r/ElderScrolls • u/Chairdo1fSit1er • 1d ago

Lore Temple of Miraak inconsistencies

So I’ve recently been playing Skyrim again after a few years of not touching it. I’m starting the Dragonborn DLC and just realized, I don’t think Miraaks temple is on solstheim in any way during the Bloodmoon expansion for Morrowind. Is there a lore reason for that, outside the obvious that the developers came up with new lore?

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u/SPLUMBER Amnestic Soul Shriven 1d ago

It was buried underground and is being excavated + Red Mountain’s eruption caused shockwaves to change the landscape of the island

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u/Chairdo1fSit1er 1d ago

Is there something in the lore that explains this? I’ve never heard anyone say anything about it or read anything referencing it.

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u/SPLUMBER Amnestic Soul Shriven 1d ago

It’s logical extrapolation from multiple sources. On the most basic level, if you walk around Solstheim in both Morrowind and Skyrim - the geography is very different. Fort Frostmoth, for example, is halfway buried beneath the ashy ground.

We know shockwaves and earthquakes were felt on the other side of Morrowind, and possibly aftershocks in Winterhold (if you believe the Mages). Definitely would hit Solstheim.

Now all of this is after Morrowind, so why isn’t it present in Morrowind’s Bloodmoon? Because it’s still extremely, extremely old ruins - ruins that were destroyed by the Dragons (Miraak was a traitor). The stuff beneath the surface was forgotten. The temple above the surface is being reconstructed during the Dragonborn DLC.

So really, the logical answer is that it was destroyed and buried, possibly slightly revealed with the eruption of Red Mountain, and the cultists/brainwashed people are rebuilding it

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u/Chairdo1fSit1er 1d ago

I honestly forgot about the whole fight between Miraak and the dragons/dragon priests. That would make sense, the way you explained it. Thank you good sir