Overall I think one could argue that by the time of the events of TES 3 nothing the Tribunal was doing was particularly good looking.
If it wasn’t for the Nerevarine Dagoth Ur would’ve eventually converted all the inhabitants to zombies, with the Tribunal being mostly powerless to stop him.
Huh, missed that implication, but yeah, turning it into a prison wasn’t a good look either.
Overall I think one could argue that by the time of the events of TES 3 nothing the Tribunal was doing was particularly good looking.
If it wasn’t for the Nerevarine Dagoth Ur would’ve eventually converted all the inhabitants to zombies, with the Tribunal being mostly powerless to stop him.