In between, the elves travel to the continent of Tamriel when their homeland of Aldmeri is lost, settling in different areas. the elves, this period of 2,500 years begins with the construction of the Adamantine Tower and ends with the founding of the Camoran Dynasty. Known as the Merethic Era because it's dominated by the Mer, a.k.a. The in-game book called The Monomyth is a handy collection of competing creation stories.

That's just one version of the story of course.

Lorkhan's punishment is to have his heart torn out, and it forms the Red Mountain on the island of Vvardenfell. Akatosh, dragon god of time, builds the Adamantine Tower on the continent of Tamriel to be their courthouse. According to human myths the gods then create mortals, while the elves believe some Aedra stay permanently to sacrifice their immortality and become their ancestors.īut before that, the Aedra convene to determine how Lorkhan should be punished for tricking them. Other Aedra step back to resume their godhood, becoming the Divines. They leave for Aetherius, a plane of pure magic, allowing magicka to leak into the world through the holes their departure leaves. Some of the Aedra realize Lorkhan isn't being upfront about the cost of this creation, that they'll have to sacrifice much of their own power in the act. Among the first of those gods is Lorkhan, a trickster, who convinces the Aedra to create the mortal plane, while the Daedra go off to make their own planes within Oblivion.

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