Lore:The Improved Emperor's Guide to Tamriel/Author Foreword

''Note: Flaccus Terentius' notes appear in bracketed italics. Inserts appear in separate boxes.''
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Dedicated to
You played your lute and sang laments

On Rain's Hand I gave my intent


Bewitching me with blue eyes

Our love soars across the skies

Amid the lavender and flowers

 's glow and warmth are ours

You have the rosiest of cheeks

 


Our Houses are now intertwined

The marriage parchment to be signed


 

 


More divine than all the eight

Soon to return: I pledge you wait?
 


''[  wept, if this sappy triteness won't cause Honoria to flee willingly into another suitor's arms. Torch this dedication and begin anew.]''

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Foreword
(Rough draft of my Foreword for the Improved Guide - not sure if I'll get this much space in the final, however.)

Tamriel is embroiled in turmoil and insurrection. Catastrophe and war may be inevitable. The inhabitants   of the Provinces merge into great packs and seek to undermine Cyrodiil, to grab the great bastion of power for their own illegitimate causes. The   is in need of heroes and bravery, as well as cartographers, unimpeachable journeymen swift of foot and with wit at the tip of their quills...

 .  .  . All seasoned travelers, scribes, and emissaries with multitudinous volumes in the  . And now     is added to their elite ranks.

It is with great pride and honor that I was chosen by His Excellency Chancellor Abnur Tharn to provide our leaders with accurate verbal and pictorial evidence of the upheaval across Tamriel. Chancellor Tharn is wise and just, placing his trust in such an unworthy untested academic and granting me the power and title of Envoy-Scholar to the  . This is testament to his incorruptible nature. [Perhaps a little to unctuous?]

It is my intention to create a guide both thorough and comprehensive in nature, while at the same time brief and compact so as to be easily accessible, yet also colorful and personalized,  

The Emperor's Guide to Tamriel was a sterling effort for its time, and young Emperor   was justly proud of this gift to his flitting power. Such an undertaking is reflected in this revised and illustrated tome, as the many accurate parts of the original book are placed within their new contemporary context. However, since Leovic's time,   lorekeepers have been frustrated by the more egregious inaccuracies, just as many historians have winced at the outdated anachronisms, demanding a complete revision. Lament no more, all men of learning!

As   witnesses the tempest of my enthusiasm, my exploration shall gather accurate and recent evidence, written in an unbiased and meticulous manner to surprise and delight. Revelations about Tamriel's denizens and inhabitants will change your entire outlook on Tamriel - that I guarantee you!

 

  ''[These are all inaccurate but educated guesses. I've never been farther from home than  .]'' The result is a guidebook so superior that previous publications of this nature have but two new uses: to fill the hearths or line the windows of an improperly insulated hovel.

  I dare hope that you, gentle reader, may enjoy this   humble offering and, furthermore, may wish to convey your   to the publisher, so that the author's subsequent works may continue to grace the bookshelves of every library, center of learning, and perhaps even tavern of Tamriel.

 

I am but one nobleman and envoy, but I work for the edification of many.

Flaccus Terentius
6th of Rain's Hand, 2E 578,