About lore : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:51 am

I once constructed a character that logically made sense for joining and mastering every guild and organization in Cyrodiil. He turned out to be a clinically insane, power-hungry, paranoid vampire. Sooo, yeah.

» Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:16 am

I'd guess that canonically, the Champion of Cyrodiil also completed the main storylines of Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine, in the same way, I believe that the Nerevarine also completed the main storylines of Morrowind and its two expansions (in fact, the story of Tribunal kind of has to be completed by the same person as the one who fulfilled the Nerevarine prophecies for it to make sense.) as far as the non-mainquest related faction questlines, I don't think it's ever said if these quests were completed by the same person as the main quest or not, so I'd say that it's fairly ambiguous and is up to players to decide. While those events probably actually happened, they don't necessarily have to have been fulfilled by the same person as the one who was central to the main storyline. So yes, I'd say the "Those things happened in canon but might not have been done by the same person." theory is sound. It's kind of like how the games talk about the deeds of the player character in the main quest, but are vague as to details like the character's race, six, class and such.

This is not a disagreenent with you, if someone knows how these events unfolded in lore pleas correct me.

Just that the events in tribunial, where very political and involving Beneziah who is a central elder scroll figure and her family. So as has been put in the past the events in Mournhold would I think be from her and her sons point of view.
Bloodmoon I would say the Neverarine may get mentioned, but again the company and legion are more likely to spin one story. and the Nordic inhabitants another.
If we take Dive rock, I am sure the note mentions a hero, but not a specifc hero. So if we take that for granted, which I am loathe to do the Neverarine if truely the hero of solstheim did so incognito.

» Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:33 am

This is why it's probably better to play a specialized character in "Oblivion" -- a thief, or a mage, or a fighter, but not someone who's a jack-of-all-trades; it's not believable that one man or woman could rise to the top of more than one guild.

» Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:30 am

Surely the fact that the Grey Fox of the Thieves Guild wears the Grey Cowl of Nocturnal and is struck from history would make it very difficult to be Champion of Cyrodil?

» Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:00 am

Who?

The new Grey Fox disobeys that curse, anyway.

» Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:27 am

CoC and Nerevarine are known to be mysterious characters. Note that no physical appearances of any of the two are ever told . Just that they saved Morrowind and Cyrodil and that they did other great things which might of been the guild quest lines. And if they were the masters of one guild or more than one they just might hide their who they are really are.

» Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:44 am

Congratulations, you now understand mantling and the foundation for the Enantiomorph.

I would like to think that this is the best answer, as I have little to no understanding of it, and because it just sounds awesome.