Lil Bit o' Lore

[SgtHallMonitor]

This is on the lighter side of TES lore, but today I want to know what are your thoughts/"beliefs' concerning Lorkhan. What do you think his intention were? Was he trying to trick the other Aedra, foreknowing the end result? Or was there a genuine "want" in his heart to create mortal life with his peers?

 

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Lorkhan

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Aedra

Edited October 20, 2011 by SgtHallMonitor

[Horgr]

Depends on what view you choose to take

 

"Most Elves hate him, thinking creation as that act which sundered them from the spirit realm. Most Humans revere him, or aspects of him, as the herald of existence.

The creation of the Mortal Plane, the Mundus, Nirn, is a source of mental anguish to all living things; all souls know deep down they came originally from somewhere else, and that Nirn is a cruel and crucial step to what comes next. What is this next? Some wish to return to the original state, the spirit realm, and that Lorkhan is the Demon that hinders their way; to them Nirn is a prison, an illusion to escape. Others think that Lorkhan created the world as the testing ground for transcendence; to them the spirit realm was already a prison, that true escape is now finally possible."-Spirit of Nirn, God of Mortals

 

Humans- Most Humans revere him, or aspects of him, as the herald of existence

or

Elves-Most Elves hate him, thinking creation as that act which sundered them from the spirit realm

 

I choose the side of humans, that he wanted to simply create life, and did not intend to upset the status quo.

Edited October 10, 2011 by Horgr

[SgtHallMonitor]

Wow, sorry for taking so long to reply, I didn't get the notification. I definitely agree with you. I take Men's view on him. I don't think he had any malicious intentions to the other Aedra. How would he possibly be able to foreknow what would happen?