Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7673575-20180409193817

Don't get me wrong: Dawnguard DLC had a very good story, as well as some stunning locations and overall gameplay.

But it was ruined by Elder Scrolls.

Due to Vyrthur creating the Tyranny of the Sun prophecy, it is suggested (by some logic) that he wrote the Scrolls of Blood and Sun. But that's not how it works, right? I mean, a mere mortal cannot write an artifact that transcends time.

And why, just why are there three Scrolls concerning themselves with it? One of them being, by lore, completely unrelated to the TotS.

So, Dragons, the children of Akatosh, fragments of Time given form, and their leader, Alduin, the part of Aka-Tusk oversoul, and a being that is perfectly capable of ending a kalpa (which he eventually does) have a Scroll dedicated to them. Okay, reasonable. They should.

CHIM, the power of unexplained origins, allowing its wielder to transcend all laws and limitations, and alter the Godhead's dream as they see fit. The power that gives its wielder omnipotence that transcends Aedra and Daedra, and maybe even Anui-El and Sithis. Power that played a pivotal part in shaping of Aurbis and Nirn. Power, that if misused or overused, can cause the Godhead to wake up and completely destroy the dream and everything in it. Power that bends reality in all three aspects of time. That power has a Scroll dedicated to it. Fair enough. It should.

Tyranny of the Sun, an obscure ritual concocted by a disgruntled and quite possibly loony Falmer vamp, a ritual that was forgotten by 99.999999% of the world for 4000 years, and unknown of by 99.999998% after it was uncovered by someone other than Volkihar vamps, a ritual that could or couldn't've even been preformed at all (on the other hand, CHIM precedes the Scrolls and has already happened at least twice, and Alduin ending a kalpa is not "if" but "when"), and depends on so many volatile factors that are also susceptible to "could or couldn't," and that (at the end of the day) plays a very insignificant role in the grand scheme of things (again, unlike CHIM and the dragons).

That ritual has three Scrolls dedicated to it.

While the lore of TES has most certainly fallen low since Kirkbride the Madman left Bethesda, this is unforgivably stupid. Wouldn't it be more plausible for TotS to be recorded in some musty old tome? Or in the mind of a madman? Or carved into a stone tablet (like Alduin's Wall, which is unquestionably more important than any other prophecy). Hell, I've seen theories on Miraak that made him into a threat greater than Dagoth Ur and Mehrunes Dagon combined, and are lore-wise perfectly plausible, and even very likely. And Miraak didn't have a Scroll to his name.

I feel like Dawnguard has overextended its reach.

Anyone feel similar? 