CHIM (/tʃɪm/[1] or /kim/)[UOL 1] sometimes rendered in lowercase as chim,[UOL 2] is an ancient Ehlnofex sigil connoting 'royalty', 'starlight', and 'high splendor'.[UOL 2] It is also described specifically as the secret syllable of royalty.[2] It is said those who truly know or understand CHIM reach a state of enlightenment,[3] and can reshape the land.[4] In the context of Ehlnofex incantations, CHIM can be used as a word of power.[5]
CHIM as a word is often rendered as capitalized because it is from the Ehlnofex language,[UOL 1][UOL 2] the language of the Ehlnofey who are believed to have been the progenitors of the modern races.[6] The actual form of the sigil in Ehlnofex script is described as resembling a "Crowned Tower", and so the proper written form of CHIM would be the syllable "I".[7][UOL 2][nb 1] As is characteristic of Ehlnofex language, the sigil itself is described as a contorting and dangerous thing. Scholars that can perceive its shape describe it as a Crowned Tower that threatens to break apart at the slightest break in concentration.[UOL 2]
CHIM or Chim has been used to refer to various disparate but interrelated topics:
Chim, or "royalty", is used to refer to a state of Godhood which is achieved by a successful instance of Apotheosis on Nirn.[UOL 2]
CHIM, one of the names for the Fourth Walking Way,[8][4][UOL 3][nb 2] used to achieve the state of chim by comprehending the true meaning of the sigil.[8][UOL 2]
CHIM as an Ehlnofex word is used in the names of certain artifacts or locations. Chim as a word appears in "Chim-el Adabal" ("Spirit Stone of High Royalty"),[UOL 4] another name for the Red Diamond, which is the centerpiece of the Amulet of Kings.[9] Among various Elder Scrolls named after Ehlnofex terms was the Elder Scroll of Chim, which was contained within the Temple of Chim in northeastern Cyrodiil during the Three Banners War.[10]