Not sure where your statement that the dunmer revere Lorkhan and or the Heart of Lhorkan is based on.
I had believed that Lorkhan was seen as a renegade God of the humans and therefore not exactly popular with dunmer generally... And it seemed that some folks had even thought of it as possibly the heart of Wulfheart? If you want a really spookt thought, what if it is actually the Heart of the Underking and the Underking is the heartless corporeal remains of Lorkhan?
I can understand that you want to establish 'one truth' as that might seem to make the business of putting together new Lore simpler.
However, having said that, I feel that when trying for general statements you might find it useful to state from whose point of view they are coming, and/or add in some kind of disclaimer as nothing is set in stone...except the odd rune that the elements have not got around to erasing... =)
Not sure it is too useful to return to speculation on the precise nature of the Tribunal's Ancient Deeds in that way though you are correct that we have to represent a shift in point of view. To simply pretend that recent events did not happen is not on, but we do not have to decide that any one view is true and the others are totally false either... :evil grin:
So maybe the way to go is to decide what each faction would find most convenient? And present that.
It does seem that Vivec is missing, but his exact current status is not decided in the Bethsoft Lore. Likewise with the Nerevarine - or is he with tthe Tsaesci, becoming a Dragon???? :another evil grin: Whatever we have been discussing using a 'sending' that appears to be from or of the Nerevarine to guide part of the Vv MQ and KKA has to work on a sound Lore base as he will have to guide his team in modelling Vivec itself. From his point of view that means tryign to establish a series of bases that allow for whatever the several million players might have done with their Nerevarines...
On this basis the best path may be to either fluff over issues totally, or to have a multitude of claims by different groups that all contradict each other so that the TES4 player can choose which he or she believes.
I rather like the second option as that would provide a sound platform for a thousand misunderstandings and furhter disagreement, but it all has to be true to character etc if it is to work...
KKA's assertion that everyone believes there was a true Nerevarine would likely be a powerful current in the trend of beliefs, but I would like to ask you: 'would it be the only belief?' As even though the majority of figures in the temple might believe it, I feel that there are always people who refuse to give up their cherished ideals no matter what, and current events can only be a few = less than 5 years later = not long enough for an entire generation to disappear and another to take up the reigns in human society, and these are Dark Elves who live to be 100s of years old at the least.
It may be that the disbelieving 'faction' or section of the priesthood is disorganised, but it should be there.
One question that has to be answered is have the Apochrypha (that much of your thought seems to follow) been released as revised or accepted Temple Lore? or are they still being kept for the highest ranks only? Cound their dissemmination be a quest?
Once all these questions and more are addressed the answers should help us determine what responses to this Conoon Chodala are possible, or even to revise this document.
:goodjob: all. Confusion to everyone! :yes:
edit: heh, heh, don't forget to create at least 2 groups that believe that the Nerevarine existed, that the prophesy was totally fulfilled and that the best way forward is to deny, deny, deny it all! Either because they believe this would be for the best, or because they have some evil scheme afoot... = more :chaos: