PawsIf anything it's a good reminder that the Dragon War is hard to pin down. Anything of the Merethic Era has layers of myth, and the absence of dates makes it very hard to get a sense of scale and to know the relationships between races and cultures during ... moreIf anything it's a good reminder that the Dragon War is hard to pin down. Anything of the Merethic Era has layers of myth, and the absence of dates makes it very hard to get a sense of scale and to know the relationships between races and cultures during that period. I mean, was the Dragon War before or after the Nedic occupation of Stonefalls and the Brothers of Strife events? I'd be tempted to push that saga into the early First Era during the time of the Skyrim Conquests (further blurring the Nede/Nord line). While the Dragon War raged in Skyrim and ended with the use of an Elder Scroll, the Khajiit finished their own war by locking the Dragons up with the help of an Altmer called Nurarion the Perfect, a warrior from the North named Flinthild Demon-Hunter, and a Nedic hero fated to be remembered by history as The Betrayer. War always makes for unlikely bedfellows. less
May 21, 2020
Golden FoolI'd find it hard to believe that none of the dragons flew into Morrowind during their reign, although there is a lack of ruins to indicate they ever ruled over any of it. But the Dunmer; and Chimer before them, have had once central society for much longe... moreI'd find it hard to believe that none of the dragons flew into Morrowind during their reign, although there is a lack of ruins to indicate they ever ruled over any of it. But the Dunmer; and Chimer before them, have had once central society for much longer than the Nords and so might have demolished them in favour of the Daedra and then Tribunal. There's also the possibility that the Nord tradition of raiding Morrowind goes all the way back to the Nedes and they brought prisoners back with them. Who became slaves to the dragons like their Nedic captors, and eventually rose up alongside them before returning to Morrowind.
A slightly more fun possibility is that this guy has some Nede/Nord in him and the Dragon Hunting legacy outweighs the fact this particular Ancestor wasn't a Dunmer; not that any of them will acknowledge that. less
May 21, 2020
PawsDraconic presence in Morrowind is an interesting line of thought. The absence of ruins might be explained by their being no native Dragon Cult, or that if such a cult existed, it was practised by nomadic tribes who left no lasting architecture prior to th... moreDraconic presence in Morrowind is an interesting line of thought. The absence of ruins might be explained by their being no native Dragon Cult, or that if such a cult existed, it was practised by nomadic tribes who left no lasting architecture prior to the rise of the High Velothi culture. The idea that "Dragons ruled the face of Mundus" is still comapratively new, though, and fitting dragons into timelines defined before TES V has always been a struggle which leads us to question the validity of the High Hrothgar tablets. I quite like the idea of Nords just following the traditions of raiding already long established by the Nedes, I think that works well. It's still quite unclear whether a Nord of the Dragon War period can actually be considered a Nord as we now know them. I mean, Nedic Dragon Cult ruins in Craglorn have already discredited the whole "Nords bought the Dragon Cult with them from Atmora" idea, rather suggesting that the Nedes took the Dragon Cult to Atmora as it was already ex... less
May 21, 2020
Paws...Extant in Skyrim. I might be biased, though, but we need more Nede-lore! I quite like the idea that Darns in the picture has some mannish blood in him. I also quite like the idea that it hints towards Chimeri involvement in that war, too. That's a fun ... more...Extant in Skyrim. I might be biased, though, but we need more Nede-lore! I quite like the idea that Darns in the picture has some mannish blood in him. I also quite like the idea that it hints towards Chimeri involvement in that war, too. That's a fun thing to think about.