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Any Elder Scrolls lore fans here?
Just wanting to see if tildes has any TES fans, and if it’s worth making a few lore dumps to spark discussion. I’m not using reddit anymore but I miss r/teslore (and r/truestl, though it has no place on tildes lmao).
So, if any of you are well versed in your lore, I want to know: What is your favourite bit of lore?
I’m a big fan of the book from ESO detailing different dishes in argonain cuisine, and generally love the more “mundane” elements of the world, rather than the super deep lore. I’m also a big jarthhead if anyone has read all the books ;).
A few years ago I (re)played through the entirety of TES and got somewhat into it, although many details have since departed my brain.
My favourite thing I recall would probably be CHIM. I know not everyone agrees, but I like to think of it as a not so subtle nod to the player, savegames, the console, etc. Kind of like how I view being Ta'veren in Wheel of Time relates to being a written as a main character.
CHIM is by far my favorite bit of lore!
I only played Morrowind at the start of last year, and after playing TES 4/5 I was not expecting the wild and expansive lore in Morrowind. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't ever remember it being mentioned in Oblivion or Skyrim.
In the UESP article it's mentioned as being in The Mythic Dawn Commentaries which are central to Oblivion's story. IIRC you collect all four parts. In fact Book 3, page 9 mentions why Cyrodiil is temperate European forest, rather than the Roman mediterranean/jungle landscape it was previously portrayed in.
This redesign/canon change, also highlights the interesting Province: Cyrodiil project that is building Cyrodiil according to how it was described in earlier canon.
Hello! A couple of months ago, I started sleeping to Elden Ring lore videos, and then moved on to TES lore, so I'm not as well versed as members of that subreddit.
So far, my favorite bit of lore is the exodus of the gods during the creation of the world. I'm probably going to get some details wrong, but I'll try. When the gods found out they were draining energy by creating the world, they started leaving. Magnus was the first to find out and leave, and since he had a lot of energy still, he busted a hole in the sky, which is the sun. When the other gods found out, they all left and their holes were the stars. Only the Aedra stayed, which is why they no longer have bodies. The Daedra left too in their own little demiplanes, which is why they are still connected to the world and still have bodies/powers.
I just thought that was a really cool idea for the sun and stars. Blew my mind. Please let me know if I got any details wrong!
Edit: found the video that talks about it here: https://youtu.be/JUHIw0NkKbk
I started playing Skyrim in 2021 after dabbling in my brother's copies of Morrowind and Oblivion around when they released and the lore hooked me. I don't do extended stuff or much from ESO, but I definitely do like how everything is expressed in the game, and certainly spent more than my fair share of nights on UESP filling in gaps.
And /r/TrueSTL is a place I like to go when I just want to see some weird stuff and laugh at some of the absurdity in the lore.
I don't know a ton about the minutiae of the lore, and outside of Morrowind don't really love the games, but the time travel story to explain why the Imperial City isn't a tropical paradise surrounded by palm trees is absolutely hilarious to me.
I quite like it from a retcon perspective, suitably weird for TES while also remaining a "theory" to maintain plausible deniability. I can't honestly say I would have preferred the jungle version of Cyrodiil compared to Oblivions version, but it would have been cool to see.
It isn't even the only example in the series. Basically the answer as to how each game can have a canon ending despite all the different way you could end each game, is that the elder scrolls (iirc) cause time rifts whenever an event important enough occurs.
You're thinking of a dragon break, which is different to what happened with Cyrodiil. A dragon break is time splitting and then reconvening, often with devestating consequences; an example of that is probably the Warp in the West, which explains the multiple endings of Daggerfall.
Cyrodiil's en-pleasanting was (in theory, according to this) a result of men inhabiting the area around the White-Gold Tower, and it "deciding" to change to fit their requirements (though that doesn't answer the retrospctive-ness of the change).
Love me some ESLore. I think one of the things that makes it really interesting is that each culture or race has their own interpretations of how the world of Nirn came to exist as it does (much like irl), leading to gods having different names and personas as a result (like Kynareth also being Kyne for the Nords, or Sheogorath being the Skooma Cat for Khajiit).
Very interesting.
It's been a while since I played so I don't remember a ton but I would enjoy reading a lore dump. The history of the argonians and khajit races is weird and I like more unique races than just colorful humans, pointy eared humans, or short beardy humans so often found in fantasy.
Years ago I was waaaay more into it. I fell off a bit, but if you want to post Amaranth theories or how the Khajit tower to the moon works, I'll definitely engage!
I'm not super versed but I enjoy learning about the lore and have read alot about it. I found the evolution of the human races from the first settlers/invaders from Atmora and Yokuda to be super interesting