I recently read in an interview with Haskill that he was a Vestige of a mortal who mantled Sheogorath. What does this information mean? That the CoC did not end the Greymarch as was first believed?
I recently read in an interview with Haskill that he was a Vestige of a mortal who mantled Sheogorath. What does this information mean? That the CoC did not end the Greymarch as was first believed?
I think it may mean that he was temporarily running the Isles as a pseudo-Sheogorath during a previous Greymarch and lost the job when the Greymarch ended and Sheo went back to his usual self.
My theory is the following:
1. During each Greymarch a mortal champion is chosen by Sheogorath to mantle/become him.
2. Only a few of the champions have ever succeeded in doing so.
3. At the end of the Gremarch the new Sheogorath faces of against Jyggalag in battle. No Sheogorath has ever succeeded in defeating Jyggalag however.
4. Because he is not defeated Jyggalag reverts back to Sheogorath at the end of the Greymarch. What happens to the mortal champion however is up for debate. They are no longer Sheogorath, but also cannot be considered to be the same mortal they once were. Thus the mortal champion has no real identity and thus "breaks". Only fragments of the mortal champion remain, either as stories and legends (Arden-Sul) or as physical beings (Haskill).
5. The Champion of Cyrodill is the first mortal champion who not only succesfully mantles Sheogorath but also succesfully defeats Jygallag at the end of the Greymarch. Thus at the end of the events of Shivering Isles Sheogorath and Jygallag are no longer the same being.
Here is the link: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2015/06/12/loremasters-archive-an-interview-with-haskill