You can tell developers put alot of love into Lydia. Shes generally your 1st companion and they probably figured most casual players would take her everywhere and not bother with the rest. They pushin her to be best girl. Then they made Serana....
On my first every character, I married Lydia. One day a came back to Lakeview Manor and she was gone. No ransom note, no quest to get her back, no nothing. She just up and left me with my kids. From that day forward, I vowed to never marry her on any other character.
I decided to marry Camilla this time around because, not only was her and her brother the first people we meet when the game first start, but are appreciated to the Dragonborn for helping them and ask for nothing in return. But of course, I had to deal with Sven and Faendal. So I talked to Faendal, had him give me the fake letter, spoke to Sven immediately after that, had him give me the fake letter from Faendal and give it to Camilla so she be angry at Faendal. Of course, this was all a setup to have Sven trust me so I take him to the Shrine of Boethiah and sacrifice him to the Daedric Lord. THEN to add salt to Faendal, married Camilla (which admittedly, I like her story and reason to coming to Skyrim) and now live in the manor that oversees Whiterun in the distance. Here comes the best part: I wake up one day and Faendel was in my house right next to Camilla! She gasped when she Faendal was there and he said the line "You talking to me? After what you did?" and I am like "BITCH, YOU ARE IN MY HOUSE!'. Of course he left my home but not after quietly following him, killing him and dumping his body in a dead area full of mammoth remains. Best part? Not even seconds later I had a courier come up to me, handing me a letter from Camilla which is a thank you to me for eliminating her "rival". So not only do I have a brother in law who owns a business, to which I invested in and sell my goods from time and time again, but a wife who thanked me for killing her "rival" all while I was the one who made her think that Faendal was the jerk AND sacrificing Sven to a Daedric Lord, thus getting rid of the competition for Camilla's heart! Talk about the disrespect!
@@blackheartthedarklord6428 I always chose Heljarchen from a logic perspective. It's close to whiterun which is considered the hub of skyrim's trade and commerce. A giant camp to the east that would ward of would be thieves and bandits from the east. To its west you have snowy hills and mountains, with no real threats in that direction for a vast distance, barring dragon sites that is. Finally there's the nearby farm, which would provide opportunities for trade, but in case of emergency, theres folks within walking distance. (Also if you belive the owner of that farm to be Lucia's uncle based on what fans suggest, you can adopt Lucia, just to spite her uncle by giving her a massive home thats just awalk away from the farm lol.)
Wish I could marry Ingun Black-Briar. After getting her 60 flowers and hearing her interest in alchemy I wondered if I could infiltrate the family and take it over with her replacing Maven, but devs said NO
Go to the Temple of Mara get the amulet of Mara head back to her stand in front of her and open the console window by pressing the till the tilda key click on her until you see her ID displayed and type these commands addtofaction 19809 1 Setrelationshiprank player 4 Close the console window then try to interact with her while wearing the amulet of Mara and your dreams should come true, And if you are on console then you need to download a mod if there are any
Brelyna, Ysolda and Sylgia are also have an amazing personality and really fall in love with the Dragonborn if you decide to marry them. And they will like any house you choose except Markarth, but, being honest, nobody who has a choise will live in this city.
You know, I usually don't get married. Recently tried it. Married Mjoll. Knew that aerin came along with that, but I've got a big house. What's it matter? The bad day started when I was standing at our bed and had skipped a day. Only to see this man hopping out if it. Everyone in Windhelm caught a case that day.
Too bad you can't change her clothes. She's always in her ragged mining clothes which is pretty bad considering she is the wife of the dragonborn, who's considered nobility in all holds of skyrim and lives in proudspire manor in solitude.
@@balashibuyeeter2704 I tried the console command to force a clothing change to the nice robes I bought from the snooty elf lady in the capitol. About one time in ten she wears them.
i've always personally been upset that you can't marry Wujeeta in Riften in the vanilla game she's, imo, one of the cutest argonian women in the vanilla game and i get mad protective of her when she mentions how scared she is of losing her job at the fishery because she got addicted to skooma, even moreso with a few of her radiant conversations with a couple of the other citizens from my perspective, i just want to help her get clean and let her live a cozy, comfortable life thanks to my character's insane and endless wealth, and i get a cute lizard waifu in return but for whatever reason, she's non-marriageable in the vanilla game, so after you complete her unmarked quest and use her to start The Raid quest, she becomes completely irrelevant i don't even think she's canonically already married, you just don't get the option i guess the logic, aside from BGS just saying "people probably won't pay too much attention to her", behind this is "why would she want to marry you just because you gave her one healing potion?" but at the same time... Temba will jump your bones for killing a few bears and even then, Wujeeta still starts The Raid quest, which the end goal is to put an end to the Rift's skooma trade, which she says she's afraid they'll come after her if she rats them out so, you could tie her marriage flag to finishing that quest and you could have an extra dialogue option with her after completing it, saying "Hey, I took care of those Skooma people. You won't be seeing them again." that would be a pretty impactful thing and much more reasonable for her to want to marry you for. not only did you help with her addiction, but you went after the people who got her addicted and took care of them, so she's now completely safe from the people she ratted out, and those same people won't be poisoning anyone ever again TL;DR I really like Wujeeta and I always get a mod that lets me marry her whenever I play Skyrim :v
Aela. Lovely werewolf lady. Sad that she can't transform. Hunting together and sharing their enemies hearts... I really hope future titles include transformations for companions, I mean shouldn't be that hard.
The only thing Aela dose that's bad. Everytime you come home or get near her she will say "somthing shifting in winds BROTHER" I'm from the south but I'm not that kind of southerner
Something doesn't add up because we met at least three members of House Telvanni although the dark elf in Rifton has a quest where you find a book that states he's the last of his family 😅
My top female spouses are: Shahvee because she works for my Argonian axe and shield warrior and they are my favourite race. Mjoll the Lioness as she is good when making a power couples with my old Nord Werewolf. Sylgja is a genuinely nice person and my Breton Stormcloak ice Spell-sword works well. Ria is a sweet woman I'm planning on having her marry my Imperial thief and move her to Riften. Ghorza is a fine Orc wife fror my Orc Imperial Legate. Brelyne is going to be cute with my Morag Tong Dunmer. There are more but those are my favourites.
I go to Wife now is Muiri. Just because once married the Spouses dialogue becomes extremely limited so I settled on "Thank you again for resolving my... problem" I mean She says that every morning when we get out of bed so... Amusingly sexy :)
i think shahvee was my first ever wife and i did it very specifically to see if i can make her live inside the walls of windhelm, it was rather underwelming but i will always remember that pack-a-day smoker's "My Love"
Lads , lets talk about Lydia : -Nord ( already perfect) -sword and shield ready to take on Alduin if it means protecting you -built like a TANK -doesn't need magic to kick butt -ready to hold to as many dragon bones and scales you can find -no daddy issues , anger issues or sadistic tendancies -hasn't sold her soul to any daedra , heart and spirid as pure as Shor made them -posessive but in a lovely way (she won't let you go through the door without saying Hi first) Now , if this ain't enough proof to you that she can be the Dovahwife than idk what will.
first and only time I used her for a follower she got 1 shot by a frost troll it was my first time playing and I didn't realize the Labarinthya was crawling with them as I've found that most followers are pretty much useless obstacles that are more hinderance than help unless you can give them god tier gear I don't use them unless I'm forced to
IMPORTANT: There's a key inaccuracy in this video. Before the Amulet of Mara will work on anyone, you MUST go to Riften and speak to Maramel. If he's not in the temple he might be preaching in the tavern. You need to ask him about the temple and then ask 'So I could get married here?' or something like then, and then ask him to explain marriage in Skyrim. He'll explain about wearing the amulet etc. Only then will wearing an Amulet of Mara trigger additional conversation options from potential marriage partners.
A video like this in 2024 is crazy. Every other skyrim info type video i see is damn near 10 years old lol. Still, much appreciated as i get to look at other options for my multiple characters. Honestly, Lydia will always be my best girl. My first follower, first woman i married, Ysolda was the second lol. I like Alea, Mijoll and Frea but never married them. I WISH you could marry Serana but you can't without mods. I love Serana but i just can't put her above Lydia. It doesn't feel right for me personally. She's 2nd best though for sure.
I like using the “Marry anyone” mod, so I can first drop the hammer on Mikael, then go Wed Carolotta. Or I request the hand of Edri, from the Blue Palace, because she’s just so dang cute and innocent. Especially with her line of… “Are you my gallant hero? Have you come to whisk me away, to a life of adventure and romance?”
Brelynne is from house Telvanni .... dunmer "nobility", Viola doesnt reside in the tavern .. she has her own house across the walkway from clan shatter-shield
Console players: there is 60 marriage options, PC player: I SUMMON... THE POWER OF CONSOLE COMMANDS, AND MODS, now I could even marry a barrel if it has dialogues
my go to is usually Aela, Brelyna or Borgakh. Since I play as a reckless barbarian, a partner that can also help me on my dungeon delving adventures is what I love. c:
It doesn't matter who's side you pick in the war, once you have Hjerim, you can move her in to stick it to Rolff Stone-Fist, or any Argonian and Dunmer spouse for that moment.
There was 1 that wasn't mentioned cause I don't remember if she's marriageable or not. She has her own quest line where you have to help kill her crazy mother that's allied with some hagravens. And we get a neat staff out of the deal. Pretty sure she's either a Breton or Nord, probably Breton cause she is a mage follower. Idk about anyone else, but I consider followers to be husbands/wives anyway cause I think a lot of us have that 1 we travel everywhere with and do our best to keep them from dying. Usually through a mod that prevents them from dying on us. As far as where this mage follower is? She's around the Rift iirc and it's kinda off the beaten path from what I remember
Illia from darklight tower, I'm unsure if she can be wed as I was already married to Camilla by time I came across her quest.. she does become an option of follower after completing her quest (I already had serana well equipped, but it was at the part where you can have serana and 1 other, but the 2 kept fighting each other and my unicorn so I told her we had to part ways), then she was getting beat down in the hot springs part by the necromancer a week later. However, I believe she is one that can only be killed by the player so she just continuously kept going to the "exhausted state" on her hands and knees.. I'll try to wait till that quest in my current play through to see if she is able to be wed..
@@CosmicGoku529 Use your imagination man! In my very first playthrough, I enlisted Lydia into the Blades. When I did it, Hrongar, the jarl Balgruuf's brother sent assassins to me with a letter to get rid of my character. The three muscular guys said they are hear to teach me a lesson. I killed them in a fight, but you know what? I understood that Lydia is a Hrongar's daughter, Balgruuf's niece. She served in Whiterun's guard to become best warrior and Balgruuf himself appointed her as Dragonborn's housecarl to marry her in the future. Having Dragonborn as a brother-in-law or something is extremely good in feudal medieval society, so the jarl made an important decision. Instead of marrying Dragonborn, she got enlisted into blades in the middle of nowhere under the command of some overacting paranoid officer (Delfine) and some crazy old man (Esbern). Not the best outcome, really. Use your imagination man!
I have watched a few of these Skyrim marriage videos, and no one mentions Grelka, the short tempered armour merchant from Riften. I married her on one of my playthroughs.
Ysolda also gives you 100 gold per day as a cut from her trading. The highest I got was 31 days=3,100 gold when I was off adventuring. in my humble opinion she's the best wife for sharing and caring.
Borgakh the Steel Heart is my favorit companion and potential wife. She is strong, loyal and honorable. Also as a wife she got some of the cutest lines.
When it comes to being forced into a choice of un-modded vanilla women - well, I'm shallow, so it would have to be Lydia. She is by default, the most attractive vanilla woman in the game.
taarie and temba are my personal favorites, I love there attitudes and how even though they both have the same domestic dialogue there voice actresses really do well to make each feel distinctive; taarie is very sassy with how she says her lines, you leave the house to kick ass and she KNOWS it! Temba however speaks like she’s not even bothering to look up from her newspaper which is very funny and weirdly endearing to me.
NGL kinda wish Bethesda would've added haelga's niece as a marriage candidate (in the be and barb in riften, she's just so hung up on sibbi tho) Or even ingrod the younger (if she wasn't to become jarl when her mother passes)
My main thing here is I don't get what the designers were drinking when they designed most of the female mer. Also why for dunmer they favor the ashen over purplish skin tone.
please help me i want to marry shahvee but i cant do her quest i did a WAR for her (if someone is curious i killed ulfric) i talk with the argonians i did most things but still i cant, how can i do it?
There's 3 that I would appreciate the ability to marry... Eola the little one eyed cannibal, Karliah, and my little assassin follower at the Dawnstar sanctuary. ❤️
I like marrying Injun Black Briar with a mod that permits it. Brother in law is Sibbi. Mother in law of course is Maven. Two of Riften's finest "a wholes." 😂
I actually like Jenassa, though that girl in the Bannered Mare and the one in Riften - Njada, I think? Yeah, they're interesting as well. Still wish you could marry Serana, though...
Skyrim is still my favorite game with the restoration potion glitch. I married Lydia in 1 game play but didn't like being called thane so don't bother with marriage. Might try marriage again with Ysold. Good video
I believe only the ones that aren't available as followers, also if you want more alchemical ingredients/ potions I believe they have to be an alchemist/former alchemist I.E. muiri/or the lady dunmer that has you get 20 jazbay grapes for her. I could be wrong on this though (haven't done the in-depth research)
Me, personally, I think the non-follower options for marriage are the best ones. As followers are used for helping in combat and are best if ‘disposable’ assets, since one can just easily be replaced with another/ new one. And if your spouse is a follower and they die- you stop getting that EASY MONEY income as you can’t just remarry.. So… Followers are imo the worst possible choices… Plus they are easy choices, once followers, they are easily married… On top of that most are easily accessed. Other characters always make you work for the marriage option with a quest! Nice to be able to have the choice of the easy road/ route but when that’s a choice- way more fun to do it the hard(er) way 😂 Sometimes/ once in a while, anyhow.
Simple solution: just marry an immortal NPC folllower like Mjoll and problem solved. 😂 Besides, what's more romantic than destroying bandit camps and dungeons full of enemies side by side with your spouse 😂😂
@eddmario I can't find him, I've been waiting in the temple for like 10 days Found him, he likes to hang out in the tavern if anyone is looking for him
You can marry Muiri without joining the DB. You have to kill Boethela so that Muiri takes over the shop, then invest in the shop. That'll raise her disposition towards you, and make her marryable.
When I play as a male character I either choose Lydia, the original, and the most loyal housecarl, or Sylgja, the most beautiful woman in all of Skyrim. When I play as a female character I only choose Benor, the strongest warrior of Morthal. I don't like anybody else, and the guy desperately needs love and new home, since he hasn't any. Seriously, you've seen his muscles, all right?
Aela is usually my go to for female spouses, due to there not being any options to marry Bosmer maidens, she is the next best waifu in the vanilla game. IMHO. Shame she isn't essentially like Serana, though
I think my first Skyrim wife ever was Uthgerd. A good heart, strong sword arm, and she can accompany me in my adventures. I dont know why but Jordis has always been my favorite of the Housecarls. Shes the one I've married in probably more than half of my playthroughs. No solid reason why. Guess I just like blondes? Would've liked to marry Ingun Black-Briar, Saadia, or Vex from the Thieves Guild(without mods)
Only once per character/playthrough. Unless you use a mod (if they have one) that allows you to be married to more than one at a time, because in skyrim marriage is "until death" and in the afterlife..
Jenassa Is always bugged in my game never seen such a cowardly Mercenary she always runs away if there are more then 2 people to fight, first time thought it was her running back to shoot with a bow nope she ran off and rejoined shortly after battle was over, is it just my game? anybody else have this happen?
i'm no longer confused why i'm staying single. i'm not interested in ANY of these options.. including Serana.. most likely i'd just either remain single, or go for Lydia .. she's your default option anyway.
Okay, so I have constructive criticism! This video was awesome; no notes. I really liked the line delivery in this one, and I was hoping to convince you guys to 'flip the script' on the male version of this video! Bare with me, I don't know the names of the people speaking, so I'm going to have to generalize a bit. I think it was nice to hear a woman describing the potential female marriage options! She's got a nice voice. Now, I want to hear 'the gruff voiced guy' wingman for each of the male romance options! In essence, this format is trying to convince you of the pros and cons of a romantic choice. You already have a woman giving you the low-down on the other girls, now we have to have a guy do the same! I think 'the gruff voice guy' would be the best player to this part- I could most easily see him helping out a buddy with girls at a bar or something. That exact tone would be hilarious!
You can tell developers put alot of love into Lydia. Shes generally your 1st companion and they probably figured most casual players would take her everywhere and not bother with the rest. They pushin her to be best girl.
Then they made Serana....
too bad you cannot marry any other Vampire girls
Lydia is best girl...BUT! Serana is runner up. I love Serana.
@@revanshan3308 But you CAN turn your wife into one if you side with the vampires in the Dawnguard DLC
@@eddmario nice to know
On my first every character, I married Lydia. One day a came back to Lakeview Manor and she was gone. No ransom note, no quest to get her back, no nothing. She just up and left me with my kids. From that day forward, I vowed to never marry her on any other character.
Ysolda is also local Drug lord just throwing it out there.
She's local. The real "Lord" is Maven Black-briar.
@@RorschachqpMaven practically owns a drug empire.
"Trailer Park" Whoot Whoot!!
@@Primitive_Productions She won a turf war against Honningbrew, lol.
I can fix her
I decided to marry Camilla this time around because, not only was her and her brother the first people we meet when the game first start, but are appreciated to the Dragonborn for helping them and ask for nothing in return. But of course, I had to deal with Sven and Faendal. So I talked to Faendal, had him give me the fake letter, spoke to Sven immediately after that, had him give me the fake letter from Faendal and give it to Camilla so she be angry at Faendal. Of course, this was all a setup to have Sven trust me so I take him to the Shrine of Boethiah and sacrifice him to the Daedric Lord. THEN to add salt to Faendal, married Camilla (which admittedly, I like her story and reason to coming to Skyrim) and now live in the manor that oversees Whiterun in the distance.
Here comes the best part: I wake up one day and Faendel was in my house right next to Camilla! She gasped when she Faendal was there and he said the line "You talking to me? After what you did?" and I am like "BITCH, YOU ARE IN MY HOUSE!'. Of course he left my home but not after quietly following him, killing him and dumping his body in a dead area full of mammoth remains. Best part? Not even seconds later I had a courier come up to me, handing me a letter from Camilla which is a thank you to me for eliminating her "rival".
So not only do I have a brother in law who owns a business, to which I invested in and sell my goods from time and time again, but a wife who thanked me for killing her "rival" all while I was the one who made her think that Faendal was the jerk AND sacrificing Sven to a Daedric Lord, thus getting rid of the competition for Camilla's heart!
Talk about the disrespect!
Man, you are the based gigachad, no less!
Overlooking Whiterun? Heljarchen hall I assume, which is my go to pick for hearth homes
@@kevinmoore2474 That's the one. Though it's between that and that one farm home from the Special Anniversary Edition.
@@blackheartthedarklord6428 I always chose Heljarchen from a logic perspective.
It's close to whiterun which is considered the hub of skyrim's trade and commerce. A giant camp to the east that would ward of would be thieves and bandits from the east.
To its west you have snowy hills and mountains, with no real threats in that direction for a vast distance, barring dragon sites that is.
Finally there's the nearby farm, which would provide opportunities for trade, but in case of emergency, theres folks within walking distance. (Also if you belive the owner of that farm to be Lucia's uncle based on what fans suggest, you can adopt Lucia, just to spite her uncle by giving her a massive home thats just awalk away from the farm lol.)
You had me at Boethiah...
On my playthroughs I usually friend Faendal as an early Archery trainer/friend.
Wish I could marry Ingun Black-Briar. After getting her 60 flowers and hearing her interest in alchemy I wondered if I could infiltrate the family and take it over with her replacing Maven, but devs said NO
Actually it is cut content, and with a mod you can make it happen. Same with Grelka the light armor merchant in market.
Yep Ive married both
Go to the Temple of Mara get the amulet of Mara head back to her stand in front of her and open the console window by pressing the till the tilda key click on her until you see her ID displayed and type these commands
addtofaction 19809 1
Setrelationshiprank player 4
Close the console window then try to interact with her while wearing the amulet of Mara and your dreams should come true,
And if you are on console then you need to download a mod if there are any
Baddies of Skyrim 🔥
Tier list
>play beefy elf hating thu'um god two-handed nord stormcloak warrior
>marry Jenassa every single time
Just as Talos intended.
Don’t ask what Tiber Septim made his dunmer lover barenziah do 😵💫
Never ask a Stormcloak the race of his girlfriend
@@NunofyaFB lost as she worships talos I don’t think it’s a problem 😎
They just wanted to be under a strong nord
@@NunofyaFB what that dunmer do?
Brelyna, Ysolda and Sylgia are also have an amazing personality and really fall in love with the Dragonborn if you decide to marry them. And they will like any house you choose except Markarth, but, being honest, nobody who has a choise will live in this city.
No, I disagree. Markarth is one of my favorite places to live! 😅 I like the house there so I deal with the stairs. Keeps me fit. 😂
@@reviewmomma2875 and what about the Silver Blood clan?
@@M2TWhierarch what about them?
@@reviewmomma2875 did you finish the quest "Forsworn conspiracy"?
Kill the Forsworn. Problem solved
You know, I usually don't get married. Recently tried it. Married Mjoll. Knew that aerin came along with that, but I've got a big house. What's it matter?
The bad day started when I was standing at our bed and had skipped a day. Only to see this man hopping out if it.
Everyone in Windhelm caught a case that day.
Lmao thats a triple
mane 🤣🤣🤣
This is mad funny yo😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My simple minded barbaric Nord will never get that. He simply like the strong woman with an attitude, he married Mjoll
Getting married gives you buffs
Sylgja. She's good looking, kind, and doesn't take a merchant or follower out of the game.
Agreed.
Too bad you can't change her clothes. She's always in her ragged mining clothes which is pretty bad considering she is the wife of the dragonborn, who's considered nobility in all holds of skyrim and lives in proudspire manor in solitude.
@@balashibuyeeter2704 I tried the console command to force a clothing change to the nice robes I bought from the snooty elf lady in the capitol. About one time in ten she wears them.
i've always personally been upset that you can't marry Wujeeta in Riften in the vanilla game
she's, imo, one of the cutest argonian women in the vanilla game and i get mad protective of her when she mentions how scared she is of losing her job at the fishery because she got addicted to skooma, even moreso with a few of her radiant conversations with a couple of the other citizens
from my perspective, i just want to help her get clean and let her live a cozy, comfortable life thanks to my character's insane and endless wealth, and i get a cute lizard waifu in return
but for whatever reason, she's non-marriageable in the vanilla game, so after you complete her unmarked quest and use her to start The Raid quest, she becomes completely irrelevant
i don't even think she's canonically already married, you just don't get the option
i guess the logic, aside from BGS just saying "people probably won't pay too much attention to her", behind this is "why would she want to marry you just because you gave her one healing potion?"
but at the same time... Temba will jump your bones for killing a few bears
and even then, Wujeeta still starts The Raid quest, which the end goal is to put an end to the Rift's skooma trade, which she says she's afraid they'll come after her if she rats them out
so, you could tie her marriage flag to finishing that quest and you could have an extra dialogue option with her after completing it, saying "Hey, I took care of those Skooma people. You won't be seeing them again."
that would be a pretty impactful thing and much more reasonable for her to want to marry you for. not only did you help with her addiction, but you went after the people who got her addicted and took care of them, so she's now completely safe from the people she ratted out, and those same people won't be poisoning anyone ever again
TL;DR I really like Wujeeta and I always get a mod that lets me marry her whenever I play Skyrim :v
Aela. Lovely werewolf lady. Sad that she can't transform. Hunting together and sharing their enemies hearts... I really hope future titles include transformations for companions, I mean shouldn't be that hard.
I heard she loves doggystyle😂😂
There's a mod that allows followers to transform into werewolves. I have it for xbox one
@JKVideo13 thanks, didn't know
The only thing Aela dose that's bad. Everytime you come home or get near her she will say "somthing shifting in winds BROTHER" I'm from the south but I'm not that kind of southerner
Fun Fact: If you marry Brelyna, then you're marrying a Dumner of House Telvanni which is pretty cool
Something doesn't add up because we met at least three members of House Telvanni although the dark elf in Rifton has a quest where you find a book that states he's the last of his family 😅
@@danyelpeter1376 Telvanny is more than one family.
My top female spouses are:
Shahvee because she works for my Argonian axe and shield warrior and they are my favourite race.
Mjoll the Lioness as she is good when making a power couples with my old Nord Werewolf.
Sylgja is a genuinely nice person and my Breton Stormcloak ice Spell-sword works well.
Ria is a sweet woman I'm planning on having her marry my Imperial thief and move her to Riften.
Ghorza is a fine Orc wife fror my Orc Imperial Legate.
Brelyne is going to be cute with my Morag Tong Dunmer.
There are more but those are my favourites.
Muiri is a strong candidate, but Borgakh can Steal my Heart any day.
I go to Wife now is Muiri. Just because once married the Spouses dialogue becomes extremely limited so I settled on "Thank you again for resolving my... problem" I mean She says that every morning when we get out of bed so... Amusingly sexy :)
i think shahvee was my first ever wife and i did it very specifically to see if i can make her live inside the walls of windhelm, it was rather underwelming but i will always remember that pack-a-day smoker's "My Love"
Same, I kinda wish there was a marriageable Khajit, so I chose the Argonians instead and married Shahvee
Lads , lets talk about Lydia :
-Nord ( already perfect)
-sword and shield ready to take on Alduin if it means protecting you
-built like a TANK
-doesn't need magic to kick butt
-ready to hold to as many dragon bones and scales you can find
-no daddy issues , anger issues or sadistic tendancies
-hasn't sold her soul to any daedra , heart and spirid as pure as Shor made them
-posessive but in a lovely way (she won't let you go through the door without saying Hi first)
Now , if this ain't enough proof to you that she can be the Dovahwife than idk what will.
Get the Improved Dialogue mod for Lydia for expanded dialogue and a nice quest based on her past. You'll like her even more.
first and only time I used her for a follower she got 1 shot by a frost troll it was my first time playing and I didn't realize the Labarinthya was crawling with them as I've found that most followers are pretty much useless obstacles that are more hinderance than help unless you can give them god tier gear I don't use them unless I'm forced to
It always makes me smile when I hear "hey, look a cave" 😊
Well said
My go to wife and follower every time. She's the best.
IMPORTANT:
There's a key inaccuracy in this video. Before the Amulet of Mara will work on anyone, you MUST go to Riften and speak to Maramel. If he's not in the temple he might be preaching in the tavern.
You need to ask him about the temple and then ask 'So I could get married here?' or something like then, and then ask him to explain marriage in Skyrim. He'll explain about wearing the amulet etc.
Only then will wearing an Amulet of Mara trigger additional conversation options from potential marriage partners.
My first wife in Skyrim was ysolda
Mine 2
Jenssa everytime, love the accent and the fact that she is a dunmer.
Brelyna Maryon Best option.
she probably has seen the horse transformation and has some weird things in store for the dragonborn and his bedroom.
I'm married to Brelyna in my current playthrough!
A video like this in 2024 is crazy. Every other skyrim info type video i see is damn near 10 years old lol.
Still, much appreciated as i get to look at other options for my multiple characters.
Honestly, Lydia will always be my best girl. My first follower, first woman i married, Ysolda was the second lol. I like Alea, Mijoll and Frea but never married them. I WISH you could marry Serana but you can't without mods. I love Serana but i just can't put her above Lydia. It doesn't feel right for me personally. She's 2nd best though for sure.
Good man. Same here. Lydia is No.1.
I like using the “Marry anyone” mod, so I can first drop the hammer on Mikael, then go Wed Carolotta.
Or
I request the hand of Edri, from the Blue Palace, because she’s just so dang cute and innocent. Especially with her line of…
“Are you my gallant hero? Have you come to whisk me away, to a life of adventure and romance?”
Brelynne is from house Telvanni .... dunmer "nobility", Viola doesnt reside in the tavern .. she has her own house across the walkway from clan shatter-shield
And a nice place also
Console players: there is 60 marriage options,
PC player: I SUMMON... THE POWER OF CONSOLE COMMANDS, AND MODS, now I could even marry a barrel if it has dialogues
my go to is usually Aela, Brelyna or Borgakh. Since I play as a reckless barbarian, a partner that can also help me on my dungeon delving adventures is what I love. c:
"She used to be a former thief"
🤔🧐 I seeeee...
So that means shes a thief again?
@@rinoz47 it certainly seems that way! 😅
@@rinoz47 she certainly stole my heart
It doesn't matter who's side you pick in the war, once you have Hjerim, you can move her in to stick it to Rolff Stone-Fist, or any Argonian and Dunmer spouse for that moment.
Sylgja. Good looking, kind, hard worker and family woman.
There was 1 that wasn't mentioned cause I don't remember if she's marriageable or not. She has her own quest line where you have to help kill her crazy mother that's allied with some hagravens. And we get a neat staff out of the deal. Pretty sure she's either a Breton or Nord, probably Breton cause she is a mage follower. Idk about anyone else, but I consider followers to be husbands/wives anyway cause I think a lot of us have that 1 we travel everywhere with and do our best to keep them from dying. Usually through a mod that prevents them from dying on us. As far as where this mage follower is? She's around the Rift iirc and it's kinda off the beaten path from what I remember
Illia from darklight tower, I'm unsure if she can be wed as I was already married to Camilla by time I came across her quest.. she does become an option of follower after completing her quest (I already had serana well equipped, but it was at the part where you can have serana and 1 other, but the 2 kept fighting each other and my unicorn so I told her we had to part ways), then she was getting beat down in the hot springs part by the necromancer a week later. However, I believe she is one that can only be killed by the player so she just continuously kept going to the "exhausted state" on her hands and knees.. I'll try to wait till that quest in my current play through to see if she is able to be wed..
Lydia my beloved
Isn’t that the truth. 😂
So you choose the blandest one with no story whatsoever.
Same. My first love.
@@KDB349 Not everyone has good taste
@@CosmicGoku529 Use your imagination man!
In my very first playthrough, I enlisted Lydia into the Blades. When I did it, Hrongar, the jarl Balgruuf's brother sent assassins to me with a letter to get rid of my character. The three muscular guys said they are hear to teach me a lesson. I killed them in a fight, but you know what? I understood that Lydia is a Hrongar's daughter, Balgruuf's niece. She served in Whiterun's guard to become best warrior and Balgruuf himself appointed her as Dragonborn's housecarl to marry her in the future. Having Dragonborn as a brother-in-law or something is extremely good in feudal medieval society, so the jarl made an important decision. Instead of marrying Dragonborn, she got enlisted into blades in the middle of nowhere under the command of some overacting paranoid officer (Delfine) and some crazy old man (Esbern). Not the best outcome, really.
Use your imagination man!
I have watched a few of these Skyrim marriage videos, and no one mentions Grelka, the short tempered armour merchant from Riften. I married her on one of my playthroughs.
Ysolda also gives you 100 gold per day as a cut from her trading. The highest I got was 31 days=3,100 gold when I was off adventuring. in my humble opinion she's the best wife for sharing and caring.
My first wife in Skyrim was The queen hunter herself XD
Ysolda, she's a damn good Merchant
7:21 Isn't it that in order to marry Miuri you don't just have to complete the quest but have to complete the optional additional murder in the quest?
I still can't believe they didn't give us any marriable Khajiit. Give me my waifu catgirl, dammit! 🤬😂
All khajiit women belong to Todd
LOL...right!
A shotgun wedding is a wedding under duress, or threat of death. Not a hasty wedding.
Borgakh the Steel Heart is my favorit companion and potential wife. She is strong, loyal and honorable.
Also as a wife she got some of the cutest lines.
Aela to me is like stealth archer.
I cannot escape them each playthrough...
When it comes to being forced into a choice of un-modded vanilla women - well, I'm shallow, so it would have to be Lydia. She is by default, the most attractive vanilla woman in the game.
taarie and temba are my personal favorites, I love there attitudes and how even though they both have the same domestic dialogue there voice actresses really do well to make each feel distinctive; taarie is very sassy with how she says her lines, you leave the house to kick ass and she KNOWS it! Temba however speaks like she’s not even bothering to look up from her newspaper which is very funny and weirdly endearing to me.
Fun video! I use the Marry Almost Anyone mod and it's super fun.
NGL kinda wish Bethesda would've added haelga's niece as a marriage candidate (in the be and barb in riften, she's just so hung up on sibbi tho)
Or even ingrod the younger (if she wasn't to become jarl when her mother passes)
My main thing here is I don't get what the designers were drinking when they designed most of the female mer. Also why for dunmer they favor the ashen over purplish skin tone.
please help me i want to marry shahvee but i cant do her quest i did a WAR for her (if someone is curious i killed ulfric) i talk with the argonians i did most things but still i cant, how can i do it?
There's 3 that I would appreciate the ability to marry...
Eola the little one eyed cannibal, Karliah, and my little assassin follower at the Dawnstar sanctuary. ❤️
I personally love Lydia cuz she’s always by my side and keeps me company plus she’s very beautiful
My first wife was A a miner in the far east...I remember i had to take something to another town to marry her...But her mining clothes made me sad.
I like marrying Injun Black Briar with a mod that permits it. Brother in law is Sibbi. Mother in law of course is Maven. Two of Riften's finest "a wholes." 😂
8:40 NGL, this tripped me out when she said this. Lol careful how you word things.
I actually like Jenassa, though that girl in the Bannered Mare and the one in Riften - Njada, I think? Yeah, they're interesting as well. Still wish you could marry Serana, though...
Sylgja is my main gal.
9:29 - Her name (both given and sur), is based on the best episode (IMO) of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
can we get a modded version for ALL the relationship dialog followers addons
or just a top 5 plssssssss
We will look into it! Thanks for watching.
Skyrim is still my favorite game with the restoration potion glitch. I married Lydia in 1 game play but didn't like being called thane so don't bother with marriage. Might try marriage again with Ysold. Good video
Do they all open a store cuz i always marry ysolda bcuz of that?
Yes every marriageable candidate turns into a shopkeep once married
I believe only the ones that aren't available as followers, also if you want more alchemical ingredients/ potions I believe they have to be an alchemist/former alchemist I.E. muiri/or the lady dunmer that has you get 20 jazbay grapes for her. I could be wrong on this though (haven't done the in-depth research)
ORC WIFE YOU SAY?!?!!?! I've seen enough anime to know where that is going!
The best for me is the daughter of beerhouse owner in Markarth though you need to console cheat her to be a marriage candidate
For me there are 3 choices Aela, Ysolde and Sylgia. For me any of those choices are always good for marriage 🤗
I gave Ysolda my mammoth tusk quite a few times, ayo.
you didn't mention (ANNEKKE Crag-jumper) - she is tibical lidiaa and can use wappon others dont / and don't die
She's already married, but you can marry her daughter.
Which one is annekke crag-jumper?
Me, personally, I think the non-follower options for marriage are the best ones. As followers are used for helping in combat and are best if ‘disposable’ assets, since one can just easily be replaced with another/ new one. And if your spouse is a follower and they die- you stop getting that EASY MONEY income as you can’t just remarry.. So… Followers are imo the worst possible choices…
Plus they are easy choices, once followers, they are easily married… On top of that most are easily accessed.
Other characters always make you work for the marriage option with a quest!
Nice to be able to have the choice of the easy road/ route but when that’s a choice- way more fun to do it the hard(er) way 😂
Sometimes/ once in a while, anyhow.
Simple solution: just marry an immortal NPC folllower like Mjoll and problem solved. 😂
Besides, what's more romantic than destroying bandit camps and dungeons full of enemies side by side with your spouse 😂😂
Only Amulets of Mara sold/rewarded by the priests in Riften work for marriage. I had a hell of a time using a looted Amulet of Mara.
Really? I've never even heard of that issue before. Wouldn't surprise me though
You need to talk to him first. Once he tells you about marriage than any amulet will work.
False news
@eddmario I can't find him, I've been waiting in the temple for like 10 days
Found him, he likes to hang out in the tavern if anyone is looking for him
You need to be told that that's how marriage works by thingy in Riften
I married an NPC who is also best companions so no one left at home. Except that adopted one of course.
i used to marry Shahvee, but then I installed a mod that lets you marry Deeja and I haven't chosen anybody else sense.
My first play through I remember marrying my ride or die Uthgerd the unbroken. After I had to fist fight her in a tavern ofcourse!
Mjoll's such a peak wife they had to nerf her by stapling Aerin to her
Shahvee my beloved
Lydia, Borgahk, and Brelyna are always my 1 seeds.
You must be Skyrims number one marriage counselor
I got so many appearance mods, in addition to stuff like flower girls and amorous adventures plus
You can marry Muiri without joining the DB. You have to kill Boethela so that Muiri takes over the shop, then invest in the shop. That'll raise her disposition towards you, and make her marryable.
Serana, only Serana 😌
When I play as a male character I either choose Lydia, the original, and the most loyal housecarl, or Sylgja, the most beautiful woman in all of Skyrim. When I play as a female character I only choose Benor, the strongest warrior of Morthal. I don't like anybody else, and the guy desperately needs love and new home, since he hasn't any.
Seriously, you've seen his muscles, all right?
Wait Senna's a Breton?
Yup, her face should of gave it away the first time lol.
Syia is a minor found in shore stone, WAIT WHAT.
Miner*
i always marry Senna, a priestess of Dibella is all you'll ever need
Frea would be good too but they pulled a Serana and made an actually developed character a permanent bachlorette
Aela is usually my go to for female spouses, due to there not being any options to marry Bosmer maidens, she is the next best waifu in the vanilla game. IMHO. Shame she isn't essentially like Serana, though
I think my first Skyrim wife ever was Uthgerd. A good heart, strong sword arm, and she can accompany me in my adventures.
I dont know why but Jordis has always been my favorite of the Housecarls. Shes the one I've married in probably more than half of my playthroughs. No solid reason why. Guess I just like blondes?
Would've liked to marry Ingun Black-Briar, Saadia, or Vex from the Thieves Guild(without mods)
I am holding out for a Mod that adds Dar-Ma from oblivion.
I always want the ones you can’t have. Serana, Olfina Gray Mane, Astrid, and Carlotta. 😢
Sylgia also has the largest bust size of all the candidates...
How many times can you get married
As many times as you want. You just have to divorce the other 😂.
@@ConstellationsGaminghow do i do that
Only once per character/playthrough. Unless you use a mod (if they have one) that allows you to be married to more than one at a time, because in skyrim marriage is "until death" and in the afterlife..
Is ria a wolf
1:34 yup i married her
muiri always gets it
Is it weird that I married Illiya (the mage one) who is not part of this list?😂
Just for the record, the “J’s” in all the Nord names are pronounced like “Y’s”. Example, “Jordis” is pronounced “Yor-dis”
My first was Mjoll the Lioness
Mjoll is probably my favourite option for vanilla skyrim otherwise serana (as far as Ik you need mods for her)
Imagine marrying anyone but Cosnach
If my spouse died in the game (Aka me killing her by accident) gonna pull a Kratos
That irritared me about Aaron. I married mjol and he moved innwothus in beeezehome in whiterun
I wish there were more Altmer and Orsimer options...but...that's what mods are for. 😄
Jenassa Is always bugged in my game never seen such a cowardly Mercenary she always runs away if there are more then 2 people to fight, first time thought it was her running back to shoot with a bow nope she ran off and rejoined shortly after battle was over, is it just my game? anybody else have this happen?
junk in the trunk for the bump
Not bad...ill remember this. Gave you a 👍...
i'm no longer confused why i'm staying single. i'm not interested in ANY of these options.. including Serana..
most likely i'd just either remain single, or go for Lydia .. she's your default option anyway.
Okay, so I have constructive criticism! This video was awesome; no notes. I really liked the line delivery in this one, and I was hoping to convince you guys to 'flip the script' on the male version of this video! Bare with me, I don't know the names of the people speaking, so I'm going to have to generalize a bit.
I think it was nice to hear a woman describing the potential female marriage options! She's got a nice voice.
Now, I want to hear 'the gruff voiced guy' wingman for each of the male romance options! In essence, this format is trying to convince you of the pros and cons of a romantic choice. You already have a woman giving you the low-down on the other girls, now we have to have a guy do the same!
I think 'the gruff voice guy' would be the best player to this part- I could most easily see him helping out a buddy with girls at a bar or something. That exact tone would be hilarious!