gretzky99 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Note...I am putting this in just for historical purposes, plus readers can see how much or little ideas have changed since then! SKYRIM Skyrim, also known as known as The Old Kingdom or The Fatherland, was the first region of Tamriel settled by humans: the hardy, brave, warlike Nords, whose descendants still occupy this rugged land, and, although somewhat reduced from the legendary reknown of their forebears of old, the Nords of the pure blood still unquestionably surpass the mixed races in all the manly virtues. Exactly when the Nords first crossed the ice-choked Sea of Ghosts from Atmora, their original homeland, is uncertain. As recorded in the Song of Return, Ysgramor and his family first landed in Tamriel at Hsaarik Head, at the extreme northern tip of Skyrim's Broken Cape, fleeing civil war in Atmora (then rather warmer than at present as it seems to have supported a substantial population). These first settlers named the land "Mereth", after the elves which roamed the untamed wilderness which then covered the whole of Tamriel. For a time, relations between men and elves harmonious, and the Nords thrived in the new land, summoning more of their kin from the North to build the city of Saarthal, the site of which has recently been located by Imperial archeologists in the vicinity of modern Winterhold. But the elves saw that the vital young race would soon surpass their stagnant culture if left unchecked, and fell upon the unsuspecting Nords, in the infamous Night of Tears; Saarthal was burned, and only Ysgramor and two of his sons fought free of the carnage and escaped to Atmora. The Elves, however, had reckoned without the indomitable spirit of the Nords. Gathering his legendary Five Hundred Companions (whose names are still recited every Thirteenth of Sun's Dawn at the Feast of the Dead in Windhelm), Ysgramor returned to Tamriel ith a vengeance, driving the Elves out of Skyrim, and laying the foundations of the first human Empire. To Be Continued... Edited December 5, 2011 by gretzky99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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