Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24.158.236.107-20131011014707/@comment-62.31.43.199-20140304213016

Spyrocks wrote:

Dark Jeto wrote: If Anu and Sithis were "inspired" by the Devil, it wasn't because of the reason listed. I wasn't in Bethesda's conference room when they were kicking around ideas for the deities of the Elder Scrolls Lore, so I don't know how they picked out their names.

But to compare Anu and Sithis to the Devil would be an inaccurate comparison, as neither of the two have any moral alignments. Well I do have another question about Sithis, of why he such a dark cult following him like crazy. As for the Daedra Its still a wonder to me, how simuliar they are to demons, I know a lot of people would disagree but I cant help the fact to compare those two together, especially the titans from the greek miths. 62 here, back at it.

They're not exactly following Sithis like crazy. They're following him with unwavering faith, method and purpose. Why? Because he's (or so believed and almost certainly) the Void itself, the original creator of everything, all that we know as life and death, the very concept of change. Hence why the Daedra are entities of shadow and change. They are LITERALLY of his blood.

Speaking of Daedra, no I don't see why a lot would disagree with your comparison, I think it's completely and OBVIOUSLY natural. The first thoughts by anyone not familiar with the lore or even the game, upon watching for example Oblivion's final scene, or just the game trailers, are very naturally "evil", "hell", "demons" and "devil". Whomever observed the actions and looks of those like Mehrunes Dagon, or Molag Bal, or Sanguine, or the Dremora and thought "they were inspired by the bible's beautiful archangels of kindness" was inside a padded cell.

Bethesda has certainly always been aware of this visual impact. So no, I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if this side of creating some of the DP's for the games was indeed inspired in our classic perceptions of frightening demons and hell. But for us that know the lore side, that know what they really are and where they come from, it's obviously innapropriate to classify them as particularly good or evil. But simply as acting out what their inner will (or sphere) drives them to.