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Answered Questions concerning Michael Kirkbride
Is there any piece of lore you regret writing, a piece or fact you wish you could change or revoke its canonity?
The Arcturian Heresy was the worst thing I've ever written. It needs a revisit. There's tons more.
What other universes do you like to play in? Either existing universes or your own personal made-up ones.
I was very proud of my short stint on Star Wars. **** YEAH I WROTE LINES FOR DARTH VADER. And I came up with the idea that he inadvertently created the Alliance and that's canon now, bitches.
I'm working on a new 20-year project now, but it's too soon to really talk about that.
And my New Orleans Invisibles game will finally get off the ground this month, and that's one my favorite universes to play with/study.
What education did you have before you started, and where? Did it help you at all?
I lucked into games. I studied creative writing, painting, and comparative religion in college, but better lucky than good.
I'm glad there are dedicated classes for game design now. They really do help and some of my favorite new designers are graduates from those programs.
What was the last really great game you played?
Skyrim.
How much of a Firefly fan are you?
Love me some Firefly.
Do you have any inspirations for your writings that are especially prominent or significant?
I can't help writing about the Elder Scrolls. Crazytalk time: they won't let me stop, if that makes sense.
If you could change anything in the series, what would it be and why?
I would change Cyrodiil's depiction in Oblivion. While I finally ended up enjoying the game several years after its release, neither the tech or the development of Cyrod was capable of pulling off what the Empire really deserved.
How long did writing the Sermons take?
The Sermons took a week for the first draft, which barely changed after edits. Originally, there were just going to be six of them, but it quickly spiraled out of control as the whole thing began to write itself.
What, in your opinion, is your favourite bit of lore within The Elder Scrolls, and why?
The Dragon Break Re-Examined, because Kurt's the best writer in the series and that piece is so subversive.
So my question is TES has some of the most labyrinthine back story of any fiction I've come across-and I say this as a good thing, there really is so much history in TES. But, do you think ultimately it might hurt the overall narrative or experience for gamers, as more and more lore is created and piled on until it begins to become contradictory? Could speak to the process of creating lore(is there are overarching plan, or is it create-as-you-go), and if/how you are still involved in it?
The best advice I can give about the lore and the creation thereof is something I learned from Uncle Ken:
Tell God's story, then tell the farmer's story, then listen to what the dog has to say.
If you can hit all of those marks, your worlds will seem real.
What kind of inspirations and influences do you draw from, nowadays?
Influences are active play, DeLillo, jazz, and fear of cancer.
This recent revelation about Anu As Amaranth seems to move a little towards a more monotheistic - I wanna use the word "Gnostic" - structure. Are we hearing echoes of your own personal views?
I am proud to be a gnostic heretic, and it colors my work.
The second biggest influence in the structure of TES' mythos would be the mighty, mighty Glorantha. Hands down, the best mythology in games.
Will we be able to buy C0DA?
C0DA will be free.
Is there anything you wish you could've gone back and changed in Morrowind? Or is there anything you wished you'd had a chance to work on lore or design-wise (outside of the stuff you're working on now)?
I regret not sticking around for Tribunal. I would have loved to properly given the same love and treatment for Almalexia and Sotha Sil that I did for Vivec.
I would have also changed Dagoth Ur's voice, and I know I'll get flames for that one. Ben Linus from "Lost" is always the Sharmat's voice in my head.
What's a typical routine for penning a big work like the Lessons? You said that it took a week, but how much of that week was spent writing and doing other stuff?
There really isn't a routine. There's just a drive. C0DA underwent more revisions than most, but that's because it's so ****ing brilliant.
What is your personal opinion on the idea of canon?
Tamriel never belonged to Bethesda. It was the other way around.
As for canon, it's really all interactive fiction, and that should mean something to everyone. That said, I appreciate and understand the stamp of "official", but I think it will hurt more that it will help in the long run.
TES should be Open Source. It is for me.
What do you think about mixing fantasy and sci-fi?
Morrowind was straight up sci-fi fantasy. I thought that was obvious. 🙂
Answered Questions concerning The Elder Scrolls Lore
Were elements of the mythology concerning Vivec - particularly his androgyny - in any way inspired by the Ardhanarishvara, the androgynous aspect of Shiva?
Of course. And I really wanted a magical hermaphroditic badass on the XBox.
Why was Trinimac left behind on Mundus when Auri-El ascended to Aetherius?
Trinimac is probably one of the least understood underpinnings of the whole pantheon. I like him that way, but I would study Mithras if you really want to find out more.
Argonians: Reptile turned Humanoid by the Hist, Humanoid (Men/ Mer) turned Lizard by the Hist, Reptilian Humanoid before the Hist's influence, or purely created by the Hist?
TESO has lots of Argonian love that I don't want to step on. Sorry.
Is Lyg a former Kalpa's name for Tamriel?
Lyg: it's one of the Adjacent Places. It's still there. I wouldn't call it a different kalpa so much as a parallel version of Tamriel.
What caused the Wanderers and Old Ehlnofey to split? What was the cause of their war?
That was the Dawn. Wars then were ideologies given skin.
Would you care to offer some insight on what a more accurate aspiration for the Thalmor's realization of their goals would be, insomuch as it's even possible to write in a sufficiently concise and cryptic manner for an organization that operates on bureaucratically-saturated information overload in more or less everything they do?
The Thalmor is easily the most dangerous organization in the Aurbis. Moreso than Talos.
They cannot be understood. They are the Other and they hate everything that even smells like mortality.
And they're going to win in the end.
Who the Dark Brotherhood's Night Mother truly is?
I'm not really a fan of the Dark Brotherhood as it was depicted in Oblivion or Skyrim. That's a boring kind of evil, which is a shame, because a lot of their quests are masterfully done.
I understand its fan base, though, by which I mean I just smh.
Sermon 22 speaks to the nature of the Night Mother.
What birthed concepts like CHIM and Amaranth? When and what ideas formed to become these concepts that are so frequently pondered today?
CHIM came first, in the earliest studies of the Wheel and the structure of the Aurbis. It kind of birthed itself when I spun the Wheel and saw the "I", and that's when I knew where Lorkhan was going with all of this.
The Amaranth first appeared in the Loveletter, which was a refining of my mythology and its natural "end point".
When and where was Aka-tusk worshipped? I would guess Skyrim and or Atmora, but I can't place a date in that case. Did Aka-Tusk have dragon symbology?
All of the akaspirits, like all of the etada, are quantum figures that shed their skin as each aspect of them becomes more and more self-aware. The Aka-Tusk is a particularly old and needed version of the Time Dragon from the days of the Ehlnofey.
That said, is Pelinal actually a robot/cyborg?
Pelinal: yes, he is. Love that guy.
Why are so many robots traveling back in time (Pelinal, KINMUNE)?
They come back to 'fix' the future. The Jills have to work overtime.
Was KINMUNE the "Eye of Magnus" as represented in Skyrim?
Eye of Magnus: I'll just say I'm a fan of that idea.
Where was Yagrum during the events of Red Mountain? Where/what are the Outer Realms?
Yagrum: In a pocket real called Plot Device.
Is Sotha Sil dead?
Yes, Sotha Sil is dead. You'll see him again in C0DA, though, and he's awesome.
Who -- or what is the Underking?
Better question: WHO are the Underkings?
Could you elaborate on what useful teachings Azura provides to the Dunmer? It seems to have something to do with love (and especially self-love), but I don't really see that in Azura.
Azura deserved what she got at the Trial. Faker.
i looked in a book called the children of the sky, where there is something about Akaviri having something akin to dragon shouts called Kiai. Can you ellaborate on this?
The Tsaesci Creation Myth is probably the last thing I'll ever write about them.
Until I finish the Shonni-etta, and Reman gangbangs all of their forces at Pale Pass.
What does the politcal structure of the An-Xileel look like?
Whatever the An-Xileel wants you to believe it is, don't. These are LIZARDS.
Who exactly is Nir? Oh and you kick ass, specifically for doing this and just in general.
The first possipoint.
How did Mankar recreate himself? Is it similar to the Jung philosophy in that he took control of his own conception and birth? Did he do it through a Dragon Break?
He didn't do it through a Dragon Break. He did it with the Razor, cutting his nymix back into a versioned Dawn. Think Hellraiser and you're close.
I studied [...] comparative religion
Danke, Synthoras, ich war beinahe versucht, das selbst zu posten - 😉Ist zwar nicht mehr neu aber hier.
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Hmm denke das ist kompliezierter,außerdem können wir nicht sicher sein dasIn "Verschiedene Arten des Glaubens" wird gesagt, dass Sheogorath entstand, als "Lorkhans göttlicher Funken erlosch".
Wir wissen von Jyggalag perönlich, dass die anderen Daedrischen Fürsten ihn in Sheo verwandelten, weil sie seine Macht fürchteten.
Können wir also davon ausgehen, dass er Lorkhan zerrissen hat (weil er ja vermutlich noch nicht tot ist) und diese Machtdemonstration die anderen Prinzen, die sich bis dahin durch ihre unzerstörbarkeit für unbesiegbar gehalten hatten, dazu gebracht hat, ihn so zu bestrafen?
eine gute Quelle für Religion ist 😉 ?Bruder Mikhael Karkuxor
von der kaiserlichen Militärakademie
Removed ,entfernt, also nicht erloschen .he is 'born' when Lorkhan's divine spark is removed.
Sithis-förmiges Loch der Welt
bezeichnet.Sithis-shaped Hole
Ok hab gerade die englische Version gelesen und die sagt nichts von einer Militärakademie :huh:.
he is 'born' when Lorkhan's divine spark is removed.
Oder übersetzte ich das falsch?als Lorkhans göttlicher Funken erlosch.
Also haben die Götter (oder zumindest Kynareth) bei Lorkhans verschwinden an Macht gewonnen.
Aedra sind sterblich, Daedra nicht. Und wenn Lorkhan nach all dem immer noch nicht tot ist, ist er wahrscheinlich ein Daedra, oder?
Ich meine, warum sollte ein man einen besiegten Feind leben lassen?
Außerdem könnte das "remove" auch auf die Shezzarine hindeuten, die nun als Sterbliche immer wieder inkarnieren.
Es wird nichts über Aldmeris gesagt ,aber da die die Alt-Ehlnofey die Vorfahren der Mer sind , und Alt Ehlnofey wohl Aldmeris ist ,wurde es durch den Krieg verwüstet.A large fragment of the Ehlnofey world landed on Nirn relatively intact, and the Ehlnofey living there were the ancestors of the Mer. These Ehlnofey fortified their borders from the chaos outside, hid their pocket of calm, and attempted to live on as before. Other Ehlnofey arrived on Nirn scattered amid the confused jumble of the shattered worlds, wandering and finding each other over the years. Eventually, the wandering Ehlnofey found the hidden land of Old Ehlnofey, and were amazed and joyful to find their kin living amid the splendor of ages past. The wandering Ehlnofey expected to be welcomed into the peaceful realm, but the Old Ehlnofey looked on them as degenerates, fallen from their former glory. For whatever reason, war broke out, and raged across the whole of Nirn. The Old Ehlnofey retained their ancient power and knowledge, but the Wanderers were more numerous, and toughened by their long struggle to survive on Nirn. This war reshaped the face of Nirn, sinking much of the land beneath new oceans, and leaving the lands as we know them (Tamriel, Akavir, Atmora, and Yokuda). The Old Ehlnofey realm, although ruined, became Tamriel. The remnants of the Wanderers were left divided on the other 3 continents.
Virtually nothing is known of the elven homeland. Its location, its environment, its politics, its religion, even its current existence are the stuff of conjecture. Translations from the ancient tapestries and texts in the Crystal Tower of Summerset have yielded only the barest of sketches of a beautiful but very strange land. In no representation of Aldmeris are there any trees or life but the Aldmer themselves. It appears always as an endless city, built upon itself over and over again, until no nature remains at all. The highest towers are reserved for interring the dead, a tradition continued on in the Crystal Tower itself.
What has happened in Aldmeris since the elves who settled in Tamriel left is perhaps the oldest of all mysteries. For countless centuries, adventurers have sought "Lost Aldmeris," only to return disappointed, if they return at all. Some say that Aldmeris was sunk into the sea by the angry gods of the Aldmer. Others claim that the elven homeland has left Mundus, and will only return when the races of mer are united as one.
Im mittleren Merethischen Zeitalter verließen die Aldmeri-Flüchtlinge (Sterbliche von Elfengeblüt) ihren dem Untergang geweihten und inzwischen verschollenen Kontinent Aldmeris (auch "Alt-Ehlnofey" genannt) und ließen sich im Südwesten Tamriels nieder. Die ersten Kolonien waren in großen Abständen auf Inseln entlang der ganzen Küste Tamriels verteilt. Spätere Siedlungen auf dem Festland wurden vor allem im fruchtbaren Tiefland des südwestlichen und zentralen Tamriel gegründet. Wo immer die Tiermenschen den Elfen begegneten, drängten die hoch entwickelten, des Schreibens kundigen, technisch versierten Aldmeri-Kulturen die Tiervölker in die Urwälder, Sümpfe, Berge und Ödländer zurück. Der Diamantturm wurde von den Direnni, einem bekannten, mächtigen Aldmeri-Clan, wiederentdeckt und eingenommen. Der Kristallturm wurde auf der Insel Summerset gebaut, später dann auch der Weißgoldturm in Cyrodiil.
Aldmeris is not a real thing.
The only continents that are not real... that would be Aldmeris. The rest of them might have shared Pangaea thing, but only one is a memory. A fabricated memory. Think on Aldmeris and why so many of the Thalmor think the way they do.