(SPOILERS) Elder Scrolls Online:Gold Road New Lore

A summation of the major lore from Gold Road. Mostly main quest related.

**Major Spoilers for ESO Gold Road**

Ithelia has been set free and "her presence threatens both our world and the realms beyond". Leramil theorizes that the very act of "restoring her memory was enough for her to set herself free" as Mora claimed in the prologue quest that "this spire was never Ithelia's prison-being forgotten was."

It is noted stopping Ithelia will be difficult as "Ithelia is a Daedric Prince. No mortal can match her power without assistance." and Hermaeus Mora can't "move against her while she walks our world. He is bound by the Coldharbour Compact while Ithelia is not."

The Compact is said to "prevent many of the most powerful Daedric Princes from directly manifesting on Nirn." Ithelia and "the Daedra that serve her" are "not party to it's restrictions" since they were imprisoned "long before the deal was struck"

**Ithelia and the Many Paths**

Is first encountered at Elenglynn. In the vicinity of Elenglynn Leramil claims that "the threads of fate simply vanish" a phenomenon she's never encountered before.

Ithelia's memories are fragmentary, she has trouble recalling concepts as basic as what a Daedric Prince. Nonetheless she senses the Echonir, demanding it be used to reveal what she experienced.

Here we see that Mora confronted Ithelia and tried to get her to abandon "the Many Paths" as he foresaw that otherwise "all existence/reality" would end:

Quote:"You risk everything Ithelia. You must forsake the Many Paths.

You seek to diminish my Prince. Why should she agree to such a demand ?

To preserve reality. Her willfulness threatens all existence.

You let your fear control you and foresee an apocalypse that will never be. Depart Mora!

Ithelia disappears and won't be encountered for a while.

Leramil observes that she's confused . She believes this is "the moment Hermaeus Mora first confronted Ithelia about the danger she posed to reality" but "refused to heed him". Leramil notes that it is "a hard thing for any creature to change it's nature, especially a Daedric Prince".

You view a memory of Ithelia in Hoperoot:

Quote: Where am I ? What draws me to this place ? Yes, I believe they call it a tavern. I see the Many Paths converging there.

This tavern is the second major appearance. Approaching, it is surrounded by a shimmering field of light. Leramil says:

I am glad you are here Proxy. Threads of fate tangle around the Outcast Inn in an ever expanding knot, fraying the bonds of cause and effect with each bend and twist. Should they snap, the results would be catastrophic

What's causing the tangles Leramil ?

I cannot discern the origins. Hermaeus Mora gifted me an ability to perceive the threads of fate. This tangle painfully overwhelms that very gift whenever I try to approach the inn.

Someone without such sight must act as my agent. Namely, you.

Pass through this tangle and enter the inn. Find the source of this disturbance. Stop it however you can.

I cannot assist you in this. You shall stand alone against a force that tangles fate and unravels reality. Succeed and you shall be rewarded.

I'll enter then inn and find the cause of the disturbance.

If we allow this tangle in fate to persist. Our localized reality could collapse. In short, we would all cease to exist.

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Inside is the confused Ithelia who says the following:

I don't know if you can understand me. My mind is a storm of images and voices and memories. I can see every reality at once-the Many Paths. But my grip on this realm keeps slipping.

But you. I see that you are real.

You mentioned The Many Paths. What are those ?

Possibilities, probabilities, places where fate takes a different course. Some lead to here, others to there. And a few they lead to..elsewhere. But this place. It has something I need.

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You look for a way to make something called Sage's Brew. Outside the sky has morphed into one resembling Fargrave and Daedra are appearing.

Ithelia calls forth an artifact she senses, the Lamp of Clarity. She claims she can't focus through all the "overlapping paths" and urges you to shine the lamp on a "path that yearns to be explored". Opening the first portal to the Many Paths we see.

Inside Ithelia glows gold and claims "my power abandons me here"

In the shrine you meet another Ithelia and Torvesard.

Torvesard claims that he can't understand why his Prince would allow you and "that other Ithelia" to remain while "other Daedric Princes lead by Hermaus Mora approach".

When asked for help in restoring the Ithelia following you Path Ithelia explains that the Sage's Dream is the mortal name for their connection to the Many Paths, manifested as a drink brewed from ingredients made of her own essence, each path's ingredient being unique.

All Ithelias across the Many Paths are connected, extended separation weakens the bond causing distress, but Sage's Dream melds the essence of many Ithelias and allows the imbiber to take in power and understanding from said Ithelias, reintegrating her with the others.

She clarifies that your path's Ithelia was stripped of her powers when she suffered Mora's punishment. The chaos around her is the result of her power seeking to return to her.

Quote:A mortal pathwalker ? Such a creature is quite rare. And I see you are accompanied by one of my reflections. An Ithelia from a different path.

You carry something else with you it feels like..hatred. Tell me why have you come to my reality ?

The other Ithelia can't control her power. She's a threat to my reality. The lamp led us here.

Ah. Sage's Dream is the mortal name for our connection to the Many Paths. It manifests as a drink but is brewed from ingredients infused with my very own essence.

Drinking it will recollect my reflection to the Many Paths and stabilize her power.

Where do I get the ingredients ?

They bloom in my shadow. Or the shadows of other Ithelias. Each path's ingredient is unique. You can find Tirum Weed here, but the rest grows in other realities.

Take what you need pathwalker. Than you must leave before my fellow Princes arrive.

Can you explain more about Sage's Dream ?