<em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">This is an In Character topic.  Do not post here with questions or OOC.  Use the OOC (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=172809.0) topic for that.  Remember to keep up with inventory (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=172660.0).</span></span></em><br/><hr/><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">T</span></strong>he people of Tamriel had always been at war with each other, for some reason or another.  Whether it was the dragons fighting the akaviri, or the altmer fighting the redguards, war was the natural state of Tamriel.  It was war that formed the Aldmeri Dominion.  It was war that led to the White-Gold Concordant.  It was war that led to the liberation of Skyrim from the Empire.<br/><br/>But one didn't need to be a scholar to feel the tides of war on the horizon again.  With the Aldmeri Dominion "assisting" in the Empire's military and social matters, with the registration and tracking of the elves in Skyrim, everyone in Tamriel could sense what was coming.  What they didn't know was how it would play out.<br/><br/>In Skyrim, where the Stormcloak Legion reigned supreme, there was little safety for elven-folk - or anyone who wasn't human, for that matter.  High King Thrane demanded that all non-humans be registered with the military, and tracked at all times.  The only place anyone could feel secure was inside the walls of the Markarth hold.  Since Jarl Elsef of Markarth rejected the Legion's newest law, his city was quickly swarmed by those seeking refuge from the oppression.  But between the distrustful humans in Markarth and the Stormcloak Legion marching on the city to enforce the law, it seemed as though even the western hold was no place to call home...