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  • @Camelworks
    @Camelworks  5 лет назад +967

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    • @fusrodahdaily9664
      @fusrodahdaily9664 5 лет назад +5

      :)

    • @IndridCold
      @IndridCold 5 лет назад +4

      I need to ne more awake i know theres some of these i keep forgetting to follow, unfortunately my memory is bad so i am commenting here so ill see it if i forget i watched it. [ I took some pretty serious damage and went from a great me ory to like a gold fish. So relying on seeing this >.>]

    • @stevenbills2600
      @stevenbills2600 5 лет назад +4

      To be honest it could be anyone because you can get one in volkihar castle

    • @user-qv1gc1vn7o
      @user-qv1gc1vn7o 5 лет назад +3

      IT'S FROM MIAD THE LIAR! HE KNOW MORE, TELL SOME, AN INVINCIBLE CHARACTER THAT RUN AROUND THE WHOLE CILRODIL SKYRIM, ALSO MORROWIND, NO PLACE THAT HE DIDN'T SET FOOT ON

    • @higoodbye8061
      @higoodbye8061 5 лет назад +1

      KNOWLEDGEEEE

  • @adamthomas1852
    @adamthomas1852 5 лет назад +9709

    The courier could just be using Clairvoyance to track you down. Novice level skill.

    • @andrewbear1057
      @andrewbear1057 5 лет назад +2176

      Or by just following the quest marker over your head.

    • @elijahcaudle7365
      @elijahcaudle7365 5 лет назад +1504

      Literally both of those answers is acceptable

    • @finnthorsland1952
      @finnthorsland1952 5 лет назад +144

      Probably lol

    • @meatbicycleman4544
      @meatbicycleman4544 5 лет назад +490

      Nah. The courier is omnipresent and omnipotent.

    • @kingmasterlord
      @kingmasterlord 5 лет назад +239

      Clairvoyance absolutely devours your magicka, tho

  • @Bobosquishythe1
    @Bobosquishythe1 5 лет назад +3852

    J'zargo is the one sending the letters to distract you from becoming a better mage than him.

    • @lossyoko6112
      @lossyoko6112 4 года назад +64

      But wouldn't shouts be considered a form of magic ?

    • @daws1620
      @daws1620 4 года назад +259

      "J'zargo could be the person who sends the letters. Or he might not. We'll see"
      Would be the best J'zargo quote ever

    • @JoeySchantz
      @JoeySchantz 4 года назад +61

      J'zargo likes this idea

    • @decoywitha3
      @decoywitha3 4 года назад +79

      Maiq' the Liar says J'Zargo is a liar

    • @dragondemonsss
      @dragondemonsss 4 года назад +4

      Lol

  • @sultanofsauce9816
    @sultanofsauce9816 2 года назад +969

    There’s one other character that is sorely missing from this list: The nameless Whiterun Guard that first tells us we’re Dragonborn.

    • @eh7558
      @eh7558 2 года назад +46

      This Is what I always thought.

    • @digitoki6886
      @digitoki6886 Год назад +15

      Most likely outcome

    • @Ragnar_ice-veins
      @Ragnar_ice-veins Год назад +67

      His name was Steve. He took an arrow to the knee soon after that and got married to a barmaid. They bought a small farm near bruma where they raised their 3 children and lived a good life together.

    • @JBrander
      @JBrander Год назад +58

      There is a mod that gives the names of the four whiterun guards who went with us to battle the first dragon fight. And then after the fight, we become best bros with them and see them patrolling Whiterun.

    • @finalaleks.6663
      @finalaleks.6663 Год назад +12

      @@JBrander do you happen to know the name of that mod?

  • @rithrius5384
    @rithrius5384 4 года назад +1565

    **Courier wakes up in the morning.**
    Huge black tentacly blob in the doorway of his bedroom: _"Yo dude, can u deliver dis?"_

    • @shiro4833
      @shiro4833 3 года назад +116

      He can take any form. For example...a simple courier? One that always knows, where we are and will always reach us there? One that noone can escape from? Think about it...Also "very nice" profile pic

    • @ceasefire2825
      @ceasefire2825 3 года назад +16

      @@shiro4833 the thing with Herma mora is that he doesn't want to take any other form. the fucking bastard likes being a black blob of hentai.

    • @TheHuskyK9
      @TheHuskyK9 3 года назад +23

      Courier: *”S u r e !”*

    • @Saiyan0X
      @Saiyan0X 3 года назад +48

      That would explain why he goes thought Heaven and Earth to search for YOU, no matter where you go.
      Dragonborn: Why do you keep following me?
      Courier: Because I dont want a giant tentacle blob of eyes and darkness to fuck me in the morning.
      Dragonborn: ... understandable.

    • @manofthehills5001
      @manofthehills5001 3 года назад +41

      More like “Yoooooooo duuuuuude… caaaan youuuuu Deliverrrr thissssss?”

  • @huskobyte
    @huskobyte 4 года назад +2782

    You picked a bad time to get lost, *friend*
    Oh yeah, it’s all comin’ together.

    • @silverwolf2676
      @silverwolf2676 4 года назад +156

      The bandits are finding them for us ... now I feel bad for blowing them up.

    • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
      @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 4 года назад +209

      @@silverwolf2676 They're sacrificing themselves for the sake of the Dragonborn's practice.
      The bandits were the true heroes.

    • @silverwolf2676
      @silverwolf2676 4 года назад +97

      @@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Thank you bandit number 527, you were so brave when I disintergrated you with my newly learned lightning storm. A minutes silence please...

    • @gabrielkellar1935
      @gabrielkellar1935 4 года назад +59

      Of course, right under our noses...
      Every single bandit in the game sent us a letter.

    • @ZyliceLiddell
      @ZyliceLiddell 3 года назад

      @@gabrielkellar1935 😂

  • @Doom_Guy__
    @Doom_Guy__ 5 лет назад +4742

    Nazeem is sending the letters to distract you from getting to the cloud district.

    • @deaineraturner4917
      @deaineraturner4917 5 лет назад +50

      😂

    • @slickboi762
      @slickboi762 5 лет назад +45

      Thank you my fellow comrade

    • @jessiehogue.
      @jessiehogue. 5 лет назад +81

      ...The clever devil.

    • @harkon7618
      @harkon7618 5 лет назад +32

      This guy gets it!

    • @ChouhouinNeko
      @ChouhouinNeko 5 лет назад +39

      but how can he send them form beyond the grave? i always kill him the 1st time i see him

  • @jimi_jams
    @jimi_jams 3 года назад +634

    I really like the idea of Paarthunax daintily writing these letters with a quill in his giant clawed hands, and handing the letter off to a courier that has to climb the Throat of the World every time.

    • @rachdarastrix5251
      @rachdarastrix5251 Год назад +105

      "It is not easy to write on this small paper with this small pen when my talon is way down here and my face for seeing the paper is way up here, but I have had 11 thousand years of practice. I also write poetry. Sadly no one buys it because they all hate dragons."
      ~Paarthunax.

    • @marintoss
      @marintoss Год назад +13

      Maybe he says it to Graybeards, maybe they do it instead of Paarthunax?

    • @nojusticejustus2912
      @nojusticejustus2912 Год назад

      @@marintoss it's wulfrud n partysnaxxx. Remember in high Hrothgar wulfrud teaches yuh your very first shout. Partysnaxxx per the letter is showing yuh where every shout is so yuh can defeat alduin. The whole " caused quite a stir" is because they know if yuh keep shouting out in public alduin or another dragon might hear yuh n might make a visit and destroy 💩. Yuh find this out when yuh refuse to off partysnaxxx and Delphine gets pissed n bans yuh from the temple.the dragonborn response is that partysnaxxx has been helping him defeat alduin and the rest of the dragons. But if yuh off partysnaxxx angier will get pissed and ban yuh from high Hrothgar because he knows partysnaxxx was helping yuh save the world. Enjoy!!!

    • @marintoss
      @marintoss Год назад +2

      @@nojusticejustus2912 I didn't want to kill him and I never went to Delphine so Im missing something here 😂

    • @Mninja888
      @Mninja888 10 месяцев назад +3

      Dragons can shout their words, and engrave them on stone. I wonder if they could do something similar to paper?

  • @soffran2010
    @soffran2010 4 года назад +552

    The funniest one I got is “you caused a bit of a stir in Apocrypha” lmao

    • @rdnkbear872
      @rdnkbear872 3 года назад +12

      How could they tell?

    • @generalgarchomp333
      @generalgarchomp333 2 года назад +111

      my favorite was in 'lakeside manor' AKA my fucking house.

    • @user-tp5yb4hr4w
      @user-tp5yb4hr4w 2 года назад +37

      which brings us back to the theory of the courier being the messenger of Hermaus Mora as he's the one sending these letters to the last dragonborn as he already sees the potential for a replacement for Miraak.

    • @danielbob2628
      @danielbob2628 Год назад +6

      I got one for Giermund's Hall. A Nordic tomb.

    • @ab12345cdf
      @ab12345cdf Год назад +17

      I got one that said it for the Soul Cairn 💀

  • @SadButter
    @SadButter 5 лет назад +3703

    "You caused quite a stir in Abandoned Shack when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um."
    - Probably my favourite letter I got.

    • @Kostadin_Arolski
      @Kostadin_Arolski 5 лет назад +160

      We need to start a petition so we can watch the whole night

    • @darrennew8211
      @darrennew8211 5 лет назад +350

      "You caused quite a stir in Aethereum Forge..."

    • @SuperMrDoctorwho
      @SuperMrDoctorwho 5 лет назад +482

      "You caused quite a stir in the mind of a madman when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um." ... Yeah beat that.

    • @Trewop957
      @Trewop957 5 лет назад +180

      You caused quite a stir in dark brotherhood sanctuary

    • @fwkhrome
      @fwkhrome 5 лет назад +254

      i got "you caused quite a stir in svens house"

  • @chaddo1809
    @chaddo1809 5 лет назад +2465

    Dragonborn: *walking through black reach*
    Courier: *pops up from no where* "I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only."

    • @KingRoony20
      @KingRoony20 5 лет назад +39

      Love the comment. But wtf is your picture?

    • @chaddo1809
      @chaddo1809 5 лет назад +162

      stubby hands its a letter and a lot of gold something about it being your...uh, inheritance? Oh, and sorry for your loss.
      *opens letter* i dont even know who this is

    • @toe_sucker_4165
      @toe_sucker_4165 5 лет назад +72

      @@skeletundra- got this letter here.
      "From who?"
      Don't know. Shadowy fellow, payed me a lot to get this to you. Welp, looks like that's it. Got to go.

    • @cromabu5090
      @cromabu5090 5 лет назад +46

      Chaddo I found an imperial courier down there fighting a centurion.

    • @davidhatcher7016
      @davidhatcher7016 5 лет назад +2

      XD

  • @tlotpwist3417
    @tlotpwist3417 4 года назад +1310

    Random guy:
    "Deliver this letter to the Dragonborn, wherever he or she is"
    Courier:
    [TARGET ACQUIRED]

    • @shayposting
      @shayposting 3 года назад +18

      *Mandalorian theme starts playing*

    • @mecanwinmac2796
      @mecanwinmac2796 3 года назад +19

      @@shayposting way to ruin the joke

    • @brodybrown6921
      @brodybrown6921 3 года назад +4

      @@mecanwinmac2796 how?

    • @lucassinclair2392
      @lucassinclair2392 3 года назад +3

      I have no idea why but in my head I heard the Kim possible notification noise.

    • @brodybrown6921
      @brodybrown6921 3 года назад +4

      @@mecanwinmac2796 Salty middle schooler

  • @Lyrog
    @Lyrog 3 года назад +473

    Regarding the courier thing, I'm gonna use his own famous words here: "I've been looking for you..."
    So he doesn't actually know where we are. He might from a game mechanic point of view, but lore-wise, he simply looks for us until he finds us.

    • @filthycasual8187
      @filthycasual8187 Год назад +24

      Yeah, he plainly spells out his own lore when he runs up to you.

    • @TheButcherCat
      @TheButcherCat Год назад +61

      Yeah I just figure as he travels to make deliveries he asks about if they’ve seen the Dragonborn lately, has any idea where they’re headed, etc.

    • @lu.d76
      @lu.d76 Год назад +10

      As it's the first thing he says, I can agree that It is should be understood in the literal sense.

    • @RedShirtGuy96
      @RedShirtGuy96 Год назад +29

      @@TheButcherCat Spawns in Blackreach: "I've been looking for you"
      -The courier stands before the dragonborn with tattered clothes, many bruises and cuts.

    • @funnycat9962
      @funnycat9962 Год назад +12

      Speaking of the courier’s lines, he also says “your hands only” right before giving you a letter from the orphanage that he was specifically asked to distribute to everyone he meets, which I find very funny.

  • @potassium5398
    @potassium5398 4 года назад +1540

    “You caused quite a stir in Honorhall Orphanage when you demonstrated the power of your Thu’um”

  • @philthebarbarian5063
    @philthebarbarian5063 5 лет назад +2410

    It was always suspicious, since I have no friends.

    • @fusrodahdaily9664
      @fusrodahdaily9664 5 лет назад +76

      mmmm whacha saaay

    • @user-rt4og9ci2o
      @user-rt4og9ci2o 5 лет назад +10

      Ayyy same guy

    • @artorias1172
      @artorias1172 5 лет назад +36

      This hits hard right at home

    • @isaiahnavarro8268
      @isaiahnavarro8268 5 лет назад +17

      Awesomness The Barbarian hmmmm something doesn’t seem right here unless
      YOU HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST SKYRIM AND HER PEOPLE WHAT DO YOU HAVE SAY IN YOUR DEFENSE

    • @dracodeanglicus3857
      @dracodeanglicus3857 5 лет назад +20

      _What’s that!? Mother?...is that your voice I hear? Oh, no, just my head playing tricks, Foolish Cicero..._

  • @abrafo1891
    @abrafo1891 2 года назад +296

    I always assumed that the friend was not a singular person but simply a random citizen sending the famous Dragonborn fan mail along with a quest.

  • @jackgreenwood2jg
    @jackgreenwood2jg 3 года назад +250

    I thought the friend was Parthonax, being a dragon himself can hear the shouts and being an elder dragon he knows where the walls are from the old tombs.

    • @iceblade019
      @iceblade019 2 года назад +93

      Im picturing paarthurnax writing a letter lmao

    • @ZachRoDah
      @ZachRoDah 2 года назад +68

      Paarthurnax with his big ass dragon wings, writing a tiny ass note to tell you where a word of power is.

    • @madara992
      @madara992 2 года назад +20

      @Holy Diver parthur said no one has converse with him besides the Dragonborn in a century

    • @LoganAppel
      @LoganAppel Год назад +7

      @@madara992 also why would Paarthurnax feel the need to remain anonymous? The daddy dragon himself can talk to dragonborn if he wants too

    • @madara992
      @madara992 Год назад +6

      @@LoganAppel he said it himself that the wild urges of the dragon is still in him that’s why he stays isolated for himself and for others to try to slay him

  • @Lucky-yl2wb
    @Lucky-yl2wb 5 лет назад +1245

    "You caused a bit of stir in inside the mind of a madman" Probably the best letter I've ever gotten

    • @butterysnail2537
      @butterysnail2537 4 года назад +72

      I once got the soul cairn

    • @thomasjenkins7506
      @thomasjenkins7506 4 года назад +60

      @@butterysnail2537 serves you right. such a peaceful place.

    • @butterysnail2537
      @butterysnail2537 4 года назад +93

      a peaceful place filled with former McDonalds employees

    • @ElMoShApPiNeSs
      @ElMoShApPiNeSs 4 года назад +25

      This just shows Bethesda didn't think this through as much as Camel has

    • @butterysnail2537
      @butterysnail2537 4 года назад +28

      @@ElMoShApPiNeSs Not really. I just think the friend wasn't meant to be anyone. Just a gameplay mechanic

  • @alexarrowood3070
    @alexarrowood3070 5 лет назад +1377

    I think it is the Chicken in Riverwood

    • @elijahcaudle7365
      @elijahcaudle7365 5 лет назад +33

      That actually pisses me off lol

    • @LucaNiki0303
      @LucaNiki0303 4 года назад +30

      The chicken truly is an omnipresent Mastermind

    • @thundershock_326
      @thundershock_326 4 года назад +20

      But. I killed him...

    • @MrMathGames
      @MrMathGames 4 года назад +5

      Nah, can't be. Install the mod NARC so animals stop paying attention and reporting you, and you *still get the letters*. :D

    • @DrumMajorsAMM
      @DrumMajorsAMM 4 года назад +11

      True story; my first ever play through I killed that chicken and it cause my first death

  • @tristencox5914
    @tristencox5914 3 года назад +292

    Hermaeus Mora: *stabs Miraak*
    Dragonborn: Damn, that would’ve been useful five minutes ago

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 2 года назад +21

      Always hated that since he turned Miraak into a skeleton, I never got to see what he looked like under his mask.

    • @logancluer1141
      @logancluer1141 Год назад +36

      @@troodon1096 he’s got 2 different faces he can spawn with. Ones slightly more unique but the other is just a basic face that bandits can spawn with lol

    • @yes_man212
      @yes_man212 Год назад +1

      @@troodon1096 lore wise miraak doesn’t have a form

    • @EnclavegovtofficialUSA
      @EnclavegovtofficialUSA Год назад

      ​@@yes_man212bullshit!

    • @tanehickey9887
      @tanehickey9887 7 месяцев назад +7

      The dragon cult were nords and all the dragon priests were nords miraak is Nord height as they are always in the game and if console commands are used on pc u can take the mask off him and he’s a randomly generated nord guy and solstheim was actually part of Skyrim until it was split from the mainland by miraak and vahloks fight when miraak was defeated by him all in the merethic era it was always a Skyrim owned land from then until the high king gave it to morrowind when red mountain f**ked it again

  • @basilsaurus1311
    @basilsaurus1311 3 года назад +96

    The first time I received the Letter from a Friend, it directed me do Rannveig’s Fast, implying that the whole thing was just a trap set by Sild the Warlock. Never felt so betrayed.

  • @pyrocent6469
    @pyrocent6469 4 года назад +1696

    So, I defeated Miraak and, after heading back to Skyrim, I got another letter that read "You caused a bit of a stir in Apocrypha when you demonstrated..." Got a hunch Herma Mora might be to blame.

    • @josephrobinson6171
      @josephrobinson6171 4 года назад +156

      Yeah it’s obviously an aedra or daedric prince.

    • @chaddo1809
      @chaddo1809 3 года назад +14

      Lmfao,

    • @why-qz6zq
      @why-qz6zq 3 года назад +40

      I got one from mind of a madman

    • @gourdguru
      @gourdguru 3 года назад +143

      @@why-qz6zq sheogorath is obviously the culprit, then. the one suspect with the omnipresence necessary, who has no need for motive, and no lust for result, who gets the benefit of watching a man topple entire empires by screaming inane gibberish at the top of his lungs. CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!!!

    • @joshuabeard8218
      @joshuabeard8218 3 года назад +18

      I think it could be Talos...

  • @solitudeguard7673
    @solitudeguard7673 4 года назад +1411

    "You caused quite a stir when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um in Sovngarde "

    • @worlds_worst_tf2_player
      @worlds_worst_tf2_player 3 года назад +39

      wut lol

    • @ShysteCapone
      @ShysteCapone 3 года назад +8

      @Diplomatic immunity how tho

    • @_b_moll
      @_b_moll 3 года назад +69

      I got Apocrypha

    • @undeniablyemma
      @undeniablyemma 3 года назад +50

      mine was “Riften Mercer’s House” because i used whirlwind sprint 👀

    • @vvwnnm0
      @vvwnnm0 3 года назад +30

      I got the soul cairn

  • @catlover2223
    @catlover2223 3 года назад +283

    Talos: "I'm not having any Level 5 scrub running around as my aspect. Go here and learn some Shouts Noob!"

    • @theirresponsibleghost7748
      @theirresponsibleghost7748 3 года назад +6

      Yet the level 5 can murder about anyone if they play their cards right

    • @RaminousPolacious
      @RaminousPolacious 2 года назад +6

      A level 1 scrub can become a god of undeath in just a few minutes, let us say Skyrim is not a perfectly balanced game.

    • @litewave5186
      @litewave5186 Год назад +1

      @@RaminousPolacious who needs "builds" when you can just beat Skyrim with buckets?

    • @mcolman303
      @mcolman303 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@RaminousPolacious The Spiffing Brit would definitely beg to differ lol . Watch his videos.
      As he says all the time "It Just Works" 🤷‍♂️😏😂🤣

  • @spider-spectre
    @spider-spectre 3 года назад +244

    Courier was shot in the head and still got his package back, I am sure finding the Dragonborn is an easy quest for him.

    • @bigboss4178
      @bigboss4178 2 года назад +31

      New Quest added: AIN'T THAT AN ARROW TO THE KNEE

    • @LoganAppel
      @LoganAppel Год назад +22

      @@bigboss4178 “Let me guess, someone stole your platinum chip?”

    • @bigboss4178
      @bigboss4178 Год назад +2

      @@LoganAppel fken lol

    • @williamtruett3421
      @williamtruett3421 Год назад +2

      @@LoganAppel what's ur name you do remember ur name

  • @sarugakuza5108
    @sarugakuza5108 5 лет назад +674

    The reason why the courier always finds you is cause he just follows the quest marker

    • @blackbeard0074
      @blackbeard0074 4 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @xxwoodenswordxx3488
      @xxwoodenswordxx3488 4 года назад +1

      That’s so true tho!

    • @spillingthetea2519
      @spillingthetea2519 4 года назад +4

      Just a game about being the courier and having to give people their letter. Giving the dragonborn letters is the highest honour.

  • @rojaws1183
    @rojaws1183 5 лет назад +1054

    The Courier is more powerful than you may think. He can travel anywhere in these dangerous lands, sometimes equipped with nothing but a hat and underwear. No one else can do that.

    • @FjreHazard
      @FjreHazard 5 лет назад +52

      They often die if you follow them for a while.

    • @rojaws1183
      @rojaws1183 5 лет назад +152

      @@FjreHazard Or is that just what the Courier want you to think? He will be back sooner or later with a letter.

    • @dieselface1
      @dieselface1 5 лет назад +173

      If New Vegas taught me anything it's that Couriers are way more powerful than you'd think

    • @jonhoefs
      @jonhoefs 5 лет назад +30

      @@rojaws1183 Couriers are Faceless Men confirmed.

    • @the11382
      @the11382 5 лет назад +18

      Maybe he is the servant of herma-mora?

  • @sassaetcie2925
    @sassaetcie2925 3 года назад +88

    "Hermaeus Mora had an eye on you"
    Only one?

    • @ZyliceLiddell
      @ZyliceLiddell 3 года назад +4

      “I’ve got my eye on you.” - Nicholas Fury.

    • @NiCoNiCoNiCola
      @NiCoNiCoNiCola 3 года назад +8

      He has like billion looking over other people, dude

  • @MisterJoshuaTree
    @MisterJoshuaTree 3 года назад +50

    For the record, the only reason Delphine knows about the dragon burial sites is because of the Dragonborn. She transcribes their locations from the dragonstone of bleak falls barrow after we give it to Farengar.

    • @birdiepitchfeather63
      @birdiepitchfeather63 3 года назад +11

      That’s true, you can even see that the map itself is actually a rubbing of the stone

  • @milkmuhn3774
    @milkmuhn3774 5 лет назад +677

    _courier wants to know your location_

    • @ahyes2921
      @ahyes2921 5 лет назад +20

      Milk Muhn *already knows your location*

    • @snowman2116
      @snowman2116 5 лет назад +7

      @@ahyes2921 he IS the location

    • @troyshadowens8087
      @troyshadowens8087 5 лет назад +3

      *Big Iron intensifies*

    • @whiterunguard9872
      @whiterunguard9872 5 лет назад +5

      *hermaeus mora wants to know your location*

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 5 лет назад

      He already knows. *_HE ALWAYS KNOWS_*

  • @cptjackpl8690
    @cptjackpl8690 5 лет назад +2896

    *I've been looking for you, got somethin' I'm supposed to deliver*

    • @Lucky-yl2wb
      @Lucky-yl2wb 5 лет назад +337

      Your hands only

    • @fusrodahdaily9664
      @fusrodahdaily9664 5 лет назад +278

      Lets see here...

    • @deni6943
      @deni6943 5 лет назад +29

      @@Lucky-yl2wb Let's see here...

    • @matthewacker7796
      @matthewacker7796 5 лет назад +225

      "Who gave you this letter?"
      No idea, didn't get a name.
      "What did they look like?"
      Looks like that's it! Gotta go!
      "Answer the relevant questions!"

    • @deni6943
      @deni6943 5 лет назад +16

      @@fusrodahdaily9664 damn you beat me to it

  • @krl97a
    @krl97a 3 года назад +222

    The real mystery you should focus on isn't who sent the letters (Delphine), but how Delphine stole the Horn of Windcaller without the Dragon Shouts apparently needed to complete the quest.

    • @Jaann1919
      @Jaann1919 2 года назад +22

      She lifted the gates

    • @stevepalpatine2828
      @stevepalpatine2828 2 года назад +126

      She used a bucket to glitch her way in the back way.

    • @RosieSquall
      @RosieSquall Год назад +11

      @@stevepalpatine2828 This is the correct answer.

    • @sneezyfido
      @sneezyfido Год назад +11

      Maybe she slept with the right dragonborn

    • @jamclone
      @jamclone Год назад +40

      She called Miraak (dead or alive) on an old dwemer flip phone and he retrieved it for her before returning to Apocrypha.

  • @bobbywienke1971
    @bobbywienke1971 2 года назад +49

    During the Dark Brotherhood quests, the quest "The Silence Has Been Broken", the Dragonborn meets with someone named Amaund Motierre, and he give you a letter of instructions and signs it "a friend"

    • @nojusticejustus2912
      @nojusticejustus2912 Год назад +6

      Go get the horn of jorgen windcaller. "A friend "directs yuh to the Riverwood inn. The letters are coming from partysnaxxx. He's helping yuh strengthen your voice to beat alduin. This is why Delphine gets pissed if yuh don't off partysnaxxx. The dragonborn response to Delphine is that partysnaxxx was helping him thru the whole quest to off alduin. Enjoy!!!

  • @daedriccheddar
    @daedriccheddar 4 года назад +995

    "You caused quite a stir when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um in _The Mind Of A Madman._ "

  • @powerchordgamer
    @powerchordgamer 5 лет назад +813

    17:26 "Miraak has been hermaous moras porn for 1000's of years, and a valuable porn at that"
    accents are weird man

    • @rubikubegd408
      @rubikubegd408 5 лет назад +87

      *It just works.*

    • @seoulmew
      @seoulmew 5 лет назад +37

      subtitles misheard it too

    • @alexdelafuente7273
      @alexdelafuente7273 5 лет назад +6

      It's pawn not porn😂

    • @powerchordgamer
      @powerchordgamer 5 лет назад +56

      For the record I know what he said, I'm not an idiot. But with his accent, to an american it *sounds* like he is saying porn. It was a joke

    • @EdwardoLover
      @EdwardoLover 5 лет назад +44

      @@powerchordgamer People don't understand jokes on the internet unless you use 100 emojis.

  • @_b_moll
    @_b_moll 3 года назад +30

    The courier is only his first form and it is immortal as well as omniscient,his sixth is the courier of New Vegas and has the power of role playing on his side

  • @QueenBoudicca125
    @QueenBoudicca125 3 года назад +71

    I think Baalgruf is the friend. He actually is your friend from near beginning of the game, he grew up in Dragonsreach which is specifically designed to house dragons, and will likely know a fair amount of dragon related legends as a result. He is also known to do sneaky things like sneaking out to the bannered mare at night etc. He's also made the pilgrimage to see the greybeards and is the only Jarl who seems to have set their court wizard to finding out more about the dragons. He clearly has an interest even before the dragonborn pops up.

  • @fixfireleo
    @fixfireleo 4 года назад +559

    "M'aiq knows much, and tells some. M'aiq knows many things others do not."

    • @azzie4437
      @azzie4437 4 года назад +28

      and M'aiq is a liar too

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow 3 года назад +55

      @@azzie4437 M'aiq may be a liar, but are his words the lie or the claim that he is a liar a lie?

    • @Conqueror2077
      @Conqueror2077 3 года назад +30

      @@azzie4437 some people say that alduin is akatosh, and some people say that M'aiq is a liar... You should not believe either of those theory's

    • @StDomBz
      @StDomBz 3 года назад +12

      @@LegendStormcrow Considering he had us go on wild goose chase for items that'd perform the ritual supposedly for becoming a lich that didn't actually work... Nah. He's definitely trustworthy. He still gave me my fishy stick.

    • @antaila
      @antaila 3 года назад +3

      @@azzie4437 Some say M'aiq is a liar. Soem say Alduin is Akatosh. Don't you believe either of those things.

  • @cupcakesandrose
    @cupcakesandrose 4 года назад +665

    "The future Dragonborn would know where they were at any given time."
    Meanwhile, I can't remember everywhere I went yesterday

    • @evo_is_confused
      @evo_is_confused 4 года назад +42

      They can see previous save files

    • @saladmancer4802
      @saladmancer4802 3 года назад +13

      This theory is funny because I never checked my letters, youd think future me would know this and come up with a different idea.

    • @BenjaminWater
      @BenjaminWater 3 года назад +1

      I never leave my house so I remember everything I do

    • @theirresponsibleghost7748
      @theirresponsibleghost7748 3 года назад +3

      @@saladmancer4802 lmao relatable. I only check the letters when i have nothing to do, then I'll go and get the word, but not before fucking around for hours than remembering my personal goal.

  • @dork_mork6953
    @dork_mork6953 3 года назад +34

    Hermaeus Mora definitely makes the most sense, but I'm honestly in love with the idea of the courier being a literal god lmao

  • @melancoliemelancolie9081
    @melancoliemelancolie9081 2 года назад +17

    i love how a game design concept of having an unknown guiding you towards things has become a lore integrated thing with this theory

  • @Benji-ml7je
    @Benji-ml7je 5 лет назад +725

    It was nazeem, his hints at the cloud district are hints at being closer to akatosh

    • @fusrodahdaily9664
      @fusrodahdaily9664 5 лет назад +59

      It's always Nazeem.

    • @guiguithebeast
      @guiguithebeast 5 лет назад +29

      @@fusrodahdaily9664 the one who send at you bandits /(and dark brotherhood) is always nezeem using another people name

    • @motazfawzi2504
      @motazfawzi2504 5 лет назад +23

      @FusRoDah Daily
      @Veine
      Maybe he - As every creature on Nirn - also hates himself; so he wants you to become stronger and eventually end his life sooner.

    • @Benji-ml7je
      @Benji-ml7je 5 лет назад +1

      Oh of course , good thought

    • @monke5403
      @monke5403 5 лет назад +25

      Little did we know the whole time nazeem is the level 35 mafia boss and we are just low worm lvl 1 crooks

  • @NWolfsson
    @NWolfsson 4 года назад +713

    "[As Delphine has a map of burial mounds] she has some knowledge of dragon geography."You mean the map WE got to get and she made a rubbed copy?

    • @SaDMSOfficial
      @SaDMSOfficial 4 года назад +23

      I always thought it was delphine

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 4 года назад +27

      @@SaDMSOfficial Nah, Delphine was there shortly after we get the Dragon Stone, her map has clearly the same outline and etching... I can't confirm this, as she doesn't state it clearly (I think, at least) but it's really plausible her map was done thanks to the map we retrieved from Bleak Falls Barrow. (also, she could have found Sahloknir's tomb before meeting us, and would have probably investigated prior to the quest if she did)
      Therefore she wouldn't have knowledge of "dragon geography" before that we know of...

    • @apstudios8407
      @apstudios8407 4 года назад +8

      Also I find it funny that he uses the fact she signs ONE letter also as “a friend” as evidence

    • @whitty1405
      @whitty1405 4 года назад +21

      @@SaDMSOfficial if she knew you where dragonborn and knew about your use of the shout then why would she ask you to prove your dragonborn by killing a dragon with her

    • @SaDMSOfficial
      @SaDMSOfficial 4 года назад

      @@whitty1405 I guess so

  • @Caramelhorse1
    @Caramelhorse1 3 года назад +12

    I always assumed the letters were coming from Farengar every time he learned of a new word wall, since he knows you're the dragonborn and he's clearly knows a lot about dragons.

  • @actiniumanarchy9237
    @actiniumanarchy9237 3 года назад +7

    “You caused quite a stir when you demonstrated the power of your Thu’um in Azuras Star

  • @horacio1464
    @horacio1464 4 года назад +746

    I think that the friend is Todd Howard

    • @Wulfjager
      @Wulfjager 4 года назад +50

      "i will tell you where the word wall is if you buy skyrim"

    • @yourbabushka3750
      @yourbabushka3750 4 года назад +28

      @@Wulfjager "I'll tell you where another is if you buy Skyrim Special Special edition on your microwave"

    • @elkevinski
      @elkevinski 4 года назад +9

      Mastiff Yes he is, he is everyone’s friend. He’s our lord. Our saviors. Praise Godd Howard!!

    • @svenswizzle8271
      @svenswizzle8271 4 года назад +3

      @@elkevinski that bitch better fix his games, skyrim special edition is still bugged, same as fallout 76

    • @paullilly7921
      @paullilly7921 3 года назад +2

      If you buy fallout 76 and fallout first ill give more mod options to play station!

  • @thomasvincent9353
    @thomasvincent9353 5 лет назад +605

    "the graybeards would never tell you where a word wall is"
    you can literally go ask them for a random word wall location and they will point you to one lol.

    • @thebrad1134
      @thebrad1134 4 года назад +71

      If you've killed Paarthurnax the Graybeards won't tell you where a word wall is. However you still get letters from a friend even after ol' Partysnacks dies.
      Edit- Also after defeating Alduin when you ask where a word wall is they just say that can't find any. That would mean either they aren't as omnipotent as you think, or they are just lying to you because you don't need anymore power now that Alduin is gone. The Blades might have more leverage finding notes or sneaking around dungeons to find more walls unlike the Graybeards who just keep themselves on top of a mountain. Perhaps somebody should kill Partysnacks, Alduin, and all the Blades, cause a quite a stir, and then see if you get a note from a friend.

    • @ragnarr7965
      @ragnarr7965 4 года назад +23

      @@thebrad1134 lol the greybeards will still give u locations of the word walls even after u defeated Alduin. I Doubt its a bug in my Safegame since I Played Skyrim over 2000 hours on different Platforms. Wether some of us is getting something wrong or ur Safegame is bugged.

    • @thebrad1134
      @thebrad1134 4 года назад +10

      @@ragnarr7965 Ah, must be bugged on my part. #Bethesda
      Also sorry about the whole head getting cut off thing... makes for a nice song though.

    • @MatmoeLP
      @MatmoeLP 4 года назад +6

      @@thebrad1134 But you don't kill Paarthurnax...

    • @oilyfrog5022
      @oilyfrog5022 4 года назад +16

      @@thebrad1134 I'm pretty sure they say that only after you have found all the word walls, perhaps your last word wall was before you defeated alduin

  • @equesdeventusoccasus
    @equesdeventusoccasus Год назад +8

    I've always suspected that The Friend was one of the Greybeards, who secretly doesn't agree with the Way of the Voice. He might want to do these things himself, but instead lives vicariously through the Dragonborn.

    • @thomaspaine7098
      @thomaspaine7098 Год назад

      Honestly think it either the psijics or greybeards

  • @rogerballoujr.6244
    @rogerballoujr.6244 3 года назад +11

    I always assumed our mysterious friend was either Parthunax or the Greybeards....with Parthunax being a dragon of immense power I always just assumed he was attuned to others using the Thu'um anywhere in Skyrim and sent letters via the Greybeards signed as "a friend".

  • @creed1567
    @creed1567 5 лет назад +567

    If you kill Paarthurnaxx you receive the letters still so it cant be him or the Greybeards because they refuse to help you. Same goes with the blades they refuse to aid you if you dont kill Paarthurnaxx. They cant be it either.

    • @publiusdraco2557
      @publiusdraco2557 5 лет назад +67

      The Greybeards wouldn't have any reason to be secretive about helping you, unlike the Blades.

    • @darthnecrosaberjacobrandal4247
      @darthnecrosaberjacobrandal4247 5 лет назад +33

      Hell the greybeards tell you where are the word walls are so it can't be them

    • @katiedoodles
      @katiedoodles 5 лет назад +3

      Damn I forgot about that cause I never kill paarthurnax XD
      ruins my theory lol

    • @anewtypeoftomato1565
      @anewtypeoftomato1565 5 лет назад +13

      Maybe it is the greybeards, and killing paarthunaxx was only added afterwards as a joke, because nobody in their right mind would ever actually do it?

    • @creed1567
      @creed1567 5 лет назад

      @@anewtypeoftomato1565 ummm i do it... every few often when i need dragon souls or bones

  • @brycemilleroutdoors1725
    @brycemilleroutdoors1725 5 лет назад +677

    The letters are obviously fan mail from our adoring fan

    • @andraslukacsovits2349
      @andraslukacsovits2349 5 лет назад +12

      Oh, the one from Oblivion, right?
      (Haven't played it, yet I know about him thanks to Camel)

    • @marvinj7317
      @marvinj7317 5 лет назад +16

      Oh no, he survived 😂

    • @bloodletterforkhorne7864
      @bloodletterforkhorne7864 5 лет назад +6

      @@andraslukacsovits2349 yes that brainless guy tha follow you all over cyrodill i leave him in the first dungeon lol you have to try oblivion nice game nice mods also for it to i play all the elder scrolls morrowind and all past to but now whit skyrim the have very nice mods but the engine is so buggie but thanks to the nice modders its not a problem to have a compleet outher game now that is no buggy at all

    • @marcosdominguez6413
      @marcosdominguez6413 5 лет назад

      He he

    • @AdoringFan000
      @AdoringFan000 5 лет назад

      It has been a long time...

  • @mcjd931
    @mcjd931 4 года назад +28

    "Who doesn't love a tentacle now and then"
    .....

  • @eamonngeraghty3107
    @eamonngeraghty3107 2 года назад +8

    Actually, about the Greybeards, I'm pretty sure they mention something about, potentially not denying the end of time, as the world is a cycle and even ponder if the Dragonborn fully killed Alduin, as he didn't absorb his soul and that he is still considered the end of time. I believe they mention the first part right after they help negotiate a cease fire in the civil war, or after you ask them about the Blades wanting you to kill Paarthurnax.

  • @SuperminingJohn
    @SuperminingJohn 4 года назад +651

    What if “a friend” is actually an abbreviation and it’s something like Antonio Friend

    • @loudassvictor
      @loudassvictor 4 года назад +25

      Ah. Read the store story "Where are you going, where have you been?" There's a guy named Arnold Friend..

    • @myfriend7917
      @myfriend7917 4 года назад +29

      I've been looking for you, got something I'm supposed to deliver. Your hands only.

    • @entity8353
      @entity8353 4 года назад +17

      Are you high

    • @catlover2223
      @catlover2223 3 года назад +1

      Is he related to Sir Fineas Cursed?

    • @cdogthehedgehog6923
      @cdogthehedgehog6923 3 года назад +1

      @@loudassvictor Arnold Fiend, not friend.

  • @surg30n24
    @surg30n24 4 года назад +257

    "sincerely a friend"
    I've been here two weeks. I have friends?

    • @enasnI99
      @enasnI99 3 года назад +9

      @Whiterun Guard "You picked a bad time to get lost, friend"

    • @enasnI99
      @enasnI99 3 года назад +1

      @Whiterun Guard Hmm, I'm no expert but that sounds like it could possibly be something conflicting (if you're running mods-that is) or as you said corrupted files of some sort because I've definitely heard the line from male NPCs-and thats with 178 mods (151 active ESPS)

  • @naveyard
    @naveyard 3 года назад +6

    I always thought it was just a friend ( for example, faendal after you solve his love problem) and they just did their research on word walls and also know where the dragon born is going so he can tell you where you caused "a bit of a stir" in

    • @ashtonpeterson4618
      @ashtonpeterson4618 3 месяца назад

      Maybe it's a bunch of people, but they're all too embarrassed, so they just all sign it as "From a friend."

  • @travisleemusictx
    @travisleemusictx 3 года назад +4

    Ulfric Stormcloak acknowledges the player as Dragonborn throughout the Civil War if you are a Stormcloak. He is one of the first NPCs we meet,and is also well connected throughout Skyrim, so anything of interest happening around the holds would probably reach his ear, especially regarding a dragonborn, because a dragonborn is a matter of immense significance to someone as steeped in Nord culture and history as he is. He knows and reveres the Greybeards, knows we probably have a bone to pick with the Empire and Thalmor after almost being executed, and sees us as a potentially powerful ally. Not to mention the fact he can shout is actually a big deal. Whereas the dragonborn instantly learns and can use new shouts, according to the Greybeards, it takes YEARS for most to master a shout. Ulfric knows multiple, which means he has studied and meditated on the way of the voice for many years and is probably privy to the locations of word walls. Also he's got his stormcloaks and allies everywhere so it's probably not too hard to keep tabs on our general location and get a courier to us.

  • @LawrenceReamon
    @LawrenceReamon 5 лет назад +714

    It’s none other than J’zargo, future Emperor and secret Dragonborn

    • @meatbicycleman4544
      @meatbicycleman4544 5 лет назад +16

      It was Count Hassildor. That vampire had obviously ascended to divinity and has been sending the Dragonborn letters.

    • @sadsworth4605
      @sadsworth4605 4 года назад +4

      I like that kids he's nice

    • @timothymiller9067
      @timothymiller9067 4 года назад +22

      M'aiq the liar. He knows about crossbows, he probably also knows about the dragonborn

    • @m_jaded
      @m_jaded 4 года назад +14

      If anyone sneaks up on us, Jzargo will smell them coming. Or not. We'll see.

    • @maiqtheliar2465
      @maiqtheliar2465 4 года назад +1

      Timothy Miller how did you know

  • @kaipollarf635
    @kaipollarf635 5 лет назад +589

    Since I first started, I always thought that it was delphine. When you ask her who she is, she says 'a friend', and I'm pretty sure the note in Ustengrav says a friend.

    • @jasminey4824
      @jasminey4824 5 лет назад +74

      I always thought it was delphine bc she's a blade sworn to look for the dragonborn and she's close with the greybeards and they should know where the words are and whenever the dragonborn shouts. Plus she takes jurgens horn to lure in the dragonborn to her shop bc dragonborns can only get this quest and that's basically the only way of getting to meet the dragonborn, So I just assumed they were coming from her and the greybeards. There's more connections I can make but I'm currently fighting 3 fucking dragons with 5 cavebears rn

    • @devanbarr8472
      @devanbarr8472 5 лет назад +24

      This makes sense couldnt somebody just take her essential status and kill her and see if the letters stop to prove it

    • @Ghost-ql3hl
      @Ghost-ql3hl 5 лет назад +2

      That is the exactly what I thought

    • @lsswappedcessna
      @lsswappedcessna 5 лет назад +43

      "You've caused quite a stir in Apocrypha when demonstrating your thu'um..."
      So apparently Delphine is an extremely powerful sorcerer capable of interdimensional scrying, and not a dried up old hag who has it in for an old grey dragon who's just minding his own business and bettering himself after serving an atrocious warmonger.

    • @kaipollarf635
      @kaipollarf635 5 лет назад +18

      @@lsswappedcessna I'm almost convinced Hermeaous Mora (I hope I'm spelling that right) is telling her where I am. I mean, I got a letter saying, ' you caused quite a stir whilst demonstrating your thuum in Kagrenzal cavern', Kagrenzal is nowhere near any civilization, there's no other way for her to know where I am.

  • @SilverQuartz13
    @SilverQuartz13 4 года назад +3

    I am surprised Kyne/Kynareth wasn't mentioned since She order Parthuunax to teach humanity to Shout.

  • @SmuggledPineapples
    @SmuggledPineapples Год назад +4

    On a play through I was able to ask the courier who the letter was from and he said a creepy guy in a robe.

  • @dovahkiin3853
    @dovahkiin3853 5 лет назад +371

    I think the letter is from a friend

  • @danshiba1498
    @danshiba1498 5 лет назад +202

    I just know it's the guard
    I mean it's the perfect cover
    Hates the dragonborn shouts openingly while simultaneously helping him develop them

    • @MiyaMam948
      @MiyaMam948 5 лет назад +14

      just one guard
      in the whole game

    • @kyleninjagokyle6717
      @kyleninjagokyle6717 5 лет назад +17

      Miya there is only one Guard. He is everywhere always. Do you really think multiple guards would have the same voice?

    • @macanaeh
      @macanaeh 5 лет назад +8

      Now THAT'S a theory. What if there is only one guard and he's a god?

    • @matthewlondberg7992
      @matthewlondberg7992 5 лет назад +7

      @@macanaeh with the asspulls and asshattery Bethesda been up to im gonna go with you and just follow your lore and say the guard is a godd

    • @matthewlondberg7992
      @matthewlondberg7992 5 лет назад +4

      @@macanaeh auto correct I meant Todd ;)

  • @silentwitness9255
    @silentwitness9255 Год назад +2

    Esbern was who first came to my mind early during my first play-through. But then I met Hermaeus Mora.
    The common thread with Esbern is his interest in ancient artifacts such as Alduin’s Wall-the letter also revealing another, ancient wall. The letter also conveys an interest in the wellbeing of Skyrim, saying that Skyrim needs a hero. I can’t imagine Hermaeus Mora showing more regard for Skyrim’s wellbeing than he showed his previous servants.
    It is possible that Delphine had someone follow the Dragonborn. She tells us in the Inn, “Hey, aren’t you the new stranger in town?” She would’ve had a strong motive to behave in this way since she was investigating the whereabouts of Esbern who was hiding.

  • @manfredgesink8514
    @manfredgesink8514 3 года назад +3

    "I was once a adventurer myself, but I got an arrow to the knee." guard, is my favourite and most hillarious candidate for the mysterious friend. ^^

  • @THDAMAGINGSILVERSTAR
    @THDAMAGINGSILVERSTAR 4 года назад +458

    “You caused quite a stir in Soul Cairn when you demonstrated the power of your thu’um.”

    • @joseffliegl4167
      @joseffliegl4167 4 года назад +5

      Then it must be serana or her mother

    • @Matheus21video
      @Matheus21video 4 года назад +4

      @@joseffliegl4167 Or Jiub, or the Ideal Masters, or Duurnehviir.

    • @Blackarrow145
      @Blackarrow145 4 года назад +1

      Josef Fliegl I think it’s akatosh

    • @Jay-mq2ng
      @Jay-mq2ng 4 года назад +2

      Blackarrow 145 nah, it’s Mundus. The world is giving him lettare

    • @JayRyaGaming
      @JayRyaGaming 4 года назад

      @@Jay-mq2ng Mundus is just the mortal realm Nirn is the planet I think its most likely the gray beards as they hear your voice from the first time you use it and from Parthanax would know where word walls would be

  • @StormyDino
    @StormyDino 5 лет назад +518

    I think its todd howard giving us the letters.

    • @andraslukacsovits2349
      @andraslukacsovits2349 5 лет назад +11

      Saaaaame

    • @CynicalAnomaly205
      @CynicalAnomaly205 5 лет назад +31

      Stormy Dino I know, it just works.

    • @EmmaSpAce111
      @EmmaSpAce111 5 лет назад +14

      Todd keeps re-releasing skyrim because the dragon born is how he makes friends.

    • @theblancmange1265
      @theblancmange1265 5 лет назад +2

      Then it wouldn't direct you to wordwalls, cuz you know...sweet little...

    • @paddyfedora3661
      @paddyfedora3661 4 года назад +1

      We'd be charged a monthly fee to read them if it were him

  • @matthewtucker2103
    @matthewtucker2103 4 года назад +4

    Todd Howard is our friend. He's been guiding our path the entire time. After all, how would you explain all the "bugs" and "glitches" that work in our favor? How would you explain the restoration / alchemy glitch? He is truly the one looking out for our best interests.

  • @cescurin
    @cescurin 3 года назад +5

    I always have thought that “the friend” is really Hermaeous Mora. It is the Lord of Knowledge, so it always knows where the Dragonborn is, and it has a really huge interest to make him stronger to be able to defeat Miraak.
    The other other option for me is Akatosh, for the reasons that You have pointed.
    Great video as ever!

  • @sleeklaberdo808
    @sleeklaberdo808 4 года назад +486

    The dragonborn actually just has the king of the hill mark so everyone can find him

    • @iaobtc
      @iaobtc 4 года назад +22

      Propane?

    • @ayo_ocho8861
      @ayo_ocho8861 4 года назад

      please use bitchute 共匪 五毛 ن lol

    • @codyglenn7231
      @codyglenn7231 4 года назад +1

      Honestly you're not wrong

    • @alexteague9075
      @alexteague9075 4 года назад +21

      No they just have a quest marker above their head...

    • @NotDalesDeadBug
      @NotDalesDeadBug 3 года назад +6

      I'll kick hermas' a s s just as I did mirak and alduin before then I'm gonna take it to the thalmor tell ya hwat

  • @pancakes8816
    @pancakes8816 5 лет назад +131

    I remember once, I was in the soul carin, and this damned courier comes up to me and is like "got something for you, your hands only". Like damn, hes dedicated

    • @Hopscotchpro11
      @Hopscotchpro11 4 года назад +12

      man really became a vampire

    • @woahmyguyyouneedtochill416
      @woahmyguyyouneedtochill416 4 года назад +7

      @@Hopscotchpro11 that or just sold half his soul 😅😅

    • @Allantitan
      @Allantitan 4 года назад +22

      Neither rain nor shine nor dimension hopping will stop the courier from finding you

    • @cardinalsausage8486
      @cardinalsausage8486 4 года назад +7

      *HE HAS ASCENDED*

    • @Bropower125Games
      @Bropower125Games 4 года назад +9

      Not even the mind of a madman will save you from the courier

  • @massonslaught4879
    @massonslaught4879 3 года назад +5

    You know if the dragonborn "time traveler" holds onto the letters from a friend he received he can just send it to himself again which brings to question in this theory how old are those letters.

    • @ashtonpeterson4618
      @ashtonpeterson4618 3 месяца назад

      That's how I would do it. Just make sure they are dated and have the locations so you would know exactly when and where to send them. Assuming that it doesn't create a time paradox

  • @cryptopsyrin4425
    @cryptopsyrin4425 3 года назад +5

    "Fus Ro Dah" - Dragons -The Greybeards -The Dragonborn

  • @ciberzombiegaming8207
    @ciberzombiegaming8207 5 лет назад +544

    i think its M'aiq the Liar, THE tenth divine , one who lived atleast since planemeld, the end of second era, the only one (except tod howard) who knew about both previous and upcoming games features

    • @mjag2834
      @mjag2834 5 лет назад +5

      The tenth Divide is Nirn?!

    • @elijahcaudle7365
      @elijahcaudle7365 5 лет назад +2

      Possible but you can kill him...?

    • @EmmaSpAce111
      @EmmaSpAce111 5 лет назад +8

      Elijah Caudle but for how long? In the next game he will likely be back.

    • @toe_sucker_4165
      @toe_sucker_4165 5 лет назад +19

      @@mjag2834 no, the tenth Divine is Ma'iq the liar, learn to read

    • @shadysam7161
      @shadysam7161 5 лет назад +7

      I think hes just an easter egg, which makes him non-canon (you thought he was canon when he was talking about fast-travel and multiplayer in Morrowind?)

  • @milkmuhn3774
    @milkmuhn3774 5 лет назад +455

    It's obviously M'aiq

    • @resul282
      @resul282 5 лет назад +17

      Milk Muhn actualy this can be cause m'aiq mysterious character in tes series and may he knows about future

    • @tombkeeper1397
      @tombkeeper1397 5 лет назад +19

      The theory M'aiq is a god in mortal form actually makes this legit

    • @viturino7891
      @viturino7891 5 лет назад +14

      Yeah, M'aiq knows many things.

    • @elterga6224
      @elterga6224 5 лет назад +11

      @@tombkeeper1397 m'aiq is the son of m'aiq who is the son of m'aiq, etc. M'aiq is not the same character across tes but is an Easter egg.

    • @dirkbaldorad3634
      @dirkbaldorad3634 5 лет назад +9

      Maybe Maiq is the reincarnation of Maiq?

  • @Tengasta
    @Tengasta 3 года назад +6

    Doubt it is Delphine. At first that was my thought for a long time but after a while if you don't kill Pathanax, the Blades will be forced to deny you aid. You can get these letters even when they deny you aid.

  • @justtom8978
    @justtom8978 Год назад +1

    I always thought it was jarl balgruuf (whiterun). His court wizard was looking into dragon related things when we first meet them. Also i assumed he has a vast web of spies and informants throught skyrim. So that’s how he knows where you are and where the words of power are. Balgruuf always seemed to be encouraging towards the dragon born throughout the main quest and I like to think he considers us a friend or at the very least an ally. Also as the letter says not everyone is happy the dragon born is back so that’s why hed want to keep his help anonymous

  • @donniejefferson9554
    @donniejefferson9554 5 лет назад +276

    Think about it. As the dragonborn gets more powerful, more and more people would want to hire them and would most likely be willing to pay more for the dragonborn's services. Not only that but they'd likely pay more th o even get in touch with the dragonborn. The couriers are clearly building the dragonborn's strength in order to make more money sending letters. They're basically war profiteers

    • @kredonee
      @kredonee 5 лет назад +9

      Donnie Jefferson this is the best

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 5 лет назад +4

      _Spread The Word Sheeple_

    • @GiganFTW
      @GiganFTW 5 лет назад

      I don’t get it

    • @idc.magna.7169
      @idc.magna.7169 5 лет назад +2

      @@GiganFTW the courier is making the dragon born stronger so people will hire him/her and pay the courier to bring letters to the dragon born the courier would be benefitting a lot from it

    • @iyasnatamenggala4760
      @iyasnatamenggala4760 5 лет назад

      The courier is actually a friend

  • @sugarsammy7209
    @sugarsammy7209 4 года назад +197

    I once got the letter saying "I caused quite a stir in the soul cairn with the thu'um".. Only 4 people knew I was there, the 2 vamps, the dragon and me.

    • @CaptainWobbs
      @CaptainWobbs 4 года назад +62

      Jiub sold you out, man.

    • @Devlinator61116
      @Devlinator61116 4 года назад +16

      I've gotten the letter after using a shout when I was completely alone.

    • @worlds_worst_tf2_player
      @worlds_worst_tf2_player 3 года назад +3

      LOL

    • @TheSeventySin7
      @TheSeventySin7 3 года назад +10

      You forgot the Ideal Masters!

    • @AzureGreatheart
      @AzureGreatheart 3 года назад +6

      That one seems like the Ideal Masters trying to distract you with a word wall so you don’t come back and cause any more damage.

  • @darkdekmaster760
    @darkdekmaster760 Год назад +2

    It was the guards. They would have information on walls back before they took an arrow to the knee. They saw your heroics and wrote you their letters in thanks of saving them. Each one signing as a friend because it would interfere with their position as guards.

  • @anondutchie7127
    @anondutchie7127 3 года назад +4

    Actually.. I solved this mystery as there is really no mystery to this matter.
    Wuulfgar or whatever that greybeard is called. Is the ONLY NPC IN THE WHOLE GAME to carry a quill and paper in his inventory when you pickpocket him. Suggesting he's the one writing the letters as he feels the locations of the word walls ánd he hears the shouts the dragonborn does, which explains how the courier always seems to find us. And he actually is a person who knows the Dragonborn personally. Hence he can't talk due to the 'power' of his voice.

  • @chillipepperjotaro6288
    @chillipepperjotaro6288 4 года назад +458

    The courier is like nurse joy and officer Jenny from Pokemon. They are cousins that live around Skyrim.

    • @yourehereforthatarentyou
      @yourehereforthatarentyou 4 года назад +23

      "im the second cousin of the step brother of the courier from darkwater crossing"

    • @raywicks2781
      @raywicks2781 4 года назад +4

      If you kill a courier, another one shows up so yeah

    • @CheezeWolf
      @CheezeWolf 4 года назад

      Holy shit I forgot about that

    • @nocturnal101ravenous6
      @nocturnal101ravenous6 4 года назад

      This is a mod that needs to happen....

  • @Jayzgrouse
    @Jayzgrouse 5 лет назад +597

    The Stormcloaks and Imperials both acknowledge that you're Dragonborn, especially Ulfric.

    • @xaosbob
      @xaosbob 5 лет назад +148

      They acknowledge, but they don't really ~care~. It always struck me as odd that here we are, dragonborn, able to speak with the Thu'um, effectively a very portable weapon of mass destruction, and the leaders of two armies that are at war with one another don't pull out all the stops to exploit us against their enemies.

    • @omegakaoz3658
      @omegakaoz3658 5 лет назад +28

      Towards the end yes they do but they don't know you once you stepped into the Palace or Castle Dour.

    • @HH-qn9lu
      @HH-qn9lu 5 лет назад +13

      Omega Kaoz that’s because the game assumes you start the civil war before you kill the dragon

    • @xaosbob
      @xaosbob 5 лет назад +16

      True, but joke's on them! My first playthrough, I completely ignored the war and went all-out against Alduin.

    • @Ineedwork87
      @Ineedwork87 5 лет назад +15

      @@xaosbob i guess their culture just knows to mind their own buisiness and let a dovahkin do what a dovahkin wants.

  • @commanderl.2368
    @commanderl.2368 3 года назад +4

    Personally I believe it might be the, he knows about us being Dragonborn, is interested in beating Alduin. He is an expert on dragon law and might know about the locations of the dragon walls. And he is a magician who could Devine our location. And as a court mage of the trade capital he might hear a thing or two about us using our thu’um. Also he might want to keep his involvement a secret, so no one disturbs him and it doesn’t look like the jarls court is helping one specific citizen, even though he is a Thane.
    Edit: It might also be the Jarl of Whiterun with accessories Farengar. He also has the same reasonings and he also calls us “a friend”.

  • @Rce12808
    @Rce12808 6 месяцев назад +1

    8:28 if you side with the storm cloaks and have done the first main quests, when ulfric gives a speech in solitude he acknowledges that you are the Dragonborn

  • @boertje1998
    @boertje1998 5 лет назад +551

    Delphine literally admits to sending at least some of them

    • @merkules6
      @merkules6 5 лет назад +133

      But the one that was left where the horn was supposed to be was signed "A friend", while the others showed here are "A Friend". A small detail, but since there's only the one handwriting font, maybe it's intentional.

    • @pelinalwhitestrake4196
      @pelinalwhitestrake4196 5 лет назад +115

      I always thought it was Delphine just because she's the only person with the interest, resources, knowledge, and reason in doing it. Plus she probably has the records of word walls in Skyrim because of the blade temple.

    • @KennyPW
      @KennyPW 5 лет назад +80

      @@pelinalwhitestrake4196 Also the Thalmor are looking for her. So it would be logical to not sign with her name in case the letter falls in Thalmor hands.

    • @Whisperblade
      @Whisperblade 5 лет назад +31

      @@pelinalwhitestrake4196 Actually it's more likely to be Esbern (or whatever his name is -- The old guy hiding in The Lower Ratway tunnels - until you save him and take him to Alduins Wall) oddly at the same time as the letters end, and you need to start going to him or the grey beards to get locations.

    • @TrickyTrickyFox
      @TrickyTrickyFox 5 лет назад +13

      @@Whisperblade they end when you have all of the shouts that can be tracked this way xD

  • @brinstarmedia1411
    @brinstarmedia1411 5 лет назад +276

    It was Lydia. I got a letter about my thuum in Breezehome. She was the only one in there. It was Lydia. Freaking Lydia.

    • @Mrphilipjcook
      @Mrphilipjcook 4 года назад +57

      Lydia just died in my game, and the letters have stopped. Coincidence!?

    • @mettawatkutaninwat5411
      @mettawatkutaninwat5411 4 года назад +21

      @@Mrphilipjcook I think not.

    • @kadenkennett1298
      @kadenkennett1298 4 года назад +16

      I cant even find my Lydia.

    • @mettawatkutaninwat5411
      @mettawatkutaninwat5411 4 года назад +8

      @@kadenkennett1298 She's in the breezehome.

    • @Hopscotchpro11
      @Hopscotchpro11 4 года назад +19

      i lost lydia after leaving her on a mountain after calling inigo a better friend, she isnt at my house

  • @vibes5805
    @vibes5805 Год назад +1

    My headcannon is that things like this are how Ebonarm still projects his will unto the Mundus, helping warriors, guiding them to great things. So as a result it would be the Ebony Warrior, who I believe is an avatar of Ebonarm

  • @matthewbrewer3357
    @matthewbrewer3357 4 года назад +8

    Oof, when you realize your actually helping the villain instead of defeating them lol

  • @Gunch-A-Mania
    @Gunch-A-Mania 4 года назад +138

    “You caused quite a bit of a stir in Soul Cairn when you demonstrated the power of your Thu’um.” Probably a letter from the Ideal Masters.

    • @CaptainWobbs
      @CaptainWobbs 4 года назад +1

      I kind of wish they’d marked certain locations to put a “the” before the name when listing places like this.

  • @neonclear8500
    @neonclear8500 5 лет назад +329

    Fultheim at Nightgate Inn.
    He varies a Blade Sword in combat, will attack you if you have Thalmor robes, and it is explained that “he is drinking away a lifetime of bad memories” of you ask him. As a former blade, he understands the importance of The Dragonborn, so he wants to help, but all his mental baggage like seeing his friends die, and his desire to stay hidden keep him from getting involved directly. As a former spy, he would know how to keep his ear to the ground, so he would hear about you using your shouts, and he could have done research to find out about the word walls.

    • @mr.deathofficial5495
      @mr.deathofficial5495 5 лет назад +25

      He was a FULL TIME Blade!

    • @joeappleby5869
      @joeappleby5869 5 лет назад +7

      That is exactly what one of camels detective vids that one is my favourite

    • @ethanhess8230
      @ethanhess8230 5 лет назад +5

      To add to any argument saying it could be the blades, you’d think Esbern would know about that kind of thing too, since he seems to know everything already.

    • @binozia-old-2031
      @binozia-old-2031 5 лет назад +1

      Toastedflare :P I don’t think you can kill him

    • @ArienDrakon
      @ArienDrakon 5 лет назад +4

      Agreed plus one of the courier lines says HE wouldn't say who He was.

  • @dymoure
    @dymoure 3 года назад +3

    Farengar Secret-Fire is a huge candidate you missed. You meet him before you learn how to shout, he studies everything about dragons, and he considers you as a friend once you bring him the Dragonstone. I personally still think it’s Delphine. I actually never thought of this dilemma much because I assumed it was just Delphine. However, it could be Farengar too. By that logic though, it could also be Ireleth, Whiterun Guards, Proventus, Nord warriors from Whiterun (including those from Dragonsreach), or even Jarl Balgruuf himself. Heck, maybe it’s a combination of the last group; everyone seems to talk a lot about you when you’re not around. Remember that a random Whiterun Guard is the first to tell you that you’re Dragonborn. I definitely don’t think it’s a divine, though. Divines always do things as theatrically as possible in TES, so I don’t see any of them writing a small letter as their first impression.

  • @angelsandautobots
    @angelsandautobots 4 месяца назад +2

    You've left Tamriel and Mundus behind to traverse the myriad planes of Oblivion on an epic quest to unravel the mysteries of magic, time and space since Dawn began-
    "I've been looking for you! Got something I'm supposed to deliver. Your hands only." 😳

  • @thaguy69
    @thaguy69 5 лет назад +204

    I always assumed the couriers used the Clairvoyance spell.

    • @Cx10110100
      @Cx10110100 4 года назад

      Dragonborn would always be one step ahead though.

    • @bandawin18
      @bandawin18 4 года назад +6

      The couriers are incarnations of the hermes-esque god of TES in my opinion, it's a fun thought and it makes sense

    • @designergoose1938
      @designergoose1938 4 года назад +2

      I assumed they were looking for you for a long time

    • @kermitlaranja
      @kermitlaranja 4 года назад +1

      _Illusion lvl 100_

  • @vexvalentine5689
    @vexvalentine5689 5 лет назад +332

    i thought he said it was hermaeus mora's porn
    EDIT: i would love to see hermaeus mora sitting at a desk writing letters like
    Dear Dragonborn,
    I have been watching you for a long time OwO
    I hope you like tentacles
    lmao

    • @FilmsNerf2
      @FilmsNerf2 5 лет назад +4

      Hentai

    • @avatareternal3204
      @avatareternal3204 5 лет назад +10

      ShootZ to Kill I'd be very surprised if Lovers Lab doesn't have mods for that. =-O

    • @marcusbergman6116
      @marcusbergman6116 5 лет назад +3

      *appears behind you* herrow! OwO
      *sheathes tentacles*

    • @shadynail4723
      @shadynail4723 5 лет назад

      @@avatareternal3204 they don't I checked

    • @burenoo
      @burenoo 5 лет назад +3

      WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE

  • @hughmungus7015
    @hughmungus7015 3 года назад +7

    I believe that “A friend” is the Ebony Warrior. He wants us to be strong enough to slay him and send him to sovngarde

  • @panickedpaladin3966
    @panickedpaladin3966 Год назад +2

    My theory, it's the Hero of Kvatch, giving the new champion of Tamriel a little help.

  • @christopherspaulding9283
    @christopherspaulding9283 4 года назад +596

    Delphine...
    Calling herself my _friend?_
    *H A R R R U M P H!!*

    • @dumpster9048
      @dumpster9048 3 года назад +46

      begone
      *T H O T*

    • @nightmarefanatic1819
      @nightmarefanatic1819 2 года назад +12

      @@dumpster9048 Where do you learn that shout?

    • @SebasTian58323
      @SebasTian58323 2 года назад +41

      Please. No friends of mine wants to kill Party Snacks

    • @Wavewave3161
      @Wavewave3161 2 года назад

      Fuck Delphine she wants to kill my homie

    • @GodsThirdEye
      @GodsThirdEye Год назад +8

      @@SebasTian58323 We all love Partysnaxxx. He's a ride or die homeboy.

  • @ImaginaryTerrie3
    @ImaginaryTerrie3 5 лет назад +72

    You forgot the Bards College. They want you to learn the words so that can be the greatest singer in all of Tamriel with your thu'um.

    • @daws1620
      @daws1620 4 года назад +5

      Sing your enemy's way to Sovngarde

  • @codebrowne02
    @codebrowne02 4 года назад +3

    I think the letters have something to do with the greybeards, because I’m pretty sure if you choose to kill parthurnax and join the blades you stop receiving them. Also the greybeards will be able to hear the shouts from across Skyrim I’m assuming.