I recall the story of the recovery of the Battlespire, as it was told to me by the son of Old Chimere these many years ago. How the legions of Daedra Lord Mehrunes Dagon overran the spire, aided by betrayal. How a young hero from obscure origins entered the Battlespire, proving ground and testing facility for the shadow legion, the Imperial Guard, and finding his task was more than he bargained for. Thinking this was only a harmless test of his skills, he enters the spire through the pillar of light, and finds a hell created by the betrayal of the Legion, and the perfidy of Jagar Tharn, arch-traitor to the Empire. And so, our story begins.