Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-31479849-20170309060007/@comment-9212235-20170309084136

That's because you don't understand C0DA. This isn't your fault. Most don't understand it, and ultimately, that's really OK. So please let me help you by linking Lady Neravar's post about it. If you don't know, Lady Neravar is a long time prominant member of the TES lore community, since the days of Morrowind and beyond. She is highly knowledgable about TES lore. She also happens to be Michael Kirkbide's wife, so she has some extra insight into this.

Short verion of the post below: It was never meant to be part of the games. Never meant to be taken at face value. It is the meaning behind the story that matters. It is the things we learn from it that matters.

https://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/2reyef/what_is_c0da_an_answer/

As for the story and all of the meaning behind it... well that takes a lot to explain. I will touch on the main points and what you have specifically talked about.

- Outlandish Premise - 

This isn't really that outlandish. When you dig deep into the lore you will find a shit ton of extremely obscure references to a shit ton of extremely obscure events, both in universe and out. In this particular case, the name explains it quite well. In music, a coda is an ending to a song that keeps the same ideas of the song, but changes the tone. In this case, TES is fantasy with some sci-fi and C0DA is sci-fi with some fantasy. The entire point of the plot is to finish the story of Morrowind and to tie up a bunch of loose ends left in the game.

- Thalmor destroying Man -

There are lots of hints all oveor that Man is not completely gone. Most of the deep lore community do not believe they succeeded in this, as evidenced by Talos' presence at the bachelor party. In reality, the Thalmor and their plot are not important to C0DA.

- Giant Robot Soul Thing -

This is Numidium. He is extremely important to the lore. He is present in TES II: Daggerfall as a main plot point. He is mentioned repeatedly in TES III: Morrowind. He is where the Dwemer disapeared to. He helped Talos Stormcrown defeat the Altmer and unite all of Tamriel under the rule of the 3rd Empire. He is a REALLY big deal.

- The Moon -

I'm not sure why being on the moons is such a big deal to you. Are you stuck on the idea that the moons are inhospitable like Earth's moon? If so, please understand that this is not the case. You are (almost certainly) on the moons when you are in Sovngarde. You go to the Plane of Jode in ESO, which is on the moon. Mananauts lived on the moons during the 2nd empire, and possibly continue to do so even today. As far as the races getting there, the Khajiit can climb to the moons and the Dunmer were transported there by Vivec.

- Dude Who Speaks Good -

This isn't just any dude. He is the most important dude in all of history. He is the realization of Lorkhan's entire plan. Jubal achieves Amaranth and starts his own Dream (universe). As far as him "speaking good" as you put it, this has a lot of religious undertones. Kirkbribe has a degree in comparative religion, and this can be seen a lot in his work. The most simple way to describe what happend is that he changed the nature of Numidium. You see, Numidium was built by the Dwemer to deny existence so they can transcend the Dream and escape this reality that they viewed as false. As Jubal says in C0DA, Numidium is like a teenager. He only says "NO!" to everything. Jubal got him to change his nature, and as such was able to defeat him.

- Purpose of the Story -

Now what does this all mean, exactly? Well, this story exists to paint the picture of the Amaranth, the one who creates new life. He sacrificed himself to carry on and birth the Nu-Man.

Thing is, you don't really have to like it. That is actually the point it is making. You make your own choices, just like Jubal did. Please feel free to ask any follow up questions if you wish. I would be more than happy to clarify anything that either you don't like or aren't sure of.