Right, so, quick thought. A horseshit theory I came up with or may have come up with on my own (?) think I hashed out with Albino. Hope it supports yours.
I remembered this pic of Leki:
And saw the symbolism, very reminiscent of Sermon 13:
'The magical cross is an integration of the worth of mortals at the expense of their spirits. Surround it with the triangle and you begin to see the Triune house. It becomes divided into corners, which are ruled by our brethren, the Four Corners: BAL DAGON MALAC SHEOG. Rotate the triangle and you pierce the heart of the Beginning Place, the foul lie, the testament of the irrefutable-for-a-span. Above them all is the horizon where only one stands, though no one stands there yet. It is proof of the new. It is the promise of the wise. Unfold the whole and what you have is a star, which is not my domain, but not entirely outside my judgment. The grand design takes flight; it is transformed not only into a star but a hornet. The center cannot hold. It becomes devoid of lines and points. It becomes devoid of anything and so becomes a receptacle. This is its usefulness at the end. This is its promise.
'The sword is the cross and ALMSIVI is the Triune house around it. If there is to be an end I must be removed. The ruling king must know this, and I will test him. I will murder him time and again until he knows this. I am the defender of the last and the last. To remove me is to refill the heart that lay dormant at the center that cannot hold. I am the sword, Ayem the star, Seht the mechanism that allows the transformation of the world. Ours is the duty to keep the compromise from being filled with black sea.'
So with the help of Rotten D and New whirling School... Well Rotten D says about The Magical Cross:
This alternate interpretation of infinite radiating energy can be conceptually linked to the interpretation of the all-encompassing physical realm if you consider the connections between the Aurbic Wheel and the creation of Nirn. For example, the radiating lines could be the Gift-Limbs of the Aedra. A circular outline could be the borders of the finite Mundian realm.
Then about the triangle:
what if we instead surround the cross with four triangles? At this point it begins to more closely resemble the Cross of Matter; a cross surrounded by a shape that represents the physical edges of the world's body....Or, if you like, it could be a three-dimensional shape, like a pyramid:
Why a pyramid? Egyptian pyramids are thought to be references to the Benben, the primordial mound of mud from which all of existence originated. I've already touched on the mystical relationship between earth (the substance, not the planet), Nirn, and mortal life, of course. And this relationship reappears several other times in Elder Scrolls lore, though I can only think of Hrol's Hillock at the moment. And there are some theologists who speculate that the shape of the pyramid infers a transition from the base (earth, and mortality) to the top (sky, and divinity), which confers the shape of the pyramid as a method of ascension to divinity. And that is, of course, exactly what ALMSIVI is.
Damn, will be better if you go there and read yourself.
But basically, that symbol behind Leki follows that sermon to me. The last words - the pyramid as a method of ascension to divinity. And that is, of course, exactly what ALMSIVI is - well, it got me thinking how they ascended. And it sort of ties in with you. Sunder, Keening and all that Dwemer stuff.
So yeah, totally with you. If Skyrim is about bringing back this ancient lost art used in battle against dragons, then if there is a TES VI: Redguard and the games do follow a thematic pattern, I reckon we'll see Ansei (?) return and with them a lot of Leki. If the HoonDing is like the Talos of Redguards, then Leki could be the... Wait. If Leki is the Talos of Redguards, what is the HoonDing? Fuck, I am exhausted.
Right, so, quick thought. A horseshit theory I came up with or may have come up with on my own (?) think I hashed out with Albino. Hope it supports yours.
I remembered this pic of Leki:
And saw the symbolism, very reminiscent of Sermon 13:
'The magical cross is an integration of the worth of mortals at the expense of their spirits. Surround it with the triangle and you begin to see the Triune house. It becomes divided into corners, which are ruled by our brethren, the Four Corners: BAL DAGON MALAC SHEOG. Rotate the triangle and you pierce the heart of the Beginning Place, the foul lie, the testament of the irrefutable-for-a-span. Above them all is the horizon where only one stands, though no one stands there yet. It is proof of the new. It is the promise of the wise. Unfold the whole and what you have is a star, which is not my domain, but not entirely outside my judgment. The grand design takes flight; it is transformed not only into a star but a hornet. The center cannot hold. It becomes devoid of lines and points. It becomes devoid of anything and so becomes a receptacle. This is its usefulness at the end. This is its promise.
'The sword is the cross and ALMSIVI is the Triune house around it. If there is to be an end I must be removed. The ruling king must know this, and I will test him. I will murder him time and again until he knows this. I am the defender of the last and the last. To remove me is to refill the heart that lay dormant at the center that cannot hold. I am the sword, Ayem the star, Seht the mechanism that allows the transformation of the world. Ours is the duty to keep the compromise from being filled with black sea.'
So with the help of Rotten D and New whirling School... Well Rotten D says about The Magical Cross:
This alternate interpretation of infinite radiating energy can be conceptually linked to the interpretation of the all-encompassing physical realm if you consider the connections between the Aurbic Wheel and the creation of Nirn. For example, the radiating lines could be the Gift-Limbs of the Aedra. A circular outline could be the borders of the finite Mundian realm.
Then about the triangle:
what if we instead surround the cross with four triangles? At this point it begins to more closely resemble the Cross of Matter; a cross surrounded by a shape that represents the physical edges of the world's body....Or, if you like, it could be a three-dimensional shape, like a pyramid:
Why a pyramid? Egyptian pyramids are thought to be references to the Benben, the primordial mound of mud from which all of existence originated. I've already touched on the mystical relationship between earth (the substance, not the planet), Nirn, and mortal life, of course. And this relationship reappears several other times in Elder Scrolls lore, though I can only think of Hrol's Hillock at the moment. And there are some theologists who speculate that the shape of the pyramid infers a transition from the base (earth, and mortality) to the top (sky, and divinity), which confers the shape of the pyramid as a method of ascension to divinity. And that is, of course, exactly what ALMSIVI is.
Damn, will be better if you go there and read yourself.
But basically, that symbol behind Leki follows that sermon to me. The last words - the pyramid as a method of ascension to divinity. And that is, of course, exactly what ALMSIVI is - well, it got me thinking how they ascended. And it sort of ties in with you. Sunder, Keening and all that Dwemer stuff.
So yeah, totally with you. If Skyrim is about bringing back this ancient lost art used in battle against dragons, then if there is a TES VI: Redguard and the games do follow a thematic pattern, I reckon we'll see Ansei (?) return and with them a lot of Leki. If the HoonDing is like the Talos of Redguards, then Leki could be the... Wait. If Leki is the Talos of Redguards, what is the HoonDing? Fuck, I am exhausted.
