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u/womannimarco Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
High Chancellor Ocato's funeral had an unexpected spectator.
Sadly he won't be able to leave his honourable prison throne to voice his condolences.
Source: anoddsamarline
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u/Pelinal_Whitestrake Jul 26 '25
I hope the statue is still there in the 4th era, hopefully the Dominion didn’t tear it down
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u/ArteDeJuguete Jul 26 '25
There's a good chance. The Thalmor worship Auri-el and by the point of the great the great majority of people in both the empire and Alinor recognize that Akatosh and Auri-el are the same. Plus the Altmer mythology states that Auri-el is also a dragon at the same time, with some of his depictions having golden scales and a breath of fire. So even in the hypothetical scenario of the average Thalmor soldier seeing Akatosh as a man-tainted version of Auri-el, tearing down that statue would still be like tearing down an Auri-el statue, which would be utter blasphemy.
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u/TheSlayerofSnails Jul 26 '25
If nothing else, I feel they might be slightly concerned that smashing a statue/frozen construct of Akatosh, might have him take it *really* poorly.
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u/the14thpuppet Jul 26 '25
in one of the books in skyrim it describes the statue as still being there to this day so it probably is
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u/TheDreamIsEternal Jul 26 '25
Man, it's devastating to think that Martin is in that statue, aware of what happens around him. Seeing the Empire he sacrificed himself to save crumble around him must be terrible.
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u/Capt_Falx_Carius Jul 28 '25
Well, he didn't sacrifice himself for the stabilization of a political power, he sacrificed himself to save everyone on Nirn from the cataclysm that had brought itself upon the Imperial City, before it could overrun everywhere else, too.
And while some horrible things have happened since then, it's still a better world than what we'd have
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u/ImperatorRomanum Jul 26 '25
Wonderful art. If they ever did a live action Elder Scrolls, I think the interregnum would be great setting. Have the first season kick off with Ocato’s assassination, end it with Titus Mede taking control.
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u/AnthemAnathem Jul 27 '25
Oh, it's a very nice piece... Although, just my personal opinion, the streets seem a tiny bit empty to me.
Still, big sad. Ocato was one of the real ones.
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u/vincentsd1 29d ago
I mean have you been to the Imperial city? Ain't much going on there.
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u/AnthemAnathem 29d ago
In the game, sure. But lore wise it's the biggest city in Tamriel. It should easily house a million inhabitants. But game constraints are game constraints.
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u/hazjosh1 Jul 28 '25
Probably the only potentate who actually wanted to pick a suitable candidate to rule as emperor
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u/moonlaz Jul 26 '25
RIP to a real one 😔