Third Era

Emperor Pelagius is assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood. With no direct heirs to the throne, the crown passes to the departed Emperor's second cousin.

Emperor Uriel I dies and the kingdom is taken over by his son, Emperor Uriel II, the Fifth Emperor. Tragically, the rule of Uriel II is cursed with blights, plagues, and insurrections. The tenderheartedness inherited from his father does not serve the land well, and little justice is done.

The Emperor dies in the waning days of the year after a seventeen-year reign, and his successor isn't appointed until the following year.

This war was between the three surviving children of Pelagius II: Potema, Cephorus, and Magnus, and their respective offspring. Potema, of course, supports her son Uriel III, and has the support of all of Skyrim and northern Morrowind. With the efforts of Cephorus and Magnus, all of High Rock eventually supports them. Hammerfell, Summerset Isle, Valenwood, Elsweyr, and Black Marsh were divided, but most kings supported Cephorus and Magnus.

Although reported to have died in 3E 114, the captive Empress Kintyra dies in secret in her cell at Glenpoint. The 23rd of Frostfall is later named the Day of Broken Diamond in her memory.

The so-called Wolf Queen of Solitude dies during the siege of her castle.

Pelagius leaves the throne of Solitude to his sister Jolethe. Almost from the start, Pelagius III, sometimes called Pelagius the Mad, becomes noted for his eccentric behavior. He embarrasses dignitaries, offends his vassal kings, and, on one occasion, marks the end of a grand ball by attempting to hang himself.

Katariah's death in a minor skirmish in Black Marsh later becomes a favorite topic of conspiracy-minded historians. It later comes to light that a disenfranchised branch of the Septim family is involved. When Cassynder assumes the throne at the death of his mother, he is already middle-aged and in poor health.

The Elder Council's last victory over Uriel IV is posthumous: they vote to disinherit Andorak, Uriel IV's son. They also vote to coronate a cousin more closely related to the original Septim line as Emperor Cephorus II. Cephorus, formerly a Nordic king, battles those loyal to Andorak for nine years. The Council controversially grants Andorak the High Rock kingdom of Shornhelm to end the war.

Baron Othrok and his less legendary allies, the rulers of Ykalon, Phrygias, and Kambria, assembles the greatest navy to date along the High Rock edge of the Iliac Bay, and defeats the Usurper's forces in the Battle of Firewaves.

Uriel V sets sail with the largest fleet assembled in recorded history to invade the continent of Akavir. They arrive in Tsaesci six weeks later.

Uriel VI falls from his horse and cannot be saved by the finest Imperial healers. His beloved sister Morihatha takes the throne.

Emperor Pelagius IV dies after a twenty-nine year reign, with Tamriel closer to unity than it had been since the days of Uriel I. Emperor Uriel Septim VII succeeds him, and continues with the unification of Tamriel. He focuses his efforts in eastern Tamriel, and is greatly aided by his Imperial Battlemage, Jagar Tharn.

The Five Year War breaks out, the first of several major regional wars in Tamriel over the next several years.

• Emperor Uriel Septim VII is freed from his other-dimensional cell, ending the Imperial Simulacrum.
• Gortwog gro-Nagorm founds the nation of Orsinium in Wrothgar and begins fighting for its independence.
• The Five Year War ends.

Previously a preserve administrated by the Tribunal Temple since the Treaty of the Armistice, Vvardenfell was largely uninhabited and undeveloped. Vvardenfell is reorganized as an Imperial Provincial District after King Llethan of Morrowind revokes the centuries-old Temple ban on trade and settlement.   A flood of Imperial colonists and the Great Houses came to Vvardenfell. This also opens up exploitation of valuable resources like glass and ebony from the base of the volcano.