Yeah, so about those Boetheia followers..... What, the stupid thing wouldn't let me sacrifice my hired help, which should work. Okay, so maybe I didn't HAVE to slaughter everyone their, but in my defense, I was really mad at the time.
I just downloaded it like 2 days ago and I’m already level 8 so far but I’ve been playing non stop. This is THE SHIT. THIS GAME IS CRAZY. This game definitely is unique, nothing can match this vibe and style
@@Ykowzyx If you like skyrim that much(assuming you are talking about skyrim here) you should definitely play the other titles aswell. Especially oblivion. Always good to hear new people getting into TES, welcome aboard!
@@Ykowzyx it's The elder scrolls title that came before Skyrim. An awesome group of people are actually making a remastered version of it with skyrims engine but it's not ready yet. The vanilla version is playable enough with it's awesome story tho.
Was literally thinking FudgeMuppet should do an episode on the ebony blade. Thanks for reading my mind so I didnt even have to suggest it! Love you guys!
I really do love y’all. I have so many questions that I feel we could talk hours about lol y’all should think about making a discord or feature some people in the podcasts 😈💯
I always loved this channel as a little kid. It was this channel and Shoddycast that built my fondness of lore and worldbuilding and really started a big passion of mine.
I find it wonderful that after uploading videos for so long, you guys still manage to pump out content consistently and improve with every video. So many others making similar content have fallen off from RUclips over the years, but I’m super grateful that you three still manage to create content cantered around this glorious franchise even 10 years after Skyrim’s release. Keep up the good work, and here’s hoping you’ll still be uploading by the time Todd finally blesses us with The Elder Scrolls VI!
Honestly i think daedric artifacts should be more powerfull in game. I know there is game mechanics and stuff but where they are now they are just items with cool enchant.
Always train the large muscle groups, exercises like deadlift/kettlebell swing, pushups/dips, pullups and shoulder press. If you do that, biceps and triceps and legs will follow.
There is always a moment in my favorite games, when you're proficient with the basics and set off into the wild, a moment of wonder and peace wandering through the trees full of awe and imaginings of the world you're immersed in. It tends to only happen for me once or twice even in the best games, this video captures that emotion and experience.
From what I see of Mephala, she is the god of absolute truth and personal honesty. Stabbing Trinimac in the back was her stopping his followers from lying to themselves and each other about their individual truths. The Dragonborn is an example of one seeking to gain power. By killing those closest to the Dragonborn with the Ebony Blade, it is confirmation that the Dragonborn desires power at the expense of all honour and trust. In Oblivion, she tasks the Hero to sew strife in a village. The fact is that the strife was already there just looking for an honest expression. I hear she's supposed to be the liar, but the facts don't bear that out. Just because two people don't agree with their view of the world does not make them wrong. Like Boethia, might, in the end, makes right.
She cannot be about truth when she rewards deception and lies. But as the counterpart to Hermaeus Mora she values knowledge, which is truth, but prefers to horde it. A secret is after all a truth, but what makes it secret is the limited number of people who know it. She therefore loves to have towns full of drama and lies killed because it increases the value of those secrets by reducing the number of people who know those truths.
Need a deep dive into Balgruuf and Irileth's past. Has to be some way to access the history of these two characters and how one of them obtained such a curved sword.
By the Nine!!!! If Tod Howard DOESNT incorporate the FudgeMuppet bros into ES6...you guys have kept this lore Alive 10 years after the last "real" Elder Scrolls iteration and you gentlemer DESERVE to be imortalized! Imho. Thank you so much for sharing your love AND knowledge of this, The Elder Scrolls
In your previous video, it was agreed that without society secrets cannot exist. It takes at least two people to create a secret. If knowledge is power, then hidden knowledge is the greatest. It may seem odd that an Et'Ada who values secrets encourages the murder of those closest, but the fact is that such an act creates valuable secrets. Those closest to each other often confide in one another, intimate shared knowledge. What is more valuable than a secret shared? A secret known only to one. What is interesting though is that most artifacts cause the person who is murdered by them to be sent to the realm of whoever created it. This may suggest that Mephala learns secrets from the life-force of the one murdered when it arrives in her realm. In a sense, the murderer is actually revealing their own secrets, which they shared with their dead friends, to Mephala. This is also why she promotes deception and lies. If knowledge is obfuscated then it becomes more valuable. Mephala polishes knowledge with lies much as a jeweler polishes a pearl to increase its value. But also, Mephala destroys those who have knowledge to increase its rarity like a jeweller who destroys a precious collection of pearls until only one remains - thereby making it unique and even more valuable.
It seems like Balgruuf tried to destroy that blade and found the best he could do was contain it. My respect for him as a Jarl grows. I don't think Vignar Gray-Mane would be as cautious about not using this blade against the Imperials if he became Jarl.
Playing a Wood Elf mage/archer based off of the Necromancy Archer Build on this channel, thought of including this sword in my build. I need a sword as tall as my little elf to kill those dumb nords.
Fudgemuppet guys, I could use your advice. I'm on PC playing modded SE and I'm trying to do a non-combat princess build, a noble woman of true lawful good. Any chance you bois would do a character build?
"Nothing is stronger than the bounds of brotherhood forged by the fires conflict and tempered with trust. Except for the betrayer that snips the string of bonds effortlessly and with no remorse."
Nightgaurd-A red guard morang ting agent who left hammerfell after hearing whisper from mephala in his sleep. And now wields the Ebony blade along with shadow magic from triumvirate mod. 😏
U know I love u guys. Too bad drew left curious what happened but understand and appreciate the professional silence around it. Anyway. Thank u lads been watching you forever now.
I am german but i watch this guys since they started with Builds, I love this Philosophical aspect they have. I am happy to see them reaching a MILLION subs! Go an Guys, i lovr this f***ing Channel!!!😛
Another great lorevideo on one of my favourite deadra and her artifact! :) But one question: I get so see, read and watch everywhere that the ebony blade corrupts its wielder. Let's assume theres a very high ranked member of the Morag Tong, always working as intended for the guild, honing Mephalas ways but also not trusting her (obvious why^^). He always tends to have the best in mind for the Dunmer as he carries out his duties. Would he probably be so much in favor of her that he could wield the sword without any corruption? It would be so interesting to know the circumstances for planning some roleplayprojects und ESO though! I know, understanding deadric stuff is hard to come by but I'm really interested in the matter as the ebony blade is my favorite artifact in The Elder Scrolls ;)
Fudge: He sits upon his throne dedication ensues as he pulls out his looking device. Water flows as black as night, with no stars to shine. Me: fuck I need to see a doctor!
Always wished there was a good guy option where you could go on an epic difficult quest to rid the realm of the sword and defy the Web Spinner forever... while sending the Jarl's brat kids to jail as attempted regicides for the rest of the game in addition to keeping the original help the kids murder the Jarl and while everyone is shocked in the main chamber you get the chance to get the key to he sword room and keep the sword that Bethesda wanted.
Hey Drew, have you ever tried to throw the Ebony Blade into the Skyforge because I just now thought of it and I've never done it and I've been playing since it released. I'm going to try it.
“… not even the hottest flames of the sky forge were able to melt it … the coals cooled …” Lore wise, it cannot be upgraded using smithing. However, it’s raw damage potential can be upgraded with the use of some targeted enchanting / alchemy / restoration It’s daedric power can only be enhanced with treachery t’is truly a blade of woe.
So Mephala created the Morag Tong AND the Dark Brotherhood? So she started and run both factions or she started the Morag Tong and later abandoned it and created the Dark Brotherhood. Thats how i whoud like to see it but any official info on whats what with the morag tong and dark brotherhood?
Fudge: only a daedra would kill people who smile at them
Me : katana sword goes brrr
Always happy seeing you in the comments section :)
Dang, ngl did not expect to see you here. And also, found you again
Wait ... I know you.
Yeah, so about those Boetheia followers.....
What, the stupid thing wouldn't let me sacrifice my hired help, which should work. Okay, so maybe I didn't HAVE to slaughter everyone their, but in my defense, I was really mad at the time.
@@TheKennethfilmtwo good tier comments
I guess they were right, there *is* magic in friendship.
Who’s “they”?
@@Ty-vj4wg the ponies...
@@wildefice1 *the bottles of glue
@@Ty-vj4wg anime protagonist
OMG!! HAHAAH!!!!! XD
And by, “we keep it deep down” we mean down the stairs and to the right.
Sometimes the beauty of th elder scrolls lore just blows my mind. It's sad how many people never find about this awesome world and community.
I just downloaded it like 2 days ago and I’m already level 8 so far but I’ve been playing non stop. This is THE SHIT. THIS GAME IS CRAZY. This game definitely is unique, nothing can match this vibe and style
@@Ykowzyx If you like skyrim that much(assuming you are talking about skyrim here) you should definitely play the other titles aswell. Especially oblivion. Always good to hear new people getting into TES, welcome aboard!
@@Ykowzyx im actually jealous of you, the first time diving into TES. Have fun mate! Watch the skies, traveller.
Jasper Nupponen I’ve heard about oblivion yesterday! Is it a remastered version or what is it? A
@@Ykowzyx it's The elder scrolls title that came before Skyrim. An awesome group of people are actually making a remastered version of it with skyrims engine but it's not ready yet. The vanilla version is playable enough with it's awesome story tho.
ah, Drew and his honeyed words...
Heard about them.
Hahahaha true
Sweeter than Honingbrew mead.
@@HoundDoggy true 😍
@@Nixicated quite ur lollygagging
Ah, I see I've stayed up too late again. At least I'm rewarded with an upload
Enjoy!
@@FudgeMuppet I did. Thanks btw, you guys are great
The way you narrate things unironically makes Skyrim better ^.^
It's genuinely impressive.
So we keep it, hidden, dark and deep within Dragonsreach. On a completely unrelated note, please STAY OUT OF THE PANTRY!!!
"... their closest friends" or a random beggar you gave a septim, good enough.
Or the entirety of the Dark Brotherhood after you already decided to not join them by killing Astrid.
Im pretty sure that says more about the Dragonborn and their lack of friends than it does about the Ebony Blade
Or even a hired blade.
Me: “Awesome! A Fudgemuppet video of Mephala!”
Also me, upon seeing the frostbite spiders: “Why”
I guess one could say Mephala is the Daedric Prince of Politics-
Was literally thinking FudgeMuppet should do an episode on the ebony blade. Thanks for reading my mind so I didnt even have to suggest it! Love you guys!
"Dark and deep within Dragonsreach"
_Sits in a side-room within the pantry_
Yoo the last time i was this early..falmer were still my neighbor in skyrim
Last time I was this early, Saarthal was still being built. Wait what’s a Falmer doing here-
Something about smooth and clean lines of ebony weapons and armor resonate with me. Its first after steel.
"Arachnid Autarch" God i love this channel
Dark and deep within dragonsreach - ever protected by 2 staircases and one warped, porous, wooden door!
I really do love y’all. I have so many questions that I feel we could talk hours about lol y’all should think about making a discord or feature some people in the podcasts 😈💯
I always loved this channel as a little kid. It was this channel and Shoddycast that built my fondness of lore and worldbuilding and really started a big passion of mine.
They say Maphala but I hear the whisper of Lolth, they say Azura but I see aglimer of the Dark Maiden Elistraee, 😆 Awesome job Drew.
Nothing like listening to Drew’s silky smooth voice after a good morning workout.
I find it wonderful that after uploading videos for so long, you guys still manage to pump out content consistently and improve with every video. So many others making similar content have fallen off from RUclips over the years, but I’m super grateful that you three still manage to create content cantered around this glorious franchise even 10 years after Skyrim’s release. Keep up the good work, and here’s hoping you’ll still be uploading by the time Todd finally blesses us with The Elder Scrolls VI!
Gotta love a good Skyrim video after work
Fudge Muppet : To anyone listening...
Me:👁️👄👁️
Another daedrology lesson in place of my actual university work
Now THAT’S a knoife
"Not even the hottest fires of the Skyforge could melt it"
Now I've gotta check if there's mod that allows forges to smelt/destroy weapons...!
Thanks man! Thanks to your videos I keep coming back to Skyrim over and over again! :D
note to self: rename Ebony Blade to Killing Word.
"My name is a killing word."
Your videos are amazing bros, keep up the great content. Your channel and Camelworks are the best for elder scrolls lore.
I LOVE these videos, I’ve been going back and rewatching all of them lately. I hope we can get more in the future
I threw that sword off the side of a mountain
Honestly i think daedric artifacts should be more powerfull in game.
I know there is game mechanics and stuff but where they are now they are just items with cool enchant.
you dropped this vid just as i was about to workout :d nice timing
Haha do both at the same time 😁
@@FudgeMuppet haha that's what i did :D good work on the video
Always train the large muscle groups, exercises like deadlift/kettlebell swing, pushups/dips, pullups and shoulder press. If you do that, biceps and triceps and legs will follow.
@@thomasrosendahl2783 i didn't get this tip from either of my 3 friends that workout. thank you, dude!
There is always a moment in my favorite games, when you're proficient with the basics and set off into the wild, a moment of wonder and peace wandering through the trees full of awe and imaginings of the world you're immersed in. It tends to only happen for me once or twice even in the best games, this video captures that emotion and experience.
I love this comment. Beautifully said.
Your explanation/ description has been done very well.
"My name has become a killing word."
Just got to love this content
From what I see of Mephala, she is the god of absolute truth and personal honesty. Stabbing Trinimac in the back was her stopping his followers from lying to themselves and each other about their individual truths. The Dragonborn is an example of one seeking to gain power. By killing those closest to the Dragonborn with the Ebony Blade, it is confirmation that the Dragonborn desires power at the expense of all honour and trust. In Oblivion, she tasks the Hero to sew strife in a village. The fact is that the strife was already there just looking for an honest expression. I hear she's supposed to be the liar, but the facts don't bear that out. Just because two people don't agree with their view of the world does not make them wrong. Like Boethia, might, in the end, makes right.
She cannot be about truth when she rewards deception and lies. But as the counterpart to Hermaeus Mora she values knowledge, which is truth, but prefers to horde it. A secret is after all a truth, but what makes it secret is the limited number of people who know it. She therefore loves to have towns full of drama and lies killed because it increases the value of those secrets by reducing the number of people who know those truths.
MOST DEFINITELY enjoyed watching this one right here!
The Ebony Blade is one of my MOST favorite weapons in Skyrim.
Mephala: I name this sword my "Killing Word."
Dragons & Nords: Are we a joke to you?
Love the videos keep up the great work 👍
Thank the gods, woke up sick and had just finished all the podcasts
Need a deep dive into Balgruuf and Irileth's past. Has to be some way to access the history of these two characters and how one of them obtained such a curved sword.
Right before I have to go to school you guys uploaded. Great start to the day!
By the Nine!!!! If Tod Howard DOESNT incorporate the FudgeMuppet bros into ES6...you guys have kept this lore Alive 10 years after the last "real" Elder Scrolls iteration and you gentlemer DESERVE to be imortalized!
Imho.
Thank you so much for sharing your love AND knowledge of this, The Elder Scrolls
Ahhh just got done with the night shift and the perfect thing to come home to 💯🙏
In your previous video, it was agreed that without society secrets cannot exist. It takes at least two people to create a secret. If knowledge is power, then hidden knowledge is the greatest. It may seem odd that an Et'Ada who values secrets encourages the murder of those closest, but the fact is that such an act creates valuable secrets. Those closest to each other often confide in one another, intimate shared knowledge. What is more valuable than a secret shared? A secret known only to one.
What is interesting though is that most artifacts cause the person who is murdered by them to be sent to the realm of whoever created it. This may suggest that Mephala learns secrets from the life-force of the one murdered when it arrives in her realm. In a sense, the murderer is actually revealing their own secrets, which they shared with their dead friends, to Mephala.
This is also why she promotes deception and lies. If knowledge is obfuscated then it becomes more valuable. Mephala polishes knowledge with lies much as a jeweler polishes a pearl to increase its value. But also, Mephala destroys those who have knowledge to increase its rarity like a jeweller who destroys a precious collection of pearls until only one remains - thereby making it unique and even more valuable.
Ahhh, Drew's poetic and biased words towards Mephala. Love it
It seems like Balgruuf tried to destroy that blade and found the best he could do was contain it. My respect for him as a Jarl grows. I don't think Vignar Gray-Mane would be as cautious about not using this blade against the Imperials if he became Jarl.
Your my favorite elder scrolls lore youtuber
-Promise to make unique battlemage or wizard build of some sort
-Temptation kicks in and I make an Orc Tank Ebony Blade build
:(
Argonians are the best for Ebony Blade tank builds. The Regen ability that Argonians have is super OP, especially in the late game.
I love this weapon so much. I only wish it was more powerful. But the fact it doesn’t have to be recharged is a huge bonus.
The ebony blade is one of my favourite looking weapons. It’s just a very simple black blade with some golden accents
Playing a Wood Elf mage/archer based off of the Necromancy Archer Build on this channel, thought of including this sword in my build. I need a sword as tall as my little elf to kill those dumb nords.
stormcloaks mad
watching all yr lore vids in the background of playing tamriel rebuilt
can you start listing your mods? love to get a hold of em.
A video on my favorite artifact! Let’s go
Fudgemuppet guys, I could use your advice. I'm on PC playing modded SE and I'm trying to do a non-combat princess build, a noble woman of true lawful good. Any chance you bois would do a character build?
"Nothing is stronger than the bounds of brotherhood forged by the fires conflict and tempered with trust. Except for the betrayer that snips the string of bonds effortlessly and with no remorse."
You're killin me 🗡
Nightgaurd-A red guard morang ting agent who left hammerfell after hearing whisper from mephala in his sleep. And now wields the Ebony blade along with shadow magic from triumvirate mod. 😏
16-and-1 . . . nice interreference. Not that I would normally compare Jyggalag to Talos, but I like this way of referring to the Princes of Oblivion.
U know I love u guys. Too bad drew left curious what happened but understand and appreciate the professional silence around it. Anyway. Thank u lads been watching you forever now.
Love you fudgemuppet
This is my favourite daedric artifact
Just love the design
When you said "16 and 1 Daedric Lords" were you talking about Jyggalag?
Perhaps Meridia. Seeing as she is a Daedra by adoption and not a native of Oblivion
I knew it! Spiders can't be trusted
The Ebony Blade is so freaking cool
please update your playlists please 🥰 love your work always~
when ur birds have a night terror but fudgemuppet uploaded so now u and the birdies can sleep B)
Neat video! Thanks for uploading!
The last time I was this early the Falmer had eyes.
I mean... they DO still have eyes. They're just blind. So, joke kinda falls flat.
@@rev0568 do they? They look like they’re gone to me? Or are they just fused shut?
I am german but i watch this guys since they started with Builds, I love this Philosophical aspect they have. I am happy to see them reaching a MILLION subs! Go an Guys, i lovr this f***ing Channel!!!😛
Wohooooo more stuff on the ebony blade!
My question is, for an artifact of a prince about assassination, why is it 2 handed, a weapon that one does not work with assassination skills?
Bane of Arthropods V: "I can take her."
Whats that armor on table mod?
Pretty good spider documentary.
Another great lorevideo on one of my favourite deadra and her artifact! :)
But one question: I get so see, read and watch everywhere that the ebony blade corrupts its wielder. Let's assume theres a very high ranked member of the Morag Tong, always working as intended for the guild, honing Mephalas ways but also not trusting her (obvious why^^). He always tends to have the best in mind for the Dunmer as he carries out his duties. Would he probably be so much in favor of her that he could wield the sword without any corruption? It would be so interesting to know the circumstances for planning some roleplayprojects und ESO though!
I know, understanding deadric stuff is hard to come by but I'm really interested in the matter as the ebony blade is my favorite artifact in The Elder Scrolls ;)
WAIT WAIT WAIT, YOU JUST ARRIVED AT THE KILLING WORD, EXPLAIN MOAR NOW!
Fudge: He sits upon his throne dedication ensues as he pulls out his looking device. Water flows as black as night, with no stars to shine.
Me: fuck I need to see a doctor!
Mephala, Boethiah, Vaermina, Nocturnal, and Namira are the 5 evilest Daedra to me.
What a coincidence I just started a playthrough role playing a dunmer warrior based around using the ebony blade as his main weapon.
Always wished there was a good guy option where you could go on an epic difficult quest to rid the realm of the sword and defy the Web Spinner forever... while sending the Jarl's brat kids to jail as attempted regicides for the rest of the game in addition to keeping the original help the kids murder the Jarl and while everyone is shocked in the main chamber you get the chance to get the key to he sword room and keep the sword that Bethesda wanted.
I would never let her borrow my sword. I had a feeling she wouldn't return it.
not only it's her killing word, but it's also her killing *sword* hehehe
Uuhahah
Booo
I'm curious; how did the blade end up in Whiterun?
This. Is my favourite two handed sword In the game!
spider biology lesson in disguise
Great video as usual : )
What is that modded armor on the table ? It looks amazing
I couldn't remember who my friends were so I went city to city and killed everyone.
Best content
Definitely
Hey Drew, have you ever tried to throw the Ebony Blade into the Skyforge because I just now thought of it and I've never done it and I've been playing since it released. I'm going to try it.
“… not even the hottest flames of the sky forge were able to melt it … the coals cooled …”
Lore wise, it cannot be upgraded using smithing.
However, it’s raw damage potential can be upgraded with the use of some targeted enchanting / alchemy / restoration
It’s daedric power can only be enhanced with treachery
t’is truly a blade of woe.
So Mephala created the Morag Tong AND the Dark Brotherhood? So she started and run both factions or she started the Morag Tong and later abandoned it and created the Dark Brotherhood. Thats how i whoud like to see it but any official info on whats what with the morag tong and dark brotherhood?
Getting full damage for this weapon is really hard, if you don't use ritual stone and a useless companion.
What mod adds the armour on the table?
so what are the standards the morag tong use to approve/decline assassinations? are members trained to be impartial, or is it a religious thing?
Whoo! New sword :D nothing could be different right?