Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130722105712/@comment-24489208-20130824005610

71.61.178.23 wrote:

that's the only real antagonist so far - chaos. (Yes, I promise, chaos can be an antagonist. An antagonist need not be a person! XD

- WorshipsMeridia I'm quite sorry, I didn't read a lot of this thread so this may have already been said, but:

Chaos, an antagonist. It works, concepts have been antagonists and not people in TES games before. Namely Shadowkey, where the personification of Conflict was being created by a war in the North-west of Tamriel.

The Shadow of Conflict was the enemy, the whole concept of Shadow magic was that shadow's weren't a lack of light but possible worlds created by forces in conflict, e.g. Light against a rock, Water against fire and even nations at war. Chaos can be linked to conflict quite easily, chaos creates conflict and conflict creates chaos. With the level of war stated in the story way up at the top of the thread, it could work, a pending war may not be enough of a true enemy. The Shadow of Conflict (Which hasn't died properly, it can be created again.) could become more powerful then any Daedric Prince with a war of this level, Shadow magic changes the past, present and future of the things creating the shadow. In this case all of Tamriel and even more are involved, a massive thing. The Shadow of Conflict would match even Sithis (With regular Shadow Magic already rivaling the Elder Scrolls). With the end of the war the threat would be banished, also, the Shadow of Conflict could be similar in role to the Numidium in Daggerfall and actually be controlled once the war is over (Since it isn't growing in power and hasn't been destroyed yet). With multiple parties wanting it's power and depending on who gets it (Which Daedric Prince has the highest deposition towards you) it will give an alternative ending, meaing a large replay value for gamers. And it could easily be finished with a Dragon Break for an explanation on TES7.

Also another alternate ending could you giving it to none of the Daedric Princes and keeping it, or destroying it once and for all.

What do you think?