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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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as always very much appreciated and hope

to catch you all in my next video peace

out everyone

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