Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11276487-20130724234237/@comment-13446185-20130903191929

Legate Alexandros wrote: Talos had replaced Shor, in the way he is Shor who was responsible for creation. Well at least that what other Aedra said, even though it was the power of Magnus that really created Mondus. Except Magnus left at the right time. Appearantly Magnus was the first Aedra to not like what he had created. Other Aedra followed his example. Seems like they all been involved in the creation, but they blamed poor Lorkhan/Shor for it all, just because it was his idea in the first place and for that he had to die. They were just too proud to admit that they did not have enough sense to say no to Shor. I am not even sure if Shor was killed for making everyone to create Mondus, or because he sided with creation of his wife Kyne, the men. Although I wonder, if it was just Kyne who created men. I mean Shor and Kyne were husband and wife, so they probably were father and mother of all men. It does make sense that Shor took part in creating men and then sided with them. As much as poor old Septimus is crazy, he does says "This lockbox contain the heart of the god, the heart of you and me!" Since we all know that he tough it was the heart of Lorkhan, we can assume that he meant that it was Shor/Lorkhan that gave all men life, or at least he gave them all part of his own heart.

Finaly, Shor/Lorkhan is always described as Warrior like, even Bloodthirsty god king of men. He killed the scores of mer and their gods to protect men, before he fell in battle with his shield thane Tsun. I haven't really seen any other devines who would have been that physical about everything, neither in meri or men pantheons. Except maybe for Stunh/Stenddar who is said to have been a warrior god, before he became the god of mercy and ransom. Although he is the brother of Tsun the whale and he himself is a bear. I don't know if being warrior gods would make them stronger then the rest of them. However, one thing for certain, Shor was not the weakest god, other devines wouldn't feel that they have to kill him, if they were not afraid of what he might do. He also had enough sense to understand that men deserve to exist. Since Talos is essentialy Shor, regardless of weather he was a mortal before, just like Shor, he cannot be the weakest god. Remember, it took Trinimac and Auriel to take Shor/Lorkhan down and rip out his heart. I don't think they would need two gods to do that if he was that weak. I hope my point is clear enough. Shor was killed because he tricked the Aedra into making mundus. If I remember correctly the actual reason for Nirn's formation was because Shor was the first being to ever acheive CHIM and he realized that the Et'ada were trapped in the godhead, Nirn was suppose to be someway of getiing the Et'ada out of the godhead.