Lore:Plankton
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Plankton are tiny organisms that float in water, classified as either animals or plants.[1] Septimus Signus referenced plankton metaphorically in his Ruminations on the Elder Scrolls. He sought to illustrate one of the origins of the Elder Scrolls by imagining a life beneath the waves, endowed with sharp vision and surrounded by beautiful fabric. By placing the fabric over one's gills, one would begin to breathe in and absorb its threads. While the plant fibers nourish the soul, "the wretched plankton would pollute the cloth until it stank to heavens of prophecy". He posed the question of whether one is the sea, the breather, or the fabric, or if one is the breath itself.[1]
See Also[edit]
Books[edit]
- Ruminations on the Elder Scrolls by Septimus Signus, College of Winterhold — A philosophical view on the role of the Elder Scrolls
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ruminations on the Elder Scrolls — Septimus Signus, College of Winterhold
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