#he’s also a great foil to Meridia who is also a very Paladin shaped deity but they are fundamentally different

[wearepaladin]

Another Elder Scrolls Lore thought: I would love if an Elder Scrolls installment Stendarr’s position among the gods was explored a bit.

Some elaboration: Stendarr is one of the Aedra, the gods who partook in the creation of Mundus, the physical universe/plane where Elder Scrolls takes place, sacrificing much of their divinity in the process. The exact circumstances are debated, but Stendarr and the other Aedra are part of the essence of existence.

Stendarr is a recognized god in many of the pantheons, consistently being a deity associated with mercy in some variation. But one of his particular roles among the altmer/high elves is that he is called The Apologist of Men, IE in a world where men and elves have generations of racial violence between them, Stendarr has a role that tries to form a bridge between the two kindreds that I think hasn’t really been explored overmuch. Especially since there is an aeons old conflict between men and mer rooted in the kind of existence the kindreds have, and yet Stuhn taught humans the value of mercy even in war, and Stendarr taught elves that mankind wasn’t inherently evil.

This Broken God of Light who exists in something of a coma because he’s too weak to interact with mortals directly, even among among the Aedra (The Khajiit say he is the smallest and weakest of the gods, a kitten in need of protection), diverts what is left of his strength to be a peacekeeper. And I’d love to explore that.

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