Vivec and Mephala Locations . Online . It is a lorebook , and can be found in the following locations : Content . Who is ALMSIVI ? Morrowind is holy country , and its gods are flesh and blood . Collectively , these gods are called the Tribunal , the triune ALMSIVI , three deities exemplifying Dunmer i virtues . Almalexia is Mercy , Vivec is Mastery , and Sotha Sil is Mystery . Vivec is easily the most popular of them all . Vivec is also the most public , for he is the beloved Warrior - Poet of the True People , paradoxically beautiful and bloody . Vivec is an artistic violence . Vivec is represented in Temple literature and liturgy as one of the divine kings of Morrowind . He guards the sacred Veloth i subcontinent of Vvardenfell , and stands guard over Red Mountain , the gate to hell . He is part of the holy Tribunal , a god of the New Temple , and an aspect of the blessed and righteous ALMSIVI . This explicit presentation of Vivec the Guardian God - King and Warrior - Poet is the one most accessible and familiar to Westerners . However , it is important to remember that Vivec is also known to the Dunmer as the transcendent evolution of the Daedra that anticipated him , Black Hands Mephala , a foundation figure of the earliest Chimer . This darker side of Vivec does not appear in the popular literature and liturgy , but is instinctively understood and accepted by the Dunmer as an integral part of Vivec ' s divine aspect . A more complete appreciation of the complex nature of Vivec requires an understanding of the nature of Vivec ' s Anticipation , Mephala , and the darker themes represented by this Daedra Lord ' s modes and motivations . Who is Mephala ? Each of the three Tribunes of the Temple were represented in the dawn of Chimer i culture by their Anticipations . These Anticipations are known to the West as the sinister Daedra Lords Azura , Boethiah , and Mephala . In Temple theology , however , Azura is the Anticipation of Sotha Sil , the Mage - Lord of Almsivi . Boethiah is the Anticipation of Almalexia , Almsivi ' s Mother and Lady . Mephala is the Anticipation of Vivec . According to legend , under the guidance of these three Daedra Lords , a discontented throng of Altmer transformed themselves into a new people and founded a new land . And while Boethiah , the so - called Prince of Plots , provided the revolutionary methods needed to bring about this transformation , Mephala was the shadowy implementer of those methods . As known in the West , Mephala is the demon of murder , sex , and secrets . All of these themes contain subtle aspects and violent ones ( assassination / genocide , courtship / orgy , tact / poetic truths ) ; Mephala is understood paradoxically to contain and integrate these contradictory themes . And all these subtle undercurrents and contradictions are present in the Dunmer concepts of Vivec , even if they are not explicitly described and explained in Temple doctrine . The Dunmer do not envision Lord Vivec as a creature of murder , sex , and secrets . Rather , they conceive of Lord Vivec as benevolent king , guardian warrior , poet - artist . But , at the same time , unconsciously , they accept the notion of darker , hidden currents beneath Vivec ' s benevolent aspects . For example , one of the most striking persistent myths associated with Vivec is the story that Vivec conspired with his co - rulers Almalexia and Sotha Sil in the murder of Lord Nerevar , the greatest of Dunmer heroes and generals . The story is derived from Ashlander oral tradition , and is flatly contradicted by all Temple traditions . Nonetheless , the tale is firmly established in the Dunmer imagination , as if to say , " Of course Vivec would never have conspired to murder Lord Nerevar , but it happened so long ago . . . who can know the truth ? " The public face of Vivec is benign , sensitive , compassionate , and protective of his followers . At the same time , the Dunmer seem irrationally comfortable with the hidden aspects of Vivec , the darker components of violence , lust , and conspiracy associated the more primitive and ruthless impulses of the Anticipations .