Poison Song , Book V Content . For two days , the House healers attended Tay in his bed , and Baynarah sat by his side , holding his hand . He was feverish , neither asleep nor awake , screaming at invisible phantoms . The healers complimented the young man ' s fortitude . Bodies had washed ashore on the island of Gorne several times , many during the War , but never once had they seen one that lived afterwards . Aunt Ulliah came in several times to bring Baynarah food : “ You must be careful , dear , or when he ' s all well , he ' ll have to attend you on your sickbed . ” Tay ' s fever broke , and at last he was able to open his eyes and see the young woman with whom he had spent seventeen years , all but the first year of his life . She smiled at him , and called for food . In silence , she helped him eat . “ I knew you wouldn ' t die , cousin , ” she whispered fondly . “ I hoped to , but somehow I knew I wouldn ' t either , ” he groaned . “ Baynarah , do you remember all those nightmares I told you about ? They ' re all true . ” “ We can talk about it when you ' ve rested some more . ” “ No , ” he croaked . “ I must tell you everything now , so you ' ll know what kind of a monster you call your dear cousin Tay . If there was some way you could have known before , you might not have been so eager to see me well again . ” A tear rolled Baynarah ' s cheek . She had grown into a beauty , even in the few months he had been away in Mournhold . “ How can you think I would stop loving you , no matter what you ' ve done ? ” “ I saw my old nursemaid Edebah , and spoke to her . ” “ Oh , ” Baynarah had feared this moment . “ Tay , I don ' t know what she told you , but it was all my fault . You remember when Kena Grafisi taught us about the House Dagoth , and its corruption . That night , I saw your nursemaid making some kind of altar out on the north lawn , using the symbol of the Sixth House . She must have been doing it for years , but I never knew what it meant . I told Uncle Triffith , and he sent her away . I ' ve wanted to tell you so many times now , but I was afraid to . She was so devoted to you . ” Tay smiled . “ And didn ' t it frighten you even more to wonder if there was any connection between her devotion to me , and her devotion to the accursed House ? I know you , Baynarah . You ' re not one of those women who doesn ' t choose to use her mind . ” “ Tay , I don ' t know what she told you , but I think she was very troubled , and whatever she thought about you and the Sixth House was wrong . You have to remember that . The ramblings of one madwoman are proof of nothing . ” “ There ' s more , ” Tay sighed , and held up his hand . For a moment he blinked , and then turned to Baynarah angrily . “ What happened to my ring ? If you saw it , you must have known already that everything I ' m saying to you is true . ” “ I threw the filthy thing away , ” Baynarah stood up . “ Tay , I ' m going to let you rest now . ” “ I am the heir of House Dagoth , ” Tay was wild - eyed , almost screaming . “ Raised after the War as House Indoril , but driven by the Song of my ancestors . When we were young , I killed Vaster because the Song told me he had stolen my inheritance . When Edebah told me who I was and gave me this ring , I killed her and burned her house to the ground , because the Song told me she had served her purpose . When I returned to Kalkorith ' s house , my love was there , telling me that she was of the House Dagoth too , and my sister . I fled , and when Kalkorith tried to stop me , I slew him , because the Song told me he was an enemy . ” “ Tay , stop , ” Baynarah sobbed . “ I don ' t believe a word of it . You ' ve been feverish . . . ” “ Not Tay , ” he shook his head , breathing heavily . “ The name my parents gave me was Dagoth - Tython . ” “ You can ' t have killed Edebah , you loved her . And Vaster and Kalkorith ? They were our cousins ! ” “ They were not my true cousins , ” Tay said coldly . “ The Song told me they were my foes . Just as it ' s telling me now that you ' re my foe , but I won ' t listen . And I ' ll keep from listening . . . as long as I can . ” Baynarah fled from the room , slamming the door behind her . She took a key from the her startled maid Hillima , and secured the lock . “ Serjo Indoril - Baynarah , ” Hillima whispered , with great sympathy . “ Is all well with your cousin , Serjo Indoril - Tay ? ” “ He ' ll be perfectly fine once he rests , ” Baynarah recovered her dignity , wiping the tears from her face . “ No one is to disturb him under any circumstances . I ' ll take the key with me . Now I have much work to do . I don ' t suppose anyone ' s spoken to the fishermen about restocking Sandil House ' s supplies ? ” “ I don ' t know , serjo , ” said the maid . “ I don ' t think so . ” Baynarah marched down to the docks , and relieved her troubled heart the only way she knew how , by concentrating on small things . Tay ' s words never left her , but she found temporary comfort talking to the fishermen about their haul , helping determine how much should be smoked , how much should be sent to the village , how much should be delivered fresh to the House larder . Her aunt Ulliah joined the discussion , oblivious to Baynarah ' s well - disguised agony . Together , they discussed how many provisions Uncle Triffith and his commanders had devoured during their weeks on the island , when they would be expected to return , and how best to prepare . One of the fishermen on the docks called out , interrupting . “ A boat is coming ! ” Ulliah and Baynarah greeted the visitor as she arrived . It was a young woman dressed in the robes of a Temple priestess . As she docked her small boat , Baynarah marveled at how beautiful she was , and strangely familiar . “ Welcome to Gorne , ” said Baynarah . “ I am Indoril - Baynarah and this is my aunt Indoril - Ulliah . Have we met before ? ” “ I don ' t believe so , serjo , ” the woman bowed . “ I was sent by the Temple to inquire whether word had come from your cousin , Indoril - Tay . He has been missing from his classes for some days now , and the priests have become concerned . ” “ Oh , we should have sent word , ” Ulliah fretted . “ He came here a few days ago , half - drowned . He ' s better now . Let us escort you up to the house . ” “ Tay ' s resting now , and I asked that he not be disturbed , ” Baynarah stammered . “ Actually , I know it ' s dreadful manners , but I need to talk to my aunt for a moment . Would it be too terrible if I asked you to wait for us at the house ? You have only to follow the path up the hill and across the lawn . ” The priestess bowed again humbly , and began the walk . Ulliah was scandalized . “ You know better than to treat a representative of the Temple that way , ” she snapped . “ You can ' t be so exhausted from tending your cousin to have lost all sense of civility . ” “ Aunt Ulliah , ” Baynarah whispered , drawing the woman away from the ears of the fishermen . “ Is Tay truly my cousin ? He believes himself to be . . . of the House Dagoth . ” Ulliah took a moment to respond . “ It ' s true . You were just a baby yourself during the War , so you couldn ' t know what it was like . There was not a part of Morrowind that wasn ' t ravaged . There was even a battle here on the island . Do you remember that burned pile of wreckage you and Tay and poor little Vaster discovered so many years ago ? That was the remains . And after the War , when that accursed House was finally defeated , we saw the little innocents , the orphans whose only crime had been born to wicked parents . I admit there were some in our armies , the combined forces of the Houses , who would have had them all slaughtered to annihilate the legacy of Dagoth . In the end , compassion prevailed , and the children of the Sixth House were adopted into the other five . And so we thought that we had won the war and the peace . ” “ By the Mother , Lord , and Wizard , if all that Tay believes is true , then there is no peace , ” Baynarah trembled . “ He claims that the Song of his ancestors called to him , and forced him to slay three people , two of them our Housemen . Cousin Kalkorith and . . . when he was a little boy . . . Vaster . ” Ulliah held her hands over her tearful face and could not speak . “ And it is only beginning , ” said Baynara . “ The Song still calls to him . He said there were others who knew , who would help him raise up the Sixth House . His sister . . . ” “ It must be an evil fantasy , ” Ulliah murmured . She noticed that Baynarah ' s gaze was now upon the path leading from the docks towards the house . “ Niece , what are you thinking ? ” “ Did that priestess give us her name ? ” The two women ran up the path , calling for guards . The fishermen , who had never seen the mistresses of the house so undone , looked briefly at one another and then followed quickly behind , pulling out their hooks and blades . The front gate to Sandil House stood wide open , the first of the corpses lying close within . It was now an abattoir , painted fresh with blood . There was Aner , uncle Triffith ' s valet , gutted but still seated at the foyer table where he had been enjoying his afternoon glass of flin . Leryne , one of the chambermaids , had been decapitated while carrying some once - clean linens up the stairs . The bodies of guards and servants sprawled about the hall like blown leaves . At the top of the stairs , Baynarah had to hold back a sob when she saw Hillima . She lay like a broken doll , slain as she tried to pull herself out onto the narrow window ledge . No one spoke , not Baynarah , nor Aunt Ulliah , nor the fishermen , as they walked slowly through the blood - drenched house . They passed Tay ' s sick - room , its door broken open , and no one within . When they heard the sound of footsteps in Baynarah ' s room down the hall , they approached slowly , cautiously , with great dread . The priestess from the docks was standing by the bed . In her hand was the silver ring Baynarah had taken from Tay ' s finger . In her other hand was a long , curved blade , splashed like her once pristine gown , with gore . She smiled prettily and bowed when she saw she was no longer alone . “ Acra , I should have recognized you by Tay ' s description in his letters , ” Baynarah said in her steadiest voice . “ Where is my cousin ? ” “ I prefer to call myself Dagoth - Acra , ” she replied . “ Your false cousin , my true brother , has already gone to fulfill his destiny . I ' m sorry you were not here so he could give you a more permanent farewell . ” Baynarah ' s face twisted in fury . She motioned for the fishermen , who advanced with their weaponry . “ Tear her apart . ” “ The Sixth House will rise again , and Dagoth - Tython will lead us ! ” Acra laughed . Her words were still echoing as she gave the sign of Recall and vanished like a ghost .