Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24099618-20140114190300/@comment-260563-20180214081034

Pupdude wrote: Blademaster Jauffre wrote: Pupdude wrote: Yeah, no, that source isn't exactly credible. Anyone could've written that, it's not exactly like Akatosh told everyone that. '''"Serve and obey your Emperor"? Doesn't even sound like Akatosh to me''', it sounds more like Imperial propaganda. Then you don't know Akatosh... did you forget that Akatosh aided Alessia in creating the first Empire? Or the Amulet of Kings? Did you forget how Akatosh's blessed armor is literally the same armor the Emperor wears? No, I didn't, Oblivion was literally the first ES game I played. As lord of the Aedra, Akatosh took pity on the plight of Men, who were slaves of the Ayleids, and drawing precious blood from his own heart, blessed Alessia with the blood of dragons. He also made a Covenant that so long as Alessia's generations were true to the dragon blood, Akatosh would endeavor to seal tight the Oblivion Gate for good and deny the armies of Daedra and undead to their enemies, the Ayleids. He granted a blessing, made a covenant, and that was it. Tell me, if Akatosh cared so much, why did he wait until Martin Septim, after a long and grueling campaign to get back the Amulet of Kings from the Mythic Dawn, had taken the Amulet to the Dragonfires and found out there was nothing he could do except pray to Akatosh for help, to do anything to help, when there was so much freaking destruction going on? Dagon freaking destroyed an entire city months before, and Akatosh didn't lift a single talon until Martin comes ridiculously close to solving the problem himself only to come up short. He didn't even just tell Paarthurnax, his freaking son, "Hey, so the Emperor of Cyrodiil has been assassinated, and I forsee some serious problems, so if you could just head down to Kvatch and kill any daedra you see coming out of an Oblivion gate to the Deadlands, that'd be awesome.  Also, once a random dude comes along to Kvatch and enters the gate, head up to Weynon Priory and kill any dudes in red robes you see.  Leave none of them alive." Yeah, doesn't sound like a god that's generally concerned for the well-being of men.

Still, the Aedric gods showed more concern for men than elves. The elves tend to be a tad bit too prideful to the point where the gods eventually get involved to knock them around. The Dwemer enslaved the Falmer after the latter tried to wipe out the Nords and failed, and look where they are now? Similarly, the Dark Elves enslaved the Argonians, and yet the ensuing events after Morrowind and Oblivion eventually led to the Red Mountain erupting and their great empire in Morrowind suffering one catastrophe after another, such as Argonian slave revolts. The Ayleids themselves worshipped the Daedric princes and enslaved the humans, and the gods eventually got pissed and helped a human slave woman overthrow their mighty empire. I'm pretty sure that something nasty will befall the Thalmor soon enough. Whether it's an assault by a rebuilt Maomer fleet or an assault by a new Sload Necromancer army, only time will tell. But the Thalmor's victories won't last for long. They failed to defeat the Empire, and now, either the Empire or the Stormcloaks have the Dragonborn in their possession. The Stormcloaks winning with the Dragonborn against the Thalmor is a long-shot, but the Empire can sure as hell win with the Dragonborn complimenting the Empire's resources and manpower with the power to tame and ride dragons. It's like Miraak, but on the Empire's side. That could really help the Empire rebuild and get the advantage against the Thalmor once again.

It seems that if the gods aren't busy ripping the elves a new asshole to breathe out of, they were busy signing pacts with men and helping them rule the continent. The same Amulet of Kings that Alessia received was the same one Martin Septim used to become one with Akatosh. It seems that the gods of Elder Scrolls favor men over mer.

Also, Paarthurnax was waiting at the Throat of the World for Alduin. No one else. That's why the Aedric gods didn't bother him. He had his own vigil to stick to, since Alduin could pop out anytime.