Lore:Berne Clan

Raxle Berne, patriarch of the Berne Clan

The Berne Clan is one of the three major vampire bloodlines found in Vvardenfell. Those of the bloodline are very agile and sneaky, gifted with unnatural skill in unarmed combat. They are said to be swift and agile, preferring stealth and ambush, first poisoning with a bite before later returning to feed when the prey has been weakened. In 2E 582, the Berne Clan was present in the ruins of Galom Daeus and Dushariran. They were led in 3E 427 by Raxle Berne from the Dwemer ruin of Galom Daeus and also had a presence in many of the ancestral tombs around the island. They are native to Vvardenfell and are never encountered on the mainland.

The cattle of the Berne Clan are kept in cellars close to others, with most of them being mad with fear thanks to the situation that they find themselves in, as they are tasted at the whim of the vampires as the cattle ages to provide them sustenance. Some are said to be captured after the Berne enjoy the sport of chasing down a potential prey, with the action being seen as a mercy of sorts.

History

Second Era

By the time of the Second Era members of the Clan were said to be aggressive, devouring the life-blood of everyone they found in their path, although during the time of the Three Banners War, some of them like Jastia Berne and Dexion Berne had intellectual pursuits and were attempting to gain access to a Dwemer component by using Dwemer control rods taken from Dwemer Animunculi, this ultimately ended up in their deaths as one of the Dwarven spiders they attacked blew up, killing them both, which happened after others had wandered off as they activated them and some others had already attacked them unsuccessfully. The mage Barilzar had divined the presence of a Dwemer Inversion Conduit in Galom Daeus, and sent adventuring parties to find it - at first as a purely intellectual pursuit, then later on as a matter of necessity to counter Conoon Chodala's use of the Sunna'rah against Vivec - as a consequence of which the Berne clan's hiding place was revealed to the world by accident: the first expedition, under Volrina Quarra was unsuccessful, only Quarra escaping alive. The second, under the Vestige, was more successful, and many members of the clan were wiped out in passing. The clan's patriarch, Raxle Berne, was fortunate to be absent, and subsequently rebuilt the clan.

Concurrently, they were also present in the Daedric ruin of Dushariran and prevented the scouts of the Urshilaku Tribe from retrieving the relics located in the shrine, which caused the Tribe to ask for the help of the Vestige to slay as many vampires as possible and retrieve the relics in the process, although many of the Berne laired underground and could not be reached. The hero had success in their mission, killing the Berne to retrieve the relics, with an Urshilaku claiming that their taint present in the relics would be removed soon.

Third Era

Centuries later by the year 3E 427, Raxle Berne was slain by a vampire hunter from the Tribunal Temple, and the Quarra Clan and Aundae Clan killed many of the remaining clan members. The Berne themselves also attacked other vampires during this time, such as a movement done by them which targeted the Quarra and resulted in them stealing a powerful potion with the blood of Quarra elders and could have made Raxle Berne stronger if given to him prior to his death. Another one of the Berne' plans resulted in the death of many members of the Quarra and the Aundae in Vvardenfell.

Gallery

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  Raxle Berne, Leader of the Clan circa 3E 427 (Morrowind)

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  A Berne Agent (Morrowind)

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  A Berne Warrior (ESO)

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  A Berne Mystic (ESO)

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  A Berne Stalker (ESO)

Notes

• With the exception of their cattle, their ranks are made almost exclusively of Imperials.

See Also

• For game-specific information, see the Morrowind and Elder Scrolls Online articles.

References

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.