[X] My Assistant

[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?

[McBadgere]

Mundus is the plane or realm of existence that encompasses Nirn, its moons, and attendant Aedric planets


and


Alone of the constellations it is said to be formed of Unstars, rather than stars and planets.

Fair dues...Ta...

So what this basically says is that the monomyth is just so much beautifully written backwards medieval superstition as ours was before Galileo managed to turn a telescope on the universe... ...Excellent...

So I wonder what it says about the giant stellar dust cloud that obscures what is obviously supposed to be the bight centre of the galaxy that bisects the sky at night...

I did the "Go up the mountain and just watch" thing...So beautiful...Amazing bit of programming...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Sep 14 2014, 10:12 AM

[Acadian]

Heh, all I know (aside from big moon / little moon) is that there is a tight cluster of three stars that Buffy uses to help navigate at night since they are always due north. North Stars if you will. - - Here you go, in the upper left sky.

[ghastley]

If you want to be further confused, try and reconcile the Orrery in Oblivion with the night sky.

[mirocu]

Heh, all I know (aside from big moon / little moon) is that there is a tight cluster of three stars that Buffy uses to help navigate at night since they are always due north. North Stars if you will. - - Here you go, in the upper left sky.

This is pretty much the extent of my lore knowledge too...

[McBadgere]

I've never seen the orrery... ...I'm not sure it's even on the PS3 one...

I've seen pics of it...So awesome...

That pic of the three stars and the moons...I'm guessing with the moons that the big one's Masser and the little, Secundus...I think the bright star at the bottom of the three is what made me wonder about the other planets...It looks like how Jupiter appears in the sky...

I can't get decent screenshots else I'd show you where I think they - well, at least two of them - are...

The other thing about your photo...When I look at the moons on my game they're separated by a fair degree...In yours, Secundus is about to precede Masser...I wonder if there really is an orbital mechanics mechanic in the game?... ...*Awed*... ...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Sep 14 2014, 01:51 PM

[haute ecole rider]

The other thing about your photo...When I look at the moons on my game they're separated by a fair degree...In yours, Secundus is about to precede Masser...I wonder if there really is an orbital mechanics mechanic in the game?... ...*Awed*... ...

I do think there is some sort of orbital mechanics in play regarding the moons. I'm not so sure about the stars, I don't think the Three Sisters (or the Three Bears, depending on whom you talk to) that Acadian refers to move much across the sky - they might be close to the pivot point like our own Polaris is, and all the other stars rotate about it. Wouldn't it be sooooo cool if that were the case??

[McBadgere]

Makes sense if they are the pole stars™...They are northern stars, for defo... ...Blimey, Robert/Tharryn may have to do some skywatching...

*Grabs binoculars*... ...