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Third Empire
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Founding - 3E 0
Capital Imperial City
Location Tamriel (Septim Dynasty, Stormcrown Interregnum)

Cyrodiil, Skyrim, High Rock (Mede Dynasty)
Common languages Cyrodilic
Religions
Government Absolute monarchy
Preceded By Succeeded By

The Third Empire (also called the Septim Empire,[1] Tamrielic Empire,[2][3] Holy Cyrodiilic Empire of Tamriel,[4] and the Glorious Empire)[5] was declared by Tiber Septim in 2E 854 after the chaos of the Interregnum, and was forged through a decades-long conflict to unite Tamriel known as the Tiber War.[6] It lasted throughout the whole of the Third Era and two centuries into the Fourth Era, when it began to decline.

Septim DynastyEdit

 
Emperor Tiber Septim

The Septim Dynasty was founded by Tiber Septim upon using Numidium to conquer the whole of Tamriel, after which he declared the start of a new era, 3E 0.[7] His rule of 38 years was prosperous and relatively peaceful. His grandson Pelagius succeeded him, and was poised to continue the golden age, until he was assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood after reigning for less than three years.[7] Pelagius had no living children, thus the Ruby Throne passed to Tiber's niece, Kintyra, in 3E 41. Kintyra and her son, Uriel, were successful rulers who achieved a level of unity within the Empire that would not be equaled for centuries.[8] Uriel II, who took the throne in 3E 64, had his 18-year reign blighted by plagues and insurrections, and accomplished little during his rule. Instead, he left many problems, and a great deal of debt, to Pelagius II. In response, Pelagius dismissed the entire Elder Council and allowed only those who paid a princely sum to return to their seats. While this tactic brought some prosperity back to Tamriel, it ended when Pelagius was poisoned in 3E 98, purportedly by a disgruntled former Council member.[9] His son, Antiochus, was more interested in debauchery than politics, known across the Empire as a womanizer even before taking the throne. His reign was marred by civil war and other conflicts, and the province of Summerset was almost lost to invading Maormer in 3E 110. Antiochus died in 3E 120, leaving the throne to his daughter, Kintyra II. The succession was contested by Antiochus' nephew and sister and would lead to civil war.[10]

In 3E 121, Kintyra II was imprisoned by Potema, the infamous Wolf Queen of Solitude, and murdered two years later. This triggered the War of the Red Diamond, a civil war between Potema and her son Uriel III on one side, and Potema's brothers Cephorus and Magnus on the other. Cephorus defeated Uriel III at the Battle of Ichidag, and Uriel III was captured but killed by a mob while en route to the Imperial City to stand trial, so Cephorus was proclaimed emperor.[9][1]

The Empire gained and lost power and land unpredictably during the next century until the rise of Katariah Ra'Athim. The first (and only) Elven ruler of the Empire, Katariah was the first in 100 years to secure a steady, iron grip over most of Tamriel, save Black Marsh. Ultimately, this would be the Empress' undoing, as she died in 3E 200 in a minor skirmish in Black Marsh.[11]

Another civil war broke out after the Elder Council voted to disinherit Andorak, the son of Uriel IV, and offer the Imperial crown to his cousin Cephorus instead, as they considered Cephorus to be more closely related to the true Septim bloodline. The war lasted nine years until Andorak was mollified by the offer of the throne of Shornhelm in High Rock.

After acceding to the throne in 3E 268, Uriel V led the conquests of Roscrea, Cathnoquey, Yneslea, and Esroniet, as well as the Tamrielic Invasion of Akavir, but he was killed during the invasion of Akavir.[12][13] Uriel V's son Uriel VI was crowned after his father's death but was unable to take the throne until 3E 307, due to his young age at the time of his father's death and his mother Thonica's attempts to stay in power as regent. When Uriel VI fell from his horse and died in 3E 313, his half-sister came to power as Empress Morihatha. Morihatha slowly brought her rebellious vassals back under imperial control, and by the end of her reign in 3E 339, Tamriel was nearing a sort of unity. Her nephew, Pelagius IV, continued his aunt's work, bringing the Empire closer to unity than it had been since the days of Uriel I.[8]

Uriel VII, son of Pelagius IV, came to power after his father's death in 3E 368. In 3E 389, Uriel VII's battlemage, Jagar Tharn, managed to imprison the Emperor in a dimension of Tharn's own creation. For ten years, a period later known as the Imperial Simulacrum, Tharn ruled in Uriel's place, but showing none of the latter's wisdom. Before Tharn could entirely drive the Empire into the ground, Uriel was rescued and restored to the throne in 3E 399.[1]

Contemporarily to this period, some institutions of the Empire were suspended in so-called Pocket Universe, to achieve a state of immaculate virtual reality. One such institution was Battlespire, the proving ground and sophisticated war college of prospective Imperial Battlemages; located deep in the ethereal plane.[14]

The Empire recovered from Tharn's deceit, and Uriel VII united the Empire for the first time in centuries. By the end of the Imperial Simulacrum, Warp in the West, and the Vvardenfell Crisis, the Empire was even closer to unity than at the end of Pelagius IV's reign. After his assassination in 3E 433, Uriel VII's illegitimate son, Martin Septim, ended the Oblivion Crisis, the Third Era, and the Septim Dynasty.

High Chancellor Ocato became Potentate Ocato when no candidate to replace Martin could be found. Ocato kept the Empire more or less intact in the tumultuous years after the Oblivion Crisis, but was assassinated circa 4E 15, which ushered in the seven-year Stormcrown Interregnum.[15]

Mede DynastyEdit

 
Emperor Titus Mede II

At some point in the seven years following Ocato's assassination, a Nibenese witch-warrior named Thules the Gibbering was crowned Emperor, although he was not well liked by the people, the Elder Council favored him over Titus Mede, a Colovian warlord who sought the throne. Eventually, in 4E 22, Titus Mede captured the Imperial City from Thules and crowned himself the first emperor of the Mede Dynasty, eventually persuading the Elder Council to accept him as a liberator rather than a conqueror.[15][16]

During his rule, the province of Hammerfell was reclaimed, alongside the city-states of Leyawiin and Bravil.[15][17]

In 4E 168, Emperor Titus Mede II acceded to the throne. The Empire was at that time a shadow of its former glory. Valenwood and Elsweyr had been lost to the Aldmeri Dominion[15], and Black Marsh had been lost to Imperial rule since the Oblivion Crisis. Morrowind had yet to fully recover from the eruption of Red Mountain, and had ceased to be an Imperial territory at some point prior to 4E 48.[18][17]:109[16]:16 Hammerfell was plagued by infighting between the Crowns and Forebears. Only High Rock, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim remained prosperous and peaceful.[19]

In 4E 171, the Great War began when armies from the Aldmeri Dominion invaded the Imperial provinces of Hammerfell and Cyrodiil after Titus II rejected an ultimatum to make massive concessions to the Thalmor. An army led by Thalmor general Lord Naarifin emerged from hidden camps in northern Elsweyr and assaulted southern Cyrodiil, flanking Imperial defenses along the Valenwood border. Leyawiin fell to the invaders, and Bravil was surrounded and besieged. Simultaneously, an army under Lady Arannelya crossed western Cyrodiil, bypassing Anvil and Kvatch and entering Hammerfell. This army was joined by smaller forces landing on Hammerfell's coast. Imperial troops were forced into retreat across the Alik'r Desert. The Imperial City was besieged, and fell after the Emperor fled with the remnants of his army to Skyrim. The war ended a year later with the liberation of the Imperial City after the Battle Of The Red Ring, and with the subsequent Imperial acceptance of the White-Gold Concordat. This treaty contained terms almost identical to those rejected before the war, specifically the outlaw of Talos worship, which became one of the main causes of the Stormcloak Rebellion in Skyrim. The Empire was forced to cede Hammerfell after the Redguards refused to give up large sections of their land, and the Redguards continued the war against the Dominion alone until the two sides signed the Second Treaty of Stros M'Kai in 4E 180. This left the Empire in a diminished and less stable condition, though it retained control of the provinces of Cyrodiil, High Rock, and Skyrim.[19]

In 4E 201, the Stormcloak Rebellion broke out in Skyrim. The belligerents were the Stormcloaks, led by Ulfric Stormcloak, who fought for the independence of Skyrim, and the Empire's Imperial Legion forces, led by General Tullius, with the intention of holding the Empire together in the face of growing political tensions between them and the Thalmor.[20]

Known RulersEdit

Name Born Race Crowned Died, Deposed, Abdicated,
or Office Abolished		 Additional Information
Pre-unification
Cuhlecain  ? 2E 854[6][nb 1] 2E 854[6] King of Falkreath, who conquered and unified Cyrodiil. Assassinated by an uncertain perpetrator.[nb 2]
Third Empire — Septim Dynasty
Tiber Septim 2E 828[21] 2E 854[6] 3E 38[7][22] General of Cuhlecain. Founded the Third Empire and Septim Dynasty. During the first forty-two years of his reign, he oversaw the conquest and unification of Tamriel in the Tiber War. At the conclusion of the Tiber War, he proclaimed the beginning of the Third Era.
Pelagius Septim I[nb 3]  ? 3E 38[7][22] 3E 41[7][23][24] Assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood.[7]
Kintyra Septim I ? 3E 41[7][23][24] 3E 53[22][14]:16 First cousin of Pelagius I and daughter of Tiber's brother Agnorith. Her accession marked the end of the direct dynastic line of Tiber Septim.
Uriel Septim I ? 3E 53[22][14]:16 3E 64[7][22] Son of Kintyra I. He was the great lawmaker of the Septim Dynasty and a promoter of independent organizations and guilds.
Uriel Septim II 3E ? 3E 64[7][22] 3E 82[7][25][22] Son of Uriel I. His reign was beset by blights, plagues, and insurrections, and his poor management of the Empire's financial policies left the Empire bankrupt and in debt by the end of his reign.
Pelagius Septim II 3E ? 3E 82[7][25][22] 3E 98[26][22][nb 4] Son of Uriel II. He dismissed the entire Elder Council and allowed only those willing to pay great sums of money to sit on the council. By the end of his reign, he fixed the Empire's financial situation. Believed to have been poisoned by a former member of the Elder Council.[9]
Antiochus Septim 3E 51[9] 3E 99[23][9][27][nb 5] 3E 120[28][29][nb 6] Son of Pelagius II. He was considered one of the most flamboyant members of the typically austere Septim family. His reign was plagued by civil wars and discontent among some of the provincial kings and queens.
Kintyra Septim II 3E 104[27] 3E 120[10][29] 3E 121[29][30][22] (deposed)

3E 123[7][23][31][nb 7] (died)

 Daughter of Antiochus. Her cousin, Uriel Mantiarco, accused her of being a bastard who was not fathered by Antiochus, which ultimately led to the outbreak of the War of the Red Diamond.
Uriel Septim III 3E 97[9] 3E 121[7][30][23] 3E 127[23][32][11] Born Uriel Mantiarco, he later took the surname of his mother, Potema. He captured and imprisoned Kintyra II at Glenpoint so he could be crowned emperor and later had her executed. During the War of the Red Diamond, only half of the provinces supported him, while the rest supported his uncles, Cephorus and Magnus, who allied to oppose him.
Cephorus Septim I 3E 77[26] 3E 127[32][11][22] 3E 140[32][11] Son of Pelagius II. He defeated Uriel III at the Battle of Ichidag and was crowned emperor after Uriel III's death. His accession marked the end of the War of the Red Diamond, but he spent the next decade fighting Potema until her death at the Siege of Solitude.
Magnus Septim 3E 79[26] 3E 140[32][23] 3E 145[32][29] Son of Pelagius II. He was already elderly when his reign began, and the duty of punishing the traitorous kings of the War of the Red Diamond drained much of his remaining strength.
Pelagius Septim III "the Mad"[11] 3E 119[29] Breton 3E 145[29][11][9] 3E 153[11][29][23] Son of Magnus Septim. He was known for his eccentricities of behavior and, later, his madness. Due to his madness, he never truly ruled; instead, his wife Katariah and the Elder Council made all the decisions.
Katariah Ra'Athim ? Dunmer 3E 147[22][29] (appointed empress regent)

3E 153[11][29] (official coronation)

 3E 200[11][29][23][nb 8] Katariah was the consort of Pelagius III and assumed the position of empress regent after he was sent to an asylum. During her reign, she repaired many of the broken alliances and poor diplomatic relations caused by previous emperors, and she was popular with the common people.
Cassynder Septim c. 3E 150[29] Dunmer-Breton 3E 200[11][23] 3E 202[11][23][nb 9] Son of Pelagius III and Katariah. He was described as "half-elven."[11] He assumed the throne in bad health, so his reign only lasted two years.
Uriel Septim IV 3E ? Dunmer-Breton 3E 202[11][23][nb 9] 3E 247[13][23][22][nb 10] Born Uriel Lariat, he was the son of Katariah and her Breton consort, Gallivere Lariat. His only relation to the Septims was his half-brother Cassynder. Uriel IV was legally a Septim; Cassynder had adopted him into the royal family when he became King of Wayrest.[11] His reign was a long and difficult one in which the Elder Council assumed more and more powers.
Cephorus Septim II 3E ? Nord[33] 3E 247[13][23][22][nb 11] 3E 268[13][23] The Elder Council disinherited Uriel IV's son Andorak, and Cephorus, a family member more closely related to the original Septim line, was proclaimed emperor.[nb 12] Andorak's supporters battled the Imperial Army, leading to Andorak receiving the Kingdom of Shornhelm in order to end the war. His poor response to the Camoran Usurper's Invasion increased antipathy towards the seemingly ineffectual Empire.
Uriel Septim V 3E ? 3E 268[13][23] 3E 290[13][12][22] Son of Cephorus II. During his reign, he led the conquests of Roscrea, Cathnoquey, Yneslea, and Esroniet, as well as the Tamrielic Invasion of Akavir. While he was absent, civil wars continued.
Empress Regent Thonica 3E ? 3E 290[8] 3E 307[8][23] Consort of Uriel V. Uriel VI was too young to rule in his own right when he was crowned, so his mother, Thonica, ruled as regent. He was eventually allowed to assume full imperial powers in 3E 307, ending her regency. During her reign, civil wars continued.
Uriel Septim VI 3E 285[8] 3E 290[8][22] (crowned)

3E 307[8][23] (end of regency)

 3E 313[8][UOL 1] Son of Uriel V. He was originally an emperor only in name, and only had the power of the imperial veto. By 3E 313, he was able to reassert the emperor's power and authority by using the imperial veto and defunct spy networks to coerce difficult members of the Elder Council. During his reign, civil wars continued.
Morihatha Septim 3E 288[8] 3E 313[8][UOL 1] 3E 339[8][22] Daughter of Uriel V. She placed the Imperial Province under the direct control of the emperor and ended the series of civil wars that had begun under her grandfather, Cephorus II, as she slowly claimed back her rebellious vassals. Assassinated by assassins hired by Councilor Thoricles Romus.[8]
Pelagius Septim IV 3E 314[8] 3E 339[8][22] 3E 368[8][22][34][nb 13] Nephew of Morihatha. He continued the efforts to reunite Tamriel. By the end of Pelagius' reign, Tamriel was closer to unity than it had been since the days of Uriel I.[8]
Uriel Septim VII 3E 346[22] Imperial 3E 368[8][22][34][nb 13] 3E 389[23][8][35] Son of Pelagius IV. He continued the efforts to reunite Tamriel.
Third Empire — Imperial Simulacrum
Jagar Tharn ? Multiracial 3E 389[35][8] 3E 399[8][35] Imperial Battlemage of Tamriel, who in 3E 389, imprisoned Uriel VII in Oblivion and used illusion magic to masquerade as the Emperor for a decade. During his reign, there were a number of regional wars due to the decline of Imperial authority during his reign.
Third Empire — Restoration
Uriel Septim VII 3E 346[22] Imperial 3E 399[35][22] 3E 433[36][37] Restored to the Ruby Throne following the defeat of Jagar Tharn. Following his restoration, he renewed his efforts to reunite Tamriel. Assassinated by the Mythic Dawn.[37]
Martin Septim 3E ? Imperial 3E 433[37][38] 3E 433[37][38] Martin was an illegitimate son of Uriel VII and was crowned shortly after his father's death. His only act as emperor was to sacrifice himself in order to defeat Mehrunes Dagon and end the Oblivion Crisis.
Third Empire — Non-dynastic
Potentate Ocato of Firsthold ? Altmer 4E 1[39] c. 4E 15[40][nb 14] Ocato was originally the High Chancellor of the Elder Council, but he reluctantly assumed the position of potentate after the failure to select a new emperor. Believed to have been assassinated by the Thalmor.[40]
Third Empire — Stormcrown Interregnum
Thules "the Gibbering" ? Imperial 4E ? c. 4E 22[16]:96[40] Nibenese witch-warrior, who assumed control of the Empire at some point during the Stormcrown Interregnum. He was not a well-liked ruler, but nonetheless, he was favored by the Elder Council over the Colovian warlord Titus Mede.
Third Empire — Mede Dynasty
Titus Mede I  ? Imperial c. 4E 22[40] After 4E 48[16] Colovian warlord, who deposed Thules the Gibbering and founded the Mede Dynasty. During his reign, he worked to stabilize and rebuild the Empire, although he was never able to reestablish imperial control over all of Tamriel.
Attrebus Mede[nb 15] 4E 26[17]:105 Imperial 4E ? 4E ? Son of Titus Mede I.
Unknown[nb 16]  ? 4E ? 4E 168[19] Mede Emperor, who is said to have left a weakened empire.[19]
Titus Mede II 4E ? Imperial 4E 168[19] 4E 201[41] He led the Empire through the Great War against the Aldmeri Dominion, but after four years of fighting, the Empire was in no shape to continue the war, forcing Titus II to sign the controversial White-Gold Concordat, which banned Talos worship and caused the Empire to have to cede Hammerfell. The ban on Talos worship eventually led to the outbreak of the Stormcloak Rebellion.

NotesEdit

  1. ^ Cuhlecain proclaimed himself emperor upon capturing the Imperial City, but he was assassinated before he could be formally crowned. His successor, Tiber Septim, later honored Cuhlecain as "Emperor Zero".
  2. ^ Who was responsible for the assassination of Cuhlecain is controversial. The Pocket Guide to the Empire, 1st Edition states that Cuhlecain was assassinated by a nightblade from the Western Reach, while The Arcturian Heresy states that Tiber Septim assassinated Cuhlecain and covered it up by claiming that a nightblade from the Western Reach was actually behind the assassination.[6][21]
  3. ^ There is some disagreement regarding Pelagius' relationship with Tiber Septim. A version of Brief History of the Empire and the Biography of Barenziah refer to Pelagius as Tiber's son, but a revised version of Brief History of the Empire, Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition, and The Arcturian Heresy refer to Pelagius as Tiber's grandson. Additionally, the original version of The Real Barenziah refers to Pelagius as Tiber's son, while the revised version of the book instead refers to him as both Tiber's grandson and son, directly contradicting itself. The Real Barenziah suggests that Tiber's wife, simply referred to as the Empress, had multiple children. The likeliest explanations include that Tiber and his wife had female children otherwise unrecorded in history. Other possibilities include that the Empress had children that were not Tiber's children, that the two of them had secret offspring, or simply a mistake on the part of the author. Regardless, the throne ended up with Kintyra I.
  4. ^ The Third Era Timeline and Biography of the Wolf Queen both state that Pelagius' reign ended in 3E 99; this is likely a rounded figure, however, as The Wolf Queen states that he died on the 15th of Evening Star, 3E 98 (Evening Star is the last month in the year). The Daggerfall Chronicles also places the death of Pelagius in 3E 98.
  5. ^ The Wolf Queen, The Third Era Timeline, and Biography of the Wolf Queen state that Antiochus was crowned in 3E 99. The Daggerfall Chronicles states that he was crowned in 3E 98. And Brief History of the Empire states Antiochus assumed the throne twelve years prior to 3E 110, which also places his accession in 3E 98.
  6. ^ The Wolf Queen, v5 states that Antiochus fell into a coma in 3E 119 and that his funeral was in 3E 120. The Madness of Pelagius states that Antiochus died when Pelagius was just over a year old (Pelagius was born in 3E 119), which places Antiochus' death in 3E 120. Both books are contradicted by the Biography of the Wolf Queen, which explicitly places his death in 3E 112. The year 3E 120 can be assumed to be correct, since more sources state that to be the correct year.
  7. ^ There is uncertainty over the date of Kintyra's death. According to the Biography of the Wolf Queen, Kinytra was executed in 3E 114, but The Third Era Timeline refers to this date as the "reported death of Empress Kintyra II". The Wolf Queen lists 3E 121 and 3E 125 as possible years for Kinytra's execution, while The Third Era Timeline and Broken Diamonds state that her death occurred on the 23rd of Frostfall, 3E 123. According to Brief History of the Empire, Kintyra was imprisoned for two years after her capture and then killed, placing her death in 3E 123. As more sources confirm 3E 123 as the year of Kintyra's death, this can be assumed to be correct.
  8. ^ Both Brief History of the Empire and The Madness of Pelagius put the length of Katariah's reign at forty-six years, and The Third Era Timeline puts her death in 3E 200. A possible explanation of the stated length of Katariah's reign by Brief History of the Empire and The Madness of Pelagius could be that Katariah's reign began in late 3E 153 but ended in early 3E 200, meaning that her reign may have in reality lasted forty-six years and some months, but not quite forty-seven years.
  9. ^ a b Brief History of the Empire makes two contradictory statements regarding Cassynder's year of death. First, it says that "in two years, [after his reign began] he was dead"; In the next volume, however, it contradicts itself by saying that Cassynder died "three years after [his accession]". It is likely that the second statement is incorrect, as The Third Era Timeline lists Cassynder's death as occurring in 3E 202, which is two years after he became emperor.
  10. ^ Brief History of the Empire states that Uriel IV's reign lasted 43 years, but this is clearly an error since both The Daggerfall Chronicles and The Third Era Timeline place Uriel's death in 3E 247 and Brief History of the Empire places the accession of Uriel's successor Cephorus II in 3E 247.
  11. ^ Although Brief History of the Empire states Cephorus II became emperor in 3E 268, this is obviously an error and was corrected in a revised version of the book. The same book states that Uriel Septim V also became emperor in 3E 268, so it is more logical to assume that 3E 247 is the correct year. The Daggerfall Chronicles and The Third Era Timeline both use 3E 247 as the date of Cephorus' accession.
  12. ^ Cephorus is described as "a cousin more closely related to the original Septim line", although his precise line of descent is not clear.
  13. ^ a b Brief History of the Empire states that Pelagius reigned for 49 years, but this has been acknowledged as an error - the correct span is 29 years.
  14. ^ Ocato's death and the subsequent beginning of the Stormcrown Interregnum are never given precise dates. In Rising Threat, the accession of Titus Mede I and therefore the end of the Stormcrown Interregnum, which lasted for seven years, is placed around the same time as the Thalmor takeover of the Summerset Isles, which The Great War states occurred in 4E 22. Dating seven years back from this date yields the year 4E 15.
  15. ^ Although it is never stated that Attrebus Mede succeeded his father as emperor, it can be assumed that he did because he was crown prince as of 4E 48; there was no indication of other heirs to the throne at the time, and the Mede Dynasty remained the ruling imperial dynasty until at least the end of Titus II's reign.
  16. ^ It is unknown how many Mede Emperors reigned between Attrebus and Titus II. Given the 142-year gap between Attrebus' birth in 4E 26 and Titus II's accession to the throne in 4E 168, and the fact that Titus II is stated to have inherited the Empire, it is inferable that at least one Mede reigned as emperor between Attrebus and Titus II.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c Brief History of the Empire — Stronach k'Thojj III
  2. ^ Geography of Morrowind dialogue option in Morrowind
  3. ^ Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition: The Seat of Sundered Kings: Foreword — Imperial Geographical Society, 3E 432
  4. ^ The Wolf Queen, v1 — Waughin Jarth
  5. ^ Imperial dialogue option in Morrowind
  6. ^ a b c d e Pocket Guide to the Empire, 1st Edition: Cyrodiil — Imperial Geographical Society, 2E 864
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Brief History of the Empire v 1 — Stronach k'Thojj III
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Brief History of the Empire v 4 — Stronach k'Thojj III
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Biography of the Wolf Queen — Katar Eriphanes
  10. ^ a b The Wolf Queen, v6 — Waughin Jarth
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Brief History of the Empire v 2 — Stronach k'Thojj III
  12. ^ a b Report: Disaster at Ionith — Lord Pottreid, Chairman
  13. ^ a b c d e f Brief History of the Empire v 3 — Stronach k'Thojj III
  14. ^ a b c Battlespire Athenaeum — Ronald Wartow
  15. ^ a b c d Rising Threat — Lathenil of Sunhold
  16. ^ a b c d Lord of Souls — Greg Keyes
  17. ^ a b c The Infernal City — Greg Keyes
  18. ^ Adril Arano's dialogue in Skyrim: Dragonborn
  19. ^ a b c d e The Great War — Legate Justianus Quintius
  20. ^ Events of Skyrim
  21. ^ a b The Arcturian Heresy — The Underking, Ysmir Kingmaker
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Tamriel's Timeline, The Daggerfall Chronicles — Ronald Wartow
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s The Third Era Timeline — Jaspus Ignateous
  24. ^ a b Amaund Motierre's dialogue in Skyrim
  25. ^ a b The Wolf Queen, v2 — Waughin Jarth
  26. ^ a b c The Wolf Queen, v3 — Waughin Jarth
  27. ^ a b The Wolf Queen, v4 — Waughin Jarth
  28. ^ The Wolf Queen, v5 — Waughin Jarth
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The Madness of Pelagius — Tsathenes
  30. ^ a b The Wolf Queen, v7 — Waughin Jarth
  31. ^ Broken Diamonds — Ryston Baylor
  32. ^ a b c d e The Wolf Queen, v8 — Waughin Jarth
  33. ^ The Fall of the Usurper — Palaux Illthre
  34. ^ a b Elderscrolls.com Archive/Timeline
  35. ^ a b c d A Life of Uriel Septim VII — Rufus Hayn
  36. ^ Assassination!
  37. ^ a b c d The Oblivion Crisis — Praxis Sarcorum, Imperial Historian
  38. ^ a b Events of Light the Dragonfires in Oblivion
  39. ^ Rising Threat, Vol. III — Lathenil of Sunhold
  40. ^ a b c d Rising Threat, Vol. IV — Lathenil of Sunhold
  41. ^ Events of Hail Sithis! in Skyrim

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.

  1. ^ a b Xanathar's Library Archive/History
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