Testimony of the Sharmat _Part III
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Confession of Nerevar - a tri-part "prequel-epilogue" feat. Nerevar
False Reincarnate - an unexpected encounter w/ Vivec
Testimony of the Sharmat _Part I - Waking Dreams
Testimony of the Sharmat _Part II - Godkiller's Fate
Testimony of the Sharmat _Part III - Love Letter
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Nerevar knows The Sixth House Dagoth will not prevail (=/=fail), his message was meant for salvation, not to change his fate or plan.
Actually the Elixir works like a Red Pill (and may have other use for the future :/), obviously muti-Daedric Princes or even Aedra-involved, imbued by the Heart's power to extract the drinker from the mutual limiting boundaries between Oblivion planes and mundane worlds, pulling Merethid from Waking Dream(current alternate MW) in Dream(Godhead) all the way out to an unmanifested facet, the Void, a blank canvas.
No one knows what happened then except me, the player, just like those years in my empty decade 2012-2021 without MW. Like Logan's Carousel! :D
As for the sorta abrupt early English (I know) spoken by Dagoth Ur , considering the entire conversations should be actually Dunmeris, it could be Ur trying to speak in his older Chimeri tongue, to hide his ashamed mortal emotion. (Actually, some MW book did use it.)
Though I didn't renew my save again at this point(Journal_A2_3) yet, I guess it will suffer restartitis one day when I switch to OpenMW or other TES games' MW mods for some reason unforeseeable. But I believe this new universe(save) from 2022 will keep existing so long as I can play the game anytime.
Bless the new annus and pray, please make a good wish to a peaceful end of the Red Years in reality for a brighter future.
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TEND is my headcanon thing on a par with CHIM or Sharmat's False Dream (anti-CHIM). A third way to 'metagame' the Godhead's Dream(prime). There involves with my personal view of modding ecosystem of computer games where Mod Authors(MAs) should be also considered "gods" like Developers(DEVs), despite the legality. In short, Mod Authors are like Daedric Princes. They are true gods as well behind a moddable game after the world have been created by original DEVs(Aedra). The architects built it, then the MAs(or content creators such as writers), Good or Bad, keep it alive. Officially or not.
ChIM (Psijic Endeavor) describes the first steps how a virtual NPC becomes a living god themselves, playing and modding and walking their lucid game world (w/ i.e. console commands), though still inside the frame of Godhead's Dream (the hardcoded game). The catch is CHIM seems very individual, and has its limits. You(if you were the NPC) still must obey the laws(codes) even you achieved CHIM. The only way to get to the highest Enlightenment/Amaranth can be really difficult. It's more like to develop/build a new game on your own to replace the old, to become a godhead yourself. However we haven't counted the Hero/Player factor into the equation. They are so special they can break through the game or dream w/o CHIM.
Anti-CHIM, the otherwise, negative "I" that sees the Deep, describes how virtual mortals unite to become a sole godly hive mind, like an ultimate AI. The Dwemer exploited this power given by DEVs to jailbreak from the laws, nothing seems to be able to stop them from achieving their Enlightenment, so they got DELETED. Not only due to their arrogance, but also the irony of 'hive-minded individual CHIMs'; But Numidiums are such useful Deus Ex devices to explain everything that you don't need to worry about Dragon Breaks or broken balance. And they barely have too much mundane thoughts. No doubt, they will keep their existence, just very 'subtle'; Dagoth Ur adapted and attuned to the Heart, so he survived and becomes a meme boss. But he can never succeed since MW doesn't provide enough such intrinsic capacity for building(modding) a true AI system in his way. Pity that it will inevitably turn into a wasted dream, all it('endgame') needs is a catalyst to break the circle. There, the Nerevarine, the player, comes in to stop him.
P.S. IMHO(same applied for all the wall of text, I'm no TESlore expert), the way of Sotha Sil may be kinda between both(just like the Dwemer), where he did care about his people. He built the Clockwork City and pursued a replacement power of Heart(ESO) for mortals, but eventually chose to isolate himself from others.
Anyway, I would reserve this thought of him for future reference in my headcanon, for I don't have much clear thoughts about Seht and my old memory faded mostly away decade ago I didn't ever work deep in his part. I need time to play more until I fully grasp the full story (in MW & TB & TR & mods).
Dagoth Ur is destinied to fail (technically). The Player will rise and tend the land,
not to beat it and cause the Red Year. It requires the PC(automatically CHIM'd if they read enough ingame) to finish the main quest and complete the hero story by all means, through modding(Daedric Lords' help) or writing(personal dream) or simply imagining. And the key to TEND is also Love (and read), of course.To save the beloved people of Morrowind, you can't just be selfishly following the ChIM path and freely modify everything you want. (After all, Wulf, who turned out burntout, faded from the scene in the end.) In roleplaying terms, the characters should have their own minds, can't just break them with forced will. Thus, instead of pure 'singleplaying' I tried to 'borrow & recompose' a 'collaborated multi-canon from MW lovers' ideas especially MAs'. (Still, not considered as true interactive roleplaying with real players. Realistically I doubt it would ever work though if we have to actually communicate with thousands of other Nerevarines aka Morrowinders all over the world for a slice of common truth. We are no hive-minded ascended Dwemer. :)) You want the people of Vvadenfell to live long and prosper, vividly.
That's why I started from the beginning for celebrating the 20th and my own long return. To make my headcanon as much compatible as possible so that mine won't affect yours but still can somehow inspire or allow some sort of interplay, I hope. Effectively how the real world fictional stuff works among fans.
TL;DR:
(notable) Mod Authors = Daedric Princes. They are also 'gods'.
modding = "change" / Oblivion (and other planes)
To TEND (your Morrowind) is, to ideally and carefully modify your game to your heart's content with the help of mods, thanks to the creative modding community (padomaic Daedric Princes with their spheres, or minor specialty deities). It's a collaborated endeavor.
And Voryn, now the Sleeper is truly a Sleeper out of the picture, until the reunion with Nerevar one day. The rest of him in the dream/game is just a souless reflection continuing his unfinished work, forever bound within the Heart.