I think Bethesda is just trying to get past lore 'out of the way' to avoid retcons. Vivec is supposedly missing or kidnapped. The Nerevarine goes off on Akavir with little-to-no explanation or whereabouts. Vvardenfell is invaded by Daedra and, most likely, totally obliterated. High Rock and Hammerfell become more boring than Todd Howard.

The Warp in the West occurs and everybody becomes buddies. Jagar Tharn melts like the Wicked Witch of the West and is never heard from again (aside from some theories about doppelganger heirs in Morrowind). I'm not saying they're any worse than most other game developers in this respect, but it still annoys me.Д®sther Fernandez Posts: 3415 Joined: Wed 11:52 am I cannot believe that, with just a little more time and effort, the devs couldn't have come up with something more satisfying. It took me thirty seconds to come up with two example Nerevarine rumours that wouldn't interfere with the Champion's story, wouldn't require assigning him/her a specific race or gender, and would make a hell of a lot more sense than what we were actually given. All they're doing is restricting us to a different (and, frankly, far less satisfying) set of options for the Nerevarine's fate. This immediately screws over anyone who wants their own Nerevarine to play a meaningful role in the Oblivion crisis (at least where Morrowind is concerned). Even if the 'Akavir' part is just a rumour (which it may well be), the one thing that's pretty much certain is that the Nerevarine has disappeared without a trace. Or rather, my Nerevarine isn't their character.Д«ut they are trying to tell us what the Nerevarine did to at least some extent. We can't, because Vehk isn't our character, just as the Nerevarine isn't their character. It's like us trying to tell MK what Vehk did after his Trial. Word doesn't travel so accurately via word-of-mouth so I'd just chalk this up to another unsubstantiated rumor. There's a game you play in school where everyone sits in a circle, the teacher whispers something in one person's ear, then they whisper to the next person, and it goes in a complete circle around the room between like 20 people, and at the end you find the last person usually says something completely different than the first. Nerervarine going to Akavir is merely a rumor, and has no substantial proof, it could easily be a case of mistaken interpretation. It's the easiest solution, rather than the one that makes most sense, hence my comment about 'laziness'. Yeah, I guess some people might actually prefer the 'went to Akavir' scenario, but how many? We can't be sure, but my guess is 'not a lot'. Whatever the devs decided on regarding the Nerevarine's fate, it would end up pissing at least someone off. While the Akavir part may be just a rumour, I think we'd hear something about it if the Nerevarine turned out to be right there in Morrowind and busy battling Daedra. We're told outright that 'the Nerevarine has departed on an expedition to Akavir and has not been heard from since'.

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