The Oblivion Crisis nearly decimated all of Tamriel. Were it not for Emperor Uriel Septim VII's "champion", Nirn would have been purged into a world of horror and torture by the Daedra. But those times have long passed and the land is crumbling. Provinces are either invading each other or rebelling from imperial control, and the guilds are stealing from the Empire or at war with another faction. This chaos which continues through 4E sparks the beginning to one most feared families in all of the realm.