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Vivec和Mephala
ALMSIVI是谁？
Morrowind 是神圣的国土，它的神是血肉之身。这些神被称为Tribunal，三位一体的ALMSIVI，3位神体现Dummer的德和善。Almalexia体现慈悲，Vivec体现熟练，Sotha Sil体现神秘。最普遍而受欢迎的神是Vivec，Vivec是True People(*1)最爱的戦詩人，但他美貌的背后也存在血腥的一面。Vivec是艺术性暴力的表现。在教会(*2)的文献和祈祷書上Vivec被记载为 Morrowind的神王之一。他是聖Velothi的Vvardenfell大陆的守护者，也是地狱之门Red Mountain的管理者。他是神圣的Tribunal的一柱，新教的神，受祝福的正义的ALMSIVI的一部。
作为守护者和戦詩人的神王Vivec对西方人来说是最可容易理解而得到亲近感的神。但是，不要忘记，对Dummer而言，Vivic是伟大的daedra，"黑手 "Mephala的强大的化身，"黑手"Mephala，早期民族Chimer之祖。这个Vivec的黑暗的一面在普遍的文献和祈祷書上没有出现过，但是 Dunmer对此有本能的理解和认可，他们认为这是Vivec的神圣的面貌的不可欠的一部分。对Vivec的复杂的性质的更完整的认识需要理解他的前世体，Mephala，理解这位Daedra Lord由来的黑暗的主题。
Mephala是谁？
教会的认定的3位Tribunal在Chimer文化初期，是由他们的前世体所表现。前世体Azura，Boethiah，和Mephala在西方为邪恶的Daedra Lord所知。同时，在教会的神学理论上，
Azura 被认为是Almsivi的法术王Sotha Sil的前世体。Boethiah被认为是Almsivi之母和夫人Almalexia的前世体。Mephala被认为是Vivec的前世体。据传说所言，在这3位Daedra Lord的指导下，对现状不满的Altmer们把他们自己转换成了新的种族，建立了他们的新的花园。号称密谋的王子的Boethiah向他们提供了转换的秘法，而Mephala在暗中对此进行了更改。
在西方，Mephala为掌管谋杀，性交， 秘密的恶魔所知。个个文字可让人看到陰険和暴力的影子(暗杀，屠杀，求爱，乱交，机智，迷惑)，同时Mephala也具有完全相反的性质。这种性质被
Vivec的Dunmer的形态所表现，虽然关于此事教会没有明显的记述和说明。
Dunmer不认为Lord Vivec是谋杀，性交， 秘密的生物。正确的是，他们认为Lord Vivec是慈悲的王，守护者，战士，诗人-艺术家。但是，他们也无意识中承认隐藏在Vivec的慈爱的身影后的黑暗的一面。
比如，关于Vivec的最长久而鲜明的传说的一个就是Vivec和Almalexia，Sotha Sil共谋谋杀Lord Nerevar，最伟大的Dunmer的英雄和将军。这个传说来自Ashlander的口传，和教会的教义完全相反。尽管如此，这个故事已经坚固的建立到了Dunmer之中，人们这样说，"当然，Vivec是绝对不会共谋谋杀Lord Nerevar的，可这已经是很久以前的事了... 谁会知道真实呢?"
表面上，Vivec的是善良，敏感，体贴，慈悲的神，守护他的追随者。同时，似乎Dunmer们从Vivec隐藏的黑暗的一面，暴力，色欲，阴谋和更多的前世体的原始的，冷酷的成分得到不应该的安慰。
*1 Dummer
*2 Imperial Cult
Vivec and Mephala
Who is ALMSIVI?
Morrowind is holy country, and its gods are flesh and blood. Collectively, these gods are called the Tribunal, the triune ALMSIVI, three deities exemplifying Dunmeri virtues. Almalexia is Mercy, Vivec is Mastery, and Sotha Sil is Mystery. Vivec is easily the most popular of them all. Vivec is also the most public, for he is the beloved Warrior-Poet of the True People, paradoxically beautiful and bloody. Vivec is an artistic violence. Vivec is represented in Temple literature and liturgy as one of the divine kings of Morrowind. He guards the sacred Velothi subcontinent of Vvardenfell, and stands guard over Red Mountain, the gate to hell. He is part of the holy Tribunal, a god of the New Temple, and an aspect of the blessed and righteous ALMSIVI.
This explicit presentation of Vivec the Guardian God-King and Warrior-Poet is the one most accessible and familiar to Westerners. However, it is important to remember that Vivec is also known to the Dunmer as the transcendent evolution of the daedra that anticipated him, Black Hands Mephala, a foundation figure of the earliest Chimer. This darker side of Vivec does not appear in the popular literature and liturgy, but is instinctively understood and accepted by the Dunmer as an integral part of Vivec's divine aspect. A more complete appreciation of the complex nature of Vivec requires an understanding of the nature of Vivec's Anticipation, Mephala, and the darker themes represented by this Daedra Lord's modes and motivations.
Who is Mephala?
Each of the three Tribunes of the Temple were represented in the dawn of Chimeri culture by their Anticipations. These Anticipations are known to the West as the sinister Daedra Lords Azura, Boethiah, and Mephala. In Temple theology, however, Azura is the Anticipation of Sotha Sil, the Mage-Lord of Almsivi. Boethiah is the Anticipation of Almalexia, Almsivi's Mother and Lady. Mephala is the Anticipation of Vivec. According to legend, under the guidance of these three Daedra Lords, a discontented throng of Altmer transformed themselves into a new people and founded a new land. And while Boethiah, the so-called Prince of Plots, provided the revolutionary methods needed to bring about this transformation, Mephala was the shadowy implementer of those methods.
As known in the West, Mephala is the demon of murder, sex, and secrets. All of these themes contain subtle aspects and violent ones (assassination/genocide, courtship/orgy, tact/poetic truths); Mephala is understood paradoxically to contain and integrate these contradictory themes. And all these subtle undercurrents and contradictions are present in the Dunmer concepts of Vivec, even if they are not explicitly described and explained in Temple doctrine.
The Dunmer do not envision Lord Vivec as a creature of murder, sex, and secrets. Rather, they conceive of Lord Vivec as benevolent king, guardian warrior, poet-artist. But, at the same time, unconsciously, they accept the notion of darker, hidden currents beneath Vivec's benevolent aspects.
For example, one of the most striking persistent myths associated with Vivec is the story that Vivec conspired with his co-rulers Almalexia and Sotha Sil in the murder of Lord Nerevar, the greatest of Dunmer heroes and generals. The story is derived from Ashlander oral tradition, and is flatly contradicted by all Temple traditions. Nonetheless, the tale is firmly established in the Dunmer imagination, as if to say, "Of course Vivec would never have conspired to murder Lord Nerevar, but it happened so long ago... who can know the truth?"
The public face of Vivec is benign, sensitive, compassionate, and protective of his followers. At the same time, the Dunmer seem irrationally comfortable with the hidden aspects of Vivec, the darker components of violence, lust, and conspiracy associated the more primitive and ruthless impulses of the Anticipations.
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