Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-95.94.124.138-20130922100323/@comment-24999978-20140731201744

Panic the Wolf wrote: You have a point. Shor and other gods presumably existed long before the Nord race arose from the common ancestral race of all human races. It is thus not unreasonable to believe that Sovngarde is of the same age, and that as such access to it is a matter of belief and not race. Although only Atmorans, alongside Nords, are found in Sovngarde. We do not see any individuals in Sovngarde other than Atmorans or the 'purest' remaining strand of them, the Nords, both of whom share (or used to share, before the Nordic pantheon became Imperialised) some theological similarities in relation to some figures like Shor, suggesting that may be part of the reason. Ideology is an important compenent in the composition and structure of a race. The same to Xeromaus, souls are indeed colourblind, but ideology and culture have an instrinsic link to race in TES.