Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130629212310/@comment-73.181.60.179-20170123081214

This whole thread got really off topic, some of them were talking about Chim, Vivec and the dwemer! Hah, no, not today. Op, the answer is quite simple really, Shor is not there because his divine light would blind the dragonborn. Im sure Shor would rather not have a blind Dohvahkiin when they still have Alduin, Miraak, and Lord Harkon to kill. Its possible The Dragonborn is Shor and thats why he can sit upon his throne, Shor isnt there and the heroes follow you, but it's not confirmed, just a compelling fan theory I rather like (TLDB is most likely a shezzarine though).

As to who Shor is, as I understand it (I may be wrong) he is apart of the dead God Lorkhan. He is dead, just like his counterpart of Lorkhan, and thats why he is in Soverngarde. He is kinda dead and is basically represnted as a skeleton wrapped in furs, but kinda still divine, if that makes sense. Soverngarde is the embodiment of Shor in the first place. The bridge is a whales bones, and if you look down, it seems what lies below is a whales remains, that is because Tsun (The Nordic god of patience and honor, the guy that tests you at the bridge, you know the one) was one of Shors holy knights and chose to appear to Mortals as a whale, for whatever reason. He died along with Shor in the war against the Eleven Pantheon.

Lastly, Talos. Talos mantled Lorkhan, basically taking his place. Talos is the combined soul of shezzarines like Wulfharth, Tiber Septim, and other dragonborns, except for Miraak, I think it said he was to malevolent to be a shezzarine. Anyway, yeah, combined souls into one big soul that took the vacant spot of god parking, to put it comedically. While that was happening, and Imperial saint combined Auri-El (elven version of Akatosh) and Lorkhan (Already talked about him) into one being, Akatosh. Thats how akatosh was spawned. Akatosh was just like "Okay Ysmir, you can be the ninth divine." My proof? In game stuff, things people said in the thread above, and this image http://tinyurl.com/grejfry

'''As you can see, that is Talos/Ysmir/Tiber/Wulf/All his other names, he is about to plunge an Iron sword into a snake. That is representitive of two things'''

1: His status as Dragonborn, as Dragons are basically serpents.

'''2: Lorkahn choose (Chooses...?) To appear to Mortals as Snakes, that is his aspect. That is basically Talos killing an aspect of Lorkhan and taking his place.'''

I hope that clears it up, thats not exactly everything, but it's close enough, so I dont have to make this longer than it already is.