Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.118.67.131-20140922181150/@comment-17114085-20140924192852

Pelinal Whitestrake wrote: For all we know, the Thrassian plague could have been a genetically modified bacteria strain. Earth has antibiotica which could take care of it.

Also, Talos is pretty much just standing by while the Thalmor go on and gradually destroy Nirn. For all we know is the same thing as saying we no nothing. Which means you are purely speculating. Also that isn't how antibiotics work. One antibiotic only works on one strain of bacteria, which is why they keep having to make new antibiotics as bacteria evolves and becomes more resilient to our medicine. Even if it was a bacteria that caused the plague our antibiotics wouldn't work against it, our medical scientists would have to create a new antibiotic.

Also that is a whole nother can of worms. Talos, like the other Divines, can't directly interfere with Nirn. Still, if we take into account Pre-4th Era Tamriel one of the Septim Emperors could just brake the Amulet of Kings and turn into an avatar of Akatosh. That would cause major problems for Earth.

The thing is Tamriel is very different from Earth, their power is linear like ours. By that I mean the more time goes on here the more advanced our tech gets and as a consequence the stronger we get. In Tamriel that is not how it is. You can argue that when the Dwemer were still around they were way stronger than they are currently. One could argue that the period they were the strongest was in Tiber's time, as both he and the Tribunal were present and living. Two beings with the CHIM are a major powerhouse.