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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:35 pm

Some people vacate their position in the handbasket sooner than others. Though I am touched at the sentiment that my interest is to discredit someone else's. It's good to know I worry so much. This manner of accepting all lore at face value unless it has been contradicted isn't something I'd prefer to find myself doing, I found that injecting reasonability makes things more interesting.

Reasonability? Nevermind the metaphysics, all that simpering usually ends up disagreeing with very mundane history. This is a video game universe, the conclusions you draw by being doggedly empirical are a joke.
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Taylor Tifany
 
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:20 pm

Ok ok loremasters, I knew about Reman the III and the Tsaesci ruler, I just wondered if there was any more to the story, Also I wrote dagoth- ur but I read Mehrunes Dagon, my fault.

(Sorry I cant be more elaborate as Im working with little time)

Again though, whether sithis is chaos or not, who is the Night Mother? She is obviously real, and rituals are made to get her attention, where does SHE fit in with Aedra and Daedra?

Oh and heres a tough one, (I think) When I was doing one of the later theives guild quests I found a letter signd by the order of the unseen eye, or something by that name, that seemed very ominous when describing the Grey Fox's Cowl. Now I know you could just say its some type of secret organization used by the imperial legion, but Ive never heard of it before. It seemed to know almost in detail what needed to be done to remove the curse from the Cowl before even the Grey Fox knew.

(and im no master, but after reading the majority of the books in both oblivion and morrowind this order was never mentioned.)
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:36 pm

Again though, whether sithis is chaos or not, who is the Night Mother? She is obviously real, and rituals are made to get her attention, where does SHE fit in with Aedra and Daedra?
A bunch of people here believe the night mother is actually the daedra prince, Melphala, the webspinner and patron of the Morag Tong. Otherwise, I think she's just some crazed spirit, or a ruse to control the Dark Brotherhood in Cyridil.

Oh and heres a tough one, (I think) When I was doing one of the later theives guild quests I found a letter signd by the order of the unseen eye, or something by that name, that seemed very ominous when describing the Grey Fox's Cowl. Now I know you could just say its some type of secret organization used by the imperial legion, but Ive never heard of it before. It seemed to know almost in detail what needed to be done to remove the curse from the Cowl before even the Grey Fox knew.

(and im no master, but after reading the majority of the books in both oblivion and morrowind this order was never mentioned.)
They read the elder scrolls, which cause them to lose their sight. The Empire most likely keeps their existence a secret, so someone doesn't try to disturb them, or take an elder scroll. Well, that's mostly my take on it.
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:02 pm

They read the elder scrolls, which cause them to lose their sight. The Empire most likely keeps their existence a secret, so someone doesn't try to disturb them, or take an elder scroll. Well, that's mostly my take on it.


That doesn't seem very likely. Any notable person like whom ever it was you were impersonating could come to the Imperial City and request a certain scroll. In Daggerfall Barenziah even had her own collection IIRC.
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:14 am

The order of the unseen eye... I realized what it was after I read my own question.... the Ancestor Moth priests had read the Particular elder scroll that the grey fox was searching for and amazingly the note on the cowl just happened to be next to the exit from the Ancestor moth area. The unseen eye... the Ancestor Moth priests... funny
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:58 pm

Then you would walk the long and cold path of BATW.... Or simply, just B.
Nope, BATW is more Albides. I mean, I do consider the approaches I find droll.

Reasonability? Nevermind the metaphysics, all that simpering usually ends up disagreeing with very mundane history. This is a video game universe, the conclusions you draw by being doggedly empirical are a joke.
Such as?

That doesn't seem very likely. Any notable person like whom ever it was you were impersonating could come to the Imperial City and request a certain scroll. In Daggerfall Barenziah even had her own collection IIRC.
I don't remember anything mentioning her having access to Elder Scrolls, though they were different back then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_MY0ihuJZc at the start of this video is one of them. I'd prefer it at least if the scrolls were decentralized, like what you suggested.
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:55 am

I don't remember anything mentioning her having access to Elder Scrolls, though they were different back then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_MY0ihuJZc at the start of this video is one of them. I'd prefer it at least if the scrolls were decentralized, like what you suggested.


My fault, it was Arena (Famouse Places of Tamriel) that mentioned it. So it might be outdated now.
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:21 pm

:confused:


http://www.imperial-library.info/

That's really the only appropriate response. If you are really interested in a game's mythos, it is generally a good idea idea to pay attention to the plot.
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Post » Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:35 pm

Never mind, something else popped up.
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