User blog:SajuukKhar/Lorkhanic Rambling

In this blog I eventually plan to detail many lore bits people may not know of.

The first I would like to talk about is Lorkhan, or more specifically, his avatars.

Lorkhan, as we all know, was the spirit responsible for bringing the other spirits together to create the mortal realm, an act which earned him a death sentence when Triminac tore out his heart.
 * "Finally Trinimac, Auriel's greatest knight, knocked Lorkhan down in front of his army and reached in with more than hands to take his Heart. He was undone." ~ The Monomyth

However, losing his heart was not Lorkhan's final act, indeed, he has come time and time again, under the guise of various avatars, to help the world in its time of need. These avatars are linked together across time, through various symbols.

The greatest of these symbols is that of the missing heart. The heartless man is a symbol shared by many throughout Tamrilic history, and even shared by Lorkhan's father, Sithis. The missing heart is also shared by another famous Tamrelic hero, Pelinal Whitestreak, also known as The Divine Crusaider. Note the use of the word myth-echo, which draws attention to how Pelinal mirrors Lorkhan. Furthermore, Pelinal is known to be connected to Lorkhan's father, Sithis/Padomay Pelinal is also important for his known to have gone by many names. Several of these named persons appear throughout time, the most prominent being Ysmir. Ysmir is a title, meaning Dragon of the North, given to several Dragonborn across history, the most noteable being the nordic king, Ysmir Wulfharth. Ysmir Wulfharth was a Nordic King between 1E480 and 1E533 who was gifted great magic by Shor, the Nordic version of Lorkhan, and eventually brought back to life by Shor himself to become the immortal Underking, who would be baslted to ash and reformed several times. What interesting to note though is how Ysmir died. Much in the same way that Lorkhan had his heart removed by Triminac, Auri-El's greatest Knight, Ysmir had his soul taken from him by Zurin arctus, Tiber Septim's greatest battlemage. Note specifically how is heart is said to have left his body, just as Lorkahn's, and reared a hole through Zurin Arctus's chest.
 * "Lorkhan (The Missing God):  He convinced or contrived the Original Spirits to bring about the creation of the mortal plane, upsetting the status quo -- much like his father Padomay had introduced instability into the universe in the Beginning Place." ~ Varities of Faith in The Empire
 * "All Tamrielic religions begin the same. Man or mer, things begin with the dualism of Anu and His Other. These twin forces go by many names: Anu-Padomay, Anuiel-Sithis, Ak-El, Satak-Akel, Is-Is Not." ~ The Monomyth
 * "So Sithis begat Lorkhan and sent him to destroy the universe." ~ Sithis
 * As we can see here, in the statue of Sithis in Deepscorn Hollow, Sithis is missing his heart, just as his son Lorkhan is.
 * "Still others, like Fifd of New Teed, say that beneath the Pelinal's star-armor was a chest that gaped open to show no heart, only a red rage shaped diamond-fashion, singing like a mindless dragon, and that this was proof that he was a myth-echo, and that where he trod were shapes of the first urging." ~ The Song of Pelinal, Volume 6: On His Madness
 * "And it is said that he emerged into the world like a Padomaic, that is, borne by Sithis and all the forces of change therein." ~ The Song of Pelinal, Volume 6: On His Madness
 * "Also during the Late Merethic Era the legendary immortal hero, warrior, sorcerer, and king variously known as Pelinal Whitestrake, Harrald Hairy Breeks, Ysmir, Hans the Fox, etc., wandered Tamriel, gathering armies, conquering lands, ruling, then abandoning his kingdoms to wander again." ~ Before the Ages of Man
 * For his zealotry, King Wulfharth was called Shor's Tongue, and Ysmir, Dragon of the North. ~ The Five Songs of King Wulfharth
 * Shor gathered an army as he did of old, and then he sucked in the long-strewn ashes of King Wulfharth and remade him, for he needed a good general. ~ The Five Songs of King Wulfharth
 * Wulfharth goes underground to wait and strengthen and reform his body anew. Oddly enough, it is Almalexia who disturbs his rest, summoning the Underking to fight alongside the Tribunal against Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal, the Akaviri demon.~ The Arcturian Heresy
 * When they do, Ysmir is blasted to ash again. ~ The Arcturian Heresy
 * "The Underking arrives and is ambushed by Imperial guards. As he takes them on, Zurin Arctus uses a soulgem on him. With his last breath, the Underking's Heart roars a hole through the Battlemage's chest." ~ The Arcturian Heresy

Zurin Arctus is another important figure in the tale of Lorkhan, for, as pointed out above, the heart of Ysmir blasted a hole into his chest, making Zurin like Lorkhan. But beyond that, Zurin Arctus is know to have come back to life after this event, as the immortal Underking, the title previous held by Ysmir. Furthermore Zurin Arctus is also known to have had other names, one of which may be familiar to you. Note how Mannimacro calls Arctus by the name Anand the fox, similar to Hans the Fox, another name for Pleinal, while at the same time listing Pelinal and Ysmir, both names for the same person, in the same group. There is a rather staggering series of names and symbols all connecting these various figures, could they be coincidental? possibly, but I find it unlikely.
 * Tiber Septim is succeeded by his grandson, Pelagius I. Pelagius is just not of the same caliber. In truth, he's a little nervous with all these provinces. Then an advisor shows up. "I was friends with your grandfather," the Underking says, "He sent me to help you run the Empire."  ~ The Arcturian Heresy
 * Mannimarco, God of Worms, the Necromancers: “The Three Thieves of Morrowind could tell you where they were. So could the High King of Alinor, who was the one who broke it in the first place. There are others on this earth that could, too: Ysmir, Pelinal, Arnand the Fox or should I say Arctus? " ~ Where were you when the Dragon Broke?
 * Lorkhan's missing heart
 * Sithis's missing heart
 * Pelinal's missing heart
 * Ysmir's stolen soul and heart
 * Zurin''s chest hole
 * Zurin taking on the title of Underking and power's after Ysmir kills him with his heart
 * Pelinal, Ysmir, and Zurin, aka the fox, being the names of the same person

to be continued....