Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-62.31.43.199-20131118141224/@comment-73.152.152.117-20160628201701

Amperial wrote: If the existence as a vampire (a creature of Molag Bal, nothing less) is a part of being worthy in the eyes of Auri-El, the existing tenets of the faith have to be seriously rethought. But who is to say you are wrong?

Maybe the wheel has to turn again and we have to strike Akatosh (now revealed to be a face of Molag Bal) from the list of divines.

Who is next?

So you know how the difference between Aedra and Deadra is the Aedra sacrificed themselves to become Mundus, right? Think about this for a moment: Lorkhan tricked Deadra into sacrificing themselves to become Mundus, a process that was so unstoppable that it took Lorkhan with it. But the creation stories mention an architect, someone who laid the groundwork and the plane for which Mundus would grow by taking the power and bodies of the Deadra who were suckered into it.

That someone is called Magnus, the being who at the last minute pulled out of the project as he saw what was going to happen to those involved. But he was not able to pull out unscathed, his power remaining in Mundus to form Magicka and the rules of Magic, which follow their own laws due to having an origin somewhat outside of Mundus. That someone would have to be a Deadra, and would still be alive, because they avoided being consumed in the process that claimed the others.

In Oblivion, Mankar Camoran claims that Mundus was once a Plane of Oblivion to a certain Deadric Prince, and that he wants back what is rightfully his. Since the creation stories openly admit someone laid the groundwork for Mundus, it is entirely possible Camoran is not lying. However, that would mean...

That is right, Mehrunes goddamn Dagon is Magnus, the only Deadra who escaped being consumed despite buying into the Mundus Plan, the one who created the original Plane of Oblivion that Mundus would be born into, and subsequently the origin of all magic.

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