The same way that a giant minotaur can fly and summon elemental atronachs, I reckon.

Same way a werewolf boss can conjure lightning, fire, and frost attacks... with his sword and heavy armor.

Just like Earthgore (the monster set) summons a blood rain, and Blood Spawn encases you in earth.



Consistency and lore friendliness aren't exactly ZOS' strong suit, it seems. A lot of stuff in the game is sort of a stretch, if you pay attention too closely.

Not trying to be dismissive here, but actually want to help you; Try not to focus on such things too much, because you WILL find more and more and more. The game will steadily get less fun for you if you give too much attention to this sort of stuff. There's plenty of it.

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

My impression was that the Daedra worship wasn't something Estre was flaunting - there were a number of quests where you find a town overrun by Daedra and the survivors are expressing relief that she made it out beforehand, not realizing she brought the invasion in the first place. Even the fact she knew magic was kept quiet enough the Queen didn't know.

GreenHere wrote: »

The same way that a giant minotaur can fly and summon elemental atronachs, I reckon.

That makes sense though; recall that Minotaurs in Elderscrolls are descended from the winged bull Morihaus Breath-of-Kyne, who is the offspring of the nature goddess Kynareth. "My line is unbroken!" - obviously it's something Domihaus knows about, so if he's going to throw in his lot with Daedra worshippers anyway, they may as well be Daedra themed after natural elements to underscore the connection.

Fair point. They weren't great examples. And quite possibly things that I think are an odd mismatch when I come across them in game are ultimately lore friendly as well. But I think I'm not alone in feeling like some things in the game are poorly themed, and could have been done more uniquely. Feels like a lot of the time ZOS is just like, "idk, man... just throw some daedra in there or somethin... Wanna go to Chipotle for lunch?" At least to me.

Bosses in particular. I sometimes imagine conversations like this take place at ZOS:
Chris: "Well, does he have a fire attack?"
Jim: "No... he's a werewolf... fire isn't really --"
Chris: "WELL, COME ON, JIM!! Obviously they need a fire attack! It's a boss for Pete's sake!!"
Pete: "Actually, we had an interesting idea to have this boss do a sort of --"
Chris: "Shut up, Pete! No one asked for your creative ideas! Jim, you give that boss a fire attack, and also put some annoying plants in there too! Wolves love plants. They go together like peanut butter and miracle whip. Everyone knows that."
Jim: "Um... okay..."


And before someone rains on my one-man parade, and tells me Balorgh is totally lore friendly too; I don't care. The whole dungeon feels like a McDonalds PlayPlace version of a Deadric realm to me. It's some weird neon forest with color coded enemies and you can't even complete the whole dungeon as a werewolf. What kind of stupid **** is that? For real. I feel like it could have been done better. Plus, it was just another off-the-cuff example, which are apparently not my strong suit. :P

Point I was trying to make, is that if you let things like this bother you, the ESO experience is gonna be a lot less enjoyable for it. Sometimes you can dig into the lore a little and find a way for it to make sense. But sometimes it's just better to not think about it too much.