Who was the most powerful tribunal god? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:11 am

If the tribunals fought each other in their prime, who would be the best out of them 3? using Pre-Chim Vivec for this thread.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:40 pm

Vivec by a mile.

» Tue May 08, 2012 1:16 am

Vivec, who is also still the best of them.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:25 am

ALMSIVI was the most powerful.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:25 pm

ALMSIVI was the most powerful.

This as well. Though in hindsight it's easy to see them as distinct, they drew their power from the same source, and presented themselves as aspects.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:47 am

http://uesp.net/wiki/Tribunal:Almalexia. At least according to http://uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Vivec_%28god%29.

Assuming of course that she actually fought Sotha Sil instead of just killing him from a distance. Her resistances are awesome though.

In all seriousness, the second Vivec achieved CHIM he became the most powerful, before that moment I would have put my money on Sotha Sil.

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:38 pm

Though it is difficult to compare Almalexia and Sotha Sil to Vivec because they rarely did anything. Vivec was ALMSIVI's doer.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:55 pm

Dagoth Ur, if he counts. Neither CHIM nor knowledge of how to create cyborg beasts nor Hopesfire was enough to stop him.

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:09 am

Dagoth Ur, if he counts. Neither CHIM nor knowledge of how to create cyborg beasts nor Hopesfire was enough to stop him.

Though the tribunal defeated him on a regular basis until he won an ambush and stole the tools.

» Tue May 08, 2012 9:11 am

Pretty much whoever has the tools wins. This is why the Nerevarine beat Vivec and Almalexia *shiftily looks left then right then back left.*

» Tue May 08, 2012 9:13 am

Though the tribunal defeated him on a regular basis until he won an ambush and stole the tools.

I think the only difference the tools made was that by the time the Tribunal realized they were the only way to make Dagoth Ur stay dead, they could no longer do it. What I suspect tipped the balance of power was that Dagoth Ur continued to grow more and more powerful as time went on.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:12 am

I refuse to believe in CHIM (Where the heck does that come from, anyway?)

Almalexia's the most powerful - The game proves it.

» Tue May 08, 2012 12:46 am

I refuse to believe in CHIM (Where the heck does that come from, anyway?)

It's mentioned in both the Sermons and the Commentaries, I believe. Mankar says Tiber Septim also had it, and used it to reshape Cyrodiil (hence why it's not a jungle anymore). His reshaping of Cyrodiil is also mentioned by the hammy Talos preacher in Whiterun.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:26 am

In the days when I spoke to him, Vehk said Almalexia.

But it's almost a meaningless question, since none of them could be without the others.

Saying you refuse to believe in CHIM is like saying you refuse to believe you exist. It's a null-statement.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:20 pm

Almalexia's the most powerful - The game proves it.

The game's balancing isn't really lore, especially when you consider that you're balancing between the main game and an expansion intended for highter-level players. There's creatures in Blood Moon which are almost as powerful as Vivec, iirc.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:30 pm

Goblins in mournhold's sewers would wipe the floor with Dagoth Ur.

» Tue May 08, 2012 12:35 am

As far as I can remember, Alm was the most powerful. The reasons why are harder to attest to, but the question was for a three-way brawl at their prime, and Mercy was the Warrior from the classic Warrior, Mage, Thief trio. One argument might be that Almalexia was the most loved by her people, and it was their love that powered her, also she just happened to be the greatest warrior of the three.

» Tue May 08, 2012 6:52 am

Lack of guardrails could beat Ur.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:41 pm

In all seriousness, the second Vivec achieved CHIM he became the most powerful, before that moment I would have put my money on Sotha Sil.

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:41 am

The most powerful? Akulakhan...

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:12 am

The most powerful? Akulakhan...

A unfinished statue? I don't really see that happening.

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:51 am

The Oblivion version of Mannimarco.
In all seriousness, I think Vivec.

» Tue May 08, 2012 11:17 am

Though the tribunal defeated him on a regular basis until he won an ambush and stole the tools.

The fact it took three of them to take on one of him proves he was the most powerful.

He is also waging a war on the Tribunal without any real support in Morrowind.

» Tue May 08, 2012 8:33 am

The fact it took three of them to take on one of him proves he was the most powerful.

He is also waging a war on the Tribunal without any real support in Morrowind.

I agree that Dagoth Ur was the most powerful, but to beaten by three means nothing. If I get beaten up by a group of 3 professional boxers then it doesn't prove that I could pose a challenge to one of them. Not even if I later on, together with a far larger group manage to ambush them.

» Tue May 08, 2012 12:59 am

Disregarding CHIM, I dunno. Each one of them had their strengths.
Vivec is obviously the answer otherwise.