Bangkorai , Shield of High Rock Content . Knights of Saint Pelin ; Evermore Guard ; freeborn militia of Mournoth and Ephesus : soldiers of Bangkorai ! Ever have we been the shield of High Rock , the first line of defense for the Breton Kingdoms against invaders from the east . Time and again the Bretons of Evermore and her surrounding regions have taken up arms to garrison Bangkorai Pass and turn away those who would pillage and plunder our homeland . In the year 874 of the First Era , when Warlord Thulgeg ' s army of Orcs and Goblin s was driven from Hammerfell by the Redguards , we denied them passage through the Pass and forced them to flee northeast , trudging all the way through the Dragontail Mountains before they finally reached Orsinium . Not a single Goblin made its way through our pickets into our homeland . Then , in 1029 , when the legions of Empress Hestra deposed King Styriche , the Vampire of Verkarth , he fled west at the head of his dreaded Gray Host , burning and killing as they came . But when his army of bat - men and wolves reached the Bangkorai Garrison , they broke like a wave on a rock . Hestra ' s legions caught and killed the survivors , and the Empress was so impressed that she honored High Rock with admission into the First Empire . When , after almost a thousand years under the Ruby Throne , the excesses of the Alessian Order forced High Rock to secede from the First Empire , the Monks of Cyrodiil decided not to let us go peaceably . In 2305 , under Abbot - General Priscus Mactator , the Legions of Piety and Grace were sent to bring the Bretons back into the fold . Mactator ' s fanatics filled the Fallen Wastes from end to end , but they could not pass the Bangkorai Garrison , and after a five - month siege , with the pious turning on the graceful , the Abbot - General was forced to admit defeat and plod back to Cyrodiil in disgrace . Only once has the Garrison failed to protect High Rock : when Durcorach ' s Reachmen Horde poured down the south shore of the Bjoulsae , filtering through the Northwest Spine that had always protected us before . Then , Evermore was sacked , and the Garrison was taken from behind . But even then , we bought High Rock enough time that the Breton Kingdoms were able to muster their troops and eventually repulse Durcorach at Daggerfall . Today , invaders from the east threaten us once again , in the form of an Imperial Legion from Cyrodiil . But these are not the legendary warriors of an Empress Hestra , or the disciplined soldiers of an Emperor Reman : these are the degraded mercenaries of the Tharn usurpers . Indeed , this legion is even led by a cousin of that decadent and faithless family ! And who is this Magus - General Septima Tharn ? What battles has she won , beyond bullying freeholders for their back taxes ? What barrel - scrapings are these so - called ' legionaries ' she brings to pollute our homeland with their heretical , Daedra - worshiping ways ? I say they are scum , a desecration of the once - noble name ' Imperial Legion . ' I say they are a rabble . And I say that , with us manning the walls , they shall not pass the Bangkorai Garrison ! What say you , Knights of Saint Pelin ; Evermore Guard ; freeborn militia of Mournoth and Ephesus — soldiers of Bangkorai ! Will we betray the blood of our ancestors and allow enemies through the Pass ? Never , I say ! Not today , not tomorrow , not ever !