I really, REALLY hope its not just Hammerfell and includes High Rock as well because Bretons badly need more lore.

"Tall Papa squashed the Snake with a big stick." I love how that is the lore. No climatic battle between two gods, no spell or curse, he just beat him with a stick.

"what if we just switch the word shout with sword singing and remove all the trees" Todd: "perfect, ship it"

I just need Todd to freaking hire you already. I need TES:6 books to be written in part by you. Stg

My destiny to conquer the sands of Hammerfell will come to fruition in about 10 years

I'm so glad Drew pointed out that the Shehai doesn't need to be in a form of a sword. That detail is always overlooked by others and why it absolutely can be incorporated as a mechanic in TES6, similar to how the Thu'um was added.

I personally would kill to go to Valenwood in my lifetime but think that a Hammerfell / High Rock split with an Orsinium / Malacath DLC is what we’ll get and it’s going to be pretty fucking amazing

My only hole in this fan theory is an old interview from when morrowind was released. The creators were asked if they were going to redo the older games for console. Their response was that each country gets it's own game before they revist

"And when the noble and wise Sword Saints arrived on the shores of Hammerfel, they immediately used their benevolent wisdom to nobly enslave and eradicate the various native populations of the region."

Drew it's really hard for me to not like your content. You're one of the only Elder Scroll tubers who knows what and where to research. It's so hard to research Youkodan mythology, so having you do alot of the heavy lifting makes me wanna say thank you

Story DLC exploring the sunken ruins of Yokuda would be amazing

I still struggle to understand the creation myth of Yokudans. But, based on numerous lore videos you made with Fudgemuppet, as well as podcasts, I know you have a passion for Hammerfell/Yokuda lore. If I'm ever gonna grasp it, it will be thru you. Thank you as always, Drew for the work you put into your content!

So you're telling me that both the Yokudans and Dwemer came up with the name "Hammerfell" for the same region, at roughly the same time, but for different reasons?

Drew’s narration of TES lore beats Morgan freeman any day

31:37 "proved hopeless." ESO, Markarth side quest Red Eagle's Song. Through a song & thinking what he really cared about, his lover Lyris Titanborn, he did summon his spirit sword, shehai! So yeah, you are wrong about Sai, he did revive the sword-singer art!

To be honest, I prefer an ES6 focused on Elves or beastfolk. The only time we got an non-human-centric game was in Morrowind and it turned out to be a pretty fresh experience.

I think the name Thrandar *Hunding* is a big clue that he was an aspect of the HoonDing

*Iliac Bay* is the best location for the next game as it has both the Bretons and Redguards with some room left for an Orsinium DLC on the border.

Yay! I'm hoping for High Rock and Hammerfell. Thanks Drew!

So you are telling me that one Redguard Blade singer could sink all of Alienor with an atomic strike. Now that should be one of the possible endings.

I'd personally love to see Elswyer in all its glory. As always, the video essay enthralled me. I love these long lore videos.

I see Drewmora, i click without hesitation haha

Idk why I always come back to this video. I just love how epic the music is in the background matches as Drew narrates the video!

Awesome storytelling!

If the next Elder Scrolls game does take place in Hammerfell, I hope we see and hear snippets of the Redguards' original language, which I imagine would be something like one of the Oriental or Indochinese languages. In fact, I think each race should have lines in its own native tongue, to give it greater distinction from the Imperial standard we hear everywhere at present. I'd say each race's speech should be 95% Imperial standard of ease of play with bits of their native languages sprinkled throughout that would be heard from the more isolated portions of the population or from individuals who conduct official business. I've thought about this quite a bit and have come up with a name for the mother tongue of each living, presumed living and dead race aside from those we know for certain are still in use: Angerthas (An-ger-thass, Atmoran, dead) Bazhad (Bah-zahd, Dwemer, dead) Brarjeld (Brar-yelled, Nord, living; similar to Norwegian, Swedish or Danish) Clavat (Clah-vaht, Dunmer, living; derivative of Tolkien's elves) Cyrod (Sear-uhd, Imperial, living; English, lingua franca) Eladrin (El-ah-drin, Altmer, living; similar to Tolkien's elves) Espruar (Es-prew-are, Maormer, presumed living) Garamond (Gah-ruh-mund, Breton, living; similar to a French) Giedi (Gay-dee, Lilmothiit, dead) Hyliran (Hill-ear-ahn, Reachmen, living; similar to Irish or Scottish Gaelic) Iokharic (Yo-caw-rick, Sload, presumed living) Kothr (Koh-ther, Kothringi, dead) Malac (Mah-lack, Orsimer, living; similar to Tolkien's orcs) Rashela (Rah-sheh-lah, Nal, presumed living) Shitaro (She-tah-roh, Redguard, living; similar to Japanese, Chinese or Korean) Sigali (See-gah-lee, Tsaesci, presumed living) Tengwar (Ten-guar, Mobaru, presumed living) Valmar (Vahl-mahr, Bosmer, living; derivative of Tolkien's elves) Yoku (Yo-koo, Yokuda, dead)

"Have you heard about those warriors from Skyrim? they have long sword's. Long sword's" "Have you you heard of those warrior's from Cyrodill? they have short sword's. Short sword's"

I will be happy with any of the provinces but I do hope to get to see Black Marsh being its own game atleast before I die.

You know what I want from ESVI? Not a prisoner, not prophesied, but still the hero. In fact, I want to thwart a prophesy for once. "The sage Elder Fungus said that the Thalmor are gonna take out the tower and bad things will ensue," and then we show up and unbad the things.

Thank you Drew for this massive injection of fresh Elder Scrolls content as we deal with withdrawal waiting for TES VI news.

what you want: this video what you get: todd gives bound weapons +10 damage and calls them soulblades

This was honestly my favourite video you’ve made, such an interesting story and aspect of the elder scrolls lore I had no idea even existed

I have to disagree with the comparison of Redguards to Japanese culture. Redguards are closer to Moors culture. If you get the chance to explore Moors history, it will bring to light many similarities, even down to how they conquered Spain. Also, thank you for the good content. I'm always intrigued by how you all explore and explain the lore of the Elder Scrolls. I personally like comparing this well-built world to our own.

Drew we appreciate you making this content during Redguard History Month 🖤

Can't wait for the game! Hope we get more news soon. Great video as always Drew

Drew knows how to please his fans I asked for more Redguard content I get more content in the next video

You're a poet, this is poetry

The biggest thing I want for ES6 is ability to transfer your Skyrim Playthrough results into the game. Such as if you sided with the Stormcloaks then Ulfric is the High King of an Independent Skyrim which influences the story of ES6. Same for the various other choices. After all even back in the Dragon Age series that type of thing happened.

I'm a simple man. I see a Drewmora video, I click.

High Rock is my favorite location in the ES series but the Redguards and their culture is the most interesting to me, I would love if 6 is all about Hammerfell, but I'd probably faint if it was a throwback to Daggerfall and took place in both Hammerfell and High Rock. Come on Todd, deliver!!!

The Yakudans have my second favorite lore outside of the shadowscales. I would love to get to learn sword Saint techniques in the new TES game

A few weeks back I asked "Why do I keep watching videos when I haven't played Skyrim in 5 years?" in one of the videos for this channel. (actually closer to 7 years as I discovered by my save files) Well, the answer to this has since been demonstrated to me in the most pragmatic way possible. I decided to load up the original Skyrim on my Steam Deck for testing, only official patches and DLC. I have seen old school Skyrim on so much hardware over the years, it made more sense to use original Skyrim. I figured that I would mess around for a little, uses coc to go to a bunch of locations to see the performance in different environments (with particular attention paid to Markarth) and stop. With the additional reasoning of "Skyrim without mods is Skyrim without fun". Reasoning that I suspect many people would agree with. I am now 160 hours into what has become my de jure ultimate playthrough of original Skyrim. After 130 hours I finally did add 3 mods to the game. One that allows me to use a 50 hour custom soundtrack that I spent a ton of time putting together back in the day and still had all the stuff for. One that makes the ore veins more prominent. Finally, world map with roads. As far as modding goes, this is essentially still unmodded. If (more like when) I start another playthrough of the game, I find it hard to believe I will do it with the original game. I am astonished at how much I still like playing OGV Skyrim after all these years and the bazillion mods I have used. Not to mention the fact that objectively better versions of the vanilla game exist today. I literally played the game for around 35 hours straight after "Hey, you're awake..." was first uttered. Only stopping for food breaks and whatnot. That time flew by. The 100+ hours since then have also gone by like they were nothing. Fun fact: 24 hours @ 60fps is ~5.2 million frames. That first session registered ~7.9 million frames. I forget the exact amount of time played during that first session since reloading is a thing. But when I did the math the next day ("day"), I averaged a framerate of ~55 (capped at 60) across the board. I.e. including such things as loading screens and whatnot. I was expecting a slightly lower average, maybe 45-50. Due to the game being from a very different generation in terms of what hardware they had in mind when developing the game. I was pleasantly surprised that the Steam Deck managed that high of an average. So yeah, demonstrated in the most pragmatic way possible. This has also caused me to reevaluate my opinion of this game in its unmodded form. I honestly thought that at most, I would get sick of it after a few hours. No matter how I try, 160+ hours cannot be defined as "few" in this context. It has also been interesting to play the game via gamepad. Playing it both using just the Steam Deck in-and-of-itself, as well as utilizing its dock to hook up a controller. Keyboard & mouse is still the way to go imo, but it does play surprisingly well with a gamepad. caveat: I may prefer keyboard & mouse for most things, but I do not ignore controllers and use them often on PC. So this isn't some gamepad hater having an epiphany or something. Merely a tidbit worthy of including here at the end.

This is badass. I'm hyped up.

Really loved how indepth this was instead of those no what if scenario's i loved all it genuinely and it has given me mu daily elder scrolls fix ( man i am feinding for elder scrolls 6 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 📜 like a mad man on a skomma binge hahaha ) all jokes aside I LOVE the Elder Scrolls Universe i will always be willing to pay an 80$ game if it has detailed like it was with skyrim storylines and stuff like its so exhilarating when i imagine what elder scrolls 6 would be like yet then people like yall make video's like this it just gets me reinlove with the world of the scrolls !

Missed Drew. Grateful for a new video.

Tbh I want a game with lots of sea/ocean interaction. Boats, ship battle pirate crews yknow

Glad to have found you. 😁

I get so excited when I see you posted. Got these notifications on! ❤

I see an alliance with Hammerfell as the most important, sensible and obvious first political move for an independent Skyrim. Two kingdoms in alliance against the Dominion. The center of mankind would thus become Skyrim-Hammerfell-Daggerfall.

Love your videos. Keep up the great work

Redguard lore & culture is my favorite in the TES universe. If TES VI is in Hammerfell, I hope Bethesda doesn't imperialize them to the point where everything that's unique & interesting about them isn't present in the game...Like the Nords in TES V.

Finally, Drew’s new video! And a damned good topic too!

Just wakin' up from my sunday nap and... BOOM, the Fudge of the Muppet again, coffe is hot and the weed is rrrroooolleed, I love you Drew! THANK you ♪

That sweet sweet lore

Curved swords! I like the character stuff options in Oblivion want it to be like that again :)

I never knew about the Shehai. It's literally the Redguard Zanpakuto, and that's freaking awesome.

Legend glad we get another upload Drew thank you 🎉🎉

still my favorite Elderscrolls video

First cannon redguard protagonist

Hey drew, Sai Sahan actually managed to learn the sword singing in the later dlcs of ESO!

I am hyped for the TES6 to take place in Hammerfell. I am in the camp that also wants High Rock and the Illiac Bay. I believe the first half of the game shpuld be focused on Hammerfell and have the player character be the avatar of Ebonarm. Where the player character must bring together different factions to fight the Aldmeri Dominion at the Isle of Balfiera and defeat the champion of the Thalmor who mantled Trinimac. I believe we would all get the most out of a game that is heavy centric on Hammerfell and the Redguard culture. This goes to my next theory of the Shehai and the Sword Singers. Though it declined and became almost extinct practice by the Fourth Era, it is also stated that Shehai could materialize to a practitioner in times of great stress. This sort of stress could be through war or near death experience which our Prisoner typically goes through at the beginning of each installment. To how this mechanic could play out in a game. It would need to be vastly different than any Bound Sword and would still need to be compatible to physical weapons you gain through the game. I imagine this could be a special magic subclass to cast a special attack with delay between them. Similar to the shout system but almost more like... Thinking on the fly here, like a special move from Destiny 2. A big attack that could devastate a battlefield or encampment. To destroy a foe in a single move. This would probably eliminate Kill Moves from TES6 in order to have some sort of balance. I imagine not all sword strokes could be learned, by end game, similar to the Nerevarine of TES4. You would amass a bunch of artifacts and spells to be a walking god. The ebony armor of Ebonarm wield the Shehai to rally the Western forces against the Aldmeri Dominion. What a grand and intoxicating notion.

I’m so excited for es6 😅

The only thing I have against hammerfell is the nature. Desert will get boring after awhile. That's why I want it to be high rock too at least.

And the cheese! Ha, to die for...

i dont know if the first serpent and the walkabout are inspired by aboriginal culture, but its cool to think it is

I hope that when TESVI comes out they backpedal a bit and revamp the skill system to portray the Redguard people's proficiency in light skirmish/blade to blade combat. I feel like ever since Oblivion fused blades and small blades together that they've gotten less and less unique from a statistical standpoint.

This is extremely off topic, but I couldn’t help thinking of Bleach the entire time I watched this video, which I find pretty cool as both an TES fans and an anime fan.

Thank you for the video

Drewmora>Fudgemuppet Drew was definitely the heart and soul

Drew of Atmora bless us with another great tale. He is the greater Skald to ever grace Tamriel

One day when TES6 comes out (in like 2060 probably) i will stand upon a dune in Hammerfell and the overwhelmingly deep beauty of the vast desert will make me question it all among tears. Then something dumb like a goblin will kill me idk

After making us wait so long. Im fully expecting TES 6 to be set in both hammerfell and high rock or at least include all of hammerfell as well as the illiac bay region

Elder Scrolls: AKAVIR With emphasis on the “VI” for the sixth game.

WOOOO NEW DREWMORA VID YAY🎉

This video make me want to mod skyrim again...but then I remember how much time it requires and how easy it can break

I LOVE YOU

5:22 BAPTIZED IN FIRE, THIRTY TO ONE SPIRIT OF SPARTANS, DEATH AND GLORY SINGERS OF HUNDING, SECOND TO NONE WRATH OF THE EMPIRE BROUGHT TO A HALT! (to "Forty to One" by Sabaton")

Ok but here me out here... Elder Scrolls VI: Elswyer 👀

Appears from nowhere, smashes elves into dust, refuses to elaborate, and moves on. Do I speak of Diagna or Pelinal Whitestrake?... I don't think there is any direct support in the lore for the idea that Diagna was Shezarrine, but his story looks like one to me. So then HoonDing is Shor? HoonDing appears every time he needs to "make way" for his people, and Shor, a God of Men, created a world for his people, i.e. men (presumably at the expense of mer or at least Altmer think of it this way). It seems to me that either HoonDing is Shor, or HoonDing is Shor of the previous kalpa, if one subscribes to the idea that Yokuda was in the previous kalpa. Or perhaps both are two different avatars of one god? But wait, what about Sep, who is officially supposed to be Lorkhan? It is a pure insinuation on my side, but I wonder if the Warrior God of Men (HoonDing, Shor) is different from the Trickster God associated with Sep. What if Creator/Lorkhan is a kind of an oversoul that consists of Warrior/Shor/HoonDing and Trickster/Sep/Lorkhan, and perhaps of someone else? There is a hint at this in that Talos mantled Lorkhan by way of merging the souls - Warrior/Wulfharth, Wiseman/Zurin Arctus, Trickster/Hjalti (at least it seems to me that the only personal achievement Hjalti ever had was using and betraying others to become Emperor first and then a God). Interesting - who, should be the Wiseman God of the Creator oversoul - Magnus, Auri-El, someone else? If it is either Magnus or Auri-El, then it looks the Trickster managed to trick other undersouls of the Creator into loosing power, Warrior decided to cherish this opportunity, Wiseman was pissed of, and now everyone is at odds with each other and they pretend that they are not the one oversoul.

Please let it be in Hammerfell my favorite are the redguards .been wanting this

Man this video really makes me wish it was es6 coming this September instead of shitfield

I look forward to seeing Pankratosword, the Swordsinging technique that DESTROYED THE TOWER OF YOKUDA AND SANK IT get used in ES6. That will be extremely funny. Especially if it is used to destroy Numidium after it reappears from the Warp in the West

I’m still hopeful for it being hammerfell and high rock with sailing

I always wondered if Yokuda was truly sunk. Perhaps it was "sunk" by the bloodshed, almost like the "sundering" of Alinor. Perhaps yokuda still exists, weary of war and glad and the departure of the sword singers, they became isolationist artists or something of the like. Also, I feel like ES6 might be more than one region. I honestly thought and still kinda do think that it will entail the entirety of the western coast of tamriel. Hammerfell, High Rock, and even Valenwood to an extent. Perhaps sailing will be a large part of the game, letting you sail to Stros M'Kai or even the coast of Summerset

Todd Howard said many years ago that if he spoke about what they had in mind for TES6 one would ask "we don't even have that kind of technology yet" or something like it, so I've been thinking that we'll possibly have a piece of ocean on the map. A large underwater area was cut from Fallout 4, and before Skyrim we got to experience some anchorhead winter battle simulator thingy in Fallout 3. So at least we know they've been playing around with watery environments. The difficult tech thing could be implementing ships and sinking ship physics. Maybe even a dwemer submarine or underwater structure? Edit: or the complex tech could be seasons changing? Hammerfell is a very desert-y land and it would kinda suck to only have sand to play in. Edit 2: oooooor maybe TES6 has parts of Hammerfell's surrounding provinces in it aswell? Maybe we'll get to see Orsinium? Anvil? Kvatch? Wayrest?

Imagine Plot twist: The Aldmeri dominion wins, destroys all the towers and finds out they were wrong all along.

I’m expecting a plot twist where one major faction of Redguards sides with the Aldmeri Dominion. Unlike all other races of men Yokudans were fundamentally Anuic, not Padomaeic. They see this world as a punishment from Ruptga and a failure of Sep. The Thalmor’s goals with the Adamantine Tower should be absolutely in line with Tall Papa’s command that they find a new way to the Far Shores, and I think they could get over recent issues with the Aldmeri, but the question of how to deal with worship of HoonDing is trickier as there are parallels with Pelinal/Talos. So I’d expect the Crowns to outlaw Swordsinging like the last Yokudan Emperor, along with any Padomeic/Lorkhanic tendencies in Hammerfell; and for them to join league with the Anuic Aldmeri to escape reality. These events would precipitate a Stormcloakesque civil war that drives the Forebears into the Lorkhan faction with the Bretons, Nords, and Imperials (and perhaps an appearance from the Left-Handed Elves) that represents a reincarnation of Frandar’s army. Then of course, all of this plays out on top of the capital of the Dwarves. Beyond the story though I just love the art. I get serious Valley of the Dark Lords vibes from KOTOR in ESO’s Hammerfell. And there’s no way they avoid pulling from the water starved Fremen and Fedaykin from Dune.

Man, I know it’s not gonna be, but hell I want Valenwood so bad

I’ve long thought the sword singers could be a key part of the next elder scrolls.

It's still in pre-production, so it's going to be years before we see it.

If it's between High Rock or Hammerfell, then yeah I'd choose Hammerfell. I'm a big fan of the Province the Direnni Elves once ruled, but as it stands, after Cyrodil and Skyrim, I feel a fresh, new environment is needed. The Savanah, Desert, Arid Plains and vast coastlines will all be well worth the exploration. That, and the Swordsinging will be another delve into the manipulation of the "Song" of the Elder Scroll's universe, as was the Thu'um, and as is Tonal Architecture. The Yokudan Culture is also something I'm most interested in as well, and I want to see the Yokudan Pantheon of Et'Ada portrayed well, unlike how the Nords of Skyrim have abandoned their Atmoran Animal-Totem Pantheon of Et'Ada

Hey Drew been a fan since you decided to branch out! Got any advice for making ES lore content?

That was sick

we was kings and shit

Obsessed 😍

Mother, come quickly. Drewmora has uploaded again. Yes. I will rethink ending it all after this.

du you know da way!

so glad i found drews channel - youtube didnt help by recommending it tho - i literally had to scroll thru "tes lore" search results - which seems beyond weird since i watch tes lore and fudgemuppet all the time

I don't necessarily want this but it would be kind of cool to see elder scrolls at a drastically different time. I would be interested in what's going on in Tamriel during the 27th era or some distant future like that. It would most likely be lore breaking though.

I like Kratos in the thumbnail.

I know we vilify the Thalmor but it would be interesting to see what happens if they succeed. They are certain they are descended from the Aedra it would be interesting to see some evidence.