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Message: <blockquote data-quote="System Ufera" data-source="post: 6287210" data-attributes="member: 6671268">Ah, I should probably have posted a link to Dibella's Lore article on the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages Wiki, so you at least have a place to start if you want to know more about her. It's not much, but if I recall correctly, she's not the most involved deity in the actual Elder Scrolls gameplay.<a href="http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dibella" target="_blank">http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dibella</a> Well, it's not so much that promiscuity is one of Im-Tinar's core ideals; it's more that love in general is one of the core ideals, and there are few restrictions on what sort of love it may be. In fact, I'd say that Im-Tinar would place love and sex in two separate-yet-related categories, and love is more important. It's kind of complicated and hard to explain, but I'll try anyway.It's not so much that Im-Tinar specifically endorses sex, but rather that the rest of society sees sex as "dirty" or "bad," and Im-Tinar and her followers are a minority that simply doesn't think that same thing. However, the rest of society thinks that their own beliefs are the "default" beliefs, and so they confuse Im-Tinar's overall lack of a stance toward sex as being a stance in and of itself.However, Im-Tinar does actually condemn certain sexual acts that "betray" love, such as secretly cheating on your lover (though an "open relationship" is okay, as long as your lover knows and is fine with it). Im-Tinar also strongly condemns rape as a perversion of both love and sex.Perhaps I should try to re-phrase what I said earlier: I've designed her  to be sort of a de facto deity that personifies the definition of the  Poruqe, which is almost like an entire specie filled with classic  fantasy bards and muses. The Poruqe love beauty, not so much as a set  standard of "what makes something beautiful," but rather the general  concept of beauty (especially since what makes something beautiful is  subjective). In other words, it's more than physical attractiveness; for example, more heroically-inclined Poruqe would find a well-told epic story to be beautiful, or perhaps an invigorating song or painting.</blockquote>

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