#thunder-rad

[galoogamelady]

absolutely uncanny how much silco looks like buttons

[foulserpent]

it's in the valenwood section, of all places: "The history of the land, of course, began long before the first year of the First Era. Before man or mer came to Valenwood, the forestland was a salmagundi of creatures and strange civilizations. Centaurs, hippogriffs, satyrs, minotaurs, giants, basilisks, fairy folk, hydra, and intelligent apes"

ok so there we go! 

yea its still probably a theory that has absolutely no ground to it whatsoever but i really am gonna go on the assumption that minotaur are effectively another race of man. like they can reproduce with humans allegedly while there arent distinct sources of like argonians or khajiit being able to do that. 

and i guess they at least have certainly been around longer than the alessia/morihaus union. id interpret that theres a couple of bloodlines descended from them but most minotaur are their own thing

[gffa]

for what it's worth, based on what some friends who got the novel early said, the reason this bypasses the 'persisting after death' thing because Palpatine had the flawed host body he moved his consciousness moved into prepared *before* the shingdig over endor, and that his spirit transferred to that body before his og body died in the reactor shaft. it's a technicality, but i imagine if he'd died before he got a chance to leave his body, he'd have been permadead- like, say, in TROS.

I read the pages where he’d been preparing clone bodies ahead of time, but it still goes against what the Sith should/shouldn’t be able to do–if you can move your consciousness from one body to the next, then that’s cheating death, which the Sith should not be able to do!  It requires selflessness to do it, to achieve any kind of immortality.I guess we could get technical about it and say he’s still technically mortal because he’s body hopping, but I feel that any kind of way to cheat death (especially since body hopping would actually be exactly the kind of thing the Sith were after) being possible should not be allowed, like, on a narrative level.So, whatever method, whether the clone body was flawed or not, that Palpatine can move his consciousness into another body AT ALL is what I’m gearing up to be Big Mad about.(And I realize I’m a ridiculous person when it comes to SW, but at least I’ll own it.  ^_~)

[collegeofwinterhold]

so basically make a big magic shaft, give it a powerful cosmic nut, and hope for the best

god bless lore

[kagrenacs]

the 'they learned dawn-magics from the bird people' is fan-theory as far as i know

I don’t even think it was the bird-people, I almost remember thinking it was the argonians who taught them this, but take everything I say with a grain of salt, I haven’t slept well in 2 days hgfdskgh

[alandrosul]

as you wish: it's called 'on the felling of the oak-father' and you can find it by googling it because i can't put links in asks, lol

this is really great so i’m posting it here for everybody ‘on the felling of the oak-father’

One of the few surviving fragments from a collection of ancient Nordic legends supposedly dating back to the founding of the first empire, 'On The Felling of the Oak-Father' tells of Kyne and the death of Jyrth, who, while now regarded as nothing more as an archaic forest spirit, here is clearly conflated with the Elven god Y'ffre. It's unclear whether it's simply Alessian propaganda or an authentic myth.

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Long had Shor and his brother Ald fought, having been fated to do battle, having been born with this one purpose, having been shaped in the image of the conflict eternal. Before both of them laid great armies of elves and men, creatures born from the breath and will of the gods. Before each stood their thanes, spirits from before, gods of old, brothers and sisters, kin, broken from each other their hearts and their fates, kin broken from each other like Shor and Ald, like Man and Mer. Of these countless kin, brother and sister, were Kyne, Sky-Mother, Storm-Wife, and Jyrth, Tree-Father, Story-Teller.

With Shor Stood Kyne, Mother of Men, bound to Shor through love; with Ald Stood Jyrth, Lord of Oak and Pine, bound to Ald with oath. Kyne stood with Shor, for her nature was of righteous fury. Kyne stood with Shor, for she was kin to thunder, mother to lightning. Jyrth stood with Ald, for his nature was that of harmony. Jyrth stood with Ald, for he was lord of oak and ivy, of growing things. Though they sought not to meet in combat, though bound as kin, though their love burned brighter than dragonfire, Kyne and Jryth at last did battle, for this was the will of fate.

And so they fought, and they did this with their full power, for they knew that only one would live out this day. And so they fought with fury that broke the earth. As they fought, elves and men, warriors who fought for both kings, fell silent around them; they looked upon the spirits, they looked upon the great battle, and their hearts were filled with terror. As they fought, the sun passed beyond the horizon and back again thrice over. As the sun set on the fourth day, Kyne’s spear finally pierced Jryth’s oaken hide, and so Jryth was felled.

But there was no glory that day, for Kyne had never before felt love for one she had slain. Kyne, Lady of Storms, fell to her knees and wept. Her grief was so great that her tears washed the battlefield clean of the blood of man and elf. Kyne held her fallen kin, and threw down her spear. Kyne held her fallen kin, and at last her great fury was tempered. She swore to herself and to all who could hear that from that day and for every day since, she would take upon herself the duties of her brother; she would care for the trees, the vines, for all that grows. To honour her fallen kin, she would forever be Kyneryth, for she took upon it upon herself to love and care for all of her brother’s creations. Jryth’s spirit passed into the land, and where his blood fell a great forest grew. It is said that the storm-mother still walks there sometimes, deep in the forest, where her fallen brother still whispers.

[narkinafive]

you shouldn't listen to the score for spoiler reasons (the tracks have kinda spoilery information in the names), but also it is REALLY good

[ja-khajay]

the books you're referring to are super old and --extremely controversial in-universe-- tomes describing khajiiti religion prior to the the riddle-thar epiphany; they don't represent any modern khajiiti attitudes towards the gods, and they're explicitly condemned by the moon priests.

they still suck ass...UNLESS they’re specifically proven to be dunmer texts and flawed i’ll hate them. ATM they are portrayed as ~we don’t want kids to read what may be the scary truth...forgotten texts~ and it sucks!