PounceDeLeon Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Ok, I believe that there is so much more being told in the images and poems and lore books than people are realizing. I'm following the threads provided to their natural ends and coming to some stunning conclusions which I will here present: Examine the history of the gods across the cultures of Tamriel, who reveres which god and which god supports which race? The lines are actually pretty clearly drawn, with just a few confusing twists (akatosh is the enemy of the nords, while Talos is their hero Ysmir, Talos and Akatosh are both heroes to the Imperials). There is an ancient war between the gods which divides along the lines of those who support the Mer or the Men, then you have wildcard races like the beast races and the Orcs who may go either way. I believe the race you choose in Elder Scrolls V is going to be a VERY important choice between three major allegiances. The Altmer want Akatosh to destroy the world, the Nords don't. The unity of the empire is shattered and now the races religious beliefs will tear the world apart. We're looking at a civil war, not just in Skyrim and Tamriel, but in the Divine planes as well!!!! Who is a villain depends entirely on the perspective you have. This is a genius plot with at least 3 unique replays all the way through! The Dragonborn is Ysmir who originally defended High Hrothgar from a dragon attack and slew the orcs who joined them. Ysmir defeated Akatosh but it was merely a delay, and now Akatosh is back to destroy the world and Ysmir will be reborn to stop him. Especially now that the heart of Lorkhan is buried, because this is really ALL about Lorkhan vs. Akatosh like it was in the very very beginning! The gods will be helping you the whole time depending on which side you are on, and the gods will also be hindering your progress as well, the divines are divided and the Daedra have been pushed out by the sealing of the oblivion gates with the destruction of the Amulet of Kings. I have tons of evidence for this but I don't want to have a wall of text so first, what do you think? I can back up points depending on what you dispute I think. I'm pretty confident I'm onto the important themes here. Ok, looks like somebody smarter than I am came to the same conclusion on the official forums: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1152130-the-story-behind-skyrim-v20/Go THERE for a much more detailed post on the same theory. He doesn't go to the same sources I do and doesn't seem to have caught the cool information on the wall carving (being the story of Ysmir) but he got the same result. I still say the best way to back it up is realizing how many of the different cultures of Nirn have this same dynamic in their proto-history. On the other forum someone even suggested that the Akaviri battle between the Tiger and Snake People is equal to the Mer vs. Men on Tamriel. Maybe the monkeys and Beast people of Tamriel are also equivalents. The Yokudans have a helpful perspective too. Edited January 7, 2011 by PounceDeLeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanViking Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 This sounds a bit too far fetched and complex a story for elder scrolls and they dont want people to get pissed off because they want to be a race but they are fighting some people they want to be their friends there is a lot of lore attached to elder scrolls most of it isnt really included ingame and elder scrolls has had similar storylines the whole time the only thing that might have changed is that bethesda made fallout which might have changed their persective of factions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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