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400 years after Tiber Septim's reign, the beginning will meet the end and the bloody circle will close on the Empire of Tamriel. The unworthy is a deception dynasty that have allowed the bonds of the Empire to weaken and crack. Uriel Septim VII cannot repair what his ancestors ignored. The provinces fight among themselves and one indomitable power hides itself but not forever. It was midnight. I was at the Imperial Palace, Seat of Emperor Uriel Septim VII.

"Excuse the gloom but none may know of this meeting," Uriel Septim said. "The nature of my trouble is darker still. Over a year ago, King Lysander from Daggerfall died honourably on the field of battle. He was as loyal a subject and ally and friend as you are. I did grieve for him but his spirit does not rest. With a spectral army, he haunts his former kingdom, crying for ****. I do not know why and good and loyal man would be so cursed. Perhaps you can find the answer and close the marble jaws go oblivion, bringing peace to his soul. I ask this as your Emperor and your friend. I have one lesser request. Several years ago, I wrote a letter to the Queen of Daggerfall. It never arrived. The letter was a very sentimental one of personal nature. If you find and destroy that letter, I will be grateful. Now my champion, rest well this night for tomorrow you sail for the Kingdom of Daggerfall."

I woke up and looked around the room. Some hours ago, I was in a boat, en route to Daggerfall, when a storm of supernatural strength boiled over the the Iliac Bay like a malefic creature. My boat was destroyed but I managed to swim through the churning water to a promontory rock. There I found a cave and escaped the fury of the storm. I had only just lit a small fire when a mudslide sealed me within. My fear of being buried alive calmed when I saw the corridor leading out of the cavern.

Perhaps there is a way out of this cave after all. Once free of the cave, I could begin the Emperor's quest. I was in a privateer's hold. It was 13:36 on Turdas the 4th of Morning Star. In the eyes of the law of Daggerfall, I am a common citizen.