Chimer

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 **Alignment** | * Chaotic Good
* Chaotic Neutral
 **Language(s)** | * Daedric
* Dunmeris

The **Chimer** are ancestors of the modern Dunmer, or Dark Elves. The Chimer clans followed the Prophet Veloth out of the ancestral Elven homelands in the southwest to settle in the lands now known as Morrowind.

## Ecology

### Description

They appeared like other elves, but their skin was a darker shade of pale gold than the Altmer.

## History

The Chimer were one of several races of Mer during the Merethic Era who are decendents of the Aldmer. But unlike the rest of their Elven kin, especially the Dwemer, they appear to have more interest in worshipping the Daedra, who they consider to be stronger and more powerful, therefore more worthy of their worship than the Aedra. Due to conflicts about their religious beliefs, the Chimer eventually left the Summerset Isles to search for a new homeland. They are described as being "dynamic, ambitious, long-lived Elven clans devoted to fundamentalist ancestor worship."

### Veloth's people

Veloth led his people out of their ancestral homelands in the southwest to settle in the lands now known as Morrowind (which was known as Resdayn at the time Veloth and his people arrived there). There they encountered the Dwemer, a group of technologically advanced Elves who mocked the Chimer's religion. These religious disagreements would eventually lead to huge amounts of conflict with the Dwemer.

### War with the Nedes

At some point the Chimer were known have had a war with the Nedes of Skyrim and Cyrodiil. After a few years, the Nedes controlled an area known as the Stonefalls. Then the Chimer army came from the Inner Sea and brought reinforcements from Vvardenfell. Brothers General Balreth and Legate Sadal were with a small elite force that took refuge in a Daedric Ruin. The brothers sacrificed themselves to create the Brothers of Strife and defeated much of the Nedic army. Because the Chimer had turned into the Dunmer following Azura's curse in 1E 700, it can be understood that this battle had taken place prior to the Chimers' transformation.

### Disputes with Dwemer

Eventually, the Dwemer and the Chimer ran into conflict. Most of it was due to disagreements about the gods, but in addition it is said that the Chimer longed for the land the Dwemer controlled. At first the Dwemer experienced minor raids from the Chimer, but as time went on, the feuds between the two races started getting much more heated.

While the Dwemer were an agnostic people, preferring reason to faith, the Chimer were staunch Daedra-worshippers, and considered the Dwemer's lack of belief an affront to their gods.

### First Council

Owing to the threat posed by the Nordic Empire, an alliance was created between the Chimer and the Dwemer. The High Dwemer King Dumac, and the Chimer Hortator of the Great Houses, Indoril Nerevar, were chosen to repel the Nordic invaders. They were able to do this successfully.

### Red Mountain

The final battle the Chimer had with the Dwemer was at the Battle of Red Mountain, where the Dwemer wanted to harness the power of the Heart of Lorkhan and attempt to achieve divinity. As the Chimer and Dwemer fought along the side of the mountain, suddenly all the Dwemer disappeared and were never heard from again. After the battle, Sotha Sil decided to try and use the Dwemer tools to see if godhood could actually be achieved through the heart. He eventually found out it could be done, and convinced Vivec and Almalexia to become gods with him. As the three used the tools on the heart, they betrayed Azura, breaking their pledge to her and used the heart to become the Tribunal. Azura, in her fury over this, turned the whole Chimer race's skin dark as ash and their eyes red. On this day, almost all Chimer became the Dunmer, or the "Cursed Ones."

### Remaining Chimer

The last known remaining members of the Chimer after Azura's transformation were the Tribunal, who after using the Heart of Lorkan, became gods. Sotha Sil lived up until 3E 427, when he was betrayed by Almalexia and murdered. Almalexia then later died at the hands of the Neravarine who in self defense killed her. All of that remained of the Tribunal was Vivec, who may or may not have lived past the Fourth Era after losing his godhood.