Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-11474177-20130808012214/@comment-68.228.92.178-20171128182609

68.228.92.178 wrote: As far as I am concerned, LDB may achieve apotheosis by mantling  Hermaeus Mora. Here I give evidence by comparing some details of Oblivion and Skyrim. First of all, either of two has got a highly-explorable Plane of Oblivion, Shivering Isle and Apocrypha. Next, both protagonists of two show great power of their own in front of Daedra Princes. Thus here I would like to assume that LDB may mantle Hermaeus Mora. You have the right idea, but Mantling doesn't work like that. The Underking (Zurin Arctus and Ysmir Wulfharth) partook in an entianomorph with Tiber Septim to become "Ysmir," who then became Lorkhan because the three combined souls closely imitated Lorkhan, which is how Mantling works. The Hero of Kvatch helped in the entianomorph between Jyggylag and Sheogorath known as the Greymarch, and under Sheogorath's instruction, the Hero was able to Mantle Sheogorath. Personally, I believe that the Dragonborn may be able to Mantle Akatosh, for a few reasons:

1. Akatosh & Trinimac tore out the heart of Lorkhan / The Dragonborn tore the heartstone out of that dark elf mage in the Dragonborn DLC, not to mention the fact that hearstones are pieces of Red Mountain.

2. As the Dragonborn has the soul of a dragon, they are already connected to Akatosh.

3. Through the Dawnguard DLC, the Dragonborn may obtain Auriel's Bow, which is confirmed to have belonged to Akatosh.

4. The Dragonborn may also obtain Auriel's Shield, which may or may not have belonged to Akatosh. Because of the unique enchantment and design of the shield, however, I think there is a strong possibility that it did once belong to Akatosh.

5. Akatosh was the first Et'ada to come into existence. Miraak was the first Dragonborn, and the Last Dragonborn absorbed Miraak's soul.

6. If the Dragonborn chooses not to kill Silus during Dagon's daedric quest, then they have beaten Mehrunes Dagon, like Akatosh did during the Oblivion Crisis.

7. Akatosh's home realm used to be Aetherius, which the Dragonborn visited when they went to Sovngarde.

8. The Dragonborn has the ability to bend time, and Akatosh is the Dragon God of Time.

9. Technically, because Men are descended from the Wandering Ehlnofey, the Dragonborn is also a distant, distant blood relative of Akatosh.

10. The College of Winterhold questline is also analogous to the Oblivion Crisis: a hero represented by a dragon (the Dragonborn / Akatosh) saves the world from an evil being (Ancano / Mehrunes Dagon) that was trying to gain power by abusing an ancient artifact (the Eye of Magnus / the Amulet of Kings) that was made by an Et'ada (Magnus / Lorkhan).

11. If the Dragonborn sides with the Empire during the Civil War, then they and General Tullius kill Ulfirc Stormcloak, a hero of the Nords. As stated earlier, Akatosh and Trinimac killed Lorkhan, the hero of mankind.

In summary, no amount of "accomplishments" would allow the Dragonborn to become a god, but if their soul closely mirrored Akatosh, then they might be able to Mantle Akatosh upon their death and become a new Dragon God of Time, with a different name--maybe something like Diiv-Tiid or Dovahtiid.