Dragon Breaks : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Fri May 13, 2011 9:44 am

To muddy the waters further, there is another explanation for what a Dragon Break is, which is that it isn't: at least http://www.imperial-library.info/content/oblivion-dragon-break-reexamined claims it was "invented in the late 3rd era, based on a scholarly error, fueled by obsession with eschatology and Numidiumism, and perpetuated by scholarly inertia."

True, this only accounts for one break, but it would imply that the others be viewed differently. If a break is the ideological construct of 'Lorkhan cults', who stands opposed, and why? I recall encountering this text in-game, but know nothing of 'Fal Droon'.

The Dragon Break Reexamined is the worst argument against temporal paradoxes ever, read the librarian comment at the beginning.

» Thu May 12, 2011 9:04 pm

I take your points. I was intrigued by the epistemological question it raised, I suppose. Plus, I'd like to imagine there are alternative ways of interpreting things.

Seriously, though: is the Tender of the Mane (this paragraph always stuck with me) suggesting that ALMSIVI retroactively unmade the Dwemer when they ascended and broke time, or that the Dwemer broke it themselves? Or something else? The ambiguity seems deliberate, but perhaps others know better. I know this Dwemer thing is a huge can of worms, but I have always been intrigued by those lines.

» Thu May 12, 2011 7:25 pm

Did the DB happen when the the CC transformed into the Mad God?

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:23 am

Did the DB happen when the the CC transformed into the Mad God?

Don't think so. CoC didn't create a timeline where he/she was always a god, like ALMSIVI. He/she just became the Daedra.

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:37 am

Don't think so. CoC didn't create a timeline where he/she was always a god, like ALMSIVI. He/she just became the Daedra.

What if you complete the SI before Ob main quest?

» Thu May 12, 2011 9:35 pm

Then it was Sheogorath who helped Martin defeat Mehrunes Dagon.

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:52 am

Then it was Sheogorath who helped Martin defeat Mehrunes Dagon.

You are right. lol