Just some simple questions that jumped to mind while working on TSOO.

1. Why does the guard from Kvatch captured by the Daedra, Menian Goneld, not return from the oblivion plane when the Sigil Stone is removed?

2. Why are Soldiers in the Imperial Legion called Imperial Legion Soldiers rather then Imperial Legionnaires?

3. Why does the Amulet of Kings light up in the Oblivion intro when Uriel touches it?

4. Why does every one just believe you? Is it that camera floating behind you?

5. Is Jauffre really that stone cold when he suggest Prior Maborel doesn't need his horse anymore or has been playing Morrowind before he became head of the blades?

6. In the Mythic Dawn shrine at the Lake Arrius Caverns you are asked to pledge your blood to Dagon with the suggestion that it shall be his in the end. This seems to be the ritual that binds Mankars followers to Paradise. So does this make Paradise part of Mehrunes Dagons realm, contrary to Martins claims about the Mysterium Xarxes being the Paradise?

7. Why are there derelict towers in the Oblivion realms when a realm seems to disintegrate when you remove the Sigil Stone? If the realm doesn't disintegrate, why is anybody returned at all?

Edit: Sorry it's the only explanation I could come up with, Unless Uriel is videotaping it for his buddies in the Dreamsleeve?

Edit 2: I misread the question, oops. I will correct my response.

I don't think proweler needs to be reminded that the camera is gameplay...

Maybe when this is answered, we'll have the answer to why barrels always blow up when you shoot them. Or how James Bond hasn't caught VD yet.

Don't become confused about the origin of these screw-ups though, people. These literary plotholes should not be seen as the editorial mishaps of the developers, for we have been tricked again by the Dagonites....

The beginnings of our present problems go back to the Arena era, with its proto-lore inconsistencies and whatnot.

3&4.



So apperently there is a camera floating behind you, but only the Emperor can see it! Although the comment about the Dragon Blood would make more sense if he was actually a direct heir to Tiber Septim who studied up for that sort of knowledge, but this could be chalked up to superstition.



It isn't through the Dragon Blood that Uriel knows these things but through the Amulet of Kings with the over souls of the Emperors. Hence it lights up when Uriel touches it. It also explains Martins insight in how to pull Akatosh out of the Amulet but it doesn't explain Martins immediate trust in you though - which Oblivion seems to blame on the Dragon Blood.

Over all the Dragon Blood explanation has more more grace in explaining these things so can I order a retcon in an obscure text wrapping about the ritual pledge to the Amulet of Kings involving a Dragon Blood transfusion? On the go and no hot sauce please.


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The forum keeps messing this post up.

1. Probably the same reason that the dead Mythic Dawn guys in the cages don't return; probably not close enough to the Sigil Tower.

2. Gameplay mechanic.

3. He's been wearing it for decades; he knows how to use it.

4. The Imperial Corruption quest would say otherwise.

5. Prior Maborel says he doesn't need his horse. Jauffre probably knew it.

6. There isn't enough info out there to tell for sure

7. Given that the Deadlands are mostly lava islands, it probably isn't unusual for a tower to become derelict and fall. Supposedly, the Sigil Stones anchor the gates. When they are removed, I suspect that there is a rift that opens and deposits all of mundane origin in the immediate area back to Tamriel.

It's a naming oversight, nothing mechanical about it.

That's what I meant. Either way both names mean the same thing.

I honestly do hope a text gets written explaining the rites involving the Amulet of Kings. Doesn't MK get on here more frequently around September?

Easy, that's just more of Dagon's oft-mentioned theatrics, like making the realms cold. The place is the image of destructive flux and decay.

If you haven't asked Prior Maborel for assistance then Jauffre tells Maborel doesn't need his horse after he has been assassinated. Seems rather cold to me.

EDIT: Why did this double post?

Have we ever seen Jauffre express any emotion at any time? The voice actor does historical audio books, people.

MK shows up whenever the bloody hell he pleases, talks some crap, then promptly disappears without explanation. Still, the fact that he seems to be a busy bee is encouraging (as he still owes us an end to Aldudagga and a Moutain Farting Contest, among other things), perhaps an indication that he's working on some goodies.

Or perhaps not. *shrugs*

Anyway:

There are both Legionnaires and Legion Soldiers, btw.

:facepalm:

He's the Grandmaster of the Blades. He's had to have seen fellow Blades die and enemies die by his hand while he was serving, and giving orders that result in deaths once he gained command. He must be desensitized by this point.

I think I'm going to have to agree with all of Putty's answers.

What? You're missing something here, or assuming it.

I thought you were closing the gates, not disintegrating the realm.

Whoa, a Mountain Farting contest??

Lol. Did he ever describe what it was gonna be about (I'm sure the Mountain Fart is involved).

Fu'um!

You're lucky he doesn't suggest you eat it on the way.

I'll answer a couple of these. Others have answered most of them adequately.



I was under the impression that it is flickering, as if its power is fading, and nearly gone.



Because the story, if it included mistrust, would have been more complex to write, and detracted from "riding around on a horse and killing things"?



The impression I get from Shezarr's Song is that the Daedric Realms were made in imitation of Nirn, but without that whole "cutting parts of ourselves off" thing. Each realm "looks like" a state the mundus can take, but is created that way to begin with and is that way statically, rather than being the result of historical cause and effect. So why does this particular part of Mehrunes Dagon's realm look like the outcome of fiery warfare, even if it is just a recently created pocket realm designed as a staging area? Because he likes it that way.

It's part 4 of the Aldudagga, so you know Alduin, Dagon, Nords, probably Malouch that kind of stuff. We also know fight five is called "The Dead May Yet Still Marry." Seven's name is still unknown.