Guide to Vivec Contents . Vivec is the largest settlement on Vvardenfell , and one of the largest cities in the East . Each of the great cantons is the size of a complete town . The High Fane and the palace of Vivec are visited by hundreds of tourists and pilgrims daily . Citizens flock to the Arena for public entertainments like mock battles and comic plays . Outlanders mostly confine themselves to the Foreign Canton , while natives live , work , and shop in the Great House compounds and residential cantons . But most of all , this is Lord Vivec ' s holy city . The Ministry of Truth , the Temple prison , hangs above the great temple of the High Fane , the Halls of Wisdom and Justice , and Lord Vivec ' s Palace . Vivec is a city made up of eight cantons , each a little town in itself . On a map , it looks like a cross , with the Foreign Quarter at the top , the Temple Compound , with Vivec ' s Palace , the High Fane , the Ministry of Truth , and the Hall of Wisdom and the Hall of Justice at the bottom , the Hlaalu Compound to the west , the Telvanni Compound on the east , and four cantons grouped together at the center of the cross - - Redoran Compound northwest , Arena northeast , St . Delyn ' s Canton southwest , and St . Olms Canton southeast . The Foreign Quarter . The Foreign Quarter is the large three - tiered canton to the north . Originally , foreigners were not allowed to enter Vivec any further than the Foreign Quarter , but now outlanders can travel throughout Vivec at will . The Imperial Guilds each have guildhalls and complete services here , and an Imperial cult shrine serves the spiritual needs of the Imperial faithful . Various independent tradesmen , craftsmen , and trainers also rent space here . The Black Shalk Cornerclub rents beds to non - guild visitors . Temple Compound . The High Fane is the largest Tribunal temple on Vvardenfell . Archcanon Saryoni presides over the temple , along with a large staff of priests , healers , and monks . Pilgrims travel from all over Morrowind to view the High Fane and the Ministry of Truth , and to offer prayer and thanks before the Palace of Vivec . The Ministry of Truth , a celestial body suspended by Vivec ' s mighty power over the Temple Compound , is the headquarters of the Temple Ordinators , and heretics are imprisoned and re - educated there . The Hall of Wisdom and Hall of Justice contain the executive , administrative , judicial , and martial operations of the Tribunal Temple . The Palace of Vivec is the abode of the god - hero Lord Vivec , the Warrior - Poet of the three deities who comprise Almsivi , the divine patrons of the Tribunal Temple . Only the most devout are admitted to the presence of Lord Vivec , and only at his initiation . Beneath the Palace of Vivec is the Puzzle Canal , a place of worship and testing for questing heroes hoping to receive Vivec ' s favor . Many choice treasures are guarded by Daedric servants in the Puzzle Canal ' s dark passages . Hlaalu Compound . Hlaalu Compound is the westmost canton . The Hlaalu Councilor Crassius Curio has a splendid tier - top mansion here . The tiers below contain Hlaalu treasuries , records , holding cells , and various Great House services . There are two public houses : the Elven Nations and the No Name Club . A variety of craftsmen and tradesmen also have shops at Hlaalu Compound . Some House Hlaalu nobles and retainers prefer to maintain their residences in the less - formal St . Delyn and St . Olms cantons . Telvanni Compound . Telvanni Compound is the eastmost canton . The mage - lord Mavon Drenim is the ranking Telvanni noble . The Telvanni rent the compound from the Temple , and have to make do with a Veloth i tower instead of their preferred mushroom towers . The administrative center includes a treasury and a hall of records . Slaves are housed in the lowest tiers , along with cells full of monsters . There are many tradesmen , craftsmen , and trainers , and the Lizard ' s Head cornerclub provides lodgings for Telvanni kin and mercenaries . Redoran Compound . Redoran Compound is the canton south of the Foreign Quarter , west of and next to the Arena . The Redoran administrative center there includes the Redoran Treasury , Hall of Records , and Holding Cells . On the lowest tier is a Redoran shrine and ancestral vaults . Two noble families , the Savens and the Dralors , have top - tier manors . There are many tradesmen , craftsmen , and trainers , and the Flowers of Gold cornerclub provides lodgings for Redoran kin and retainers . Arena Compound . The Arena Compound lies between the Redoran compound on the west and the Telvanni compound on the east . The Arena is the site of public entertainments and combat sports . The comfortable domed Arena has seating for hundreds of spectators ; beneath the Arena are dressing and storage rooms for entertainers and training rooms and animal pens for the combat competitors . St . Delyn and St . Olms Residential Cantons . St . Delyn Canton and St . Olms Canton are residence cantons for commoners and paupers . The Temple charges very reasonable rents for comfortable workshops , shops , and apartments , and most of Vvardenfell ' s crafts and light industry are housed in these cantons . The Abbey of St . Delyn the Wise is on the top tier of St . Delyn , and Hlaalu Councilor Yngling Half - Troll has a top - tier manor on St . Olms . Transportation . Foot bridges connect with the mainland between the Ebonheart region and Hlaalu Compound , between the north bay region and the Foreign Quarter , and between the east bay region and Telvanni Compound . Good roads lead from the Hlaalu Compound bridge south to Ebonheart and north to Seyda Neen and points north . Good roads lead from the Foreign Quarter bridge west towards Seyda Neen , north towards Suran and the Ascadian Isles , and east towards Molag Mar . Roads from the Telvanni Compound bridge are useful mostly for travelers to Molag Mar . Silt strider service is available at the north end of the Foreign Quarter bridge , traveling from Vivec to Suran , Seyda Neen , Balmora , and Molag Mar . Ships from the docks at the Foreign Quarter travel to Ebonheart , Hla Oad , Molag Mar , and Tel Branora . Ships from nearby Ebonheart sail to Hla Oad , Sadrith Mora , Tel Branora , and the Foreign Quarter of Vivec . Low - fare gondolas shuttle passengers from canton to canton via Vivec ' s canals .