The Entire Story of The Mages Guild - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion EXPLAINED

This is like a dream come true for me... 3 hours of relaxing Oblivion content from Bard. Thank you for doing what you do!

Playing oblivion from a younger age, and morrowind, these games made me feel like I was somebody great in real life, like it gave me a constant confidence boost. I love this game.

to be honest, if you run out of oblivion content, just start over again. i can PROMISE we all will watch all of it again.

I'm mostly a quiet viewer but wanted to let you know I love your channel. Huge Oblivion lover here, passionate about TES and lore, all since when Morrowind released. Thank you so much❤ P.S. Love how you structure your videos and that there isn't all these flashy edits everywhere. Just perfectly well done. Audio is great, crisp, soft and clear. Very well done👌

Have i already watched the mage's guild videos: yes Am i still going to watch the compilation of all the mage's guild videos?: also yes

"We have to confront an incel" I laughed so loud i woke up my cat 😂

I'll have to jump here and defend poor Erthor. I dont belive he is a necromancer. You see, you can conjure those zombies, and the spells to do so are bought in the guild. Since it's the guild who enforces the necomancy ban, we have to assume that those undead are not produced, but called from some oblivion realm (i place my bets on coldharbour). Earlier, we head about a "scamp problem" that was part of the reason he was banned to the cave. So, its reasonable to assume that hes a conjuration mage. And that he's good at conjuring creatures... But not controlling them (Also, I think that him being a coward is a dig into conjuration mages, since, you know, they summon creatures to hide behind) Awesome video btw, its keeping me company while I work 🖤

Love how they sneak a fifth element reference into the quest line.

IMO the dumbest part of this questline is where the council gets afraid that the necromancers will steal the magic artifacts so they take them away, this wouldn't be a problem, but the artifacts were IN THE UNIVERSITY, a place you can't enter unless you have explicit permission, it literally might be the safest place in all of Cyrodil

Took me a couple nights to finish, amazing content my bro!

Sorry for the comment spam but can we talk about how based Traven is. Thanks to Skyrim, we know that anyone soul trapped at death is sent to that weird soul cairn where they suffer for all eternity. Traven likely knew this due to his knowledge of magic and yet he still soul trapped himself in order to protect you. Dude straight up sacrificed an eternity of peace in the afterlife for the guild. Like he genuinely cared regardless of what other people thought of the guild or what crap the counsel got up to Secondly this opens an entire avenue about Travens past. He had knowledge of necromancy, he knew how to soul trap and use black soul gems. It makes you think what he got up to before he became archmage Also, one final note, i will say i liked only seeing Manimarco once because, imo, the mage guild did a good job building him up as a villain but thats my opinion

My favorite oblivion content to date, your commentary really has an “adventurer’s podcast” kind of energy which makes it feel distinct from a typical guide or playthru. Keep up the good work, the more of the game you cover the more I look forward to seeing/hearing everything your Hero of Kvatch gets up to.

Jeanne Frasoric: The Guild is always accepting new members. You seem capable enough, are you sure you want to join? Me: Why are you always accepting new members? Do you have a high turnover rate? Jeanne Frasoric: Oh yes, we lose members all the time. Sometimes we find them! Me: What do you mean that you find them? Do they get lost? Do they die off or something? ( nervous chuckle ) Obviously you mean they quit. Jeanne Frasoric: There are "accidents" some times. It can be a dangerous profession. Me: You are mages and scholars. How dangerous can it be? You can't be losing members down wells or having them turned into zombies. Jeanne Frasoric: (Stares blankly at the player) Would you like to join? Me: HECK NO! You guys are into some serious stuff. I bet you try and assassinate rival Guild leaders in other countries or trian you new recruits to kill your enemies in caves or someting! I am going to join a normal cult like the Dark Brotherhood....

Big fan of the content and the format my friend. The lore focus is great and your own personal tales of playing the game add a homely touch. Can't wait to watch the rest of the channel

Love your content man, watched all chapters and now I’m watching this. Make work go by smooth.

Beautiful. The best content to listen to while cleaning the house or doing other chores. 🙏💖

This is what i was witing for 🎉 another full guild playthrough hell yeah!

Oh damn dude, here I thought there were no more multi hour oblivion lore / retrospectives to watch. Edit: by the nine, your channel is full of this.

Well you know, the murders

Awesome. Second monitor action for next week!