The Prolix Tower

The Prolix Tower is the unofficial First of the Six Walking Ways, the spiritual pathways to reaching heaven through violence. But what is the Prolix Tower? And how does one achieve such a state? Well, let’s breakdown the words themselves for a moment:

• Prolix (adjective): using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
• Tower (noun): a tall narrow building, either freestanding or forming part of a building such as a church or castle; a place of defense; a protection.
• [OR]
• Tower (verb): rise to or reach a great height

Prolix basically means to do something for far too long in central context; tower can either mean a tall building/defense platform/rising to a great height. So what do these two words mixed together equal as the First Walking Way? Well, I believe I have discovered the answer. The Prolix Tower is the least known way to achieve heaven through violence because it doesn’t actually have to involve violence.

The Prolix Tower, my friends, is achieving heaven by patience. Basically, one waits themselves into godhood.

Yeah, I know, confusing. Here is an example: Let’s say one day officials from your local government decide to encase you in a underground bunker to study the War that’s ravaging the world for approximately 24 days. You have unlimited water and food, and the latest technology. The only thing that you don’t have is other people. During this assignment you study the War like you are suppose to and basically wait until the 24 days are up. Except the days pass and the government doesn’t let you out. You wait and wait but no one unlocks the bunker. You cry, you yell; you even go insane from time to time. Eventually you deduce that the people that knew you were in the bunker has been wiped out by the War and you decide to go back to monitoring the War. Years pass and you constantly review the livestream footage broadcasting from your television, waiting for someone to find you, when you notice something. Some footage shows a young soldier stepping on a mine and blowing up and you recognize it. However, this is new footage so where could you have seen it from? You decide to review the old footage recordings to see if maybe the new footage just reminded you of something when you viewed it. Two years ago you saw footage from a battlefield of a young man stepping on a mine and blowing up. And it’s the exact same guy. You immediately begin to go through all of the recordings and start to match them with the new footage – except it’s the exact same footage. It is right then you exclaim “The War is fake! There is no War!”. At that precise moment the bunker opens up and the people who locked you in there reveal that the War is in fact a simulation, you were being trained to analyze the art of war in multiple fashions, and you are now being promoted to General to fight the Real War that’ll you’ll be starting with the new tactical knowledge you’ve acquired.

Crazy, right?

Let’s breakdown the example:

• The War equals the Mortality. It is not real and hinders your train of thought if you focus on it to much. The Real War is you becoming God and getting to do whatever you want.
• The Government Officials are the rules of the mortality, telling you that everything you see/hear/taste/touch/smell is what you are only allowed to do.
• The footage is you observing the rest of the universe with patience while waiting for the War to “end”.
• Becoming the General is reaching Godhood and waging Real War (doing God stuffs).

Being patient for an incredible amount of time allows one to observe the universe in a more unique and thorough fashion than someone who rushes through things. However, using the Prolix Tower as a Walking Way is insanely hard to do. First, one would have to have the lifespan of an elf or use magicka to lengthen it, because it’ll take at least a lifetime of waiting before realizing reality is just a dream. Second, the method of reaching the Prolix Tower is unknown to practically everyone. Pondering reality while waiting is not as easy as you thought, eh?

Beings Who Might Have Reached/Are Capable Of Reaching The Prolix Tower

Like I said above, one would have to have the ability to live a longtime to be able to use the Prolix Tower method of reaching Godhood. So what beings on Nirn are might have reached heaven through patience? And which ones are surely capable of doing so?

1. The Hist: The Hist in my opinion are fully capable of achieving the Prolix Tower, if they haven’t done it already. It is unknown how long an individual Hist can live, but we do know that the sentient trees have existed long before recorded time during the Dawn Era and the species itself has lived through the entire of Elder Scrolls history. And due to their Hivemind mentality, the Hist has access to all past and present information of possible wilted Hist. Due to their amazing abilities and what we know about them so far, it’s not so hard to imagine the Hist reaching the Prolix Tower.
2. Divath Fyr: The Telvanni/Psijic insanely powerful Badass Grandpa that is the Fyr could in my opinion might be able to reach heaven through waiting. He is one of the oldest beings in Tamriel (he was born before Nerevar, back when the Dunmer were Chimer) and has lived through countless lifetimes working on his own experiments in his tower. I mean, he literally has powerful magical artifacts inside his house like they’re easily attainable commodities. Him achieving the Prolix Tower wouldn’t be all that surprising to me.

Well, I’m finished writing for the night. What do you guys and gals think about the Prolix Tower? Please take your time with your comments. I can wait.