On the Heart of Lorkhan and the wiki's false claims
**DISCLAIMER:** It's a rant about [TES fandom wiki](https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Wiki), not UESP.
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>"But when Trinimac and Auriel **tried to destroy the Heart of Lorkhan it laughed at them**. It said, 'This Heart is the heart of the world, for one was made to satisfy the other.' So Auriel fastened the thing to an arrow and let it fly long [into the sea](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Red_Mountain), where no aspect of the new world may ever find it."
[The Heart of the World](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Monomyth:_The_Heart_of_the_World)
>*But if a god can die, how does his heart survive?*
[Mankar Camoran](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Mankar_Camoran)
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The Heart of Lorkhan. The Heart of the World. For one made to satisfy the other. Despite it being said time and time again, that even other gods weren't able to destroy the Heart, a lot of fans actually thinks it was destroyed at the end Morrowind. Why? Well, to literally no one's suprise, it's because of the wiki, which says in the relevant article, that the Heart of Lorkhan was destroyed (or rather *was* saying, because I fixed it **again**, although a *certain user* will no doubt bring the old, false claim back).
But how am I so sure that the Heart wasn't destroyed? Because it's **literally never mentioned in Morrowind** that you destroy the Heart. Indeed, whenever the topic of using the Tools on the Heart to defeat Dagoth Ur is brought, it is pretty clearly said that you must destroy **the enchantments** that Kagrenac put on the Heart:
>**defeat Dagoth Ur**: > >*"To defeat Dagoth Ur, go to Red Mountain to recover the artifact hammer Sunder from Gate Citadel Vemynal, then recover the artifact blade Keening from Gate Citadel Odrosal. Then proceed with Wraithguard, Sunder, and Keening to the citadel of Dagoth Ur. Within the citadel, find the Heart of Lorkhan*. ***Use the three artifacts to sever Dagoth Ur's connection to the Heart***, *and he will be destroyed, and the Blight ended on Morrowind.*
[Vivec](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Vivec_(god))
>Our plan to destroy Dagoth Ur also runs the risk of destroying the Tribunal. T**he plan is to permanently disrupt Kagrenac's enchantments upon the Heart**, severing connections with Dagoth Ur and ourselves, and rendering us all once again mortal. > >... > >The Nerevarine will not be taught the secret rituals required to perform the third step. Instead, The Nerevarine will strike the Heart with Keening for a second time, causing its tones to diverge into unstable patterns of interference. Further repeated strikes with Keening will further disrupt the tones, with the ultimate result of shattering and **dispelling Kagrenac's original enchantments binding the Heart**, thereby severing the Heart's links with Dagoth Ur, and with any surviving Heartwights, and with the Tribunal. **Destroying Kagrenac's enchantments** on the Heart will also stop the corrupt effusion of the Heart's divine power, and end the Blight on Morrowind. > >... > >The Element of Surprise > >Dagoth Ur will not expect you to **destroy Kagrenac's enchantments on the Heart.**
[Plan to Defeat Dagoth Ur](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Plan_to_Defeat_Dagoth_Ur)
>**tales of your exploits:** *"A remarkable story. A pity to have to destroy Kagrenac's enchantments on the Heart. It would have been interesting to study them."*
[Yagrum Bagarn](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Yagrum_Bagarn)
>*"You no longer bear the burden of prophecy. You have achieved your destiny. You are freed. The doomed Dwemer's folly. Lord Dagoth's temptation. The Tribunal's seduction*. ***The god's heart freed***. *The prophecy fulfilled. All fates sealed and sins redeemed. If you have pity, mourn the lost but let the weeping cease. The blight is gone, and the sun's golden honey gilds the land. Hail savior, Hortator and Nerevarine. Your people look to you for protection. Monsters and villains great and small still threaten the people of Vvardenfell. Enemies and evils abound, yet indomitable will might rid Morrowind of all its ills. For you, our thanks and blessing, our gift and token given. Come, take this thing from the hand of god."*
[Azura](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Azura)
And not just in game - even the devs themselves said in the ["Decrypting the Elder Scrolls" interview](https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/12/26/decrypting-the-elder-scrolls.aspx) that the Heart was released:
>**5. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)** > >“The player is a prisoner, sent to Morrowind by the Emperor ostensibly to work as an Imperial agent, but in fact to help investigate and perhaps fulfill a prophecy and become the reincarnation of the Nerevarine, a long-dead hero. You learn the origins of the Tribunal, the revered god-heroes of Morrowind, and their struggle with the immortal Dagoth Ur. Dagoth Ur and his Sixth House cult are the source of a supernatural blight that threatens to overwhelm Morrowind. By fulfilling the prophecies, the player is finally able to confront and defeat Dagoth Ur in his fortress in the crater of Red Mountain.” **Impact?** “When **the Heart of Lorkhan was released from the mortal plane**, the power of the Tribunal was broken forever, which indirectly led to the fall of the Ministry of Truth and the devastation of Vvardenfell (as described in the novel The Infernal City).”
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And what are the arguments of the people who claim that the Heart was destroyed? Two comments from two mortal characters living in the 4th Era, that show nothing more than what the common denizens of Tamriel *think* happened to the Heart, not what **really** happened:
>**Laaneth**: *"The Heart of Lorkhan is one of the most powerful and dangerous artifacts in history. It's what Sotha Sil and the others used to become gods."* > >**Laaneth**: *"Dagoth Ur nearly used it to take over Tamriel - before the Nerevarine destroyed it. But if this memory is true..."*
[The Heart, Revealed](http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Legends:The_Heart,_Revealed)
>*"The box contains the heart. The essence of a god. I have devoted my life to the Elder Scrolls, but their knowledge is a passing awareness when compared to the encompassing mind of divinity. The Dwemer were the last to touch it. It was thought to have been destroyed by the* [*Nerevarine*](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Nerevarine)*, but my lord told me otherwise."*
[Septimus Signus](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Septimus_Signus)
So a random comment from an adventurer that knows only the "official version" (do you really think that people of Tamriel are privy to every single detail of the Nerevarine's story?) and Septimus, who outright says that the Heart being destroyed is just what people believe.
These two comments are nothing compared to Vivec, Azura, Yagrum and the devs, all saying that the Heart was freed, not destroyed.
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And to end this post, let me point out certain irony regarding this whole situation - much like the general populace of Tamriel knows only of the popular, official version, that the Heart was destroyed, so do a lot of fans thinks so, due to wiki's false claim.