Vivec

==Summary==
Lord Vivec, also simply known as Vehk, is one of the ALMSIVI, the three immortal God-Kings of Morrowind, alongside Sotha Sil and Almalexia. A Pillar of the Tribunal Temple and the patron of artists and rogues, Vivec is the "transcendent evolution" of the Daedric Prince Mephala, as it is believed Mephala was Vivec's "anticipation" during the Dawn Era. Vivec is also seen as the invisible keeper of the holy land, always keeping a watchful eye over Morrowind, and keeping the evil god of Red Mountain at bay.
The God Vehk
According to the words of his own Sermons, Vivec was born in the days of Resdaynia as the image of an Egg to a Netchiman's wife, and there visited by many deities, spirits and creatures who taught him secret knowledge of words and swords. During his pre-life, his mother would be captured by the Dwemer, and then killed when they failed to understand the nature of Vivec's Egg within her. Worried of the consequences, the Dwemer created a simulacrum of the Netchiman's wife, placed the still-developing egg inside her, and returned her to the surface world. She would eventually be found by Indoril Nerevar and brought to Mournhold, where the Egg of Vivec would meet with Almalexia and Sotha Sil, who already ruled the land as Gods and had long awaited for the coming of their missing third.
And thus Vivec was born at last. He merged with the simulacrum of his mother, gilled and blended in all the arts of the star-wounded East, under water and in fire and in metal and in ash, six times the wise, and he became the union of male and female, the magic hermaphrodite, the martial axiom, the sex-death of language and unique in all the middle world. The ALMSIVI were complete at last, and both Chimer and Dwemer would live under their wise and benevolent rule. Vivec would be Indoril Nerevar's lord, master and teacher until Nerevar's death at the Battle of Red Mountain.
THE SERMON ABOVE IS UNTRUE. THE SERMON BELOW IS FORBIDDEN.
The Mortal Vehk
In truth, Vivec was an ordinary Chimer born in Resdayn, to a poor netchiman and his wife during the 1st Era. He was orphaned at a young age, and grew among gangs of criminals in the streets of Mournhold. He was illiterate, and would steal, kill, and sell his body if it meant getting any money. At one point Vivec would be visited by a soldier of House Indoril, Nerevar, who saw something special in him and took him into his caravan.
Vivec served among Nerevar's soldiers, and would eventually become his confidant and closest friend. As he rose to prominence, Nerevar was titled Hortator and married Indoril Almalexia, and later led the armies of Resdayn in a rebellion against the Nords, with Vivec always standing by his side in battle. After the war, Vivec became an esteemed warrior of House Indoril, and one of Nerevar's most trusted advisers alongside his wife Almalexia and the mage Sotha Sil.
Then came the War of the First Council, and the Chimer turned against the Dwemer when it was discovered that they sought to build a mechanical god - the Numidium - by harnessing the power of the recently discovered Heart of Lorkhan, which was seen as a blasphemous offense to Velothi faith and culture. Indoril Nerevar once against led the Chimeri armies, though this time against those that had been their allies, and Vivec, Sotha Sil and Almalexia marched alongside him. The two forces had their final confrontation in the Battle of Red Mountain, where the Chimer stood victorious, while the Dwemer race vanished from the Earth following the Numidium's activation. Seeing the devastating and corrupting power of the Heart of Lorkhan with his own eyes, Nerevar locked it safe within Red Mountain and made his council vow that it would never again be used as a weapon.
However, Vivec, Sotha Sil and Almalexia were ambitious, and saw the immense power that the Heart offered. The three conspired together, and in secret slew their Lord Indoril Nerevar. Drawing power from the Heart of Lorkhan, they ascended from mortality and were transformed into Living Gods: The ALMSIVI. Through their newfound powers they asserted themselves as the rightful rulers of Resdayn and replaced the old Chimeri Religion, being henceforth worshiped as is true God-Kings of Morrowind.
==Powers and Stats==
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Name: Lord Vivec, Vehk, Vehk and Vehk, The Warrior-Poet, The Thief, The Lord of the Middle-Air, The Magic Hermaphrodite, The Terrible Angel of Veloth, The Ansu-Gurleht, The God of Make-Us-Women
Origin: The Elder Scrolls
Gender: Hermaphrodite / Genderfluid
Age: Over 3,500 Years Old as of 3E.427, though in truth Beyond Time
Classification: Warrior-Poet God-King of Morrowind, The Daughter-Son of the ALMSIVI, The Martial Axiom, The Magic Hermaphrodite, The Sex-Death of Language, Ruling King; Formerly a Mortal Chimer
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Weakened=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Incorporeality, Intangibility, Higher-Dimensional Existence, Abstract Existence (Type 2), Immortality (Type 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9), Clairvoyance, Precognition, Regeneration (High-Godly), Resurrection (As a God, Vivec exists simultaneously outside and within the bounds of Time. Lying "asleep" in the Timeless World of the Gods upon his destruction, and being capable of instantly returning to the world of Time by choosing to "wake up" and manifest once again. As seen with Mehrunes Dagon, Gods can return even if erased from all of Time simultaneously), Reality Warping, Magic, Spatial Manipulation, Higher-Dimensional Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Acausality (Type 5. Unbound by the flow of linear time across the Multiverse of Mundus. The nature of his Godhood makes it so that Vivec was simultaneously always a God, but also born a Mortal, giving him two contradictory, equally true pasts), Matter Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Vector Manipulation (Halted the fall of the Baar Dau meteor, keeping it afloat mid-air for thousands of years, whilst also preserving its initial velocity and kinetic energy), Flight, Teleportation, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Energy Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Biological Manipulation (Can make his enemies wither and die by draining them of their "Milk" / Vitality. Can change people's gender at will), Sound Manipulation / Information Manipulation (Can control and influence the underlying tones which compose the fundamental layer of all reality as the Song of Creation), Life Manipulation & Death Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Shapeshifting, Size-Shifting, Astral Projection, Sealing, BFR, Resistance to Law Manipulation, Curse Manipulation (Ignored Azura's curse on the Chimer), Soul Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, BFR, Transmutation, Matter Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Magic, Reality Warping, Time Manipulation, and Conceptual Manipulation
|-|Full Power=All Former Powers on an higher scale, Immortality (Type 8), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1)
|-|Ruling King=All previous powers and abilities on vastly greater scales, in addition to Dream Manipulation, Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2) and Transduality (Type 2; CHIM is described as a state in which an individual rises beyond all antithesis and duplexity,Vehk's Teaching: ...the Tower realizing, and participating in, the oneness of all things within the Godhead while simultaneously maintaining their own individuality and wholeness of mind in such a state), as well as vastly enhanced Existence Erasure (Capable of erasing beings from "the thought realm of God"Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec: Sermon Twenty-Two), Law Manipulation (The Ruling King is said to have authority over all laws of reality, with there being no Earthbone that cannot be altered or broken by them, save for the Heart-BoneThe Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec: Sermon Eleven)
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Attack Potency: Universe level+ (Completely transcendent over the concept of linear time, existing both outside and beyond it. Comparable to the Nerevarine and Dagoth Ur, the former of which can defeat Hircine's aspects. Should be above the avatar of Barbas, who Clavicus Vile stated was comparable in power to The Dovahkiin) | High Hyperverse level (Attested to having defeated the true form of the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon in single combat. Comparable to Sotha Sil, who created the Clockwork City, an infinitely-layered construct that replicates the entire Multiverse of Mundus, and who with help from Almalexia defeated Mehrunes Dagon, ) | High Outerverse level (Attained the state of CHIM, venturing outside of the Wheel of the Aurbis and seeing it "sideways" as the Tower, the Eternal I, thereby understanding that all of existence is merely the Dream of the Godhead. Through this, he returned to the state generated by the first interaction between Anu and Padomay and surpassed the structures of the Wheel entirely,Vehk's Teaching: More on the Psijic Endeavor which should include the infinite layers of wheels within wheels that lie above the Aurbic World-Egg, as the Tower itself is an ideal that "touches all mantles of heaven"Mythic Dawn Commentaries, vol. 3 and is present wherever the phenomenon of the Wheel itself isThe Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec: Sermon Twenty-One)
Speed: Immeasurable (Even in a vastly weakened state, Vivec is completely transcendent over the concept of linear time, . Perceives the past, present and future simultaneously. , and is capable of leaving time altogether at will) | Immeasurable (Exists beyond linear time across the whole Multiverse of Mundus) | Immeasurable and Omnipresent simultaneously (Through the attainment of CHIM, a being is able to assert themselves as an individual at the same time as they embrace their participation in the all-encompassing flux of the Godhead, thus becoming singular and universal all at once, and metaphorically residing "within the Tower.")
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Immeasurable | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Universe level+ | High Hyperverse level | High Outerverse level
Durability: Universe level+ (Can endure attacks from beings of comparable or superior power such as Dagoth Ur and The Nerevarine) | High Hyperverse level (Can trade blows with the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon) | High Outerverse level
Stamina: Immense | Infinite | Infinite
Range: Hundreds of Kilometers with Most Abilities (His reach extends across all of Morrowind), At least Low Complex Multiversal with Magic and Teleportation (Can traverse through Mundus and into Oblivion at will) | High Hyperversal (Can freely traverse through Oblivion, an infinite-dimensional void which encompasses all possibility and contains an endless number of individual daedric realms) | Boundless
Standard Equipment:
*Muatra: Vivec's primary weapon, a spear crafted from his own essence and vitality, whose name means "Milk-Taker" in Ehlnofex. A metaphorical symbol made literal weapon, Muatra represents Vivec's sexuality, in both male and female aspects, and embodies the paradoxical duality between the concepts of Sex (Creation) and Murder (Destruction).
Intelligence: Incredibly Intelligent, borderline Nigh-Omniscient. As a God, Vivec holds vast cosmic awareness and a deep understanding over the nature of the Aurbis as a whole, as well as its underlying metaphysics, being the most spiritually attuned of the ALMSIVI, and the one to comprehend the purpose of existence the most. Exists beyond Time across the Mundus and perceives it non-linearly, having been known of Indoril Nerevar's rebirth and his potential death at the Nerevarine's hand for thousands of years before it ever took place. | Same | Nigh-Omniscient. Through the state of CHIM, the Ruling King attains intimate awareness of the workings of the universe and the nature of the Dream at large, ascending to a higher level from which the whole Aurbis may be observed, and perceiving the Godhead itself.
Weaknesses: Separated from his power source, the Heart of Lorkhan, and will continually grow weaker as a result | Needs the Heart of Lorkhan to refuel his Divine Powers from time to time | CHIM is a state that one taps into, rather than something permanently retained, being likened to "a Crowned Tower that threatens to break apart at the slightest break of concentration." However, due to its nature as something beyond the concept of time, eventuality and duration are by definition rendered meaningless,On the Detachment of the SheathNu-Mantia Intercept, Letter #4 and as such, even this caveat is nominal at best.
Key: Weakened | Full Power | CHIM
==Gallery==
VivecMorrowind.png|Vivec as seen in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'
VivecOnline.png|Vivec as seen in The Elder Scrolls Online
VivecLegends.jpg|Artwork of Vivec in The Elder Scrolls Legends
ALMSIVI.jpg|The sword is the cross and ALMSIVI is the Triune house around it. If there is to be an end I must be removed. I am the defender of the last and the last. To remove me is to refill the heart that lay dormant at the center that cannot hold. I am the sword, Ayem the star, Seht the mechanism that allows the transformation of the world. Ours is the duty to keep the compromise from being filled with black sea.
AngelOfVeloth.jpg|But then the light subsides, revealing the bright and terrible angel of Veloth. He is in his pre-chimerical form, demonic VEHK, gaunt and pale and beautiful, skin stretched painfully thin on bird's bones, feathered serpents encircling his arms. His wings are spread out behind him, their red and yellow ends like razors in the sun. His presence is undeniable, the awe too much to bear.
CityFace.jpg|[City-Face] had been born named as Ha-Note, a bare urge of power, an esoteric wind nerve tuned to the frequency of huddled masses. It found root in villages and multiplied, finding in the minds of the settled a veiled astrology, the star charts of culture, and this resonance made its head swim. Above the vocal, it trembled with new emotions, immortal ones, absorbing more than the thirty known to exist in the middle world.
RuddyMan.png|When the dreughs ruled the world, the Daedroth Prince Molag Bal had been their chief. He took a different shape then, spiny and armored and made for the sea. Vivec, in giving birth to the many spawn of his marriage, had dropped an old image of Molag Bal into the world: a dead carapace of memory. It would not have been a monster if a Velothi child had not wanted to impress his village by wearing it.
GreatBeardedKing.jpg|YSMIR, the Dragon of the North, who always appears as a great bearded king, had powers innumerable and echoing. The Hortator fought him unarmed, grabbing the Dragon's roars by hand until Ysmir's power throat bled. These roars were given to Vivec to bind into an ebony listening frame, which the warrior-poet placed on Ysmir's face and ears to drive him mad and drive him away.
WorldsTeeth.jpg|They walked farther and saw the spiked waters at the edge of the map. Here the spirit of limitation gifted them with a spoke and bade them find the rest of the wheel. The Hortator said, 'The edge of the world is made of swords.' Vivec corrected him. 'They are the bottom row of the world's teeth.' 
HeadForAnHour.jpg| 'We must love each other briefly,' Vivec said [to Molag Bal], 'if at all. I am needed to counsel the Hortator in more important matters because the Dwemeri high priests stir up trouble. You may have my head for an hour.' 
GiantFormVivec.jpg|Vivec lay with Molag Bal for eighty days and eight, though headless. In that time, the Prince placed the warrior-poet's feet back and filled them with the blood of Daedra. In this way Vivec's giant-form remained forever harmless to good earth.
FoulMurder.png|He was not born a god. His destiny did not lead him to this crime. He chose this path of his own free will. He stole the godhood and murdered the Hortator. Vivec wrote this.
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