Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-179.154.18.7-20150103210011/@comment-13446185-20150103221610

Padomay = The original opposite force to Anu.

Sithis = An incarnation, of sorts, of Padomay that makes up part of the Aurbis (universe). Sithis is the opposite force of Anuiel.

Void = Multiple things. I'll give them separate unofficial names to distinguish the different meanings of the term in TES lore.


 * Original Void: The original Void is the absolute nothingness that came before Anu and Padomay in the first dream, and by nothingness, I do mean absolutely nothing. Even calling it "nothing" would be technically wrong as that implies it was something.


 * Second Void: A bit more complicated. This is what is outside of Anu's dream, that being the Aurbis, or infinite universe in which TES takes place in. Like the original Void, it can't be really called a place as that would imply that it exists (which it can't because it is non-existence). This may very well be the original Void in which Anu and Padomay popped out of but I kept this separate from the first definition because I'm not sure.


 * Oblivion (Pseudo-Void):  "The Void" is sometimes used to refer to Oblivion because that is kind of what it is. Oblivion was originally created when certain spirits saw the Void outside of Aurbis and decided to imitate it to build their own realms (i.e the Daedric realms), and these separate, yet infinite, Voids, sort of morphed togethor to form Oblivion (but still technically stayed separate). Oblivion itself has been stated to be an echo of the Void. I honestly think that Sithis sort of embodies Oblivion, but don't quote me on that.

So from a technical viewpoint, neither Sithis or Padomay are really the true Void.