Chimer The Chimer " ( Aldmeris : People of the North ) " , also called the Changed Folk , Changed Ones , or Velothi , are ancestors of the modern Dunmer , or Dark Elves . The Chimer clans followed the Prophet Veloth out of the ancestral Elven homelands in the southwest to settle in the lands now known as Morrowind . History . The Chimer were one of several races of Mer during the Merethic Era , who are descendants of the Aldmer . But unlike the rest of their Elven kin , especially the Dwemer , they appear to have more interest in worshipping the Daedra , whom they consider to be more powerful , therefore more worthy of their worship , than the Aedra . Due to conflicts about their religious beliefs , the Chimer eventually left the Summerset Isles to search for a new homeland . They are described as being " dynamic , ambitious , long - lived Elven clans devoted to fundamentalist ancestor worship . " Veloth ' s People . The prophet Veloth led his people out of their ancestral homelands in the southwest to settle in the lands now known as Morrowind ( which was known as " Resdayn " at the time Veloth and his people arrived there ) . There they encountered the Dwemer , a group of technologically advanced Elves who mocked the Chimeri religion . These religious disagreements would eventually lead to serious conflicts with the Dwemer . War with the Nedes . At some point the Chimer were known to have gone to war with the Nede s of Skyrim and Cyrodiil . After a few years , the Nedes controlled an area known as the Stonefalls . Then the Chimer army came from the Inner Sea and brought reinforcements from Vvardenfell . Brothers General Balreth and Legate Sadal were with a small elite force that took refuge in a Daedric Ruin . The brothers sacrificed themselves to create the Brothers of Strife and defeated much of the Nedic army . Because the Chimer had become the Dunmer following Azura ' s curse in 1E 700 , it can be understood that this battle had taken place prior to the Chimer ' s transformation . Disputes with Dwemer . Eventually , the Dwemer and the Chimer ran into conflict . Most of it was due to disagreements about the gods , but in addition it is said that the Chimer longed for the land the Dwemer controlled . At first the Dwemer experienced minor raids from the Chimer , but as time went on , the feuds between the two races started getting much more heated . While the Dwemer were an agnostic people , preferring reason to faith , the Chimer were staunch Daedra - worshippers , and considered the Dwemer ' s lack of belief an affront to their gods . First Council . Owing to the threat posed by the Nord ic Empire , an alliance was created between the Chimer and the Dwemer . ( Incidentally , the events of this are the source of the main quest in ) . The High Dwemer King Dumac , and the Chimer Hortator of the Great Houses , Indoril Nerevar , were chosen to repel the Nordic invaders . They were able to do this successfully . Red Mountain . The final battle the Chimer had with the Dwemer was at the Battle of Red Mountain , where the Dwemer wanted to harness the power of the Heart of Lorkhan and attempt to achieve divinity . As the Chimer and Dwemer fought along the side of the mountain , suddenly all the Dwemer disappeared and were never heard from again . After the battle , Sotha Sil decided to try and use the Dwemer tools to see if godhood could actually be achieved through the Heart . He eventually found out it could be done , and convinced Vivec and Almalexia to become gods with him . As the three used the tools on the heart , they betrayed Azura , breaking their pledge to her and used the heart to become the Tribunal . Azura , in her fury over this , turned the whole Chimer race ' s skin dark as ash and their eyes red . On this day , almost all Chimer became the Dunmer , or the " Cursed Ones . " Remaining Chimer . The last known remaining members of the Chimer after Azura ' s transformation were the Tribunal , who after using the Heart of Lorkhan , became gods . Sotha Sil turned into a Dunmer after the curse , and Vivec chose to become part Chimer and Dunmer , resulting in Almalexia being the last pure Chimer alive . Almalexia later died at the hands of the Nerevarine , who in self - defense killed her , after she lost her godhood and sanity . All that remained of the Tribunal was Vivec , who after the completion of the Nerevarine Prophecy , may or may not have lived past the Fourth Era after losing his godhood .