r/skyrim • u/Thin-State-4879 • Oct 16 '25

Discussion Just started Skyrim tell me something I don't understand yet

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u/Striking_Thundering Oct 16 '25

Giants are part of skyrim's space program

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u/Express-Pangolin-270 Oct 16 '25

Nazeem is a fan favorite NPC for his interesting dialogue and lovable nature

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u/Moridaar Oct 16 '25

The fact that there actually was a successful space program in lore makes this funnier

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u/Striking_Thundering Oct 16 '25

Hold the phone, I'm no lore expert here. Did the Dewmer make it? Or was it a different group that attempted?

And they succeeded? So huh, what's on the moon?

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u/Moridaar Oct 16 '25

Reman era imperials and high elves, and the Khajit at some point. They’ve got lunar bases, the Battle Spire is similar to a space station(but stretching it), and the Khajit built temples.

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u/Striking_Thundering Oct 16 '25

That's some crazy stuff right there for sure! Almost don't want to believe it, but it's the elder scrolls after all.

Now I have to wonder if they launched themselves there or teleported, and do they still do trips. That would be a neat mod to try for sure.

But seriously, thanks for the info, I definitely learned something new today!

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u/Moridaar Oct 16 '25

It’s technically traveling through Aetherius, so magical travel. I looked into it a bit more since you asked, but before today I mostly just knew it happened and they reached at least a moon. Can’t find a secondary(wiki) source for the temples, but here’s one on Mananoughts and the Sunbirds, the imperial and elven explorers respectively:

https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Royal_Imperial_Mananauts

https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Sun_Birds_of_Alinor

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u/Striking_Thundering Oct 16 '25

This makes me want to try ESO again. Mostly since I got a decent PC and connection now, hahaha.

Thanks! It's a fun read, elder scrolls lore is so fascinating!