Some way through the battle, Camiane arrives, riding the last known living and wearing the Ansei Diadem, which he proclaims will destroy Hammerfall and the Empire. After escaping the camp and returning to mainland, the Shezarrine rushes to the city of, where a great battle is raging. The Shezarrine is taken to an offshore Thalmor warcamp and held prisone. The Shezarrine seeks out a ship to venture to Pyandonea to recover the final piece of the crown, but is ambushed by the Thalmor Archmage, Camiane, who takes the crown. The Thalmor then begin their invasion, but the Shezarrine presses on in search of the jewel to complete the Diadem, learning it to be in the hands of the of. Shulnk, Uftnar's successor, pledges the Orsimer to the defence of Hammerfell due to the Shezarrine's great strength and courage. The Shezarrine challenges Uftnar to a duel of honour, and defeats him, taking the crown fragment. The Shezarrine enacts an important mission for the king, Uftnar, in exchange for the piece, but Uftnar does not uphold his bargain and keeps the piece. The Shezarrine is soon told that the other half of the crown is kept in the keep of as a prized smithing tool. As the Thalmor begin to blockade Hammerfell ports and the united Redguard people rally to the defences, the Shezarrine is tasked with locating the final two pieces of the Diadem. The Shezarrine finds little but loose ends, but discovers that Raysa is secretly the Crown Princess, and with the Thalmor invasion looming, the two look to diffuse relations between the Crowns and the Forebears, which backfires, culminating in a face-off of the two sides at Corten Mont, but a truce is finally met before the battle commences. The Shezarrine learns that the Diadem is shattered in to three parts and locates the first part (half of the crown) within an Alik'r tomb. Gifted with some of Casitun's knowledge, the Shezarrine sets out to uncover the Thalmor's plan with Hammerfell, delving in to dungeons and learning of the Thalmor's plan to secure an ancient relic somewhere in the province known as the 'Ansei Diadem', which is said to give the wielder catastrophic powers, as taught to the Shezarrine by Rolf, the last. Having learned of the Thalmor's plans of invasion, the Shezarrine is summoned to the court of Crown King Casitun, leader of the the Crowns, the sworn enemies of The Forebears. The Shezarrine, after capturing a Thalmor agent, learns of the Dominion's plan to invade Hammerfell for a specific purpose yet unknown to the agent. The protagonist quickly gains the favour of the Forebears and their leader, Baron Taraas, and is dubbed the 'Shezarrine' by the Forebears' mystic as they investiage the Thalmor presence in Hammerfell. The protagonist learns of war on the horizon as they arrive on the shores of Hammerfell, escaping Alik'r bandits with the assistance of a young traveller named Raysa. Tensions have been high between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion following the Last Dragonborn's disappearance to Akavir two years after the Dragon Crisis, and Tamriel is now on the brink of the Second Great War, with the Aldmeri Dominion preparing for invasion.Īn adventurer arises, and becomes known as the Shezarrine, tasked with uniting the warring factions of Hammerfell and eradicating the Aldmeri threat from the province. Thirty-two years have passed since the events of Skyrim, and it is now 4E 233.

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