Morrowind's ideal knight (who was also loved by Vivec) - Salyn Sarethi

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Published 2024-02-27
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Just a short video about a certain Buoyant Armiger who may or may not be Morrowind's ideal knight. I wanted to cover the topic of "knights" and what it means being a knight in Morrowind, but decided to talk about this character instead. It's a more focused topic. I mean, Salyn Sarethi wrote a book of poetry, challenged the Imperial Legion to a duel of wits while crusading against the forces of Dagoth Ur on a Red Mountain And received a blade personally from Vivec.
I'm going back now to making longer, better videos.

All Comments (21)
  • @henrychurch6062
    Buoyant as in "it floats" but also "having a cheery personality" or "something that rises to the top" Armiger as in "a person allowed to use heraldry" So essentially while at first pass it appears to be describing some sort of a Marine or Naval Knight it could also mean a knight who rises through the ranks quickly, or a knight who keeps up morale with his personality and charisma.
  • @DaphnieSparks
    Can't really remember, at the moment, but the construction set has a pretty neat description of the Armigers. Calling them, something like, "Vivec's personal order of samurai stealth poets."
  • @jacobayers2391
    Yeah I agree with your assessment of salyn if vivec is King Arthur then salyn is his Lancelot. A true elf of chivalry and virtue
  • @OldDunmer
    Wow! Morrowind never stops surprising! Thank you for the video!
  • @krackinwise2123
    Love the super high production quality of your videos, and how you like to cover lesser known characters.
  • @ishiaraii
    I get the warm and fuzzy feeling from your videos describing Morrowind NPCs. There is a real sense of interconnectedness between inhabitants of Vvardenfell when you look at these questlines. I don't remember seeing such things in Skyrim or Oblivion.
  • @MrTauren1996
    More like Salmon Spaghetti. Thanks for the videos, they make the hours at work fly by.
  • @tylerkessler4021
    Pls keep up the great content. Your channels is a hidden morrowind gem 🤣❤️
  • @Gitshiver
    I always enjoy seeing Salyn, I feel like he really represents the best parts of velothi culture!
  • @skeletonking4119
    That’s how you wrote a good character!! Which it not there for quest but also lore and to be admired!! One of many reasons I adore morrowind
  • @HamanKarn567
    The Bouyant Armigers were really cool. I do wish the game did more with them, though. Like their presence is there and a few quests involve them but I feel they weren't as present as they could be. But he is a cool character.
  • @rod9829
    Down with the false tribunal
  • @steveo3947
    Every time you drop one of these character based videos I immediately want to go back and play morrowind with these shared perspectives. It makes the world feel even more full than it already is with each character's background no matter how big or small
  • @theZasBdC
    thank u 4 keeping the morrowind content up, dont shy in making that video about knights in vvanderfell, or even knights in ptr..?
  • @Milos111Zivkov
    Another great video. These are awesome stuff, hope you do more of the similar content. (Svaka čast :)
  • I think he, along with all the Armigers point out and really highlight how different Morrowind is from the western nations. Akin to something you pointed out, their Chivalry and honor is something different than a western or even 'real' understanding of a Knight. It's one of guile, cunning, stealth. It honestly reminds me of how modern soldiers are seen as warriors. Needing those attributes to survive, you can't just throw on plate and swing a sword in the name of a king and run head-long into battle. It's subtle and almost artistic, it knows that it is romanticized and runs with it. Also, to my understanding it was Kirkbride's analogy of 'Gay Samurai' which is neat.
  • @v_voennov
    I think that you are amazingly cool to reveal a character using the example of a computer game. 10 out of 10
  • Love the video. I always thought knights were cool. I saw Bouyant Armigers around, but never knew alot about them. Might try playing one in a future run.
  • @MangoMann072
    I wonder why Skyrim chose to not have any knights especially considering Oblivion not only had multiple knight factions we could join but the Knights of the Nine dlc was a big deal. I understand it's not a Nord thing but surely a few wandering hedge knights from Wayrest/Sentinel would have come to Skyrim looking for work or glory.