Morrowind talk:Ghostfence

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Age of the Ghostfence[edit]

I think this article is a little misleading about the age of the ghostfence. The events on Red Mountain happened in the first era and Dagoth Ur's "awakening" is listed as right before the end of the second era (which ended when vivec and septim negotiated morrowind's surrender probably so vivec could concentrate on Dagoth Ur). In other words, It's 3100 years after Red Mountain when Dagoth Ur re-emerges. It's not clear that ghostfence was even built then. It could be much more recent. The elder scrolls library lists it built a mere 20 years prior to the main character's arrival in Morrowind.— Unsigned comment by 69.249.124.89 (talk) on 1 February 2010

I would not like to restart an old discussion, but seeing as I have the same objection as the unsigned anon I'll just express them here. After his presumed death, Dagoth Ur was last seen in the year 1E 700, after the Battle of Red Mountain. He was thought dead until 2E 882, when he emerged from his sleep and ambushed the Tribunal. The article states that the Ghostfence was built before Dagoth Ur even became a threat. However, the claim that the Ghostfence is only 20 years old as of 4E 427 is also absurd. I believe that the logical thing would be that the Ghostfence was built, maybe not right away, but after 2E 882. The "Publisher's Note" of the book Ancestors and the Dunmer suggests the same. — Unsigned comment by Kertaw48 (talkcontribs) at 15:55 on 28 April 2011‎

() I would like to bring this up again, as it has recently been part of a discussion on the ESO Forums.

According to Vivec, "In the past, the Tribunal made seasonal campaigns to Red Mountain. We slew Dagoth Ur and his kin, though the Heart always revived them in time. Later, when we realized we couldn't destroy them, we created the Ghostfence to contain the threat. These solutions were effective until Dagoth Ur ambushed us and captured Sunder and Keening. Since that time, our fortunes have waned as his increased."

According to Dagoth Ur's Plans, 2E 882-3E 417: Intermittent Tribunal campaigns assault Red Mountain.

The Ghostfence wasn't built until there had been numerous failed campaigns. The campaigns don't start until Dagoth Ur reawakens in 2E 882 and ambushes the Tribunal during their ritual, so Ghostfence must have been built some time after 2E 882. --Enodoc (talk) 21:12, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Mehra Helas says, "Then, ten years ago, about the time of the Ghostfence, They [sic] stopped appearing in public -- needed all Almsivi's power for the Ghostfence, They [sic] said." DRAGON GUARD(TALK) 16:41, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure what to make of Mehra's line there, it doesn't really match up with anything else. Vivec says the Ghostfence was built between 2E 882 and 3E 417. Ancestors and the Dunmer was written "shortly after the Armistice" (so not much later than 2E 896) and mentions the Ghostfence as an already existing thing. So those two bounds place the first establishment of the fence somewhere between 2E 882 - 2E 900 or thereabouts. Certainly not only 10 years before the events of the game. -- Hargrimm(T) 21:44, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Ghostfence bugs[edit]

There are spots on the Ghostfence where a person can jump at the seam between a tower and the forcefield and end up 'stuck' on the forcefield surface, threaded on it. Sometimes one can become unstuck by jumping again next to the tower, and sometimes not.

There are also at least two towers where one can jump completely through the Ghostfence, although I have only been able to jump from the outside into the inside, and have not been able to jump back out. One of these is on the pathway west of Bthanchend - the tower on the south side of the path. One can jump from outside the Ghostfence through the seam between the tower and forcefield, ending up inside the Ghostfence! This is in the GOTY PC version of Morrowind. There is also a tower on the northern part of the Ghostfence where this works, and possibly others.

John Gilbert 99.139.49.251 21:07, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Faces sculpted in the Fence Towers[edit]

Every Ghostfence tower has three faces sculped in stone. One seems some kind of elf, another looks like an orc (different ears and small fangs) and the central one seems a Draeda or something like that (female elf face with two long horns in the face). I though it was the faces of the Tribunal gods that provide energy to Ghostfence, but Almalexia (the central head) doesn't really look like the Almalexia seen in Tribunal. Anyone got info on this? --85.52.74.68 00:21, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Not even like Almalexia with the mask on when she attacks you at the end of the main quest? Vivec and Sotha Sil also have masks that they wear (Sotha Sil is never seen without it, Vivec's is in that shrine in Gnisis), so that might be related. I don't know, I'd have to see a picture to compare. --TheRealLurlock Talk 00:30, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Even without looking at it, it's obviously the Tribunal. However, I was quite curious when I heard of this. The sculpted heads point inside the fence, hence why I never saw them before. Basically, the heads resemble the ones on a fresco (even their order of appearance is the same) found in most cities with Temple-based architecture. I'm not sure what to do with this information, however. -- kertaw48 11:57, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Good points, just anecdotic info, I never realized that the Almsivi was sculpted in the Ghostfence. --85.52.70.164 12:30, 7 September 2012 (EDT)