Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26476878-20160228112842/@comment-31396746-20170403013552

I reckon magic imply can't be fully understood by mortals. You can have all the theories you like, but you can't understan properly. Therefore, magic can only be fully understood by gods, the aedra, daedra and tribunal. I'm not including other things that don't grow old like vampires and spirits as they can still die by other means. This applies both in game and in the real world, we are mortal, so cannot understand immortal energies. When asked about various things such as time, the dragons have struggled to explain in terms a mortal would understand. Because of course, the dragons are the closest to the truly immortal that you can find on nirn.