Conceptually this is a sort of a semi-rp framed in the setup of an interview. You are a visitor to a mountain monsatery in Southern Skyrim during the time of the Civil War. The Primate of this Monastery has agreed to be interviewed by you, and is willing to answer any questions you may have. There's no actions, continuity or descriptions- merely, you are asking questions in character, and the Primate is answering them in character. I've started off with a few pre-made Q-As to give a sort of starting point or seed crystal.

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>Who are you?

I am Felix Octavian, Primate of the Order of Our Lady Mara of Infinite Love.

>Order?

The Order of Our Lady Mara of Infinite Love is a monastic community devoted to the adoration of the Goddess Mara in Her aspect as the Goddess of Love. We are a contemplative mystery order.

>Are you related to the Temple of Mara in Riften?

Not formally, though I do try to keep in touch. We are an order associated with the Imperial Cult, whereas the temple in Riften is part of the Nordic religious system.

> But you worship the same goddess.

Mara is one of the three non-daedric gods to have an anolog in nearly every religion in Tamriel, that is true, and between the traditional Nordic pantheon and the Imperial Cult, the two different representations of Mara are nearly identical. But we still have important theological differences in how we view and worship Mara.

In the Imperial Cult, Mara is the consort of Akatosh, who is the lord of the Divines and the King of Gods. She occupies a place of great eminence and importance in the Cult. Amongst the Nords, however, she is the Handmaiden of Kyne, their interpretation of the Divine we call Kynareth in Cyrodiil. To Nords, Kyne occupies the position of the most important female divinity. Mara is still important and much beloved to them, but Kyne is their queen of heaven, not Mara.

> Why do the Nords revere Kyne over Mara?

I cannot say for certain. But the Nords have always had a greater reverence for the untamed wilds and unspoilt wilderness than we metropolitan Cyrods. Kyne is the Goddess of Air, Breath, Wind, Sky, and Voice, and the Matron of Nature. Every mountain is Her temple, every tree Her shrine, every beast Her servant. The wind is Her prophecy, the storm Her fury, the breath Her blessing to mortalkind. Skyrim is the land of Mountains, Wind and Snow, and her people in the ancient days could work wonders with but a word. That Kyne is close to their hearts does not surprise me, and I do not begrudge them their love for Her.

> What is your opinion on the White-Gold Concordant?

… That is a very impolitic question of you to ask. That being said, I am a priest and not a politician, so I do not care to comment on matters of war and diplomacy. As for the question of the… Disputed divinity of Talos… I cannot, will not answer.

> So you think that Talos is a god and the Thalmor are wrong?

I think you should ask a different question. One that won’t endanger the health and safety of the monks and priests under my care.