Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16047389-20140618152829/@comment-16047389-20140619205519

Dovahsebrom wrote: Arkay was never a mortal, that was just a legend created for who knows what reason (it's probably just archaic lore seeing as it comes from a Daggerfall book). The god itself is actually just a hybrid idea of the Almeri god Xares and the Nordic god Orkey; just like many gods in the Divines Pantheon. That's not what Mannimarco says. He claims that not only was Arkay once mortal, but that in fact that led remarkably similar mortal lives.

"Most Necromancers are fools and weaklings. Fodder for the witchhunters. But you, my servants, you are among the chosen. In the days to come, few will dare to stand against your might. But one obstacle remains. His name is Arkay.

''He was also a man who entered the ranks of the gods. The similarities between his mortal life and my own astonish even me. It is only proper that we should be enemies.''"

- Arkay the Enemy