Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24241449-20131223185825/@comment-13446185-20131224185624

89.245.219.32 wrote: Dovahsebrom wrote: 89.245.239.247 wrote: Atmora seems to be too cold. Even for Nords.

Strange thing is, that Nerevar and Vivec traveled there once... The events that happen within the 36 Lessons of Vivec  aren't always to be taken literally. Nerevar was dead by the time Vivec was a god. Most of the sermons are just allegorys.

"Vivec is a poet. Trust not the words of a poet, as he is born to seduce. Yet for poetry to sieze the heart, it must ring with the chimes of truth."

-Sotha Sil's Last Words I know, but Seht also says that there is- some - truth to them. Vehk was a poet, and wanted to teach the Nerevarine CHIM. But he couldn't just write "Yeah, to achieve CHIM you have to do... because it's way too unpoetical. He wanted to hide the truth in allegorys, and he expected the Nerevarine to be smart enough to find it out.

We can be sure that Nerevar and Vehk didn't both go to Atmora, but we can be sure that there is a underlying message which has some truth to it. I never said they didn't have truth in them, I said

"Most of the sermons are just allegorys."

Vivec hides the truth behind his poetry, this is the reason why I included this...

"Yet for poetry to sieze the heart, it must ring with the chimes of truth."

...part of the quote.

The quote literally means that what Vivec says shouldn't be taken literally but instead looked at differently as it hides the truth.