General talk:Uutak Mythos

Easter Eggs

The following two notes were removed from the page:

• In ESO, M'aiq makes a detrimental comment about bats: "M'aiq despises bats. Tiny, winged skeevers. Disgusting!" This could either be referring to the abundance of giant bats in the game or the Uutak Mythos.
• The Cliff Striders, introduced in the Morrowind Chapter for ESO, might have taken inspiration from a Uutak mythos piece, which describes the mutation of giant bats in Vvardenfell into more reptilian-esque forms due to the effects of Red Mountain, one of the Towers, which made them adjust better to the environment. Cliff Striders, coincidentally, look like lizard-bats.

Since I can't find anything backing these two up, I haven't restored them. However, this isn't a lorespace article; as long as they aren't stated as fact, I don't see the harm in suggesting the Uutak Mythos was an influence. However, it'd be good to first view some sources or hear some arguments for or against their inclusion. —Legoless (talk) 22:55, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

I would just like to point out that the majority of the easter eggs were pointed out to me by other people, and not just something I believe in. There was also one I forgot to include - the 'Glimmering Foxbat who writes the Shadow Magic book, which has strong Echmeri connations. And in regards to the Screeching Echkin Tavern, the devs would've removed it if they didn't want it to be a thing. Also, thanks for adding the LA references.

In regards to Maiq, I'll admit that one is definitely up in the air and possibly not related at all. And in regards to the Cliff Strider/Echkin thing, the echkin link I included in the article is what I was referencing in regards to possible inspiration. I'm not saying any of these are possible fact, I'm just saying they could or could not be potential shout-outs to Echmer (which ZOS is definitely knowledgeable about). I'm leaving my personal bias at the door, so I would just others to do the same. IceFireWarden (talk) 23:10, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

I see no problem with them, specially since the whole section is already named potential easter eggs, and while these two are pretty vaguely connected to the Mythos, the second one in special helps bringing up some of the Uutak lore, so I don't really see why it would be such an issue to have them on the page, though maybe wait for the release of ESO: Morrowind? And, really, there is hardly any way to confirm those two as any more than "possibly connected" anyway. Bryn (talk) 01:02, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) So I'm going to try and come at this entirely objectively, given that I knew nothing about Uutak before creating this page, aside from the passing references in exactly those Loremaster's Archives. Firstly, when I was reading through it before uploading it, I did consider that some of the listed Easter Eggs were tenuous. The standard practice for including Easter Eggs is that sufficient people must agree that it is an Easter Egg, and an Easter Egg is something that is included intentionally as a hidden joke or message. I think, in order to remove the connotations of what "Easter Egg" means, "References" is a safer and more neutral word to use. And since this is likely to drag on if we don't resolve it completely, I want to post my views on all of the references (in their current state):

• On the two that were removed, I think the first one is too tenuous to be specifically referencing Uutak. Bats are a thing in Elder Scrolls lore, and without further evidence M'aiq is just referencing those bats. As the second one points out within itself, I think the similarity there is just a coincidence. If the similarity is supposed to be present, it would be more obvious.
• On echkin in Loremaster's Archive; I'm afraid I don't see the in-universe acknowledgement of echkin as an alternate name for giant bats. All that I see is the acknowledgement of bat-cheese.
• On Hoodoc in Loremaster's Archive; I think it is wrong to say that it was "inadvertently" mentioned in one of the answers. The Thieves Guild knows nothing about Yokudan deities, so would not know to ignore something that may not exist. In a parallel, imagine someone asked the Mages Guild about the political situation in the Breton Duchy of Dumnonia; it's a fan-created kingdom that doesn't exist in lore, but they may not know that. It would be perfectly reasonable for someone to say: "Dumnonia? I'm afraid I don't know much about the lesser city-states of High Rock." That statement is neither an acknowledgement that the duchy exists, nor an inadvertent inclusion. It's simply restating the question because the respondent doesn't know anything about it.
• On contraband; if Uutak is the originator of the concept of "bat-cheese", then yes, that is certainly a reference. I would say "bat-winged men" in the second one is also a likely reference to Echmer, since I don't know of any other "bat-winged men".
• While the responses of the Schick interviews are in-universe, I don't think there's enough evidence to say that the setting was official. To use my previous example again, I could have conducted an "in-universe" interview with a character in Dumnonia. As with Loremaster's Archive, the only things that can be safely considered "official" are Schick's character responses, not the setup that they were presented in. Particularly considering that they aren't actually hosted on the ESO website.

Now I am quite content to concur that ZOS seem to like the Uutak lore and are quite happy to include references to it in their official releases that involve fan interactions, but at the same time they always manage to avoid producing any official in-universe response that outright confirms (or denies) any Uutak-related content. To that end, I would propose a rewording of the remaining References:

• In the Loremaster's Archives, the use of the word echkin in exchange for giant bat in some of the questions seems to be accepted as an alternative name for the species, although the word itself is never actually acknowledged nor used in the in-universe answers to those questions.
• Also in the Archives, Hoodoc is mentioned in one of the answers in direct response to a question about him. He was mentioned beforehand in the questions of another Archive, where he was stated to be an enemy of Demiprince Fa-Nuit-Hen.
• ESO's Update 6 introduced Contraband items that you can steal in-game, each of which comes with flavor text. Two of them may be subtle references to Echmer: the ""Cheesemaker of Goldfolly" Engraving", with the text "Framed engraving of the famous scene showing the making of bat-cheese from the long-lost giant dairy bats of Goldfolly." refers to their cream-making, while the "Matching Ivory Spice Shakers" refers to their appearance: "A set of ivory spice shakers, in stylized shapes of bat-winged men. Considered to be in poor taste by certain Rivenspire nobles."
• A "Screeching Echkin Tavern" in Ska'vyn was mentioned in two in-universe interviews conducted with Lawrence Schick (New Life Festival Interview Part 2 and Homestead Interview), but the setting for these was not officially ratified. Ska'vyn is however mentioned as a source of bat-cheese in the previously-referenced Loremaster's Archive.

Enodoc (talk) 01:31, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

I think those revisions will work pretty good, if everyone else agrees (I can't add them in though, I'm confined to mobile and typing on this phone sucks and hard to do) and I support the change to Potential References. In regards to the interviews, I had assumed that they were considered official like all other in-game/out-of-game interviews are (I think most of them were never posted on actual sites) and the interviews themselves always go through a fact check to ensure that nothing in it needs to be removed through editing. Other than that, everything seems pretty cool.IceFireWarden (talk)

Foxbat Brassilisk?

Pretty sure this pet is green because it's an Xbox exclusive, not because it's a reference to Peryite. Is there anything to provide a solid link here? —Legoless (talk) 21:12, 5 December 2019 (GMT)

I was just asking Legoless about this. It is named Foxbat because XB is together in foXBat and the green is due to the xbox link to that color rather than Peryite. In addition, it is only a Brassilisk because of Clockwork City being the DLC at the time they wanted to tie into. I see zero reason to jump through hoops to shoehorn an easter egg in here, when an actual link to Xbox is so clear. Jeancey (talk) 21:16, 5 December 2019 (GMT)

I agree. To be honest, the entire non-consensus based easter egg section shouldnt exist given the extremely speculative language and reasoning it uses. --Jimeee (talk) 08:03, 6 December 2019 (GMT)

I was thinking it should be subject to the usual guidelines used in other namespaces, i.e. proposed on the talk page first and only added via consensus. Per the previous discussion on this page I would say the majority should remain on the article, but Easter eggs are always fairly speculatory and we shouldn't have lesser standards for General namespace when adding new ones. —Legoless (talk) 19:54, 6 December 2019 (GMT)

Why is this even here

Will every bit of fanfiction get their pages now? — Unsigned comment by 83.8.106.230 (talk) at 15:53 on 26 December 2019‎

This page has gotten a bit long and maybe too detailed, but the project is definitely notable. C0DA has a page in General space as well. So do Tamriel Rebuilt and Beyond Skyrim, even though basically everything for those is documented in the mod namespaces. —Dillonn241 (talk) 03:34, 27 December 2019 (GMT)

NPOV

Reviewing this page's content, I find that some of the content has a non-neutral point of view. While it may not be our policy precisely, the UESP has deferred to Wikipedia in the past to cover gaps in our policies before. For example, see the examples on this section of Wikipedia's policy page, and compare it to the opening paragraph of this article. With that in mind, should this article be changed to adopt a more neutral point of view? --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 03:03, 26 October 2021 (UTC)