Dissident Priests The Dissident Priests are an offshoot of the Tribunal Temple based at Holamayan Monastery . They believe that the Tribunal gained their Godhood through treachery towards the Nerevarine . The Dissident Priests are persecuted by the Temple . They play an important role during the main quest in . Background . The members of the secret order of the Dissident Priests originally belonged to the Tribunal Temple . However , they started to have doubts about several of the Temple ' s official doctrines . They also think that political interests and love for authority and luxury has corrupted the Temple and many of its higher - ranking officials , which also tarnishes the realization of some of the Temple ' s fundamental doctrines the Dissident Priests support . The goddess Almalexia ' s change from a warm and motherly to a harsh and unsympathetic patron has also provoked discontent within the Temple and helped the group of the Dissident Priests to form and gain members . The Dissident Priests are persecuted by the Temple , and known members of the order are being imprisoned . Challenged doctrines . The Dissident Priests describe the doctrines they challenge and their reasons to do so in their book " Progress of Truth " . The following is mainly a summary of what can be read there . The Dissident Priests raise questions about the divinity of the Tribunal gods and the source of their power . They fear that the powers of the three " gods " might not be divine , but sorcerous . These powers , according to them , might come from the same source as those of Dagoth Ur , the Tribunal ' s arch - enemy . Secondly , the Dissident Priests accuse the Tribunal of hiding the truth from the public , a truth that can be found in the Apographa , the hidden writing . They doubt the Tribunal ' s ability to protect Morrowind from Dagoth Ur and suspect that the true nature of this threat is kept a secret . Taking Ashlanders traditions into consideration , the Dissident Priests challenge to Temple ' s official account of the Battle of Red Mountain and thus the doctrine of how the Almsivi gained their divine status . They doubt this divine status , and propose instead to recognize them as saints . Lastly , the Dissidents also challenge the authority of the Archcanon as well as the Ordinators . They believe that those authorities are not acting in the interest of the Tribunal but their own . Activities . The Dissident Priests seek to find out the truth about events like those surrounding the Battle of Red Mountain , so as to understand better the true nature of the powers of the Tribunal and of those of Dagoth Ur . One part of this is to track down and collect the Apographa , the hidden writings of the Temple usually accessible only to high - ranking members . To reveal incongruities of many of the Temple ' s official traditions , they perform textual criticism and collation between different traditions of the same events . For example , when talking to Master Gilvas Barelo about " Nerevar , " they will give them one copy of each " The Real Nerevar " , " Nerevar Moon - and - Star " , and " Saint Nerevar " , thus demonstrating the very different impressions they draw of the historical figure of Indoril Nerevar , and revealing their sensitivity of observing such contradictoriness arising from different traditions . Also , their book " Progress of Truth " points out major discrepancy in the traditions surrounding the Battle of Red Mountain , the death of Nerevar , and the origin of the Tribunal ' s divinity . Another source for their investigations are the Nerevarine Prophecies and the accounts of Ashlander traditions in general . The Dissident Priest ' s intellectual efforts result in written texts , " Progress of Truth " being one example . Books . The following books originate from within the order of the Dissident Priests : Organization . The Dissident Priests have a spiritual and administrative center in the monastery of Holamayan . The abbot of that monastery and at the same time leader of the order is Master Gilvas Barelo , who can be found within it . Members . The following are known members of the Dissident Priests . Most of them can be encountered within Holamayan Monastery . Main quest . The Dissident Priests are a source of information for the Nerevarine during the main quest . Mehra Milo in the Temple library in Vivec City acts as the main informant . In the second main quest connected with the Dissident Priests , she must be rescued from the Ministry of Truth . After that , the Nerevarine is granted access to the main quarter of the order in Holamayan Monastery . There , Master Barelo gives them texts from the Apographa , which must be brought to the Wise Woman of the Urshilaku Tribe , Nibani Maesa . The following main quests involve the Dissident Priests , in the order of their occurrence : Sources . People . Apart from various citizens of Morrowind , who provide information , the following have more specific things to say about the secret order :