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A lore question about Soul Gems
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I have a lore question about the Soul Gems. Do we have any info, where did they come from? Who created them and how?
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For all your answers regarding soul gems and the lore surrounding them check the spoiler below 
Edited by KICHZY on August 27, 2016 8:48PM2 -
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✭Why am I able to Soul Trap something and then use Repentance?
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✭✭✭ For all your answers regarding soul gems and the lore surrounding them check the spoiler below
oh yeah, thank you!! 0 -
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✭✭✭ For all your answers regarding soul gems and the lore surrounding them check the spoiler below
hmm, so I read it, it is very interresting (no irony), but what I was interrested in more, is how do the soul gems work in terms of, that I can use them to resurrect my character after being killed. I do not mean the actual "how to do it in the game" of course, but more the lore behind how and why does that work.
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✭✭✭, yes I did now already, and also in the above spoiler post from @KICHZY there is much more info .
my new question is now:
but what I was interrested in more, is how do the soul gems work in terms of, that I can use them to resurrect my character after being killed. I do not mean the actual "how to do it in the game" of course, but more the lore behind how and why does that work.
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✭✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »
aha, now I know what you mean. but I have no answer for that...0 -
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✭✭✭Why am I able to Soul Trap something and then use Repentance?
Templars are supposed to be "holy knights" so Repentence "consuming their soul" or anything like that is out of place anyway. Think of it as Repentence cleansing the body thus purifying the soul and then you get divine reward for it.Edited by UltimaJoe777 on August 27, 2016 11:26PMGuildmaster of Power With Numbers in PS4 NA Server's Aldmeri Dominion.
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✭✭✭✭✭There isn't really much lore for how soul gems work for resurrection. The best we can do is extrapolate and theorise based on what info we have. We know that, as a Soul Shriven, the body is made of Chaotic Creatia. Most Soul Shriven are imperfect copies of their living bodies, because they have lost the focusing principle of their Anuic souls, but as the Vestige is a "paragon" Soul Shriven, their Anuic valence is so high, their body is reformed perfectly and instantly upon contact with Chaotic Creatia. Usually on death, a Soul Shriven would return to the Waters of Oblivion like a Daedra, and reform another imperfect body.
Here's where the theorising starts - at the end of the Wailing Prison, we absorb a Skyshard (Aetherial fragment) to be reattuned with Mundus. This likely severs the connection with the Waters of Oblivion, meaning the Vestige will not return there on death. Instead, when we die, the body remains in-situ until either:- a soul gem is used. Since a soul is an Anuic focus, it is likely that soul kick-starts the Vestige and the Chaotic Creatia reforms the body instantly.
- you release to a Wayshrine. A Wayshrine is a gateway to Aetherius, so once again, it is likely that connection kick-starts the Chaotic Creatia to reform the body.
Repentance consecrates the souls of the fallen. If you've stolen the soul with Soul Trap, Repentance will still consecrate the body, thus meaning necromancers will not be able to raise it (as necromancers cannot raise the consecrated dead).Why am I able to Soul Trap something and then use Repentance?UESP: The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages - A collaborative source for all knowledge on the Elder Scrolls series since 1995
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