Skyrim: Yet Another 10 Tiny Details That You May Still Have Missed in The Elder Scrolls 5 (Part 13)
By EpicNate
Summary
## Key takeaways - **Guards physically travel to Riverwood**: If you ignore Jarl Balgruuf and follow his Housecarl instead, guards will physically travel from Whiterun to Riverwood and remain there for the rest of the game, making the world feel more alive. [00:49] - **Mirmulnir's dialogue changes after Dragon Slayer**: If you've completed the 'Dragon Slayer' quest and defeated all the dragons in Skyrim's main quest, Mirmulnir's dialogue will slightly change to briefly praise the player before returning to his usual narcissistic remarks. [02:00] - **Arendelle's disturbing journals**: Arendelle, a necromancer in Yngolville, has journals detailing his sexual abuse of female Draugr and recently killed women, making him one of the most disturbing characters in the game. [02:47] - **Ancient Nord armor helmet differences**: The helmet for the Ancient Nord armor set changes appearance based on the character's gender: males have cow or ox horns, while females have deer or stag antlers. [03:46] - **Skeleton's warning in the Soul Cairn**: In the Soul Cairn, a hidden skeleton with a note reveals his regret for entering the portal, describing the plane as filled with 'dead things up and about' and hearing their bones scratch, indicating he never made it home. [04:38] - **Dwemer ruin survivor's 'smooth skin' insult**: A survivor in the Dwemer ruins of Alftand, a Khajiit named Judar, calls the player 'smooth skin,' a term used in Fallout for normal humans, referencing the Fallout franchise. [05:57]
Topics Covered
- Do NPCs act beyond the player's sight?
- Does dialogue adapt to your Dragonborn's journey?
- What tragic stories does Skyrim's world silently tell?
- Who gets eulogized on Skyrim's ancient word walls?
- Does Skyrim hide self-aware jokes and Easter eggs?
Full Transcript
hey how's it going guys stay here and
Skyrim is a great big place loaded with
a colorful cast of characters and
strange locations to explore in fact the
game has so many of these that after six
years and four bloody ree releases some
of the games references allusions and
Easter eggs may have alluded some of us
so it is with that in mind that we will
be taking another look at ten tiny
details you may still have missed in the
Elder Scrolls 5 part 13 my god just
imagine how prepared we offer random
games of Skyrim trivia starting off the
quest before the storm begins
immediately after the player flees
Helgen in it your objective is to make
your way to Whiterun and inform your o
bowl Griff of the recent dragon attack
as you do this while is still in his
court
dr will instruct or left his house carl
to gather some local guards and send
them to protect the nearby town of
Riverwood here Olaf will agree and begin
to leave dragons reach to carry out
these orders now after dispatching ear
Olaf the art will still have quite a bit
to say to you but if you choose to
simply blow him off and follow the house
Carl instead she'll actually go through
with everything bola Graf asked she'll
make her way down to the Guard barracks
deliver a small speech to some men and
proceeded to send them off where all the
guards she asked will physically make
the journey from Whiterun to Riverwood
where their characters will remain for
the rest of the game this was one of
those moments that really made the game
feel more alive to me when I first found
out about it now admittedly this occurs
very early on in game so at this point
Bethesda's really trying to grab the
players attention and unfortunately it's
a bit of an outlier next mirac was the
name of the first dragon board and
serves as the primary antagonist in the
Dragonborn DLC expansion
he's currently trapped in Apocrypha the
Daedric god hermaeus mora's plane of
oblivion when you first encounter him
mirac will mock the player for quote
doing little beyond killing a few
dragons
you are dragon boy I can feel it and yet
you have done this beyond killing
dragons however if the player has
completed the quest dragon slayer and
killed all the win in Skyrim's main
quest line this line of dialogue will
actually change ever so slightly where
instead Mirek will briefly praise the
player before returning to his
narcissistic tendencies
you are Dragon Lord I can feel it and
yes
so you have slain out well done
I could have slain in myself back when I
walked
I come in at number three a rondelle is
an alt Murray necromancer held up in
Yonville and ancient Nordic ruin but
this elf is especially twisted even for
someone of his talents you see in a
series of journals you can find
throughout his crypts arendelle admits
to sexually abusing many of the tombs
female trogir and recently killed nearby
women he's probably one of the most
disturbing characters you'll ever come
across and when you first encounter him
if the dragon board is a male he'll say
the following what an intruder now this
comes off as pretty creepy but if the
player is a female his dialogue will be
altered to instead say this another play
all the more reason to quickly put an
end to this very creepy individual
fourth on our list while we're still on
the topic of gender ancient Nord armor
is among my favorite in the game
actually that's not true I I rarely use
it but it still looks kind of nice and
is commonly seen on trogir and the
spirits of dead Nords it's a heavy armor
that appears to be a combination of
hides furs and some metals but depending
on the characters gender its helmet will
entirely change appearances for males
the helmet will have to cow or ox horns
protruding from it pointed downward very
similar to that of the iron helmet but
on female characters the helmet will
instead change to have two deer or stag
antlers pointed upward the reasoning for
the symbolism isn't entirely obvious
however it's a nice subtle touch at
number five the sole carrot is a very
harsh place indeed it's the barren land
that those unfortunate enough to become
soul trapped will ultimately spend
eternity in being tormented by the
horrors of this plane of oblivion
you're given a chance to visit the soul
Charon in the dog guard quest line to
meet with the vampiric mother of Serina
as far as you're ever told you and this
mysterious individual are the only
physical non ghost beans to ever set
foot in this strange world alas a
depressing sight implies the opposite
east of the Reapers layer in the Charon
carefully hidden and tucked away behind
some rocks lies a skeleton judging by
his horn to ancient Nordic hell
we can conclude that this was a mail
adventure from long ago next to his
remains is a note which reads the
following quote they warned me not to go
through that portal
what did I have to be scared of I'd been
adventuring for years and never seen
nothing I couldn't wall up but this
place ain't nothing living here just
dead things up and about when they
should be in the ground I can hear their
bones scratching at the rocks knocking
together when they walk if I get home
I'll hang up my sword and never go out
again as we can all tell unfortunately
this warrior never did make it home for
sixth spot the Dwemer ruins of apt land
are also home to a bit of their own
tragic tale here a small expedition led
by an imperial named Sola attempted to
excavate the location in search of
something but their journey took a
horrific turn and ultimately most of
them were killed by surprising former
inhabitants however one survivor asked
uma withdrawn Khajiit name Jude are
still survives held up in a small
corridor with the corpse of his brother
unfortunately due to his unsatisfied
skooma addiction our feline friend has
gone mad and will attack on sight but
before he pounces he may just utter the
following phrase who is this brother
another of the smooth skins looking for
food this one wasn't trapped with us you
picked a bad time to get lost friend
that term smooth skin as many of you
probably already know is a reference to
Bethesda s Fallout franchise it was a
name irradiated ghosts would refer to
normal humans by as schools had pretty
awful skin themselves seventh each Ward
wall in the game contains a small
paragraph written in the language of the
ancient dragons when translated into
English you'll find that all of these
word walls are actually eulogies to
heroic men and women who have died
almost acting as tombstones
interestingly enough though world walls
relevant to the shout animal Allegiance
which allows nearby animals to aid the
Dragonborn in combat are a bit different
you see animal allegiance word walls
still contain eulogies but instead
they're directed towards animals who
have died in valiant ways pets if you
will for instance the first of the
shouts word walls reads the following
quote this stone commemorates the horse
Saawariya the most courageous and
to ever charge the Snowy battlefield and
give his soul for his Lord as long as we
don't get any pet sematary nonsense this
is all fairly adorable next one random
encounter the player may happen upon
involves an NPC by the name of mad woman
approaching the player she's a devout
follower of sheogorath and will ramble
some incoherent sentences to the
Dragonborn often demanding that you use
sheogorath staff the waba jack on her
yet should she suffer a unfortunate fate
you'll be able to loot her corpse where
you'll strangely find a set of tongs now
this seems like a rather random item to
carry but it's actually a reference to a
quest in the elder scrolls forged
shivering Isle DLC where the player
would have to gather tongs and calipers
calipers are basically over glorified
tongs for man living in sheogorath realm
who hoped to use them to build a flying
machine but calipers aren't featured in
Skyrim and bethesdad to make do with
what they could perhaps this woman took
up the same task ninth on our list I
literally just said that Bethesda didn't
feature calipers in Skyrim well the
developers seem to be humorously self
aware of this fact as if you head over
to rift in score and speak to while
Andrea the boss mermaid you can have the
following conversation draw the harmonic
energy into the reagent or allow it to
generate its own field calipers that's
utterly ridiculous maybe long ago you
could just find calipers in every
household across Tamriel but not anymore
hold on you've given me a brilliant idea
just as calipers hold materials in place
a soul siphon can hold magic fields in
place genius and I'm sure you've
completely worked out how to counteract
complete dimensional collapse right this
is actually one of the most comedic
conversations you can have essentially
you just go back and forth proposing
random ideas that seem to be the
solution to all of this woman's problems
I encourage you to try it out and
finally last on our list northwest of
hell York and Hull you can find quite a
strange sight a human skeleton lied
inside that of a mammoth skeleton now
this is fairly hidden away especially if
you have any flora mods
it's been the subject of considerable
debate online when I first heard of this
I assumed it was a simple reference to
Star Wars Episode five where Luke and
Han were forced to take shelter from the
cold inside of the corpse of a freshly
killed weird space animal thing alas my
hypothesis sort of begins to fall apart
when you look at what Bethesda
officially named this location in the
Skyrim game guide referring to it as
quote swallowed skeleton so make of that
information what you will and what we're
still pondering that last one we're
gonna wrap up thanks for stopping by
everyone which of these was your
favorite and what tiny references
allusions or Easter eggs have you come
across that you think everyone else
might not have leave a comment down
below I keep thinking I'm gonna run out
of things to put in these lists but
generally what ends up happening is as
I'm working on other Skyrim related
lists and doing research for those I
come across these small facts if you
will that I can't really fit in anywhere
else so that's what composes these
videos in case you were wondering but
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to catch you all in my next video peace
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