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hershangames

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Pretty much what the title says, post all the fan theories you know. From Disney to marvel passing through classics and games, just post every single fan theories you know.

You may wonder where my obsession comes from, well I just happened to stumble upon an interesting fan theory and became curious.

But enough chit chat, POST! POST I SAY!!

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hershangames

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Oookay so as this doesn't seem to have to had too much success, I'm going to post a fan theory myself:

WE ARE THE DWEMER

Some people may have heard of this, but I'll explain it anyway.

First of all we should also use another theory, although this is quite nuts and isn't necessary for the Dwemer thing.

THE ELDER SCROLLS ARE THE ELDER SCROLLS
Over the course of the games, we learn that the Elder Scrolls are a set of scrolls that contain all possible outcomes of everything. All decisions and their results. Basically, several universes written down.

And that is basically what you do in the games. You create several universes and make a lot of decisions. Which that the games Elder Scrolls, are the Elder Scrolls themselves.

But wait, wasn't impossible to read them without getting blind? Yes, but the Dwemer invented a device that allowed them to harmlessly read them. That's right, the Dwemer.

And we know that the Dwemer just happened to mysteriously dissapear. Not so mysteriously though, as in Skyrim, you can do a daedric quest in which you learn that the Dwemer managed to transport their entire race to another dimension.

And that dimension would be ours. They lost a great deal of their civilization because there are no soul gems on Earth and they have no magic because Dwemer rejected magic for science.


So that's it, my friends, we are the dwemer. Now live with that pride.


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Kohlar the Unkilled

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I still believe that it's conceivable that all of The Elder Scrolls games take place in the far future. I actually had a dream the other day in which someone revealed that all of the inhabitants of Nirn were descended from creatures and people of Earth, except for one. The one wasn't revealed, but I'm sure I know what it is.
 

hershangames

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It is no doubt an interesting idea, but, what makes you think that?
What hints, clues or winks point that it is set in the future?(I'm not being sarcastic, I'm really asking)

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Kohlar the Unkilled

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It is no doubt an interesting idea, but, what makes you think that?
What hints, clues or winks point that it is set in the future?(I'm not being sarcastic, I'm really asking)

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The fact that human beings and other creatures of Earth are present, and yet the planet in which events take place is clearly not Earth. Of course many would feel it necessary to remind me that Skyrim is by definition a fantasy, rendering the above observation completely moot. I enjoy taking a deeper look at things though, and I'll point out that I don't actually believe that this theory will turn out to be true, but I'll also point out that there isn't any immediately obvious way of disproving it either. The technology that we have today, makes the scenario entirely plausible- in my mind. Maybe it's just a sign that I've read too many scifi novels. :beermug:
 

Kohlar the Unkilled

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I must admit, my particular theory is influenced by a couple of books. If you care to read a bit:

The novel Eve, (based on an online game that I've never played, but the book was very good), by Tony Gonzales. In this book, human society reached a high technological level- much higher than what we have today. They were fully space-fairing people who began to colonize nearby worlds. Something strange to them is that there was no fossil record of their evolution, like there was for the other creatures. It remained a mystery until, in a forbidden sector of space, a derelict vessel was discovered, and using some rate of decay and erosion by cosmic rays dating method, they determined that the vessel was close to a million years old, (or really really old anyway). I don't recall the particulars of the book as I read it several years ago, but they discovered that their race came from a planet many light-years away called Earth. Essentially the colonial society rose and fell many times on the new planet, going through similar phases of societal evolution across a huge gulf of time that we did here on Earth. They went through a very long "dark ages" type period before a renaissance eventually led to the redevelopment of high technology.

David Weber's Safehold series also influences my idea somewhat. In this series, Earth was attacked by an alien race far in advance to our own, drawn to us by our advancing technology. The human race was obliterated, but a colony ship managed to escape. The ship contained the genetic material for a population large enough to start again on a new world, Safehold, which included humans along with plants and animals from Earth. What's interesting is that technology would be forcibly repressed on the new world by religious beliefs in order to avoid the fate that befell Earth. This enforcement would be carried out by a handful of architects- extremely long lived humans who would use technology to convince the colonists of their divinity. Advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic to the simple colonists. These human deities contrived a series of conscriptions, (like commandments), that would prevent the development of technology beyond that of simple lever and water-driven technologies. They actually had orbiting satellites that could inflict "divine punishment" to any who violated these proscriptions. The architects themselves eventually split into two faction, and to be people of Safehold, the gods were at war. Parallels could be drawn between these architects and the Aedra and Daedra of The Elderscrolls universe.
 

hershangames

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After reading this, your theory kind of makes sense. Anything could have happened that caused Earth's bane and they went to Nirn.

But then where do Met and beast races come from? And what about Akaviri and Altmora? The logical way of starting a colonization is from one sine point and then spread, not from different locations. Or could it be that it originally was all together and then a war started, they separated from each other, in communication, forget...

Could make for a good fan fiction indeed!

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Kohlar the Unkilled

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After reading this, your theory kind of makes sense. Anything could have happened that caused Earth's bane and they went to Nirn.

But then where do Met and beast races come from? And what about Akaviri and Altmora? The logical way of starting a colonization is from one sine point and then spread, not from different locations. Or could it be that it originally was all together and then a war started, they separated from each other, in communication, forget...

Could make for a good fan fiction indeed!

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In the distant future, it's foreseeable that genetic engineering would be so advanced that one could be made to look like an Argonian, or a Khajiit, and you wouldn't necessarily do so purely for cosmetic purposes, (although such is the case in Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space series), but rather to be better adapted to the environment one occupied. This might've been planned long before actually arriving at the destination planet. The most conservative would choose to retain their baseline humanity, while more progressive individuals might alter their physiology rather radically. Atmorans, who gave rise to Imperials and Nords are pretty much baseline human, the various forms of Mer differ from the baseline while still maintaining a somewhat conservative template, whereas the various races of Akavir would be on the extreme end of genetic modification.

Colonizing different areas of a planet might increase the likelyhood of survival- in case disaster were to befall one location, it wouldn't wipe out everybody. Of course conflict is an inevitable facet of human nature, and over time, those of vastly differing appearances might come to forget their common origin, allowing Earth history to repeat itself in the form of conquering, slavery, and rebellion.

The Dwemer were in the process of rediscovering advanced technology before eventually getting in over their head. Perhaps they found a long-hidden device of extreme power?
 

hershangames

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I reallunlike the idea. I might actually write about it. And I'm guessing Aedra and Daedra would be the people who have retained their tecnology and are able to thi gs like communicate from great distances and create powerful artifacts. None of them took any part in creating the world but to the inhabitantsof Nirn (or at least Tamriel), they were the most supreme of beings and therefore were the only ones capable of such thing.
That would mean, however, that Talos neber actually ascended. Poor lad.

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Kohlar the Unkilled

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I reallunlike the idea. I might actually write about it. And I'm guessing Aedra and Daedra would be the people who have retained their tecnology and are able to thi gs like communicate from great distances and create powerful artifacts. None of them took any part in creating the world but to the inhabitantsof Nirn (or at least Tamriel), they were the most supreme of beings and therefore were the only ones capable of such thing.
That would mean, however, that Talos neber actually ascended. Poor lad.

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Yes, the Aedra and Daedra could be the original architects, and genetically immortal beings. Perhaps they are so far advanced, that we are to them what an Austrailapificus would be to us. This could alter the scenario somewhat, implying that these divines used genetic material to create variations of the human form on Nirn, in which case they really would be creators. Unlike David Weber's series though, I wouldn't see them as suppressing any technological development. More like they're recreating primitive society just for the sake of doing so- almost playing God. Perhaps some sort of Grand, Living Chess, to take place over millennia. As far as creating the world, there may or may not have been some terraforming involved. Omnipresent nanotechnology could allow the humanoids of Nirn to tap into "magica," by learning to manipulate various energies.

So who's to say that Akatosh couldn't have intervened with Talos, granting him special abilities to suit the Divines' purpose. And Talos isn't the only mortal that this would happen to. But is he among the gods after death? That I cannot say. Any of the Divines/Daedra could manipulate beings, races, or events exactly how it is said to happen in lore. Malacath could've corrupted the Orsimer into the form we know today through use of a genetic virus; Azura could've done the same to turn the Chimer into the Dunmer.
 
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hershangames

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Any of the Divines/Daedra could manipulate beings, races, or events exactly how it is said to happen in lore. Malacath could've corrupted the Orsimer into the form we know today through use of a genetic virus; Azura could've done the same to turn the Chimer into the Dunmer.

And most likely it's what rhe Dwemer(us, according to my theory) did with the Falmer. Their technology would've gotten as far as to be able to tap into extremely complex biology, either because one of the Aedra or Daedra helped them or for some other reason.

But this would mean that the Daedra wouldn't really be bad guys, it is know that they helped the Akaviri achieve their technology and if the Dwemer were able to alter a race, then they probably also helped them(Aedra are know not to help). So probably the Aedra are instigating technology in Nirn(or at least Tamriel), while the Aedra are trying to avoid it at all costs, maybe to stay in power.

All of this could lead to a series of conclusions:

1. The Dwemer managed to achieve a level of advance that partially equaled that of the "gods"

2. The lands of Akaviri may contain great tecnologicall advances

3. Daedra aren't bad

4. None of this is true


Whatever it is, it's intriguing.



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