Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-3539474-20130923212606

Legate Alexandros wrote:

Trinimac was one of the original Aldmeri gods, who participated in killing of Lorkhan. When some of the mer on Summerset Isles (or Aldmeris, if it ever existed) decided to find their own land in the East, Trinimac was against it. So, Daedric Prince Boethia ate him and took his form. Then Boethia told the mer, it's all cool now and they can go to the land that later became known as Morrowind. (Oh and that also was where the heart of Lorkhan, that Trinimac killed landed, maybe one of the reason he was so against it.) Then Boethia went to the bathroom and Trinimac came out, but as the cursed one, named Malacath, who now became one of Daedric Princes. Those who were still devote followers of Trinimac, became cursed too and became the first Orsimer. The mer who went east, became Chimer and later Dunmer. Appearantly Dwemer already were there when their cousins Chimer arrived. Does that makes it more clear of what with Trinimac and Malacath? Since the last few days, I have been playing an Orc, rereading all the old books and chatting up the wise women to understand them better. it's an interesting part of the lore.

Orcs were born during the latter days of the Dawn Era. They are the children of Trinimac, strongest of the Altmeri ancestor spirits. When Trinimac was "eaten" by the Daedroth Prince Boethiah, and transformed in the foul god's insides, not literally through the biological process of digestion but the story has been told various ways; in a corrupted form best known as Malacath. The Orcs were transformed as well. They now follow the new Malacath, the remains of Trinimac.

The Altmers had their own gods like all the elves, one of the most popular was called Trinimac. When some of the elves decided to follow one Saint Veloth's emigration to the east where they could freely worship the Daedric Princes; Boethiah, Azura, and Mephala instead of their old gods, Trinimac tried to stop it. so Boethiah "ate" Trinimac and expelled him, thus he became the malevolent Malacath.