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Lore Event: Nords: Soul, Breath and Focus

  • March 16, 2016

    Well, water for Redguards) What about Bretons and Khajiit?))))

  • Member
    March 16, 2016

    This is where it get tricky. 

    I think we should specify that Altmer = sunlight. Auri-El is seem with a sun at the statue in front of the sanctuary in the forgotten veil. His shrine is a sun. Also, the early aldmer had the Sunbirds of Alinor.

    If this specification is correct, then we can say, Khajiit = moonlight.

    The Khajiit physiology is determined by the phases of the moon at birth. The strange vanishing of the moons created turmoil. Moon sugar is sometimes referred to as crystallized moonlight.

    I dunno, my $.02

  • March 16, 2016
    Hm, interesting. It is true that moons are important for them, but is the light important too? If yes, we have three races for who is light very important. Altmer, Ayleids and Khajiit.
  • Member
    March 16, 2016

    Maybe. The different phases of the moon are so defined by the light given off of them.  Full moon - full light on the surface, etc.

    Altmer = sunlight

    Khajiit = moonlight

    Ayleids = star light

    The Dwemer would be the wild card since they were obsessed with starlight, to the degree that they could mathematically and mechanically split it. Their emphasis was logic and reason. Inner light, perhaps? Nah, too metaphorical.

  • March 16, 2016
    Inner light... That is interesting thought, Patriarch. But that is if we are actually trying to connect other races with light. So what Dwemer can be connected with beside light? If Shouting = Air is the tonal architecture of Nords, what is Dwemer's? Just think about it. What logic can be? They have their machines and such. I actually quite like the inner light. Dwemer were so advanced you could say they were en"light"ened.
  • Member
    March 16, 2016

    Ha!

    We could say that the Dwemer were connected with sound. Tonal = music/vibrations. Vibrations are the essence of sound. Kagrenac planned to hit the Heart of Lorkhan with Sunder, producing some serious vibrational energy. Interesting thought.

  • March 16, 2016

    This is getting really deep! Whole TES is basicaly a music, so when I talk about tonal architecture, I´m speaking about stuff like Shouts for Nords, Swordsingers for Redguards, Spinners and their stories for Bosmer.

    Dwemer just had those Tonal Architects, they called them that way. But you see that pattern here? Every tonal architecture have to do something with sound. So I really love that vibrations thought. Everything goes back to sound and music, damn circles!

  • Member
    March 16, 2016

    Indeed. I think the Dwemer figured out the musical/tonal secret to Nirn and were exploiting it. WAIT. That gives me an idea as to why Kagrenac wanted to strike the Heart. I'll have to ponder that for a while.

    Circles, yep. It's all circular in TES lore. 

  • March 16, 2016

    Since you guys remembered Dwemer, what about Falmer then?)))