Questions of Lore., Ask anything! Options

[Black Hand]

Since we started discussing it in the Role-Playing Forum, the idea occurred to Elizabeth Hollow me to have a dedicated thread where any could go too to ask questions relating to Lore in general.

Now, I don't want this to be TES-exclusive as Bethesda has expanded their repertoire a bit, so I invite others who are indeed masters of their respective domains to jump in and answer the many subjects I will not be able too.

To keep it simple, I think a simple format of:

A.) Ask question.

B.)Loremaster quote question and answer, providing links if necessary as others may wish to learn of it in greater detail.

C.)Where it can be avoided, no needless quote pyramids. Okay, okay that's a personal thing...but still: So much quotations!! Though I understand, sometimes your on a phone and can't really do the detailed snipping.

Now these are only guidelines as I see it. Maybe you have a better idea, and should go with that.

Now, my 'expertise' is limited to the The Elder Scrolls Series, and despite my bragging, there are definitely maybe somethings I don't know, but may be able to point in the right direction.


Alright, lets light this candle! Who gets to ask the first question?

[jack cloudy]

I wished I could help with that, but I don't know much about the battles for Red Mountain. (I swear I keep mixing them up.)


So I'll leave two questions.

1: What happened to the Eternal Champion after the events of Arena? (joke answer I can't help but like: The Eternal Champion literally became what the title suggests, constantly taking on new forms whenever the world needs saving. Which in Tamriel seems to be every Fredas.)

2: What exactly did Ulfric do during the Great War? I know he fought for the Empire but that is the limit of it. I have a fanfic going where the main character was at Ulfric's side during it and it would be embarassing if I left out important characters or added things that are blatantly false.

[SubRosa]

2: What exactly did Ulfric do during the Great War? I know he fought for the Empire but that is the limit of it. I have a fanfic going where the main character was at Ulfric's side during it and it would be embarassing if I left out important characters or added things that are blatantly false.

I think that is all they ever say, which is to say, they never say anything more. Did I really say that? About all they really tell us for certain is that he gave up being a Greybeard to join up to fight for the Empire, that he was captured, tortured by Elenwen, and made to believe that he gave up information that led to the Imperial City's capture (which was not true, it had fallen already, but that was not the point, it was just another way to torture him). The Talmor's Dossier says he was allowed to escape. But that of course does not mean he was allowed to escape. I would not be surprised if his escape was quite real, and Elenwen wrote that to cover her ass after the fact. This is the Thalmor after all...

It certainly looks like Galmar and Rikke fought alongside him in the war. Whether either of them were captured or not is unclear. My guess is not. But its pretty open ground for anyone to plow.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Aug 2 2013, 12:00 AM