Paarthunax is now forever going to be known as "Party Snax"

Nazeem definitely called the dark brotherhood on us. He wanted to prevent us from ever reaching the cloud district!!

Theory: The reason people hate it when ya attack the chicken is because the chicken is Skyrim’s National Bird.

The last one made me think of a joint custody situation where each deity gets the dragonborn's soul for a set amount of time on a schedule

"we don't even have maps of Akavir" *shows map of akavir*

What if Nate is secretly just Hermaeus Mora? It would explain him knowing so much. Better yet, Nate is secretly Todd Howard.

The Dragonborn comes *from* Cyrodiil. So the Dark Brotherhood theory is just wrong. Evidence for this: - They don't know anything about the political situation in Skyrim - After Legate Fasendil at the Rift Imperial Camp says that he was recently sent to Skyrim from Cyrodiil, the Dragonborn can ask "How are things *back home* ?" - If you choose to be a Nord, Hadvar says "You picked a bad time to *come home* kinsman." - I believe Hadvar explicitly mentions either in the cave or right outside that you were captured at the border trying to come *to* Skyrim *from* Cyrodiil.

"Nowhere in the soul cairn is there a single dragon soul." Durnehviir- "Am I a joke to you?"

The dragon that killed those in the cabin was Mirmulnir, the first dragon encounter you have in the Western Watchtower outside Whiterun. In the book"Atlas of Dragons" found in the Sky Heaven Temple you can read that Mirmulnir was one of the very few dragons that were not killed by the blades, he's also a fire breath dragon. He has been living in skyrim in hiding probably in the Ancient's ascent for a long time when he sensed the return of Alduin, that's the reason he's the first to attack you, unlucky for him he fights the only one who can kill him, you, and dies with surprise realizing you can absorb his soul.

“Before you’ve actually had a chance to play the game and anger someone” My friend, you vastly underestimate how much I annoy people

the dark brotherhood random events imply that when astrid tells you that someone in the abandoned shack has a contract on them she's refering to you which would also explain why it doesn't matter which person you kill

Fun fact: In Sovengarde, you can see the level up classes. You can see the green theif, the red warrior, and the blue mage in the sky. its pretty cool

Where does the Dragonborn go when he dies? back to his last save point.

#1: Nate has opened an elder scroll so many times he didn't lose his sight, but gained the knowledge of everything and other dimensions

"A ha ha ha...you killed them marvelously." "I like watching things die." - Crimson Nirnroot.

Here's a spooky theory any npc walking around with black robes and a black hood with lighting destruction magic is a desendant of palpatine.

Regarding the first theory, the implication is that the player character doesn't understand the politics and customs of Skyrim, hence why they have to be taught simple things like how to propose marriage. I think it's safe to say that the game was written as if they were crossing into Skyrim and not out of it.

You don't revert to a previous save when you die, Akatosh sends you back in time to prevent war for your soul :P

One of my favorite little mysteries is Babette. In The Interview With the Vampire books, there is a young girl (about Babette’s age and size) who is turned into a vampire. While her name is Claudia, there is a character that the narrator of the book has a meaningful encounter with named Babette. I love to think someone at Bethesda was a fan of the novels too.

The issue with the first theory is that the Dragonborn was crossing the border INTO Skyrim. At first meeting, if you choose the nord race, Hadvar says it’s a bad time to come home. Later when you ask about the civil war he says that people in cyrodil must have other things to deal with. My theory is that the Dragonborn is a thief and was trying to cross the border to escape consequence. They’re in rags, which implies that they have no money, and they pick up on lockpicking and pickpocketing really easily, they’re some of the easiest skills to level up in.

I have the spooky crazy theory that Ulfric wears fake eyebrows because his real ones are very thin and he is timorous about it

Alduin wasn’t resurrected, he was never killed, only sent forward in time

Imagine meeting Miraak in Akatosh’s plane of Oblivion if the theory was actually true... “Oh, uhh...hey, dude. How’s the afterlife been?...” 😂

Tsun in Sovngarde claims that he has fought other dragonborns for entry into the great hall. That implies that it dragonborn’s soul does not necessarily have to go to Akatosh

I actually had an assassin attack me and Ralof as soon as I walked out the cave entrance. In one game back on ps3

Making a spectral dragon be like: Opacity 50% Blue tint 30% Pretty sure they did not want dragons

Id imagine Akatosh's realm would be a very mountainous area, since party snax says that dragons love mountains Also, id say that since the dovahkiin has the soul of a dragon, when their mortal body dies, their soul will take on a dragon form in akatosh's realm

Maybe whoever left the book "A Kiss, Sweet Mother" at Riften's Temple of Mara was the one who sent the Dark Brotherhood after the player before the beginning of Skyrim

M'aiq has never thought of Skyrim as creepy, more gullible, the people are so easy to control!

I think when the Dragonborn dies, all the gods and daedric princes are gonna do a battle royal over their soul.

1:36 - This theory is sort of shut down in the opening moments of the game. No matter what race you play, Hadvar asks you in one fashion or another what brought you to Skyrim. If you play a Nord, he says you picked a bad time to come home. Hadvar is part of the Imperial force that captured everyone. He would know which direction they were all coming from. If you had been LEAVING, he would have remarked as such, but instead comments on you being in-bound.

Dragonborn: accepte deadra deals for powers Deadra: hehe a new soul will be mine Akatosh:its free real estate

Partygoer: Hey Nate, you bring the party snacks? Nate: One sec, *whistles* *Paarthunax breaks through ceiling* Nate: Now the party can begin!

Still the biggest mystery is how you can carry cheese for years without it going moldy

I love the openness of the beginning mystery of how you got caught. I play a ton of different characters, and it allows me to make up an elaborate, convincing backstory from that cart ride alone. My favorite is my main account. She's unique from the rest of my characters by being the only one who wasn't escaping Skyrim or getting willingly caught to spy... She accidentally (and drunkenly) stumbled INTO Skyrim. My main, a Bosmer by the name of Yoshomika, is actually the Hero of Kvatch and had been a vampire, sorrowfully slumbering after failing Martin Septim. After being awoken by a foolish adventurer, she goes on a bloodthirsty rampage, then consuming copious amounts of alcohol to drown her woe. Going to Skyrim... was simply a drunken error.

I always assumed that the dragon bones found in the soul cairn were from Durnehviir. Valerica knew he would regenerate, and had seemingly seen him die multiple times. Maybe when he first came and died he left his bones behind like usual and made a whole new body for himself but over time as he lost power to the Cairn his bones started disintegrating with the rest of him upon defeat.

Actually Nate, I would argue that the dragons ARE talking. That’s kind of their whole thing!

Q: Who gets the Dragonborn's soul? A: Everyone, they've sold it so many times it causes a dragon break.

I always imagined when the DB dies it'll start a huge religious war between the Daedric Princes that thought they got his soul in deals and the Divines. I imagine the Divines would band together since Akatosh is the chief of the 9 and they and the Daedra would fight over it. I'd imagine the Daedra would lose tbqh.

I like to think that when my character dies he’ll look at all the godlike beings waiting to collect his eternal soul, then he’ll give the old middle finger and go do whatever the hell he wants

I always imagined that the “Prophesied hero” is the physical manifestation of the Elder Scrolls and doesn’t have any backstory. The hero is simply placed at the focal point that decides the fate of the Kalpa. As in, if the hero didn’t exist at that specific point, the events that will follow are going to end the world. Every playthrough is a different interpretation of the Elder Scrolls’ prophecy, hence are all true.

" *Soul Karen* " this never gets old

I always figured Maven decided to turn to the Dark Brotherhood to knock off Sabjorn after he rebuffed her multiple buyout offers for Honningbrew, only to grow increasingly frustrated that the Black Sacrament wasn't working, which is what led to her deciding to entrust this problem to whichever Guild thief manages to prove themselves competent enough to deal with the Goldenglow Estate job.

Just in terms of probability, I’d wager that none of the Divines or Daedric Princes get the Last Dragonborn’s soul, including Akatosh. The Last Dragonborn seems to have a great many things implying, both within and outside the game, that they are a Shezarrine, and thus an avatar/manifestation of Lorkhan/Shor/Shezar. If the Last Dragonborn goes anywhere, I’m betting they either go back to Sovngarde to preside over the Hall of Shor, or else they simply get reabsorbed into Mundus and Nirn (because Lorkhan and Mundus/Nirn are effectively extensions of one another, so says the Heart of Lorkhan) until it’s time for a new Shezarrine to return again when the need is great enough.

I'd like to think that Akatosh would give the Dragonborn a choice as to where he/she would spend the rest of eternity

Do ya mind, I'm doing the fish stick, it's a very delicate state of mind.

Regarding the Dragonborn not having wings: I think something to remember is that while the Dragonborn has a humanoid body, they have the soul of a dragon. Therefore, in Akatosh’s realm, would their soul’s form not reflect what it truly is?

fore the last theory, I can imagine them fighting over where the dragonborn goes She's a wearwolf so she goes to MY plane of oblivion! Shut up Hircine she's a nord so she goes to sovengard! No she's my champion so she goes to my plane of oblivion! NO MINE *meanwhile the dragonborn goes back to an old save file*

Could you imagine how epic that would be as the Dragonborn, your life finally at an end and a *dragon god* welcoming your soul home? That'd be awesome.

You know,I always thought that the keeper dragonborn's soul would've cause some sort of war between aedra and daedra.

"Have great power for the low low price of...your *SOUL* " DB: pays with a slip of paper reading "IOU- Akatosh"

i respect the amount of time you put into researching and making these videos.

The dragonborn after beeing ressurcected from akatoshs plane: " I have been falling for 3 millenia!"

When you are playing Skyrim and have Epic Nate videos playing as background noise, get a ping and see a new upload Praise Talos!!!

One theory I see myself speculating is (this is for the last theory) the thought that when we (the dragonborn) dies, their soul split into however many daedras/divines we worship (minus sovengard, I you're an elf, redgard, or imperial (orcs are a type of elf) and not any of the elven God's if you're a nord, redgard, or imperial) and each would contain a specific personality of the soul that would best fit the plain of afterlife. Such as our dragonborn blood comes from dragon soul, so that fragment would end up being pure dragon, and the vengeance in our soul would go to the daedras of vengeance, depending on who you serve, and if a nord, if you die in battle, or honorable and battle hardened side of your soul would find itself in sovengarde, and so on an so forth.

I think your soul either goes to akatosh or sovngarde because after you defeat Alduin the guy who guards the bridge to the big building in sovngarde (idk what it’s called) says you will be let back in to sovngarde with open arms once you really die. But it could go to akatosh because he collects all the dragons souls and you are Dragonborn which means he gets your soul obviously but also you are Dragonborn your whole life but if you become a champion to any of the daedra gods you do that as an adult which means you were ALREADY destined to go to akatosh the moment you were born.

1. Wasn't your character trying to get INTO Skyrim, not get out?

WAIT! I disagree! In the Soul Cairn, if you look up, the shapes in the “sky” seem to have wings and a tail, and I always thought these were the dragon souls. It at least begs the possibility. And maybe the giant portal in that sky takes the souls to the realm of Akatosh?

Crimson nirnroot does grow in 1 location above ground only once you complete the quest "A Return To Your Roots" and that is in Avrusa Sarethi's little nirnroot patch at the Sarethi Farm as it was intended to and fixed by the USKP. As a matter of fact that seems to be what the whole quest is for to teach her how to grow it.

Awww the tenth one made me sad I was hoping my werewolf soul would go to hircines eternal hunting ground

We need a Paarthurnax bowl with an area for chips and an area for dip. The Partysnax bowl as it were.

Want a spookier theory? Dragonborn doesn't actually like sweetrolls, they eat them so others can't enjoy them

maybe the first dragonborn sent the assassin? using one of his cultist to hire the assassin. when the assassin failed. he sent his cultist after you.

Dragonborn is the mortal vessel of Shor. That's why his throne is empty when you visit and why you can sit in it without repercussion. There was the theory that we are just essentially the same soul being reborn over and over as each hero of each Elder Scrolls game. The Nerevarine, The Hero of Kvatch, The Dragonborn.... All the same soul. So basically the world is going to get itself into trouble again Shor: "Guess I'm going back. Again. Hold my mead."

Damn just how many times has Nate said "Only _______ know, and they aren't talking."

For Uriel V, maybe the scout was right and he did see Uriel fall in battle to the Tsaesci and did technically die...but came back. The Tsaesci are not just snake-folk, but vampiric snake-folk that swallow men whole. There's a vampire coven in Valenwood, Yekef, that also swallow men whole. It could be Uriel got wounded and infected by a vampiric Tsaesci, "fell" in battle, and rose from the dead as a vampire. He'd have to be a vampire in order to potentially return. Uriel's campaign was over 300 years before Skyrim. Uriel was a human race, and the oldest human ever was Tiber Septim who lived to 108. So maybe the scout was right in seeing Uriel fall to the Tsaesci, but wrong in thinking he was truly killed.

Here’s what I think; Whoever Maven sent the DB after was whichever captive was guilty in the abandoned shack where you first meet Astrid.

Phartuurnax: *just chilling and flying around the neighborhood* The neighboring couple: "dragon!" Phartuurnax: "nope" Alduin: "sup'"

To be honest, these Elder Scrolls "why are you in prison" theories have always annoyed me... it's quite clear that there's not supposed to fixed answer (in Oblivion, if you ask the Emperor why you're in prison he literally tells you that "it does not matter"). The prison sequences are just a tools, they allow you to have the freedom to create your own backstory, while also having you start the game's story from a fixed point.

i would like to actually see Uriel V coming back with an army of dragons, we as the Dragonborn can then choose our side with Uriel or the Thalmor. Would always like to see a proper ending to Skyrim's independence. Kill those blasted elves! I do know there are mods that actually continues the civil war between the Stormcloaks and Imperials that actually let us destroy the Thalmor, but I find the original idea of Uriel V's returning much more fascinating.

Me goes to sovengarde: find Miraak chilling there

That Akavir is ducking crazy!!! I never knew that!!! That is by far the most interesting thing you’ve brought up.

I would like to point out that there exist known 4 dragons "active" before Alduin returns Two frozen under a lake in the dawnguard dlc Party Snacks And the most likely candidate of the burned shack mystery, the first Dragon you fight in the whiterun watchtower There's also the Miraak's pets (4 serpentine dragons die in the dlc) and the green goo dragon in the soul cairn (who's trapped in the soul cairn unless you summon him for a few minutes)

More evidence to support theory #3: that Alduin has been around for far longer than the beginning of the game is when you recall the fact that during the "Sovngarde" quest the player can wander the mist that Alduin created to allow for him to devour the souls of the dead, and besides meeting characters already encountered previously depending on decisions during certain quest lines (Ulfric, Galmar, Rikke, Kodlak, Svaknir, etc.) they can also meet the spirit of High King Torygg. This would suggest the possibility that Alduin returned and has been building his strength since around the time Torygg was killed in his duel with Ulfric. (There is also the possibility that Torygg simply wasn't found worthy by Tsun and thus unable to cross the whalebone bridge, but that may be unlikely.) I think Alduin could sense that the Dragonborn was coming, and in his egotistical narcissism, relished the opportunity to crush this mortal at his own hands. Perhaps he had some way of knowing that the Dragonborn arriving closer to Helgen and wanted to kill the player himself which is why he prevented their execution. Who knows?

The Brotherhood hunting the DB sort of fits with my feeling that the DB is a missing Septim, and before they got too powerful, say by killing dragons and eating their souls, and becoming a cult figure strong enough to challenge the Empire of Cyrodil, Skyrim is locked in a forever war. If they die before lending support to the Stormcloaks, the uprising fails. If they don't fail, and a Septim shows support to Ulfric, and Skyrim doesn't leave the Empire because a descendant of Talos resumes leadership of the Empire after the Emperor dies, the Thalmor suddenly faces two battle hardened militaries...

I like to imagine Akatosh's realm to be like the caverns of time from WoW

The Dawnguard DLC ---- The one with the Soul Cairn actually has one "living" dragon (he's immortal according to the official wiki) named Durnehviir. According to the game and official wiki, he made a deal with the Ideal Masters, thus leading him to be trapped there, guarding the Soul Cairn and Valerica (Serana's mother). The Dragonborn learns his shout to summon him in Tamriel but only for a short period of time. (I've never been able to actually do it in game sadly. I've tried many times) You see several dragon bones littering the plane but he is the only dragon that we get a flying animation of or actually see fully rendered. The player sees this after dealing with all the Gatekeepers to undo the magical wall/boarder that keeps Valerica from leaving the ruins that the Ideal Masters had Durnehviir trap her in. When the player and Serana follow Valerica to get the Elder Scroll, Durnehviir appears, thus giving the player a boss fight. However when the player kills Durnehviir, his body just disappears leaving the Dragonborn without getting a soul. Valerica warns that he is unable to truly die and may reappear. He's legit just waiting for the Dragonborn (once the scroll is gotten) outside the ruins to talk, thus being how you get a shout to summon him.

Hey Nate, I was just exploring Solthstiem and found something interesting that I am not sure if you noticed yet. East of the ramshackle trading Post and north of Ashfallow Citadel, there is a little stream with a barred gate. Behind that gate is an Argonian Miner. If you are interested, I will let you discover the lore for itself, it's a pretty sad story.

That first one is a very interesting backstory option! I'll have to write that down for later

Fun fact, Nate. Haha. The Resto potion loop can be used to magnify any enchantments on your armor. Run the loop a bit, then pop on any armor you want. It sticks. Until you take that armor off. If you dont want to be an enchanter you can still have crazy stats.

In my head cannon, the Dragonborn achieves CHIM like Tiber Septim, and becomes the new Talos, or another new Divine.

Anyone else expect this to end with, “But, that’s just a theory. A Skyrim theory”?? Hahaha!

A spooky theory is why followers step on traps purposely.

I would also like to point out that there are Soul Gem geodes down in Blackreach that you can mine ACTUAL soul gems from. Even though I don't know this, soul gems and the pieces of Aetherium you can aquire for the quest look A LOT alike. Like, the sheen and the reflections look almost identical. So I second that the rocks might be Aetherium.

Doesn't Tsun explicitly say you'll be going to Sovngarde?

Literally the only thing getting me through this 16 hour work day is your videos Nate, thank you so much

Milmurnir went into hiding, and when you fight him, he comes down from the same general direction of Helgen and that cabin

Akatosh's realm is boundless sky, the Dragonborn just falls continuously screaming for all eternity.

I'd assume that the "Uriel V returning with an army of dragons" was rewritten into what we now have as the Dragonborn DLC. I'd assume that they took heavy inspiration from that concept and turned it into the story line we have now

I wonder how much videos Nate will be able to make of the elder scrolls 6

I always assumed that the Dragonborn was in canon a Nord and will end up in Sovngarde when he eventually dies as I believe some of the Nord Hero's in the Hall of Valor can be heard saying they are Dragonborn too, but since Hermaeus Mora undoubtedly knows this they will keep the Dragonborn alive in his servitude for as long as they see fit, similarly to Miraak.

Imagine just a round table meeting, with all the Aedra and Daedra arguing "Well they pledged their soul to me first!" "Yeah but then they pledged it to me so they changed it!" "Nuh uh no taksies-backsies"

One of my favorite Armor mods is seamlessly blended with the "Lost to the Ages" quest. And, with that last one, I've met a "Hero of Sovngarde " who claimed she was Dragonborn. So, if we take her at her word, she was Dragonborn when she was alive, and she is still in the Hall of Valor. Maybe the difference is, that during her life, she never killed a dragon (as there weren't any at that time). So, Miraak was a dragon killer and goes to Akatosh, and you are a dragon killer and go to Akatosh. But any Nord Dragonborn who doesn't kill a dragon, as long as they aren't sworn to any Prince, and dies a honorable death and lived a valorous life, goes to Sonvgarde.

"what would Titus Mede the current emperor would say about uriel coming back?" didn't know dead men talked...

Key thing to not about Dragonborn: they have the bodies of mortals, but their souls are dragons. They are said to possess a dragon’s soul. So it would make perfect sense that Akatosh would have dibs over anyone else.

11:16 lol party-snacks! 😹 love it.

Just an idea for 10 tiny details by the atherium forge on the left hand side if you use ‘become elethral’ shout and swim out you can come across a chest

When they finally do reveal what the Dwemer look like and why they disappeared, I pray to the Divines Bethesda doesn't disappoint me

Dragonborn, when he dies, goes into Akatosh's realm and sees Miraak there: Oh shit, here we go again

One time I named my character "Jeffrey Epstein" in hopes that I would get the dark brotherhood random encounter because the note in their inventory would be funny. Happened before I got to Riverwood. The note was hilarious.