Species: Dunmer
Age: 37
Occupation: Was once an Ashlander, gained fame in the Fighter's Guild, eventually coming to be it's leader. Then was approached by the Morag Tong. Worked for them for 10 years, eventually becoming Grandmaster. Then joined the Mage's Guild where he discovered he had an odd control over magic, quickly becoming Arch-Mage in a year. Now he is Emperor of the Empire of Shadows, handed over to him by the spirit of his ancestor, Tashapal Orshilak I.
Affiliation: Empire of Shadows, Morag Tong, Guild of Mages, Guild of Fighters.
Allignment: Totally opposes the Imperial Legion. He does not believe in the gods, but he does have high respect for Vivec. But, if he gets in his way of his conquests, he won't think twice of killing him. Although he has respect for the rest of the gods, he has a strong hatred for the Nerevarine, who ruined Askalash's revenge on the Dark Brotherhood.
Weapons: Blade of Shadows, found in the tomb of Tasapal Orshialk I, to which he was guided to by Tashapal's spirit.
Armor: Armor of the Shadow Emperor, which he uses in battle. When not using that, he uses the Cloak of Shadows.
Description: Long black hair, deep red eyes, and considered quite hansome by Dunmer women. Tall, strong and incredibly evil.
Bio: Askalash Esurnataz was born and abandoned by his mother. She left him outside of the Wise-Woman's Yurt at the Urshilaku Camp, where he was raised for the first 14 years of his life. They named him Askalash Esurnataz. The Ashlanders raised him to hate the Imperial Legion. When he was 14, Askalash asked if he could lead a raid on an Imperial camp where Imperial patrol-men where resting. The current Ashkkahn of the time, Sul-Matuul's father told Askalash that they were not to provoke the Imperials. Askalash did not listen, and convinced 8 Ashlanders to join him in the raid. Askalash and his compainions massacred the 3 or so under-trained patrol-men. When Askalash arrived back at the camp, the news of Askalash's disobedience had reaced the Ashkkahn. When he confronted Askalash, Askalash shot an arrow into the Ashkahn's head, killing him. He ran away from the camp and fled to Balmora. There he joined the Guild of Fighters, where, once his skills were sharpened, Askalash became one of the most fierce fighters in Vvardenfell. When Askalash turned 17, he became the leader of the Fighter's Guild when the current Guildmaster died of "natural causes.". Members of the Guild of Fighters had to sign alliegence to Askalash on pain of death. Once they were in, many of the fighters remained loyal to Askalash for years. When Askalash was 19, he was approached by the secretive Morong Tong. Askalash was intruiged by the idea of being an assassin and joined right away, leaving his trusted friend and apprentice Ranibas in control. Askalash would spend 10 years in the Morong Tong, as he was slowly promoted due to the fact that he would never kill the targets with honor, as Askalash loved to brag and show off his murders. Eventually, Askalash reached the rank of Guildmaster. At the time, the Morong Tong was in a war with the Dark Brotherhood. Askalash recieved information from a double-agent that the Dark Brotherhood was now operating out of the sewers of Mournhold. Askalash and Ranibas posed as Dark Brotherhood assassins to infiltarte their headquarters and kill their leader and top commanders, severly weakening the Dark Brotherhood's ranks. Once Askalash had finally gotten to Mournhold from Ebonheart, he found that the Nerevarine had single-handidly taken out all of the Dark Brotherhood in Mournhold. Askalash swore that he would have his revenge on the Incarnate. A defeated Askalash returned to Balmora, where he decided to try something new, magic, which he had always had an interest in. When he joined he completed nearly 4 to 5 missions a day. He found that he had an odd control over magic. After only a year, Askalash became the leader of the Mages's Guild. At this point, Askalash was one of the most powerful and rich Dunmer in all of Tamriel. Askalash spent thousands of septims to hire a wise Ashlander sooth-sayer to find out more of the family he had never known. The sooth-sayer told him that he had a very dark and evil anncestort who wanted Askalash to seek information on him. The sooth-sayer also said that the spirit is very very ancient, perhaps even before the Daedra gods were all-powerful. So old, that this ancestor belonged to the race of Dunmer that were very beautiful, the Chimer, before Azura's punishment on them. Askalash was very interested in this spirit. Askalash went to his mansion in the Ashland Region and studied family records he had compiled over the years, but did not have enough time to study. Askalash searched through the records, until he found the most ancient member in his ancestory, his name was Tashapal Orshilak. He was listed as a farmer, and no date of birth or death were given. Not even a description of the ancient relative. Askalash attempted to use spells given to him from the sooth-sayer who told him that the spirit's wishes was for him to use the spells when he finds his name in his records. Askalash connected to Tashapal Orshilak, only before he bumped into nearly 25 other relatives of the same name. The spirit told him the story of the story of the Emire of Shadows.(History of the Empire of Shadows can be found in The Wilderness
) Tashapal told Askalash of how he had forseen the downfall of the Imperial Legion, and that it was Askalash's duty to cause it. Tashapal I told Askalash that he was the heir of the Empire of Shadows, the next Emperor in the Orshilak Dynasty. Tashapal Orshilak, the first of nearly 25 of Shadow Emperors told Askalash that he was the new Emperor of Shadows. Askalash accepted the task happily, and asked for his first duty. Tashapal told Askalash that he must first find his ancient weapon and armor, the Blade of Shadows and the Armor of the Emperor. Tashapal told Askalash that he must travel to Cyrodil to find the ancient Orshilak Tombs, with the guidence of Tashapal I, to obtain the weapoin and armor. Askalash did so, and after only a few weeks, found the tombs. He brought the armor and sword back to Morrowind. Once putting on the armor, Askalash was given god-like powers. He would have thousands of years of unatural long-life, increaded stamina, increased focus, and an increase in all of his skills, including personaliy. Askalash would be very hard to say no to. Tashapal warned Askalash that he could still be killed, but Tashapal also warned him that the only person in Tamriel who had the powet to bring down the new Emperor would be the Nerevarine. Askalash was informed that Vivec, the last remaining gods, no longer had the power he once contained, and could be easily defeated. Tashapal also warned that he should only kill Vivec if he gets in the way, and even then, death for Vivec would be unwise as he is well-loved by most Dunmer. Tashapal gave Askalash his next duty. Rise an army. Askalash was to set up an outpost at the abandoned Dwemer stronghold where Dagoth Ur was defeated. Askalash was told to use molten rock in the chamber of Dagoth Ur's creation. There all the weapons, armor, and eventually seige weapons would be casted. But first, Askalash returned to Balmora, where he recruited his friend Ranibas as his second in command. Askalash was easily able to convince the thousands of those under his command in the Guild of Fighters, Mages, and Morag Tong to join him in his cause. It did bother him that many of the members were not Dunmer, but once Askalash had recruited enough Dunmer, they would be executed. He brought the thousands of those under his command in his guilds to to the Dwemer stronghold. They began casting armor and weapons right away. They also expanded the interior to make room for the Dunmer foot-soldiers that he and others recruited off the streets. Tashapal took the control of a Dunmer body to train the soldiers on how to properly kill and defend. For nearly a 5 years, the process continued until nearly 5,000 soldiers were fully trained and equiped. Askalash would first march on Gnisis, the weakest of the Imperial outposts. Askalash brought only 300 soldiers with him to Gnisis, as it would be a short battle. Askalash was in position to strike the first blow at the Imperial Legion. The war for Vvardenfell, and Tamriel, was about to begin. =====================================
i put A LOT of hours just sitting at my desk and coming up with this story. U can find the history of the Empire of Shadows in The Wilderness Board. I hope u guys (n' gals) like it
Emperor of Shadows