Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7629073-20130402085627/@comment-89.245.201.51-20131227005330

It's very, very likely that the CoC, or a version of the CoC, became Sheogorath through mantling. If you think about it, the whole story of the CoC is full of madness:

First we have the main quest, which is basicly what Pelinal Whitestrake (the probably craziest cyborg-terminator dude on Nirn) and Alessia did in the first Era. The CoC has Pelinals role, while Martin has Alessias role. Then we have Knights of the Nine in which the CoC directly mantles Pelinal. And then, we have the pinnacle of Madness: Shivering Isles, where the CoC mantles Madness in it's purest form. Sheogorath.

I don't see how TESO suddenly has something to do with the CoC, Stealth.