Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24640703-20140419210003/@comment-24640703-20140521164830

Dark Jeto wrote: If the Night Mother and Mephala are the same person, the for what purpose does the Night Mother's corpse exist? Yes this is the sort of questioning we need I think, instead of quick assumptions. Even though possessing the spirit or corpse of a special mortal could be the sort of tool that a high Daedra would need to exert such power upon Nirn, which normally is barred.

And Sacred Witness indeed seems for all purposes a credible story. At least as far as what that author personally saw and interpreted. Infact I think it was the first book I ever read years ago around the Night Mother mystery. But that old lady could still be an incarnation of Mephala. Or truly the founder of the Dark Brotherhood, yet not the aethereal spirit that we know, who simply carried on taking the traditional title of all female leaders of the Morag Tong. Or yes she could have become that aethereal spirit, retaining the same title she had in life, and continuing her unholy work now on Sithis' behest. Or not, I dont know.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's always been, or is now, Mephala. Could be. Or could be that Mephala's just obviously related to any murder organisation, like Dibella to any marriage chapel. I'm just not ready to shortcut onto that conclusion yet, at least not simply based on a sort of "Some unrelated piece of info from canonic book happens to match some unrelated piece of info on 1 of x other personal speculation books, therefore each and every other claim on that speculation book is automatically validated" set of premisses.

Any which way, we would still be circumventing the "canonic book (just a way to call it at this moment)" on this issue, for now we finally know for sure which book contains the truth, or atleast a strong indication of origin, regarding The Night Mother: Sermon 22. This is, I believe, what we should unbiasedly re-read, repeatedly and attentively and yes, having in mind all the other rumours and sources that we have on The Night Mother, to try and share interpretations and discuss and maybe find a conclusion. Hence why I started this humble thread :)