Lore:Nerevarine

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Nerevarine
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The Nerevarine
Race Unknown Gender Male
Born Third Era
Resided in Vvardenfell
Appears in Morrowind

The Nerevarine, the prophesied Incarnate, is the reincarnation of Chimeri warlord Indoril Nerevar, whose return was predicted by the Nerevarine Prophecy. The Nerevarine arrived in Morrowind in 3E 427 by the order of Emperor Uriel Septim VII, having been sent to Vvardenfell as a prisoner of the Empire. His arrival was directly linked to a prophecy which dictated that Lord Indoril Nerevar would be reincarnated and return to Morrowind to defeat Dagoth Ur and restore the glory of Resdayn. The hero fulfilled the prophecy, ending the Blight, and defeated Dagoth Ur, among many other things.[1] In recognition of this, he was also known as Nerevar-Born-Again,[2] Nerevar Reborn, Starkborn,[3] Moon-and-Star Reborn, Hortator, Mourner of the Tribe Unmourned, Redeemer of the False Gods,[4] and Blodskaal.

As destiny unfolded, he battled against living gods, and then, in the frozen wastes of Solstheim, against the champions of the Daedric Prince Hircine.[1][5][6][7] Rumors swirled at the end of the Third Era that the Nerevarine went on an expedition to Akavir and has not been heard from since.[8]

Biography[edit]

Prolepsis[edit]

At some time soon after the climax of the Battle of Red Mountain, following the disappearance of the Dwemer, Nerevar insisted that he, Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec swear upon and before Azura never to employ the Tools of Kagrenac in the profane manner that the Dwemer had intended. A few years after the battle, when the Tribunal broke their oath to Nerevar and used Kagrenac's Tools to seize divine power, Azura appeared and cursed them. She assured them that her champion Nerevar would return to punish them for their perfidy, and to make sure such profane knowledge might never again be used to mock and defy the will of the gods. When Sotha Sil dismissed her claims, all Chimer were changed into Dunmer, and she professed that all the Dunmer would share the fate of the Tribunal until the end of time.[9] Despite this, the Heirographa claimed that he lived long enough to bless the new Tribunal as protectors of his people.[10]

Arrival in Morrowind[edit]

The Nerevarine was ordered been released from prison by Uriel VII's authority and sent to Morrowind with a missive for Caius Cosades. The Nerevarine was entered as a Novice in the Imperial Order of the Blades, and is to serve under your absolute authority as Cosades saw fit with exception to Uriel VII's wishes that the prophecy be fulfilled.[11]

Legacy and Fate[edit]

By 3E 432, the Empire reported that Almalexia, Dagoth Ur, Sotha Sil (and possibly Vivec) were destroyed in the "Nerevarine's fury" and that the Nerevarine likewise had vanished.[12] By the time of the Oblivion Crisis, it was rumored that the Nerevarine went on an expedition to Akavir and had not been heard from since.[8] During the fall of Ald'ruhn, prayers to the Nerevarine went unanswered as the city swarmed with Daedra.[UOL 1]

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Notes[edit]

  • ^  The Nerevarine is the player character in Morrowind and so can be of either sex and any race during the game. The prophecy also states the Nerevarine can be of any gender, though the cutscene played when a new game of Morrowind is started includes the text "...ignorant of the role he was to play in that nation's history...". It is also later suggested by Neloth in Dragonborn that the Nerevarine was male, though Michael Kirkbride comments that this was a typo made in error.[UOL 2]

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References[edit]

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.