in the penitus oculatis and assassinate him for the empire's safety

Currently playing this build rn. Its so much fun

As much as infiltration fits an agent of the Empire, I feel like she would've been given orders to simply aid the Dawnguard instead, especially seeing as she doesn't infiltrate the Stormcloaks during the civil war.

If youu don't wish to kill a Penetus Oculatus officer you could get the Perfect Touch perk and pickpocket his armour.

The Imperial P.O amour goes well with the red gaurd hood. And heavy steal Imperial boots and gauntlets. With the Champion Warhammer found in fort frostmouth in Ravenrock. Sorry if I got names wrong it's been a while since I played

Radical

These videos are good.

I mostly play the game modded, but occasionally I enjoy playing the vanilla game. Originally I got the game on the 360. I have three characters on that version. The first is a Breton spellsword. Second is a Nord nightblade. Third is a Dunmer stealth-mage, which sounds much like the second, except she wear robes and wields a dagger. Since then the Switch version has become my go-to version if I want the vanilla experience. There I play a character inspired by one of Fudgemuppet's builds (the Bonelord). This is one build I would play with mods, however. Sure, you could role-play that the Penitus Oculatus guy you kill for his armour is a Stormcloak spy (or maybe he works for Motierre), but if you use Live Another Life you can start as a Penitus Oculatus agent. In fact, that's how I'm playing Livia Sextius, the character I have that's inspired by this build.

khajiit have such a cool pantheon of gods, i would love to see a squishy priestess type build like that. ive always thought abt making a build in skyrim inspired by fire emblem classes like shrine maiden/ priestess and cleric/saint

I made a breton agent once ... in the service of some breton princess or something 😅 I liked the idea of an agent cause they fit very well in every situation

im doing a khajiit version of this build who is a double agent in the dominion trying to assist the empire in disarming the thalmor from the inside out. basically a renrijra krin assassin.

The lord's mail from the creation club would be great for this character.

Very similar to the build l play, minus the vampire aspect. I think l’ll give this a go with the sacrosanct vampire mod. Nice work though.

I dont know if it fits, but without killing po agent you can take lords armour from one of anniversary quests

This character looks fucking sick, amazing job

Not bad at all. I think I just found my next build. I played a pure warrior, pure mage, and mage\thief

Wouldn’t be better to rp that the Penitus Oculatus you’re forced to kill is an infiltrator and assassin who’s target would’ve been commander Maro if it weren’t for your intervention. Also that could’ve been the reason you headed to Skyrim in the first place?