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Volume III

Volume IV

Rislav the Righteous

The Ruins of Kemel-Ze

Sacred Witness: A True History of the Night Mother

Scourge of the Gray Quarter

Shadowmarks

Shezarr and the Divines

A Short History of Morrowind

A Short Life of Uriel Septim VII

Sinderion's Field Journal

Sithis

Sixteen Accords of Madness

Volume VI

Volume IX

Volume XII

Skyrim's Rule: An Outsider's View

Song of Hrormir

The Song of Pelinal

Volume 1: On His Name

Volume 2: On His Coming

Volume 3: On His Enemy

Volume 4: On His Deeds

Volume 5: On His Love of Morihaus

Volume 6: On His Madness

Volume 7: On His Battle with Umaril and His Dismemberment

Volume 8: On His Revelation at the Death of the Al-Esh

Song of the Askelde Men

Songs Of Skyrim

Songs Of Skyrim (Revised Edition)

Songs of the Return

Volume 2: The First Tale of the Darumzu

Volume 7: The Tale of the Jorrvaskr

Volume 19: The Second Tale of the Ylgermet

Volume 24: The First Tale of the Krilot Lok

Volume 56: The Final Tale of the Chrion

Souls, Black and White

Sovngarde: A Reexamination

Spirit of Nirn

Spirit of the Daedra

Surfeit of Thieves

Surviving A Horker Attack

The Tale of Dro'Zira

Ancient Tales of the Dwemer

Part I: The Ransom of Zarek

Part II

Part III: The Importance of Where

Part V: The Song of the Alchemists

Part VI: Chimarvamidium

Part IX: Azura and the Box

Part X: The Dowry

The Talos Mistake

There Be Dragons

Thief of Virtue

The Third Door

Third Era: An Abbreviated Timeline, The Last Year of the First Era

Three Thieves

Timeline Series

Volume 1: Before the Ages of Man

A Tragedy In Black

Treatise on Ayleidic Cities: Varsa Baalim and the Nefarivigum Test of Dagon

Chapter the Tenth

Trials of St. Alessia

Troll Slaying

Chapter I: I Just Saw A Troll!

Chapter II: Stop Healing Yourself

Chapter III: Finn's Secret Weapon

Chapter IV: Trimming The Fat

The True Nature of Orcs

Twin Secrets

Uncommon Taste

Varieties Of Daedra

Vernaccus and Bourlor

Wabbajack

Walking the World

Volume XI: Solitude

War of the First Council

The Warrior's Charge

Watcher of Stones

The Waters of Oblivion

The Wild Elves

The Windhelm Letters

The Wispmother: Two Theories

Withershins

The Wolf Queen

Book One

Book Two

Book Three

Book Four

Book Five

Book Six

Book Seven

Book Eight

The Woodcutter's Wife

Volume 1

Words of Clan Mother Ahnissi to her Favored Daughter

The Wraith's Wedding Dowry

Wulfmare's Guide to Better Thieving

The Yellow Book of Riddles

Yngol and the Sea-Ghosts

2920: The Last Year of the First Era

Morning Star - Book One

by Carlovac Townway

1 Morning Star, 2920

Mournhold, Morrowind

Almalexia lay in her bed of fur, dreaming. Not until the sun burned through her window, infusing the light wood and flesh colors of her chamber in a milky glow did she open her eyes. It was quiet and serene, a stunning reverse of the flavor of her dreams, so full of blood and celebration. For a few moments, she simply stared at the ceiling, trying to sort through her visions.

In the courtyard of her palace was a boiling pool which steamed in the coolness of the winter morning. At the wave of her hand, it cleared and she saw the face and form of her lover Vivec in his study to the north. She did not want to speak right away: he looked so handsome in his dark red robes, writing his poetry as he did every morning.

"Vivec," she said, and he raised his head in a smile, looking at her face across thousands of miles. "I have seen a vision of the end of the war."

"After eighty years, I don't think anyone can imagine an end," said Vivec with a smile, but he grew serious, trusting Almalexia's prophecies. "Who will win? Morrowind or the Cyrodilic Empire?"

"Without Sotha Sil in Morrowind, we will lose," she replied.

"My intelligence tells me the Empire will strike us to the north in early springtide, by First Seed at the latest. Could you go to Artaeum and convince him to return?"

"I'll leave today," she said, simply.

4 Morning Star, 2920

Gideon, Black Marsh

The Empress paced around her cell. Wintertide gave her wasteful energy, while in the summer she would merely sit by her window and be grateful for each breath of stale swamp wind that came to cool her. Across the room, her unfinished tapestry of a dance at the Imperial Court seemed to mock her. She ripped it from its frame, tearing the pieces apart as they drifted to the floor.

Then she laughed at her own useless gesture of defiance. She would have plenty of time to repair it and craft a hundred more. The Emperor had locked her up in Castle Giovesse seven years ago, and would likely keep her here until he or she died.

With a sigh, she pulled the cord to call her knight, Zuuk. He appeared at the door within minutes, fully uniformed as befitted an Imperial Guard. Most of the native Kothringi tribesmen of Black Marsh preferred to go about naked, but Zuuk had taken a positive delight to fashion. His silver, reflective skin was scarcely visible, only on his face, neck, and hands.

"Your Imperial Highness," he said with a bow.

"Zuuk," said Empress Tavia. "I'm bored. Lets discuss methods of assassinating my husband today."

14 Morning Star, 2920

The Imperial City, Cyrodiil

The chimes proclaiming South Wind's Prayer echoed through the wide boulevards and gardens of the Imperial City, calling all to their temples. The Emperor Reman III always attended a service at the Temple of the One, while his son and heir Prince Juilek found it more political to attend a service at a different temple for each religious holiday. This year, it was at the cathedral Benevolence of Mara.

The Benevolence's services were mercifully short, but it was not until well after noon that the Emperor was able to return to the palace. By then, the arena combatants were impatiently waiting for the start of the ceremony. The crowd was far less restless, as the Potentate Versidue-Shaie had arranged for a demonstration from a troupe of Khajiiti acrobats.

"Your religion is so much more convenient than mine," said the Emperor to his Potentate by way of an apology. "What is the first game?"

"A one-on-one battle between two able warriors," said the Potentate, his scaly skin catching the sun as he rose. "Armed befitting their culture."

"Sounds good," said the Emperor and clapped his hands. "Let the sport commence!"

As soon as he saw the two warriors enter the arena to the roar of the crowd, Emperor Reman III remembered that he had agreed to this several months before and forgotten about it. One combatant was the Potentate's son, Savirien-Chorak, a glistening ivory-yellow eel, gripping his katana and wakizashi with his thin, deceptively weak looking arms. The other was the Emperor's son, Prince Juilek, in ebony armor with a savage Orcish helm, shield and longsword at his side.

"This will be fascinating to watch," hissed the Potentate, a wide grin across his narrow face. "I don't know if I've even seen a Cyrodiil fight an Akavir like this. Usually it's army against army. At last we can settle which philosophy is better -- to create armor to combat swords as your people do, or to create swords to combat armor as mine do."