Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25053842-20140612120806/@comment-71.254.143.221-20140619195501

Jace The Dragon Slayer wrote: Pelinal Whitestrake wrote: Jace The Dragon Slayer wrote: But like I stated above, he doesn't believe the 'Gods' are truly Gods. They may be a higher power than Humans and Mer but, as the Altmer believe, they are over Humans also. So...what says they couldn't just claim to be over everyone as the Altmer have? Looks like you need an introduction to TES lore.

The Aedra (Gods), Daedra and Magna Ge + Magnus are the Et'Ada. The Aedra were the Et'Ada who decided to help Lorkhan build Mundus & Nirn, and who sacrificed parts of themselves for it. The Daedra are the ones who did not want to help Lorkhan and instead wanted to build a realm out of themselves. The Magna Ge + Magnus are the ones who helped build Nirn, but realized that they'd loose almost all of their power if they'd complete Nirn, which is why they fled to Aetherius before Nirn was completed.

All of these are on a Subgradient (or several Subgradients, since there are also the Ada and Ehlnofex) above the "mortal" Subgradient. Basicly, yes, they are truly divine. ''Quoting a post from a member of the Gamefaqs board, "As entities they may exist but there is no proof that they are gods. The people of tamriel/skyrim etc believe that they have an influence over the people, but there is no proof of this whatsoever. They may be powerful beings yes but gods? No." '' It all really comes down to what your (or your character's) definition of what a "god" is. For most people, the 8 1/2 Divines (avereage of the Nord's and Thalmor's number of Divines) would be considerd gods.