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?

[Darkness Eternal]

How many people died in the Invasion of Akavir? All of the soldiers and the troopers and the emperor? I want to know the estimate but not the exact number.

[SubRosa]

How many people died in the Invasion of Akavir? All of the soldiers and the troopers and the emperor? I want to know the estimate but not the exact number.

It is hard to say. Bethesda does not like to give out those kinds of details. From reading Disaster At Ionith, four legions were deployed to Akavir. There was going to be two more to reinforce them, but they were held back in favor of sending colonists instead. If an Imperial Legion is a similar strength to a Roman Legion during the Republic it would be about 4,200 soldiers. If it is the same as the early Roman Empire, it would be about 5,200. So we might say between 16,000 - 20,000 soldiers. There is no telling how many colonists arrived. Perhaps the same number as men would have been in the reinforcing legions? That would be from 8,000 - 10,000 people. So we might take the averages and say 18k soldiers + 9k colonists, for 27k total Imperials.

Some of the Expeditionary Force escaped to Septimia, and was rescued by the Imperial Navy. They do not give any numbers though, except that it was that city's original garrison plus the remnants of the Emperor's field army. So my guesstimate would be a few thousand people out of the 27 got away.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Aug 4 2013, 06:53 PM