The Elder Scrolls Cosmology

The Elder Scrolls Cosmology Explained 2.0 (Fax Novu) This will be a revised version of the one I did on Quora, to which I ran out of space on that site (so annoying). So, I shall revise it and make a more up to date incarnation with other arguments and new cosmological information from the latest expansions. What are Gradients? Subgradients? Wheels within Wheels? Circles within Circles? Worlds within Worlds? Now, before we get into the actual cosmological structure, we will have to go over some metaphysical information and some terminology first, just to save time. Oftentimes in the elder scrolls cosmology, you will hear the term “Wheels within wheels” or some variation of it. All of the cosmology stems from something called subgradients. Subgradients are essentially akin to emanations. It is when a higher force or entity or realm seeks to self reflect so it births something more than infinitely less than itself: General:Et'Ada, Eight Aedra, Eat the Dreamer - UESP As stated above, these “slices” are not equal. These “slices” are the same, just not in terms of scale. This means that they have the overall same structure and layers, just not on the same ontological status as the higher gradients. In fact, it’s alluded to that each gradient becomes more and more “real” as you go up through them: Online:Monomyth: Lorkhan and Satakal - UESP This pattern of interplay and emanations came from Anu and Padomay who we shall get to later. The Aurbis and it’s infinite gradients …