Tanuki said:
What do we know in concrete about the Lilmothiit? It's never completely specified they were wiped out, was it?
We know in concrete that there are three sources mentioning them, two of them saying they were wiped by Khanaten Flu. No other mention beside that.
Lady Clarisse Laurent says, "Ah, the late, lamented, and now lost Lilmothiit! By all accounts, the entire race did succumb to the terrible Knahaten Flu, and we shall never now speak to a living member of the Fox-Folk. However, we can rejoice in the fact that they have undoubtedly left newly-empty and untouched settlements behind them, and thus we can bring the Lilmothiit back to life through the discipline of archeology! Of course, they lived on the remote and opposite side of Tamriel from High Rock, so they are almost unknown to us Breton scholars—but I plan to personally remedy this lack! After visiting the Gold Coast, I hope to continue by sea to Leyawiin, and then journey overland to Murkmire in Black Marsh. Then we shall see what we can find!" - Lady Clarisse Laurent answers your questions
The southern coastal regions, not surprisingly, were the realms of the Lilmothiit, though they were a nomadic group and left few enduring signs of their existence that were not covered up by later civilizations.
The worst of the dungeons was constructed in the following era by Potentate Versidae-Shae [sic] on the ruins of the Lilmothiit community called Blackrose. - Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition
However, primitive Men such as the Kothringi, primal Mer like the Barsaebic Ayleids, and relatives of the Khajiit like the vulpine Lilmothiit all fought for their own pieces of this noisome refuge. - Wet Wildes of Black Marsh
Now Khanaten Flu started in 2E 560 and was said to plague Tamriel for over four decades. It´s interesting that ESO starts at 2E 580, and last know case of the Flu was 2E 601. Anyway, since it´s basicaly 20 years after the plague started it is kind of curious there´s barely any mention of Lilmothiit, while it´s not so long ago the Flu started.
But let´s do the math here. 2E 560 is when Khanaten Flu started. Second Era ends at year 896, so that´s 336 years of no mention of Lilmothiit. Then we have Third Era, lasting for 433 years so + 336= 769 of no Lilmothiit. +201 of Fourth Era and we have a near millenium of no Lilmothiit.
So the concrete thing is that it´s very unlikely they could just pop out of nowhere. Of course, maybe they made a deal with a Daedric Prince, just like the Shadow Walker clan of Bosmer made with Molag Bal. They lived in Coldharbour for thousand of years, pretty much immortal like Daedra. There are possibilities, but they have to be more mystical or metaphysical in their nature than just that they somehow survived in seclusion.
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/WerewolfJoe]Tanuki[/url] said:[/b]
What do we know in concrete about the Lilmothiit? It's never completely specified they were wiped out, was it?
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We know in concrete that there are three sources mentioning them, two of them saying they were wiped by Khanaten Flu. No other mention beside that.
Lady Clarisse Laurent says, "Ah, the late, lamented, and now lost Lilmothiit! By all accounts, the entire race did succumb to the terrible Knahaten Flu, and we shall never now speak to a living member of the Fox-Folk. However, we can rejoice in the fact that they have undoubtedly left newly-empty and untouched settlements behind them, and thus we can bring the Lilmothiit back to life through the discipline of archeology! Of course, they lived on the remote and opposite side of Tamriel from High Rock, so they are almost unknown to us Breton scholars—but I plan to personally remedy this lack! After visiting the Gold Coast, I hope to continue by sea to Leyawiin, and then journey overland to Murkmire in Black Marsh. Then we shall see what we can find!" - Lady Clarisse Laurent answers your questions
The southern coastal regions, not surprisingly, were the realms of the Lilmothiit, though they were a nomadic group and left few enduring signs of their existence that were not covered up by later civilizations.
The worst of the dungeons was constructed in the following era by Potentate Versidae-Shae [sic] on the ruins of the Lilmothiit community called Blackrose. - Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition
However, primitive Men such as the Kothringi, primal Mer like the Barsaebic Ayleids, and relatives of the Khajiit like the vulpine Lilmothiit all fought for their own pieces of this noisome refuge. - Wet Wildes of Black Marsh
Now Khanaten Flu started in 2E 560 and was said to plague Tamriel for over four decades. It´s interesting that ESO starts at 2E 580, and last know case of the Flu was 2E 601. Anyway, since it´s basicaly 20 years after the plague started it is kind of curious there´s barely any mention of Lilmothiit, while it´s not so long ago the Flu started.
But let´s do the math here. 2E 560 is when Khanaten Flu started. Second Era ends at year 896, so that´s 336 years of no mention of Lilmothiit. Then we have Third Era, lasting for 433 years so + 336= 769 of no Lilmothiit. +201 of Fourth Era and we have a near millenium of no Lilmothiit.
So the concrete thing is that it´s very unlikely they could just pop out of nowhere. Of course, maybe they made a deal with a Daedric Prince, just like the Shadow Walker clan of Bosmer made with Molag Bal. They lived in Coldharbour for thousand of years, pretty much immortal like Daedra. There are possibilities, but they have to be more mystical or metaphysical in their nature than just that they somehow survived in seclusion.
