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    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    The disturbing part of that is how you're explicitly called "Last". Implying that there can't be any more, ever. If the world needs saving again, it won't be a dragonborn hero that does the job.
    There might be a bit of silver lining to this:
    1.) Dragonborn could be plural (our character starts a dynasty or something)
    2.) Future calamities just won't need someone Dragonborn
    3.) Our character could wind up an immortal or near-immortal vampire and be around for a long, long, long time.

    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    Vivec, who is the one who stopped the moon's fall in the first place, is still powerful in his own right. I had hoped he could have lowered the moon gently to drop it harmlessly in the sea.
    IIRC he got kidnapped by Daedra, and the only reason it stayed up as long as it did after that was because the Dunmer made a magic doohicky that kept it up - but it took a steady fuel of souls to power the thing, and when the girlfriend of one of the doohicky's makers got picked to help fuel it, well...RIP Vivec City.

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    With regards to high elves believing the world to be a prison, most of them seem nowhere near depressed enough to actually truly believe that.
    Without drawing any explicit parallel comparison to real-world religious beliefs, many philosophies across the ages have interpreted the corporeal condition as a prison of sorts from which one must seek freedom, and their adherents on average weren't a bunch of deeply depressed people.

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    You can walk down any street in Tamriel and see an elf, Argonian, and/or magic. It's a little harder to believe in dragons or Sovngarde when no one* in living memory has actually seen either of them.

    *I don't count the Greybeards here since they keep their dragon a secret.
    So, what's the more likely option:

    - People who genuinely believe in an afterlife/that dragons are real

    Or

    - An entire nation who pretends to believe in something nobody really believes in but they all pretend because everyone believes except they don't so how did that belief even got established in the first place?

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    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    The disturbing part of that is how you're explicitly called "Last". Implying that there can't be any more, ever. If the world needs saving again, it won't be a dragonborn hero that does the job.
    Or because prophecies are by necessity told in a past tense from the position of a future observer, "The Last Dragonborn" could just be the previous one before whatever other crisis comes up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    The disturbing part of that is how you're explicitly called "Last". Implying that there can't be any more, ever. If the world needs saving again, it won't be a dragonborn hero that does the job.
    And? It's not like it's a requirement to save the world.



    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    Vivec, who is the one who stopped the moon's fall in the first place, is still powerful in his own right. I had hoped he could have lowered the moon gently to drop it harmlessly in the sea.
    Vivec could have done that whenever he wanted in Three Eras. Vivec could have done that the moment he realized what was needed to stop Dagoth Ur (that probably would have helped with maintening the Ghostfence too). Vivec didn't do that. Vivec stated that the rock would hover as long as the Dunmer loved him. It destroying Vvardenfell when the Dunmer turned away from worshiping the Tribunal wasn't a bug, but a feature.
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    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    The disturbing part of that is how you're explicitly called "Last". Implying that there can't be any more, ever.
    Possibly, though there's enough contradictory lore in-universe that maybe that'll get changed in the future timeline.
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    A dragonborn hero won't be needed, because it seems that Alduin was the only dragon with the resurrection shout. He won't be back until the appointed time of the world's natural end.

    Dragons are indeed mighty, but hardly invincible. A solo mage from the Twin Secrets book was able to best one. Now when a dragon dies, it doesn't matter if it's soul remains, it's taking a nap until the true end times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lurkmoar View Post
    A dragonborn hero won't be needed, because it seems that Alduin was the only dragon with the resurrection shout. He won't be back until the appointed time of the world's natural end.
    What if this is that appointed time? There are indications of that.

    E.g. Esbern's commentary on Alduin's Wall: "The Last Dragonborn does battle with Alduin at the end of time." (Not an exact quote, but he definitely uses that phrase.)

    Or Felldir's words on banishing Alduin from the time of the Dragon War: "We shout you out, from all our endings until the last."

    Then there's Paarthunax's none-too-cryptic warnings to the Dragonborn: "Those who try to hasten the end, may delay it. Those who work to delay the end, may bring it closer."

    And of course the repeated references to "the Last Dragonborn". Not just from the prophecy - Miraak also uses the term.
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    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    What if this is that appointed time? There are indications of that.
    Isn't the main contradictory indication, though, that the *world doesn't end*? And you don't absorb Alduin's soul when you kill him at the end of the game, so there's a reasonable chance that he can come back at some point.

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    Isn't the main contradictory indication, though, that the *world doesn't end*? And you don't absorb Alduin's soul when you kill him at the end of the game, so there's a reasonable chance that he can come back at some point.
    The world doesn't end - yet - but it's prophesied to end.

    What happens, exactly, when a prophecy - or multiple prophecies - are falsified? Well, obviously nothing much - directly. But what happens, specifically, to all notions of "the appointed time" for something?
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    Quote Originally Posted by veti View Post
    The world doesn't end - yet - but it's prophesied to end.

    What happens, exactly, when a prophecy - or multiple prophecies - are falsified? Well, obviously nothing much - directly. But what happens, specifically, to all notions of "the appointed time" for something?
    In the real world, prophesies are hogwash. In fiction, prophesies are whatever the author wants, for as long as the author wants, and if the author changes her mind, then the status of the prophesy changes. If the authors change (as in different people become authors) on a weekly basis, as seems to be the case with the Elder Scrolls, then the chances of a prophecy meaning the same thing between games are very very slender.
    The end of what Son? The story? There is no end. There's just the point where the storytellers stop talking.

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    Thing is, the Amulet of Kings is destroyed meaning no more Dragonborn Emperors and Alduin's body is slain meaning he will only ever come back when Aka(tosh) decides it is time for him to come back and for the kalpa to end. At which point Aka(tosh) is unlikely to spawn a Dragonborn to stop Alduin. So why would there ever be another Dragonborn?
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    Several cultures, at least the Khajiit, the Nords and the Redguard, claim to have experience with previous Kalpas. So the idea of Kalpas ending is reasonably credible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Thing is, the Amulet of Kings is destroyed meaning no more Dragonborn Emperors and Alduin's body is slain meaning he will only ever come back when Aka(tosh) decides it is time for him to come back and for the kalpa to end. At which point Aka(tosh) is unlikely to spawn a Dragonborn to stop Alduin. So why would there ever be another Dragonborn?
    You think the god of time's devotee in Elder Scrolls is stopped by such a trifling matter as continuity? To put on my imaginary tinfoil hat fully, I assume dwemer vanished by some time travel shenanigans. They either breached the mortal realm by realizing they can quite literally all achieve CHIM (and thus realize they are in a game) or where simply "written out of existence" by Akatosh. But not fully deleted, as to warn mortals about the dangers of achieving divinity as a mortal.

    And if my wishes would be granted, the ultimate TES part would have the daedra (who are tricksters and oppose the aedra, the gods) actively fight against the aedra, actually being the good guys for once, because they want the illusion to end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spore View Post
    You think the god of time's devotee in Elder Scrolls is stopped by such a trifling matter as continuity? To put on my imaginary tinfoil hat fully, I assume dwemer vanished by some time travel shenanigans. They either breached the mortal realm by realizing they can quite literally all achieve CHIM (and thus realize they are in a game) or where simply "written out of existence" by Akatosh. But not fully deleted, as to warn mortals about the dangers of achieving divinity as a mortal.

    And if my wishes would be granted, the ultimate TES part would have the daedra (who are tricksters and oppose the aedra, the gods) actively fight against the aedra, actually being the good guys for once, because they want the illusion to end.
    The Aedra arent actually "Good" though, in any sense that we understand. Theyre Law, to the Daedra's Chaos. Naturally mortals side with them because consistency of reality is very good for people who dont have the power to just arbitrarily affect the rules to get what they want, but the Aedra dont necessarily have mortals best interests at heart, whatever their priests may say. Case in point, Alduin and the dragons exist, whether they are aedra themselves or simply the direct agents of one.
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    You think the god of time's devotee in Elder Scrolls is stopped by such a trifling matter as continuity?
    I don't understand what you mean.
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    The Aedra arent actually "Good" though, in any sense that we understand. Theyre Law, to the Daedra's Chaos. Naturally mortals side with them because consistency of reality is very good for people who dont have the power to just arbitrarily affect the rules to get what they want, but the Aedra dont necessarily have mortals best interests at heart, whatever their priests may say. Case in point, Alduin and the dragons exist, whether they are aedra themselves or simply the direct agents of one.
    I dunno the Celestials (minus Serpent) seem like pretty good people when they aren't being mind controlled.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spore View Post
    You think the god of time's devotee in Elder Scrolls is stopped by such a trifling matter as continuity?
    Yes, definitely. Akatosh isn't simply "the god of time"; he's the god of linear time. All the instances of time shenanigans occur when Akatosh's influence over reality is weakened or suspended. That's why they're called Dragon Breaks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kareeah_Indaga View Post
    I dunno the Celestials (minus Serpent) seem like pretty good people when they aren't being mind controlled.
    The celestials? You mean the constellations? Do they ever do anything?
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    Yes, definitely. Akatosh isn't simply "the god of time"; he's the god of linear time. All the instances of time shenanigans occur when Akatosh's influence over reality is weakened or suspended. That's why they're called Dragon Breaks.
    Akatosh leaves to get coffee and people start giving bith to their parents. Is it really a surprise he's okay with Alduin eating everybody?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Akatosh leaves to get coffee and people start giving bith to their parents. Is it really a surprise he's okay with Alduin eating everybody?
    This just created the image of Akatosh and Periyte as a pair of overworked IT support guys.

    Akatosh is a server admin that can't look away without someone letting a million spam bots in and Dagon trying to crash the exchange stack, and Periyte gets sent around to computers that are "super defective, get up here and fix it or lose your job" when it's just not plugged in.

    And then he has to carry all the junk off someone's desk down to Akatosh, who's furious because Sheogorath posted the company WAN details and password in a Facebook meme.

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    The celestials? You mean the constellations? Do they ever do anything?
    You mean, aside from giving everyone minor super powers just for being born in their months/touching their stones? Yes, there’s an entire questline for them in Craglorn.

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    Akatosh leaves to get coffee and people start giving bith to their parents. Is it really a surprise he's okay with Alduin eating everybody?
    Is he though? He arranged for a Dragonborn just in time to stop Alduin.

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    This just created the image of Akatosh and Periyte as a pair of overworked IT support guys.

    Akatosh is a server admin that can't look away without someone letting a million spam bots in and Dagon trying to crash the exchange stack, and Periyte gets sent around to computers that are "super defective, get up here and fix it or lose your job" when it's just not plugged in.

    And then he has to carry all the junk off someone's desk down to Akatosh, who's furious because Sheogorath posted the company WAN details and password in a Facebook meme.
    I like this mental image.

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    Thing is, the Amulet of Kings is destroyed meaning no more Dragonborn Emperors and Alduin's body is slain meaning he will only ever come back when Aka(tosh) decides it is time for him to come back and for the kalpa to end. At which point Aka(tosh) is unlikely to spawn a Dragonborn to stop Alduin. So why would there ever be another Dragonborn?
    Well, in the past there have been fairly steady streams of Dragonborn. The entire Septim line, for instance. I've also seen it suggested that the heroes of previous games are also Dragonborn (nobody uses the word back then because it has no particular significance except to the Greybeards, who aren't in any of those games), and that accounts for how they (alone of all people in all the world) are able to level up so quickly and achieve what they do.
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    Besides Uriel (and maybe Martin) Septim, the only previous character in an Elder Scrolls game that I think had a chance of being Dragonborn was perhaps Mankar Cameron, and even that is shaky. If there's one thing Cameron was good at, it was lying and misdirecting.

    Previous heroes were favored in some way(Not the hero of Daggerfall though, lol). That doesn't necessarily mean the previous protagonists were Dragonborn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lurkmoar View Post
    Besides Uriel (and maybe Martin) Septim, the only previous character in an Elder Scrolls game that I think had a chance of being Dragonborn was perhaps Mankar Cameron, and even that is shaky. If there's one thing Cameron was good at, it was lying and misdirecting.

    Previous heroes were favored in some way(Not the hero of Daggerfall though, lol). That doesn't necessarily mean the previous protagonists were Dragonborn.
    We know for a fact that the Champion of Cyrodiil at least was NOT a dragonborn, since they couldnt wear the Amulet of Kings.
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    The Champion could have since the amulet was attuned to Dragonblood. While a Dragonborn might not qualify. Which makes no sense but when gods are involved rules tend to be the first thing hurled out the window.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Misery Esquire View Post
    This just created the image of Akatosh and Periyte as a pair of overworked IT support guys.

    Akatosh is a server admin that can't look away without someone letting a million spam bots in and Dagon trying to crash the exchange stack, and Periyte gets sent around to computers that are "super defective, get up here and fix it or lose your job" when it's just not plugged in.

    And then he has to carry all the junk off someone's desk down to Akatosh, who's furious because Sheogorath posted the company WAN details and password in a Facebook meme.
    And then some people have a dance-protest outside his office because he's "too elven" and somehow manage to crash his server.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Misery Esquire View Post
    This just created the image of Akatosh and Periyte as a pair of overworked IT support guys.

    Akatosh is a server admin that can't look away without someone letting a million spam bots in and Dagon trying to crash the exchange stack, and Periyte gets sent around to computers that are "super defective, get up here and fix it or lose your job" when it's just not plugged in.

    And then he has to carry all the junk off someone's desk down to Akatosh, who's furious because Sheogorath posted the company WAN details and password in a Facebook meme.
    Oh, I like that. Anu is the CEO who no one ever sees. Magnus was the guy who set up most of the software infrastructure but left the company a while ago and nobody is really sure how it all works now. Julianos is from accounting. Zenithar and Stendarr are the HR guy and the local union leader but I don't know which fits which better. Mephala jsut love to spread gossip around and will make up stuff if nothing is interesting enough. Mara is the one who is always ready to help out the newbies and give them advice. Kynareth is the the only one who waters the plants. Nobody really knows what Sanguine actually does, but he's there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kareeah_Indaga View Post
    You mean, aside from giving everyone minor super powers just for being born in their months/touching their stones?
    Yes aside, from that, since they dot seem to have much control over that (although I think lore-wise, only the Heroes get to enjoy that).
    Yes, there’s an entire questline for them in Craglorn.
    Is that an ESO thing? That sounds like an ESO thing.



    Is he though? He arranged for a Dragonborn just in time to stop Alduin.
    He's not fine with Alduin ruling the world as a tyrannical god-king or eating the souls in Sovngarde but the fact that you don't absorb Alduin's soul strongly suggests that Akatosh is keeping him for later use.


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    Well, in the past there have been fairly steady streams of Dragonborn. The entire Septim line, for instance.
    The Dragonborn Emperors were dragonborn because of the Covenant between Alessia and Akatosh. That Covenant ended when the Amulet of Kings was broken.
    I've also seen it suggested that the heroes of previous games are also Dragonborn (nobody uses the word back then because it has no particular significance except to the Greybeards, who aren't in any of those games), and that accounts for how they (alone of all people in all the world) are able to level up so quickly and achieve what they do.
    No, being a Hero and being a Dragonborn are two unrelated things (most likely). Cyrus, the PC of Redguard was a Hero but not a Dragonborn (since he didn't absorb the soul of Nafaalilargus when he killed him).

    We know for a fact the Hero of Kvatch and the Imperial Agent were not dragonborn either, since the HoK couldn't put on the Amulet of Kings and the Agent couldn't use the Totem of Tiber Septim to control Anumidium.

    The only indication that any of them may be Dragonborn is that the Nerevarine is said to be "dragon-born and star-marked" which is likely to mean "was born in Imperial territory".
    Quote Originally Posted by Lurkmoar View Post
    Besides Uriel (and maybe Martin) Septim, the only previous character in an Elder Scrolls game that I think had a chance of being Dragonborn was perhaps Mankar Cameron, and even that is shaky. If there's one thing Cameron was good at, it was lying and misdirecting.

    Previous heroes were favored in some way(Not the hero of Daggerfall though, lol). That doesn't necessarily mean the previous protagonists were Dragonborn.
    Mankar Camoran (he's from the Summerset Isles, not the British Isles) being Dragonborn is the only way to explain why he can wear the Amulet of Kings when the HoK can't. At least, it's the only way I know of.
    Quote Originally Posted by Triaxx View Post
    The Champion could have since the amulet was attuned to Dragonblood. While a Dragonborn might not qualify. Which makes no sense but when gods are involved rules tend to be the first thing hurled out the window.
    My understanding is that all the Dragonborns have the dragonblood, but the Dragonborn Emperors (except Tiber and Reman) only had the dragonblood and not the rest of the package.
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    And then some people have a dance-protest outside his office because he's "too elven" and somehow manage to crash his server.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Oh, I like that. Anu is the CEO who no one ever sees. Magnus was the guy who set up most of the software infrastructure but left the company a while ago and nobody is really sure how it all works now. Julianos is from accounting. Zenithar and Stendarr are the HR guy and the local union leader but I don't know which fits which better. Mephala jsut love to spread gossip around and will make up stuff if nothing is interesting enough. Mara is the one who is always ready to help out the newbies and give them advice. Kynareth is the the only one who waters the plants. Nobody really knows what Sanguine actually does, but he's there.
    Lorkhan is the one who convinced everyone that they need a GUI instead of a command line interface to attract customers.

    Which makes all the elves neckbeards who want to go back to pure assembly language or something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Oh, I like that. Anu is the CEO who no one ever sees. Magnus was the guy who set up most of the software infrastructure but left the company a while ago and nobody is really sure how it all works now. Julianos is from accounting. Zenithar and Stendarr are the HR guy and the local union leader but I don't know which fits which better. Mephala jsut love to spread gossip around and will make up stuff if nothing is interesting enough. Mara is the one who is always ready to help out the newbies and give them advice. Kynareth is the the only one who waters the plants. Nobody really knows what Sanguine actually does, but he's there.

    And I'm out of ideas.
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    And then some people have a dance-protest outside his office because he's "too elven" and somehow manage to crash his server.
    Quote Originally Posted by Eldan
    Lorkhan is the one who convinced everyone that they need a GUI instead of a command line interface to attract customers.

    Which makes all the elves neckbeards who want to go back to pure assembly language or something.
    Alright just for fun, let's take this and make the whole cast :
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    Lorkhan : Started this entire branch of the corporation, introduced all the ease-of-use designs and actually lead the first production team himself in a garage. For these amazingly successful efforts, he later received... The hatred of everyone on salary, and got shredded on social media until they could fire him.

    Magnus : Built almost all the cabling and company internals himself. Didn't like Lorkhan's "artistic direction", and just up and quit without notice leaving a lot of things unfinished and in Akatosh's claws to deal with.



    Akatosh : The overworked head of IT that's had to do 90% of the server work himself for the last <years error> since Magnus left. Rarely leaves his office, and when he does, everyone goes ballistic because their network starts to crash.

    Arkay : HR manager, the one that's always doing the actual interview when you're being hired... Or fired.

    Dibella : She's always getting newer, nicer, offices and things for reasons. Cough. Also usually is the one arranging the office party scheduling, and other mandated celebrations.

    Julianos : He says he's from accounting, but any time anyone sees him he's reading the news. From tomorrow, the 1800s, or something in Ancient Sumerian.

    Kynareth : She's a founding member of the company, but oddly never moves up in the world. Keeps all the office plants watered, and is usually arguing with landscaping maintenance.

    Mara : No one is entirely sure which department she's in ever since the time people ganged up to get rid of Lorkhan, she's usually busy talking with the workers and bringing in food.

    Stendarr : Is the one that does all the paperwork in HR and all the internal interviews. Almost always sides against certain parts of management. Oddly started keeping a mace above his office door. No one's asked about it yet.

    Zenithar : The Union president, who hasn't had to deal with a strike yet because honestly most of the workforce (mortals) don't realize they have anything to do about management. Is antsy about this "Thalmor" social media group.

    Talos : An industrial contractor that ended up on salary. Some of the normal staff dislike him, others love him.



    Azura : No one has seen her do any work in the last forever, aside from whenever she storms down from her corner office to reprimand an entire department staff for sophistry.

    Boethiah : All of the employees that work in her advertising department are hollow eyed and nervous; they're usually all backbiting to try and get her to smile on them.

    Clavicus Vile : A company lawyer, who's closely followed by his briefcase-carrying junior associate. Has a gold inlaid mahogany desk with a Newton's cradle on it. And is irritated that some twerp managed to take contracting away from him.

    Hermaeus Mora : He's the lead from design. People usually edge away when he's staring at them, which is always. His office was once blocked off for a week when a pile of trashy Scientific Journals fell over in front of his door.

    Hircine : Keeps bringing a bunch of hounds into work and tracking mud all over. Always off on hunting weekends, or assigning lower-level managers deal with his work for him.

    Jyggalag : He was a strict no-nonsense downer Chief Financial Officer that pedantically marched on over everyone else at every meeting until he had his way. So they forced him to come to a company party and spiked his drink. Hasn't been seen since. Though, that Sheogorath fellow...?

    Malacath : A manager of engineering. Is very serious when working on something, but finding him when he's not red-faced with rage otherwise is a real challenge. And so is getting back out of his office after saying something like that.

    Mehrunes Dagon : Hasn't stopped insisting that he has a better corporate plan and that this place is just one step from falling down. Usually sabotaging company works to make this at least partially true. Spreads political theories to the workers, and is all smiles to those who listen. And tries to get the rest fired immediately.

    Mephala : Claims she's in charge of administration, but this may just be an excuse to read everyone's paperwork. So she can have something to tease everyone else with. Put a spider tank on the cubicle dividers for people to admire, isn't sure why people don't. Does wiccan art online under a pseudonym.

    Meridia : Is one of the few on this side of the office that does a lot of work, claims she's the only one keeping the lights on around here. Collects any worker she likes onto her team, where they find it extremely difficult to get transferred back out of.

    Molag Bal : Calls himself the "Chief People Officer". The HR department refuses to report to him, and in fact have an ever-growing pile of complaints about him. Even those who leave the company can still find it difficult to avoid him.

    Namira : Always in the office after hours. Says she's in charge of Sanitation. Encourages beggars to stay in the lobby. Odd smell around her. Sends company memos deriding Arkay CC'd to everyone.

    Nocturnal : Is the oldest manager in the entire building. People mutter that the place was just built around her when she chose not to move. Keep an eye on your office supplies, or she'll have them. Also walks off with personal items. You'll never get them back, don't go looking.

    Peryite : Has a sign that says Inferior Assistant Under-Manager nailed to his door. Does all the work that other people claim that they're responsible for. Hangs around Akatosh whenever possible, because they're third cousins twice removed on his uncle's wife's side. Has a year-round head cold, and is always sniffling.

    Sanguine : Often shouts "hip" internet slogans and sprays people down with champagne. Has relations with the workers, which the other managers find more than odd and slightly uncomfortable (except for Malog Bal, which should make anyone reconsider their choices). Always 110% chipper and just back from vacation somewhere exotic.

    Sheogorath : Looks oddly like Jyggalag if he had been a mad tramp surfer instead of a 40-something balding accountant. Carries a box of fishsticks under one arm and tells rambling stories to anyone who will listen, until either giving them real gold Spanish doubloons or sticking a live anchovy in their ear. The rest of management refuse to do anything about this and say, "It's fine. That's fine. Better than expected, really." Everyone is amazed that not only can he work a computer, but is also a wild break-away memetic hit with every social media post.

    Vaermina : Once brought in a "home crafts project", judging by the number of managers and workers that suddenly needed to leave it was a great success! She'll pull your ear if you're not working, but the more committed to the job you are, the more upset she is with you.



    Ideal Masters : After taking over a files and documents room they said that, as middle management, they should be making all the decisions instead. Few of the upper management or workers seem to remember they're there at all.

    Tribunal : Three workers took over a wing of the building and ran it fairly well until Azura got tired of them doctoring their profit numbers.

    Dagoth Ur : Found Lorkhan's old plans, which the Tribunal used later, and holy **** is that cancerous!? Get him out of here!

    Umbra : Spray paints outside of the building with "Suck it, Clavicus!" tags when not writing contracts.

    Numidium : Someone thought they were ordering a Mercedes-Benz. They received this instead. It was a lawn ornament until someone stole it, crashed it into the internet cables outside and Akatosh wrote an enraged 5000-page company wide notice about the impact it mysteriously disappeared.

    Mannimarco : Who the !@?# is this guy? Who invited him? What do you mean, read the notice?
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    The Hist: an old tree in the courtyard of the main building. Sanguine swears it hissed at him once, but he might have been high.

    Trinimac: Former head of security and Akatosh's best buddy, was fired after having a fight with Boethiah when she called him a compulsive liar. Malacth inherited his office.

    Morihaus: Kynareth's son, was an intern for a while with his buddy Pelinal. Hard-working and reliable but did not leave much of an impression.

    Pelinal: Also an intern, made friend with Morihaus. A complete mess that you would never know if was going to work a 20-hours shift or show up late and yell at everybody. Couldn't stand Akatosh and once ripped off a toilet seat and used it to break another toilet seat. Liked to rant about how "VR is the future, man!"

    Alkosh: Akatosh's pet cat. Pelinal kicked him once by accident and he scratched him so hard he had to go to the hospital

    The Hoon Ding: Head of logistics and transportation. Very rarely at the office but when he is things tend to go smoother.

    Ebonharm: One of the company's very first employees. Isn't around anymore but nobody is sure if he retired, was fired, muted to another building or what.

    Sithis: not an employee, he works for construction company that made the building where the main offices are. Hangs out at the same pub the others do.

    Mai'q: A janitor. Likes to quote obscure proverbs and refuses to elaborate on their meaning.

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