Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-28667390-20160815143618/@comment-28701842-20160823003633

Vivec achived CHIM through his marriage to the Prince of Domination, Molag Bal, not through the Tribunals tampering with the Heart of Lorkhan. The Sotha Sil's tampering with the heart made ALMSIVI into living gods, and is independent of Vivec's CHIM. The lack of access to the Heart of Lorkhan and the Nerevarine's use of Keening has since separated the Tribunal from its power, and thus the Tribunal lost some of their power.