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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:46 pm

They are in the imagined center, no? (That is, Nirn, right?)


And I've tried a combination of key words but couldn't find anything about someone visiting the Aedra plane(t)s..
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:05 pm

As far as I know, no one really has, and I feel Nerevar and Vivec going to the moons was more metaphorical than literal.

Mortals are able to travel to the daedric plane(t)s, so I don't see why they can't visit an aedra. I'd say it's more of they have yet to, or it's top secret.
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:04 pm

They are in the imagined center, no? (That is, Nirn, right?)

Right on.

And I've tried a combination of key words but couldn't find anything about someone visiting the Aedra plane(t)s..

What Hellmouth said.
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:36 am

Could going to the moons just be a metaphor for going to check out Lorkhan's heart? after all they are from the same body no?

I mean it's quite weird also they you can get Daedric Shrines quests and hear them talk to you but you never get an actual Aedra talk to you in their shrine or see them. Is that because they got weakened by building the world (by in the same time, they gave parts of themselves to the world, so I guess there is still a connection)?
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:18 am

Nerevar going to the sun and moons wasn't metaphorical.
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:04 am

How did he go there?
The sun would be Aetherius no? (It's a way to Aetherius, that means that Nerever went passed it to Aetherius) and that happened with everybody who died no? they go to Aetherius for reincranation.
But what about the moons? How could he go there? (Someone had a hell lot of levitating scrolls :D)
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:55 pm

How did he go there?
The sun would be Aetherius no? (It's a way to Aetherius, that means that Nerever went passed it to Aetherius) and that happened with everybody who died no? they go to Aetherius for reincranation.
But what about the moons? How could he go there? (Someone had a hell lot of levitating scrolls :D)

There are many ways into 'space.'

The Septim Empire actually tried to colonize part of secunda
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:28 pm

Can I have the source? I really want to read about that!

Can you tell me about some of the ways into 'space'? How did they plan to colonize it? How is it different than Mundus?


What's the difference between the Tower and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1174042-the-towers-that-seperate-nirn-from-oblivion/ towers?
And in the Nu-Mantia Intercept, Letter #8 they mention creatia and describe it as " a focus point for (re-)reaching the divine", does it mean communicating with them? or visiting their plane(s)?


And I read in ...The Tower that this is the ability to still say "I" (So I guess stay an individual) after realizing you are a part of a whole, "realizing that it means the total dissolution of your individuality into boundless being". Is that the constellation of the Tower? if it is, why being guarded by The Thief and why be a Tower?
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:38 pm

The constellation of the Tower is not, in and of itself, THE Tower. The Tower is a mythical construct that allows what it implies: to "rise above" the rest of what surrounds it. In the case of Aurbis, this means transcendence. Yes, part of what you need to transcend, or achieve Amaranth, is the ability to retain your individuality while simultaneously fully realizing your interconnectedness with the rest of infinite creation. It is not all you need, however.

The constellation itself is, like all other constellations, groupings of holes left in the Void when various spirits departed Nirn. However, like all symbols in this universe, groupings of those holes that correspond to mythically powerful shapes bestow power, hence the abilities one receives when born under certain signs.

You could say it is guarded by the Thief because Lorkhan was a thief who "stole" some of the vital essence of the other et'Ada that helped create Mundus. And it would be Lorkhan who guards the Tower because as we all know, it is Lorkhan's deepest desire for the mortals of Mundus to achieve what the Tower represents.
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:25 pm

Alright! :D That makes lots of sense! Thank you! :D

Is there any particular reason The Thief is feminine?

The Thief is the last Guardian Constellation, and her Season is the darkest month of Evening Star...

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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:15 pm

Well...I just made that part about Lorkhan being the Thief up. But it seemed to make sense. Until you threw in that thing about being female, which I'd forgotten.

Tee hee.

I only made up the last paragraph of my last post though. The other two are pretty established.
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:09 pm

Alright :P We'll it was a nice wild guess though! :P
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:20 pm

"the Jills made it so that Sentinel" What are the Jills?
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Post » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:23 am

Some aedra gave themselves up entirely, like Y'ffre, while others only gave parts. As for the jills, they're female dragons, time fixer upers, and consorts to the god of time. Hey, he needs to get laid every so often.

K found the answer. : )
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