103 days left - The Liberation Of Cyrodiil

The first humans who lived in Cyrodiil were either killed or enslaved by the Ayleids. The ones who were enslaved were oppressed by their masters and had very little freedom to do what they wanted. Saint Alessia was born around 1E 200, in a human tribe that was close to the Ayleid city Sardavar Leed in Cyrodiil. Since the Ayleids worshiped Daedra, Alessia turned to the Aedra Akatosh for aid. Akatosh looked at the humans and saw their pain. He drew blood from his own heart and blessed Alessia with the blood of Dragons, and promised that as long as the Alessia's generations were true to the dragon blood, Akatosh would seal the gates of oblivion and make sure that no Daedra would aid the Ayleids.

Akatosh gave Alessia the Amulet of Kings, an amulet with a large red diamond surrounded by eight other gems. Each of the smaller gems represent the Aedra of the Eight Divines, and the red diamond collects the soul of all Alessia's generations. It is important to note that this was before Talos became an Aedra, and therefor it is not nine smaller gems that surround the diamond. In a way you could say that the Amulet of Kings is a soul gem for the Dragonborn.

Alessia began to gather an army to overthrow their elven oppressors. With the help of Kyne's son Morihaus and the human slaves, she managed to take some land away from the Ayleids. Alessia's army consisted of slaves, warriors from Skyrim and Ayleid lords who had switched sides. In 1E 242, the immortal warrior Pelinal Whitestrake walked into her camp covered in Ayleid blood. He became her second champion and after a while they had conquered the eastern side of the Niben.

Pelinal Whitestrake was a rather odd person. His name means "Glorious Knight" and there is a lot of stories about the warrior. Apparently he hated all elves and once slaughtered an entire village of Khajiit before realizing that they were not elven. Many think of him as a hero, but there is also a lot of people who see him as a madman and murderer.

The armies of Alessia arrived at the White Gold Tower in 1E 243. The Tower was guarded by Ayleid lords and Aurorans. The Aurorans are from the realm of the Daedra Meridia, and were summoned by the Ayleids to fight by their side. Umaril The Unfeathered was half elven and half Auroran. He served as the Ayleids champion. When the White Gold Tower was under siege, Umaril taunted Pelinal. This made the Alessian champion frustrated and he ran into the tower alone and slaughtered it's guards. Umaril had prepared a trap and sent his best soldiers to battle the warrior, knowing that they would die. Pelinal was injured when he finally battled Umaril alone. It did not stop him from slaughtering the demon, but his victory was short lived. Pelinal Whitestrake was cut into eight parts by the Ayleid lords before the Alessian army stormed the tower.

After the fall of the White Golden Tower there were still Ayleids in Cyrodiil, but they were scattered and the ones who did not flee south were killed. Alessia declared herself empress of the new Cyrodiilic empire. She also created the religion of the Eight Divines (the present Nine Divines), which was a mix between Nordic and elven religion. It is why many gods have different names in Skyrim, because many still believe in the old versions.

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