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The Real Nerevar
hen the Dunmer followed Veloth to Morrowind, they were many warring clans, with no law or leader in common.
²One Dunmer warlord, Nerevar, had the ambition to rule all the Dunmer.
³In that time, House Dwemer were great enchanters, so Nerevar went in secret to a Dwemer smith and asked for an enchanted ring that would help him. ⁴The ring gave its wearer great powers of persuasion; for safety, it was enchanted to instantly kill anyone who wore it except Nerevar. ⁵The ring was called Moon-and-Star, and it helped Nerevar unite the various clans into the First Council.
⁶Later, however, disputes over religion divided the Council, with House Dwemer and House Dagoth on one side and all the other Houses on the other. ⁷Dwemer and Dagoth invited Orc and Nord clans as allies, and held northwest Morrowind, ⁸while Nerevar mustered the other Houses and nomad tribes and marched to meet the Dwemer-Dagoth-Westerner forces.
⁹The armies met at Red Mountain, a Dwemer stronghold. ¹⁰The Dwemer were defeated, with great slaughter, and terrible sorceries were used, resulting in the utter extermination of House Dwemer, House Dagoth, and their allies. ¹¹Nerevar was killed in the battle, and his ring lost, but Nerevar’s alliance survives in Morrowind’s ruling political institution, the Grand Council.