Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-9601450-20131225183646/@comment-67.171.74.199-20141002164838

"Why not" you ask? Maybe because the Aetherial Crown and Shield are intended as extremely precious artifacts, the Aetherium Forge is literally unique in the world, and adding entire sets of Aetherium armor and weapons would BLATANTLY violate the lore that all three of these things are unbelievably precious and important artifacts?

Daedric sounds good, yes.

I'm chill with that upgrade idea.

Just because Bethesda did it doesn't mean it's a good idea. In-game lore precedents are important. Fourth-wall development precedents like compromising the vagueness of a previous protagonist or completely reworking the effects and stats of a weapon...sort of mess with the in-game lore, and are therefore problematic.

Yeah, I like the glowing edge too. I thought the double gem on the Oblivion version was a bit tacky.

I worry that you would end up making it a European pheonix, though. The East Asian concept of the pheonix is rather different. Apologies if you already knew that. I'm just a bit of a nitpicker when it comes to history and culture.

- WorshipsMeridia