Lady Nerevar and The Imperial Library have been given permission/actively encouraged to copy the Heroes Guide to Tamriel to their archives for our reading pleasure. So I delved straight into Gathering Force, Arms and Armour of Tamriel. What surprised me was this little sentence on the High Elven Champion:
It took some gentle, purring persuasion on the part of the Khajiiti champion, Zadabal-ra, to convince the aloof, golden-skinned inhabitant of Summerset Isles to arrive at our fighters' feast. But arrive he did, bringing a caravan of gleaming shields, winged helms, and spears dedicated to Phynaster the Guardian. Though we uncultured barbarians of the mainland had to sit through copious waffle regarding our shortfalls in battle, which almost brought the Nord champion to a seething, violent outburst, tempers were soothed with mead and some ferocious combat training, where the soaring and fluid designs of the Altmeri weapons of war—thin and swan necked like their ships
were finally tested.
Now, as the title of this discussion says, it was the reference to Phynaster the Guardian which interested me. I thought this deity was the equivalent of Arkay because of his connection to the lifespan of elves as described in Varieties of Faith and that same longevity's connection to necromancy as described in Corpse Preperation:
Summerset Isle is even worse in some ways. Some Altmer born into the most respected noble and scholarly families are actually allowed to study the dead in the open. Their research, however, seems to be centered on finding ways to extend their lives even further rather than the more practical uses of our Art. A Necromancer of any other race caught in Summerset Isle can expect the worst possible punishments.
However, ESO came and blew that assumption out of the water by linking Xarxes to Arkay. So where does this leave Phynaster? In my estimation he has dropped from Greater Spirit (one of the Eight) to ascended greater spirit (hero-god), which is tricky as it pretty much describes all Altmeri gods. So where does this "Guardian" title come from? Guarding the elves from death by old age? Hardly a warriors god.
Who is Phynaster?
Lady Nerevar and The Imperial Library have been given permission/actively encouraged to copy the Heroes Guide to Tamriel to their archives for our reading pleasure. So I delved straight into Gathering Force, Arms and Armour of Tamriel. What surprised me was this little sentence on the High Elven Champion:
It took some gentle, purring persuasion on the part of the Khajiiti champion, Zadabal-ra, to convince the aloof, golden-skinned inhabitant of Summerset Isles to arrive at our fighters' feast. But arrive he did, bringing a caravan of gleaming shields, winged helms, and spears dedicated to Phynaster the Guardian. Though we uncultured barbarians of the mainland had to sit through copious waffle regarding our shortfalls in battle, which almost brought the Nord champion to a seething, violent outburst, tempers were soothed with mead and some ferocious combat training, where the soaring and fluid designs of the Altmeri weapons of war—thin and swan necked like their ships
were finally tested.
Now, as the title of this discussion says, it was the reference to Phynaster the Guardian which interested me. I thought this deity was the equivalent of Arkay because of his connection to the lifespan of elves as described in Varieties of Faith and that same longevity's connection to necromancy as described in Corpse Preperation:
Summerset Isle is even worse in some ways. Some Altmer born into the most respected noble and scholarly families are actually allowed to study the dead in the open. Their research, however, seems to be centered on finding ways to extend their lives even further rather than the more practical uses of our Art. A Necromancer of any other race caught in Summerset Isle can expect the worst possible punishments.
However, ESO came and blew that assumption out of the water by linking Xarxes to Arkay. So where does this leave Phynaster? In my estimation he has dropped from Greater Spirit (one of the Eight) to ascended greater spirit (hero-god), which is tricky as it pretty much describes all Altmeri gods. So where does this "Guardian" title come from? Guarding the elves from death by old age? Hardly a warriors god.
Who is Phynaster?
