So Azura cursed the dunmer and changed them into what they are today but why? What I mean is it was seht, vehk, and alma that killed nerevar not the dunmer race so why did they get cursed and not the three?

Because Azura is extremely petty.

They're curse because Vehk defied Azura by using the Tools to become gods.

1. The Tribunual achieved Diety at this point and couldn't be affected by it.

2. Azura specifically curse the whole race and not them.

Realize that Vivec is "half cursed:" he is gold and blue.

And yes, I learned all this from in-game books.

Perhaps it is because the Dunmer willingly believed the tales woven by Alma, Seht and Vehk, and turned their worship away from Azura.

To insult a Daedric Prince, in this case worshipping other Mortals based on lies, is VERY unwise.

Or it could be because the Tribunal defied the oath Nerevar made to Azura about using the Tools. Which is what happened.

why then curse the entire race? vehk as i recall chooses to appear as he does, if he wished he could appear not cursed at all probably.

I know but why did she curse the race. for example its like god cursing the germans but not hitler whats the logic.

At this point, the three of them were already gods, so Azura couldn't permenantly curse them. They were too strong for that. Why did she go after all the other Chimer? Because Daedra are [censored]s, that's why.

Well said.

Vehk, Seht, Ayem - they were the Dunmer's representatives of the race. It's like how in the past, sometimes battles were determined not by entire armies, but by a warrior from either side fighting. The result would then affect the entire populace. Same with armies - their battles determine the fate of the non-combatants. Vivec, Sotha Sil, and Almalexia and Nevervar were representatives of the Chimer. What they chose to do or not do would have consequences for the entire race. If Nerevar vowed that the Chimer would worship Azura, that oath also applied to every Chimer. It's much like politics - the promises of a single leader are transferred to the followers. Likewise, when the leader breaks the promise, all his/her subjects will bear the consequences.

After attaining their godhood, I would think the Tribunal would have the power to alter their appearance - by illusion or in actuality.

now that the Tribunal are dead and all the dunmer are shivering on solsthiem, what are the chances they'll revert to daedra worship and be changed back?

very unlikely for both.

I have a feeling that they may adopt a more nordish view, if you ask me, thanks to the nords of Solstheim.

This is a piece of Elder Scrolls lore that is new to me. The Dunmer were cursed? They don't look cursed. Their skin color and eye color is great.

Dunmer means cused-folk. They originally looked like the altmer, but after the events of red mountain, Azura cursed them to have grey skin and red eyes to make them look more ghoulish. They were in a great panic because of this, but Sotha Sil spoke to the dunmer and made them feel really proud of their new appearance.

So, are they still geneticly the same as they used to be? What were they called before their change?

Even if they are cursed, I think they look pretty cool.

They were the Chimer, or the "Changed Ones" if I recall. But that would only make sense if they were called Chimer in hindsight. I guess before than they were just Aldmer following their prophet east...

They were called Chimer before because they changed their religion from worshipping all ansestors eually to revering three "ansestors" above all thers, those being Azura, Malacath, and Molag Bal I believe. Note that later on the Altmer did the same this, so the only true Aldmer are Psijics.

So, aside from skin and eye color, the Dunmer are biologically identical to the Altmer? Why is Vivec considered a Chimer and not a Dunmer, or a mix? He is half-cursed, so why is it his Chimer side that labels him? Why is he only half-cursed anyway? How did that happen?

If all ancestors = Auri-El, Trinimac, Magnus, Syrabane, Y'ffre, Xarxes, Mara, Stendarr, Lorkhan, and Phynaster, then yes.

@seti: apologies for the "half cursed" remark; only said tha because he's half gold and Dunmer skin tone. To be "two halves combined" is Vehk's nature. He wasn't cursed.

Cool, I just learned something I always assumed that they were called Chimer because of the change in appearance, it's probably a pretty common mistake though.

They were called "changed ones" before because of the change in their hearts and minds. Boethiah, Mephala and Azura appeared to them as "good daedra" and taught them new secrets, forms of government and belief systems, and Veloth led them into exodus from Aldmeri culture.

edit: Don't Forget This was right about everything except the specific Daedra.

Molag Bal and Malacath are considered very bad entities by the Dunmer, and are part of the http://www.imperial-library.info/mwbooks/house_of_troubles.shtml.

Ya, I just new Azura and one of the ones that started with M