Fav ' te ' s War of Betony Fav ' te ' s War of Betony is a pro - Sentinel account of the War of Betony . Content . Could there be a better proof of the natural perversity of Bretons than their conduct before , during , and after what history will remember as the War of Betony ? By the most depraved of motivations , the most despicable of tactics , and the most ungentlemanly of triumphs , the kingdom of Daggerfall changed the nature of warfare in the Iliac Bay and perhaps over all of Tamriel . In Sentinel , we call the recent carnage the Siege of Betony , but as the book of history is writ by the victors , let us speak instead of the War of Betony . Redguards by their nature are a modest and practical people . We are not phlegmatic like the High Elves , nor cowardly like the Wood Elves and Khajiiti . But what would infuriate and enrage the swaggering , vainglorious Nords and Bretons would not merit a shrug from a Redguard . Had any Breton kingdom possessed the little island of Betony , it would have been covetously guarded . Betony ' s trade would have been seriously restricted ; its religion subjugated ; its people bound by active and constant pledges and duties of vassalage . But Betony was not a Breton dominion . Betony was part of the Kingdom of Sentinel . King Lysandus - - may the Old Ones continue to torment his soul for his wickedness ! - - saw the prosperous island which is closer to his land than to Sentinel , and his black heart turned to avarice . Through threats , lies , acts of piracy and , finally , invasion , Daggerfall illegally took possession of the Island of Betony . His court sorceress , the Lady Medora , his enchantress mother , and other experienced counselors were horrified by the brutality of his campaign and begged him to abandon his tyrannical act of war . Gradually , all dissentors were removed from court . None but the ignorant and the warmongers remained . Our late king Camaron tried to employ civil diplomacy with Daggerfall , but in the end , he made the former declaration of war . Daggerfall and Sentinel have fought many times in their two thousand years of coexistence , and Camaron knew the black magic and espionage the Bretons considered honest warfare . Never debasing the Sentinel character by duplicating the Breton villainy , Camaron knew best how to combat Lysandus . King Lysandus ' knavish battle tactics were even more perfidious than his ancestors ' , and the war continue to rage until it began to involve more than Sentinel and Daggerfall . Lord Graddock , ruler of Reich Gradkeep , acted as concilator between Sentinel and Daggerfall , and eventually convinced both monarchs to meet and make peace . The ill - fated Treaty of Gradkeep began civilly ; the terms of peace were discussed , agreed on , and set to paper . The terms were excessively generous . Camaron had agreed to give up some of his rights to Betony in order to placate the madness of Lysandus and bring peace back to the Iliac Bay . It was not until King Camaron read the Treaty he was about to sign that he realized the outrageous perfidy of the Bretons : the Treaty had actually been purposefully miswritten by the Daggerfall scribe in a desperate and ignominious attempt to trick Camaron into signing a contract different from the one to which he had agreed . The castle of Reich Gradkeep erupted into bloodbath , and the war continued . The Battle of Cryngaine Field was the tragic ending of the senseless war of attrition . The Cryngaine Field is located in between the Yeorth Burrowland and the Ravennian Forest where the armies of Sentinel and Daggerfall respectively made camp after the massacre at Reich Gradkeep . As the battle began , Daggerfall proved that she had some foul daedric magical tricks left by blinding the Redguard army with a wall of mist . Lysandus did not have the opportunity to gloat over his cozenage for long , for the sure arm of a Sentinel archer struck him in the throat even through the thick , swirling fog . Lysandus ' son , Gothryd , who had spent the battle in lugubrious relaxation , was crowned without ceremony , and thereupon demanded a duel with King Camaron . Camaron was many years Gothryd ' s senior , and though a superior warrior , was exhausted from the endless warfare the boy king had been spared . Nevertheless , as a point of honor , our king agreed to the duel . The new king of Daggerfall , by dirty trick and black magic , managed to backstab our king before the duel ever began . Thus , the victor of Cryngaine Field , and the War of Betony , was Daggerfall . Daggerfall ' s wickedness continued even after her inglorious victory . While the widow queen of Sentinel , Her Majesty Akorithi , mourned and tried to mend her shattered lands , Gothryd demanded the Princess of Sentinel as a hostage of war . To save her homeland , the Princess Aubk ' i agreed to leave Sentinel and even marry the murderer of her father . But we true Redguards of Sentinel know where her love and honor lies . The Queen of Daggerfall is the Princess of Sentinel first and foremost .