Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-62.31.43.199-20131118141224/@comment-5569775-20140313150134

TES, like many other games, get many ideals form reality. Even atheist seem to turn to science as a form of God: despite any contradictions or falsehoods in what they believe, it is always true to them and infallible, until they reinterpret it in a different way. And like with the Dwemer they do tend to look down on others the same way religious zealots look down on people who do not see the same as them, or how they perceive that Gods look down on Humans. Not all scientist though, but a lot and many atheist.

If you can understand all sides and angles of the RL version, maybe you can understand the same for TES. Also understanding what happens to Humans in RL lore and myths, when they over-step their boundaries or limits might help you come to a better understanding of what happened to the Dwemer. The writers of TES lore want ever say exactly what happened, cause they won't be able to agree on what should be the true lore; because of that, being able to comprehend all likely scenarios and just accept that all are true is an easy way to reach closure on the subject.

As for the OP, the same can be said about your question(s). If you can accept that all scenarios are true then you can reach closure, find an answer to your question(s). And I didn't read through all of the above, so I'm sorry if someone mentioned these 2 cases already.

Auri-El could have been testing his faith, loyalty and worth by allowing him to be infected. If he was faithful, he'd see it as a test instead of the betrayal that he did. If he was loyal, he wouldn't switch to worshipping Molag Bal instead, and definitely wouldn't have turned against Auri-El. If he was worthy of being at such a high ranking position, he would have been able to overcome it without the help of Auri-El.

Auri-El never really cared; Vyrthur and every other person that thinks the Devine's or even Daedra, actually care about them in any way are just fooling themselves.