Realswords progress?
Posted: July 21st, 2007
How's the new stuff coming? Can't wait to use them
Well, the latest (3rd) edition of the Pocket Guide to the Empire (i.e. the official booklet that comes with the collectors edition of Oblivion) has this to say about Valenwood:mormacil (or anyone who know?), can you tell me if Vallenwood was created before the green pact that keep bosmer from cutting wood on their own?
So basically, as the elves of Valenwood finally began to divert from their...
The history of Valenwood stretches back to the very beginning of
recorded time: the date traditionally used as the start of the First Era
is the founding of the Camoran Dynasty by King Eplear of Valenwood.
As the Aldmer began to change their ways to match their new environment,
adapting to the forest in body and mind, they became
known as the Bosmer. In return for the patronage of Y'ffre, the Forest
God (either one of the old ancestor spirits or an aspect of the true
pantheon), they swore never to kill, injure, or eat any of the vegetation
of the new home.
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Hope that gives you a little background on the Bosmer....
"They are exclusively and religiously carnivorous. They cannot, or will
not, eat anything that is plant-based. They eat game, beastfolk, each
other, or meats imported from other regions. This part of the Green Pact
is known as the Meat Mandate, and, among its other rules, it requires
that a fallen enemy must be eaten completely before three days pass.
The family members of the warrior that slew the enemy may help him
with his meal. Needless to say, the Wood Elves do not like to engage in
large battles if they have not undergone a suitable starvation period.
"Though they are excellent archers, the Green Pact forces their bowyers
and fletchers to use bone or similar materials, or to buy bows and arrows
from other cultures. The use of woodcrafts created by another race is not
forbidden, nor is the sale of their own Valenwood timber as long as it is
collected by a non-Bosmeri. "
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...which is already mentioned in the first edition of the Pocket Guide to the Empire, which formed the framework of modern (= Elder Scrolls 3 and beyond) ES lore. It doesn't really differ very much to, or conflict that much with, the latest (3rd) edition that came with the collector's edition of Oblivion, which merely fleshes out the basic framework already laid.Vocha wrote:Where they came from or how they were created does not really matter to what we are discussing now, and the early pocket guides cannot really be trusted, but that is beside the point.
I believe UESPWiki sums it up nicely in this sentence, and it is adequate to the point
"They are also religiously carnivorous and cannibalistic, but do not destroy trees or plant life, though they are not averse to using wooden or plant-derived products created by others."