Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3573184-20130902212901/@comment-3573184-20130903193931

77.172.125.107 wrote: The main difference is ascended beings seem to stay that way and the Walkabout involves returning to mortality. I was just wondering how that fits into the concept.

The walkabout existed before the mortal realm did, and thus, before there was such a thing as mortality, in fact, the mortal realm was created supposedly to an easier alternate to the walkabout.

"Sep (The Snake): Yokudan version of Lorkhan. Sep is born when Tall Papa creates someone to help him regulate the spirit trade. Sep, though, is driven crazy by the hunger of Satakal, and he convinces some of the gods to help him make an easier alternative to the Walkabout. This, of course, is the world as we know it, and the spirits who followed Sep become trapped here, to live out their lives as mortals." ~ Varieties of Faith

The "spirit trade" mentioned here is likely the immortal spirit being "reborn" when they die again, or going to and fro from Atherius and Oblivion.

It is a unrelated concept to the 6 walking way which seek to find a form of divinity beyond anything in Oblivion or Atherius.

The only real connection between the walkabout and the 6 walking ways is that the walkabout may have inspired the creation of the 6 walking ways which seek to find something beyond the walkabout.