Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16047389-20140228182302/@comment-26394927-20150514232946

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has had this thought with the Dragonborn taking the Emperor's mantle (at least the flippin' High King). Unless I completely misunderstood what I read, Talos, a.k.a. Tiber Septim, was indeed a Nord before he was given the Imperial name. True, the Red Diamond is shattered and can't be reforged, setting the gates sealed on Oblivion. I honestly don't believe it was supposed to be that way, though. Cutting off Nirn from Oblivion may be choking Reality.

As Talos is, basically the Pacemaker for physical reality, the faith being slammed by the Thalmor could weaken His ability to hold onto that Divinity and keep things going. The signs posted above (which sound absolutely amazing) with the Diamond symbol itself causing destruction is showing a sort of degrade in reality. Which is why, I am assuming, the Draconic symbol of the Septim line is broken?

I think what Wulf is saying is talking about the subsequent games Oblivion and then Skyrim with the Empire being attacked politically and physically, and that this snafu will cause something better to arise later. Nothing saying someone can't gat a hold of an Elder Scroll and really mess with things.

And if Talos was shot out of Heaven, who's to say the Dragon Born isn't capable of being Him again? Or at least the children? Could be an epic quest to attempt to reforge the diamond in later games, and possibly bring the Heart of Lorkhan into play again. Sort of a repeat in history with the Ayleid and Nede races with the Thalmor and ... well everyone else.

The Trickster, Lorkhan, was all about creation and change, which was hard at first, but something beautiful always came about afterwards. Talos may have taken this new role to get society back on track. You may not see Him as any of His old Avatars, He may be M'aiq for all we know or that stable hand down the road, just poking a little here and there to get people in the direction they need to be.