Skyreach Explorer , Volume One Content . By Reginus Buca , Historian , University of Gwylim With an equal measure of excitement and trepidation , I begin this series of journals that will one day form the basis of a scholarly work on Skyreach and the ancient Nedic people . The University of Gwylim has generously funded this expedition , in exchange for the exclusive rights to publish at least two books related to the subject at hand . Note , however , that these journals are not the finished , published work . They contain my observations , theories , and general musings on everything I encounter throughout this trip . The journals will also contain asides by my scholarly partner , Verita Numida , whose theories are usually wildly opposite of anything I propose . I like to think that our differing points of view help to create a more complete picture of the past , but I will admit here , within these pages , that she often drives me into an intellectual rage . Without her support and the addition of her lofty credentials alongside my own , however , I ' m not sure this expedition would have come to fruition . Why Skyreach ? These ancient ruins , we believe , hold the answers to the question that has intrigued us both since we first started looking into Cyrodiil ' s past . Namely , who were the ancient Nedes , the people who eventually gave rise to the mighty Imperials ? I always imagined them to be uncivilized brutes that were as likely to fight each other as they were their enemies , but Verita has constantly insisted that they had to have a more advanced culture than I gave them credit for . Perhaps deep within the ruins of Skyreach , we will settle our argument once and for all . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Remarkable ! The city of Skyreach appears to extend not only around the Dragontail Mountains , but through them and even beneath them . What an amazing feat of engineering went into the crafting of the place . It appears I have lost at least one argument with Verita . The ancient Nedes were certainly not simply uncivilized brutes . But beyond that , these monoliths have yet to tell us exactly who they were . We have begun our investigation in a section of the ruined city we have decided to call " The Hold . " Our first goal is to explore the area and come to some conclusions about what daily life must have been like in this Nedic metropolis . Did they utilize both the exterior and interior spaces , or were they primarily dwelling within the space carved from the very heart of the mountain ? Perhaps the intricate carvings will provide some clue . On first inspection , I theorize that the Nedes built this massive living structure as a private estate for one of their vaunted High King s . Perhaps it was even the final residence of Durac , the High King that presided over the fall of the Nedes . Verita , as usual , disagrees . She posits that the commonfolk lived and worked both inside and outside these now - ruined buildings . The evidence we see for what appear to be areas converted into living spaces , she claims , lend credence to the theory that the Nedes retreated into the mountain as a result of the Yokuda n invasion . Her theory may be more sound , on further consideration , but I am not yet ready to concede to her on this . Not yet .