Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-50.10.177.94-20130209065558/@comment-5227390-20130408214205

This is a comment on the brief sidetrack of the theology discussion there...

There are two interesting points mentioned there...

First, the mention of Sovengarde as being the "true" heaven because it does, in fact, exist. Yes, it does exist... but then again, so did the realm the Elves think of as heaven... it being the plane they occupied along with the deities before Lorkhan tricked them all into creating Nirn. It, too, exists... the deities are evidence of that. This kind of lends to the idea that because each culture worships different deities... and because none of them are TRUE gods in the sense of an eternal all-encompassing being in the 9 divines pantheon, then all theologies are validated only by the culture believing them. The Nords' heaven wouldn't be regarded as TRUE by the Elves, although they can not deny its existence. It would then be viewed as trickery by another divine to distract from the truth. So, purely subjective and not entirely conclusive.

Second, the deities don't get their power from people believing in them... after all, they had power enough to create Nirn before its inhabitants COULD worship them. It's simply a matter of these beings having MORE "divinity" than mortals, immediately elevating them to being regarded as gods by SOMEONE. Trying to validate this status, or comparing their power is pretty well useles... because, again, it's all subjective....

This subjectivity is included so that ALL of the theologies can exist in harmony.. kind of a cop-out by Bethesda from pinning the tail on any one donkey... and it fits just fine with the way the lore has played out so far.

Sorry to deviate from the subject, but just wanted to chip in on this.

Want to talk about what's really lame?  The fact that if the Dragonborn happens to be an Elf, especially a High Elf, the Nords in Sovengarde accept him with open arms and even extend the desire to see him/her once they die and ascend to Sovengarde.  Now I would say THAT doesn't fit into lore...