Who is Lorkhan and why is everyone drinking his tears?

McSwaggins · September 2015

What happened to him that made him cry this much? Poor guy

Master_Kas · September 2015

Probably the fact that he only has 3 V16 jewerly sets to pick from.

Recremen · September 2015

McSwaggins wrote: »

What happened to him that made him cry this much? Poor guy

He made the world and all his friends punished him for it. Who knew they couldn't survive without their bones? But don't be fooled. They are also tears of joy. He walks among us and participates in our dream.

Valrien · September 2015

Lorkhan is basically a god. THE god actually, the biggest one at least. He's also the only one to have (quite literally) died. If you've ever heard "Red Diamond", the lyrics are about his involvement in the creation of the Amulet of Kings.

imredneckson · September 2015

McSwaggins wrote: »

What happened to him that made him cry this much? Poor guy

Lorkan was killed by Trinimac who ripped out his heart and Auri-El shot it from his bow into the sea. Later down the road, Kargenac got the Heart of Lorkan, made some big mistakes, hit it with hammer and puff goes the entire Dwemer race. After Lady Almalexia's husband dies from his wounds sustained at the Battle of Ash Mountian, she and the Tribunal used Kagrenac's tools on Lorkan's Heart making themselves into gods and really pissed off Azura who turned the Chimer race into the Dunmer race ...and now we are here in the present day ESO.

Yolokin_Swagonborn · September 2015

Abram Lorkhan was a master duelist. He fought bravely and skillfully but one day, he started losing duel after duel. His opponents used the same skills as he but their armor seemed stronger, their weapons hit harder. Lorkhan thought he was cursed, so he sought out an old wizard named Zos the Marketer.

"You gear is too old!" Zos the Marketer told him. "Your weapons, and especially your jewelry are not as powerful as the foe's you fight against."

"But I like my Ravager rings, my Dreugh King amulet and my Masters Greatsword." Lorkhan protested. "Can you tell me how to find more powerful versions of these items?"

The crafty old wizard cackled wildly. "Ravager what? Master's who? I have never heard of these strange items! But I do know of a place you can go to get brand new items. Items of great power"

"Tell me more" Lorkhan implored.

"Well first you pay me 2500 crowns, then you crawl into a sewer, there you will find the items you seek."

Bewildered, Lorkhan paid the wizard and descended into the sewers.

He has never been seen since.

But sometimes....., if you are brave enough to venture into the sewers yourself, you can hear faint crying in the distance.
Moans that sound like "Just one more bloody claw, just 3 more teeth, then I'll leave this awful place for good."

EIGHTS · September 2015

He is the most important Aedra besides Eight Divines.

You can see the lore here.
uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Lorkhan

Robo_Hobo · September 2015

Lorkhan is known by many names, Shor to the Nords, Shezzar to the Imperials, Lorkhaj to the Khajiit (and I wonder if also Baan Dar...), I think Sep to the Redguards but I could be mixing them up. Theres probably others too that Im forgetting. He's the divine who tricked/persuaded the others to create the mortal realm and got his heart ripped out and fired from auriel's bow, and Red Mountain formed where it landed. Since then his heart has been used by the Tribunal and Dagoth Ur to become gods, which made Azura curse the Chimer to become the Dunmer, it was also involved with how the Dwemer race was wiped from existence, and was the original power source for the Numidium - an extremely giant dwemer centurian pretty much, that has the capabilities of altering time itself. Wuulfharth, also known as Ysmir, a Dragonborn, was ressurected and became a host for Lorkhan in a sense, and his heart was eventually used to power Numidium as a replacement for the heart of lorkan which allowed Talos/Tiber Septim to use it to conquer Tamriel. That hasnt happened yet in ESO's time though, but he used it on the Altmer of Summerset Isles, which is like the equivilant of dropping nukes. Could be why the Thalmor really hate Talos, or at least the original reason.

Kinda went off topic but yeah, Lorkhan is a pretty big deal.

Swindy · September 2015

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

Abram Lorkhan was a master duelist. He fought bravely and skillfully but one day, he started losing duel after duel. His opponents used the same skills as he but their armor seemed stronger, their weapons hit harder. Lorkhan thought he was cursed, so he sought out an old wizard named Zos the Marketer.

"You gear is too old!" Zos the Marketer told him. "Your weapons, and especially your jewelry are not as powerful as the foe's you fight against."

"But I like my Ravager rings, my Dreugh King amulet and my Masters Greatsword." Lorkhan protested. "Can you tell me how to find more powerful versions of these items?"

The crafty old wizard cackled wildly. "Ravager what? Master's who? I have never heard of these strange items! But I do know of a place you can go to get brand new items. Items of great power"

"Tell me more" Lorkhan implored.

"Well first you pay me 2500 crowns, then you crawl into a sewer, there you will find the items you seek."

Bewildered, Lorkhan paid the wizard and descended into the sewers.

He has never been seen since.

But sometimes....., if you are brave enough to venture into the sewers yourself, you can hear faint crying in the distance.
Moans that sound like "Just one more bloody claw, just 3 more teeth, then I'll leave this awful place for good."

I think we passed his pile of bones an hour ago in the AD sewer area...

I nicked his great-sword to deconstruct.

Stranglehands · September 2015

there's also the concept of shezarrines and oversouls, and CHIM, and "without the Hero, there is no Event". all intimately connected with Lorkhan

Shimmer · September 2015

I asked this question the other day. I was like who is this dude and why is he crying lol! I looked him up and it made sense. I would cry too.

Prof_Bawbag · September 2015

If these forums are anything to go by, it's because ZoS nerf'd all his skills. He's particularly salty about getting his perma block nerf'd

Yolokin_Swagonborn · September 2015

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

If these forums are anything to go by, it's because ZoS nerf'd all his skills. He's particularly salty about getting his perma block nerf'd

Perma-block and perma-dodge weren't really problems in early 1.6. It wasn't until people started grinding the champion system that you started to see that kind of playstyle. So instead of nerfing champion points that let you reduce your block and dodge cost down to insane levels without even speccing for it (i.e. using a shield or medium armor), they nerfed the very mechanics behind block and dodge. They ignored the disease and nerfed a symptom. That is worth a few tears.

Dracane · September 2015

Lorkhan is a demon, an abomination. But the great god Auri-El destroyed him.

BaldusMageezack · September 2015

Lorkham is the Son of Sithis. Well he is actually Sithis' soul. He was sent to infiltrate the Aedra and bring about chaos, as that is the will of Sithis. Before Sithis there was nothing, and from the nothing he grew and created realms of ever changing ideas and substance, but the aedra were born of these ideas and they were jealous and afraid of being unmade so they Enslaved Sithis' realm and created Ideas of thier own. Solid ideas that never change. These Ideas became the reality we know today and the Aedra poured their lifesblood and power into them. I'm not sure the exactly story but Lorkham end up sacrificing himself to create Nirn, the world we see in TES. Some even say the moons are actually his body. Lorkhan Created men and Nirn. He also tricked the Mer into giving up their immortality and is widely hated for it.

Kuroinu · September 2015

Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »

Abram Lorkhan was a master duelist. He fought bravely and skillfully but one day, he started losing duel after duel. His opponents used the same skills as he but their armor seemed stronger, their weapons hit harder. Lorkhan thought he was cursed, so he sought out an old wizard named Zos the Marketer.

"You gear is too old!" Zos the Marketer told him. "Your weapons, and especially your jewelry are not as powerful as the foe's you fight against."

"But I like my Ravager rings, my Dreugh King amulet and my Masters Greatsword." Lorkhan protested. "Can you tell me how to find more powerful versions of these items?"

The crafty old wizard cackled wildly. "Ravager what? Master's who? I have never heard of these strange items! But I do know of a place you can go to get brand new items. Items of great power"

"Tell me more" Lorkhan implored.

"Well first you pay me 2500 crowns, then you crawl into a sewer, there you will find the items you seek."

Bewildered, Lorkhan paid the wizard and descended into the sewers.

He has never been seen since.

But sometimes....., if you are brave enough to venture into the sewers yourself, you can hear faint crying in the distance.
Moans that sound like "Just one more bloody claw, just 3 more teeth, then I'll leave this awful place for good."

Lol, lorebook quality. ZOS please add it and place it in the sewers.