Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-66.243.250.142-20150427025156/@comment-9212235-20150428141004

Well the honestly Miraak being the LDB of the last kalpa is the communities educated guess based on him being Sharmat, legends, and translation of his prayer thing.

The easiest way to explain Sharmat is anti-CHIM. Dagoth Ur was also Sharmat, so start there. While CHIM is I AM ALL ARE WE, Sharmat is I AM ALL ARE ME. It's a state which you know of the Dream and if everything is the Dream then everything is you, where CHIM is you are everything. It means an attempt of selfish take over, which actually can't happen, but it still can cause some serious problems, such as the take over of the minds of cultists.