Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11345660-20131106065543/@comment-199.19.252.20-20180601143839

Madman97 wrote: Who is Lorkhan, what is he, when was he born, and what role does he play in events? It has occured to me that there are really the main threads of Jyggalag and the Elder Scrolls 6 plot and who is the most powerful Daedra, and it has been getting rather dull for me. So, I have concluded to make things more interesting, both for myself and for others. In this thread, we shall discuss the differing theories of the question of Lorkhan. Is he a Daedric Prince or not? Is he an Aedra? Is he brother or twin to Akatosh? Is he Akatosh? (I rather doubt, but it has come up) In this thread, I would rather sit back and enjoy the differening theories and lore fights rather than get involved, as I have more ranty matters to attend to. So delve into this question if you can. I will be watching with great interest. Lorkhan is the trickster, he is the moon-and-other-moon, patron of man and bane of gods.

Long ago, there was nothing, powerful spirits roamed a void. There were many important ones, but the most notable were Akatosh, Kyne, Dibella, Kynareth, Julianos, Zenithar, Arkay, Mara, and Lorkhan. Lorkhan thought of an idea, what if there was a place of lesser beings and not just a void. He convinced the other 8 to take part as well as other ones, those who stayed were the Aedric Divines, those who left midway through creation became the Magna-Ge, and those who outright refused created their own realms, and became the Daedra. Now, what they Aedra didn't know was that the creation of the world would require them to sacrifice their divinity, leaving them as barely existing concepts. When they found out about it, it was too late and Nirn was created. The other spirits who partook in creation became the Ehlnophey, ancestors of the elves. At one point in linear time, Auri-El and his Knight Trinimac defeated Lorkhan and ripped out his heart, launching it across what would be Tamriel.