Where were you when the Dragon Broke ? Content . Where Were You When the Dragon Broke ? Corax , Cyrodiil , Elder Council : . " No one understands what happened when the Selectives danced on that tower . It would be easy to dismiss the whole matter as nonsense were it not for the Amulet of Kings . Even the Elder Scrolls do not mention it — let me correct myself , the Elder Scrolls cannot mention it . When the Moth Priests attune the Scrolls to the timeless time their glyphs always disappear . The Amulet of Kings , however , with its oversoul of emperors , can speak of it at length . According to Hestra , Cyrodiil became an Empire across the stars . According to Shor - El , Cyrodiil became an egg . Most say something in a language they can only speak sideways . The Council has collected texts and accounts from all of its provinces , and they only offer stories that never coincide , save on one point : all the folk of Tamriel during the Middle Dawn in whatever ' when ' they were caught in , tracked the fall of the eight stars . And that is how they counted their days . " Mehra Nabisi , Dunmer , Triune Mistress of the New Temple : . " Accounts of the Middle Dawn are the province of the Empire of Men , and proof of the deceit that call themselves the Aedra . Eight stars fell on Tamriel , one for each iniquity that Lorkhan made clear to the world . Veloth read these signs , and he told Boethiah , who confirmed them , and he told Mephala , who made wards against them , and he told Azura , who sent ALMSIVI to steer the True Folk clear of harm . Even the Four Corners of the House of Troubles rose to protect the periphery of your madness . We watched our borders and saw them shift like snakes , and saw you run around in it like the spirits of old , devoid of math , without your if - thens , succumbing to the Ever Now like slaves of the slim folly , stasis . Do not ask us where we were when the Dragon Broke , for , of all the world , only we truly know , and we might just show you how to break it again . " R ' leyt - harhr , Khajiit , Tender to the Mane : . " Do you mean , where were the Khajiit when the Dragon Broke ? R ' leyt tells you where : recording it . ' One thousand eight years , ' you ' ve heard it . You think the Cyro - Nordics came up with that all on their own . You humans are better thieves than even Rajhin ! While you were fighting wars with phantoms and giving birth to your own fathers , it was the Mane that watched the ja - Kha ' jay , because the moons were the only constant , and you didn ' t have the sugar to see it . We ' ll give you credit : you broke Alkosh something fierce , and that ' s not easy . Just don ' t think you solved what you accomplished by it , or can ever solve it . You did it again with Big Walker , not once , but twice ! Once at Rimmen , which we ' ll never learn to live with . The second time it was in Daggerfall , or was it Sentinel , or was it Wayrest , or was it in all three places at once ? Get me , Cyrodiil ? When will you wake up and realize what really happened to the Dwarves ? " Mannimarco , God of Worms , the Necromancers : . " The Three Thieves of Morrowind could tell you where they were . So could the High King of Alinor , who was the one who broke it in the first place . There are others on this earth that could , too : Ysmir , Pelinal , Arnand the Fox or should I say Arctus ? The Last Dwarf would talk , if they would let him . As for myself , I was here and there and here again , like the rest of the mortals during the Dragon Break . How do you think I learned my mystery ? Marukh showed us all the glories of the Dawn so that we might learn , simply : as above , so below . "