Lord Ivras is common in the Altmeri legends of King Alinor as a villain. Many times did these two face off, but Alinor's skill and Ivras's resilience always resulted in a draw. Alinor was real, as his descendants became the Elven nobility, but the existence of Ivras wasn't determined by scholars until recent times. Few records from the Merethic Era exist, but the fragments from the recently-found tome "Chim-Mnem Alinor" (Roughly translated: Royal Memories of Alinor), believed to have been scribed by Alinor, mentions Ivras several times. The tome is kept under lock and key in the secret vaults of the Thalmor, like many other relics, due to the fear of the "Beautiful" rebels desecrating it. Indeed, many translated copies of it were burnt by them, their leader Eldrahn the Younger dismissing them as "relics of an intolerant time, which glorify the oppression of men and beast races".

Lord Ivras in legend was chosen by the 15 Daedric Princes (Malacath was still Trinimac back then) to be their champion. Wearing Daedric armour and wielding the mighty swords known as the Talons of Padhome, he lead rebellions against Alinor's rule. The Daedric Princes wanted him to cast down the Aldmeri society and create a new empire. However, they constantly disagreed about what Ivras's empire should be lik3. This came to a head when he and Alinor dueled at Adamantine Tower. Some myths say the squabbling of his masters caused Ivras to heisitate for a single moment, allowing Alinor to land the killing blow. Others say that he was literally torn apart as the broken alliance of the Daedric princes attempted to force him to follow all of their wills at the same time. Yet others say that his armies turned on each other, allowing Alinor's legions to easily crush Ivras's forces. Whatever the case, his death ended the rebellions. The official translations of the Chim-Mnem Alinor agree with this villainous depiction.

However, an anonymous Aldmeri scholar published a book known as "The True Alinor". It claimed the Thalmor forced him, among the other translators, to revise the Chim-Mnem Alinor to match sanitized official histories of Alinor. In his book, he claimed that Ivras was from a simple Daedra-worshipping kingdom, and only took up arms because Alinor banned Daedra worship and threatened his traditional way of life. The infamous Razing of Skywatch, where Ivras slaughtered the majority of the city's population, was blamed by the scholar on Alinor, who killed thousands of Daedra worshipping civilians and claimed that Ivras's armies did it in order to prevent his citizens from hating him. The Aldmeri Dominion dismissed these accusations as treasonous slander, and executed the entire translation team as they couldn't find out who wrote the book. Despite this, The True Alinor has become popular amongst many opponents of the Aldmeri Dominion, and a few priests of Morrowind's New Temple even discuss honouring Ivras as a saint and precursor to Veloth. However, until these allegations can be confirmed or denied, we may never know the truth about Lord Ivras.

I love this.

It's fascinating, eye-opening insight into a little-touched corner of TES History

I love it.

Fun fact: I imagine by the 5th Era Ivra's helm will be on the robes of rebellious Altmer teenagers (actually 65 year olds) unaware of what the hell a Daedra even is, like a Che Guevara shirt nowadays.