Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11276487-20130713025241/@comment-11345660-20130722204836

Well now it seems we have moved on from daedra vs. Aedra and on to is Alduin a god? How quaint. Anyway, going back to the ol argument of the Daedra vs. Aedra, just to show you guys something, going off of what Emperor Johnson said, where does it say it takes all of a Divine's power to make a Divine? In fact, there is one myth of Arkay, God of Death I believe, on how he came to be a god as well. Granted it might not be true, but it is worth noting. In this tale, he is a mortal man and he finds a book that tells him the secrets of life and death. As soon as he is beginning to understand it, he falls ill. On the verge of Death, Mara came to him and offered him a choice. Try to teach mankind everything you know and become a Divine, or die a mortals death. Obviously, Arkay chose the god choice. Now again, it might not be true, but for now let's just assume it is. If this happened, then it looks like  Mara easily made Arkay a god, so maybe it is not as power consuming as Emperor Johnson thinks, therefore, making Talos a god wouldn't actually be that hard, or maybe the Aedra have more power than we know of.

It is mere speculation, but so is everything else on this thread. We can never know for sure until we actually see an Aedra battle a Daedra. Onto his observation of Nocturnal bypassing the barrier between Nirn and Oblivion. She wasn't there for very long was she? So maybe the barrier still works, but Daedra can only still bypass the barrier for only a short period of time. That would explain why summoned dremora or atronachs dissapear after a short while. But the barrier works all the same. It prevents full fledged invasion, as the daedra can only stay for only a tiny bit of time. I'll call it the "Daedra Time theory," and refer to it as such in the future.

This theory refutes Emperor johnsons last paragraph. But I do agree with his All hail sheogorath statement. I am a madman after all.

But, onto the new argument, Alduin is a god. I'm not sure what to think of this one. While Akatosh claims to be the first born of Akatosh, he is not directly related to him, but he feels it is his birthright to conquer Tamriel. When he claims himself a deity, one must not take the literally all the time. Anyone can claim they are of divine origins. When Ma'Iq the Liar says "Some say Alduin is Akatosh, some say Ma'iq is a liar. Don't believe any of these things." This sheds more light on the situation. Anyone with considerable power can claim they are a god. Heck, the dragonborn defeated Alduin, so we can claim we are gods. So, the deification of Alduin is most likely false, with Alduin playing off Akatosh's depiction as a dragon to make himself seem more powerful and claim rght to rule the world.