The Direnni are intresting. They seemed to be quite open when compared to the other race's of Mer as they had no qualms with The Nede's/Bretons and welcomed Aylied refugees with open arms. They were not overthrown by force but their power faded due to Breton's gaining political power
Unlike the main ethnic group of Altmer inside of The Summerset Isles, The Direnni do not buy into the delusion of "elven supremacy" and largely live in peace with their human neighbors. I would additionally think that, basically just being a city-state for the past millennium or so, the Direnni have probably needed to breed with their human neighbors more often in order for their presumably small population to remain genetically viable, which also probably helps out with political alliances with the many noble families of High Rock, as well as them never really having all that much of a social stigma about such things. It is for this reason that I suspect that the Direnni would currently be the Elven equivalent of The Bretons, in that the former is predominantly Elven, but with a by no means insignificant percentage of Human ancestry. The Thalmor probably have a racistly low opinion of The Direnni for this very reason.
Thalmor are religious extremists ,and we know how those people are in real life.Thalmor are not different than all the other idiots who have caused wars and holocausts out of a feeling of superiority in our own world.
Actually, the Direnni did still believe in Elven Supremacy, it's the whole reason they had the humans as the lower casts in their society in the first place. They just weren't as anal about it like the Altmer. They believe in Elven superiority, just to a lower level. They didn't NEED to breed with the humans, they just chose to for recreational sex, and none of the Bretons born of that were allowed to be a part of the main Direnni family, just higher positions than the Nedes.
@@thalmoragent9344 I think they believed in some elven supremacy but not that much. The conquered people are almost alway second class citizens, but that doesn't mean that the conquerors consider them inferior racially. They have their own interests and goals and to do that they don't give conquered people as many power and rights as them, not because they believe themselves to be superiors, but because they need workers and they want to keep their status.
It's always a pleasure to see a scholar like you helping spread knowledge about the rich and honorable (and sometimes forgotten) Altmer history. Great video.
Lol thank you. But a questin to someone who is clearly Dominion lover. Do you think the Direnni would sympathise with the Thalmor? To me it seems out of character but perhaps you have a different perspective on it?
@@ImperialKnowledge There are certainly many differences between the Direnni and the Thalmor, especially regarding methods and ways of dealing with politics. But these differences can be explained, before anything else, by the different historical context in which each of them arised as dominant groups. Just like the differences between the First, Second and Third Aldmeri Dominions can be explained by these different contexts. However, all of them - the Direnni, the Thalmor and all the Dominions - essentially represent the same historical movement: an attempt by the Altmer civilization to spread culture and enlightenment across Tamriel. Now would the Direnni sympathise with the Thalmor ways? Maybe not. The Direnni certainly would prefer a more business-oriented way of action.They were masters in the game of politics. They used to have a subtlety that the Thalmor often lacks. Machiavelli's "the Prince" describes the Direnni perfectly well and the context of their rise is very similar to the birth of our modern age in the Italian merchant principalities. Now the Thalmor is a whole different story. Their ways are a response to a context in which human nations and empires have become more and more imperialistic and - sometimes - even barbaric. Tiber Septim represents that trend better than anyone else. So the Thalmor is a child of its time and (even if their methods would not be approved by the Direnni) at the end of the day they are not essentially different.
The Direnni are a pretty ideal race of Mer. Sure they still believed in their natural superiority, but weren't so snobbish about it like the Altmer or some other Mer. An Elven ruled society that made peace with other friendly Mer that came to them for help, and guided humans under them sounds pretty good. 3:57 That's touching, the Direnni cared about their Falmer cousins who were massacred by the Nords, and claimed that part of Skyrim in their name. I wonder why we don't hear of the Snow Elves ever heading to High Rock for refuge, maybe they wanted to keep their cousins safe from the wrath of Nords, and figured the Dwemer already in Skyrim were a safer bet.
I made this one myself from different assets online so I cant give you a link. But if you contact me on discord or email I can send you any version of the map you want as I still have my work file and I can customize it however I want
two things i noticed that are both interesting 1. the Direnni history is easier to understand since most their history as well mess up in the head like so many of their alter mer cousins they did just fun! way back in the ancients eras or the very older ages of times for the elves since their long life spans ancient time for us the old ages for the elves if that makes any reasonable sense 2. un i just realized the Pelagius III Pelagius the mad should look more alter mer then human in looks being a breton isn't bad way to explain why he looks so human in looks since how genetics work in the elder scrolls series the child always take the mother's race and well be a version of being a number of that race just not 100% hybrid in those looks or other means that would make sense for a hybrid in other series being a Breton is still good answer but genetic in their lore he's even more Odd in those means i guess being a child of the empire being dragon-born in the blood overrides that genetic marker of the babies likely hood still a Breton is a good answer but i feel like the lore undermines it's own rules even their very odd genetic rules of how each race has kids with each other aren't always 100% like that the game series but the seeing Pelagius III as alter-breton mer like being is pretty interesting to see but i guess it doesn't matter
Looks like you've missed an important information about the Direnni: they do NOT control the Isle of Balfiera anymore.They lost control of it after the Warp of the West.
What's really comical about the racial supremicist types common in TES fan groups is that if you can interbreed and have viable offspring that can also have offspring it means ,let us say ,that dogs can do this,which means dogs are all the same species.A good lesson for racists in games or real life.XD.
Hope you enjoyed the video, it was a real pain to edit the audio. I had a lot of problems with the pronounciation, and even now it isnt perfect.
The Direnni are fascinating. I hope we get more of them in TES 6
The Direnni are intresting. They seemed to be quite open when compared to the other race's of Mer as they had no qualms with The Nede's/Bretons and welcomed Aylied refugees with open arms. They were not overthrown by force but their power faded due to Breton's gaining political power
They aren't technically their own race they are still Altmer they are just a very prolific clan of altmer
Love this man!! High quality is a understatement.
Thanks! I disagree with the high quality, but still happy with the praise :P :)
@@ImperialKnowledge Hey man your style is great love it.
cant wait for es6, they absolutely MUST include the balefera isle and the direnni
Unlike the main ethnic group of Altmer inside of The Summerset Isles, The Direnni do not buy into the delusion of "elven supremacy" and largely live in peace with their human neighbors. I would additionally think that, basically just being a city-state for the past millennium or so, the Direnni have probably needed to breed with their human neighbors more often in order for their presumably small population to remain genetically viable, which also probably helps out with political alliances with the many noble families of High Rock, as well as them never really having all that much of a social stigma about such things. It is for this reason that I suspect that the Direnni would currently be the Elven equivalent of The Bretons, in that the former is predominantly Elven, but with a by no means insignificant percentage of Human ancestry. The Thalmor probably have a racistly low opinion of The Direnni for this very reason.
Thalmor are religious extremists ,and we know how those people are in real life.Thalmor are not different than all the other idiots who have caused wars and holocausts out of a feeling of superiority in our own world.
Actually, the Direnni did still believe in Elven Supremacy, it's the whole reason they had the humans as the lower casts in their society in the first place.
They just weren't as anal about it like the Altmer. They believe in Elven superiority, just to a lower level.
They didn't NEED to breed with the humans, they just chose to for recreational sex, and none of the Bretons born of that were allowed to be a part of the main Direnni family, just higher positions than the Nedes.
@@thalmoragent9344 source please ?
@@thalmoragent9344 I think they believed in some elven supremacy but not that much. The conquered people are almost alway second class citizens, but that doesn't mean that the conquerors consider them inferior racially. They have their own interests and goals and to do that they don't give conquered people as many power and rights as them, not because they believe themselves to be superiors, but because they need workers and they want to keep their status.
It's always a pleasure to see a scholar like you helping spread knowledge about the rich and honorable (and sometimes forgotten) Altmer history. Great video.
Lol thank you. But a questin to someone who is clearly Dominion lover.
Do you think the Direnni would sympathise with the Thalmor? To me it seems out of character but perhaps you have a different perspective on it?
@@ImperialKnowledge There are certainly many differences between the Direnni and the Thalmor, especially regarding methods and ways of dealing with politics. But these differences can be explained, before anything else, by the different historical context in which each of them arised as dominant groups. Just like the differences between the First, Second and Third Aldmeri Dominions can be explained by these different contexts.
However, all of them - the Direnni, the Thalmor and all the Dominions - essentially represent the same historical movement: an attempt by the Altmer civilization to spread culture and enlightenment across Tamriel. Now would the Direnni sympathise with the Thalmor ways? Maybe not. The Direnni certainly would prefer a more business-oriented way of action.They were masters in the game of politics. They used to have a subtlety that the Thalmor often lacks. Machiavelli's "the Prince" describes the Direnni perfectly well and the context of their rise is very similar to the birth of our modern age in the Italian merchant principalities. Now the Thalmor is a whole different story. Their ways are a response to a context in which human nations and empires have become more and more imperialistic and - sometimes - even barbaric. Tiber Septim represents that trend better than anyone else. So the Thalmor is a child of its time and (even if their methods would not be approved by the Direnni) at the end of the day they are not essentially different.
Why love the thalmor!!!!!!!!
I’m a simple man, I see imperial knowledge, I like.
I like that map in the background, so detailed.
So much work in your fan Elder Schroll vids! Thanks! ^^
The Direnni are a pretty ideal race of Mer. Sure they still believed in their natural superiority, but weren't so snobbish about it like the Altmer or some other Mer. An Elven ruled society that made peace with other friendly Mer that came to them for help, and guided humans under them sounds pretty good.
3:57
That's touching, the Direnni cared about their Falmer cousins who were massacred by the Nords, and claimed that part of Skyrim in their name. I wonder why we don't hear of the Snow Elves ever heading to High Rock for refuge, maybe they wanted to keep their cousins safe from the wrath of Nords, and figured the Dwemer already in Skyrim were a safer bet.
Nice presentation, the captions do go a long way, certainly an upgrade
Yeah it helps a lot as now I can just put relevant smaller images on screen with a caption instead of permanently using unrelated screenfiller.
I hope we see them in TES High Rock
glad to see you back with the new style its great
Altmer and Breton are my favorite
Loving this _1080p_ resolution and the new background
lol the Karth River canyon is visible from the map?
I wish Skyrim was as big as it should be; 3X whats ingame. :/
Another great video! One question though, do you have a link for the blank outline map you used for this video?
I made this one myself from different assets online so I cant give you a link. But if you contact me on discord or email I can send you any version of the map you want as I still have my work file and I can customize it however I want
I would love to see an eso dlc or chapter in balfiera
Ooooooooooooooooo yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh. Love the direnni
Geez the quality is so good.
I think its sarcasm, but near the end of the video I tried to improve a lot actually. So I hope it is t sarcasm lol
@@ImperialKnowledge it isn't sarcasm
@@ImperialKnowledge but the audio could be better
Thanks! @@mrlordcatvods5047 I wish I could get more quality out of this mic, but it seems like I touched the limit :(
two things i noticed that are both interesting 1. the Direnni history is easier to understand since most their history as well mess up in the head
like so many of their alter mer cousins they did just fun! way back in the ancients eras or the very older ages of times for the elves since their
long life spans ancient time for us the old ages for the elves if that makes any reasonable sense 2. un i just realized the Pelagius III Pelagius the mad
should look more alter mer then human in looks being a breton isn't bad way to explain why he looks so human in looks since how genetics work
in the elder scrolls series the child always take the mother's race and well be a version of being a number of that race just not 100% hybrid in those
looks or other means that would make sense for a hybrid in other series being a Breton is still good answer but genetic in their lore he's even more
Odd in those means i guess being a child of the empire being dragon-born in the blood overrides that genetic marker of the babies likely hood still
a Breton is a good answer but i feel like the lore undermines it's own rules even their very odd genetic rules of how each race has kids with each other
aren't always 100% like that the game series but the seeing Pelagius III as alter-breton mer like being is pretty interesting to see but i guess it doesn't matter
Another good video IK - thanks
It's valentine day-->Direnni Hege is switzerland of Tamriel-->The Direnni are Chocomer.... ;^p
Looks like you've missed an important information about the Direnni: they do NOT control the Isle of Balfiera anymore.They lost control of it after the Warp of the West.
Who controls it now, Wayrest?
@@benjaminbeddow1421 We havent been told yet.
cool video
Brilliant!
What's really comical about the racial supremicist types common in TES fan groups is that if you can interbreed and have viable offspring that can also have offspring it means ,let us say ,that dogs can do this,which means dogs are all the same species.A good lesson for racists in games or real life.XD.
i think the direnni rn have no political meanings with empire nor the aldmeri dominion.