Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-115.64.203.223-20160814094443

I've read most of the books, I've done deep scans across the internet for any more fragmented information and even read a lot of fan fictions/theories to help iron out any more potential data on this issue... Is The Last Dragonborn [TLB] an Aspect of Akatosh?

Short answer: NO

You will need a basic understanding of 'Kalpa', the basic gods and most importantly the primordial FORCES (they aren't people and don't have personalities guys, no matter what you believe) Anu and Padomay.

The most promising theory for TLB being an aspect of Akatosh has been on reddit [google: The Last Dragonborn is an Avatar of Akatosh], where he briefly layed out the basic and most prominant points of the complicated argument that you as the main character are an Aspect of Akatosh.

His points are still easily refutable, and not internally consistent. If Alduin is an Aspect of Akatosh (a fragment of Akatosh in a way that they are almost the same person) then why did Akatosh create The Last Dragonborn to defeat Alduin inside the spiritual realm of Sovngarde where his spirit was able to escape back to Aetherius? Why did Alduin, a personality of Akatosh, reject his job as World Eater in this Kalpa and instead try to dominate it as a God Figure? All of these things show internal inconsistency with the theory that you are an aspect of Akatosh.

As the primordial forces cascaded into increasingly complex persona's that were able to actually act within the universe, the beings (gods and daedric princes) became less and less inclinded to follow the instincts behind the primordial forces from which they came. Which is why eventually, the mortals who came from the ascenstors of gods, have complete free will. Gods like Akatosh however, are still extremely primal, and less cascaded from the original force. In a sense, this removes his free will and his responsibility as the God of Time completely dominates his being and destiny. His counterpart, who was 'birthed' (that is skyrim speak, gods didn't literally 'give birth') from Sithis as an opposing reaction, Larkhan, was set forth by Sithis to set limitations. Which is the exact opposite of what time is; everlasting and full of limitless potential. Larkhan too, has a personality, but is destined to forever shadow Akatosh and set limitations on the universe. He isn't evil, despite being born of, and being an aspect of Sithis and instead the idea of limiting unrivaled power could be considered self-less by nature, as even Larkhan would reject that power to continue his destiny to set limits on the universe like a law of nature would. While Akatosh's everlasting nature and power of time made him an arrogant and proud personality, Larkhan became a trickster, a liar, and selfless all at once (remind anyone of Vivic??).

Larkhan was able to trick many gods into offering up their divinity into creating Nirn (the planet) after discovering "The Tower" and CHIM [not too important for this conversation]. Ultimately Larkhan sacraficed himself [which I believe was another trick to set limits and follow his primordial destiny] to finalize the creation of Nirn, literally seeding the planet with his 'Divine Spark'. Its worth noting at this point that Larkhan still somehow lives, and is able to create aspects like Shor, who actually created Sovngarde, proving that Larkhan is still so powerful as to escape Mundus which even Akatosh can't do. My theory is that because Larkhan knew he would die to create Nirn, and conjured up the idea of mortals and mortal lives in his own mind, he was able to fully empathize for the mortal experience and successfully passed CHIM (after all he discovered it and didn't reach Zero Sum), which allowed him to fake his own death and trick the Gods into believing the he was gone. It's also worth noting that Talos used CHIM to wipe the Jungles of Cyrodiil from every timeline, in all Kalpas... which could mean that Larkhan used CHIM to solidify his sacrafice and experience in every Kalpa, which explains why in ever Kalpa all events change, even the Gods shuffle around, except Larkhan and Nirn.

Now that we've covered the basic motivations behind the universe we can move onto the Dragonborns creation. The Gods cannot actually affect Nirn unless reached out to from a mortal inside with powerful magic, and if Akatosh could simply create an Aspect with a lot of Akatosh's powers and strengths then Oblivions story quickly degenerates. Why would he need to be summoned as an Avatar when he could have just created another protaganist and worked his will through them? Clearly, the Gods can no longer alter the world unless summoned thanks to Larkhan's trickery. So at this point its clear that The Last Dragonborn is NOT from Akatosh. So how do you explain the Dragonspirit inside a mortal body? Lorkhan was able to create Nirn using the divinity of the Gods, and by all means Lorkhan is the architect of the planet. I see no reason why Larkhan would be unable to use Nirn's power to literally 'spawn' in an aspect of himself and use the different powers of divinity inside it to give the aspect advantages. It is said that Larkhan 'hides away peices of Nirn, and each kalpa'. Perhaps this is where he uses them. Its clear that TLB's abilities aren't just based around having a Dragon soul. The character is exceptional in many areas and by all accounts is primarily a HERO and secondarily a Dragonborn, which in Elder Scrolls means their history is unwritten and time warps around them (remind anyone of the description of CHIM?) and gives them the ability to read Elder Scrolls without consequence, which would also make the protagnist almost invisible to Akatosh's plans. At this point its also worth saying that your destiny as Dovahkiin is to shadow Alduin and eventually beat him... stopping the Kalpa once and for all. Which to me, seems like a battle between the two personafied primorial forces of time and limitation; Akatosh and Larkhan... doing exactly what they were designed and destined to do. Hints of this truth are sprinkled all through Skyrim... one of the most 'in your face' examples is how Dragons (Akatosh's minions) believe 'Dovahkiin' means 'Dragon Born'... but somehow another interpretation slipped in, perhaps from a trickster working underneath Akatosh's nose that shows 'Dovahkiin' also means ' Born Hunter of Dragonkind' [the destiny of Lorkhan].

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There is far more evidence that The Last Dragonborn is an aspect of Lorkhan, that drained the divines divinity in the creation of Nirn and is now using it in this Kalpa, including the soul of the dragon (Akatosh's divinity). Or perhaps Lorkhan achieved CHIM and can simply grant that power.

The reason he would do this is because by all accounts, Akatosh is responsible for the continous recycling of the universe, eventually using Alduin to end time ("eat the world" is likely skyrim speak for "uses magic to devour time") and start another 'Kalpa' (cycle). I mean Kalpas are completely centred on time for god sake, I don't see how anyone could debate that fact. Akatosh is the primal force that CREATED time, he isn't at the mercy of it, and he is always a consistent fact of the universe in every kalpa, which nessacitates the existence of Larkhan as an opposing reaction. The only way to escape detect in each Kalpa is for Larkhan to fake his death in all Kalpa. All that aside, this is all bread crumbs leading to the fact that Larkhan likely achieved CHIM, and even if he doesn't use the sacraficed divinity that went into creating Nirn to give the Dragonborn a dragonsoul he could just spawn you into existence with one, in the exact moment Ulfric is capture, in the exact moment Alduin returns, in the exact place Alduin would first lash out at the world; shadowing Akatosh's aspect and setting limits on what it can do under the guise of being a soul of Akatosh.

Its even possible that Vivic was another aspect of Lorkhan... and that even Talos was an aspect of Lorkhan as well... After Lorkhan saw The Tower, and realised CHIM existed and gave more power than Anu or Padomay have, he immediately set out to create Nirn. Perhaps the plan is fill the tower with many aspects of himself, as a means of unlocking its potential, and we won't ever find this out until the final series of Elder Scrolls where you enveitably will fight or reach someone who has achieved CHIM... or perhaps, be one yourself. What is important to realise about this final theory in this paragraph is out of potentially infinite Kalpas, this one, the one we play in, is the only Kalpa in which an individual achieved CHIM and could control all of the universe and the gods within. There is something special about this Kalpa, and something, or someone, most likely Akatosh's primal force rival Lorkhan, has stopped the Kalpa from being recycled by Alduin so that it can continue. 