Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130629212310/@comment-8248675-20140116053923

Shor and Lorkhan is one and the same. Shor is Nordic name of the divine, while Lorkhan is the name that mer call him. The Imperials refer to that divine as Shezar I believe.

In anycase, the way I see it, yes he was defeated by Trinimac, his heart was ripped out and Auriel shot it with his bow to Padomaic Ocean, where Vardenfell and Red Mountain appeared. However, after he was defeated, divines had seen the purpose of Mondus finally, as unstable as it was. To make Shor's sacrafice not go to waste, they used what remained of him to make Mondus stable. His heart already made the first anchoring tower, if I am not mistaken his bones were used as well (Hence "Shor's bones!" saying I believe), finally his sundered halves had become Messer and Secunda. After finally seeing Shor's vision and admiring his sacrafice, other divines decided to reconciliate their brethren. He didn't take his place amongs the divines, but they allowed him his own realm, Nordic after life. His physical body, in mortal world at least is gone, but his spirit probably manifested in Sovengarde. Shor/Lorkhan had become like Osirus, the first king of Nords who was slained by his brethren, but was given the domain over Nordic afterlife.

For more information on my theories about Shor/Lorkhan, please look at my blog with similar name. But to sum it up, Shor/Lorkhan is neiter alive or dead. He probably cannot manifest in Mondus, but he should be able to in his domain. For exmple, Tsun was the other Nordic god that was killed in battle with mer gods. Tsun is shield thane of Shor and god of trials, he is represented by a whale (Hence the Whalebone bridge). Even though he was supposed to be killed too, you can see him very well in Sovengarde, you can even fight him there. So if Tsun supposedly dead too, why is that he is present in Sovengarde and Shor is not? If being dead supposed to be preventing Shor from being there? Oh and last time I checked, Sovengarde is where dead people go when they die, well at least Nords. Oh and a bit off topic, but Tsun is also a brother of Stuhn or Stenddaar the god of mercy and ransome, represented by a bear.