Lore:Lyg

A modern dreugh

"And when the whole of the Aurbis was a tidal ocean, with left behind ideas, there was a tribe unwilling..."
—Unknown

According to the teachings of Mankar Camoran, Lyg was ruled by the dreugh in the Dawn Era. The tyrannical dreugh-kings enslaved the "nineteen and nine and nine" oceans of Lyg and fought constant border wars among themselves. This correlates with the teachings of the Tribunal Temple, which state that Molag Bal had served as the chief of the dreughs in a form that was "spiny and armored and made for the sea", the after-image of which was reborn in Tamriel and known as the Ruddy Man.

Mehrunes Dagon is said to have been created and imbued with hope by the Magna Ge in the bowels of Lyg. Dagon then raised a "red legion" in rebellion and destroyed the Towers of CHIM-EL GHARJYG, casting down its cities and destroying the continent. In this way, Dagon "freed" Nirn from Creation. This story coincides with the teaching of pre-ri'Datta Khajiit Priest Amun-Dro, which states that before the creation of the world, the Demon Cat Dagon (also called Merrunz) fell to the Demon King Molagh within the Great Darkness, where he was imprisoned and tortured until the wife of Molagh freed Merrunz and used his destructive nature as a weapon to assault the Lattice. Replicating this mythic event was the main goal of Camoran's Oblivion Crisis in 3E 433, when he succeeded in temporarily breaking Akatosh's covenant, destroying the Crystal Tower, and bringing Dagon to Tamriel.

Metaphysics & Nature

The exact nature of what exactly Lyg is or was is unclear. According to some sources, the destruction of Lyg took place in the prior kalpa. Lyg has also been claimed to be one of the "Adjacent Places", and a parallel version of Tamriel, described as a mix of the last kalpa and the current one. The creation of Lyg tells of a time when Nirn once got folded up in time and space and Lyg appeared as a backwards version of Tamriel, akin to a coffee-stain, in a parallel dimension simultaneously on the opposite side of Nirn. The Augur of the Obscure stated he had a different form in the Adjacent Place, and described the prior, better temperament of the dreugh. Additionally, he has mentioned something called a "lygosmotic dream-wave", which appears to be a compound word of "Lyg" and "Osmotic", the latter term referring to passage through a membrane. This, along with his particular disdain for Molag Bal, suggests he has visited or originally resided in Lyg.

Gallery

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  Depiction of Mehrunes Dagon's connection to the Magna Ge

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  The Ruddy Man in battle with Vivec

Notes

• The Song of Pelinal mentions the "World-River" of the previous kalpa, where Umaril the Unfeathered's divine father originated.
• The Nine Coruscations is a fragmentary collection of texts which mentions "the tragic prince of Lyg". This could refer to Molag Bal or Mehrunes Dagon as both are heavily associated with the location.
• According to an early First Era document known as the Tract of Merid-Nunda, "Xero-Lyg" is the name of a Magna Ge.

References

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.