Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3225355-20150107041151/@comment-27007772-20150108162052

Draevan13 wrote: ShawnHowellsCP wrote:

1) In oblivion it is a High elf whom Mannimarco has possessed, not his real body.

2) His soul was torn from his body. Funny thing is, he shouldn't have a soul at that stage. He should be a lich, a walking corpse without soul, as his soul should be bound to the Helmet or other object at that stage.

3) Books are all speculation in game, from characters, especially who writes them. Many, many in game books are either false, or tell only half the truth.

4) Warp in the West is just a nickname for "hole in time", something touched on in every single game. The Elder Scrolls themselves are literally holes in the universe/time. They exist and don't exist, and have no considerable or un-considerable numbers. 1) Could be the same for ESO, then.

2) Well no, in ESO his body is destroyed, but his spirit lives on. Possessing a body, like you said before.

3) Other than those books, we have no history for Mannimarco. It's not hard to believe he studied with the Psijics, though.

4) True, but it was still a HUGE retcon/lore change to make all endings canon. The biggest in the series,I believe. ESO's changes are paltry by comparison.

You forget the part of Mannimarco were he becomes a god. That wasn't even mentioned in ESO, and they left that part for granted. Mannimarco himself actually gives his backstory in Daggerfall, and he is the only character you can give the totem too that doesn't lie to you. Honestly, he was the most likable friend you had in that game.

And the biggest change was either

1) Adding Alduin, the kalpa-eater outside of his kalpa-eating form

2) Tribunal

3) CHIM