Today is Sundas, the 20th of Rain's Hand. All along the seaside of Hammerfell, no one leaves their houses today, on the Day of Shame. It is said that the Crimson Ship, a vessel filled with victims of the Knahaten Plague who were refused refuge hundreds of years ago, will return on this day.
Sarthes Arai is a Dunmer adventurer and Agent of the Blades. He was an orphan raised by the Tribunal Temple of Morrowind, and was taught the ancient dunmeric traditions. He also had strong ties to the Empire, and supported it and its Divines as well. Although he showed great faith for Almsivi, he secretly even followed the Ancestor Cult of his nomadic kinsmen and worshipped the Daedric Princes.
Gorgon gro-Unsha is an Orc warrior. Together with his mother Unsha, he grew up as a slave to a crazy altmeri wizard. It soon became apparent that Gorgon had a natural resistance to magic, which he used to slay his master and free himself from slavery. He despises all forms of magic and tries to fight them whenever possible.