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Examining the Time Dragon

  • Member
    January 11, 2016

    Great choice of pictures mate, and wonderfully written; I really enjoy in depth lore analasys like this, it really helps me immerse myself into the universe of TES   

  • Member
    January 11, 2016
    We also have to account for what Alduin himself, and his bro Paarthy have to say as well. Alduin himself claims to be the first born, though whether he's an aspect Akatosh farted out is another matter.
  • Member
    January 11, 2016
    I've heard and read he used CHIM
  • January 11, 2016

    It seems like he realized CHIM when the Numidium was activated with the Mantella (and there was a Dragon Break).

  • January 11, 2016

    Depending on the belief (Aldmer or Altmer) Auri-El's time was one of two periods. If Auri-El is Ancestor-God of the Aldmer his time was the Merethic Era onwards, but the Altmer would have him at the start of time, or sometime during the Dawn Age (I suppose, could be before for all I know).

    The Dawn Age is a period of non-linear time, so essentially a Dragon Break, so in that sense it is possible that Auri-El's time was simply a constant Dragon Break, depending on the belief system your basing it off.

  • Member
    January 11, 2016

    Great work DB, MATTOMPHI think this is a great addition to the Archives here in Apocrypha  We'll fix your tags for you too.

    The answer there is currently unknown, as is whether Akatosh was actually a god beforehand.

    Apparently he can be interpreted as such if you take this passage from Shezarr and the Divines: "Akatosh was an Aldmeri god, and Alessia's subjects were as-yet unwilling to renounce their worship of the Elven pantheon." Yet that might just be an editorial decision to shorten what could be a really convoluted sentence. We don't know for sure what the author meant so it could be fun to imagine an Aldmeri religion with both Auriel and Akatosh in it

  • January 12, 2016
    You'd think after 2 years+ on this site I'd at least have figured out tagging :P Thanks for that Phil, and thanks to MATTOMPHI for adding it to the archives, that's pretty awesome :)

    I'd think that quote is just dastardly humans and their racism towards Elves, but it is interesting to consider. It would be a parallel to the Alduin/Akatosh belief in Nordic Mythology (a bit different obviously) but still something interesting and fun to consider.
  • January 12, 2016
    Thanks Librarian, I'm a fan of that first picture personally, just so damn awesome. I'm glad that I could help you out here mate, it was definitely a blast to write and if if it helps others in some way it's just a bit more fun for me :)
  • January 12, 2016

    I suspect they were in fact worshipping Auri-El, but Alessian guys came up with another name for him to stop the Nords' butthurt))) Kinda, see, guys, we aren't worshipping Auri-El nor Alduin, it's our own god Akatosh))

  • January 12, 2016

    I have a feeling that the time he ascended was the end of the Dawn Era and the beginning of the Merethic, correct me if I'm mistaken. As to whether he was an ancestor of the Aldmer or a god from the beginning of time, why couldn't he be both?