Argonian's hist mechanism is very similar to..."Avatar".

AvalonRanger · December 20

Argonian's hist mechanism is very similar to..."Avatar".

When I finished BlackMarsh main quest, I thought it.
Not much intention though...

Gabriel_H · December 20

The Hist as it is known in current lore pre-dates Avatar. The original lore from 1998 was retconned a little in Morrowind and substantially in Oblivion (2006). Avatar released in 2009.

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AvalonRanger · December 21

Gabriel_H wrote: »

The Hist as it is known in current lore pre-dates Avatar. The original lore from 1998 was retconned a little in Morrowind and substantially in Oblivion (2006). Avatar released in 2009.

Yea, ElderScrolls is very traditional and old IP. So When I saw first series of Avatar at the movie theater,
I thought someone of production team of Avatar have TES knowledge... or probably fan of TES.

Nihilr · December 21

Avatar's mechanic of "Pantheism" and circle of life was not invented in 2009. Both creations were inspired by... actual beliefs and worldviews.

But yes, I have seen the parallels and appreciate both.

Malyore · December 21

Welcome to stories.

AvalonRanger · December 22

I couldn't understand logic of Solstice zone of Argonian.

They just put the eggs in the beach of ocean. There're no soul hist tree, even It's a salt water.
How can they hatch the eggs? They don't need hist god anymore?

GloatingSwine · December 22

AvalonRanger wrote: »

I couldn't understand logic of Solstice zone of Argonian.

They just put the eggs in the beach of ocean. There're no soul hist tree, even It's a salt water.
How can they hatch the eggs? They don't need hist god anymore?

There's a hist tree on the island.

Some of the lore indicates that Black Marsh might at one time have been much larger and a lot of it is now sunk under the ocean, so the hist network quite possibly extends a lot further out than its current shores.

Also, the hist isn't just the trees, it's strongest where they're present but it's everywhere to some degree.

Ugrak · December 22

Both the Hist and Avatar stuff reminds me a lot of some of the scifi stuff written by Ursula K. Le Guin. Stuff like "the word for world is forest" and "vaster than empires and more slow".