Prologue
Long before the feud between Aedra and Daedra there was peace amongst them, until Lorkhan, he had grown bored of the mundane lifestyle, but one day he had an idea to create something unique. He had decided to create a whole new plane of existence. Soon after life flourished within this new plane and he enjoyed the chaotic mess within that came from the mortals. Soon the Aedra discovered this atrocity and decided to punish the rogue Aedra.
It had been decided that Lorkhan would be stripped him of his immortality and would be discarded in the chaotic plane he had created. The heart they had discarded had created a large mountain that spewed fire and ash angrily. It was later named by mortals as The Red Mountain. Lorkhan was betrayed by his brothers and cursed to the realm of mortals.
Years later his heart had been discovered by one of his creations in Morrowind. The Dwemer, they had been at war with the Chimer over they're land. They wished to extend their territory, they became trapped in a cavern underneath The Red Mountain. The Chimer had them cornered them and they had no where else to go as they retreated. They stumbled upon the Heart of Lorkhan by accident as they tried to escape the grasps of the chimer, it glowed with such immense power and they began to pray to it, begging the Heart of a Lorkhan to help them defeat the Chimer. Lorkhan's heart began to glow as the Chimer had entered, they watched as the Dwemer disappeared into a bright light. Leaving the heart behind. Not even the aether weapons where left behind. The one leading the battle, Almalexia, had approached the heart as it beat ominously. She, Sotha Sil, and Vivec had decided that such power was too dangerous to just leave here. They took it back to their temple and swore on Azura that they would not use such a powerful weapon, they called it the Divine Spark.
Azura had blessed the Mortals for their wise decision. But soon another war started against the Nedes. They were systematically wiping out all hope for the Chimer to survive. The group of Chimer that had once took an oath against the use of the heart broke their oath in an attempt to save their people. Azura grew angry with them when they used the Heart of Lorkhan, they had obtained godlike powers and were able to fight off the Nedes but at a cost. Azura was so angry she had cursed the Chimer, they wore their curse as a reminder of how they betrayed her. The once sun-kissed skin had turned gray, their eyes became red, and their hair lost its once illustrious red glow. The four who had used the Divine Spark had also changed into Dunmer, all but one, Almalexia. She was the last Chimer left.
The Tribunal fought to make everything just, but Almalexia soon met a daedric prince who won her affections and soon the wars began again, Almalexia began to disregard her duty as a Tribunal and her relationship with Mehrunes Dagon gave them a child. Soon after the child the rest of the Tribunal gave her a choice to betray her lover for justice or let him trample the mortals and destroy all life as they knew it. Almalexia made a the hardest decision she'd ever had to make and left Dagon. She stopped her visits to the Deadlands and began to kill all daedra that came into the mortal realm. Soon she had moved on and Married Sotha Sil, a fellow tribunal. This angered Mehrunes Dagon, he felt betrayed, he pushed all sentiment aside and decided he would kill Almalexia.
He made a packed with Azura and to get rid of the tribunal. Azura had agreed and as the tribunal lost their power Almalexia grew insane and hungered for more power. Dagon had appointed a mortal to kill Sotha Sil. Almalexia had escaped Mehrunes grasps for many years. She traded their daughter for her life in order to keep Dagon from returning. Mehrunes took his daughter to the Deadlands, she was too free spirited and he decided to grant her immortality so that the daedric power would suppress her foolish memories of her memories and he could mold her into the perfect daughter.
Dagon had a meeting with Azura, she had found a mortal who could kill her and Dagon was pleased. In exchange for Azura's help she forbade Dagon from returning to Morrowind. Dagon had reluctantly agreed to this but didn't plan to keep this agreement.
When the news came that Almalexia had perished at the hands of Azura's champion, who also happened to be a reincarnation of her late husband, he held a victory feast. His daughter Amanthia had also heard the news and grew distant from her father. She had refused to dine with him and would go for weeks without feeding, soon the only thing sustaining her was the daedric power he had granted her. She became weak and useless, he had decided against having her trained in combat, she would most likely die in the training from her obsessive need to starve herself just to get away from me. The weaker she grew the more irritated Mehrunes became. He had decided to grant her access to the mortal realm so that she could feed herself but she still refused his presence.
Azura found it amusing how Dagon had grown fond of his daughter and had practically spoiled her. Azura would regularly visit with Dagon for a chance to inspect his daughter. When Almalexia had died Azura found that she did not have the Heart of Lorkhan, she couldn't find it anywhere in Morrorwind. She had a suspicion that Almalexia's daughter, Amanthia, was the key to retrieving it. Such a thing should have never been introduced to the mortals, the Aedra had cursed the mortals by sending Lorkhan's heart to their realm.
Azura dared not tell Dagon of her true intentions, if she did, she would jeopardize every wrong she was attempting to right.