Chapter 15: Ladies and Gentlemen!
Announcer
Good people, by the grace of our liege lord Naarifin, I welcome you back to the Arena! Because nothing unites man and mer like the spectacle of glorious bloodshed!
Tyr
This is not bringing back happy memories.
Cassia
It'll be fun. Just like old times.
Announcer
Let the games begin!
Tyr
Now here we go! Let's grab some weapons off the wall and get to work!
Player
The crew defeats various combatants.
Announcer
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. All hail the combatants from the blue team!
Swims-at-Night
Great. Let's get out of here while they're collecting their winnings.
Chapter 16: The Restless Dead
Laaneth
Are you sure these crypts will lead us right into the White-Gold Tower?
Swims-at-Night
Are you doubting the greatest smuggler in Tamriel?
Cassia
It's crawling with the undead.
Swims-at-Night
Well, if they were safe, everyone would use them.
Player
Our heroes face down progressively stronger undead.
Laaneth
I sense mystical power within that altar. Perhaps it can quiet the dead.
Player
Eventually the undead are defeated.
Kellen
Amidst the broken bones of the fallen, the hero spotted an ancient grimoire, filled with the dread secrets of necromancy.
Isha
Dared they meddle with such foul magic?
| Chooses Take Kellen Foul, yes... but strong. And those were dire times. | Chooses Destroy Kellen No. Some gifts carry too terrible a price. |
Interlude
Kellen
Swims-at-Night had been as good as his word. The tunnel led the adventurers straight into the White-Gold Tower.
Tyr
This must be Lord Naarifin's study.
Laaneth
Look!
The Orb of Vaermina! That's how they're tracking the army!
Tyr
Urk!
Lord Naarifin
So it is. And I'd like you to step away from it very slowly.
Laaneth
Naarifin!
Lord Naarifin
And you are the one who escaped from my temple.
Give me the orb, please... or your friend dies now.
Tyr
Don't do it!
Kellen
The hero had to make a terrible choice.
Choose Tyr
Lord Naarifin
Thank you kindly.
Tyr
No!
Reive
Rraagh!
Lord Naarifin
(Gasps)
You fool!
Now you will die.
Choose Orb
Reive
So be it!
Tyr
Aaargh!
Cassia
Tyr!
Lord Naarifin
Reive, kill them all.
Reive
With pleasure.
Chapter 17: Reive's Wrath
Player
A fight ensues between the player, their crew, and the servants of Lord Naarifin.
Reive
Lord Boethiah has granted me Goldbrand, her greatest weapon, to end your miserable life!
Player
The Player defeats Reive once again, and gains Goldbrand in the process.
If the Player chose to save Tyr
Cassia
He's hurt, but he'll live.
Laaneth
He's in no shape to travel.
Tyr
Leave me. You need to get back to the Emperor.
Swims-at-Night
Ever the tough guy. Come. Naarifin will have roused a hundred swords by now.
If the Player chose to grab the Orb
Cassia
You threw his life away! How could you?!
Laaneth
His death may already have saved thousands of lives.
Swims-at-Night
Mmmm. We have to go. Naarifin will have unleashed a hundred swords by now.
Chapter 18: A Knife in the Dark
Player
The heroes make their way back to the Emperor's camp in Skyrim.
Swims-at-Night
Look, the emperor's guards...
...someone's killed them!
Player
Bosmer assassins come out of the shadows and are defeated.
Healer
Thank the Divines. The emperor will live. Thanks to you.
Laaneth
He's in no shape to lead the assault.
Emperor
No. The troops... must believe the emperor is strong.
Stranger. You have proven a mighty warrior. Here, take my armor. In my helm, none will know who you are. Lead the battle in my stead. The fate of the Empire is in your hands.
Chapter 19: Seige of the Imperial City
Kellen
Free from prying eyes, the Imperial forces launched a surprise attack from the West, followed by a similar attack from Cheydinhal. The hero would then lead the charge to the city gates.
Laaneth
Well, in that armor you certainly look like the emperor.
Cassia
Form up on the emperor! Charge!
Alright, troops. Our job is to take that gate, and fast!
Player
The Player leads the assault on the gates of the city, disguised as the Emperor.
Cassia
We're through! Come on, we've got to find Naarifin before it's too late.
Chapter 20: The Showdown
Laaneth
Naarifin!
Lord Naarifin
Well, well. The emperor himself. Come to - what? Duel me? You think you can stop me, is that it? Fool.
Look around you! The Culling has begun. I will unleash the fires of Oblivion tonight - after I've added your body to the pyre!
Player
After a tough battle, Naarifin is defeated.
Lord Naarifin
Such might... You're not the emperor. You're the one who killed Reive!
Epilogue
Kellen
And so the city was saved.
The people hailed the emperor as a hero, little suspecting who their true savior was.
Kellen
The forgotten hero quietly left the city, little realizing that even greater adventures were yet to come.
But that is a story for another evening.
Isha
How is this supposed to help us? Our warchief is dying. We need more than stories. We need-
Kellen
What you need is hope. I saw your warchief fight today in that ferocious mask of hers. As I think of it, it could have been anyone out there...
It could have been...
Isha
Me.
Kellen
Let's you and I pay our respects at the command tent. I have the strangest feeling that the warchief is about to make a miraculous recovery.
