Méta:Ted Peterson

Ted Peterson fut l'un des fondateurs de la série pour quitter Bethesda Softworks après la sortie de TES 2 : Daggerfall.

Après son départ il continua d'écrire des livres pour les jeux de la série, il est l'un des auteurs les plus prolifiques, ça serait d'ailleurs sous son impulsion que les livres sont apparus dans Daggerfall. Son avatar en jeu est Shéogorath.

Crédits

• Oblivion - Additional Writing
• Morrowind - Additional Writing & Quest Design
• Daggerfall - Design
• Terminator : Future Shock
• Arena - Design
• Delta V
• The Terminator : Rampage

Bibliographie

Officielle

• 2920, Dernière année de l'ère Première
• Anciens récits des Dwemers
• Bal à l'Asile
• Feyfolken
• Guide de poche de l'Empire, Troisième édition
• L'exode
• L'Horreur du Château de Xyr
• La Danse du Feu
• La légende de la maison Krately
• La Reine-Louve
• Le Mysticisme
• Le Récit Argonien
• Les Elfes Sauvages
• Ombres dérobées
• Une Trahison Hypothétique

Non-officielle

• Mad God's Masque and Bellicose Ball
• Procès de Vivec
• The Xal-Gosleigh Letters

Citations

Daedric Appearance

A God's preferred appearance (which is how I'd characterize the archetypes most associated with each Daedra and Tribunal member - the Aedra do not have physical appearances associated with them), a God's personality (which is a strange word to use for an entity which is not a person, but it's hard to find a better term), and a God's sphere each should considered on its own.

Sometimes their appearance does convey their intent and sphere.

Example: Mehrunes Dagon. His sphere is destruction. His personality is simple straightforwardness. He does not attempt to obfuscate, but appears as one might expect - demonic and savage.

Sometimes their appearance does not.

Example: Sheogorath. His sphere is madness. His personality alternates between the jester and the homicidal maniac. He does not appear frightening, because he wants to seduce people down the Golden Road.

That is what is tricky about the Daedra, especially those whose sphere is obscured to mortals. You cannot look at the innocent looking Meridia or the fearsome looking Mephala, and surmise the nature of their power. They may be trying to mislead.