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Dark0ne

Jan 22 2005, 01:19 PM

Ok, so I'm trying to write up an original piece on what exactly the Elder Scrolls are for TESSource.net. Unfortunately there only seems to be one article on what they are generically spread around the net and forums..from The Imperial Library and the Official Lore FAQ on the official ES Forums...

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1. What are the Elder Scrolls?

These powerful tools of prophecy and divination, the prize of the Empire, tell of every event that ever has or will have happened. The Cyrodilic Moth priests, who are their keepers, invoke the Elder Scrolls by ritually attuning them to a specific time or space and attempt to interpret the glyphs that form upon their surface.

The Scrolls are believed to be kept in the Imperial City and may be stored in the Hall Of Records, which may form part of the Imperial Palace.

The Moth priests belong to a monastic order founded by Tiber Septim and dedicated to the god Julianos, the Cyrodilic Divine whose sphere is 'literature, law, history, and contradiction'.

And thats all there is, or all I can find, across the vast void of netspace. A bit of a vague description of the items which supposedly shapped the empire that the PC plays through in all of Bethesda's 5 ES games...don't you think?

If anyone else has any further info on them, please post it here.

ensis

Jan 22 2005, 05:44 PM

If you're not finding in the Imperial Library, etc... it's probably going to be pretty tough. You might want to visit the Tamriel-Rebuilt forums, there are people there who know their stuff really well. Other than that, I suppose you could try calling Bethesda. :)

Abramul

Jan 22 2005, 05:44 PM

Apparently, they don't actually have *written* on them the Events, but rather the Priests decide what is meant by the markings. An excellent system for a religion to be able to claim anything as Divinely Inspired, IMHO. If there is any real content to them, it is of a probabilistic nature (I do not remember the source, but I saw a reference to Seven Numidiums, fighting for seven different kingdoms. Might have been a Dragon Break book).

EDIT: Do Imperials use Latin plurals?

Darnoc

Jan 22 2005, 06:16 PM

So you mean the Elder Scrolls acctually work a little like the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece?

For example, it is said that the Oracle of Delphi gave as an answer to king Kroisos when he asked, if he should attack Persia: "If you cross the river Halys, you will destroy a great realm." He crossed the river and attacked Persia. His realm was conquered by the Persians. So the Oracle was right, but it would also have been correct, if Kroisos had conquered Persia.

Dark0ne

Jan 25 2005, 01:16 AM

Looks to me like noone has a god damn clue! LoL!

Peregrine

Jan 25 2005, 03:24 AM

QUOTE(Dark0ne @ Jan 24 2005, 09:16 PM)

Looks to me like noone has a god damn clue! LoL!

I doubt even the developers know. To keep the open-endedness and ability to continue with future sequels, the Elder Scrolls have to remain a distant myth to the player. That and it kind of loses some of the literary appeal of prophecy if any real details are known about it. A mysterious order making prophecies that motivate epic events is far more interesting than that same order would be if all their secrets were open knowledge.

flippy

Jan 25 2005, 01:20 PM

The story for morrowind and degoth ur some of your missing parts could be found in the morrowind guide the developers know the truth cause thay made the game but it was left out like your life before you got to morrowind reasion for this is to leave us all whith thoughts about trying to put the players thoughts to work and to unravel your fate in morrowind the to try to pice your past back togethor each cross road will lead you a diferant way some might take the path of good while others bad some just do the middle but all will lead to the same path that would be the end.

Silvuru Agnost

Feb 21 2005, 02:00 PM

Maybe it's a litle like Tom Bombadil in lotr. Every store needs to have some secrets that cannot be answerd!

Solian

Apr 5 2005, 06:59 PM

meh, maybe, but i think they have other powers aswell as just being able to tell events.

Abramul

Apr 5 2005, 08:50 PM

I believe that the Daedric/Aedric text in the dream intro may be the Scrolls. Working on a translation.

EDIT: All it is is "The Stranger"

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