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2 points

4 years ago

What does ‘dragon’ mean in the lore? How does LDB classify as an actual dragon?

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CrookedSerpent [she/her]@hexbear.netOP

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3 points

4 years ago

To be a dragon is to be a pice of the Aka-oversoul (alduin, akatosh, auri-el, all lesser dragons) and the LBD does not have the soul of a man or mer or beast, but the soul of a dragon.

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1 point

4 years ago

Source? Where is this stated that the soul of a dragon is equivalent to a dragon? Azura’s star might contain a giant’s soul. Does that mean that Azura’s star is a giant? No, it means that Azura’s star is a daedric artifact which houses a giant’s soul and not a giant itself.

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CrookedSerpent [she/her]@hexbear.netOP

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4 points

4 years ago

Me calling the LBD a literal dragon is just something I like to do, idk any in game source that does this.

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1 point

4 years ago

So why would the dragon aspect shout exist then? Doesn’t the existence of the shout show a divide between the LDB and a dragon? Same for dragonrend. Apparently no dragon can actually use dragonrend.

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CrookedSerpent [she/her]@hexbear.netOP

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4 points

4 years ago

Obviously there is a divide, the LBD has a mortal body, instead of a dragon body, wich allows them to comprehend mortality and use dragonrend and such, while also having its obvious drawbacks. I am of the belief that the “soul” as it exists in TES is what makes somebody who they are, not the body, and to some extent in real life as well. :thonk-trans:

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1 point

4 years ago

Why are you of this opinion? What have you read in the lore that would lead you to the conclusion that the soul is the totality of a thing?

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