Is Something Different With Hermaeus Mora? (SPOILERS)

randconfig

So I finished the gold road questline and after sealing away Ithelia, Hermaeus Mora's tone of voice is much more evil/angry, while his appearance is much deeper and darker green... Very different from how he has been since the start of Necrom. He seems very upset that we made him change, and like he has a hatred of Ithelia despite her doing the right thing...

So I guess does anyone know more lore on Hermaeus Mora? Is this typical of his behavior, or is the ending of the storyline hinting at something more, like Hermaeus Mora becoming corrupted?

Also, am I the only one who feels sad/like something is missing with Ithelia being gone? Like all of the West Weald feels wrong after the ending, and I just want Ithelia back. Since Abolisher was given the power to cut ties with the path Ithelia went on, wouldn't it be able to re-open the same path? I guess I'm kind of desperately looking for a way Ithelia could return, it just feels unfinished and sad the way it's ended. ):

EDIT: In hindsight, I also feel like I was being gaslit/manipulated into doing what Mora wanted the whole time. Every NPC, every dialogue: Ithelia bad, stop Ithelia. No choice. It feels like the story was building to a big surprise/plot twist where we find out Mora has been controlling us all along, and we end up siding with Ithelia to stop him, but it never happened... I really hope ZOS expands on this and we get to free Ithelia/stop Mora in some plot/twist follow-up. I need closure, and that's the only way I could get it.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Hermaeus Mora is still a Daedric Prince. This is the same entity that requires the death of one of his own followers in order to keep his collection of mortal souls complete, and outright murders a Skaal fellow in ES:V Skyrim after the fellow in question gave him the information he wanted.

randconfig

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

Hermaeus Mora is still a Daedric Prince. This is the same entity that requires the death of one of his own followers in order to keep his collection of mortal souls complete, and outright murders a Skaal fellow in ES:V Skyrim after the fellow in question gave him the information he wanted.

So then maybe he is the bad guy and everything was just as forced as it felt. I really hope ZOS revists this storyline in the future... Honestly, even if Mora is not involved, I just want Ithelia to return.

fall0athboy

randconfig wrote: »

So I finished the gold road questline and after sealing away Ithelia, Hermaeus Mora's tone of voice is much more evil/angry, while his appearance is much deeper and darker green... Very different from how he has been since the start of Necrom. He seems very upset that we made him change, and like he has a hatred of Ithelia despite her doing the right thing...

So I guess does anyone know more lore on Hermaeus Mora? Is this typical of his behavior, or is the ending of the storyline hinting at something more, like Hermaeus Mora becoming corrupted?

Also, am I the only one who feels sad/like something is missing with Ithelia being gone? Like all of the West Weald feels wrong after the ending, and I just want Ithelia back. Since Abolisher was given the power to cut ties with the path Ithelia went on, wouldn't it be able to re-open the same path? I guess I'm kind of desperately looking for a way Ithelia could return, it just feels unfinished and sad the way it's ended. ):

Thank you for putting into words my thoughts about post-Gold Road. It does feel like something is missing. The profound wrongness of the situation, what Mora did to everyone's mind is wild.