Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.253.68.177-20131021030335/@comment-9212235-20141107034940

Pelinal Whitestrake wrote: Sothas wrote: The HoK mantled Sheogorath. He wasn't consumed by him. Mantling is when the two beings become so similar that the universe can't tell the difference and if the universe can't then no one else can either. The HoK effectively became Sheogorath and Sheogorath became the HoK. This isn't a role switch. This is a merger with Sheogorath become the main person as he was the mantlee. He was consumed by Sheogorath through the Mantling process. The HoK, by himself, does not exist anymore. Only Sheogorath exists. HoK was consumed by Sheogorath through the mantling process, turning into Sheogorath, with only a few memories left and his former identity completely destroyed. I've always seen mantling as more of a union than a consumption of being. I would argue that Sheogorath can't consume the HoK because Sheogorath becomes Jygg. If Sheo does consume the HoK then where does his AE go? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the AE can't just be gone, right? We see a little bit of the HoK come through in Skyrim and I'd propose that it's not just memorie or pieces but he actually IS the HoK. Obviously Sheogorath is bar far the dominant personality because he was the one being mantled. But as it says in the good book, "walk like them until they must walk like you," impying there's a bit of you in there too.

Galraen, not sure where you get the idea that they there wasn't a mantling going on. Everything about it screams mantling and is pretty much the only way you can have one person become another person (being, creature, thing).