2 questions.
1. So Hircine is the Prince of the Hunt, so I imagine he would want his children to be the best possible hunters, so would it be lore breaking to say he created the were-viruses to behave as such:
Hircine's virus works by making the physiological changes necessary for the mortal to transform and creates a tether to Hircine's realm. When the tether first finishes, you're soul is transported to his hunting grounds where a Hunt begins. Hircine then chooses one of his hunters based off your reaction to the hunt to merge with your soul and sends you back into your body. The tether is also were you draw the energy from to gain that extra 100lbs or so and strength. As you live your life, you and the spirit beast share experiences and instincts, then when you die the beast absorbs your soul, adding your experiences to its collective conscious of everyone that hosted it before you, bringing it closer to the ultimate goal of becoming the apex predator.
2. How is the mortal body of the Dragonborn capable of absorbing so many immensely powerful dragon souls without frying or exploding or something? One thought I had is that the Dragonborn is actually just a conduit sending the souls back to Akatosh. Another is that it would overload them and be a trial of willpower to contain; and that this was the motivation for Miraak to seek Mora's knowledge. Through Mora, Miraak found a way to contain the dragons he absorbed. Maybe by channeling the void to counter the life dragons represent, or by making a pocket realm prison somewhere deep in the void that he tethered himself to. Dragons were only an issue for the first and last dragonborns, if I remember right.
2 questions.
1. So Hircine is the Prince of the Hunt, so I imagine he would want his children to be the best possible hunters, so would it be lore breaking to say he created the were-viruses to behave as such:
Hircine's virus works by making the physiological changes necessary for the mortal to transform and creates a tether to Hircine's realm. When the tether first finishes, you're soul is transported to his hunting grounds where a Hunt begins. Hircine then chooses one of his hunters based off your reaction to the hunt to merge with your soul and sends you back into your body. The tether is also were you draw the energy from to gain that extra 100lbs or so and strength. As you live your life, you and the spirit beast share experiences and instincts, then when you die the beast absorbs your soul, adding your experiences to its collective conscious of everyone that hosted it before you, bringing it closer to the ultimate goal of becoming the apex predator.
2. How is the mortal body of the Dragonborn capable of absorbing so many immensely powerful dragon souls without frying or exploding or something? One thought I had is that the Dragonborn is actually just a conduit sending the souls back to Akatosh. Another is that it would overload them and be a trial of willpower to contain; and that this was the motivation for Miraak to seek Mora's knowledge. Through Mora, Miraak found a way to contain the dragons he absorbed. Maybe by channeling the void to counter the life dragons represent, or by making a pocket realm prison somewhere deep in the void that he tethered himself to. Dragons were only an issue for the first and last dragonborns, if I remember right.