Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-73.21.174.250-20150718065553/@comment-9212235-20150727050503

A lot of what I'm about to say may require follow ups. Feel free to ask additional questions.

1. Go read The Monomyth and Annotated Anuad to start with this. The concept of good vs. evil does not exist within the metaphysics of the Aurbis (the name for the universe which I will use from here on out). The Aurbis is described as a dream. However, this is an imperfect word for it, as it is real and living beings exist. Also the Dreamer, known as Amaranth or the Godhead, cannot wake. It isn't possible despite what many say or think. This Dreamer was a being in another mostly unknown universe, although speculation has it potentiall as Yokuda. The Dreamer is Anu, although he is often called Ald-Anu, Ald meaning before, pre, or original (hense the term Aldmer). Anu has an antithisis, Padomay, who was his brother or potentially the Id of his personality (see Freud's ego, super-ego, and id). The Annotated Anuad explains the story, but in short, Anu and Padomay both loved Nir. Nir loved Anu so Padomay killed Nir. Anu banished Padomay for it and in his grief slept in a sun. The event of him sleeping is his acheivement of Amaranth. Padomay returned to mess with the Dream, this being quite likely not actual Padomay, but instead Anu's mind fracturing from stress and grief. Alternatively, it is actual Padomay as Anu's Id. Anu being the Super-Ego. Their interplay within Anu's Dream created the et'ada, or "original spirits" who would later become the Aedra, Daedra, Magna Ge, Earth Bones, and mortal creatures. Within deep lore communities you may see reference of something called "sub-gradients." This is more easily seen at the top level as it trickles down. Within the dream, Anu and Padomay birth their "souls" (note: yet again another imperfect term). To more precisely describe it, they are the Aurbical manifestation of Anu and Padomay. These are Anui-El and Sithis. They are like physics and math, with Anui-El being Statis, or IS, and Sithis being Change, or IS NOT. Thanks to the Dark Brotherhood, many believe their stories of Sithis. In truth, they worship Mephala and/or Vivec, not Sithis like they believe. If Anui-El is an integer, such as 1 or 2, Sithis is a + or a -. Together they form the physical laws of the Aurbis, but they are not beings. They do, however, birth beings of themselves into the Aurbis. These are the physical manifestations of Stasis and Change within. They are Aka the original time god and Lorkhan the god of space.

2. You will often see people use the term Plane(t) because the planes within the Aurbis are seen as such my mortals because the concept of invinite space is impossible to behond and thus is seen as spheres in the sky. Nirn is just one Plane(t) created by those who followed Lorkhan's plan.

3. There are three main realms within the Aurbis. Mundus the mortal realm. Oblivion is the realm of the Daedra. Aetherius is the realm of creation. The structure of the realms has Mundus at its center, with Nirn at the center of Mundus. Oblivion surounds Mundus, and Aetherius surrounds Oblivion. It is important to note that all realms, as well as all Plane(t)s are infinite in size, so one realm "surrounding" another gets a bit metaphysical.

4. As above, "beyond" Oblivion is Aetherius. Beyond Aetherius is the outside the Wheel. The Wheel is the metaphysical structure of the Aurbis. In other words, beyond Aetherius is nothing. Many people atribute this to the Void, as this is where Lorkhan went when he viewed the Wheel, but the Void could easily be a metaphysical metaphor. In truth, beyond Aetherius is likely the Dreamsleeve. Although, it is important to note that the Dreamsleeve also exists everywhere within and without everything. It is omnipresent. What exactly the Dreamsleeve is is a topic debated even among the "top" scholars. What is known for sure is that it is water. Water is memory and the Sleeve is made of memories. The Dreamsleeve is where souls go when they die and have their memories stripped from them so the souls can then be recycled. The Dreamsleeve is also where the Sharmat resides, but... yeah that's an entirely different topic.

5. Magnus the sun should not be confused with Magnus the being. The sun is named after Magnus because it is the hole he tore through Oblivion into Aetherius when he GTFOed out of Mundus. The sun is a hole. There is no helocentralism in the Aurbis. The stars are smaller holes made by Magnus' followers called the Manga Ge.