The Second Akaviri Invasion Content . A Request for Funding Though we Nords of Western Skyrim , Your Majesty , were fortunate to escape involvement in the recent Akaviri invasion of Tamriel , it is nonetheless important that we try to understand this strange affair , especially as it has led our estranged kindred in Eastern Skyrim into a bizarre and ill - advised alliance with our ancient enemies , the treacherous Dark Elves of Morrowind . Though the events occurred only a dozen years ago , the facts of the incursion from Akavir are already becoming obscured by a fog of legend and conjecture . What do we know for sure ? One : We know that there are multiple realms in Akavir , and that the raiders of the First Era ( who later gave the Empire its Potentate s ) were from Tsaesci , while the forces of the recent invasion were from Kamal . However , we know virtually nothing about either realm . Two : The leader of this second invasion was the King of Kamal , Ada ' Soom Dir - Kamal . We know little about him or his reasons for invading Tamriel , even from our agents in the Eastern Kingdom : few captured Akaviri knew any Tamrielic , and most died under interrogation . One report stated that Dir - Kamal was seeking someone or something called the " Ordained Receptacle " ― but this could easily be a bungled translation . Three : For reasons unknown , the Akaviri fleet sailed around the northeast corner of Tamriel into the Sea of Ghosts , bypassing the Telvanni Peninsula , Vvardenfell , and Solstheim , before finally landing at the mouth of the White River northeast of Windhelm . Four : The invasion was a complete surprise , and Windhelm was invested before Queen Mabjaarn could muster the Hold in defense . After a brief siege the invaders breached the southern gate and the city was sacked and burned . Both Queen Mabjaarn and her daughter and heir , Princess Nurnhilde , were slain in fierce fighting before the gates of the Palace of the Kings . Five : The royal cadet , Prince Jorunn , escaped the sack of Windhelm and briefly disappeared . When he reappeared he was calling himself King Jorunn , and was accompanied by a mighty warrior whom he claimed was Wulfharth the Ash - King , sent back from Sovngarde to help the Nords defeat the Akaviri . With this so - called Wulfharth at his side , Jorunn rallied the Eastern Nords and fortified Riften . Six : When Dir - Kamal moved his army south from Windhelm , he bypassed Riften ― once again , his motivations are unclear ― and marched into western Morrowind . They were opposed by Dark Elf forces , who staged a fighting retreat through the Ashlands under the command of Almalexia and her leading general , Tanval of House Indoril . Seven : Dir - Kamal pursued the Dunmeri army into eastern Stonefalls , where the Elves halted their retreat by occupying prepared defenses . The Akaviri advance slowed and stopped ― and suddenly , the Nord army under Jorunn and " Wulfharth " appeared in their rear . This cannot have been by chance : incredibly , we must conclude that , despite the age - old enmity between Nord and Elf , there was collusion between Jorunn and Almalexia , and the envelopment of the Akaviri at Stonefalls was according to plan . Eight : The Akaviri , however , were not easily defeated . With their backs to the Inner Sea , they fought a desperate defense , attempting to hold out until their ships could come from the White River estuary to take them from the shore . Despite repeated attempts , the combined Dunmer - Nord army failed to break their lines . The Akaviri fleet was actually visible on the northern horizon when another incredible event occurred : at the last moment the Nords and Dark Elves were reinforced by two legions of Argonians who had marched to the battle from the south . With the infusion of the reptilian Shellbacks , the Tamrielics finally broke the Akaviri line ― and with nowhere to escape to , the invaders were slaughtered to the last soldier . As Your Majesty no doubt realizes , this account raises far more questions than answers : what we know about this affair is dwarfed by what we don ' t know . Thus my request to fund a Royal Committee of Inquiry to look into the grave implications of this matter . I , of course , will volunteer to lead this committee , provided the burden of such a task can be offset by an appropriate stipend .