Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.253.68.177-20131021030335/@comment-24999978-20140601201319

@ A Wikia Contributor

You seem to have included an odd mixture of C0DA and the Metaphysics of Morrowind's interpretation of CHIM.

While Time is relatively unstable (because of the shattered, schizophrenic Time Oversoul, for one), non-linearity of time only really occurs during a Dragon Break, of which TESO indeed is likely involved in (I have heard that Almalexia makes references to the Hurling Disk). Of course, kalpas are cyclical, according to Nordic belief involving the Awful Fighting between Shor and Ald between kalpas, but that doesn't necessarily mean time is cyclical. The closest conceit U can imagine is fundamentally, and retroactively, altering the Sawn state of something, as all kalpas share Convention before diverging. As for your reference to the destruction of Nirn, and the utter unravelling of the past, I would assume that you would be referring to C0DA. If so, that only stemmed from the Numidium's cataclysmic return, a being (or robot thingy, it is just semantics) of evident, incredulous power and an intriguing effects on time. The annihilation of Nirn probably had some influence as did the unbinding of the Dragon. I haven't read C0DA in months, though, so I am not 100%.

In addition, the defeat of Alduin is not what broke the cycle. He is likely only temporarily delayed from taking his actions, with the actions of the Last Dragonborn only buying some time. Enough times, however, seeing as how Amaranth was achieved. It was, anyhow, Landfall which disrupted the Cycle, which also enabled some form of escape in a new Dream.

The Elder Scrolls outline all possible outcomes, and is only solidified after the completion of an Event by a Hero (who, of course, hold the position in the mythic to carve out his own destiny). As I have previously stated, I disagree over your assessment of the significance of the LDB's victory, so I do not think that would cause the Scrolls to behave in such a manner. There are odd occurrences with them recently, but that is to do with my next point. The Towers have been rather significantly weakened, as well as anything else which stabilises Mundus. The Orichalc Tower is believed to be destroyed, Red Mountain was deactivated during the events of Morrowind, Crystal-Like-Law was destroyed during the Oblivion Crisis, the Brass Tower was obliterated by the Underking in our timeline and lies in pocket realms battling Altmeri Mirror Logicians and Sunbirds, the Snow Tower may well be deactivated, Falinesti could be, the Khajiit have diminished in their role of protecting the Lunar Lattice, and the Sword in the Centre's hold is crumbling against the onslaught of the Thalm(OR). Most importantly to the Scrolls, the White-Gold Tower was deactivated during Oblivion, possibly leading to their scattering as the stability of White-Gold to counter the quantum nature of the Elder Scrolls. The destruction of the Towers, amongst other reasons, have been a factor in further destabilising Time and Mundus, but I wouldn't say that Alduin had so much of impact. Then again, Akatosh's hold over time hasn't exactly been secure (for the aforementioned reasons).

Finally, I would agree with you over the subjective cannoninity (if that is even a word) and the individual experiences can vary, and no one can tell me mine are any less real. However, while canon isn't exact, there is certainly common lore, and it wouldn't work so well to walk into a lore discussion dismissing everything else, 'cus C0DA.