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Lives of the Saints

If you would be wise, model your lives on the lives of the saints.

If you would learn valor, follow St. Nerevar the Captain, patron of Warriors and Statesmen. Lord Nerevar helped to unite the barbarian Dunmer tribes into a great nation, culminating in his martyrdom when leading the Dunmer to victory against the evil Dwemer and the traitorous House Dagoth in the Battle of Red Mountain. And if you would believe it, he reincaarnated to destroy Dagoth Ur the Devil in the end.

If you would learn daring, follow Saint Veloth the Pilgrim, Patron of Outcasts and Spiritual Seekers. Saint Veloth, prophet and mystic, led the Dunmer out of the decadent home country of the Summerset Isles and into the promised land of Morrowind. Saint Veloth also taught the difference between the Good and Bad Daedra, and won the aid of the Good Daedra for his people while teaching how to carefully negotiate with the Bad Daedra.

If you would learn generosity, follow Saint Rilms the Barefooted, Patron of Pilgrims and Beggars. Saint Rilms gave away her shoes, then dressed and appeared as a beggar to better acquaint herself with the poor.

If you would learn self-respect and respect for others, follow Saint Aralor the Penitent, Patron of Tanners and Miners. This foul criminal repented his sins and traveled a circuit of the great pilgrimages on his knees.

If you would learn mercy and its fruits, follow Saint Seryn the Merciful, Patron of Brewers, Bakers, Distillers. This pure virgin of modest aspect could heal all diseases at the price of taking the disease upon herself. Tough-minded and fearless, she took on the burdens of others, and bore those burdens to an honored old age.

If you would learn fierce justice, follow Saint Felms the Bold, Patron of Butchers and Fishmongers. This brave warlord slew the Nord invaders and drove them from our lands. He could neither read nor write, receiving inspiration directly from the lips of Almsivi.

If you would learn pride of race and tribe, follow Saint Roris the Martyr, Patron of Furnishers and Caravaners. Captured by Argonians just before the Arnesian War, Roris proudly refused to renounce the Tribunal faith, and withstood the cruel tortures of Argonian sorcerers. Vengeance and justice for the martyred Saint Roris was the rallying cry of the Arnesian War.

If you would learn the rule of law and justice, follow Saint Olms the Just, Patron of Chandlers and Clerks. Founder of the Ordinators, Saint Olms conceived and articulated the fundamental principles of testing, ordeal, and repentance.

If you would learn benevolence, follow Saint Delyn the Wise, Patron of Potters and Glassmakers. Saint Delyn was head of House Indoril, a skilled lawyer, and author of many learned treatises on Tribunal law and custom.

If you would learn the love of peace, follow Saint Meris the Peacemaker, Patron of Farmers and Laborers. As a little girl, Saint Meris showed healing gifts, and trained as a Healer. She ended a long and bloody House War, intervening on the battlefield in her white robe to heal warriors and spellcrafters without regard to faction. The troops of all House adopted white robes as her standard, and refused to shed the blood of their brethren.

If you would learn reverence, follow Saint Llothis the Pious, Patron of Tailors and Dyers. Contemporary and companion of the Tribunals, and the best-loved Alma Rula of the Tribunal Temple, he formulated the central rituals and principles of the New Temple Faith. Saint Llothis is the symbolic mortal bridge between the gods and the faithful, and the archetypal priest.

If you would learn to protect, follow Saint Jiub. He was once a Thief and accompanied the Nerevarine onboard that fateful ship- Prelude. He later reformed and joined House Redoran and while driving away the cliffracers from the central ashlands back to Red Mt., he also rallied the Redoran against a Corner of the House of Troubles. He died closing a gate of Mehrunes Dagon, protecting Ald-ruhn from total destruction.

If you would be wise, learn of the Tribunes.

Great Tribune and Saint Almalexia, Ayem was a general, a queen, a lover. However she was also a god. She achieved CHIM like the others. However like all people, she had faults. She fell into madness as the energy needed to protect Morrowind proved too great in the end. She died for her beliefs and as a mortal, ended by the Nerevarine as Nerevar had brought her up.

Great Tribune and Saint Sotha Sil, Seht was once the most compassionate of all, a mage and a teacher. He fell in isolation from his weary duty and his guilt. He wanted to create a new world within his clockwork city to save the Dunmer people, but his time was ended when he asked Almalexia to slay him, CHIM and godhood can be a terrible responsibility and burden.

Great Tribune and Saint Vivec, Vehk was a poet and a warrior. He lives on as the unseen watcher of Morrowind. However he is no longer with us in body but has disappeared. He guided the Nerevarine to destroy once and fo all Dagoth Ur, but it seems he has now left. However, Morrowind will be forever under his watchful eye.
Just need to change the writing style so that the new text doesn't look tacked-on.
This is a wonderful idea, and I expect that Vivec would have acted to create something of the sort...

Maybe by looking through the Lore you could come up with an 'if you would learn' defining characteristic for the three Tribunes?

And one possibility that you might find natural is to follow the three skills classes:

ayem, the warrior;
seht, the sage;
vekh, the poet thief....

as they are represented in their own writings, with their 'endings' applied as the counterbalance.

Could the Three Tribunes become The Three Sacrifices as in:

'with the help of the the ancestor spirits they sacrificed their chance at godhood and immortality to save the Dunmer people by creating the Great Ghost Wall - remnants of which can be seen and visited to this day.'

Or some such preamble?

To portray them in this way, perhaps with 'Icarian' style admonitions might help?

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In 1979 I published a short poem that might be of use:

Icarus Falling

To pleasure the instant is open,
The wind blows free in my soul.
The eye of the storm is moving,
To where the dream will unfold:

Process perfection, computer protection,
at the heart of the web is a plan.
But who's pulling the strings, that are tied to my wings,
for her need, for her love, for her man?

clearly the references to computer and Icarus are a bit out of it, and I will have to rewrite to find some new basis and balance, but it just felt appropriate because it deals with the 'rise and fall' in the passing of events.

Do you remember the fellow who 'fell from the sky' on the road just north of Seyda Neen? Maybe the poem could be adjusted to be about him, and there might be a parable of St Nerevar that includes this event? Must do the research to find his name for a new title if you like this idea. It might be a new Book: the Book of the Nerevarine Wandering. With a few examples of 'quest/events' that occurred.

This is not to say that everyone did everything the same way, just that since you have opened the way to 'new scripture' there should be a collection of certain events in the 'Life of the Nerevarine' all presented w/out timeline and focussing on the unalterable aspects of those events.

Well, ok I am the editor, but as I am presenting work of my own on the back of your exciting concept I feel that I need your ok to go on with this as a colaboration?
Done with only minor alterations