Balreth Balreth is a large undead creature , and one of the Brothers of Strife . Prior to being transformed into an undead monster , General Balreth was a Chimer general of the Chimeri Armed Forces during the last battle of the Nede - Chimer War . Together with his brother , Legate Sadal , he sacrificed himself , becoming the Brothers of Strife . He serves as one of the two main antagonists of the Stonefalls region , along with his brother Sadal . Background . The war and the sacrifice . The Nedes , ancient tribal humans , ancestors of modern Nords , invaded Morrowind during the First Era , seeking conquests and new lands . The Chimer armies suffered a sequence of defeats until they took refuge in a Daedric Ruin in Stonefalls . The Chimer armies were trapped at the ruin , without reinforcements or supplies . General Balreth , seeing that victory was nearly impossible , decided to sacrifice himself together with his brother , giving their lives to create two terrifying monsters known as Brothers of Strife . Sorcerer Turoni uses the essences of the two Flame Atronachs Hatewarden and Brimstone in a ritual to create the monsters . General Balreth and his brother lose their lives and the Brothers of Strife appear , two enormous creatures assembled with flesh and bones . The Nedes are annihilated by Balreth and Sadal , however , the creatures were not under control of the Chimer , who also would be their victims . Nedes and Chimer alike , the Brothers of Strife ended lives of both sides in the battle . After a great lost of lives , Chimer mages from Vvardenfell imprisoned Balreth and Sadal . Mavos Siloreth summoned two Fire Atronach guardians , Blaze and Ragebinder to lock Balreth in the Ash Mountain . Sadal was imprisoned on Tormented Spire , another volcano in Stonefalls . Interactions . The Death of Balreth . During the events of , the Daggerfall Covenant launches an attack on the city of Davon ' s Watch , located in Stonefalls . Tanval Indoril , the Indoril Grandmaster responsible for the town , summons Balreth to help in the protection of the city . Balreth destroys the Covenant ' s armies , but he gets out of control . Tanval Indoril sees his error and sends his son , Garyn Indoril , and the Vestige to imprison Balreth again into his cage . Garyn Indoril says only a sorcerer who imprisoned Balreth can help on imprisoning the creature again . The Vestige goes to the tomb of Othrenis and summons the spirit of Mavos Siloreth to assist him on the operation against Balreth . After some resistance , the Vestige convinces the old mage to help him . Mavos Siloreth does not remember how he imprisoned Balreth , then through a vision of the past , the Vestige learns how capture Balreth : summoning the two Fire Atronachs Blaze and Ragebinder , who were corrupted when Tanval brought Balreth to Davon ' s Watch . The Vestige goes to the Ash Mountain and makes the ritual to summon the two daedra . They open a portal to the top of the Volcano , where Balreth regains strength with the lava . With the help of the Argonian Walks - in - Ash and Garyn Indoril , Vestige defeats Balreth on the mountain , where Blaze and Ragebinder capture him again . The vision . At the Daedric Ruin Brothers of Strife , where the last battle occurred , a Telvanni mage , Sorcerer Vunal , is investigating the origins of the Brothers of Strife and asks the Vestige to help him . Having his assistants killed by Scamps , the Telvanni Sorcerer instructs the Vestige to go through a vision of the past and learn how Balreth and Sadal turned themselves into the two monsters . The Vestige speaks with the spirits of General Balreth and Legate Sadal , and makes an offering to them on a shrine of Boethiah . The Vestige has a vision of the past , and is received by Sorcerer Nilae . Acting as a common Chimer soldier , he is ordered by Nilae to find Sorcerer Turoni , who is planning to create the Brothers of Strife with Daedric magic and , with them , finish the war . Sorcerer Turoni requests the soldier to defeat the Fire Atronachs Hatewarden and Brimstone and collect their essences , the Essence of Fire and the Essence of Wraith . With the help of Acolyte Vaama and Acolyte Vildras , the Vestige defeats the two Daedra . Sorcerer Turoni infuses the blood of Daedra , together with the essences , on Balreth and Sadal . Daedric magic transforms the two brothers into the Brothers of Strife . After learning the origins of the Brothers of Strife , Sorcerer Vunal thanks the Vestige for bringing light to an obscure chapter of Dunmeri history .