Lore:Failed Incarnates

The Cavern of the Incarnate

The Failed Incarnates (also known as "False Incarnates") are individuals who sought to fulfill the Nerevarine Prophecy and failed. The Ashlanders once believed them possessed by the spirit of Nerevar, but each had a critical flaw that made them destined to fail to fulfill the prophecy. Their spirits reside within the Cavern of the Incarnate on Vvardenfell.

Aduri

Aduri

"To seek only war is to find only death."

To fulfill the Nerevarine prophecy, Aduri followed a path of blood and war. Her love of senseless war proved to be her undoing; the path she followed led nowhere, and she was cast down as the hope of her people. She helped the Vestige deny Conoon Chodala's claim to the title of Nerevarine in 2E 582.

Ane Teria

Ane Teria

Ane Teria was a holy crusader of the Temple in the Tribunal's golden era. She contributed substantially to the writings that were suppressed by the temple and considered apographa. She followed the Tribunal unquestioningly, and didn't believe in the Nerevarine prophecies until it was too late. She offered her mace to the Nerevarine in 3E 427.

Conoon Chodala

Conoon Chodala

Conoon Chodala was an Ashlander Dunmer who was an ashkhan of the Urshilaku tribe in the mid-Second Era. He falsely claimed to be the legendary Nerevarine, which made him one of the failed Incarnates.

Danaat

Danaat

"The fool hears only his own poor advice."

Incarnate Danaat refused to accept wise counsel, which led to the doom of his tribe. The Nerevarine must listen as well as proclaim, for wisdom ignored is ignorance. He helped the Vestige deny Conoon Chodala's claim to the title of Nerevarine in 2E 582.

Elvil Vidron

Elvil Vidron

Elvil Vidron received waking dreams from Dagoth Ur. However, unlike other Dreamers who fell to Dagoth Ur's control, he instead believed these dreams to be prophetic and that he was the Nerevarine. He began walking around Suran, proclaiming himself Nerevarine, attracting the attention of the Tribunal Temple.

Erur-Dan

Erur-Dan

Erur-Dan saw Morrowind fall to the Empire. He lived through Morrowind's surrender, and swore vengeance upon the Imperials and the Tribunal for their betrayal. In his later years, he left for Red Mountain, where he grew old and died fighting monsters and the blight. He offered the Nerevarine his spear and cuirass in 3E 427.

Hort Ledd

Hort Ledd

Hort Ledd died four hundred years prior to the fulfilment of the Nerevarine Prophecy, in the final days of turmoil after the Empire came to Morrowind. He was a thinker, not a doer, and though he was chosen, he was not a hero. He offered the Nerevarine his robe in 3E 427.

Idrenie Nerothan

Idrenie Nerothan

Idrenie Nerothan lived in the late years of the Tribunate, and helped demoralize and repel Akaviri invaders behind the scenes. She knew nothing of the Nerevarine prophecies before she took refuge with the Ashlanders. She died attempting to loot the ruins of Kogoruhn. She offered the Nerevarine tools with which to pass locks in 3E 427.

Peakstar

Peakstar

Peakstar was an Ashlander woman who washed ashore near Ald Redaynia as a baby. She was found and raised by the Urshilaku Tribe, and became a figure of legend among the Ashlanders around 3E 397. Many believed this mysterious "girl child" was the Nerevarine. Though she survived The Blight, she did not master the arts of war, and died while fighting an Ash Vampire. She became the last known failed Incarnate, and her spirit went to the Cavern of the Incarnate with the others. The Tribunal Temple searched for her unsuccessfully for many years, and finally announced she was dead. Ashlanders were under the belief that she had been found and captured at some point. Rumors persisted that she was still alive, as the Temple could not produce a body. Her spirit helped guide the Nerevarine during the latter's campaign against Dagoth Ur.

Ranso

Ranso

"There is no nobility in physical strength."

Ranso thought himself Nerevar, for he was the most powerful warrior in the land. Power alone couldn't save his people, and it couldn't save him. He helped the Vestige deny Conoon Chodala's claim to the title of Nerevarine in 2E 582.