Me : Joins the bards The bards : sends me on quests. Also the bards : Never teach you to use instruments.

The Most Unsettling Mystery: When Will Nate Run Out of Tiny Details.

It would have been cool to have an option to bring the incomplete "King Olaf" poem to Sovngarde and have it correctly filled in by him personally

How about this idea? Ebony = Fossilized Blood of Lorkhan Stalhrim = FROZEN Blood of Lorkhan

Skyrim's top Unsettling Mystery: _What was Haelga and her secret lover going to do with that _*_Trout?_*

"Skyrim is a land of many things" - perfect, Nate, you can use this from now on

The biggest mystery is how Nazeem hasn't been murdered to death by some other npc first

For the bones in the forgotten vale, I just assumed it was the snow elves. I believe when you speak to Gelebor about the blinding of his race, he says something along the lines of how those who didn't consent to being blinded were killed in masses by the dwemer. I figured the dwemer killed the elves who resisted and then dumped their bodies but that's just my theory lmao

The most unsettling mystery is where the NPCs go when a giant hits then with a club

Olaf in the thumbnail looks like he's asking "Are you not entertained!?!".

Another mystery... Why does Olaf One Eye have two eyes?

The theory that Titus Mede called the hit on himself is the hill I will make my stand on. Mede finds out that some people want him removed, and he uses a spy to help them (Motierre's bodyguard), then when you go to kill him, he asks one favor. He asks you to kill Motierre, this removes a disloyal backstabber. Why? Mede isn't a Septim, he doesn't have the power of the dragonblood like they did. The Empire is falling apart, and the Thalmor are preparing for another round, the Empire, and humanity is effectively finished. Tiber Septim, in his lifetime, was Dragonborn...he is worshipped by the Stormcloaks as Talos, and the dragonblood is proof of Akatosh's favor. Mede has heard that a new Dragonborn has emerged in Skyrim, and so...he helps finance and encourage those calling for his assassination, they perform the ritual and an assassin shows up to kill the Emperor. And once Emperor Titus Mede is out of the way, then the throne is clear for someone who can reunite the rest of the empire and Skyrim against the Thalmor. Someone blessed by both Akatosh and Talos could unite the Empire again, the Dovahkiin could do it.

One mystery I need to figure out, is how I still enjoy playing this game all the time even after 8 years.

The skeletons beneath the lake with the word of power, they could have been food for Voslaarum and Naaslaarum. They're the dragons guarding the word wall that pop up when you get close

If Sovngarde is anything like Valhalla, then the quality of your life doesn't matter, merely the manner of how you died. I'm inclined to believe that Olaf managed to die 'valiantly' enough to deserve crossing the Whalebone Bridge. After all, a mythical hero had to be GREAT, not GOOD. Compare Heracles or Achilles to a modern superhero like Clark Kent.

Roses are red, I love cake, *Hey, you. You're finally awake.*

Its because Sovengard doesn't really discriminate based on ethics/morals. If you accomplished something, were a Nord, and didn't swear your soul to a Daedra, then your memory is preserved there.

Top mystery: who the hell sneaks through dreughrs, zombie dragon priests, spiders, ash spawns and lights the torches in dungeons ??

Wow. This makes me feel like i don't want elder scrolls universe to end. It's so big and so many mysteries.

The bigger mystery for me has always been: why Olaf One-Eye, when in life, and in death, he clearly has TWO eyes???

What's so crazy about a floating island in a game with curved swords? Curved. Swords.

Tfw you hold off on publishing a video for an extra fifteen minutes just to give it more time to process and it still comes out in 360p...

Nate: Let's get to the first mystery. Whiterun Guard: Let me guess, someone stole your sweetroll

Stalhrim is Lorkhans crystallised ball sweat.

The sleeping tree is the seed that fell from the floating city Umbra made. It is essentially a daedric Hist tree. Camelworks has a video on it.

Is Nazeem actually worth killing ? _Yes._

In one of the loading screens in Solstheim said that stalhrim was just enchanted ice used to preserve bodies.

It’s 8017 and Nate is about to upload his final video: Ten more tiny details you may still have missed in the Elder scrolls V: Skyrim.

One of the most unsettling mystery of how on earth the horses of skyrim can seemingly defy gravitiy. *One day horses.... one day i will unravel your secret...*

Hey Nate, guys here, and as we all know game is a huge skyrim

Olaf seems rather chill when you meet him in Sovengarde. Also, the fact that Dragonsreach comes with in-build dragon trapping equiptment courtecy of him does lend some credence to him being honest.

hi Nate, absolutely ADORE your skyrim videos, thank you so much

I'm a little surprised when you were talking about Hist Trees you didn't mention that there was one in Cyrodiil 200 years before TES5 that was brought from Black Marsh. Your character actually takes some of the sap and has to destroy the tree itself both during the Fighter's Guild Questline. Also I've noticed something in the past few videos... No more "Murdered to death"?

When I first found Stalhrim, I thought that that's where frost salts came from since they look vaguely similar. I was like definitely wrong, but I thought it was cool back then

Actually the lake has two dragons hiding under the ice... Big fight and stuff... it's just something you may have missed... In elder scrolls 5: Skyrim 😉

Just to add the mystery of Olaf and Svaknir, during the quest where you're supposed to capture Odahviing in Dragonsreach, you can ask Parthurnaax for ideas on how to do it. He suggests using Dragonsreach, and he's got a dialogue line where he specifically talks about visiting Numinex while he was trapped and how he went so crazy he forgot his own name. Assuming Parthurnaax isn't lying, the trapping bit is true, but considering that Parthurnaax was able to visit him (and I'm not sure how a dragon could do that without being seen), it suggests that perhaps the bribing (or maybe tricking) bit is also true. It does imply that Olaf wasn't some great "defeator of dragons" in the typical sense, but maybe he was more cunning? Kind of a low move just to make a show, but still.

an almost 20 minute video? the Divines have blessed us on this day

Will the Dragonborn be the most powerful draugr someday?

Nate: “Trees governing people - I know, stay with me...” Me: *pops the red pill* “I’m with you, Nate.”

My only mystery is: I just ate 96 cheese wheels, how am I not CHUBBY!!!

I... Am amazed... An Elder Scrolls KZfaqr who actually spoke of Umbrella when mentioning the tree... :D

But are liars excluded from Sovngard? Both were brave and died in true nord way

One more thing about Motierre - he changes his appearance drastically over the quest. Motierre in the beginning and Motierre after the assasination of the Emperor could be in fact two different persons - Motierre may have been paranoid and sent someone else to pose as him.

Ysolda's other story about how the tree may have come to be is interesting too. If the tree is formed from a crater created by a piece of Red Mountain's eruption, it could have ties to Lorkhan, since Red Mountain formed around where his heart landed. And that wouldn't be the first time a drug-like substance like the sap has ties to Lorkhan, since moon-sugar is believed by the Khajiit to be crystallized moonlight, and the moons are believed (at least in other religions) to be the dead remains of Lorkhan's body.

Take a shot for every video Nate has used ‘plethora’ in the intro

did the guard actually get an arrow in the knee?

Thanks to you "murdered to death" is in my regular vocabulary lol. Love your stuff keep up the good work!

The skeletons in the lake were most likely unwitting victims of the twin dragons

The biggest mystery is the quest that you did for Hermeous Mora to get all these knowledge.

"The sleeping tree was grown from a spore that fell off a floating island". That's ridiculous, TREES DON'T GROW FROM SPORES!!!!

Here is a tiny detail i dont think you mentioned yet : When i wore the full Set of Miraak clothes and mask a child asked me if i was wearing a costume.

Draugrs were nords who were cursed for serving the dragons(possibly). So if olaf turned into a draugr he probably bribed numinex

That effect when you drink the Sap is always so cool. Also, *Sarcophagi**

You make me love Skyrim 3 times more than before I started watching your channel

One of the weirdest things in Skyrim is that the assassination of the emperor seems to only affect the hold guards.... The Legion, Thalmors and Blades seem to have almost no response to the death of emperor....Just wondering whether it is a mistake caused by the developers or another horrible mystery

It could be that at the time of executing Svaknir, Olaf wasn't a good or honorable man, but in the time after had a change of heart and chose to live a more honorable and fair life before he died. Thus, in death, he respects Svaknir's courage speaking against Olaf, even when it cost him his life. Maybe Svaknir's works were so persuasive, they had some effect on Olaf he made those changes in himself that made him worthy of Sovnguarde even.

...isnt there dragons that pop up from the bottom of the ice-covered lake near the word wall? Couldnt that be the reason for so many skeletons? Maybe they drag their victims underwater for some reason?

TES6: Emperor Motierre’s War. Blame the killing on the Elves and and join with the Redguard to kick the shite out of the Thalmor.

When you report back to Astrid after taking the elder council amulet to Delvin, she says something about Motierre trying to "Rise above his station", suggesting that he intends to become the new Emperor.

It doesn't matter if you're a hero or a villain. All you have to do to get to Sovngarde is *DIE LIKE A BADASS*

These videos are great! Being a busy mom has left Skyrim to collect dust. Keep up the good work!

The bard lied parthunnax personally knew numinex

*The Final Detail Uploaded To This Channel* The word "Skyrim" at the start of the game is actually a reference to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The game you just started a play through of.

Those adventurous people Ysolda Mentions when talking about Sleeping Tree Sap might include Vampires... Since you can find a bottle of it in Red Water Den which also happens to be a Vampire Den.

Omg JUST realized the voice actor for Ancano also voiced Motierre o.o

Fun fact. The plural form of "sarcophagus" is "sarcophagi". Like cactus/cacti octopus/octopi fungus/fungi.

On the topic of Svaknir and Olaf One-Eye, it is possible that when you enter Sovngarde you naturally let go of mortal grudges. Perhaps when Svaknirs spirit defeated Olafs Draugr form (with the players help of course) he earned the old kings respect.

“The Elder Scrolls 8: Umbriel”

I haven’t watched the full video but I already know it’s a great one!

Dude, the corpse pile just fell through the ice. Camped out, crack, splash.

The reason you need ebony smithing for stalrim is in iron-shaper's dialogue "With skill and patience. It's very much like working ebony. Yes... I'd say if you know how to forge ebony, then you know everything you need to know in order to forge Stalhrim."

The mystery of Olaf One Eye and Svaknir is probably like most "historical facts" that are delivered down the generations until written down. It gets twisted so hard that it becomes a whole new story. Perhaps Svaknir was exposing Olaf on something entirely else and the copy we are set to retrieve, isn't actually the real poem by Svaknir, but the twisted, written down story instead and all of Skyrim just has come to view that as the true story. The skeleton pile at the bottom of the lake in the Forgotten Vale, is most likely snow elves. Snow elves would go through the path to Auri-El to show the strenght of their faith in him. Some would turn back mid way and be greeted with disgust and social isolation for the rest of their lives, while others would press on. Some would make it, some would not. I believe this pile is of those who would not make it. One of the books of ancient falmer text can be translated via Mr. Gro-Shub at the mages college, which will detail this. On Motierre's motivations I present a more obvious theory to have the emperor assasinated: The Aldmeri Dominion. They aren't exactly the most honest folks and will keep secrets away from everyone not in on the plots, as we see when going through with Diplomatic Immunity (the Esbern, Delphine and Ulfric Stormcloak books). Stalhrim is probably like the first snow that fell on the Throat of the World. Remember the White Phial quest? The phial is supposedly made out of magic snow that never melts. Considering that snow is just tiny ice crystals, it is entirely likely that Stalhrim is "just" really large deposits of magical snow/ice. But that snow and ice is - as far as I remember - connected to some godly stuff. Got no answers for the sleeping tree, but I too believe it to be a hist tree. It's the most likely candidate and if I remember correctly, there are other, more cannon theories on how such a tree got to Skyrim. It's probably relatively new. I mean, it's not gotten there in the merethic era. So maybe it came with an argonian at some point? Idk, I'm just guessing.

Olaf made it into Sovngarde because the nords don't care if you're honest or not, they just care about whether you died in battle or not.

To answer the Sovngarde thing regarding One-Eye and that bard, what you do in life doesn't really matter, it's how you die that decides if you get into Sovngarde or not (This is what I've heard, I might be wrong but I'm positive that's how it works) , to get into the Hall itself you would have accomplished something in life, but then again, Tsun isn't fond of you when you mention something like Listener, but he'll still let you in if you beat him Edit: Regarding the Sleeping Tree, I too at first figured that it was a Hist Tree but then I remembered that the sap isn't Hist, my reason for thinking this is because we already know what happens if you consume Hist, play Oblivion's Fighters Guild questline where you go undercover at the Blackwood Company, they secretly consume Hist and you have to consume it yourself, you blackout and end up fighting Goblins at a village, but they don't attack back, when the Hist wears off you find out that the Goblins weren't Goblins, they were people, considering Sleeping Tree Sap just increases your health, I doubt that it's Hist, that might just be a programming thing but still

0:36 , me loosing it while smoking lol, "The high king of skyrim from 420...."

i just want to say i just found your channel and i'm enjoying so much. you are so well spoken, its a delight listening your voice, and the content you make is sooo interesting. I kinda feel i should pay for every video i watch 😂

I'm gonna start calling Black Marsh Argonia :D

"Im mot going to be drinking that anytime soon" Me: currently going to find it-

I always figured Sleeping tree sap was an ingredient used in Skooma, because if you go to Redwater Den you can find some bottles of sleeping tree sap. It also explains the purple colour of skooma, the weird effects and why the Khajiit will buy it. Maybe its a possible ingredient.

Just found your channel! Skyrim I didn't know I needed! So awesome!

You have committed crimes against Skyrim and her people!

I LOVE HOW SKYRIM IS A FAIRLY OLD GAME AND YOUR MAKING VIDEOS.YOUR SAVING IT!!

This channel is more watchable than netflix or any other streaming platform, ty for existing, King!

Hi Nate! Thanks for explaining the bards college quest line for me. It made no sense when I played trough it. So thank you mate :D

Hey Nate Can you share with us your mod list for skyrim?

Unsettling mystery: Why do players let Nazeem live?

The remains in the Vale belong to Snow Elves. Gelebor tells us that the Falmer had stormed the Vale before you showed up. It doesn’t explain how the bones got into the lakebed, but it’s a start.

17:48 when you are hiding under a desk and the shooter walks by.

you've been watching too much VSauce lately... or have you?

0:17 The plural of "phenomenon" is actually "phenomena" Other than that, I've been enjoying these Skyrim fact videos. Keep up the great work.

hey nate, love your videos! I just picked up skyrim last week for the first time and i'm obsessed; your videos have really helped/kept me interested as i progress through the game. mind sharing what mods you use for character retexture/appearance? it looks amazing :o

The answer to the stalhrim question, I think, lies in looking at things loosely connected to it. I believe morrowind states that the ancient nords used it quite extensively for burial, not just in solstheim. That it's creation was based around "unknowable magics" and used "the life of the land" in the enchanting of it. If we remember that the ancient nords would have worshipped atmoran deities, and that the skaal are essentially the only remaining people who do so, the "All-maker" is likely somehow the source. If we look at the "All-Maker" and also go fucking insane reading in to michael kirkbride's writing (which, when stalhrim was conceptualized he was still on the team) then we know that the all-maker is referred to as "The river that all life flows from and back in to." This, if looked at literally, makes it possibly the only legitimate deity in the setting since it's likely the God-Head that led to the creation of the dream sleeve. The thing that you realize the existence of, that either makes you zero sum or achieve CHIM. Yeah. Stick with me here. Knowing these things, that stalhrim was made from "unknowable magic," created from the "life of the land" and that the "life of the land" stems from and flows to the All-Maker, then we COULD deduce that stalhrim is actually the result of ritualized CHIM. Which to me is awesome, and it's the theory I wanna stick with.

"I know, it's weird! Trees in charge of people! Stay with me." you drank too much sleeping tree sap ;)

Here is my theory: I think stahlrim is a fossilized tree sap from a species of giant tree that went extinct long ago. Perhaps during the first era when the ancient nords were around Skyrim, there was still one giant tree left somewhere on that island. Maybe they harvested the sap from it and poured it on their dead in order to preserve them in that state for eternity. There is an similar material in our reality that used to be the sap of ancient giant trees - quartz crystal.

Thank you, I love learning about ES lore!!

All Khajit Dovakinh: It’s obvious that he wants the emperor dead to legalise skooma!!!!!!!!!!

Imagine a book called “The story of Fallout 76” by Todd Howard

Nate: "Or maybe it is Lorkan´s fossilized..." me: He is going to say semen isn´t he? Nate: "...TEARS"

One of the things about Stalhrim that I've seen, is that it is always found in corpses, and now with the bit you mentioned about ebony that I didn't know before, these things have led me to hypothesize that stalhrim is magic based, like ebony, but maybe instead of the blood of a god, it is based off the blood of the dead gifted in the arcane. though it seems strange that it would be easier to gather and work with the blood of a god than the blood of dead who happen to be magically gifted. So who knows, stalhrim is a rather odd material, and it is fun to theorize its origins.

Literally years later, revisiting this video this came to my mind... If there is a mention of Umbriel in a conversation with an NPC in an official game... the canon status changes from "confusing" to "part of the lore", I mean, they ARE including a reference to Umbriel so that makes it cannon 100%