05-20-2007, 04:04 PM
First off, I'm not trying to insult anyone. There was obviously a lot of time spent on lore and it was definitely descriptive and creative, but as someone very well acquainted with TES lore (especially Akavir) It seems that lore you guys have come up with is not consist with suspected lore (how most fans interpret things) though it is mostly consistent with official lore (though there is very little official lore).
First off, after looking at the wiki, I read the religion page. The page depicts a very complex and oriental inspired religion; however it shares almost zero aspects with Tamriel religion. In the real world that is the case, Europe and the Middle East (Tamriel) to share very few religious aspects with Asian religion. There is though a key difference between religion here and on Nirn. On Earth, our origins and any divine beings are a mystery to us, and since we don't truly know anything many cultures come up with their own different explanations. On Nirn however, the origin of Mortals is well-known and a fact and the gods are real, they speak to and even show themselves to mortals all the time. As such, no matter were you are on Nirn religion will be basically the same the only differences being names, symbolism (to explain lofty concepts) and god-heroes/demi-gods. As such, I first envisioned the religions of the different Akaviri regions each having a cosmetically separate (different names) but essentially the same. I think the dragon the was on the right track though. Dragons seemed to have been the Hist of Akavir, a species with more of a connection with the divine and demi-gods in their own right. That being said, Daedra should also be depicted, after all though too are real and they could easily be worshiped in some places of Akavir.
A good read is the snake-men creation myth. It is not cannon, but most fans except it as cannon and the guy who wrote it (mk) wrote MA and most of the books in TES, though not anymore.
Another thing is the depiction of the men of Akavir. It seems that Knifeblossom is not part of the Tsaesci nation, but fan excepted lore would dictate it should, as the humans are either slaves or equals (though I feel they are not either but actually second-class citizens) and thus any rebellious group should still be located in the Tsaesci nation. A good read is This post
First off, after looking at the wiki, I read the religion page. The page depicts a very complex and oriental inspired religion; however it shares almost zero aspects with Tamriel religion. In the real world that is the case, Europe and the Middle East (Tamriel) to share very few religious aspects with Asian religion. There is though a key difference between religion here and on Nirn. On Earth, our origins and any divine beings are a mystery to us, and since we don't truly know anything many cultures come up with their own different explanations. On Nirn however, the origin of Mortals is well-known and a fact and the gods are real, they speak to and even show themselves to mortals all the time. As such, no matter were you are on Nirn religion will be basically the same the only differences being names, symbolism (to explain lofty concepts) and god-heroes/demi-gods. As such, I first envisioned the religions of the different Akaviri regions each having a cosmetically separate (different names) but essentially the same. I think the dragon the was on the right track though. Dragons seemed to have been the Hist of Akavir, a species with more of a connection with the divine and demi-gods in their own right. That being said, Daedra should also be depicted, after all though too are real and they could easily be worshiped in some places of Akavir.
A good read is the snake-men creation myth. It is not cannon, but most fans except it as cannon and the guy who wrote it (mk) wrote MA and most of the books in TES, though not anymore.
Another thing is the depiction of the men of Akavir. It seems that Knifeblossom is not part of the Tsaesci nation, but fan excepted lore would dictate it should, as the humans are either slaves or equals (though I feel they are not either but actually second-class citizens) and thus any rebellious group should still be located in the Tsaesci nation. A good read is This post
Maybe Molag Bal manifests himself as a snake for them?