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[blockquote][b][url=/profile/VelothTheProphet]Veloth the Prophet[/url] said:[/b]

Since King Hlaalu Helseth is gone now, would Morrowind be considered a republic?

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I doubt that. First of all it's extremely unlikely he didn't have an heir in place or seeing the fact his House fell from glory I think one of the other houses must have stepped in and presented an heir after Helseth's presumed death. Most likely Redoran seeing they safed Morrowind from the Argonians.

A second scenario would be that Morrowind is now an Oligarchy, which is what I think is most likely to happen if the monarchy is ended. This would basically be a system where the leaders of each house or a representative chosen by them govern the country together. They could certainly call it a republic but seeing those tend to have a single chief of state who holds executive power, it wouldn't entirely fit.

If by republic you meant democracy, I would say; not likely to happen... ever. Democracies are built on the idea that citizens are equal in rights and therefore get to decide political affairs. I doubt any house would really think of the others as "equals", especially the Telvanni.

Anyway, the death of a king doesn't means a country is going to become a republic system. As I said at the start; there will always be a heir somewhere. Hell, even when there weren't any in the case of the Septim Dynasty; other political groups will creep into the power vacuum before most of the population even starts thinking of a democracy.

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Well, I assume it doesn't matter if he had an heir since the only reason that a monarchy existed in Morrowind was because the Empire installed one and since they have now pulled out, the Grand Council would likely dissolve it. Especially after Hlaalu's fall from grace.

Well, that's pretty much how Morrowind and Resdayn used to be governed. A Grand Council made up of the heads of each Great House and sometimes united under a Hortator who would have to be sanctioned by each Great House. They even had councillors whose job was to bring the needs of the citizens to the ruling class.   

[blockquote][b][url=/profile/caladran]Caladran[/url] said:[/b]

Hi, I'm curious about a Dunmer city called Blacklight where Teldryn Sero is from. I know it was a Redoran city. If anyone knows how it was and looked liked? If there are any pictures somewhere. It might help the story I'm going to write later on. So anything about Blacklight, and if it still standing after the Red Mountain eruption? :)

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It is most certainly still standing as it is, as Duvain mentions, the capital of the old imperial province now that Mournhold and Vivec have been ravaged by the Argonians and the Red Mountain/Ministery of truth respectively.

I don't know much about the city itself so I'll have to go look into that for a bit (I suggest you take a dive into the imperial library as well, always does wonders to have multiple perspectives on the stuff you find). What I do know however is that this is where the Grand council of Morrowind resides as of the events of Skyrim, which means that as you might expect from the capital it is also the seat of Morrowind's political power.

Another thing you'll have to keep in mind when you consider this fact is that if there's a council seating all the Dunmer houses there will be delegations of each of those houses present in the city at all times. If this is indeed the case, I would suggest that as a writer you consider what would happen if you put a bunch of very ambitious Dunmer (you know those guys who worship Boethiah and Mephala) of different political factions in the same spot, especially seeing they usually tend to just stick to their own cities or districts. Could be very interesting, especially if you're into stabbing backs.

Anyway, I'll have a quick look as soon as I have some time on my hands. See what I find and if possible see what you think of it. I do like a good writing/lore discussion. It's how I got this job I think :D.

So I got thinking about Phil's post in the 'Your Own Deities' thread in Roleplaying.

[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Phil3]Phil[/url] said:[/b]

If a character blieved that and was on a crusade to spread the holy word, even the lowliest rabbit (it could be argued) could potentially be elevated into a greater spirit on par with Akatosh. That is reductionism, but for the sake of contributng to this thread, there it is :D

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Could this idea explain the changes in gods, for example Trinimac - Malacath? Ie the Aldmer were convinced Trinimac had changed and started worshipping Malacath, so either Trinimac morphed into his new percieved appearance or a new being was born in his place(assuming that him being eaten is a metaphor, which I've always assumed it was). I've never really been happy with Malacath's story so I'm kinda hoping this is the case.

[blockquote][b][url=/profile/KarverTheLorc]Karver the Lorc[/url] said:[/b] Trinimac/Malacath metamorphosis isn't exactly the first stop I would pick with this topic. That one is little bit more than complicated. But let's look at something more simple, yeah? Belief matters in TES, especially boosted by Towers and Stones among other things. So let's take a look at Auriel, Akatosh and Alkosh. Basicaly one god, but because different races see him differently, they worship him differently, Auriel is splitted into other two gods. Each one is real, even though there is only one god. Split personalities if you want. So yeah, belief matters. In theory, if enough people shouted "NO!" loud enough and believed it with all their souls they could unmake the world. But don't tell that to Thalmor, alright?[/blockquote]

Thanks for clearing that up Karv, I picked Malacath on a whim really, couldn't think of a better example at the time, but this is much more clear.