Notes for Redguard History Content . " Biographical Note : Destri Melarg was a well - known historian and translator of old Redguard verse , born as simply Destri in the city - state of Rihad in the 20th year of the 3rd Era . At the age of nineteen , he went to the Imperial City to study . There were few Redguards who had been to the Imperial Province at the time , and it may be that he took the last name Melarg in order to assimiliate with the Breton , Nordic , and Dark Elf cultures he encountered there . " When he died ninety - four years later , he left numerous unfinished histories and untranslated verse . Very few of this fragmented work has found its way out of collections . What follows is an unmailed letter to Melarg ' s publishers in the Imperial City . The insights into the man who put the oral traditions of the Redguards to paper impressed me enough to seek its publication . Melius , it should be noted , was Melius Kane , Melarg ' s publisher in the Imperial City . - - Vune , Redguardic First Scholar Imperial University Melius , This is the outline of my final chapter for the series on Hammerfell heroes . I condensed Dendle ' s storytelling . I have my notes , but the story gets long with all the quotes . She puts a lot of dialog in her storytelling . I am amazed that the old stories about the 5 swords keeps cropping up . It ' s been a thousand years since Hellion ' s time , yet people continue to believe in the stories . The wagon master sat with me after listening to her story and smoked a pipe with me . In discussing the story , he said that his storyteller used to say that one of the five swords survived the closing of the Goblin gate , and is yet hidden here in Hammerfell . It was the least of the five , but the story has it that it exceeds and modern blade magical or ebony by several orders of magnitude . Of course I take this with a grain of salt , since an ebony weapon is unparalleled in its keen cutting ability and personally I can ' t imagine a weapon doing more damage than a Claymore of Firestorm or a Saber of Life Steal . Dendle even believes that out in the countryside outside of Skaven in one of the Halls of the Virtues of War , there are still people who follow the old ways and can from a Shehai or spirit sword . In collecting these stories , I once thought I was seeing a Shehai being formed , by an old Hall master , but the thing , if it was a spirit sword was so faint that even the sword shape was questionable . I didn ' t want to insult the old man so I claimed I saw it too . But if that was a Shehai , I can ' t imagine it possibly used as a real weapon . Here ' s my outline of the new story : At the time of this story , Hammerfell is fully occupied by Redguards . All the old cities of the Dwarves ( but one - the Ghost City of Dwarfhome ) are now the cities of today ' s modern Hammerfell . A second invasion of the giant goblins comes . Hammerfell is unprepared , except for a few faithful followers , all youths in the rural Halls of Virtue . Hallin , being the only Ansei , rallies the armies of Hammerfell . After a defeat , he brings back the old ways by telling each warrior to read the Book of Circles . The army fights the Goblins to a standstill , but things look bleak , just as in Divad ' s song . Somehow the goblins keep being resupplied both with arms and troops . Eventually the Army of Hammerfell will lose . The old master of Hallin ' s Hall of the Virtues of War has an ancient copy of Divad ' s will and testament , and reads it to Hallin . It tells him that the 5 swords aren ' t lost , just hidden and well guarded in 5 caves . Each cave is home to a master guardian , one of the old blind Ansei - - and also a maze . According to the will , Derik must , along with a virtuous companion of pure heart enter the cave , defeat each Ansei Master and retrieve their sword . Dendle went into great detail here . It seems that each Master had an outstanding trait - - one Katrice , possessed feline grace , and had become very catlike ; another , who had icy calm was something much like an Ice Golem . On each blade is inscribed part of an intricate message on how to use the power of the swords combined . Derik scours the rural Halls for Brothers of the Blade and Maidens of the Spirit Sword to accompany him in the quests . He finally one by one finds his companions , and wins each sword . They learn from the blades and together wield the force of the 5 swords to seal the rent in space time that the Goblins have made and from which springs their invasion . Hallin ' s companions avoided blinding by the magic swords by hurling the swords together into the void , and sealing forever the giant Goblins in the void between their world and ours . The land is saved and Hallin and his companions ( 3 women and 2 men ) become Ansei and restore the teachings of Frandar Hunding to Hammerfell . That ' s the story in brief . I welcome any comments from you or one of the other editors . One other concern of mine . I understand that you are considering using a better known writer , Uthilla Abuhk or Casmyr Kreestrom , to write the stories I ' ve researched . I can understand that a better known writer may mean that a few more copies of the books will be sold , but that should not be your only concern . Abuhk and Kreestrom , while fine writers and poets , will need to be lectured on the true history of the Redguards . Even if you are willing to pay me to do that , you will have to acknowledge that the books will take longer to write than if you just allowed me to do it . Just something to consider when you make the decision . I hope this letter finds you , your consort , and children to good health and humor . Yours faithfully , Destri Melarg