Elder scrolls religion
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The divines at least they cure diseases, I don't know why everyone just doesn't go pray to them...The Daedra princes...well they are just plainly unplesant to deal with
I'm kind of a henotheistic Mara worshipper myself. As far as I can tell she's the goddess of love and science. Isn't that the best combination you've ever heard?
To be fair it was waiting to happen to Barenziah, Considering she slept with everyone and their brother.Dimitriov said:If Jesus aborted babies against the mother's willAcrisius said:
The healer, a High Elf of middle years, confirmed that Barenziah was indeed pregnant, and that such a thing had never before been known to happen. It was a testimony to His Excellency's potency, the healer said in sycophantic tones. Tiber Septim roared at him.
"This must not be!" he said. "Undo it. We command you."
"Sire," the healer gaped at him. "I cannot... I may not--"
"Of course you can, you incompetent dullard," the Emperor snapped. "It is our express wish that you do so."
Barenziah, till then silent and wide-eyed with terror, suddenly sat up in bed. "No!" she screamed. "No! What are you saying?"
"Child," Tiber Septim sat down beside her, his face wearing one of his winning smiles. "I'm so sorry. Truly. But this cannot be. Your issue would be a threat to my son and his sons. I shall no more put it plainly than that."
"The child I bear is yours!" she wailed.
"No. It is now but a possibility, a might-be, not yet gifted with a soul or quickened into life. I will not have it so. I forbid it." He gave the healer another hard stare and the Elf began to tremble.
"Sire. It is her child. Children are few among the Elves. No Elven woman conceives more than four times, and that is very rare. Two is the usual number. Some bear none, even, and some only one. If I take this one from her, Sire, she may not conceive again."
"You promised us she would not bear to us. We've little faith in your prognostications."
Barenziah scrambled naked from the bed and ran for the door, not knowing where she was going, only that she could not stay. She never reached it. Darkness overtook her.
Not saying it's the right thing to do but in that world it was likely to happen.
Edit: As for the Original Question Daedra are the way to go, I Like Namira the best.
2: Daedric Princes
They generally have little to do with each other, so it's like a variety pack of religions. Also, when you would happen upon their little shrines (and giant statues) sequestered in the wilderness where the cultists would spend their days killing, screwing, committing suicide and doing drugs, it reminded me very much of the old Roman cults of Mars and Bacchus. I appreciate it when they throw a bone to my inner history nerd.
I know everyone loves Sheogorath because of the Shivering Isles expansion, but examined in terms of domain, I think I like Peryite the best, since he's the daedric prince of rules, order, and neatness. Also pestilence, but whatever.
They generally have little to do with each other, so it's like a variety pack of religions. Also, when you would happen upon their little shrines (and giant statues) sequestered in the wilderness where the cultists would spend their days killing, screwing, committing suicide and doing drugs, it reminded me very much of the old Roman cults of Mars and Bacchus. I appreciate it when they throw a bone to my inner history nerd.
I know everyone loves Sheogorath because of the Shivering Isles expansion, but examined in terms of domain, I think I like Peryite the best, since he's the daedric prince of rules, order, and neatness. Also pestilence, but whatever.
I always liked Dagoth Ur and his sixith house cult. Eating corrupt flesh, fever dreams, controlling from a far. Sounds very much like Cthulhu.
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Hail Sithis!
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Hail Sithis!
Wish i could go and hunt some of those daedra lords, just go to where they live, plunder their treasures, kill their minions and bang their heads agaist a wall.
well... azura is alright i guess and maybe nocturnal.
My characters are usually agnostics that believe in nothing but their own power...
well... azura is alright i guess and maybe nocturnal.
My characters are usually agnostics that believe in nothing but their own power...
Talos here. only because they said I couldn't have it and if there is one thing I love its getting all up in the mans face.
I so agree with you serious the Nine Divines BORING... But Deadra you can expect them to do weird stuff. Oh you want me to go there and find that item sounds "simple" [yes this is just the beginning of going all over the map WOOOO] They certainly make things interresting! And Sheogorath is a favourite of mine. Again he might just as well make your dead a hilarious one!Areth_1138 said:
I play as an Argonian, and they are said not to care about religion so much soooo.... yeah. I do tend to take the blessings of talos though, because I like to think that makes me seem more sympathetic towards the nordic cause. (them being rather xenophobic and all that)
Whoever gives me the most stuff. Simple as that.
However I am fond of Meridia. She sounds like a badass.
However I am fond of Meridia. She sounds like a badass.
Metaphors being the main problem. In TES, Talos was a real man, a well documented emperor and what he did isn't impossible in that world, you can still see it in "present day". Jesus, or at least his special powers, are pretty much a myth (no offense to Christians, but my atheistic views aside, I think you can agree Talos is more "provable" in TES than Jesus is in RL).Acrisius said:Dude, just switch out the words or consider them metaphors and you have EXACTLY what Jesus did.Vrach said:Hmmm, if Jesus was an emperor of dragon blood who conquered the Earth and was able to shout enemies to death, I have to admit, I'd be a Christian myselfAcrisius said:
edited for a lore fail up there x.x
OT: Talos' awesomeness aside, Deadra are my favourite. I love them, they're like the Gods of Greek mythology, instead of being perfect, goody two shoes Gods, they're mostly just powerful jackasses
edit: oh and the Tribunal Gods were pretty awesome.
Example, he shouted out disease from people, shouted at water to make it let him walk on it, shouted at fish and bread to make it endless...So he didn't have DRAGON blood, but he did have DIVINE blood, kinda, being son of God and all. And he conquered a lot of the earth by spreading his teachings, and has his own hood up in heaven, etc. Plus, Talos being ascended to Aetherius and becoming a divine is almost a rip off from the bible with Jesus being ascended to heaven, etc.
I'm telling you bro. Talos = Badass Jesus.
Daedra show the same similarities, except with Greek gods, just like you say. Powerful Jackasses indeed
Try pissing them off if you can when you play Skyrim, be really ungrateful and cocky. They're fun
And yeah I already fucked Azura over. Which I'm kinda sad about as I like her and she's the only good Deadra, but guaranteed Grand souls? Hells yeah. I'm not even sure what creatures have Grand souls in Skyrim. Dragons would be an obvious guess, but I hit a few of them with my Soulripper (my personal little soul reaping dagger) and saw a "resisted" message one too many times so not sure if they're immune. Guessing Ice Trolls or Giants maybe? But no clue, usually it was the Deadric creatures in previous games and the only ones of those I've seen so far are the dudes the guy in Azura's Star summons on your arse to defend himself.
The Nine. It just isn't complete with Talos...
As seen in Knights of the Nine: Talos DOES have divine power - as his power is what leads to [color= white]Umaril's final and true defeat.[/color]
As seen in Knights of the Nine: Talos DOES have divine power - as his power is what leads to [color= white]Umaril's final and true defeat.[/color]
While i played Morrowind i worshiped none of them. My char was so powerful i actually killed Vivec....all those Daedra shmocks better be careful.
These days however i like Nocturnal. I don't really need his/her unbreakable lock-pick but since im playing with a stealthy sneaky character we are super best friends
These days however i like Nocturnal. I don't really need his/her unbreakable lock-pick but since im playing with a stealthy sneaky character we are super best friends