Being Dragonborn and Corpurs

Post » Thu May 03, 2012 6:09 pm

Okay, this is somewhat a shot in the dark, but one theory about Corprus Disease is that it is not a disease at all, but a blessing/curse from Dagoth Ur.

Either way it affect the mortal body and causes deformations and often madness.

But, what about a Dragonborn? One of the Dragonblood is, as I have understood it, "more" than other mortals. Would Corprus have the same effect on one born with a dragon soul or would it be different?

Also another thing: If a Dovahkiin have a dragon soul does that mean he/she is semi-immortal?
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 6:43 pm

Okay, this is somewhat a shot in the dark, but one theory about Corprus Disease is that it is not a disease at all, but a blessing/curse from Dagoth Ur.

Either way it affect the mortal body and causes deformations and often madness.

But, what about a Dragonborn? One of the Dragonblood is, as I have understood it, "more" than other mortals. Would Corprus have the same effect on one born with a dragon soul or would it be different?

Also another thing: If a Dovahkiin have a dragon soul does that mean he/she is semi-immortal?

Corpus would affect the Dragonborn, assuming that Dagoth Ur still exists/ is still a god at the time. Dovahkiin has a dragon soul, but is still mortal.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 8:47 pm

Well the nerevarine is a dragonborn and his corprus was the same as other peoples until he got cured. The only difference was he could take the cure.(possibly because he was a dragonborn.)
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 9:59 am

Corprus is a disease because a mortal body, mind and soul cannot directly bear the unleashed pure power from the Heart of Lorkhan. It is like, that if you inject too much magic power at once into a magic balloon, then the balloon will explode, and what is left is the diseased forms of a mortal, one of which has the name Corprus. It is linked to Dagoth Ur only because Dagoth Ur used the Heart of Lorkhan and channeled its power into the Corprus form.

That is to say, the more a mortal body, mind or soul approaches an immortal one, the less the negative effect a Corprus will occur or appear onto the person.

The Nerevarine is born a persumed god, so the cure from Fyr "cured" his disease, or more precisely to say, harmonied the power of the Heart of Lorkhan to the soul of the Nerevarine, and the result went good. This "cure" has no effect on other Corprus patients only because they are not born god, too much mortality with them. Yet we cannot say the Nerevarine is born immortal.

In the case of the Dragonborn, it will follow the Nerevarine path I persume. He is born differently, so the Corprus, if still exist, will affect him differently from normal mortals.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 2:25 pm

What? HUM-mans do not know the Nerevarive was http://www.imperial-library.info/content/lost-prophecy-0?
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 12:22 pm

I have another question regarding corprus disease.

Isn't it so that some people look at corprus as a blessing from Dagoth Ur? I know that there are many ways to describe a "blessing" but for me it sounds more like a curse. What if corprus disease is a blessing, but that mere humans and creatures simply are too weak to handle the blessing, causing heavy disfigurations and madness?

Could it be that powerful beings (such as dragonborns) are capable of exploiting the corprus' true effects (if there is any) without having any negative side-effects? Maybe most people simply haven't got what it takes to contract this disease/blessing without beeing doomed.

I don't know much about corprus, so if there are any answers to this I'd be really glad to hear them. The corprus disease is a cool topic that I'd like to learn more about.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 6:59 pm

We have enough Sixth House members / Ash Vampires to demostrate that to some really power beings corprus is truly a "blessing". The same power, different levels, different results.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:09 pm

One of the reasons I asked about the Dragonborn is that I know there are speculation that the Nerevarine is one, nothing other than that sinple prophecy suggest he/she may be one. I have seen threads where most believe it simply means born under the Dragon, in other words in the Empire.

Also, unless I have misunderstood the lore of the Dragonborn as we know it now was not written by the time Morrowind came out.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 6:05 am

To say the nerevarine is a 'dragonborn' is likely false, as in (s)he has the soul of a dragon, and that the prophecy/description/w.e was more referring to someone being of the empire. Plus, it'd be kinda hard to have both a dragon soul and the soul of Indoril Nerevar, unless you want to go through the BS of explaining that Indoril Nerevar was actually a dragon the entire time.

Ya ask me, Nihilee explained it the best in this thread and should stick with that explanation.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:30 pm

Indoril Nerevar was a dragon THE ENTIRE TIME!

Suddenly everything makes even less sense!
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:40 pm

To say the nerevarine is a 'dragonborn' is likely false, as in (s)he has the soul of a dragon, and that the prophecy/description/w.e was more referring to someone being of the empire. Plus, it'd be kinda hard to have both a dragon soul and the soul of Indoril Nerevar, unless you want to go through the BS of explaining that Indoril Nerevar was actually a dragon the entire time.

Ya ask me, Nihilee explained it the best in this thread and should stick with that explanation.
I agree.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 12:02 pm

Indoril Nerevar was a dragon THE ENTIRE TIME!

Suddenly everything makes even less sense!

NEH RE VAH!
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 8:55 am

Or Indoril Nerevar was a Dragonborn too... :ermm:

The Graybeards indicate that it's entirely possible for more than one Dragonborn to walk the mundus at any given time.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 1:31 pm

If everyone is a dragonborn, no one is.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 7:56 pm

Hey i think it's possible! My Dragonborn charactor has the Corprus Disease, he looks normal and only aged til he hit about 21 but mabe because his dad is Nerevar Incarnate. He's been searching for hs dad so he can destroy him for abandoning his mom to go to Akavir lol. Immortal corprus dovahkiin against nerevar incarnate... Lets see who will win :)
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