Argonian Boobs - Elder Scrolls: Leftover Lore

Leftover Lore Ep.1: Khajiit Barbs: Argonian Belly-Buttons: Have you always wondered what Argonian breasts really consist of? Why do the “people of the Great Root” have boobs, if they’re cold blooded lizard people? Are Argonians mammals? The main theories in the lore community are that Argonian boobs either contain 1.) Breastmilk 2.) Hist Sap 3.) Nothing (or for attracting a mate). Today we’re going to look into all three using sources, ingame evidence, and science! 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Part 0: Eggs 04:38 - Part 1: Breastmilk 08:09 - Part 2: Hist Sap 12:33 - Part 3: Sex Appeal 14:53 - Caveats/Conclusions LeftoverPat Argonian made by LizardBusiness Eggs are a really important thing to talk about when understanding breasts on Argonians. Babies born out of eggs will generally receive nutrients a little differently than other creatures via the egg yolk. In fact, on an evolutionary scale, some scientists, like Olaf Oftedal PhD at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, believe breastfeeding has ancient origins in with the egg. Soft, porous eggs were used to give more water and nutrients to early land creatures. While some creatures developed harder shelled eggs (reptiles, birds), other creatures kept making porous eggs. Creatures used skin secretion to transfer nutrients, and some still do this today (platypus, emperor penguins, coqui frogs, caecilians, etc.) Other creatures do this through Historophy, or uterine secretion. Oftedal believes this was the evolutionary precursor to breastmilk. Histotrophy is interesting to us for a few reasons. First, obviously because the name has the word Hist in it. Second, because uterine secretions make for a compelling nutrient transfer argument for Argonians. Ovoviviparity makes uterine secretions that much more useful and intentional. Basically if Argonians are laying eggs anyway, they’re that much less likely to be breastfeeding at all, and having uterine secretions makes breastfeeding that much less likely, because babies are getting all those nutrients. If Argonians are giving Hist Sap to their babies, the uterus is the place to do it, especially if the Hist’s magical energy flows through all Argonians anyway. When Argonians are disconnected from the Hist, ESO hints via The Case of Ja-Reet that they in turn get more disconnected from Black Marsh Argonians. They are “born without something essential”... unable to read certain social cues, deprived of normal emotional intuition. We also have Kassandra in a similar situation. Labeling Ja-Reet as “autistic” would normally be unfounded, but autistic members of the lore community have remarked connecting to the character, and Zenimax’s Matt Firor in an interview confirmed Ja-Reet and multiple others in ESO being on the spectrum. But with this disability, it does not prove Hist Sap boobs. In fact, it proves the opposite to me. If an Argonian mother had any amount of Hist Sap in her breasts to make a difference, surely Ja-Reet and Kassandra would be normal. You could also imagine another scenario where the Hist actually dropped connection from Ja-Reet and slaves in Morrowind on purpose, to make Argonians seem more docile, so Black Marsh is less apt to invasion. They can buff up Argonians, like they did on Umbriel, Lord of Souls, during the Oblivion Crisis. More than likely, Argonians have boobs either for sex appeal, or for literally no reason whatsoever. According to Lawrence Schtick the “Parable of Becoming”, says Argonians were made in the image of man & mer. Tribes like Agacephs, Nagas, etc. were created. So Argonians came from reptiles and amphibians, like Crocodiles, as noted in quests in Elder Scrolls Online’s Murkmire DLC. The Saxhleel, mechanically, do not have belly-buttons in any of the Elder Scrolls games either. Daggerfall and Morrowind show them having no areola or nipple. We’ll talk about canon with Todd Howard regarding these kinds of things, too. Sit back and enjoy! Support the channel with a like/dislike/comment. Subscribe to elevate your curiosity. Find Leftover Lore on Reddit! Argonian Boobs: Weather Systems: Constellations: Argonian Boobs I made for the video! (free to use) ________________________________________ [ART] All non OC art credited in-video except: Original Cute Argonian Face @ 00:32 by LizardBuisness Breastfeeding Argonian @ 05:58 / used throughout Used by permission from YT: Lockstin & Gnoggin If I’ve left your artwork uncredited by mistake, please let me know and I will correct it. [MUSIC] (order of appearance) The Black Nag & Childgrove - Bill Spence Sexy - Bensound UnReal World Theme - Enormous Elk Sunrise of Flutes - Jeremy Soule A Winter’s Tale - Jeremy Soule Around the Fire - Jeremy Soule