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Mundus is the mortal realm, or universe, which the Elder Scrolls series is set in. The planet Nirn, where Tamriel is in, lies in Mundus. The realms creation was a product of the god Lorkhan, who came up with the idea of a mortal realm. The realm itself was created by the Aedra and the Anu-spirits, and thus started the Dawn Era. It is now it becomes complicated, but I will explain it as best as I can.

There was once a wizard god named Magnus. He helped the god Lorkhan to design the mortal realm. He made the schematics and plans for the universe (it was just like lego) and implemented his powers to balance out the world. Later the Aedra and Anu spirits did the hard work of creating everything, with the help of god Magnus. But after Nirn was created, Magnus and the Anu spirits suddenly disappeared from Mundus and returned to the immortal realm of Aetherius. What is left of the god and spirits is now what is known as magic. The stars of Mundus is actually light from Aetherius, which can be seen through the teardrops of the Anu spirits who left them there as they fled back to their immortal realm. Some say that the two moons of Nirn is the physical remnants of Lorkhan. He is referred to as the forgotten god, as not many know about his existence.

The following text is from the book Spirit of Nirn, God of Mortals

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Lorkhan is the Spirit of Nirn, the god of all mortals. This does not mean all mortals necessarily like him or even know him. Most Elves hate him, thinking creation as that act which sundered them from the spirit realm. Most Humans revere him, or aspects of him, as the herald of existence. The creation of the Mortal Plane, the Mundus, Nirn, is a source of mental anguish to all living things; all souls know deep down they came originally from somewhere else, and that Nirn is a cruel and crucial step to what comes next. What is this next? Some wish to return to the original state, the spirit realm, and that Lorkhan is the Demon that hinders their way; to them Nirn is a prison, an illusion to escape. Others think that Lorkhan created the world as the testing ground for transcendence; to them the spirit realm was already a prison, that true escape is now finally possible.

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Some say that the Aedra and Daedra also are trapped in Mundus, but I will return to that in a later post.

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