The Adabal - a Content . Editor ' s Note : The Adabal - a is traditionally believed to be the memoirs of Morihaus , consort to Alessia the Slave Queen . While this cannot be historically verified , the Adabal - a is certainly among the oldest written accounts to come down to us from the early First Era . Pelinal ' s Death . And in the blood - floored throne room of White - Gold , the severed head of Pelinal Whitestrake spoke to the winged - bull , Morihaus , demigod lover of Al - Esh , saying , " Our enemies have undone me , and spread my body into hiding . In mockery of divine purpose , the Ayleid s cut me into eighths , for they are obsessed with this number . " And Morihaus , confused , snorted through his ring , saying , " Your crusades went beyond her counsel , Whitestrake , but I am a bull , and therefore reckless in my wit . I think I would go and gore our prisoners if you had left any alive . You are blood - made - glorious , uncle , and will come again , as fox animal or light . Cyrod is still ours . " Then Pelinal spoke again for the last time : " Beware , Morihaus , beware ! With the foresight of death I know now that my foe yet lives , bitter knowledge to take to my grave . Better that I had died believing myself the victor . Although cast beyond the doors of night , he will return . Be vigilant ! I can no longer shield the host of Men from Umaril ' s retribution . " Alessia ' s Youth During the Slave - Years . Perrif ' s original tribe is unknown , but she grew up in Sard , anon Sardavar Leed , where the Ayleids herded in men from across all the Niben : kothri , nede , al - gemha , men - of - ' kreath ( though these were later known to be imported from the North ) , keptu , men - of - ge ( who were eventually destroyed when the Flower King Nilichi made great sacrifice to an insect god named [ lost ] ) , al - hared , men - of - ket , others ; but this was Cyrod , the heart of the imperatum saliache , where men knew no freedom , even to keep family , or choice of name except in secret , and so to their alien masters all of these designations were irrelevant . Men were given over to the lifting of stones , and the draining of the fields , and the upkeep of temple and road ; or to become art - tortures for strange pleasures , as in the wailing wheels of Vindasel and the gut - gardens of Sercen ; and flesh - sculpture , which was everywhere among the slaves of the Ayleids in those days ; or , worse , the realms of the Fire King Hadhuul , where the begetting of drugs drawn from the admixture of daedrons into living hosts let one inhale new visions of torment , and children were set aflame for nighttime tiger sport . Morihaus Explains Alessia ' s Names . Then Morihaus said to them : " In your tales you have many names for her : Al - Esh , given to her in awe , that when translated sounds like a redundancy , ' the high high ' , from which come the more familiar corruptions : Aleshut , Esha , Alessia . You knew her as Paravant , given to her when crowned , ' first of its kind ' , by which the gods meant a mortal worthy of the majesty that is killing - questing - healing , which is also Paraval , Pevesh , Perrethu , Perrif , and , in my case , for it is what I called her when we were lovers : Paravania . " " Though she is gone to me , she remains bathed in stars , first Empress , Lady of Heaven , Queen - ut - Cyrod . " And they considered themselves full - answered , and departed .