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Mantling is when a person acts so much like another person, the universe can no longer tell the difference between the two, and they become the same person.

"… walk like them until they must walk like you." ―Nu-Hatta of the Sphinxmoth Inquiry Tree

Notable examples:

  • In Morrowind, the main character Mantles Nerevar
  • In Oblivion, the Hero of Kvatch Mantles both Pelinal Whitestrake and Sheogorath
  • In Skyrim, the Last Dragonborn Mantles Talos
Mantling is when a person acts so much like another person, the universe can no longer tell the difference between the two, and they become the same person. >"… walk like them until they must walk like you." ―Nu-Hatta of the Sphinxmoth Inquiry Tree Notable examples: - In Morrowind, the main character Mantles Nerevar - In Oblivion, the Hero of Kvatch Mantles both Pelinal Whitestrake and Sheogorath - In Skyrim, the Last Dragonborn Mantles Talos

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[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Kind of like the movie The One but not the same person through multiple realities.

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I haven't seen the movie, but the summary makes it sound more like Highlander than Mantling.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

In essence you combine the life force of the many to make a greater one. So yes a mix of highlander and mantling. Fuck the morrowind universe if people are all pcs of a greater god. power is meaningless.

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Well, that's what Amaranth is. Someone Mantles the Godhead, causing everyone to achieve CHIM, and the Godhead wakes up. The nu-mantia (The person who Mantled) then falls asleep and starts a new dream.

And yeah, power is meaningless. But nobody in-universe knows it's a dream. The only ones who do know, have achieved CHIM, or zero-summed. Doesn't stop everyone from clamoring for more, though.