Right . The Daedra worship was only a stopgap . A means to an ends until a time when they wouldn ' t need them anymore because they were their own gods . I say they knew because the 36 Lessons talk about the return of the Nerevarine , and how he will have to remove ALMSIVI from the board and how without the Hortator there is no Sharmat and vice versa . The 36 Lessons were written thousands of years ago , even before the Battle of Red Mountain . The only way Vivec would know all this is if he had seen it coming . We know from the Loveletter that Vehk had visions of the future when he was just a young mortal companion of Indoril Nerevar . Also a constant theme in the 36 Lessons is Vivec attempting to teach Nerevar about the Walking Ways and how Nerevar keeps failing at understanding the concept , and it culminates in his murder at Red Mountain . I think Vivec had just taken it into his own hands at that point , he forced the change himself . Nerevar would succeed in death what failed at in life . Then we look at the run up to Morrowind the game . Vivec out of nowhere mysteriously agrees to join the empire , much to the shock and horror of the rest of his nation . Why ? Because he knew thats where the Nerevarine would come from . If there is no Foul Murder , then there is no Nerevarine . If there is no Nerevarine then DagothUr wins . If DagothUr wins then there is nobody to enforce the change thats needed .