Lore question: Elf lifespans : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:08 am

If he happens by this thread that's his business, but I'm not about to ask him to come be the arbiter of disputes like a dog on a chain and I would hope you have enough respect for him to understand that.

A different version of Morrowind from the fully canonized one.

Well there's your problem right there.

» Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:01 am

The Telvanni concept never struck me as legless. I figured he was lotus styled up under his robes, hunched forward from old age or some more practical reason. The others seemed ornate and cumbersome garb. The turtle knows, ask him.

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» Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:10 am

If he happens by this thread that's his business, but I'm not about to ask him to come be the arbiter of disputes like a dog on a chain and I would hope you have enough respect for him to understand that.

Of course. I'm not implying anyone should go "fetch" the man like a dog. I'd happily accept his input if he ever happened to speak on it of course.

Well there's your problem right there.

It's one of our problems, yes. Might be mine and it might be yours. I don't see any reason why we shouldn't assume the games are the highest level of canon.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:41 pm

Tell me what the concept of canon provides for you.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:24 pm

You can't really answer that question without knowing who the Altmer are. You're already impressing fairly human ideas on them.

They might not view life in a a fashion in which the life of each individual sacred. Given their origin myths they might well hold that the collective Altmer spirit, the living and the dead to be born again, is best served by bodies that are up to specifications. Bodies that don't match these specs are simply failed builds. Unfortunately the current production process still has it's flaws. There has been some speculation related to this in the http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1162941-sixual-preference/ discussion.

Ah, of course, thank you.