Mystery of Talara , Book V Content . By what right do you arrest my father ? " cried the Lady Jyllia . " What has he done ? I arrest the King of Camlorn , the former Duke of Oloine , by my right as an Imperial Commanding Officer and Ambassador , " said Lord Strale . " By the right of law of the Emperor of Tamriel which supercedes all provincial royal authority . Gyna came forward and tried to put her hand on Jyllia ' s arm , but she was coldly rebuffed . Quietly , she sat down at the foot of the throne in the now empty audience chamber . This young lady came to me , having completely recovered her memory , but the story she told was beyond incredible , I simply couldn ' t believe it , " said Lord Strale . " But she was so convinced of it , I had to investigate . So I talked to everyone who was here at the palace twenty years ago to see if there could be any truth to it . Of course , at the time of the King and Queen ' s murder , and the Princess ' s disappearance , there was a full inquiry made , but I had different questions to ask this time . Questions about the relationship between the two little cousins , Lady Jyllia Raze and the Princess . I ' ve told everyone over and over again , I don ' t remember anything at all about that time in my life , " said Jyllia , tears welling up . I know you don ' t . There has never been a question in my mind that you witnessed a horrible murder , and that your memory lapse and hers , " said Lord Strale , gesturing toward Gyna " Are both very real . The story I heard from the servants and other people at the palace was that the little girls were inseparably close . There were no other playmates , and as the Princess ' s place was to be close to her parents , so the little Lady Jyllia was always there as well . When the assassin came to murder the Royal Family , the King and Queen were in their bedroom , and the girls were playing in the throne room . " " When my memory came back to me , it was like opening a sealed box , " said Gyna solemnly . " Everything was so clear and detailed , like it all happened yesterday not twenty years ago . I was on the throne , playing Empress , and you were hiding behind the dais , pretending you were in a dungeon I had sent you to . A man I had never seen burst into the room from the Royal bedchamber , his blade soaked in blood . He came at me , and I ran for my life . I remember starting to run for the dais , but I saw your face , frozen in fear , and I didn ' t want to lead him to you . So I ran for the window . We had climbed on the outside of the castle before , just for fun , that was one of the first memories that came back to me when I was holding onto that cliff . You and I on the castle wall , and the King calling up to me , telling me how to get down . But that day , I couldn ' t hold on , I was trembling so much . I just fell , and landed in the river . I don ' t know if it was entirely the horror of what I had seen , or that combined with the impact of the fall and the coldness of the water , but everything just went blank in my mind . When I finally pulled myself out of the river , many miles away , I had no idea who I was . And so it stayed , " Gyna smiled . " Until now . So you are the Princess Talara ? " cried Jyllia . Let me explain further before she answers that , because the simple answer would just confuse you , as it did me , " said Lord Strale . " The assassin was caught before he managed to escape the palace - in truth , he had to know he was going to be caught . He confessed immediately to the murders of the Royal Family . The Princess , he said , he had thrown out the window to her death . A servant down below heard the scream , and saw something fly past his window , so he knew it to be true . It was not for several hours that little Lady Jyllia was found by her nursemaid Ramke hiding behind the dais , coated with dust , shivering with fear , and unable to speak at all . Ramke was very protective of you , " Strale said , nodding to Jyllia . " She insisted on putting you to your room right away , and sent word the Duke of Oloine that the Royal Family was dead , and that his daughter had witnessed the murders but survived . I ' m beginning to remember a little of that , " said Jyllia , wonderingly . " I remember lying in bed , with Ramke comforting me . I was so muddled and I couldn ' t concentrate . I remember I just wanted it all to be play time still , I don ' t know why . And then , I remember being bundled up and taken to that asylum . It ' ll all come back to you soon , " Gyna smiled . " I promise . That ' s how I began to remember . I just caught one detail , and the whole flood began . That ' s it , " Jyllia began to sob in frustration . " I don ' t remember anything else except confusion . No , I also remember Daddy not even looking at me as I was taken away . And I remember not caring about that , or anything else . It was a confusing time for all , so particularly so for little girls . Especially little girls who went through what you two did , " said Lord Strale sympathetically . " From what I understand , as soon as he received the message from Ramke , the Duke left his palace at Oloine , gave orders for you to be sent to a private sanitarium until you ' d recovered from your ordeal , and set to work with his private guard torturing the assassin for information . When I heard that , that no one but the Duke and his personal guard saw the assassin after he gave his initial confession , and that no one was present but the Duke and his guards when the assassin was killed trying to escape , I thought that very significant . I spoke with Lord Eryl , who I knew was one of those present , and I had to bluff him , pretending I had more evidence than I did . I got the reaction I was hoping for , though it was a dangerous gambit . At last he confessed to what I already knew to be true . The assassin , " Lord Strale paused , and reluctantly met Jyllia ' s eyes , " Had been hired by the Duke of Oloine to kill the Royal Family , including the Princess as heir , so that the crown might be passed to him and to his children . Jyllia stared at Lord Strale , aghast . " My father - The assassin had been told that once the Duke had him in custody , he would be paid and a prison break would be arranged . The thug picked the wrong time to be greedy and try to get more gold . The Duke decided that it would be cheaper to silence him , so he murdered him then and there , so the man would never tell anyone what really happened , " Lord Strale shrugged . " No tragic loss as far as murders go . In a few years ' time , you returned from the sanitarium , a little shaken but back to normal , except for a complete absence of memory about your childhood . And in that time , the former Duke of Oloine had taken his brother ' s place as the King of Camlorn . It was no small maneuver . No , " said Jyllia , quietly . " He must have been very busy . He remarried and had another child . No one ever came to visit me in the sanitarium but Ramke . If he had visited and seen you , " said Gyna . " This story might have turned out very differently . What do you mean ? " asked Jyllia . This is the most amazing part , " said Lord Strale . " The question has long been whether Gyna is the Princess Talara . When her memory returned , and she told me what she remembered , I put several pieces of evidence together . Consider these facts . The two of you look remarkably alike now after twenty years of living very different lives , and as little girls and constant playmates , you looked nearly identical . At the time of the assassination , the murderer who had never been there before , only saw one girl on the throne , who he assumed to be his quarry . " The woman who found Lady Jyllia was her nursemaid Ramke , a creature of unstable mind and fanatical devotion to her charge - the type would never accept the possibility that her beloved little girl had been the one who disappeared . The nursemaid was the only single person who knew both Princess Talara and the Lady Jyllia who visited you while you were in the sanitarium . " Finally , " said Lord Strale , " Consider the fact that when you returned to court from the sanitarium , five years had past , and you had grown from a child to a young lady . You looked familiar , but not quite the same as your family remembered you , which is only natural . " " I don ' t understand , " cried the poor girl , her eyes wide , because she did understand . Here memory was falling together like a terrible flood . Let me explain it like this , " said her cousin , wrapping her in her arms . " I know who I am now . My real name is Jyllia Raze . That man who was arrested was my father , the man who murdered the King - your father . YOU are the Princess Talara .