Whale-Bone Bridge : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:09 am

What exactly is it? It's from some sort of giant whale but why is it in sovengarde? From what we can see there aren't any bodies of water in sovengarde large enough to contain a whale. Unless maybe it's some sort of sky whale.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:04 pm

I think it's a Sky Whale, which I understand to be what Dragons used to be before they were made into actual Dragons by Akaviri belief-forces.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:36 pm

It's Tsun's corpse.

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:17 pm

It's Tsun's corpse.

He's a whale???

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:08 am

He's a whale???

The Nord gods are related to animal totems, and Tsun died defending Shor so his spirit defends Sovngarde. Thus people theorized that the Whale is Tsun's totem animal, and the bridge is the remnants of Tsun.

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:12 pm

He's a whale???

The Nordic pantheon, the one Tsun is found in, has the Eight Divines + Shor as animals. Tsun is most likely the whale, considering the bridge.

Edit: SithisLorkhan said it better.

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:55 am

He's a whale???

All gods were whales at one time. Most still are.

» Fri May 04, 2012 3:08 am

All gods were whales at one time. Most still are.

Not true, each god takes a different form as their Animal totem.

» Fri May 04, 2012 3:15 am

OP, I don't think we actually know for sure why the whalebone bridge is there, aside from it being astounding imagery. There are indeed sky whales - or rather Snow Whales - in TES; you can read more in the http://www.imperial-library.info/content/fight-three-snow-whale-and-dirtbird.

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:52 pm

Also, Whalebone kinda' sounds like Rainbow.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:26 pm

Also, Whalebone kinda' sounds like Rainbow.

You gotta stop taking that sleeping tree sap, the thoghatt warriors showed that stuff don't do no good.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:14 pm

You gotta stop taking that sleeping tree sap, the thoghatt warriors showed that stuff don't do no good.

For clarity's sake, I believe Haute is making a connection to Bifrost, the rainbow bridge to Valhalla. Or linking Tsun to the Village People. I'm kind of hoping for the latter, actually.

» Fri May 04, 2012 1:02 am

For clarity's sake, I believe Haute is making a connection to Bifrost, the rainbow bridge to Valhalla. Or linking Tsun to the Village People. I'm kind of hoping for the latter, actually.

Both, actually.

» Fri May 04, 2012 4:16 am

He's just saying that to make more sense of his ramblings. :happy:

» Fri May 04, 2012 12:31 am

No, but seriously, Whalebone is a pseudo-crypto-homophone of Rainbow, a great bridge of which features in Norse Myth.

And I'm not the first person to point this out.

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:07 am

Not true, each god takes a different form as their Animal totem.

Shades is right. They're all dragons, too. And men.