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First, let me go over some of the general information I know.
This information isn't necessarily accurate, because even that roommate from my previous life, who was obsessed with The Elder Scrolls and had researched its history extensively, couldn't be sure if the information he told me was correct. It's highly controversial.
In any case, I'll use this understanding for now, as a starting point for reference.
It is said that this world's existence came from a "Head," which George now believed might be the head of this world's true Creator.
One day, this Head had a dream, and subsequently, the world split into Anu and Padomay.
They represent Eternity and Change, respectively.
The collision of Anu and Padomay produced the Aurbis, which is the universe The Elder Scrolls is set in.
Afterward, Anu split and produced the Time Dragon God, Akatosh, and Padomay split and produced the Serpent God, Lorkhan.
Lorkhan tricked Akatosh into creating the world, and thus, the planet Nirn was born.
During this period, Akatosh gave rise to a large number of Aedra, and Lorkhan gave rise to a large number of Daedra.
After creation was complete, some of the Aedra discovered that the world they had created was not as they had imagined. It was not eternal and unchanging, but was constantly in flux, and it was slowly trapping and eroding them.
The quickest to react was Magnus, the Aedra who served as the architect of creation. He swiftly led the Aedra in an escape from Nirn, fleeing into Aetherius to avoid being devoured by the new world.
The hole Magnus created as he broke through the void of Oblivion to escape to Aetherius formed the sun.
The holes created by the other Aedra formed the stars.
The remaining original spirits, the Aedra, began to merge into the world they had created.
Except for Akatosh and a few other powerful original spirits who could maintain their own infinity, the remaining spirits had to resort to procreation, condensing themselves into finite beings to enter the cycle of life and death.
The few original spirits who maintained their infinity are the Divines (Holy Spirits) that people in this world currently worship. They transformed into planets that orbit Nirn, protecting the world they created from being dragged into the domains of Oblivion by the Daedra.
The Daedra, hiding in Oblivion, were unaffected by the world's "devouring" and suffered no loss of power.
Because he was tricked into creation by Lorkhan, the Dragon God Akatosh's strength was greatly diminished. In a fit of rage, he tore apart the body he shared with Lorkhan.
He ripped out Lorkhan's heart and fixed it in Red Mountain on the continent of Morrowind. This process of tearing open the chest gave birth to the moons, which are the sundered halves of Lorkhan's body.
This is why Nirn is orbited by two moons.
After that came the Elven Era, the First Era, the Second Era, the Third Era, and the Fourth Era.
The time period he was currently in was the Fourth Era.
In this era, the Dragon God Akatosh had blessed a Dragonborn with a dragon soul, hoping they would eliminate the World-Eater, Alduin.
And this very blessed Dragonborn was sitting diagonally opposite him.
To avoid being discovered by Akatosh, George decided to play his current role well. He would get away from the Dragonborn afterward and slowly gather knowledge about this world.
Knowledge is power.
Ilúvatar had said that once one reaches the Single Universe level, if they want to expand their world and advance, they must either spend a long time grinding it out or learn new knowledge.
Even Ilúvatar, who was at the Multiverse level, had experienced another breakthrough in strength after exchanging knowledge with him and learning about many other worlds.
Therefore, his purpose for this new world's doppelganger remained the same... Learn, learn, learn!
"You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there."
Seeing the Dragonborn was awake, Ralof spoke in a familiar tone.
George heard this and didn't object, just nodded naturally.
That Dragonborn, however, had a look of complete confusion, clearly not understanding his current situation.
"Hey, horse thief. What village are you from?"
Seeing the young Dragonborn remain silent, Ralof turned his head to look at George.
"Rorikstead. You're Stormcloaks, right? Why is he gagged?"
George pretended to be curious and pointed at Ulfric, who was gagged opposite him.
Ralof looked at Ulfric with a face full of reverence.
"That's our High King, Ulfric!"
"Ulfric? The Jarl of Windhelm? Long heard of him!"
George showed an appropriate amount of surprise on his face.
He was currently on the continent of Tamriel, in the province of Skyrim, on the planet Nirn.
The continent of Tamriel had been in a state of war before. The Empire, dominated by human forces, and the Aldmeri Dominion, dominated by High Elf forces, had fought an earth-shattering war.
In the end, although the Empire achieved a temporary victory, it was too exhausted to continue fighting. It had no choice but to agree to a truce with the Aldmeri Dominion and subsequently sign the unequal treaty, the "White-Gold Concordat."
The main terms of the White-Gold Concordat were:
The Empire must abolish and ban the worship of Talos, accepting Thalmor oversight.
The formal disbandment of the Blades, the Emperor's personal guard and intelligence organization.
The cession of a large portion of southern Hammerfell to the Aldmeri Dominion.
The province of Hammerfell, unwilling to accept the humiliating White-Gold Concordat, declared independence from the Empire and continued to fight the Aldmeri Dominion. In the end, they successfully repelled the Dominion's invading forces from Hammerfell.
On the Empire's side, the ban on Talos worship caused the majority of Nords to become dissatisfied with the Empire.
This was because, in Nord culture, Talos was considered a Nord hero, one of the very few humans to ascend to godhood, and a symbol of their spirit.
Therefore, the worship of Talos was extremely widespread in the Nord homeland of Skyrim.
The Jarl of Eastmarch, Ulfric Stormcloak, who was also the Jarl of Windhelm in Skyrim, was a prime example of this sentiment.
In the year 201 of the Fourth Era, the Emperor, Titus Mede II, supported the young Jarl of Solitude, Torygg, as the new High King of Skyrim, to rule the entire province.
Ulfric Stormcloak refused to accept this. He went to Solitude and challenged Torygg, who was also a Nord, to a traditional Nord duel.
In the end, he used a Dragon Shout (Thu'um) to kill Torygg on the spot.
A portion of Skyrim's Jarls supported Ulfric as the new High King and sought independence from the Empire. Another portion supported Torygg's wife in Solitude to take over as High Queen and continue following the Empire.
A small portion remained neutral.
And just like that, the civil war between the Empire and the Stormcloaks in Skyrim erupted.
Yesterday, the Imperial General Tullius, with the help of Thalmor intelligence, successfully ambushed Ulfric's forces on the border and captured him alive.
Originally, General Tullius had planned to take Ulfric to Solitude for trial.
However, the Thalmor were constantly demanding custody of Ulfric. Fearing a long delay might lead to complications, he decided not to follow the law and go to Solitude. Instead, he diverted to the nearest Imperial fort, Helgen.
He wanted to execute Ulfric privately first, and then take Ulfric's head to Solitude.
Therefore, George was now sitting in the same cart as Ulfric, heading to Helgen to be beheaded.
Ulfric was gagged precisely because Tullius was afraid he would use a Dragon Shout.
(End of Chapter)