Because the other thread has exceeded the post limit and this topic deserves its own.

And what fun this is! I love a good scavenge. Let's enumerate the previous thread's suspects.

The Allessian "One"
Godhead
Dreamsleeve
Dagoth Ur
Mankar Camoran
Language
Peryite
Numidium
Love
Mnemoli
Hun'Ding
Player Characters
Cyrus
Sotha Sil
Anu
Alandro Sul
Allessia
Nerevar
Auriel
Magnus
Hist
Nu Mantia
Nirn
M'aiq the Liar

It's someone we know, someone or something that has appeared in the official games, even. It "won't feel like a letdown." Some say that it must be mortal. Is it a person or an idea? Both? Whom do we know who is known for sleeping? For dreaming? For being in another state of consciousness?

Break out the heavy books, I think (and rather hope) it's going to be a long night.

To the end.

This is out current lead.

Followed by:

We haven't had an all-out lore scavenger hunt like this in ages.

So why is Nir only mentioned once, then?

How about that wacky Dwemer, Yagrum Bagarn? He's been to "outer planes." He's gone so far that he somehow surpassed the mythic link with the rest of his race. Perhaps he was busy building himself a new Tower?

We've moved on from wild speculating - looks like the answer is more mythical

okay, for background: http://www.imperial-library.info/content/annotated-anuad

Funny that "Nir" in dragon-talk is "hunt".

Its something that may be to an extent omnipresent, yet only rarely referenced.

It also is not something that only exists in obscure texts. It will also be satisfying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cmqwbZa6_w I'm sure I'll smack myself when someone else figures it out.

Hence why I said omnipresent, not just in texts.

Im looking at Arkay, Baan Dar and maybe even the All-maker as possibilities.

Baan Dar, way of living, possible bandit god, idea and person?

Of the Dark Avenging Blade on the Wings of Night that make no sound. The Patron Saint of the Lone Wolf. The Thousand Eyes and Ears, the Hundred Arms direspectful of Time or Distance. Undying, Master of Disguise, Man of a Thousand Faces, Shapes and Sizes, Gentle, Rough-Edged, Gay, Stern. All the Mystery of the "Man Unknown and Undying"... not a single man nor God at all, but a string of seeds sown upon the land and left to grow into a forest.

not a single man nor god at al but a string of seeds sown upon the land left to grow into a forest? Seems to fit somewhat no?

Great find.

"Alright. Liberty comes closest to what I'm thinking of. And I have named it freedom"

Liberty is nu-mantia...

Is Nir perhaps a dragon?

I can't tell if this is offhand silly or a hint. Don't be cruel, my love.

"Nir gave birth to Creation, but died from her injuries soon after." - Annotated Anuad

Nirn and Alessia are both given the role of wife of Anu/Padomay or Aka/Lorkhan. Nir is only mentioned once because she died, supposedly after Padomay attacked her. After this...?

She gives birth to many races, according to the khajiiti creation myth the only true children of Nirn or Nirni are khajiit and bosmer (before their form being solidified)

all speculation still.