"That Heimskr's Crazy." Brenuin wasn't kidding.
Originally posted on r/teslore.
Let me share a realization about Heimskr that's reminded me of the division between intepreting lore as an outside observer and how things are seen inside universe.
I've got used to all the endless debates about how Cyrodiil was transformed from jungle to temperate forest, and Heimskr's chosen theory nestles in with the rest.
But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, 'Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter.' 'I breathe now, in royalty, and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you.
Talos using his attainment of CHIM to retroactively fix things is debated on this subreddit, and while it's questioned a lot, with new theories from ESO springing up to explain the climate shift, it's still a legitimate matter of debate.
But I never stopped to consider how absolutely bug-nuts Heimskr must sound to his audience. He doesn't sound like he's proposing something that could account for lore weirdness, he just sounds like he's really mixed up about Cyrodiil's climate at the time of Tiber Septim.
So there's my revelation for today. Heimskr is even nuttier-seeming than I thought, and we need to think more about how people experience the lore within the universe. Any other examples of this gap in understanding?
