We all know that Pelinal came from the future, in a time where chainmail/plate armor existed. We know it had to have been after Reman's time, since Pelinal knows who he is. We know it had to be when the Divines were only Eight, as Pelinal did not have Talos' blessing and thus was unable to truly killed Umaril.

Using these bounds, Pelinal would have had to come from somewhere between the end of the First Era and the beginning of the Third Era.

However, there may be another possibility.

Say, eventually, the Thalmor succeed in destroying Talos worship. Say that Pelinal came after the Fourth Era. Say he was a future-robot-terminator, constructed by Man to fight against the Thalmor, blessed by the Eight Divines. By some trick, perhaps a desparation move by the Thalmor to get rid of Pelinal, he was thrown back in time to the First Era, saw the Alyeids, and confused them with the Thalmor of his time.

Thoughts on this?

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How did all these time throwing occur, Time throwing isn't easy.

He was actually looking for Iohannis Connorius.

But he didn't come back in time naked and crouching down.

Pelinal is the PC, perhaps? Probably not, but it's an amusing concept, and an explanation for his ridiculous power level and erratic behavior.

Then how was he killed by the Aylieds? Wouldn't have he reloaded? Or used console commands?

Pelinal was a fragment of Martin Septim's soul, cast backward through time by the destruction of the Avatar of Akatosh, which is to say, himself. The hole in his chest is from his heart being consumed by the shattered Amulet of Kings when the covenant was broken.

...Just kidding.

Pelinal didn't know thu'um (as it would run contraty to his sword-logic), so it couldn't be that.

If anyone is the Skyrim PC, it would probably be the Winged-Bull Morihaus, Breath-of-Kyne. Both have strong connections to the Thu'um, and the Dovahkin from the trailer sports a nice set of bull-horns.

We know it had to be when the Divines were only Eight, as Pelinal did not have Talos' blessing and thus was unable to truly killed Umaril.

Hrol's Shieldthane.

He didn't die at the union, his brains were blown through time and space.

I have another question: were the "SPACE GODS" who begat Reman Mananauts?

It is my belief, Grieves and crew landed in the Sancre Tor region of Cyrod, before its annex from Secunda. I believe he is the legendary King Hrol. This came to mind, while watching Roswell that Ends Well. It's also possible, blessed with the diamond on his mask, he was mistaken for Reman, as he landed Accrual and walked down the steps. Sancre Tor is a living, insect robot.

I just met a PC. It could have been the TES IX PC for all we know.

But probably not

I like it, makes sense on several levels. And I'm pretty sure Pelinal was meant to be from the future future, rather boring interpretation of his armor in the game aside. If true it implies that the Thalmor are going to succeed in destroying Talos... which is a pretty alarming implication.

Pelinal was grown from the DNA of Talos? ... And his creators were giants - planet sized- so he's also a nano-bot.

Or he is Talos, robbed of his divinity, using the last of his god-power to send himself back in time. The "blessings" of the other gods are really just chunks of their power he managed to grab from them as he was torn from the pantheon.

His appearence is perhaps a Sithisit distortion: eight flowering mystery. Alessia's meditation on the Wheel.

I like the way you think.

Yep, I was thinking the same thing. Come to think of it, we haven't seen any Shezarrines since Wulfharth, have we? And he became Talos. Unless all Dragonborn are Shezarrines, in which cause there have been plenty. But I'm not so sure of that.

Wherever Pelinal is from, Talos isn't around. And Shezarrines are back in action.

Well, I'm pretty sure THE Dragonborn is (potentially) a Shezarrine. But no, just having the dragon blood is not by itself enough.

Would certainly explain his hatred of elves.

Not to mention this line about the power of love: "We are ada, Mor, and change things through love...If you do not desist, she will take to you, and you will transform all Cyrod if you do this." Sounds like a reference to Talos using love to reshape the Red-Jungle.

Well, a Stormcloak has this to say - http://youtu.be/73Q4W7OqL2k?t=2m28s

"The Hall of Valor, where Heroes wait to follow Shor into battle"

Even though Shor banned them from fighting Alduin.

Seems mysterious eh?

Pelinal is confirmed as a robot guys. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=7375that valve and bethesda has decided is appropriate for Skyrim and the TES Universe...

Yeah...that is a legit link and yeah that is steam...fml

I like the theory, but I think it would make more sense to say that Pelinal came from a future in which the Ayleids were never overthrown by humans, which presumably led someone (TalOS?) to take drastic measures under threat of Thalmor-style mythic extinction.

Somehow I find that unlikely. Even without Pelinal, Morihaus himself would have been able to defeat the Ayleids. Not to mention Pelinal had come from a timeline in which the Ayleids were overthrown, as he mentions the Reman Dynasty. Not to mention that Tiber Septim himself still would have existed and still would have eventually achieved apotheosis (Dyus mentions Jyggalag having predicted the rise of Tiber Septim as well as all of history except for the CoC becoming Sheogorath).

Let us not forget that Talos was indeed part robot, at least in the sense that one of his three souls was used as the power source for a robot.

Oh my eye. Well... money is money.

I do not know why folks think the Actuarian Heresy is definitely canon...

Talos does not have 3 souls.

He has one...his priest in Skyrim emphasizes this again and again