Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6702118-20140722142914/@comment-5989209-20140722220811

Pelinal Whitestrake wrote:

I have one serious question.

Do you know the concept of Subgradients?

TES is all about subgradients. Everything is a Subgradient of the Godhead. Including Anu & Padomay.

Akatosh and Lorkhan being completely Anu & Padomay would not make any sense at all, as Anu & Padomay exist outside of the Aurbis and are the first Subgradient of the Godhead. Akatosh & Lorkhan are on a much lower Subgradient. I'll explain it:

0. Godhead =

1. Anu & Padomay =

2. Anuiel & Sithis =

3. Aka & Lorkhan =

4. Akatosh, Alduin, all other Time Gods, Dragons & Shor, Sheor, all other Space Gods, Shezarrine

That's how it works.

You may be right that they are essentially the same, but the thing is that everything in the TES Universe is just the Godhead broken down into several subgradients. Which means that a rock has as much to do with Anu & Padomay like, let's say, Mara does. Few things, Anuiel and Sithis' relationship to Anu and Padomay is a little more complicated than Akatosh's and Lorkhan. Second, while what Alessia called Akatosh is more of a fusion of Lorkhan and Auriel, when I say Akatosh I mean what the Dragons do, which I assume is the closest to the truth, Alduin calls his "father" Akatosh, so I can believe that this may even be his true name. Finally, I believe we may have a misunderstanding of what I mean when I say Akatosh is Anu. I mean that Akatosh is the Aedric embodiment of Anu, which is a lot different than Mara, who is formed through Akatosh existing. You saying that Akatosh is as much related to Anu as Mara is to Anu is something I've honestly never seen before. Take the Dragonborn, for instance. Perhaps an extension of Lorkhan and Akatosh, s/he is a subradient of the Ehlfoney, to say that s/he has as much to do with Akatosh or Lorkhan as Lokir the Horse Thief would not be true.