Monomyth : The Heart of the World Content . The Monomyth : The Altmer i — " The Heart of the World . " " Anu encompassed and encompasses all things . So that he might know himself he created Anuiel , his soul and the soul of all things . Anuiel , as all souls , was given to self - reflection , and for this , he needed to differentiate between his forms , attributes , and intellects . Thus was born Sithis , who was the sum of all the limitations Anuiel would use to ponder himself . Anuiel , who was the soul of all things , therefore became many things , and this interplay was and is the Aurbis . " At first the Aurbis was turbulent and confusing , as Anuiel ' s ruminations went on without design . Aspects of the Aurbis then asked for a schedule to follow or procedures whereby they might enjoy themselves a little longer outside of perfect knowledge . So that he might know himself this way , Anu created Auriel , the soul of his soul . Auriel bled through the Aurbis as a new force called time . With time , various aspects of the Aurbis began to understand their natures and limitations . They took names , like Magnus or Mara or Xen . One of these , Lorkhan , was more of a limit than a nature , so he could never last long anywhere . " As he entered every aspect of Anuiel , Lorkhan would plant an idea that was almost wholly based on limitation . He outlined a plan to create a soul for the Aurbis , a place where the aspects of aspects might even be allowed to self - reflect . He gained many followers . Even Auriel , when told he would become the king of the new world , agreed to help Lorkhan . So they created the Mundus , where their own aspects might live and became the et ' Ada . " This was a trick . As Lorkhan knew , this world contained more limitations than not and was therefore hardly a thing of Anu at all . Mundus was the House of Sithis . As their aspects began to die off , many of the et ' Ada vanished completely . Some escaped , like Magnus , and that is why there are no limitations to magic . Others , like Y ' ffre , transformed themselves into the Ehlnofey , the Earthbones , so that the whole world might not die . Some had to marry and make children just to last . Each generation was weaker than the last , and soon there were Aldmer . Darkness caved in . Lorkhan made armies out of the weakest souls and named them Men , and they brought Sithis into every quarter . " Auriel pleaded with Anu to take them back , but he had already filled their places with something else . His soul was gentler , granting Auriel his Bow and Shield , so that he might save the Aldmer from the hordes of Men . Some had already fallen , like the Chimer , who listened to tainted et ' Ada , and others , like the Bosmer , had soiled Time ' s line by taking Mannish wives . " Auriel could not save Altmora , the Elder Wood , and it was lost to Men . They were chased south and east to Old Ehlnofey , and Lorkhan was close behind . He shattered that land into many . Finally Trinimac , Auriel ' s greatest knight , knocked Lorkhan down in front of his army and reached in with more than hands to take his Heart . He was undone . The Men dragged Lorkhan ' s body away and swore blood vengeance on the heirs of Auriel for all time . " But when Trinimac and Auriel tried to destroy the Heart of Lorkhan it laughed at them . It said , ' This Heart is the heart of the world , for one was made to satisfy the other . ' So Auriel fastened the thing to an arrow and let it fly long into the sea , where no aspect of the new world may ever find it . "