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收复者：裁决者的没落和新神殿的崛起
维瓦克城的毁灭，以及其后第四纪元5年的红山爆发，除了导致实质物体的毁坏，也对丹莫人的古老信仰造成极大冲击。神殿对爱玛蕾希雅、索萨·席和维瓦克的崇拜原本就有争议，真理部的坠落则是毁灭它的最后一根稻草。如今大家都相信三位裁决者若非已经死亡，就是失踪了，神殿祭司群酝酿已久的阶级斗争至此公然爆发。
外部人士也许永远无法完整得知这内部争斗的来龙去脉，不过在火山爆发后几年，烟尘逐渐散去之际，从前的异议祭司全权掌握了神殿的统治阶级，忠于裁决者的人士若非被铲除，就是改变了信仰。如今所谓的“新神殿”宣告，对裁决者的崇敬是种误导，并将之怪罪于旧时的裁决者。神殿如今宣导，灰烬人部落所崇拜的魔神（阿祖拉、梅法拉和波耶西亚）才是“正统”，丹莫人应该崇敬他们。这些魔神被称作“收复者”，意思是他们已从裁决者手中取回地位。
为了讨好神殿那些既非异议份子也非裁决者狂热支持者的多数祭司，爱玛蕾希雅、索萨·席和维瓦克被谪贬为“圣徒”，这是对最崇高的丹莫祖先表达敬意的传统手法。显然这个手段成功满足了够多的现有祭司，新神殿因此得以营造出一脉延续的假象。
新神殿的崛起，彻底让过往在裁决者统治下因崇拜三魔神而遭迫害的灰烬人翻身，如今他们被誉为传统的保存者，且因为拥有“真知灼见”而备受赞扬。现在，丹莫人踏上朝圣之旅，历经千辛万苦抵达灰烬荒地寻求女智者的忠告，是很寻常的事。据称，这些女人让那些宣称自己被裁决者蒙蔽了双眼的人重见天日，而且把红山爆发和亚龙人入侵，直接归因于三魔神的怒火。
财富与裁决者神殿密不可分的因督利尔家族，因为神殿的没落遭到重创。由于因督利尔家族技术上来说依然存在，如今神殿的祭司群被认为与因督利尔家族是为一体，那些成为祭司的人则被视为“加入因督利尔”。因督利尔家的政治权势因此全盘移交到神殿手上，但其家族成员依然在祭司群拥有比较多的权力。
新神殿的崛起和瑞多然家族的崛起有异曲同工之妙，两者都填补了红色年代危机所造成的权力真空。这些新的调整无论在信仰或政治，究竟能否承受得了考验，依然有待观察。综观丹莫人民的悠久历史，两个世纪相对而言其实算是短暂的。
The Reclamations
The Reclamations: The Fall of the Tribunal and the Rise of the New Temple
The destruction of Vivec City and the subsequent eruption of Red Mountain in 4E 5 was not just a crisis in terms of the physical destruction it caused - it also cut deeply into the ancient religious beliefs of the Dunmer. The fall of the Ministry of Truth was the last straw in the tottering support for the Temple's worship of Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec. With all three of the Tribunes now widely believed dead or disappeared, what had been a simmering schism within the ranks of the Temple priesthood burst into the open.
While outsiders may never know the full tale of this internal struggle, when the smoke cleared a few years later, the former Dissident Priests were in full control of the Temple heirarchy, with Tribunal loyalists either purged or recanted. The so-called "New Temple" now declared the worship of the Tribunes a result of misguided teaching, blaming the mistakes on the former Tribunal. The Temple now taught that the daedra venerated by the Ashlander tribes (Azura, Mephala and Boethia) were the "true way" and should be revered by the Dunmer people. Fittingly, the daedra were named the "Reclamations," as if they were reclaiming their status from the Tribunal.
In an elegant comprise, no doubt intended to reconcile the large majority of the Temple priesthood who were neither Dissidents nor fanatic Tribunal loyalists, Almalexia, Sotha Sil and Vivec were relegated to the status of "saints," a traditional way to venerate the most honored Dunmer ancestors. This apparently satisfied enough of the existing priesthood that the New Temple was able to maintain at least a semblance of outward continuity.
The rise of the New Temple almost completely vindicated the previously persecuted Ashlanders, who had continued to worship the three daedra throughout the Tribunal's rule. The Ashlanders are now lauded as the keepers of the old ways and having "true vision." It is now quite common for many of the Dunmer people to make the arduous pilgrimages into the ash wastes to seek the counsel of the Wise Women. These women have supposedly opened the eyes of those who they claim were "blinded by the Tribunal," and directly connect the eruption of the Red Mountain and the Argonian invasion to the anger of the three daedra.
House Indoril, whose fortunes were so entwined with the Tribunal Temple, suffered greatly from its fall. While House Indoril still technically exists, the priesthood of the Temple are now considered one and the same with House Indoril - those who become priests are now considered to have "joined Indoril." The political power of the Indoril has thus passed entirely into the hands of the Temple (although members of the old House Indoril are still over-represented in the priesthood).
The rise of the New Temple has a number of interesting parallels with the rise of House Redoran - each filled the vacuum of power resulting from the crisis of Red Year. How durable these new arrangements will prove, religious and political, remains to be seen. The span of two centuries is quite brief in the long history of the ancient Dunmer people.
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