[ With no fanfare or explanation, a file is delivered to Beckett's inbox. Remember that whole thing where Beckett said he was interested in gods and such? NELOTH DOES. Which is why he hasn't just written an overview of the whole deal, oh no. That's not showing off enough. He's written a fucking novel. It's split into chapters and everything. And the first third or so is in capslock because it took him that long to figure out how to turn it off. Why.
To say he's been thorough is an understatement. The file starts off with a shitty paint program diagram of the universe as it's currently understood, with helpful labels. Apparently the sun and stars - Magnus and the Magna-Ge - are holes in the sky leading through to Aetherius, the source of magic, and the planets in the space surrounding Nirn are all that remains of the flesh-divinity of the Aedra. Whatever that means. The Aedra in general get glossed over with little interest and are dismissed as being disinterested, disivolved, and at least partially dead.
The Daedra, on the other hand, get a lot more in terms of explanation. There are "good" and "bad" daedra, though he dismisses this idea as being stupid and arbitrary and far too mortal in its judgements. He goes into great detail about each of the Daedric Princes and their sphere of influence - he spends a lot of time talking about Hermaeus Mora, the Daedric Prince of knowledge, who is apparently a lovecraftian many-eyed tentacle monster whose plane of Oblivion is a never-ending library. Mehrunes Dagon gets a similar treatment: he's listed as the Prince of Destruction, and there's a level of detail in the descriptions of the rituals needed to commune with him that indicate a certain amount of personal experience on Neloth's part.
If Beckett gets far enough into the wall of text, he'll find that is indeed the case. Apparently, Neloth was once granted an artifact by this particular god that was later stolen by someone called Gothren. The next three chapters are an elaborate dissertation on why Gothren sucks, why he should never have been made Archmagister of House Telvanni, and how the only bad thing about him being dead is that Neloth didn't get to murder the aggravating s'wit himself.
Not that he bears a grudge or anything.
The chapter on Molag Bal might be of particular interest to Beckett. Listed as the Prince of Domination, he's also the father of vampires - there's a patchy retelling of the legend behind it, which is pretty unpleasant to say the least. CW: rape and murder. Yeah.
There's also a section on non-Aedric/Daedric gods, which mostly concerns three beings known as the Tribunal. They're detailed as having been people, once, who elevated themselves to godhood but later had it stripped from them and were killed. Except one - Vivec - who no one is completely certain about. Neloth merely notes that Vivec "was and possibly is a strange, narcissistic fetcher who probably revels in the attention that their oh-so mysterious disappearance brought them. S'wit. Don't ask about their poetry."
I'm sorry did I say this was a novel because apparently it's more like some kind of divine gossip rag?? ]
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Date: 2018-07-10 10:39 am (UTC)To say he's been thorough is an understatement. The file starts off with a shitty paint program diagram of the universe as it's currently understood, with helpful labels. Apparently the sun and stars - Magnus and the Magna-Ge - are holes in the sky leading through to Aetherius, the source of magic, and the planets in the space surrounding Nirn are all that remains of the flesh-divinity of the Aedra. Whatever that means. The Aedra in general get glossed over with little interest and are dismissed as being disinterested, disivolved, and at least partially dead.
The Daedra, on the other hand, get a lot more in terms of explanation. There are "good" and "bad" daedra, though he dismisses this idea as being stupid and arbitrary and far too mortal in its judgements. He goes into great detail about each of the Daedric Princes and their sphere of influence - he spends a lot of time talking about Hermaeus Mora, the Daedric Prince of knowledge, who is apparently a lovecraftian many-eyed tentacle monster whose plane of Oblivion is a never-ending library. Mehrunes Dagon gets a similar treatment: he's listed as the Prince of Destruction, and there's a level of detail in the descriptions of the rituals needed to commune with him that indicate a certain amount of personal experience on Neloth's part.
If Beckett gets far enough into the wall of text, he'll find that is indeed the case. Apparently, Neloth was once granted an artifact by this particular god that was later stolen by someone called Gothren. The next three chapters are an elaborate dissertation on why Gothren sucks, why he should never have been made Archmagister of House Telvanni, and how the only bad thing about him being dead is that Neloth didn't get to murder the aggravating s'wit himself.
Not that he bears a grudge or anything.
The chapter on Molag Bal might be of particular interest to Beckett. Listed as the Prince of Domination, he's also the father of vampires - there's a patchy retelling of the legend behind it, which is pretty unpleasant to say the least. CW: rape and murder. Yeah.
There's also a section on non-Aedric/Daedric gods, which mostly concerns three beings known as the Tribunal. They're detailed as having been people, once, who elevated themselves to godhood but later had it stripped from them and were killed. Except one - Vivec - who no one is completely certain about. Neloth merely notes that Vivec "was and possibly is a strange, narcissistic fetcher who probably revels in the attention that their oh-so mysterious disappearance brought them. S'wit. Don't ask about their poetry."
I'm sorry did I say this was a novel because apparently it's more like some kind of divine gossip rag?? ]