Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24.158.236.107-20131011014707/@comment-24349111-20140618205518

Dark Jeto wrote: Pelinal Whitestrake wrote: King in the North wrote: I so not really see the connection between the Dwemer and Zoroastrianism, considering the Dwemer basically scorned the gods and wanted to achieve a greater level of power.

I do not really see why Anu would be influenced by Satan, either. The name being the only connection appears a little weak. Anu is the force of stasis, and the Amaranth, while Lucifer is much more chaotic and fell from grace (Anu has not). I suppose Padomay would be a more apt comparison, but even then, change is not exactly evil in itself. The Dark Brotherhood supposedly worship Sithis, the soul of Padomay, not Anu, as well, thought it is more of a dressed up Mephala than anything. Sithis is not exactly the death-obsessed being the Dark Brotherhood portray him to be. '''Exactly. ''' It seems that people believe too much what the DB says. Sithis most likely doesn't care about Nirn at all.

Well, he probably doesn't care about anything, since he's a sentient chaos's soul/subgradient. If Sithis really doesn't care, then why does there seem to be so many cases of his/the Void's personal involvement? The Spectral Assassin of Lucien Lachance makes various quotes heavily hinting that he now resides in the Void, and revels in it. Supposedly, it's because he was such a devote follower that he continues to serve even after death. Simple answer: Mephala trolling the DB.

Complex answer: Mephala most likely tricked the DB to believe in the Night Mother + Sithis after the DB seperated from the Morag Tong some time after they began to worship Vivec instead. Thing is, Mephala acts as both the Night Mother and the Sithis the DB worships. Worshipping something existing outside of Mundus practicly doesn't affect the worshipped entity in any way, and since the actual Sithis exists outside of the Aurbis, there'd probably be no way to actually contact him.