Understanding the Living Gods Content . Dear Thane Vigli Storm - Breast , Honored leader of the Nord Cultural Exchange , it is I , Rigurt the Brash , writing to you in Windhelm as you requested . I continue my study and exchange of information with the little Dark Elves of Morrowind , as you ordered . ( Why you sent Rigurt away after he only just arrived , I don ' t completely understand , but I suppose my mission is very important . ) As I set foot — well , both feet , really — into Vvardenfell , the thought of this mission makes Rigurt so excited ! Trading culture with allied nations so that we can learn more about each other is almost better than cold mead on a hot day . Almost . This time , I travel to learn more about the Tribunal — the so - called Living Gods of the Dark Elf people . The wonderment of it all gives Rigurt the skin bumps ! Now , unlike our good and proper gods of Skyrim — gods who listen to our prayers but have the good graces to stay out of Nord business — the Dark Elf gods actually walk among the people and rule over them the way the Skald - King parades around Windhelm . ( No offense , Skald - King ! ) The god - kings of Morrowind seem to answer to various titles , although the most common appellations appear to be " Lord , Mother , and Wizard . " Rigurt spent many long hours attempting to converse with knowledgeable little Dark Elves , but much of what they told me just made my head go spinny - spin . Here ' s what I learned about the Tribunal gods . Maybe you can make better sense of it all . The most popular of the three , at least in Vvardenfell , is the warrior - poet , Vivec . They sing his praises in the cornerclubs and shout his victories from the rooftops . Really , the faithful on every street corner eagerly shoved pamphlets containing his lessons and sermons at me if I so much as smiled in their general directions ! Lord Vivec is called the Master of Morrowind . I tried to read some of his poetry , but it just made my eyes hurt . Not at all as interesting or bawdy as the great Fjokki , and full of allusions that any who aren ' t drenched in Dark Elf culture just wouldn ' t understand . Truth be told , even I — Dark Elf expert that I am — had trouble with some of the more esoteric concepts . He preaches duty to faith , family , masters , and all that is good . He saved his people on numerous occasions , including helping to repel at least two Akaviri invasions — most recently , the invasion that led to the creation of our cherished Ebonheart Pact . He apparently has some sort of connection to the Daedra Mephala , who the Dark Elves call one of the " good Daedra . " He does have a dark side , though , as I ' ve been told that he has an unnatural attraction to lustful thoughts and murderous intentions . So , not very different from the rest of the puny Dark Elves , right ? He lives right here in a grand palace in Vivec City , which conveniently has the same name that he does . I spent a few minutes in his presence , but I couldn ' t help but stare at his strange appearance . Also , he tended to float around the chamber . As a tactic to make us mortal creatures feel inferior , it worked surprisingly well . Still , I was happy to have been able to spend some quality time with such a personage of impressiveness ! Next , I tried to discover everything I could about the one they call Mother Morrowind , Almalexia . Now , it turns out she mostly inhabits the temple in Mournhold , so I wasn ' t able to get a face - to - face with the Dark Elf patron of healers and teachers . I admit I ' m very disappointed , as I am given to understand that for a goddess , she ' s the elk ' s antlers ! They also claim that she embodies the best of Dark Elf culture and determination , which would fit into my area of expertise quite nicely . One priest told me that she protects the poor and the weak , and that her wisdom guides the Dunmeri through all their affairs . A drunk Dark Elf in a cornerclub also mentioned that she was kind of a stick in the mud , but an Ordinator dragged her away before I could ask what she meant by that . Oh well . The most mysterious of the three god - monarchs is Sotha Sil , also known as the Mystery of Morrowind and the Wizard of Wonderishness . ( I believe that ' s what the priest called him . I misplaced those notes and am writing this last bit from memory while having a few mugs of mead . ) Although rumors abound , no one that I could find has claimed to have seen Sotha Sil in a horker ' s age . The best I could learn from asking around is that Sotha Sil is the patron of artificers and mages , and many — especially Dark Elves — consider him to be the most powerful magicka user in all the land . I even heard an amazing tale about a city of clockwork gears that Sotha Sil crafted to study the inner workings of the world . And they claim it ' s only as big as a small mammoth ! Now that ' s something I ' d give my last rabbit meatball to see ! He ' s also credited with negotiating some kind of compact with a number of Daedric Princes , but I decided not to look too deeply into this rumor . As Fjokki says , the fool who stares gets noticed by the Daedra . Rigurt is not so foolish as to do something as stupid as that ! ( Did you roll your eyes , Thane Vigli ? I bet you rolled your eyes . ) The three living gods of the Dunmeri empower the Tribunal Temple and embody the will and discipline of Dark Elves everywhere . Well , except for the Ashlanders , who refuse to bend their knees to Vivec , Almalexia , or Sotha Sil . Some sort of family squabble , I imagine . I ' ll look into that while I ' m here . Rigurt the Brash , Ambassador - at - Large for the Nord Cultural Exchange