HelloMyNameIsEd
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Alright, so now that I've got your attention with the title, I want to tell you guys something. I really like "What if?"/Alternate History situations. I think they're an interesting way to imagine how things could end up so much differently if even so much as a single event fails to happen; for example, one of people's most interesting thoughts is what would have happened if the Allies lost World War 2. I've thought of a couple myself, but one really stands out amongst the others, and I want to share it with you: What would happen if a major colonial-era power from Earth's history managed to make contact with the empires of Tamriel?
I want to know what you guys think would happen if a colonial-era (say maybe 1700's or 1800's in Earth's history; when muskets and cannons were still being used) power suddenly finds a way to reach Tamriel. Would they open up trade with these new empires reminiscent of medieval-era civilizations? Trade guns and gunpowder to the natives of Tamriel — as was done with the Native Americans in the US — in exchange for enchanted or magical items for the colonial powers of Earth?
Or would imperialist ambition from Earth's civilizations spur them to grab land anywhere they can get it, and declare war against a peoples much less technologically-advanced than them in hopes of what they would see as a one-sided victory? Perhaps the Aldmeri Dominion gets on the wrong side of the English and spark a war; perhaps that war proves costly to England and weakens them on Earth, and eventually they may be toppled by another colonial empire (say, France?) and prevent their rise as a World Power; perhaps that war weakens the Thalmor and makes their power in Tamriel slip to the point that they collapse and England seizes control of the Summerset Isles, marking an era of permanent English establishment in Tamriel? Maybe even late-19th century America, acting on manifest destiny, can make an appearance.
It's pretty cool to imagine how things might turn out differently for both worlds, how the interaction between completely different civilizations can unfold: one where magic is commonplace and divine entities are a very real concept, the other where technology is valued over superstitions, and where gods are about faith and not magic. The very existence of one world goes against that of the other, and everything each thought they knew about the world would be called into question.
tl;dr What would happen if a colonial power from Earth meets the civilizations of the Elder Scrolls?
Go wild!
I want to know what you guys think would happen if a colonial-era (say maybe 1700's or 1800's in Earth's history; when muskets and cannons were still being used) power suddenly finds a way to reach Tamriel. Would they open up trade with these new empires reminiscent of medieval-era civilizations? Trade guns and gunpowder to the natives of Tamriel — as was done with the Native Americans in the US — in exchange for enchanted or magical items for the colonial powers of Earth?
Or would imperialist ambition from Earth's civilizations spur them to grab land anywhere they can get it, and declare war against a peoples much less technologically-advanced than them in hopes of what they would see as a one-sided victory? Perhaps the Aldmeri Dominion gets on the wrong side of the English and spark a war; perhaps that war proves costly to England and weakens them on Earth, and eventually they may be toppled by another colonial empire (say, France?) and prevent their rise as a World Power; perhaps that war weakens the Thalmor and makes their power in Tamriel slip to the point that they collapse and England seizes control of the Summerset Isles, marking an era of permanent English establishment in Tamriel? Maybe even late-19th century America, acting on manifest destiny, can make an appearance.
It's pretty cool to imagine how things might turn out differently for both worlds, how the interaction between completely different civilizations can unfold: one where magic is commonplace and divine entities are a very real concept, the other where technology is valued over superstitions, and where gods are about faith and not magic. The very existence of one world goes against that of the other, and everything each thought they knew about the world would be called into question.
tl;dr What would happen if a colonial power from Earth meets the civilizations of the Elder Scrolls?
Go wild!