"Daedra Lords are like a child with their mother’s sword: all the threat and none of the discipline. I should know!"

The Impressario confirms that she seems to be a demiprince like the prior meet the character for her implied.

"And my goodness could they put on quite a party. One year in the early days of Necrom, the people of the city commemorated Born Anew by mass-summoning the spirit of every woman, man, and child who had died since they’d arrived in the region. Glimmering spirits as far as the eye could see, processing in a grand parade that filled the streets. Beautiful and eerie. I’ll never forget it."

She confirms she was around since the Chimer were around, making her ancient.

I wish I had asked about Zeal of Zenithar. I didn't realize that no one had asked about it, and I feel it is undeveloped. Like who introduced it, the Imperial Cult, Imperial, Redguards, or something else? When was it introduced, etc. I hope it is expanded upon in the future.

One thing I realized is that the other forum thread that we asked questions on mentioned Heart's Day as a major ESO holiday. Makes me think that it might be a major event expanded upon next year? If so I look forward to it.

Interesting archive. Thank you Kevin and Zenke for having one last archive this year.

Edit: I like the Saturalia answer. Bretons are known for their merchant skills, so them capitalizing on New Life Festival by introducing Saturalia themed items to it is fitting.

opaj wrote: »

Oh my god I can hear the words in her voice. Her voice! It's in my head. Get it out, get it out!

Anyway, excellent archive. I'm fully invested in Impresario lore now.

glad im not the only one that reads these in their character's heads

“I hope that you’ve found this entertaining, the New Life season is treating you well, and your goals for the new year are suitably modest. After all, you can’t be disappointed if your expectations are low!”

Well. 😐 Message received, I guess?

this is an awesome loremaster's archive!
i love that this implies that the Impressario is a Daedric Lord.

also i am happy that there's some Amalien in the post too, she's awesome and i hope she appears in-game again too (outside of Codex entries)

Explain to me something, because I don't understand. So a guy shows 1 week after I posted my question (which was short, lore-friendly and on point), essentially copies it, and THEIR question is taken, and my completely ignored? After 2,5 years of trying to get at least 1 question answered it feels like a mockery.


https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/669418/loremasters-archive-tamriel-holidays/p1

@ZOS_Kevin maybe you can clarify this? Maybe I don't meet some requirements? At this point I don't know what to think. All other ignored questions from the past Archives I can swallow, but this situation seems simply outrageous.

MafiaCat115 wrote: »

OgrimTitan wrote: »

Explain to me something, because I don't understand. So a guy shows 1 week after I posted my question (which was short, lore-friendly and on point), essentially copies it, and THEIR question is taken, and my completely ignored? After 2,5 years of trying to get at least 1 question answered it feels like a mockery.


https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/669418/loremasters-archive-tamriel-holidays/p1

@ZOS_Kevin maybe you can clarify this? Maybe I don't meet some requirements? At this point I don't know what to think. All other ignored questions from the past Archives I can swallow, but this situation seems simply outrageous.

I also wouldn't mind some insights on how questions are chosen. While I haven't had any moments quite like this one, I've also been posting questions without ever a response. I was especially hoping for a response to my question for this archive since it has always seemed odd to me that Whitestrake's Mayhem is so readily celebrated by elves.

Thank you for your support, @MafiaCat115 ! I also like your question a lot, as I noted before, and am frustrated it wasn't taken, but it's nothing compared to what I feel about my situation. I'm not an emotional person, but it is simply unfair.

And, trust me, I know how you feel, without ever having an answer on the Archives.

As before, I agree with @OgrimTitan on this. I can understand that a big part of these Loremaster articles are to get some engagement with the fanbase in general, meaning that it may be more favorable to focus on more light hearted or more easily digestible questions, but that passes up the chance for the lorebeards (community term for lore fans) to talk with the Loremaster directly about some of the deeper lore that makes them love the series so much.

There have been a few times recently where good lore has been hidden away, especially in Eidetic Memory books that are easily missed, or the topic is barely touched. A favorite example of mine has to do with the Bladesongs of Boethra and the Rainbow Angel, which implies a close connection between Meridia and Ithelia, explaining their similar appearances. These Loremaster Archives would be an excellent time to let the lorebeards nerd out and ask deep questions pertaining to the lore that does not get much time in the spotlight ingame.

This is not even looking at @OgrimTitan 's plight, where their question was skipped in favor for a strikingly similar one that was asked after their's. I haven't been asking questions for as long (only since the announcement of Necrom by my estimate, which is coming up on two years now), but I can emphasize with the pain of having a question be passed up in such circumstances.

I recall a thread being made wondering about QnA's; I wonder if it would be possible to have a Loremaster QnA in the Lore section for these questions, or are passed up for the article, but are still of interest to those deeply interested in the lore of the series. The idea could be workshopped, but even if there are limits like one or two questions per person, just having another chance and another way to have burning questions answered could be nice. I hope that is something that could be considered and irregardless, thank you for managing to fit another Archive into this year, @ZOS_Kevin.