He didn't know any better. He's a fan of the "resistance" then turns on Hammerfell's resistance against the Empire trying to take over everyone. Saadia betrayed her people to the Empire who were fighting against domination. But, people in the comments told him to do this quest....despite it being really early in the game and him not having an understanding of the central conflict within the storyline. No big deal but it's annoying. Later into the game, I'm sure he'd have picked a different choice.
@@Iron_Stigmata Most people also like super kewl dragon that helps you out vs the whiny blades who think they can boss around the last person they're sworn to serve. Main difference between Parthy and Saady is Saadia has nothing to really earn your favor aside from eye candy, and there's a strong potential that she straight up just lies to you. She's not "sorry," she's just afraid of getting caught, assuming she is lying. Paarthurnax shows genuine remorse and a willingness to make things right. As a bonus, the Alik'r, a group of supposed assassins react to you breaking into their den with an offer of peace. They give a more believable story if you know the lore, and if you follow through, they keep to their word. (I've been told that Saadia's burial earn does end up in Whiterun's HotD, but there's also speculation that it's just a mechanical oversight.)
Saadia had snitch vibes for me the very first time I played, but I listened to her entire story, the prisoner’s entire story, the alik’r’s entire story, etc…same with Parthunaax. I really thought about each side and their accusations/defense…I don’t even blink anymore. 🤣
I spit my coffee everywhere when the giant airmailed you, the same thing happened to all of us the first time we played. They scale with player level but start at like 30 or something.
little fast travel tip if you go to carriages outside of stables it will let you teleport to any city you see on the world map but then you miss out on random encounters you see on the road walking, you can also just buy a horse. also you can set autosave to every 5-10 min in your settings just enter your hud menu to activate it(doesnt save while in combat)
Just to add . Those 'random enounters' are Not missable. They trigger by random . So dont assume that "oh no I have to walk so I get those random encounters" NOPE. Just play the game as you see fit. Fast travel all you like. Eventually those 'random encounters' will show up randomly
@@spelwurdsrite6756a lot of them appear only on roads so if you fast travel everywhere you will see pretty much none of those and also just the time you save fast travelling is time that wouldve been spent out in the world where random encounters can happen: which results in experiencing less random encounters
If you wanna fight with magic, novice level spells can only get you so far. Try buying some apprentice level spells like firebolt or ice spike from Farengar. Since you have the apprentice destruction perk these spells should be a straight upgrade
Lmao ayyye y’all gotta support this, this was honestly one of my favorite games of Xbox 360 growing that I played, he need to experience a masterclass with bugging out of this world
"You guys need to move on". LOL, from having their people sold out by a traitor?! 😂😂😂😂 I am really enjoying this playthrough. You have a similar playstyle and way of thinking as me (aside from siding with Saadia), but you do the quests in a different order, so I get to hear slightly different dialogue and experience encounters differently. This game is SO addicting!
I'm enjoying this so much! I commend you on your soft-spoken clean language. I've introduced Skyrim to my 10 year old grandson and am looking forward to sharing this with him. You're doing great! Keep up the good work! 👍
Love the spell sword combat style you’ve been using with your character! Also, Saints and Seducers isn’t original content so you really don’t have to worry about it if you don’t want to, but it’ll remain in your quest journal forever regardless lmao
Trade with Lydia, she will carry stuff for you until you forge a backpack allowing you to carry more. Shd will also wear armour and use the weapons if they are better than she has. Always check your active effects in magic inventory to see if you've been poisoned have a disease or contract vampirism. Eat everything you pick ie; flowers plants skeever tails giants toes etc once only to learn it's alchemical properties, it will show up in your list at alchemy table as recipe. You learn fast young dovah 👍
@@walls_of_skulls6061 oh is he not, my bad, I don't have the patch however do have all dlc's and Anniversary Edition, so used to it now I forget it's not in vanilla lol. Cheers 👍Krosis zeymah. 😁
@@walls_of_skulls6061 It is forgive me or sorry or sorrow. If you Google dragon language translator it has a good and easy one to use. I used it frequently until I was able to remember many words and phrases adequately, very handy tool. 🌝
Found your channel yesterday while I was home from work dealing with a stomach virus. It's awesome to watch you play Skyrim for the first time. That's a game that has a very special place in my life. It's all me and my wife did when we first got married and were too poor to do literally anything else. Also, your voice is incredible dude. You could do voiceover for Neil deGrasse Tyson.
This is still one of my most favorite games to play. I bought it the day it came out. I still play this game at least once a year randomly. It is really fun to see someone play it for the first time. Brings back memories!
i'm late to this but the Saadia / Alik'r situation has been debated in the fandom for a long time because no one actually knows for sure who's telling the truth. Saadia could very well just be a noble with hired assassins after her, but it's also plausible for the Alik'r to hunt her down for treason. from what we know of the Alik'r though, they're not assassins but are not necessarily mercenaries either, they're nomads who kind of operate as Hammerfell's Companions Guild (good natured work to keep things in order that could sometimes classify as mercenary work). and Hammerfell isn't in Skyrim by the way, it's a separate, desert country that partially borders Skyrim to the west/southwest, it's where the Redguards come from. but yeah, because of the Alik'r's reputation and their purpose in Hammerfell, it's more likely that Saadia is lying and she really did sell out people to the Aldmeri Dominion (who are not good people by the way, they're basically bigheaded, sociopathic, snobby Elf supremacists who also outlawed the worship of one of the Nine Divines for no good reason). her selling out people to them likely means she believes in the Aldmeri Dominion's cause, ratted out Talos worshippers, and that they were slaughtered for just worshipping their God. and just a tidbit here - the Empire/Imperials are actually in cahoots with the Dominion in Skyrim's Civil War (labeled as the Thalmor), but only out of necessity and not really because they want to be. there's more to it but it's a lot of lore lol. but yeah, that's just what i think about the Saadia thing, a lot of people debate it though. :)
When I was playing for the first time I didn't believe either of them so I ended up just killing both Saadia and Kematu at the stables. Got some trust issues 😂 Gained that nice early game scimitar tho
Saadia claims alik'r guys are assasin and trying to kill her. But they actually want to capture her. That seems very suspicious. And she is pulling her dagger immediately. Dunno bro saadia is sus af
It was obvious the first time. The overall demeanor was telling. Saddia - Scared, nervous, regretful Kematu - Calm, humorous, secure The liar is always the nervous one, the truther is always just chill and straight forward. Innocent people know no fear. Guilty people fear their own shadow.
@@im_azraelle it's worth noting that hammerfell was granted to the aldmeri dominion as part of the white gold concordant, but later rebelled and won their independence. It seems likely that saadia sided with the dominion in that conflict for personal gain, and was forced to flee when the dominion was driven out
glad to see you playing one of my favorite games again. I've got over 3000 hours across all versions of skyrim. I've done vanilla (no mods) playthroughs, and I've done playthroughs while running over 300 mods, lol. It's a great game.
I don't tend to watch many streams or let's plays, but I'm actually really enjoying this. It's so fun to see a newcomer enjoying a franchise I've loved for so long! In particular, hearing your thought process is quite interesting. Fight on, Cyrus!
Found the Redguard woman quicker than i did my first playthrough, my first time looking i was near Iverstead and was looking all over those hills and in water for what seemed like forever before giving up over there lol
just started playing Skyrim again but w loads of mods and it’s like a whole new game again. nice to see the game through fresh eyes for the first time in your videos !
I saw in your upload list that your way past this in your playthrough now, but i thought i'd give you a little lore to give some context for your decision about Saadia. As Kematu said, she sold out her people to the Aldmeri Dominion. The Dominion are a political group run by High Elves, and they're essentially trying to take over all of Tamriel. Saadia's people (and yours) are Redguards. Their homeland, Hammerfell (a desert country completely separate from Skyrim), fought a war against the Dominion to stop them from taking over Hammerfell. So basically, Saadia betrayed her and your character's homeland by giving information to a bunch of fascist High Elves trying to take over said homeland. She definitely deserves to be captured lol, but no biggie. You're new to the game and don't know the lore, and actually gave a decent reasoning for letting her go.
@@TheNorthlander Makes no sense. No incentive. The hunter only makes it harder by lying about the prey. The prey only makes it easier by lying about the hunter. More lies = easier for prey. Saadia is the one who's life is on the line, not really Kematu. Kematu has no reason to lie to a stranger about his mark. Only makes it harder for him to get her location. She has EVERY reason to lie, being on the run in foreign land and being hunted. Maybe there is a misunderstanding. But the bottom line is, Saadia has been found guilty by the Alk'ir, and Kematu genuinely believes the charges brought against her. If your questioning the correctness of the charges against her, that's a pointless conversation cause the evidence is outside of Skyrim where the player can't access it.
Drem yol lok zeymah Dovahkiin, just found your channel and am loving your enthusiasm. I am an ancient Dovahkiin, and love watching young'ns discover the best game ever made. This will be my 12th year playing this game following years of Elder Scrolls starting with Arena Hammerfell Morrowind Oblivion but Skyrim is the world I choose to live my alternative life in. Am looking forward to joining you on your journey. Voth kogaan Dovahkiin. 👍🏴
About 27 mins in when you and the bandit were setting eachother on fire. the bandit was a dark elf so thats provably why they were abe to redist fire. Also npc swordsvare ususble ud they have good stars there defo worth a shot
The health potion made with wheat and blisterwort is a two property potion. That is what I made for my use and gave my followers a few also. You find most mushroom in the caves.
Walk up to them and activate them and open their inventory and put the stuff in you want to give them. Usually they equip it themselves, but if not you can equip if for them.
The Saints and Seducers "Balance of Power" quest is actually part of the creation club that was added to the Special edition and anniversary edition. Special Edition and Switch users receive free access to four Creations: Fishing, Rare Curios, Survival Mode, and Saints & Seducers while everything is included in the anniversary edition. Each Creation is official Bethesda content, developed with third-party developers and contracted mod authors. A lot of the quests dealing with them have a higher scaled up difficulty.
enjoying the video, fun to see someone experience this game for the first time like I did. I'm too deep into the game now, got hundreds of hours on it. just a bit sad you didn't reconsider Kematu's offer but you did lack context so I understand. And you said that even if Saadia did betray her people, she's trying to run to start a new life and that the government of Hammerfell should move on from her crime, I don't think treason is something people can move on from XD either way we don't know who's actually telling the truth but I'd rather trust someone who's willing to reason than someone who'd pull a knife out of me the moment we were alone.
I wouldn’t recommend ditching Whiterun until you hit up the companions guild quest line. I would also put off main story quests for a bit. The mountain is not for the feint of heart, and it’ll also trigger cultists to attack you and open up the Dragonborn dlc. If you want to become a thief, hit up Riften. Mage: Winterhold. Merc: Windhelm. If you want a bound bow (magic conjured bow that has no weight or need for arrows), head to fort amol and look in a bucket in the prison. If you want a wife that is unkillable and a brute, get Mjoll the lioness (in riften) to like you and talk to her while wearing an amulet of Mara after doing her quest (need to be lvl 14).
I reached level ten Monday night on my first play-through as well. The game is amazing. I remember beating Morrowind and logging about ten hours of oblivion back in 07. Now I'm back and loving every minute of it.
actually the easiest mammoth tusk was right behind the bar maiden in the Bannered Mare (20 feet from where Ysolda gives you the quest... not to mention she kind of gives you a hint when she says "when I make enough money trading with the Khajiit Caravans I'm going to buy the Bannered Mare".
Loving this! Like seeing someone who hasn’t played this masterpiece before and once you get the hang of it I suggest upping the difficulty it helps with immersion. Survival is harsh and only for select veterans I barely do it and I’ve been playing since launch. Gotta really be in the mood to walk everywhere😂😂
Enjoying your videos. Thank you for working so hard. It's nice to have fun in skyrim again. It's a game I've played many times and still have not done all there is. Also, side note, loving the end music! Trails of cold steel is awesome! I'm really glad I got into the series. For the moment, i have not yet finished it. I definitely will someday because it's pretty awesome. I always have fun whenever i play. Have a nice day.
Oh no he started the balance of power quest line One of the most difficult quests in the game This is one of those quests best saved for last friend since it is emense difficulty I will pray for you 😱
I never mess with the mammoths because their hard to kill unless your all the way leveled up and have good gear if not they send you flying with one hit and if you manage to get pass them you got the giants to deal with cause they defend the mammoths because they are their pets
(Yes, I know you have completed this series) I think this second episode was much more enjoyble than the first one. I defintely prefer the recorded (non-live) episodes. Lesson learned there in the talk with Kematu: don't dillydally for minutes in dialogues. This time it wasn't so bad, you just had to repeat some dialogue. But in a few cases, not answering in time will lead to a specific outcome you can't change unless you reload.
Yes indeed, this game is VERY addicting, lol. Between this and fallout4 I’m not sure which has the most hours. It’s like you just never finish the game.
FO4 was kinda shit, unbearable Story/Dialogue. I also thought the world was less interesting to explore than previous games. Compared to 76/Starfield, it's still better.
@@misantrope6267 I agree. I was a HUGE New Vegas fan. Got 4, started it.. got 2 hours in.. and didn't touch it for another year. Then I sat down to try again... same thing... I got past the Deathclaw.. back to that starter settlement and not much further. It was soooo dull, dumb and boring to me. I had no attachment to Shaun at all and I felt that my character was very foolish by thinking that somehow 200 years passed from deep freeze and Shaun would still be a child. Learning that he'd had a whole life with no attachments to his biological parents and had created that institute was no shock. At least that part was realistic. Sure, the parent misses their child, but the child doesn't remember them so why would they miss the parents? Fallout 3 also had a stupid storyline of chasing after a family member. Poor writing. Poor main storyline.
@@misantrope6267 The DLC made it worse too. The Far Harbor DLC interferes with a Institute playthrough cause you can't have them all returned to the institute like the Institute would want, but can only side with them or destroy them. (The Dima synth escapees) And the Nuka-world DLC ruined the anti-crime agenda of 3/4 factions. I can't be a BoS soldier, Institute director, or Minuteman General, and also be a gang leader... its hypocritical. And the general illogical decisions are ridiculous. The Railroad is just a joke and shouldn't even exist. they got Deathclaws running around ripping settlers to shreds and they are worried about some Synth who abandoned a clean healthy home in the Institute to go roll around in filth and garbage in the wasteland looking for bugs to eat? THATS their priority concern? A WHOLE GROUP living in a wasteland dedicated their lives to some Social Justice nonsense when people are getting radiation sickness all around them and REAL problems exist. Most people in wealthy 1st world nations today don't even care about that garbage, but somehow these poor starving scavvers have time to worry about fake people who chose to live in a radioactive wasteland instead of working a 9-5 in a lab underground with all the food they can eat and zero radiation. Then you have 3/4 factions having THE SAME EXACT ending. The illogical ending of "I don't like these people I already wiped out, so now lets use the reactor to turn this beautiful underground sanctuary we could use for ourselves into dust." Like WHAT!? How are you gonna lose men taking over the most pristine piece of infrastructure in the commonwealth, just to turn it into dust afterwards.
No judgments, as you're completely new to the lands of Tamriel and its history and politics, but Saadia is guilty AF. Kematu and the Alik'r are the good guys.
And fire is only hot on the outside, as there is a vacuum within. Everything is debatable in theory. In practice, try explaining how cold fire can be to a burn victim. Saadia's sob story is directly contradicted by established lore.
30:43 I also had that reaction and held off on doing this quest until like 10-15 levels later. I don't know what you chose yet, but I decided that Saadia/Iman was lying and turned her in. (Not gonna lie, part of the reason I did this is because I didn't want to have to go find Kematu LOL, I just went to Rorikstead and talked to the Alik'r to see what they had to say). What I initially found frustrating about Skyrim is that there is no "right" choice, per se, like there is in a lot of games. There are a few quests that are doing good, but a lot of them have some element of moral grayness. Even the Stormcloaks vs Imperials conflict is very grey-shaded. I can see why people just call Skyrim a power fantasy, since dragonborn are basically demi-gods interfering in mortal activities, but I've learned to appreciate this about the game and have had a lot of fun even while avoiding joining unsavory factions (even though I currently have a rogue build).
55:03 Lmao skyrim people advice is always so wild to me. The easiest way to get a mammoth tusk (I had a google this) is to buy it from the general goods store. You have a close distance melee character though, so maybe stealing is easier since you can actually deal with the potential thugs.
I have a little saying for this game. "Change your socks whenever you stop." Which means save your game a lot. Hope this helps if you are still playing.
I hope that by now you have learned about the quest arrows on your compass bar on the top of your screen. And how to toggle the active quests in your quest log.
If you get the convalescent spell you can heal your followers. And you can also give them better weapons and armor to help protect them. I give my followers ebony or better.
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only person in history to see a giant their first time and NOT get launched into orbit cause he actually said 'probably cant beat that'. smart man.
And that’s facts
Wrong 1:00:10 🤣🤣🤣
Psh
yeah but at 59:45 on the right a deer does
But it's a rite of passage
My mans basically said she committed treason but she's sorry so it's okay 😂😂
He didn't know any better. He's a fan of the "resistance" then turns on Hammerfell's resistance against the Empire trying to take over everyone. Saadia betrayed her people to the Empire who were fighting against domination. But, people in the comments told him to do this quest....despite it being really early in the game and him not having an understanding of the central conflict within the storyline. No big deal but it's annoying. Later into the game, I'm sure he'd have picked a different choice.
Most people forgive Parthurnaax for doing a lot worse 😂
@E_lecters that's the realest shit I've ever seen anyone say about Paarthurnax
@@Iron_Stigmata Most people also like super kewl dragon that helps you out vs the whiny blades who think they can boss around the last person they're sworn to serve. Main difference between Parthy and Saady is Saadia has nothing to really earn your favor aside from eye candy, and there's a strong potential that she straight up just lies to you.
She's not "sorry," she's just afraid of getting caught, assuming she is lying. Paarthurnax shows genuine remorse and a willingness to make things right.
As a bonus, the Alik'r, a group of supposed assassins react to you breaking into their den with an offer of peace. They give a more believable story if you know the lore, and if you follow through, they keep to their word.
(I've been told that Saadia's burial earn does end up in Whiterun's HotD, but there's also speculation that it's just a mechanical oversight.)
Saadia had snitch vibes for me the very first time I played, but I listened to her entire story, the prisoner’s entire story, the alik’r’s entire story, etc…same with Parthunaax. I really thought about each side and their accusations/defense…I don’t even blink anymore. 🤣
I spit my coffee everywhere when the giant airmailed you, the same thing happened to all of us the first time we played. They scale with player level but start at like 30 or something.
Ikr? Getting launched by a giant is like a rite of passage for Skyrim players.
I told Lydia to attack the giant as I used my bow. Poor Lydia.
@@alecbrock5835 have you really played Skyrim if you don't get launched by a giant? Or ragdoll down a mountain?
-Finds Armens family sword
-Goes back to Armen
-"You're not the guy I'm looking for"😂
Jedi mind tricked himself
Ace actually said, "You're not the guy I thought you were." Mandela effected himself.
The first heart drop of the "Lydia, where are you" is so nostalgic 25:00
She's blocking a door somewhere
Bro saying Redoran's Retreat is far from Whiterun. So innocent :D
Toddler taking his first few steps, let him walk.
4:30 love how he backtracks back to Uthger as soon as he hears her talk about a fistfight.
"I wish you can run and sprint at the same time" KingdomAce 2023.
Its great seeing someone enjoy skyrim for the first time. Keep it up man these are hella enjoyable to watch 🙏🏼
little fast travel tip if you go to carriages outside of stables it will let you teleport to any city you see on the world map but then you miss out on random encounters you see on the road walking, you can also just buy a horse. also you can set autosave to every 5-10 min in your settings just enter your hud menu to activate it(doesnt save while in combat)
Just to add . Those 'random enounters' are Not missable. They trigger by random . So dont assume that "oh no I have to walk so I get those random encounters" NOPE. Just play the game as you see fit. Fast travel all you like. Eventually those 'random encounters' will show up randomly
@@spelwurdsrite6756 I mean if you aren’t on the roads then you won’t see any of them.. you gotta travel by foot to see them I’m pretty sure
@@spelwurdsrite6756a lot of them appear only on roads so if you fast travel everywhere you will see pretty much none of those and also just the time you save fast travelling is time that wouldve been spent out in the world where random encounters can happen: which results in experiencing less random encounters
If you wanna fight with magic, novice level spells can only get you so far. Try buying some apprentice level spells like firebolt or ice spike from Farengar. Since you have the apprentice destruction perk these spells should be a straight upgrade
Thanks I'll definitely do this!
i love watching someone play skyrim for the first time, i just subscribed and have the notifications on for this series
u should do the graybeards quiz now
Lmao ayyye y’all gotta support this, this was honestly one of my favorite games of Xbox 360 growing that I played, he need to experience a masterclass with bugging out of this world
Shame it’s on special edition and using ussep bro missing some quality bugs
"You guys need to move on". LOL, from having their people sold out by a traitor?! 😂😂😂😂
I am really enjoying this playthrough. You have a similar playstyle and way of thinking as me (aside from siding with Saadia), but you do the quests in a different order, so I get to hear slightly different dialogue and experience encounters differently.
This game is SO addicting!
I'm enjoying this so much! I commend you on your soft-spoken clean language. I've introduced Skyrim to my 10 year old grandson and am looking forward to sharing this with him. You're doing great! Keep up the good work! 👍
1:00:02 Skyrim space program has a new recruit
and another at 59:46 on the left
@@ACD0829 that’s the right
That awkward-ass waterfall conversation with the Alik’r guys 😂 SO weird not getting any sort of camera shot of the guy who’s speaking
This exact angle happened to me too for some reason
Dragonborn's really like "Lemme just stand in the waterfall taking a shower while you ramble on about this, Kematu."
Love the spell sword combat style you’ve been using with your character! Also, Saints and Seducers isn’t original content so you really don’t have to worry about it if you don’t want to, but it’ll remain in your quest journal forever regardless lmao
I know this is kinda late, but its always good to randomy press f5 to quicksave. you never Ever know what is gonna happen to you in skyrim.
He's discovered the cheese wheel healing build
i'm loving to see mr."never gonna die" diyng the way we all died hundreds of times in skyrim kakakakakakakakakak
Trade with Lydia, she will carry stuff for you until you forge a backpack allowing you to carry more. Shd will also wear armour and use the weapons if they are better than she has. Always check your active effects in magic inventory to see if you've been poisoned have a disease or contract vampirism. Eat everything you pick ie; flowers plants skeever tails giants toes etc once only to learn it's alchemical properties, it will show up in your list at alchemy table as recipe. You learn fast young dovah 👍
You clearly play with the unofficial Skyrim patch. Back packs are not in the vanilla game
@@walls_of_skulls6061 oh is he not, my bad, I don't have the patch however do have all dlc's and Anniversary Edition, so used to it now I forget it's not in vanilla lol. Cheers 👍Krosis zeymah. 😁
@@kimwilson3863 im so bad at the dragon language. Is that “sadness brother”?
@@walls_of_skulls6061 It is forgive me or sorry or sorrow. If you Google dragon language translator it has a good and easy one to use. I used it frequently until I was able to remember many words and phrases adequately, very handy tool. 🌝
You wanna zeymah balls?@@walls_of_skulls6061
Found your channel yesterday while I was home from work dealing with a stomach virus. It's awesome to watch you play Skyrim for the first time. That's a game that has a very special place in my life. It's all me and my wife did when we first got married and were too poor to do literally anything else. Also, your voice is incredible dude. You could do voiceover for Neil deGrasse Tyson.
I can’t unsee/unhear that 😂😓
@@WanderingWendigo KingdomAce: We are made of stardust
This is still one of my most favorite games to play. I bought it the day it came out. I still play this game at least once a year randomly. It is really fun to see someone play it for the first time. Brings back memories!
i'm late to this but the Saadia / Alik'r situation has been debated in the fandom for a long time because no one actually knows for sure who's telling the truth. Saadia could very well just be a noble with hired assassins after her, but it's also plausible for the Alik'r to hunt her down for treason. from what we know of the Alik'r though, they're not assassins but are not necessarily mercenaries either, they're nomads who kind of operate as Hammerfell's Companions Guild (good natured work to keep things in order that could sometimes classify as mercenary work). and Hammerfell isn't in Skyrim by the way, it's a separate, desert country that partially borders Skyrim to the west/southwest, it's where the Redguards come from. but yeah, because of the Alik'r's reputation and their purpose in Hammerfell, it's more likely that Saadia is lying and she really did sell out people to the Aldmeri Dominion (who are not good people by the way, they're basically bigheaded, sociopathic, snobby Elf supremacists who also outlawed the worship of one of the Nine Divines for no good reason). her selling out people to them likely means she believes in the Aldmeri Dominion's cause, ratted out Talos worshippers, and that they were slaughtered for just worshipping their God.
and just a tidbit here - the Empire/Imperials are actually in cahoots with the Dominion in Skyrim's Civil War (labeled as the Thalmor), but only out of necessity and not really because they want to be. there's more to it but it's a lot of lore lol.
but yeah, that's just what i think about the Saadia thing, a lot of people debate it though. :)
When I was playing for the first time I didn't believe either of them so I ended up just killing both Saadia and Kematu at the stables. Got some trust issues 😂
Gained that nice early game scimitar tho
The Hammerfell people do not like the aldmeri dominion, it's hard to believe they would work with them. Saadia definitely sold her people out
Saadia claims alik'r guys are assasin and trying to kill her. But they actually want to capture her. That seems very suspicious. And she is pulling her dagger immediately. Dunno bro saadia is sus af
It was obvious the first time.
The overall demeanor was telling.
Saddia - Scared, nervous, regretful
Kematu - Calm, humorous, secure
The liar is always the nervous one, the truther is always just chill and straight forward.
Innocent people know no fear. Guilty people fear their own shadow.
@@im_azraelle it's worth noting that hammerfell was granted to the aldmeri dominion as part of the white gold concordant, but later rebelled and won their independence. It seems likely that saadia sided with the dominion in that conflict for personal gain, and was forced to flee when the dominion was driven out
glad to see you playing one of my favorite games again. I've got over 3000 hours across all versions of skyrim. I've done vanilla (no mods) playthroughs, and I've done playthroughs while running over 300 mods, lol. It's a great game.
I don't tend to watch many streams or let's plays, but I'm actually really enjoying this. It's so fun to see a newcomer enjoying a franchise I've loved for so long! In particular, hearing your thought process is quite interesting.
Fight on, Cyrus!
Can't believe he didn't take the banded iron armor from that bandit 😫
Found the Redguard woman quicker than i did my first playthrough, my first time looking i was near Iverstead and was looking all over those hills and in water for what seemed like forever before giving up over there lol
59:45 mysterious flying animal
I got so happy when he experienced Skyrim’s space program
"She's tryna move on" - So are the people of Hamerfell after what she did!! jkjk I'm just watching and waiting for the stealth archer build XD
just started playing Skyrim again but w loads of mods and it’s like a whole new game again. nice to see the game through fresh eyes for the first time in your videos !
I saw in your upload list that your way past this in your playthrough now, but i thought i'd give you a little lore to give some context for your decision about Saadia.
As Kematu said, she sold out her people to the Aldmeri Dominion. The Dominion are a political group run by High Elves, and they're essentially trying to take over all of Tamriel. Saadia's people (and yours) are Redguards. Their homeland, Hammerfell (a desert country completely separate from Skyrim), fought a war against the Dominion to stop them from taking over Hammerfell.
So basically, Saadia betrayed her and your character's homeland by giving information to a bunch of fascist High Elves trying to take over said homeland. She definitely deserves to be captured lol, but no biggie. You're new to the game and don't know the lore, and actually gave a decent reasoning for letting her go.
Unless Kematu is lying. 🤔
@@TheNorthlander Makes no sense. No incentive.
The hunter only makes it harder by lying about the prey. The prey only makes it easier by lying about the hunter. More lies = easier for prey.
Saadia is the one who's life is on the line, not really Kematu. Kematu has no reason to lie to a stranger about his mark. Only makes it harder for him to get her location. She has EVERY reason to lie, being on the run in foreign land and being hunted.
Maybe there is a misunderstanding. But the bottom line is, Saadia has been found guilty by the Alk'ir, and Kematu genuinely believes the charges brought against her.
If your questioning the correctness of the charges against her, that's a pointless conversation cause the evidence is outside of Skyrim where the player can't access it.
Hilarious how you were fighting the mammoth truly an experience for every new player XD
Hell ya dude I love seeing people experience skyrim for the first time
Playing this for the first time in 2023 blows my mind lmao better late than never though fr I love this game
Can’t wait til he discovers Skyrim’s Space Program. To infinity and beyond, Cadet.
Nvm. It happened in this video 😂
Drem yol lok zeymah Dovahkiin, just found your channel and am loving your enthusiasm. I am an ancient Dovahkiin, and love watching young'ns discover the best game ever made. This will be my 12th year playing this game following years of Elder Scrolls starting with Arena Hammerfell Morrowind Oblivion but Skyrim is the world I choose to live my alternative life in. Am looking forward to joining you on your journey. Voth kogaan Dovahkiin. 👍🏴
The Scimitar is Great cuz it goes back to your Redguard Roots
Hitting the quicksave frequently is a lesson we ALL learn the hard way lol
it's at this stage that they really learn to hit the frickin' quicksave before every encounter
About 27 mins in when you and the bandit were setting eachother on fire. the bandit was a dark elf so thats provably why they were abe to redist fire. Also npc swordsvare ususble ud they have good stars there defo worth a shot
*Hovers over the dialogue "I have your sword"*
"You're not the guy I'm looking for"
The health potion made with wheat and blisterwort is a two property potion. That is what I made for my use and gave my followers a few also. You find most mushroom in the caves.
How do you give your followers things?
Walk up to them and activate them and open their inventory and put the stuff in you want to give them. Usually they equip it themselves, but if not you can equip if for them.
Just found your channel, I love how you reason the stories out.
I also love your excitement over the game!
Started watching you play this, liking your style, namely because you don't needlessly shout and scream when something happens. Subbed
"We haven't done any main story in this episode. What's going on?". Lol welcome to Skyrim. I'm glad you've discovered this gem of a game😂
funny as hell, replaying skyrim rn and just discovered your channel, been watching your series at work and its been great, nice job bro
35:39 "no one will beat you" remember? lol
The Saints and Seducers "Balance of Power" quest is actually part of the creation club that was added to the Special edition and anniversary edition. Special Edition and Switch users receive free access to four Creations: Fishing, Rare Curios, Survival Mode, and Saints & Seducers while everything is included in the anniversary edition. Each Creation is official Bethesda content, developed with third-party developers and contracted mod authors. A lot of the quests dealing with them have a higher scaled up difficulty.
love to see you enjoying this man! i wish i could experience this for the first time again. best of luck!!!!!!
enjoying the video, fun to see someone experience this game for the first time like I did. I'm too deep into the game now, got hundreds of hours on it. just a bit sad you didn't reconsider Kematu's offer but you did lack context so I understand. And you said that even if Saadia did betray her people, she's trying to run to start a new life and that the government of Hammerfell should move on from her crime, I don't think treason is something people can move on from XD
either way we don't know who's actually telling the truth but I'd rather trust someone who's willing to reason than someone who'd pull a knife out of me the moment we were alone.
1:00:04 He has been finally initiated in the F.B.G Club. Flung By Giants gladly welcomes you to the group. lol
I wouldn’t recommend ditching Whiterun until you hit up the companions guild quest line. I would also put off main story quests for a bit. The mountain is not for the feint of heart, and it’ll also trigger cultists to attack you and open up the Dragonborn dlc.
If you want to become a thief, hit up Riften. Mage: Winterhold. Merc: Windhelm. If you want a bound bow (magic conjured bow that has no weight or need for arrows), head to fort amol and look in a bucket in the prison.
If you want a wife that is unkillable and a brute, get Mjoll the lioness (in riften) to like you and talk to her while wearing an amulet of Mara after doing her quest (need to be lvl 14).
bro i’ve been playing last two weeks as well my first ever play through, so fucking fun bro
I reached level ten Monday night on my first play-through as well. The game is amazing. I remember beating Morrowind and logging about ten hours of oblivion back in 07. Now I'm back and loving every minute of it.
Welcome to the Skyrim Space Program!
I love watching your skyrim series so far can we look forward to you continuing your journey in Skyrim?
actually the easiest mammoth tusk was right behind the bar maiden in the Bannered Mare (20 feet from where Ysolda gives you the quest... not to mention she kind of gives you a hint when she says "when I make enough money trading with the Khajiit Caravans I'm going to buy the Bannered Mare".
Loving this! Like seeing someone who hasn’t played this masterpiece before and once you get the hang of it I suggest upping the difficulty it helps with immersion. Survival is harsh and only for select veterans I barely do it and I’ve been playing since launch. Gotta really be in the mood to walk everywhere😂😂
Im just recently getting into skyrim, and its impossible to stop playing
31:45
House redguard build 😄
Those Saints Bandits been giving the wet work 😭 i put down a marker and I'll come back and pick my bone with them layer lmao
1:00:06 - you just saw the meme. "Skyrim's space program" 😂
Bro nabbing the food is awesome 😂 love watching your vids!
respect the grind and the lve for the game man
52:51 lmao😂 " oh crab " literally.
r.i.p Juan 🙏
You will be missed
Enjoying your videos. Thank you for working so hard. It's nice to have fun in skyrim again. It's a game I've played many times and still have not done all there is. Also, side note, loving the end music! Trails of cold steel is awesome! I'm really glad I got into the series. For the moment, i have not yet finished it. I definitely will someday because it's pretty awesome. I always have fun whenever i play. Have a nice day.
Oh no he started the balance of power quest line
One of the most difficult quests in the game
This is one of those quests best saved for last friend since it is emense difficulty
I will pray for you 😱
There are random encounters in this game you might miss out on if you always fast travel, so I recommend sometimes run to a place it it isn't too far.
"Awe, I just did all that for you... you aren't going to give me a discount homie??" lol my thoughts exactly haha
I never mess with the mammoths because their hard to kill unless your all the way leveled up and have good gear if not they send you flying with one hit and if you manage to get pass them you got the giants to deal with cause they defend the mammoths because they are their pets
(Yes, I know you have completed this series)
I think this second episode was much more enjoyble than the first one. I defintely prefer the recorded (non-live) episodes.
Lesson learned there in the talk with Kematu: don't dillydally for minutes in dialogues. This time it wasn't so bad, you just had to repeat some dialogue. But in a few cases, not answering in time will lead to a specific outcome you can't change unless you reload.
You inspired me to put 8 hours yesterday on this gem of a game
LETS GOOOOOO! HOPE YOU HAD FUN
Awesome to see you enjoyed the game
Yes indeed, this game is VERY addicting, lol. Between this and fallout4 I’m not sure which has the most hours. It’s like you just never finish the game.
FO4 was kinda shit, unbearable Story/Dialogue.
I also thought the world was less interesting to explore than previous games.
Compared to 76/Starfield, it's still better.
@@misantrope6267 I agree. I was a HUGE New Vegas fan. Got 4, started it.. got 2 hours in.. and didn't touch it for another year. Then I sat down to try again... same thing... I got past the Deathclaw.. back to that starter settlement and not much further. It was soooo dull, dumb and boring to me. I had no attachment to Shaun at all and I felt that my character was very foolish by thinking that somehow 200 years passed from deep freeze and Shaun would still be a child. Learning that he'd had a whole life with no attachments to his biological parents and had created that institute was no shock. At least that part was realistic. Sure, the parent misses their child, but the child doesn't remember them so why would they miss the parents? Fallout 3 also had a stupid storyline of chasing after a family member. Poor writing. Poor main storyline.
@@misantrope6267 The DLC made it worse too. The Far Harbor DLC interferes with a Institute playthrough cause you can't have them all returned to the institute like the Institute would want, but can only side with them or destroy them. (The Dima synth escapees)
And the Nuka-world DLC ruined the anti-crime agenda of 3/4 factions. I can't be a BoS soldier, Institute director, or Minuteman General, and also be a gang leader... its hypocritical.
And the general illogical decisions are ridiculous.
The Railroad is just a joke and shouldn't even exist. they got Deathclaws running around ripping settlers to shreds and they are worried about some Synth who abandoned a clean healthy home in the Institute to go roll around in filth and garbage in the wasteland looking for bugs to eat? THATS their priority concern? A WHOLE GROUP living in a wasteland dedicated their lives to some Social Justice nonsense when people are getting radiation sickness all around them and REAL problems exist.
Most people in wealthy 1st world nations today don't even care about that garbage, but somehow these poor starving scavvers have time to worry about fake people who chose to live in a radioactive wasteland instead of working a 9-5 in a lab underground with all the food they can eat and zero radiation.
Then you have 3/4 factions having THE SAME EXACT ending.
The illogical ending of "I don't like these people I already wiped out, so now lets use the reactor to turn this beautiful underground sanctuary we could use for ourselves into dust." Like WHAT!? How are you gonna lose men taking over the most pristine piece of infrastructure in the commonwealth, just to turn it into dust afterwards.
No judgments, as you're completely new to the lands of Tamriel and its history and politics, but Saadia is guilty AF. Kematu and the Alik'r are the good guys.
thats debatable
You could, technically, debate anything. But at the end of the day, water is wet, fire is hot, and Saadia is guilty.
yeah nah water isnt wet only things that come in contact with water become wet@@GenXcidal
And fire is only hot on the outside, as there is a vacuum within. Everything is debatable in theory. In practice, try explaining how cold fire can be to a burn victim.
Saadia's sob story is directly contradicted by established lore.
sure @@GenXcidal
30:43 I also had that reaction and held off on doing this quest until like 10-15 levels later. I don't know what you chose yet, but I decided that Saadia/Iman was lying and turned her in. (Not gonna lie, part of the reason I did this is because I didn't want to have to go find Kematu LOL, I just went to Rorikstead and talked to the Alik'r to see what they had to say).
What I initially found frustrating about Skyrim is that there is no "right" choice, per se, like there is in a lot of games. There are a few quests that are doing good, but a lot of them have some element of moral grayness. Even the Stormcloaks vs Imperials conflict is very grey-shaded. I can see why people just call Skyrim a power fantasy, since dragonborn are basically demi-gods interfering in mortal activities, but I've learned to appreciate this about the game and have had a lot of fun even while avoiding joining unsavory factions (even though I currently have a rogue build).
In case you dont know pressing the key before 1 on the keyboard you can type FOV 90 in the console click enter and it will change the fov
nothing beats getting yeeted by giant for the first time
I just stole the mammoth tusk literally right behind the innkeeper on a shelf.
55:03 Lmao skyrim people advice is always so wild to me. The easiest way to get a mammoth tusk (I had a google this) is to buy it from the general goods store. You have a close distance melee character though, so maybe stealing is easier since you can actually deal with the potential thugs.
8:35 "Lydia. Please." 💀 Lmaoo get used to it man 😂
You got to experience the gaint space program!
Don't worry. We all join the Skyrim Space Program at least once.
Great video - more skyrim content please!
I have a little saying for this game. "Change your socks whenever you stop." Which means save your game a lot. Hope this helps if you are still playing.
I hope that by now you have learned about the quest arrows on your compass bar on the top of your screen. And how to toggle the active quests in your quest log.
Don't forget the greybeards. It's essential. Learn the third word to unrelenting force and it sends people flying.
Thats what i told u about making lot of saves and also u have healing spell on book or in magic category little dunn dunn😋
Really enjoyed the anticipation of waiting for you to realize you hadn't killed Kematu yet 😅
Dude your voice is so nice
Thanks! So is your comment 🙏🏾
If you get the convalescent spell you can heal your followers. And you can also give them better weapons and armor to help protect them. I give my followers ebony or better.
At least when you died Lydia resurrected. I don’t even think you noticed the alik’r warriors kill her
Enemies can't kill companions. Only the player can. He was shooting flames out blindly and she got hit and died.
a giants club gits for 400 damage
i use a bit of combat a LOT of magic and now stealth/archery
My playstyle is Battle-mage-conjurer yeah its possible build but u know WEREWOLFS RULE!
Ace! can you make a playlist of the videos/vods in order, i feel like im missing stuff with the two playlists seperated ;-;
doesn't upgrade armor, doesn't get a horse and doesn't play the quests that can make him stronger😂