>General Rules This is NOT /tesg/ minus waifus, so behave properly. No waifus or husbandos except for Ysgramor, Yngol or Ahzidal. Keep the squabbling to a minimum.
On the subject of music, what do we know about music in TES? Music seems to have a certain relation to metaphysics, with tonal architecture, shouting, sword singing, the poison song and the doom drum.
Xavier Howard
Are you thinking about the greater metaphysical implications of music or more normal things, like musical traditions across Tamriel?
If not, get a blanket, put on some music, put on rainy mood, and get a cup of coffee or tea.
Let's talk lore.
Leo Sanders
Look, I love Bretons as much as the next Bretonlover. I love their always useful racial bonuses, I find their lore fun, and I've even struggled my way through as much Daggerfall I can stomach just to be in their province.
But I don't think people gotta be reminded of them.
Jaxon Moore
While we're talking music, what do you listen to when you browse these threads, /tgesg/?
Brandon Peterson
It's not a reminder, user.
Leo Morales
If skyrim is anything to go by, Breton cuisine is very good Probably a good middle ground between Mer and Men foods too
Jaxon Cook
Nice Trips.
Bretons are supposedly the best chefs and Imperials some of the worst. I would imagine the Khajiit make the best desserts.
I also feel the need to mention Ice Cream is canon, and that is my one guilty pleasure. So probably that.
Michael Rogers
AllinAll's TES music, Oblivion's symphonic variations, Morrowind soundtrack, some of Skyrim's better pieces, Depeche Mode.
Thanks for reminding me I still had to get my evening tea, I'm definitely comfy now.
What I love most about TES is how fleshed out the different cultures are. We usually talk about worship and politics, but my weak spots are architecture and cuisine. I was thinking of making a little compilation of cuisine lore.
Lincoln Morgan
>Khajiit make the best desserts In Elsweyr, everything is desserts. Ergo they're the best chefs.
I love lore on culture, and I'd like more stuff about music.
I'll repost something I've written before, based on Goodall's forum posts about Argonian and Khajiiti music.
>"I thought they should use the marsh itself as their primary musical instrument like the Baka Forest People use rivers. And play lots of odd percussion instruments like water drums and bohdans and djimbes and udus. And make slowed-down bird-call noises."
Nothing ever seems to have come from the idea, but I like it quite a bit. Here's some assorted inspiration: Baka people water drumming: youtube.com/watch?v=C7ba1CNOLiI
On the Khajiit there's less: >"I wanted the Khajiit to be arrhythmic jazz musicians."
Adrian Thompson
Altmer make the best paladins /tgesg/
Brets are milk drinkers
Isaiah Bennett
If you have any additions do tell me, I'm thinking of making a proper compilation.
>To not violate the Green Pact, Bosmer make alcoholic beverages from fermented pig milk (Jagga) and fermented meat juices (Rotmeth), both are very strong >Torvali mead is a thing >Khajiit use sweeteners of all kinds in their foods, not just moon sugar. Khajiiti meat tastes sweet as a result. (does Skyrim export honey to Elsweyr? It'd make a lot of sense) >Juniper berries go well in mead >Rat meat is palatable when used in a stew and masked with strong spices >Canis root and trama root can be used in tea >Merringar is a rare fish and a delicacy in Skyrim, only found far off the shore into the Sea of Ghosts >Kollopi are an arboreal rodent in Valenwood whose meat is fashioned into little balls rich with spices and juices
That's as far as I can go from the top of my head, but I know I'm missing a lot.
Joshua Gonzalez
How different would modern day Tamriel be if the Falmer never descended? Would they be down to clown with the Aldmeri Dominion or would they just kind of collectively shrug?
Camden Peterson
>Altmer using nordic lingo Imperials make the best paladins though. Bretons are great as sorcerers and witch-hunters, Altmer as mages.
With descended, do you mean take refuge with the Dwemer or be blinded? If the Dwemer hadn't blinded them, they'd never be able to go back above ground anyway.
Carter James
>bananamen >good at anything that requires lifting
Bosmeri cooking is fucking nasty. Then again, the cuisine reflects the people.
Adrian Taylor
>Bosmeri cooking is fucking nasty. Then again, the cuisine reflects the people. I wouldn't mind. They're like the opposite of vegans. I'd like some cheap meat.
I always loved food lore in games an books. I still wander is Bretons put that much Nutmeg in their souffles or if it was a practical joke on the author's part. It actually convinced my to try getting high on Nutmeg. Would not recommend, but I'll try it a second time for science.
Nathan Hill
You're morag tong skoomanon right?
Christian Hill
>do you mean taken refuge with the dwemer Yes, like hypothetically if they weren't blinded by the dwemer how different would Tamriel be? Also why would they be unable to go above ground? I'm not as well versed in Falmer lore as I am Dunmer.
Evan Hernandez
Smart guess, user. And several other anons as well, but we aren't here for having identities. Sadly, I go to my job pretty soon and close tonight, but I'll be back to discuss lore and comfiness.
How are you doing, friend?
Ryan Anderson
I really like Lelek1980's stuff.
Carson Nelson
Nords
I'm doing well, thanks for asking. I am 'I have to attach an image to every post' user.
I like it when every now and then the art attached sparks discussion, not just the post.
Camden Brown
They would go the way of the Ayleids. They would take refugee in other regions and disappear by assimilating with the other elves. Some would be assimilated by the Direnni, other by the Chimer. Maybe the Dunmer and Bretons would inherit some culture from the Falmer refugees.
Chase Nguyen
I like how Sovngarde had the giant mead vats and had whole oxes on roasts instead of smaller parts of animals.
Whoops, forgot to finish my reply tobecause skoomanon's post popped up.
What I meant to say was
>Nords were very efficient in their genocide of the Falmer.
Cameron Bennett
In fact, I liked that silt strider fanart so much I made a Silt Strider in Minecraft based of it. I really like the crates, barrels and lamps.
Colton Anderson
Jesus that video is shit
William Scott
Looks good, minecraftanon.
Carter Moore
Makes sense, as does I think it'd be interesting to see Breton and Dunmner culture with faldmeri influence. What were some of the big markers of Falmer culture? Or is that largely a mystery?
These threads are one of my favorite parts of Veeky Forums
Cooper Torres
>These threads are one of my favorite parts of Veeky Forums I feel you.
Sadly a lot of what defines Falmeri culture is probably lost to the ages.
Luis Torres
From what we know they're pretty similar to Altmer. They're big on magic and they worship Auriel.
Nolan Edwards
After 680 hours, I saw this loading screen for the first time.
Bentley Edwards
Well that's a drag, but I guess it makes sense that a lost society would have its culture largely be unknown.
Jaxson Butler
I don't know. Possibly the artstyle you see in the Forgotten Vale. Those distinctive curves, arcs and sun motifs.
Ayden Lopez
>What were some of the big markers of Falmer culture? Linguistically they're very close to the Ayleids.
Hunter Martin
While looking through the UESP's list of loading screens, I found two interesting ones.
I already knew Skyrim gave Solstheim to Morrowind, but the quote mentions Kyne instead of Kynareth, despite the fact that the Nordic pantheon was abolished long ago. Skyrim probably had a more traditionalist high king in the early 4th era.
And House Redoran has dethroned Hlaalu and Indoril for most powerful Great House.
Lucas Thomas
The Nordic Pantheon is still slightly relevant in TES V, you do hear Nords making offhand remarks towards those gods every now and then. 'Sons and Daughters of Kyne' is likely a long and widely used phrase of the Nords. One of the most essential beliefs of the Nords is that Kyne created man by exhaling on the peak of the Throat of the World. >abolished I think you may be looking for a different term
Gavin Cooper
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David Smith
>I think you may be looking for a different term You're right. I'm not a native english speaker.
I wish Skyrim had actual shrines of the old Nordic pantheon.
Anthony Russell
>I wish Skyrim had actual shrines of the old Nordic pantheon You and me both. Bethesda's decision to roll over the Nordic Pantheon was a very bad choice imo. Had they made it so that the Old Holds of the East were religiously Nordic while the West had adopted a more Imperial way of life, their would have been a lot more meaningful depth and sense of conflict present in the game. I mean, you'd think a group like the Stormcloaks would be pretty adamant about sticking to their roots.
Mason Howard
Snooze time for Europeans
Keep the thread alive Ameribros
Zachary Adams
>if they weren't blinded by the dwemer how different would Tamriel be? Not very. Assuming the nords stopped caring a while after they went underground, they could come back up. And other than a few different areas in cities, or entirely new cities and villages, I doubt it'd be all that much different. I'd wager they'd get treated like the reach men do: they can exist, but as second class citizens. And of course they could leave skyrim for somewhere else, maybe high rock or northern cyrodiil. That or they gain strength and pull an offensive so they can have some sovereignty, assuming the nords didn't wipe them out for real.
Justin Adams
>you'd think a group like the Stormcloaks would be pretty adamant about sticking to their roots. Assuming they knew enough about them, but I think the it's more of a "why put time and energy during a war into something we've all kinda moved away from on our own, when the worship we still really want is the thing at stake" kinda deal.
Jackson Davis
You know we will
Mason Morales
That illustration is so generic and uninspired. Nothing about any of those three are recognizably TES.
Isaac Lee
I can see why Bethesda wouldn't have done that though - it would make people question the hypocrisy of worshiping old gods while your entire conflict was started because you weren't allowed the free worship of a new god.
Evan Carter
Does anyone have sources/texts on God or the Godhead?
Jaxson Campbell
>All memes are normie now. I beg to differ.
Ryder Lewis
The Nordic Pantheon itself isn't much older than the Imperial one, and Talos, to the Nords, is a much older god then he is in other cultures. Though I don't really see how what you said is in anyway hypocritical to begin with.
Michael Long
>implying EURO REPRESENT
Grayson Flores
>BARFOK, Maid of Planes, who appeared as a winged human with lick-encrusted spear, had the powers of Event Denouement. Battles fought against her would always end in victory for Barfok, because she could shape outcomes by singing. Four Chimeri villages and two more Dwemeri strongholds were destroyed by her decision enforcement. Vivec had to stuff her mouth with his milk finger to keep her from singing Veloth into ruin. >Vivec had to stuff her mouth with his milk finger to keep her from singing Veloth into ruin. What did he mean by this?
Jayden Carter
Nord bitch could Thuumsing so hard she could decide the outcome of battles, but Vivec stopped her from singing by skullfucking her.
>What did he mean by this? Oh, wait, I'm being memed here. ebic, user, simbly ebic.
Ayden Barnes
>19fps
Jesus Christ, fix your ENB.
Landon Evans
That's got to be one of the bigger ones; the ones in game have maybe the interior space of a Volkswagen.
Even with 10-12 crates and a dozen or so passengers, they can't be that efficient economically, even considering that they're all-terrain. Pack guar caravans would make more sense.
>Dem running lights.
Cliffracer magnet.
Jose Morales
What do they eat though?
Brody Miller
He doesn't really matter.
John Murphy
>ribald author zero sums during a quest fueled by a misunderstanding of what godhead actually means
Liam Nguyen
But I wanna know too
Connor Hernandez
Probably flies and tree grubs
Angel Cooper
poor guy
Ian Rivera
Not much. The black books mention it by name, Reality and Other Falsehoods implies it, and the Skaal know it by the name of the All-Maker.
Nathaniel Walker
Cliffracers. That's why they're so tall and heavily armored.
Luis Brooks
How do you pronounce scathecraw
Julian Turner
What's the best surf spot in Tamriel
Do you think all those argonian surf bums sail to Pyandonea or is Topal Bay enough
John Hall
How is this /v/ thread Veeky Forums related?
David Ortiz
South coast of Elsweyr South East coast of Morrowind, between Mournhold and Tear I'd guess the waves around Stros M'kai would be sweet Maybe around Firsthold in Summerset and the Southern Coast between Sunhold and Dusk And the coast from Camlorn to the southern west tip of High Rock
James Thomas
There's a fan-made tabletop game and RPG, and TES was originally inspired from D&D sessions.
Also /v/ would never care to discuss lore.
Michael Morales
I'm not saying these are the only ones but probably the best
Jacob Fisher
>actually replying seriously Theres an OP for a reason
Christopher Hill
Well, he might not have known about the inspired from D&D part.
Daniel Jones
>No waifus or husbandos except for Ysgramor, Yngol or Ahzidal.
Can someone explain why these are the exceptions?
Anthony Perry
Lots of vidya was inspired by DnD, they still belong on /v/
I suppose its okay if you only talk about your homebrew tabletop sessions, but vidya stuff should stay on /v/
Jeremiah Taylor
Why are you acting like these threads are a new thing
Adam White
Because we change them for different threads It's how we feel special and unique What vidya stuff are you even bitching about There's like, 3 game shots and they're used to provide a source to the corresponding comment
Ryder Green
Because Elder Scrolls is a video game franchise and video games are BAD just talking about lore will turn Veeky Forums into /v/
Noah Morgan
I just finished Enderal, 10/10 bretty good.
Bethesda should be fucking ashamed, holy shit.
Jonathan Cooper
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Brody Gutierrez
Just because they've been here for a while doesn't make them Veeky Forums and doesn't mean they should be tolerated.
Michael Wilson
There is no other place to discuss TES lore, /v/ is just bad and the Veeky Forums general is faggots playing with their barbie dolls.
We won't cause any harm.
Isaac Morgan
/v/ doesn't want to talk about lore Veeky Forums is about waifus Veeky Forums likes lore i don't understand why we shouldn't have these threads here when it's the best place for them
Colton Cooper
report the thread then n'wah
Hunter Perez
Is there a particular issue you're taking with them? We already decided against dragonbreaking mostly, since it just gave a platform for shitposting and memes but not much lore. We recently got new lore with the stone translation so there's still reason to have the threads. If your issue is just the thread existing then I would point out the fact mods allow the thread since they haven't been deleted and have been weekly for a long while. I wasn't here at its creation so I don't have any source about mods directly saying it's okay.
Nicholas Martin
go back the Veeky Forums thread also enderal is shit
