Shor Shor is the Nord ic representation of the god Lorkhan , who after his creation of the mortal realm of Nirn took sides with the forefathers of Men in the Ehlnofey Wars of the Dawn Era . He is considered the husband of the goddess Kyne ( Kynareth ) by the Ancient Nordic Pantheon , and is the embodiment of the afterlife of Sovngarde . Legend and lore . According to Nordic legend , the " Elven Giants " ( i . e . the Aldmeri Pantheon ) , harboring bitterness against Shor for his creation of the mortal plane of Nirn , conspired against Lorkhan and brought about the god ' s demise at Red Mountain in the Dawn Era , dooming Shor to the underworld . Storms and rain , natural phenomena associated with the goddess Kyne , are said to have first begun to occur after these legendary events . Ancient Atmoran tradition depicts Shor as a bloodthirsty warrior - god , who led the descendants of the Wandering Ehlnofey ( the Men ) to victory over their Old Ehlnofey ( the Mer ) oppressors time and again . Due to this close association with the races of Men , Lorkhan is sometimes also referred to as the Children ' s God . Before his doom , Shor was called the King of the Gods , a title which has only been attributed to one other divinity ; Akatosh . Together with Akatosh , Lorkhan is one of two deities that are mentioned in the religious traditions of all cultures in Tamriel . Universally recognized as the divinity most responsible for the world ' s creation , interpretations of Shor differ between the cultures of Men and Mer in particular : The former often view him as a patron and fallen hero - god to mortal kind , whereas the latter uniformly vilify him as a trickster or demon - god , responsible for separating their immortal essence from the spirit world . Beliefs involving Shor . The afterlife of Sovngarde is believed by Nordic culture to be a divine covenant between Lorkhan ( Shor ) and the descendants of Wandering Ehlnofey who fought at Shor ' s side in the Dawn Era ( most commonly , the Atmoran s and their own descendants , the Nord s ) . This ancient belief holds that those of Men , who are linked by ancestry to these Ehlnofey , upon death find their souls judged not by how they lived but by how they died . Hence , the souls of such mortals who fall in battle or die fighting for their beliefs are given passage to the afterlife of Sovngarde per Shor ' s decree , where in Lorkhan ' s own image , they earn a place in Sovngarde ' s Hall of Valor among the fallen heroes of Men . Shor may be considered the de facto ruler of this afterlife of Sovngarde , as other divinities who hearken back to the Dawn Era , such as Tsun , also reside there and they refer to Lorkhan as their sovereign . This is a surprising revelation , as Shor ' s continuing active agency in his realm runs counter to Lorkhan ' s status as a " dead " god . This may be due to the fact that the Aedra can be killed as part of the divine contract of creation , meaning they too may have access to an afterlife of their own making , unlike the Daedra . Among Nords , as well as others who can trace lineage to the Ehlnofey that stood at Lorkhan ' s side , Shor is often held in great reverence . Venerated as a Chief - God alongside Akatosh despite his status as " deceased , " and as the noble Lord of Sovngarde , many Nordic characters are heard to swear by Shor , and his name is regularly invoked in expressions of emotion . On several of the Word Wall s that were erected by the ancient Nords during the Merethic Era , references to Lorkhan are inscribed in the Dragon Language , in which Shor is referred to as the " hoar father . " Tellingly , one such inscription upon the Word Walls translates as follows : " " Noble Nord , remember these words of the hoar father : Fear not the specter of death , for he is the herald of glory and your guide to great Sovngarde . " " Bardic traditions . Shor ' s Tongue . " Shor ' s Tongue " is the first of five songs that recount the tale of the Nord ic king Wulfharth , dating back to 1E 500 . After the defeat of the Alessia n army at Glenumbria Moors , where King Hoag Merkiller was slain , Wulfharth of Atmora was elected by the Pact of Chieftains . His Thu ' um was so powerful that he could not verbally swear into the office , and scribes were used to draw up his oaths . Immediately thereafter , bards scribed the first of his reign : a fiery reinstatement of the traditional Nordic Pantheon . The edicts of the Alessian Order were outlawed , their priests put to the stake , and their halls set ablaze . The shadow of King Borgas had ended for a span . For his zealotry , Wulfharth was called " Shor ' s Tongue , " and Ysmir , Dragon of the North . Dragon Crisis . When Alduin went to Sovngarde to eat the souls of departed Nords , the Heroes of Sovngarde were ordered by Shor to stay their hands .