A mild request for input

Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:44 am

In any case, his ability to wear the Amulet has nothing to do with his bloodline. It’s due to the fact that through the story of Oblivion, he and Martin are reenacting the ancient conflict between The Rebel and The King, echoing the relationship of Lorkhan and Akatosh and also of Zurin Arctus and Tiber Septim. My interpretation takes this down to the idea that, from a mythological standpoint, they are both equally fit to wear the Amulet and wield its power... in other words, to rule.


Could you elaborate on this? I don't believe I've had this idea put forward. I can sort of see this that Cameron is the Rebel Prince seeking to overthrow the Septim dynasty represented by Martin, but first of all I have never known an iteration of the Enantiomorph aligned with destroying the relationship of Lorkhan and Akatosh, and second of all, Martin, the king, prevails over the Rebel Prince, which does not happen in the Enantiomorph.

Unless both are potential Princes and they are struggling for control...

The possibilities based on this chunk of text are virtually limitless, so please elaborate so that I don't just go off on a wild (and wrong) tangent.

And with regards to the ogres bit, here's something to just throw a monkey wrench in your argument: Malacath claims that the Ogres are his. Or rather, are like the Orcs in that he is their patron.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:01 am

Could you elaborate on this? I don't believe I've had this idea put forward. I can sort of see this that Cameron is the Rebel Prince seeking to overthrow the Septim dynasty represented by Martin, but first of all I have never known an iteration of the Enantiomorph aligned with destroying the relationship of Lorkhan and Akatosh, and second of all, Martin, the king, prevails over the Rebel Prince, which does not happen in the Enantiomorph.

Unless both are potential Princes and they are struggling for control...

The possibilities based on this chunk of text are virtually limitless, so please elaborate so that I don't just go off on a wild (and wrong) tangent.


The idea is not mine. There is http://www.imperial-library.info/fsg/nazzarticle05.shtml about the Enantiomorph, and I picked the rest up in many discussions about Camoran.

Martin plays the role of the King, and gets to mantle Akatosh in the end; Camoran plays the Rebel, fails and dies. The Enantiomorph doesn't require the Rebel to win. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "aligned with destroying the relationship of Lorkhan and Akatosh".

I'd go as far as to say that the Amulet of Kings plays the role of the Heart, since it was originally made by the Ayleids, and Camoran, regardless of his bloodline, acts in their interests. Tamriel is the Female (principle) over which they do battle; Player is the Observer. This is just my interpretation, though.

Camoran was the Rebel, yes; but saying that he was a rebel in the sense that he wanted to bring down the Septim dynasty takes away from the depth of his true goal, which was divinity for him and his followers through the destruction of the mortal plane.
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