Are templars praying to anyone specific in the lore?

DragonBound

Just curious thank you.

ArchMikem

Specific, I don't believe so. The magic for their abilities comes from the Divines, aka the Aedra. Monotheism isn't unheard of in Tamriel, but the majority of people worship and pray to the Divines as a whole.

KochDerDamonen

I think in the past their spell descriptions made reference to Akatosh, does the in-game character creation description still?

Though I think that's been phased out as an idea.

DragonBound

ArchMikem wrote: »

Specific, I don't believe so. The magic for their abilities comes from the Divines, aka the Aedra. Monotheism isn't unheard of in Tamriel, but the majority of people worship and pray to the Divines as a whole.

Well with the color of the abilities you would think it would be a specific divine though.

essi2

Interesting question, I had just assumed they where Templars of the Divines or that Templar was a catch-all term for any holy warrior in Tamriel.

SublimeSparo

The flying spaghetti monster?
At the moment they're praying to anyone who can stop the blazing spear change

ArchMikem

The following are Templar abilities descriptions:

Radial Sweep: "Swing your Aedric spear around with holy vengeance."

Focused Charge: "Charge with your divine lance to impale an enemy"

Spear Shards: "Send your spear into the heavens to bring down a shower of divine wrath"

Restoring Aura: "Champion the cause of divine glory to earn the gods' favor."

Cleansing Ritual: "Exalt in the sacred light of the Aedra"

There are many references to the Divines and the Aedra, but nothing to a specific God.

Koensol

I think the books you can read in the game that increase templar skills mostly mentioned Stendarr, the God of Mercy and the God of Justice. He is also the one that created the armor of the crusader that were used to defeat Umaril the Unfeathered in the Knights of the Nine expansion for Oblivion. You can also see his vigilants in Skyrim, ready to bring justice to any daedric or undead abomination.

It seems to fit quite well with the situation in tamriel in eso's timeline.

The more 'priestly' templars I personally would link more towards worshipping Arkay on specific. Him being the god of the cycle of life and death.

DragonBound

Koensol wrote: »

I think the books you can read in the game that increase templar skills mostly mentioned Stendarr, the God of Mercy and the God of Justice. He is also the one that created the armor of the crusader that were used to defeat Umaril the Unfeathered in the Knights of the Nine expansion for Oblivion. You can also see his vigilants in Skyrim, ready to bring justice to any daedric or undead abomination.

It seems to fit quite well with the situation in tamriel in eso's timeline.

The more 'priestly' templars I personally would link more towards worshipping Arkay on specific. Him being the god of the cycle of life and death.

What a great answer thank you!

FoolishHuman

ArchMikem wrote: »

Specific, I don't believe so. The magic for their abilities comes from the Divines, aka the Aedra. Monotheism isn't unheard of in Tamriel, but the majority of people worship and pray to the Divines as a whole.

The Divines don't give magic, these are not D&D clerics. Templars are just mages that use fancy looking spells and worship the Aedra, most of them probably the Eight Divines. They have different names and traditions for all races though.

jedtb16_ESO

i think mine probably prays to me. something like....

'please stop trying to make those impossible jumps off cliffs.....'

Curragraigue

In Oblivion each temple was for a specific god in the eight. In ESO the temples in the cities have shrines to Stendarr, Mara and Arkay so they don't seem to as specific in their devotions.

Nerouyn

Koensol wrote: »

I think the books you can read in the game that increase templar skills mostly mentioned Stendarr, the God of Mercy and the God of Justice. .... You can also see his vigilants in Skyrim, ready to bring justice to any daedric or undead abomination.

They are very reminiscent of those vigilants but I'd never thought of them as serving only one Aedra. I'd always thought of them as using Aedric magic or serving one or more Aedra of their choice.

Though the uesp wiki says:

Templar is a class in Elder Scrolls Online. Its skill lines represent the teachings of Stendarr, wielding light and fire to smite the wicked, or to heal and support the wounded.

The skill lines do fit Stendarr very nicely. I may have to rethink my templars.

stewhead2ub17_ESO

A refreshing question and some good answers. Thanks to OP and those that responded with insight!

thawks

All of the Templar skill books are directly related to Stendarr.

• The Precepts of Stendarr
• Stendarr's Divine Spear
• Aura of the Righteous
• The Four Abominations
• The Friend of All Mortals

However, that doesn't mean your Templar character has to worship Stendarr. A relevant quote from the last book on the list:

Call him Stendarr, call him Stuhn, call him what you will, but the God of Mercy and Justice is the friend to all the mortals of the Mundus, whether they acknowledge him or not. Yea, even the heretic Dark Elves of Morrowind may use his magic of defense and healing, even so the scaled folk of Argonia, for Stendarr in his benevolence draws no distinction between those who rightfully worship him and those who, in their ignorance and error, do not.

AzuraKin

ArchMikem wrote: »

Specific, I don't believe so. The magic for their abilities comes from the Divines, aka the Aedra. Monotheism isn't unheard of in Tamriel, but the majority of people worship and pray to the Divines as a whole.

says you, chiaki minami and princess sofia the 1st pray to the 16 true divines. how can the aedra which are weaker then the daedra really call themselves gods. the daedra are the only gods.

SkylarkX

WTB Dark Templar class

Emothic

Some of you said that the Divines, the 8 gods, grants mortals magical powers. This is incorrect. Magic comes from another plain of exsistance. A plane that is outside of both the Mortal plain of Mundas, and the immortal plain of Oblivion. I can't remember what this third plain is called, but it is where magic comes from.

Now you may ask: Well then how do mortals get magical abilities from a place outside of both Mundas and Oblivion? Well that's quite simple, it comes from the Sun. Okay yes it's not that simple. You see the Sun and the stars are not what we think they are. This is what the mortal mind see's as it is incappable of doing so. In a sense when you go to a relm of oblivion everything you see is not real. It is your mind trying to make sense of everything around it. The same thing is happening here. You see the sun and stars are holes in the mortal plain that "bypasses" oblivion to reach this third plain. These holes were crated by the immortal beings that feld during the creation of Mundus and the planet Nirn. For if they stayed they would lose all of their powers. This is where magic comes from.

thawks

AzuraKin wrote: »

says you, chiaki minami and princess sofia the 1st pray to the 16 true divines. how can the aedra which are weaker then the daedra really call themselves gods. the daedra are the only gods.

The Divines (whether Imperial, Altmeri, Nordic, or else) are venerated because they are the foremost ancestors of man and mer. They, as with the Ehlnofey, gave their power and freedom to create Nirn and all living things that inhabit it.

Why worship beings who do little but mock and attack the achievements of all those who came before you?

(That was rhetorical. The answer is betterment.)

TheShadowScout

Templars follow the Aedra.

But not exactly any specific - even if the skills are somewhat derived from Stendarr (and as native german speaker, that name always makes me giggle a little...), the divine of justive certainly wouldn't mind if, say, a follower of mara borrowed a little from his magic. As long as it was for a just cause.

bebynnag

After i forced my templar healer to run normal banished cells by herself to get a better trait on her sanctuary shoulders (while wearing all blue armour) she has turned from the 8 and has gone to live with Valaste, the butterflies & Uncle Sheo.

bebynnag

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Templars follow the Aedra.

But not exactly any specific - even if the skills are somewhat derived from Stendarr (and as native german speaker, that name always makes me giggle a little...), the divine of justive certainly wouldn't mind if, say, a follower of mara borrowed a little from his magic. As long as it was for a just cause.

you cant say that and not explain it too us!

KramUzibra

Akatosh

LMar

The magic was adapted by sects worshipping Stendarr and taught to other people even if they don't worship any god, purely to help other people.

Read some more of this here : the Sect of Harmonious Masters have dedicated ourselves to adapting the magic of Stendarr's Light into spells of healing that can be employed by all the mortal races, not even excepting the beast peoples. The restorative virtues of our rituals and ceremonies are equally efficacious for every race. They can be cast by individuals of every blood, no matter how degraded, so long as they have the will and the wisdom to learn how to use them.

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Rituals_of_the_Harmonious_Masters

and

Over time, even as evil's many Abominations found new ways to afflict Tamriel's mortals with destruction and death, the Priests and Resolutes of Stendarr have adapted Stendarr's glowing gift to many purposes, whether to smite, to defend, or to heal.
For offensive means, Stendarr's gift most often manifests as a piercing beam of light, resembling a spear of purifying sunlight and oft referred to in those terms.
As a form of armor, Stendarr's gift may take the form of a diffuse aura that surrounds the righteous, mitigating the attacks of the abominable, or it may focus into an almost-palpable shield to ward off a specific threat.
Worshipers who eschew all forms of violence, such as the Harmonious Masters of Lillandril, have turned Stendarr's glowing gift into a tool for healing, and then freely spread their knowledge of cleansing and healing rituals, even to Stendarr's more militant adherents. For even in the hands of a warrior, how can the curing of ills be an ill thing?

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Aura_of_the_Righteous

So while it might have started with Stendarr, the knowledge is now freely spread to all. A Templar doesn't need to follow Stendarr

Tabbycat

Of course my Templar prays to Stendarr.... when she's not secretly worshiping Sheogorath.

susmitds

SkylarkX wrote: »

WTB Dark Templar class

@SkylarkX
You already got one in Nightblades.

Ghettokid

Orc

susmitds

Ghettokid wrote: »

Orc

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zuto40

susmitds wrote: »

Ghettokid wrote: »

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starkerealm

zuto40 wrote: »

susmitds wrote: »

Ghettokid wrote: »

Orc

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starkerealm

KochDerDamonen wrote: »

I think in the past their spell descriptions made reference to Akatosh, does the in-game character creation description still?

Though I think that's been phased out as an idea.

I thought it had said Meridia somewhere. But, that might just be the Fighters Guild line.

EDIT: And yes, I am fully aware that Meridia is a Daedra, not an Aedra.