36 Lessons of Vivec , Sermon 11 Content . These were the days of , when Chimer and Dwemer lived under the wise and benevolent rule of the ALMSIVI and their champion the Hortator . When the gods of Veloth would retreat unto their own , to mold the cosmos and other matters , the Hortator would at times become confused . Vivec would always be there to advise him , and this is the first of the three lessons of ruling kings : " The waking world is the amnesia of dream . All motifs can be mortally wounded . Once slain , themes turn into the structure of future nostalgia . Do not abuse your powers or they will lead you astray . They will leave you like rebellious daughters . They will lose their virtue . They will become lost and resentful and finally become pregnant with the seed of folly . Soon you will be the grandparent of a broken state . You will be mocked . It will fall apart like a stone that recalls that it is really water . " " Keep nothing in your house that is neither needed or beautiful . " " Ordeals you should face unimpeded by the world of restriction . The splendor of stars is Ayem ' s domain . The selfishness of the sea is Seht ' s . I rule the middle air . All else is earth and under your temporal command . There is no bone that cannot be broken , except for the heart bone . You will see it twice in your lifetimes . Take what you can the first time and let us do the rest . " " There is no true symbolism of the center . The Sharmat will believe there is . He will feel that he can cause years of exuberance from sitting in the sacred , when really no one can leave that state and cause anything more but strife . " " There is once more the case of the symbolic and barren . The true prince that is cursed and demonized will be adored at last with full hearts . According to the Codes of Mephala there can be no official art , only fixation points of complexity that will erase from the awe of the people given enough time . This is a secret that hides another . An impersonal survival is not the way of the ruling king . Embrace the art of the people and marry it and by that I mean secretly have it murdered . " " The ruling king that sees in another his equivalent rules nothing . " " The secret of weapons is this : they are the mercy seat . " " The secret of language is this : it is immobile . " " The ruling king is armored head to toe in brilliant flame . He is redeemed by each act he undertakes . His death is only a diagram back to the waking world . He sleeps the second way . The Sharmat is his double , and therefore you wonder if you rule nothing . " " Hortator and Sharmat , one and one , eleven , an inelegant number . Which of the ones is the more important ? Could you ever tell if they switched places ? I can and that is why you will need me . " " According to the Codes of Mephala , there is no difference between the theorist and the terrorist . Even the most cherished desire disappears in their hands . This is why Mephala has black hands . Bring both of yours to every argument . The one - handed king finds no remedy . When you approach God , however , cut both of them off . God has no need of theory and he is armored head to toe in terror . " The ending of the words is ALMSIVI .