

This is constructed using a photography technique called stereographic projection, whereby a spherical image - like a 360º panorama - is projected onto a plane. Praise Vivec! All glory to the Three Most High! We walk with them, in wisdom and in strength, ever and anon.1 November 2021: The Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars (SPECULOOS) telescopes sited at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert are usually the ones looking for new worlds, but this picture actually captures the observing site looking like a planet itself. For by trouble are we tested, and by passing the test we know our true worth. For though we are anxious and troubled, we are proud and we are fierce, for we are the Dunmer, and for us, trouble is a gift from the gods. And we call on you, followers of the Tribunal, to follow also in this time the example of Saint Nerevar, whose courage is a watchword and whose endurance is a legend.

We call upon House Telvanni to be wise and forbearing, sharing of insights and enchantments, for though they are not of the Pact, they are still of our people. We call upon House Hlaalu to plant, harvest, and preserve, to keep the river of trade flowing, to ensure prosperity even through fall of ash and breath of fume. We call upon House Redoran to buttress our structures, physical and moral, building the new and rebuilding the old, and to keep us on the path of righteousness. Through we of the Temple, our Living Gods call upon you, call upon us all to honor them with our efforts. For the Three are with us, and we are strong through our faith in the Three. And so, once more, we shall endure and prove worthy.

And I know why you are troubled and anxious, for who could not be troubled when Red Mountain grumbles and seethes? Who could not be anxious when Baar Dau trembles in the sky, when unknown Daedra appear in unexpected locales, when it is even said that the Nerevarine has risen among the Ashlanders? But I say to you, fellow Dunmer, have not all these things, and worse, happened before? Did our people not survive them, and become stronger every time? What says our Lord Vivec about such struggles? "Six are the guardians of Veloth," says Vivec, " three before and they are born again, and they will test you until you have the proper tendencies of a hero." And so, once more, we are tested. As we gather for worship here at the Temple, I look out upon you, my fellow faithful, and I see you are troubled, I see you are anxious, I see you shift in your seats and glance over your shoulders even as I speak with you.
