Skyrim's AMAZING Constellation Mechanics - Elder Scrolls: Leftover Lore

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Have you ever looked up at the night sky, and thought you might be seeing constellations? Have you also wondered if Star Sign movements work as they do in the lore? Do they shift in the sky differently throughout the year? Did you know that Azura's Star is a real star that can be seen in the night sky?

Stargazing for constellations in Vanilla (unmodded) Elder Scrolls games is a real thing, and its mechanics are based on lore.
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Skybox Chronology
4:00 - Stargazing (how-to & mods)
5:22 - From Mechanics to Lore (in-detail)
8:22 - Azura's Star

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Some Star Facts also discussed in this video:
-All 12 Star signs appear in Skyrim and Oblivion. The 3 Guardian stars (Warrior, Mage, Thief) appear in Morrowind. There are no star signs in the night sky in The Elder Scrolls Online, Arena, Daggerfall, Battlespire, or Redguard. However, Arena features Masser & Secunda.
-Skyrim's night sky has a yearly cycle that shifts every night, like in real life. This means certain constellations will rise in different places every month. A constellation won't appear in the exact same place until the same date the next year. Except, no leap year day exists. Which is actually necessary because the skybox is off by about a day when the next year rolls around.
-Lore tells us that Star Signs rise with the sun on their given month, but this is not an ingame mechanic.
-Also every night has the same amount of daylight minutes as the last.
-Azura's Star *may* exist. But it's conditional location *DOES*: "Below the constellation of the Steed..." The Steed gets equal time in both the East & West horizon on exactly 21 Evening Star (Real life: 21 December = Winter Solstice). Every other night, it gets more time on the other hoirzon since rising locations shift every day. This is because of the night skybox's 45 degree angle.

Arena to Battlespire featured no night sky constellations, but Arena featured a full day/night cycle, a MOVING NIGHT SKYBOX, and Masser & Secunda. Daggerfall got no rotating skybox. Redguard started giving us starmaps, that were actually usable for later games, and later lined up similar to Oblivion's DLC Orrery. Also lined up with Morrowind's feature of the Guardian star signs. Then, Oblivion's skybox rotation shifted 45 degrees, and made a full pass every other night. Skyrim's was every night.

The 3 Guardian Star Signs protect their charges from harm. Each Guardian (Warrior, Mage, Thief) protects their own set of 3 charges each (Lady, Lord, Steed, Apprentice, Atronach, Ritual, Tower, Shadow, Lover). The Guardians theoretically watch out for the Serpent, a "lone star sign", which has no month attached to it, but allegedly moves around the sky, preying on the other star signs. During a constellation's given month, it may be able to watch the Serpent from the opposite side of the sky to protect the others from danger. This is of course, not in a game mechanic, but makes the Serpent star sign that much cooler in my opinion!

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Music Used:

Daggerfall Main Theme [Remastered]
Snowing [Daggerfall Remix] - Ramon Molesworth
(http://teatimecoder.com/daggerfall-music)
Arena: Track 24
Redguard Adventures Ingame Theme 2
Morrowind Main Theme
Sunrise of Flutes [Oblivion]
Dragonborn [Skyrim]
Peaceful Waters [Morrowind]
A Winter's Tale [Skyrim]
Frostfall [Skyrim]
All footage/gifs/images by me except...

Arena Daytime Music lady
CoronaJumper
http://www.coronajumper.com/2014/06/elder-scrolls-arena-3-piper-at-gates-of.html

Arena Constellation footage
PeanutButterGamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Y8TlViRPE

All Star Charts, Calendars, Masser & Secunda at Frostspire, etc.
http://www.UESP.net
http://www.imperial-library.info

Battlespire Footage
Vazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzmyv1KHW6o

AMAZING Steed Calendar
https://quickchangeartist.tumblr.com/post/168950316671/full-calendar-psd-file-can-be-downloaded-here

GIFS: Tim Shrug, Ken Jeong squint
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