Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-213.73.25.172-20180204131751/@comment-35782287-20190414235029

Webspidrman wrote: @A FANDOM user 213.73.25.172 @CatholicPrincess15

At least one elvish story says Magnus left "disgusted"; it probably has to do with the idea that the world he created ended up with mortals in it, and since he didn't want to lose his own life he obviously didn't want anyone else to lose theirs either or be born mortal, or so the thinking would go.

So according to whom you ask Magnus's original design either incorporated mortality, or it didn't and mortality coming into play was because Lorkhan tricked the Et'ada into gjving up their powers and becoming mortal. And a third very pro-man interpretation is that Magnus agreed to give up himself to create Mundus but later changed his mind and bailed. In every version Magnus still leaves though. I thought Magnus' disgust was at Lorkhan for deceiving.