What is Dragon Blood and Why Is It Required To Wear the Amul

Post » Mon May 07, 2012 1:36 am

It wasn't a Todd quote, actually. He was never quoted as saying "Jills". It was a journalist that mentioned it in one of the articles around their Utah event. Some people came to believe that Todd let it slip, since it was a very obscure connection to make (Akatosh has Jills, Akatosh is Alduin, the Dragons seem to be working for Alduin, thus the Dragons we see are Jills), but others believed the journalist knew their lore and put it together on their own since no other article mentions it.

As for the thread topic, there were some images leaked recently that has some relevant thoughts. Obviously can't link ot it, and I'm not sure it'd be cool to copy-paste what it says, but it essentially posits if being dragonborn was a prerequisite to wearing the amulet and lighting the dragonfires, or if wearing the amulet and lighting the dragonfires was a show of Akatosh giving his blessing (ie, they weren't dragonborn before wearing the amulet and lighting the fires, but became one when going through the ritual of coronation).
She then follows it up with "both and neither." Personally I favor them becoming 'dragonborn' by virtue of becoming emperor. I look forward to seeing the book in its entirety, I'm already very glad that we get it in the first place.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 12:25 am

It wasn't a Todd quote, actually. He was never quoted as saying "Jills". It was a journalist that mentioned it in one of the articles around their Utah event. Some people came to believe that Todd let it slip, since it was a very obscure connection to make (Akatosh has Jills, Akatosh is Alduin, the Dragons seem to be working for Alduin, thus the Dragons we see are Jills), but others believed the journalist knew their lore and put it together on their own since no other article mentions it.
Actually the author probably copied it from wikipedia (the wikipedia entry is older than the article in question), so it is most likely made up by some crazy TES fan. :)
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Post » Sun May 06, 2012 9:34 pm

‘Vivec put on his armor and stepped into a non-spatial space filling to capacity with mortal interaction and information, a canvas-less cartography of every single mind it has ever known, an event that had developed some semblance of a divine spark.’

I would only say... let no mortal man presume to judge this immortal Vivec. Such things as these eyes have seen -- such things as MY eyes have seen -- these things are weighed in the hands of the Gods.

And we all remember Vehk http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13841580/images/1297308302983.jpg. The word royalty comes to mind. Having dragonblood means one stands in the center of the Wheel, keeps his ego, and connects life in creation to himself. The Dragonborn is an oversoul of divine stature, several thousand souls set free in a god.
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Post » Sun May 06, 2012 9:19 pm

No, I'm saying that Skyrim dragons are not Jills.

Jills are biological time machines that spring forth whenever Akatosh breaks. Minute menders. Female for reasons that should be apparent when seen in that regard.

Skyrim dragons are [NUMINIT].
I thought that by attacking the dragons in Skyrim were basically performing that function (also I got a kick out of saying that the deep gravelly voices were females) by sort of dissolving the space-time of the kalpa chunks that should not still have been connected to the main kalpa so Alduin could do his big ole swallow, that happened to incarnate in the forms of dragons because that's what people would think they should look like. It sounded cool to me.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 3:07 am

A bit off topic but... how sure are we that Mankar actually is the son of the Usurper, wouldn't he suppose to be a bosmer?
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 1:19 am

A bit off topic but... how sure are we that Mankar actually is the son of the Usurper, wouldn't he suppose to be a bosmer?
Could you take a Bosmer seriously as antagonist? The TES races aren't as concrete as the games make them out to be, and they do bend to what works in game when necessary.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 4:53 am

Could you take a Bosmer seriously as antagonist? The TES races aren't as concrete as the games make them out to be, and they do bend to what works in game when necessary.

Couldn't it also be the nature of the Camoran Dynasty? The Dynasty was founded by the original Aldmeri settlers, so maybe through careful breeding/inbreeding they maintain an Aldmer/Altmer-like appearance? Of course, it could be possible that the Camorans have lots of Ayleid, Altmer, or Cyrodiilic blood mixed in.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 4:41 am


And we all remember Vehk http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13841580/images/1297308302983.jpg.

Cool. Who drew that and/or where is it from?
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Post » Sun May 06, 2012 9:57 pm

Back to Dragon Blood and the Amulet, did everyone see the flavor text regarding it from the leaked Skyrim manual?
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 9:15 am

Cool. Who drew that and/or where is it from?
Michael Kirkbride. from Vehk's journey to comfort Uriel. It's the narration along with the Book of Hours.

I love his ink way more than the lore. The games should resemble them.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 6:38 am

Michael Kirkbride. from Vehk's journey to comfort Uriel. It's the narration along with the Book of Hours.

I love his ink way more than the lore. The games should resemble them.
That's awesome! I never saw this one! Do you have more of this stuff?
I realy love his pictures, they have the maximum atmosphere of lore and the vision of real TES. And freakin' dragons have not.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 8:24 am

Make no mistake, Talos (now Tiber Septim in resplendent Cyrodilic) is still on the ascendant. I now believe the oracles have been badly misinterpreted - Septim may indeed be the Dragonborn as foretold. The Mer must unite at last or be consumed one by one. Father, blessed be his name's numeric mystery, was one of the few on the Thalmor to oppose Andel Crodo's policy of nonintervention that if continued will be the doom of all Elder Races.

This doesn't answer the OP's questions, but I want to see similarities with The Minority Report - or any story about precognitive overlords and the relativity of time. The Thalmor have sent hit squads ambassadors of good will to Skyrim, to round up potential criminals of the Dominion and follow leads on the Dragonborn. Maybe the oracles weren't badly misinterpreted, and Talos wasn't the Dragonborn the diviners were looking for.

Mostly, Skyrim has got me pumped for TES X: Alinor, so I want to talk about Altmeri society. :shrug:
I realy love his pictures, they have the maximum atmosphere of lore and the vision of real TES.
Well put, that's what I mean. I shouldn't say I like his drawings more than the lore, because they give me sight into the world the lore comes from.
And freakin' dragons have not.
I hear you. Dragons have taken over more than Skyrim...

Also, Lady Nerevar, please post the Paravania, if you have that picture and Michael Kirkbride lets you. Don't be a tease!
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 3:22 am

It's also the most recent Word of God statement we have on the Amulet from Todd.


Why on earth would you trust the word of a man about lore, when he goes out of his way to make lore open to individual interpretation? (A good choice in my opinion.) Theres like at least a 30% chance he's "screwing" with us on purpose - to encourage such individual views.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 6:41 am

Quite simple really. A dragonborn is a form of Shezarrine. Shezarr/Lorkhan is from Sithis like the Daedra. He was sent to trap the Aedra in Mundus. Peryite takes on the form of a dragon to spite Alduin/Akatosh so Lorkhan would likely have similar powers. He saints Alessia and through her makes the dragonborn and the covenant to keep Oblivion and the Princes from meddling too much. This way, the Aedra stay trapped and Sithis has his revenge.
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Post » Sun May 06, 2012 9:16 pm

No, I'm saying that Skyrim dragons are not Jills.

Jills are biological time machines that spring forth whenever Akatosh breaks. Minute menders. Female for reasons that should be apparent when seen in that regard.

Skyrim dragons are [NUMINIT].

Aww man....I thought I read somewhere that Jills were a high-level dragon in Skyrim.
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Post » Sun May 06, 2012 9:36 pm

Aww man....I thought I read somewhere that Jills were a high-level dragon in Skyrim.
It was a journalist's assumption. Good research, but ultimately false.
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