Of course, Nalion, Mortazo, and TWM are also wonderfully insightful sources of lore-knowledge. However, Nalion and TWM don't post as much anymore.
*BOO!* :hugs:
Muthsera Dude,
The work of JHUNAL takes my humble feet far and wide, oft'times rendering my correspondences sparce due to extraneous duties of a somewhat...tedious nature that I will not recite here for fear of straying into the realm of being overly verbose (a claim against me that few could make, I am sure.
) other than to say that the Chapel of Julianos has seen me ere to what was known pre-Warp times as the Iliac Bay provinces of Abibon-Gora and Lainlyn to (1) aid their assimilation into the newer Iliac heirarchy and (2) discover whether any of the alleged communique between the new owner of Battlehorn Castle and the Sheogorath-worshipping harpies near and around the former Knights of the Horn lands can reveal anything further concerning the whereabouts and condition of our Divinely Crusading Champion of Cyrodiil. I offer a million thanks (and yes, Vehk-and-Vehk, meaning them all) to the Knights of the Wheel for unerringly protecting this humble scholar whilst I write to my fellows.
All (or most) Praises be duly praised, my friend, as for my temporary declination in effectuation, I would repeat the words of Daedric Prince Azura to the Nerevarine in dream: "FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WATCHFUL."
Now, as to the question at hand, I would restate the following:
1. Pelinal is from a future time. (stated definitively by MK)
2. Pelinal is mad like Akatosh (may JHUNAL forgive me of such statements in the name of knowledge) and heartless like Lorkhan. (http://www.imperial-library.info/obbooks/songofpelinal.shtml#6)
3. Akatosh is the Time God and Lorkhan is the Space God. (http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/sporedream.shtml)
4. Combined, they are an entity that exists to destroy, especially the world as we know it. (Observe "Alduin", who is the wellspring of the pantheonic chiefs in http://www.imperial-library.info/mwbooks/varietiesoffaith.shtml)
5. Now observe Pelinal's ability to "eat the world" in a similar fashion.
"[And it was during] these fits of anger and nonsense that Pelinal would fall into the Madness, where whole swaths of lands were devoured in divine rampage to become Void, and Alessia would have to pray to the Gods for their succor, and they would reach down as one mind and soothe the Whitestrake until he no longer had the will to kill the earth in whole. (http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/sporedream.shtml)
6. Pelinal is most definately an aspect of WAR, but one without a mind (read: voracious killing).
7. Talos is also a god of WAR, but also of reasonable governance. (http://www.imperial-library.info/nine_divines/)
8. Talos gave His blessing to one who would mantle (i.e., become) a new Pelinal Whitestrake. (http://www.imperial-library.info/tsoo/kotn10.shtml)
9. The new Pelinal Whitestrake (our beloved Champion of Cyrodiil) also went insane. (See http://www.imperial-library.info/tsoo/si14.shtml and (noncanon) http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=745922&hl=)
10. A combined Akatosh and Lorkhan returns time to a non-linear state. (See http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/complete_dragonbroke.shtml)
11. The Elves wish a return to a state of being where time is non-linear and plan on doing so by removing Talos (and the Imperial race as a whole) from existence. (See http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?act=findpost&hl=&pid=11571869)
12. If Mankar Camoran is to believed, the Aedra are not true gods because they can be killed. (The Words of Mankar Camoran to the Champion of Cyrodiil)
13. Akatosh's fate is currently unknown. (See Oblivion MQ ending)
14. Lorkhan's fate is currently unknown, other than his heart has been released. (See Morrowind MQ ending)
In summary, my friends, I would state this: Pelinel is from a future time (because time returns to nonlinearity), and if that future means that Pelinal represents a reunited Lorkhan/Akatosh, then beware the Free Serpent. Perhaps we should follow the stars as in the Yokudan beliefs? We must remember that Jubal-lun-Sul stated that many from the future believed that they came from a different star (http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/5th_era_loveletter.shtml), and the 1008 years of Middle Dawn nonlinearity (http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/complete_dragonbroke.shtml) seems shorted to the 108 years of Septim's life, and the Prophet of the Landfall is an insect.
"The insect certain is the plague of fables. ... The insect fable is the certain promise." (MK quote)
I take my leave of you now, my friends. May the grace of JHUNAL's countenance illuminate your minds and tomes, filling your fingers with the purpose, which is the speedy direction of truth finding without unreasonable delay, and always remember that Julianos Himself commands to "
Know the truth. Observe the law. When in doubt, seek wisdom from the wise. Seek forgiveness for your sins, O ye faithful! Offend not against the laws of Man or God. For none but must tremble, when ye contemplate that Julianos is Just!"
Until we speak again, I remain...
Yours in the Scrolls,
___The Word Merchant of Julianos
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"You're no fool. The days of the Empire are almost over. When the Emperor dies, nine hells're going to break loose." _____The words of Caius Cosades to the Nerevarine