What planet is Skyrim on?

[WelvynZPorter]

Is the name ever mentioned?

[Schwarzwald]

Nirn

[Pherim]

The planet is Nirn, the continent is Tamriel. There are other continents (Akavir for example) but not much is known about them.

[Arthanas]

The planet is called Nirn and is orbited by the moons Secunda and Masser. This is what the name of Nirnroot references to.

[sanjuro21]

It doesn't really matter. The world might as well be flat given that we have the Aetherial plane where the spirits live, the Oblivion plane with the daedra, some other sub planes like Sovngarde or the Soul Cairn, and then we have Mundus, or Nirn, with Tamriel and some other places there. So, it's not like there is a universe out there, I think ...

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by SoupierGalaxy3:

I know it's an old thread but I like to know what galaxy it is set in and would we even call them humans? Meaning Nords Imps Redguards ect and if it's set in a different galaxy are they stuck in the middle ages? But Nrin looks and feels like Earth it has some of our folk tails like knights fighting dragons has some of our laws like if you steal you get caught they speak English ect even the animals are the same found on Earth

Why would you necro a post over 2 years old to ramble like this?

[DrNewcenstein]

Have you not heard of J.R.R. Tolkien? He wrote a popular series of books and invented, or at least refined, re-defined, and established the standardized physical appearance of beings and creatures gathered from various global cultures and folktales such as Elves, Orcs, Goblins, beast-folk, and various other mythical and folkloric beings. The ancient Greeks and Romans invented such creatures as minotaurs, gorgons, harpies, and such.

These concepts have been used in everything from Dungeons and Dragons pen and paper games to printed books to movies. Granted, most early D&D manuals were set on Earth, but to expand the lore and break free of traditional Earth mindset limitations and historical discrepancies, they declared it to all happen in another universe entirely.

Most fantasy games adopt this motif.
Keep in mind a universe is not the same as a galaxy.

Star Wars has more potential to relate to Earth, as the opening line has always been "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."
Not "in another, alternate universe where things like this are commonplace", but another, distant galaxy. Is it on the other side of our universe? Is it the nearest Andromeda class galaxy?


And how do you know they're speaking English? They're voiced by English-speaking actors for the gaming market, but such is true of Anime or other non-English/American films where they overdub the original dialogue with English to suit the intended market.

And then you have regional editions that may speak Spanish, Japanese, etc etc.

As for "the Middle Ages" question: nothing about Nirn relates to Earth's timeline. They have no Jesus, no Satan, no Buddha, no Jehova, no Ganesh, no Emperor Hirohito, no Hitler, no Hugo Chavez, no Trump, no Obama, etc etc etc. They have no Pope, no Roman Catholic Church, no AT&T, no internet, no movies, no Rennaisance, no Neo-Lithic era, no Pre-Columbian era, no Ming Dynasty, or anything else relating to Earth's history beyond the most basic and common cultural similarities - they have a time either before written history or where a specific race of peoples kept written histories, and they have the modern era where the non-Elvish kept their own written records - the races of Man like Imperials, Bretons (half-elves), and Redguards.

Yes, they have cows and rabbits and dogs and wolves and birds and horses and fish and butterflies. What's your point? They also have ticks the size of houses, jellyfish that hover over land, flying creatures with large stingers on their tails, carnivorous grub worms the size of your head and they will chase you down, crustaceans the size of small dogs, walking dead, ghosts that can interact with you directly without effort, Ogres, trolls, unicorns, monitaur, as well as elves, magic, vampires, bipedal reptillians and cat-like folk, Orcs, and other creatures and beings considered mythical on Earth or drawn from previous fantasy writings, such as the aforementioned Tolkien works.

Why should that mean there is any relationship with Earth other than water being wet and the ground being mostly made of dirt? It's entirely possible they're not even breathing the same type of air found on Earth, nor is it entirely impossible that they don't have a troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere, and mesosphere, much less an ozone layer. They sky may only be 10 miles away, or 1000 yards from the highest mountain peak.

It could also be that Nirn rotates on its equator and revolves around its sun in a figure 8 pattern, or that the celestial bodies (Nirn and the twin moons) are suspended in a warm fluid rather than the cold vacuum of space like Earth is.

In Skyrim's setting (4th Era 200+), they could be at the absolute height of their technological development and will never have indoor plumbing, electric power, motorized transportation, or even an organized education system or sporting events that do not involve bloody combat.

The common theory as hinted by at least one prominent former writer is that it all takes place in the mind of a sleeping deity.


And according to in-game lore, both the Aedra and Daedra inhabit Oblivion. Aetherius is where magic comes from.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

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Originally posted by Zsrai:

Why would you ... ramble like this?

[DrNewcenstein]

Originally posted by Zsrai:

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

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Originally posted by Zsrai:

Why would you ... ramble like this?

The section title is "Discussions", not "blurbs".

This isn't Twitter. There's no 256 character limit.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

Originally posted by Zsrai:

The section title is "Discussions", not "blurbs".

This isn't Twitter. There's no 256 character limit.

Sorry, but you went off on a tangent, a long winding tangent that works for a class on comparative literature, but not a discussion about the name of the planet the Elder Scrolls is set on.
Zsrai's description of rambling is fair, if harsh.

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Sorry, but you went off on a tangent, a long winding tangent that works for a class on comparative literature, but not a discussion about the name of the planet the Elder Scrolls is set on.
Zsrai's description of rambling is fair, if harsh.

I found DrNewcenstein quite an interesting post.

Also they were responding to a deleted post that was removed by SoupierGalaxy3 who resurrected the thread in the first place, the necro was not about what the planet was called, so neither are the replies. So in the context of the necro thread, the reply is on topic, just the necro itself was off topic.

Originally posted by Zsrai:

Originally posted by SoupierGalaxy3:

I know it's an old thread but I like to know what galaxy it is set in and would we even call them humans? Meaning Nords Imps Redguards ect and if it's set in a different galaxy are they stuck in the middle ages? But Nrin looks and feels like Earth it has some of our folk tails like knights fighting dragons has some of our laws like if you steal you get caught they speak English ect even the animals are the same found on Earth

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Sorry, but you went off on a tangent, a long winding tangent that works for a class on comparative literature, but not a discussion about the name of the planet the Elder Scrolls is set on.
Zsrai's description of rambling is fair, if harsh.

I found DrNewcenstein quite an interesting post.

Also they were responding to a deleted post that was removed by SoupierGalaxy3 who resurrected the thread in the first place, the necro was not about what the planet was called, so neither are the replies. So in the context of the necro thread, the reply is on topic, just the necro itself was off topic.

Ah, well that explains it, it was just a weird tangent when I got here, hence what I posted.

I didn't say what DrNewcenstein posted wasn't interesting, just it belonged in a lecture on comparative literature more than what was here. But if someone has deleted their post, it would be out of place.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by Ceejay:

I found DrNewcenstein quite an interesting post.

Also they were responding to a deleted post that was removed by SoupierGalaxy3 who resurrected the thread in the first place, the necro was not about what the planet was called, so neither are the replies. So in the context of the necro thread, the reply is on topic, just the necro itself was off topic.

Ah, well that explains it, it was just a weird tangent when I got here, hence what I posted.

I didn't say what DrNewcenstein posted wasn't interesting, just it belonged in a lecture on comparative literature more than what was here. But if someone has deleted their post, it would be out of place.

Yeah, either way some clown necro'd a 2 year old post, then deleted said post, and then the giant rambling story ensued.

[2.0]

Originally posted by Ceejay:

I found DrNewcenstein quite an interesting post.

I think you might just be the first person to bother completing one of his long winded essays.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by SMIFFY 2.0:

Originally posted by Ceejay:

I found DrNewcenstein quite an interesting post.

I think you might just be the first person to bother completing one of his long winded essays.

Takes all kinds, as they say. Or another: there's always one.

[DrNewcenstein]

Originally posted by SMIFFY 2.0:

Originally posted by Ceejay:

I found DrNewcenstein quite an interesting post.

I think you might just be the first person to bother completing one of his long winded essays.

I believe in sharing relevant information and averting idiotic follow-up questions like "well, if they're not on Earth, how is Jesus supposed to save them?" or similar stupidity by covering all possibilities in one post. If they're too dumb to read more than the typical grunt and squeak answers, I can't help that.