In the mortal world, cultural differences and conflicts often brought about change. And change was exactly what the elven powers feared—it was uncontrollable and strayed from the original source.
Simply put, the reason humans and elves had become divided came down to the relationship between the mortal races and the gods.
Humans humbly believed they had been created by the gods, while the elves claimed to be the direct descendants of these immortal powers. That might not seem to have much to do with anything, but the difference had led to mythologies with very different tones.
All the religions of Tamriel shared the same origins. Whether human or elf, they all came from the twin primal forces—some called them Anu and Padomay; others called them Anuriel and Sithis, or Ak and El, or Satak and Akel. More or less. They were difficult to describe. If the former was an undying light, then the latter was an eternal darkness. Their intermingling gave rise to chaos...
—The Monomyth, Volume 1
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Smack!!
Annie had read this far in the book she was holding, but she found it boring and didn't continue. Instead, she snapped it shut and tossed it to the spirited young man beside her, the one she'd met on the road earlier, named "Agmaer."
"So boring!"
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"Before you've reached the right level of power, you'd be better off thinking about what tasty food to have for dinner than wasting your time reading boring books like this, making wild guesses about the truth of the world and pondering all those strange gods!"
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Yes, there wasn't much meaning to what the book said...
It was like Annie. If one day she got bored and decided to make a glass marble for fun, creating a universe inside it... Would the