Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.51.98.60-20170822201412/@comment-71.191.166.87-20190428202838

Webspidrman wrote: My take on this is: until someone with authority to do so at Bethesda says that Ebonarm is no longer canon, then Ebonarm is still canon. If they have plans for the character, none of us will know them. L.o.l.

Speaking in terms of pure speculation, I think that Ebonarm is less a god than a role passed down from one person to the next: probably a hero who prevented wars among Hammerfell, High Rock, Skyrim, and possibly Orsinium who upheld the highest standard of justice and who battled the Daedric Princes. This is why Ebonarm is described seemingly as a mixture of Redguard, Nordic, and possibly Breton influences. So according to this theory, different heroes have been Ebonarm throught history, maybe even beginning on Yokuda, and the previous Ebonarm passes the mantle down to a new hero. The book 'The Ebon Arm' describes one such hero (or a legendary composite of them), and the Ebony Warrior in Skyrim is yet another Ebonarm who is retiring. And there will be yet more Ebonarms to come, because Ebonarm is an ideal transcending different cultures. As far I know Bethseida basicaly said they disliked Ebonarm and found him to edgy which is the reason he hasn't been mentioned since Daggerfall. Onsi seemed to replace Ebonarm as the main Redguard war god. And honestly I don't thnk Ebonarm was ever a Redguard god to begin with. He was worshiped in parts of High rock and aknowledged in parts of morrowind. It seemed more likely redguards adopted his worship after moving to Hammerfell rather tha him being part of the Traditional Pantheon.