Mankar Camoran's Theory of Nirn

Post » Wed May 20, 2015 10:05 pm

Mankar Camoran says that Lorkhan is just another Daedric Prince and that Nirn is his plane to oblivion. I always thought that this theory was not accepted by anyone and that Camoran was just crazy. But ive recently been reading peoples ides on r/teslore on reddit. It is a subreddit devouted to the lore of The Elder Scrolls, mostly very deep lore that your average player doesn't even knows exist. Anyway, a lot of people over there seem to think that Camoran's theory might be true. I am trying to disprove it and have some information but would like more. Does anyone have any info that could disprove Camoran's theory

For nirn to be Lorkhan's plane of Oblivion it has to match up with the other planes of oblivion. A Reason it doesn't are The Daedric planes of oblivion are made by and belong to a specific Daedric prince. I wouldn't say Nirn belongs to Lorkhan. Nirn wasn't even created by Lorkhan it was created by the other aedra that he convinced into making it. So that is one reason why nirn doesn't match up with the other Planes of Oblivion.

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Rachel Eloise Getoutofmyface
 
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Post » Wed May 20, 2015 8:01 am

Gvien that Akatosh and Lorkhan are one being, and Akatosh very well does make up a large part of Mundus.....

From the guy who wrote the speech in the first place.

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/forum-archives-michael-kirkbride

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Ashley Clifft
 
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Post » Wed May 20, 2015 9:15 am

where are you getting that lorkhan and akatosh are one being?
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Alex Blacke
 
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Post » Wed May 20, 2015 6:05 am

It's from a made-up word thread from a long, long time ago.

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Post » Wed May 20, 2015 6:03 am

Honestly, Mankar's theory is mostly just a change in what particular facet of creation is emphasized. Nirn is Anuic/Padomaic, the priests of the Divines emphasize the Aedra and either forget the Padomaic element or consider it an aberration. Mankar refocuses the narrative, reemphasizing how creation was experimental, an act of rebellion against the order of the time.

The main problem with Mankar's theory is that it isn't crazy at all. It's basically stating the obvious.
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Post » Wed May 20, 2015 7:43 pm

I've always found Mankars theory interesting. Technically, mortals could be similar to daedroth in their immortality as well ... if you take the Dreamsleeve and soul-recycling into account, isn't that pretty similar to Daedra being cast into the waters of Oblivion on death and having to reform themselves?

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