Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-107.15.194.254-20150824050409/@comment-13730434-20151102185553

Even though it's just a theory, the theory is quite justifiable. With the destruction of the Towers, the Mer believe that they can reach a divine state and that doesn't have to be necessarily true. They believe that Lorkhan tricked them into giving up their mortality. Therefore, they want to reverse creation and reach the state that Ehlonfey himself once had.

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