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‘Amazing As Always’: YouTuber Recreates Oblivion’s Leyawiin With Photorealistic Detail
Eduard Zamikhovsky
September 9, 2025, 04:28 PM
YouTuber Leo Torres, known for rebuilding iconic Skyrim locations, has now turned his attention to Oblivion. In his latest video, he showcases a “canon-inspired” version of Leyawiin — the coastal city in southern Cyrodiil.
To recreate the city, Torres relied on historical references from The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood’s “A Guide to Leyawiin.” The updated Leyawiin is noticeably larger and now stretches across both banks of the Niben River.
Leyawiin was an interesting one – definitely strong medieval Paris vibes – and also a little inconsistent when it comes to the lore:
“In 2E 299, Potentate Versidue-Shaie ordered the removal of Leyawiin's bridges so that large sailing vessels could pass from Topal Bay to the River Niben. However, Leyawiin's Chamber of Legates, fearing that the additional merchant traffic would simply sail through Leyawiin without stopping, managed to stall the Imperial project until it was abandoned. To this day vessels too large to pass beneath the bridges must dock south of the city and transship their cargoes to smaller riverboats.”
Which, honestly seems like a bit of a logistical nightmare, but okay. I dunno here – I did keep the bridges layout as per the original concept art but I just ended up throwing a drawbridge on the east side and calling it a day.
YouTube viewers praised the work in the comments:
Oh good, you gave it a Drawbridge. I’ll never understand why they made the imperial city landlocked in Oblivion.
Will never stop supporting this channel, you work is too under appreciated.
Amazing as always. Thank you.
Back in August, Torres shared an upgraded version of Anvil, and before that he recreated Skyrim’s cities including Riften, Markarth, and Dawnstar.
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