Talos?

Really. So Tiber was speaking about hisself ?

I was mistaken, Tiber just restored the Temple.

Okay, I got it. Thanks for helping with the answer, but it's still not clear who the One is. I wonder if it's a god from the previous Kalpa.

Upon further review perhaps the One is http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Alessian_Order.

I also notice in TES Oblivion, that there was not a temple for Kyne; only a shrine. Is it because she is a Nordic Goddess?

I was reading The Real Barenziah, and Tiber Septim speaks of it. I know it is not Akatosh, because no Nord would worship him. I also notice in TES Oblivion, that there was not a temple for Kyne; only a shrine. Is it because she is a Nordic Goddess?



No Matrix Jokes please. :biggrin:

There are a few discrepancies between the Real Barenziah (written in Daggerfall) and the One as portrayed later. In modern lore, the One is basically a monotheistic god, primarily worshiped by the Alessian Order (a Nibenean institution, while TRB has the cult as Nordic in origin). The temple itself appears to be a sort of grand Imperial church, used for general worship of the Cult, not just of the One. According to http://imperial-library.info/content/concerning-psijic-order-and-psijic-endeavor, it has some connection to the Psijjic Endeavor. I would ping him as a Lorkhan type with a strong emphasis on the self sacrifice to allow for transcendence and the parental love aspects, but that's just guess work.


Probably because giant cathedrals in the middle of cities aren't very connected with nature. Kyne is the Nordic version of the Imperial Kynareth.

So would you say they are worshiping Lorkhan without saying they are worshping Lorkhan? Because you know, trickster and all that.

I would say that they are worshiping Lorkhan as a hypostasis of the Godhead. But that's 'cause I like the word "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostasis_(philosophy)" :spotted owl:

We don't really know anything about who the One was, other than him being a monotheistic deity. I'm just extrapolating on the Order's connection to Alessia (who was big on Shezarr in his freedom aspect), the connection to the Psijjic Endeavor, and them being men to assume that the One was some version of Lorkhan. Could they have grasped the idea of the singular Godhead and been worshiping that? Maybe, I guess. The Order is sadly lacking in information outside the realms of fan work.

So, the short of it, the One is the Shezzar(ine). Probably.

This monotheistic religion was once very popular, but today only remnants of its faith remain. It started in the coastal jungle of what is now the Colovian west, where a prophet named Marukh, who had spoken to the "Enlightened One," Saint Alessia, began to question the validity of Elven rule. These sentiments led to an increasingly abstract and unknowable depiction of a Single God. The Alessians were wise enough to realize that they had to incorporate the ancient polytheistic elements into their new religion for it to find a wide acceptance. The divine aspects worshipped by the various humans and Aldmeri were recognizable in the guise of the myriad saints and spirits of the evolving Alessian canon. It wasn't long before the Order was the authority on every religion in Tamriel, and their power grew to earthshaking proportions. Nearly a third of the First Era passed under their theocratic rule. When its priesthood had become too widespread to support itself, the Order began to fight among itself. With the severance of the territories of West Cyrodiil from the Empire, too much money and land had been lost. The War of Righteousness broke out, and the Order which had almost ruled the world undid itself in a ten year span.