Archmagus Lorcan – Lorkhan, the Missing God from the Elder Scrolls
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Archmagus_Lorcan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Lorkhan
Thank you to Ashley D. for this one.
Archmagus Lorcan is Morganthe’s chief lieutenant. He is all that stands between your wizard and the final confrontation bewteen you and Morganthe at the Shadow Palace.
Archmagus Lorcan: “So now I see with my own eyes the last, final hope of the Fifth Column, You – this – are what the Burrowers have rallied around? You, tiny, weak, pitiful wretch – you are what has been a burr to the great and terrible Shadow Queen? We have groomed her to be the deadliest Wizard in the Spiral. Every card she casts can shatter mountains and burn seas. Even should you somehow defeat us, you must face the Dark Woman in her place of absolute power: the Shadow Palace!
Old Cob: “So it shall be. The Children of Light and Shadow, the Children of Prophecy, shall duel and decide the fate of the Spiral.”
Archmagus Lorcan: “Who is this that accompanies you? No… it cannot be! Destroy the Wizard! Destroy them both for the honor of the Shadow Queen!”
The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on free-form gameplay in an open world. Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all won Game of the Year awards from multiple outlets. The series has sold more than 58 million copies worldwide.
Within the series’ fictional universe, each game takes place on the continent of Tamriel. The setting combines pre-medieval real-world elements, such as a powerful Roman-like Empire, with high fantasy medieval themes, including limited technology, widespread magic use, and the existence of many mythological creatures. The continent is split into a number of provinces inhabited by humans and humanoid fantasy races such as elves, orcs and anthropomorphic animals. A common theme in the lore is that a chosen hero rises to defeat an impending threat (typically a malevolent being or an antagonistic army).
Since debuting with The Elder Scrolls: Arena in 1994, the series has produced a total of five main games (of which the last three have each featured two or three expansions) as well as several spin-offs.
The Heart of Lorkhan appears in the third game of the series, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
Lorkhan, the Missing God, is the Creator-Trickster-Tester deity present in every Tamrielic mythic tradition. He is known as the Spirit of Nirn, the god of all mortals. His most popular name is the Elven variant Lorkhan, or Doom Drum, which sometimes appears as LKHAN or LHKAN. Names for versions or aspects of Lorkhan include Lorkhaj (the Moon Beast) in Elsweyr, Lorkh, the Spirit of Man, the Mortal Spirit, or the Sower of Flesh to the Reachmen, Sep in Hammerfell, Sheor in High Rock, Shor in Skyrim, and Shezarr in Cyrodiil. He convinced or contrived the Original Spirits (et’Ada) to bring about the creation of the Mundus, upsetting the status quo—much like his (figurative) father Padomay is usually credited for introducing instability, and hence possibility for creation, into the undivided universe (or the Beginning Place).
After the world materialized, myths hold that Lorkhan was killed, mutilated, or at least separated from his divine center, the Heart of Lorkhan (known as Sep’s “hunger” to the Redguards and Shor’s Heart to the Nords), in an event sometimes called the shattering of Lorkhan. This separation, which purportedly took place in Tamriel, is typically called a punishment, but stories often suggest Lorkhan submitted to it voluntarily. Whatever remained of Lorkhan afterward was exiled to wander through creation. As the impetus for creating the Mundus, Lorkhan is at the center of the great ideological schism between the elven and human perspectives on the event, which is known as the Sundering to the elves, and thus opinions of him vary dramatically in Tamriel.
The current list of all the (known) Khrysalis references can be found here.
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