Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-170.251.220.168-20170310152758/@comment-9212235-20170328200020

Yeah, there is some misinformation here. There are some separate thoughts here that have been mushed together. Tamriel is in fact the Arena, but it is not made by the gods for mortals to fight. It is the Arena because it is in constant conflict. The Aurbis (universe) is the creation of the mind of Anu, and his mind is in conflict. Mundus, being the center of the universe, and Tamriel, being the center of Mundus, is the center of this conflict. This is why war exists. This is why people fight. Not because any god or gods force them, but because the subconciousness of the Godhead is intuitively conflicting with its self. This is the Anu/Padomay duality. It all comes back to that.

The purpose of Tamriel comes from Lorkhan, who put the plan together to make Mundus in order for the et'ada (original spirits) to become mortal. The reason behind this is because only mortals can achieve CHIM and Amaranth. Immortal spirits do not have the ability to self reflect enough to realize the truth.

The continents are destroyed for a multitude of different reasons. Yokuda was destroyed by the Pankratosword, which is a cutting technique that "splits the atomos." Basically, the TES version of a nuke. This destroyed the continent. Why it's destroyed is something else entirely. It's a memory of the Godhead, Anu. It is a past rememberence of a lost land, as remembered by Anu.

Hope this helps.