Atherius Request

[jewbank]

I'd like to see Atherius added to the game. I know that it's supposed to be pretty much impossible to get there, but it's a nice thought. Maybe there could be a special event allowing the player to get there. Or a portal could be made to it. Just an idea, but it would be nice if someone would try to make it. :biggrin:

[exanimis]

I just googled Atherius and got a profile on a social network. The only thing that comes close is Aetherius. A google search of Aetherius results in this site.

 

Aetherius

 

I doubt you are asking for a UFO group to be added to Tamriel.

 

Would you like to explain what or who Atherius is to those of us who have no idea what you are asking for?

[cheesemcbutter]

Would you like to explain what or who Atherius is to those of us who have no idea what you are asking for?

 

 

I Think Atherius Is The Place You Go To When You Die Not Heaven Because I KNOW Atherius Doesn't Have Cheese.

[jewbank]

Oops, sorry. Forgot about that. It's like the opposite of Oblivion. I'll see if I can find something on it soon.

[Germandeathkittiez]

Is this from lore?

[jewbank]

Ok , here's what A Pocket Guide to the Empire has to say,

 

"Imperial Theosophy teaches us that our world was born from magicka, the creative force that informs and sustains all life. The sources of magic are the many and diverse heavens beyond the void, collectively known as the Aetherius.

 

 

Aetherius, ancestral seat of the Nine Divines and the other original spirits, is the plane of pure magicka. Whereas Oblivion may surround us every night, it is aetherial energy that infuses our very existence, from highest to lowest, and gives all the races of men, mer, and beast common purpose. Its magic brings the rain to the fields, love to our hearths, and scientific principles to our technological industries. It gives us the very sun itself. Finally, Aetherius is home to the Aedra, those cornerstones of Mundus whose aspects we see in temple, in lordship, and the high walk of heroes.

 

Visits to Aetherius occur less frequently than to Oblivion, for the void is a long expanse and only the stars offer portal for Aetherial travel, or the judicious use of magic. The expeditions of the Reman Dynasty and the Sun Birds of Alinor are the most famous attempts in our histories, and it is a cosmic irony that both of them were eventually dissolved for the same reason: the untenable expenditures required to reach magic by magicka. Their only legacy is the Royal Imperial Mananauts of the Elder Council and the Great Orrery at Firsthold, whose spheres are made up of genuine celestial mineral gathered by travelers during the Merethic Era."

 

So... yeah. I spelled Aetherius wrong the first time. :unsure:

[Vagrant0]

Is this from lore?

http://www.imperial-library.info/book_daedra/

 

Not really. As far as I understand it, Aetherius was used to create mundus, or the motal realm. And as a place where the deities that once were, but are no longer present have gone. It has also been used as a sort of opposite to the planes of Oblivion, but my impression is that this connection is more political.

 

So far, there is no mention of a mortal afterlife in lore beyond those who have made deals with the Daedra. And even then, the details are incomplete. As the Aedra (the nine) gave up their ability to support a plane of their own, their connection with an afterlife is likely nothing.