Third Era

3E 6 — Reign of Hlaalu Athyn Llethan begins* The Duke of Mournhold's reign begins.

3E 12 — *Encyclopedia Tamrielica* is published* *Encyclopedia Tamrielica* is published during the early years of Tiber Septim's reign.

3E 20 — Destri Melarg is born* Born as simply Destri in the city-state of Rihad, Destri Melarg would become a well-known historian and translator of old Redguard verse.

3E 38 — Emperor Tiber Septim dies, Emperor Pelagius is crowned* Tiber Septim, conqueror and ruler of all of Tamriel for 38 years, dies and is succeeded by his grandson, Pelagius.

3E 39 — Destri Melarg enters the Imperial City* Destri Melarg, famed Redguard historian and translator, begins study at the age of 19 in the Imperial City, where he takes the last name of Melarg.

3E 41 — Emperor Pelagius dies, Empress Kintyra is crowned* Emperor Pelagius is assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood. With no direct heirs to the throne, the crown passes to the departed Emperor's second cousin.

3E 48 — Empress Kintyra dies, Emperor Uriel I is crowned* Empress Kintyra dies. Kintyra's son is crowned after her death, the first Emperor of Tamriel to use the Imperial name Uriel.

3E 55 — Prince Antiochus is born* Prince Antiochus is born to the future Emperor Pelagius Septim II.

3E 63 — Prince Pelagius meets Princess Quintilla* The future Emperor Pelagius II meets his future wife, the princess of Camlorn. Together, they purportedly defeat a werewolf who was terrorizing her land.

3E 64 — Emperor Uriel I dies, Emperor Uriel II is crowned* Emperor Uriel I dies and the kingdom is taken over by his son, Emperor Uriel II, the Fifth Emperor. Tragically, the rule of Uriel II is cursed with blights, plagues, and insurrections. The tenderheartedness inherited from his father does not serve the land well, and little justice is done.

3E 67 — Potema, future Queen of Solitude, is born* Born the second of four children, and the only daughter, to Pelagius Septim II, Potema becomes better known later as the Wolf Queen.

3E 80 — Princess Potema is promised to wed King Mantiarco* The thirteen-year-old is promised to the King of Solitude to smooth relations with the northern kingdom.

3E 81 — King Mantiarco marries Princess Potema* The 14-year-old granddaughter of Emperor Uriel Septim II marries the King of Solitude.

3E 82 — Emperor Uriel II dies, Emperor Pelagius II is crowned* Uriel II dies after an 18-year reign. The Emperor is succeeded by his son, Pelagius II. Pelagius II inherits not only the throne, but the debt from his father's poor financial and judicial management.

3E 97 — Uriel Mantiarco is born* After several miscarriages, Queen Potema of Solitude gives birth to her first and only child, who she names after her grandfather.

3E 98, 15th of Evening Star — Emperor Pelagius II dies* The Emperor dies in the waning days of the year after a seventeen-year reign, and his successor isn't appointed until the following year.

3E 99 — Emperor Antiochus is crowned* Emperor Pelagius II dies and his son, Antiochus, inherits the kingdom. His reign is rife with civil wars, surpassing even that of his grandfather, Uriel II.

3E 105 — *Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie* is translated* The University of Gwylim Press finishes translating the tale.

3E 109 — Debauchery in the Imperial City* Ten years into his reign, the obese and lecherous Emperor Antiochus has done little to impress his subjects besides the unquenchable hedonism he exhibits.

3E 110 — War of the Isle* During the reign of Emperor Antiochus, the province of Summerset is nearly lost to the Maormer. The united alliance of the kings of Summerset and Antiochus only manage to defeat King Orgnum of the island-kingdom of Pyandonea due to a freak storm. Legend later credits the Psijic Order of the Isle of Artaeum with the magic behind the storm.

3E 111 — Knights of the Nine are founded* The Knights of the Nine are founded by Sir Amiel Lannus, a hero of the War of the Isle, with the aim of recovering the lost relics of Pelinal Whitestrake.

3E 114 — Empress Kintyra II reportedly dies* Some sources later erroneously assert that Empress Kintyra is slain after being captured by Uriel III. In truth, she was not even Empress yet at this time, and doesn't die until 3E 123 (23rd of Frostfall, now named the day of Broken Diamonds).

3E 119 — Pelagius III is born* The future emperor of Tamriel is born to Magnus Septim, then King of Wayrest.

3E 120 — Emperor Antiochus dies, Empress Kintyra II is crowned* Princess Kintyra is chosen by the Elder Council over King Uriel Mantiarco, despite the lobbying efforts of his mother Potema.

3E 121 — Uriel III is proclaimed Emperor* The Imperial City itself is taken over in only a fortnight, as two other attacks draw away Imperial forces. Uriel III is proclaimed Emperor of Tamriel. He abandons his father's surname of Mantiarco and takes the Septim name. Empress Kintyra II is taken captive in High Rock as Tamriel takes sides between Uriel III and his uncles.

3E 121 — War of the Red Diamond* This war was between the three surviving children of Pelagius II: Potema, Cephorus, and Magnus, and their respective offspring. Potema, of course, supports her son Uriel III, and has the support of all of Skyrim and northern Morrowind. With the efforts of Cephorus and Magnus, all of High Rock eventually supports them. Hammerfell, Summerset Isle, Valenwood, Elsweyr, and Black Marsh were divided, but most kings supported Cephorus and Magnus.

3E 123, 23rd of Frost Fall — Empress Kintyra II dies in her cell* Although reported to have died in 3E 114, the captive Empress Kintyra dies in secret in her cell. The 23rd of Frostfall is later named the day of Broken Diamond in her memory.

3E 125 — Thoriz Pelagius Septim is born* The future Emperor Pelagius Septim III is born to King Magnus Septim of Wayrest and his wife Hellena.
* Latest reported death of Empress Kintyra II. The fact of her demise becomes well-known and reinvigorates support for Cephorus and Magnus, who concentrate their forces in High Rock and Skyrimrespectively.

3E 127 — Emperor Uriel III dies, Emperor Cephorus I is crowned* Uriel III is captured at the Battle of Ichidag in Hammerfell. En route to his trial in the Imperial City, a mob overtakes his carriage and burns him alive within it. His captor and uncle continues on to the Imperial City, and by common acclaim becomes Emperor Cephorus I. Cephorus' reign is marked by nothing but war. The Empire acquiesces to demands for greater autonomy from the nobility of all the outlying provinces except Elsweyr. It takes Cephorus an additional ten years of constant warfare to defeat his sister Potema.
* Potema defeats the forces of her brother Magnus in the Battle of Falconstar.

3E 131 — Knights of the Nine dissolved* The knightly order is formally dissolved, having never truly recovered following the War of the Red Diamond.

3E 133 — Destri Melarg dies* Destri Melarg, famed Redguard historian and translator, dies at the age of 113, leaving numerous unfinished histories and untranslated verse.

3E 137 — Potema, Queen of Solitude, dies* The so-called Wolf Queen of Solitude dies during the siege of her castle.

3E 139 — Sir Casimir loses the Guantlets of the Crusader* After the knight kills a beggar in the Chapel of Stendarr in Chorrol, the guantlets slip off his hands and lie immovable on the floor of the chapel, waiting for a new champion.

3E 140 — Emperor Cephorus I dies, Emperor Magnus is crowned* Cephorus never had the time to marry, so it is his brother, the fourth child of Pelagius II, who assumes the throne. The Emperor Magnus is elderly, and the business of punishing the traitorous kings of the War of the Red Diamond drains much of his health.

3E 141 — King Pelagius of Solitude marries Duchess Katariah of Vvardenfell* The future Emperor of Tamriel is recorded as "occasionally eccentric" in the Imperial Annals. He marries the Duchess on the orders of his father, Emperor Magnus.

3E 145, 8th of Second Seed — Emperor Magnus dies, Emperor Pelagius III is crowned* Pelagius leaves the throne of Solitude to his sister Jolethe. Almost from the start, Pelagius III, sometimes called Pelagius the Mad, becomes noted for his eccentric behavior. He embarrasses dignitaries, offends his vassal kings, and, on one occasion, marks the end of a grand ball by attempting to hang himself.

3E 150 — Last sighting of Sir Amiel Lannus* The founder of the Knights of the Nine is seen for the last time, living alone in the priory of his defunct order.
* The Siege of Abernanit takes place in Morrowind.

3E 153, 2nd of Suns Dawn — Emperor Pelagius III dies, Empress Katariah is crowned* After being committed to an asylum due to his madness, on a warm night after a brief fever, the 34-year-old Emperor Pelagius III dies in his cell at the Temple of Kynareth, on the Isle of Betony. Katariah, Duchess of Vvardenfell and Empress Regent following the commitment of her husband, formally becomes the controversial new Empress. Katariah's forty-six year reign is later remembered one of the most glorious in Tamriel's history (assertions to the contrary being dismissed as racist). Katariah travels extensively throughout the Empire, as no Emperor had since Tiber's day. She repairs much of the damage that broken alliances and bungled diplomacy had created. The people of Tamriel come to love their Empress, though many nobles are not as fond.
* At some point during the year, Sir Amiel Lannus dies alone in the Priory of the Nine.

3E 195 — Rangidil Ketil dies* The commander of the Ordinators of the Tribunal Temple dies at the age of 288.

3E 202 — Emperor Cassynder dies, Emperor Uriel IV is crowned* Cassynder dies after a two-year reign. Uriel Lariat, Cassynder's half-brother and the child of Katariah I and her Imperial consort, abdicates the throne of Wayrest to reign as Emperor Uriel IV. Legally, he was Uriel Septim IV: Cassynder had adopted him into the family when he had become King of Wayrest. Nevertheless, to many of the people of Tamriel, Uriel IV is a bastard child of Katariah. Uriel does not possess the dynamism of his mother, and his long forty-three year reign becomes a hotbed of sedition.

3E 213 — *Song of the Askelde Men* published* The traditional Nordic poem is translated by the Atheneum Monks at Old Anthel.

3E 247 — Emperor Uriel IV dies, Emperor Cephorus II is crowned* The Elder Council's last victory over Uriel IV is posthumous: they vote to disinherit Andorak, Uriel IV's son. They also vote to coronate a cousin more closely related to the original Septim line as Emperor Cephorus II. Cephorus, formerly a Nordic king, battles those loyal to Andorak for nine years. The Council controversially grants Andorak the High Rock kingdom of Shornhelm to end the war.

3E 249 — Camoran Usurper invades* During the reign of Cephorus II, the Camoran Usurper leads an army of daedra and undead warriors on a rampage through Valenwood, conquering the whole province in two years, then turns toHammerfell. Cephorus II sends more and more mercenaries into Hammerfell to stop the Usurper's northward march, but they are bribed, turned into undead, or slaughtered. Animosity grows against the seemingly ineffective Empire.

3E 253 — Nightmare Host controls Dwynnen* The region of Dwynnen is under the rule of a lich and his armies of undead. They are defeated by Othrok, the future Baron of the land. They were reportedly under the command of the Camoran Usurper.
* Elinhir, a Crown city, does not answer the clarion call of Forebear cities Rihad and Taneth, allowing the Camoran Usurper to continue his northward march through Hammerfell.

3E 266 — Lord of Reich Gradkeep (Anticlere) dies* The Lord falls deathly ill and dies later in the year. This was one of the reasons why the resistance to the Usurper was so slow to develop in High Rock, who only become fully aware of the Usurper's conquests this year. Preparations would not begin until a year later.

3E 267 — Camoran Usurper is defeated* Baron Othrok and his less legendary allies, the rulers of Ykalon, Phrygias, and Kambria, assembles the greatest navy to date along the High Rock edge of the Iliac Bay, and defeats the Usurper's forces in the Battle of Firewaves.

3E 268 — Emperor Uriel V is crowned* Uriel V changes the perception of a weak Empire by embarking on a series of invasions almost from the moment he takes the throne.

3E 271 — Emperor Uriel V conquers Roscrea* The Emperor takes the island at the start of a campaign to secure the small islands lying between Tamriel and Akavir.

3E 276 — Emperor Uriel V conquers Cathnoquey* The Emperor takes the island as part of a campaign to secure the small islands lying between Tamriel and Akavir.

3E 279 — Emperor Uriel V conquers Yneslea* The Emperor takes the island as part of a campaign to secure the small islands lying between Tamriel and Akavir.

3E 282 — Emperor Uriel V captures Black Harbor in Esroniet* This is part of a campaign to secure the small islands lying between Tamriel and Akavir.

3E 284 — Emperor Uriel V conquers Esroniet* The Emperor takes the island as part of a campaign to secure the small islands lying between Tamriel and Akavir.

3E 285 — Prince Uriel Septim VI is born* The future Emperor of Tamriel is born to Emperor Uriel Septim V and his consort Thonica shortly before the Emperor leaves for Akavir.

3E 286 — Captain Torradan ap Dugal dies* After being trapped in a cavern for over twenty years, Torradan ap Dugal, Lord Captain of the Red Sabre, dies.

3E 288, 23rd of Rain's Hand — Emperor Uriel V invades Akavir* Uriel V sets sail with the largest fleet assembled in recorded history to invade the continent of Akavir. They arrive in Tsaesci six weeks later.
* The twin daughters of the Emperor, Morihatha and Eloisa, are born.

3E 289, 5th of Sun's Dawn — Foiled assassination of Emperor Uriel V* The Tsaesci attempt to assassinate the Emperor in Ionith, but are foiled by the Tenth Legion. The Imperial Province of Akavir and the surrounding seas experience unusual weather in and around this time.

3E 290 — Emperor Uriel V dies, Emperor Uriel VI is crowned* Uriel V is killed in Akavir on the battlefield of Ionith. His five-year-old son becomes Emperor Uriel Septim VI. The consort Thonica, as Uriel VI's mother, is given a restricted Regency until Uriel VI reaches the age of majority. The Elder Council retains the real power, as they had since the days of Katariah.

3E 313 — Emperor Uriel VI takes control* The Emperor can finally boast with conviction that he truly rules Tamriel after spending six years getting power restored to the office.

3E 314 — Pelagius IV is born* Pelagius IV, nephew to Emperor Uriel VI, son of Eloisa, and future Emperor, is born.

3E 319 — Arslan II is born* Arslan II, father to the future King of Daggerfall, Lysandus, is born.

3E 320 — Emperor Uriel VI dies, Empress Morihatha is crowned* Uriel VI falls from his horse and cannot be saved by the finest Imperial healers. His beloved sister Morihatha takes the throne.

3E 331 — The second edition of *A Pocket Guide to The Empire* is published* Recognizing the changes that had taken place in the empire in the 375 years since the first edition was published, Empress Morihatha commissions a second edition to update and correct the original version.

3E 335 — Eloisa dies* Eloisa, sister of Empress Morihatha, dies of fever.

3E 336 — Nulfaga is born* Nulfaga, mother to the future King of Daggerfall, Lysandus, is born.

3E 339 — Empress Morihatha is assassinated, Emperor Pelagius IV is crowned* Assassins kill Empress Morihatha, and her nephew becomes Emperor Pelagius IV.

3E 340 — Eadwyre is born* Eadwyre, future King of Wayrest and husband to Carolyna, is born.

3E 344 — *Frontier, Conquest* is published* *Frontier, Conquest, and Accommodation: A Social History of Cyrodiil* is published by the University of Gwylim Press.

3E 345 — *Bible of the Deep Ones** The *Bible of the Deep Ones* is given by the Chief of the Deep Ones to Irlav Moslin, founder of Hackdirt.

3E 346 — Uriel Septim VII is born* Uriel Septim VII, last and future Emperor of Tamriel, is born.

3E 353 — Mynisera is born* Mynisera, future wife to Lysandus, King of Daggerfall, is born.

3E 354 — Lysandus is born* Lysandus, future King of Daggerfall, is born to Arslan II and Nulfaga.

3E 360 — *The Book of the Dragonborn** *The Book of the Dragonborn* is written at Weynon Priory.

3E 368 — Emperor Pelagius IV dies, Emperor Uriel Septim VII is crowned* Emperor Pelagius IV dies after a twenty-nine year reign, with Tamriel closer to unity than it had been since the days of Uriel I. Emperor Uriel Septim VII succeeds him, and continues with the unification of Tamriel. He focuses his efforts in eastern Tamriel, and is greatly aided by his Imperial Battle-mage, Jagar Tharn.
* Camaron, future King of Sentinel, is born.
* Carolyna, future Queen of Wayrest and wife to Eadwyre, is born.

3E 369 — Akorithi is born* Akorithi, future Queen of Sentinel and wife to Camaron, is born.

3E 370 — Eternal Champion is born* The hero who stopped Jagar Tharn's rule over Tamriel is born.

3E 370 — Work begins on *The Daggerfall Chronicles** Nesmyt of the Scenarist Guild creates a new sect of Imperial scribes charged with documenting all future events.

3E 375 — "The Agent" is born* The unnamed hero who put to rest the soul of King Lysandus is born.

3E 376 — King Helseth is born* King Helseth is born to Queen Barenziah and Symmachus.

3E 377 — Arslan II dies* Arslan II, father to King Lysandus of Daggerfall, dies.
* Crown Prince Geldall is born to Emperor Uriel Septim VII and his wife Caula Voria.

3E 378 — Prince Enman is born* Emperor Uriel Septim VII and his wife Caula Voria have their second son.

3E 380 — Prince Ebel is born* Emperor Uriel Septim VII and his wife Caula Voria have their third son.

3E 381 — Gothryd is born* Gothryd is born to Lysandus and Mynisera, rulers of Daggerfall.

3E 384 — Morgiah is born* Morgiah is born to Queen Barenziah and Symmachus.

3E 386 — Aubk-i is born* Aubk-i is born to Camaron and Akorithi, rulers of Sentinel.

3E 389 — Imperial Simulacrum begins* Emperor Uriel Septim VII is betrayed by the Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn and imprisoned in a dimension of Tharn's creation.
* Elysana is born to Carolyna and Eadwyre, rulers of Wayrest.

3E 391 — Symmachus dies* Symmachus, husband to Barenziah, dies.

3E 392 — Greklith is born to Camaron and Akorithi, rulers of Sentinel.[19]* Carolyna, Queen of Wayrest and wife of Eadwyre, dies.

3E 393 — Lhotun is born* Lhotun is born to Camaron and Akorithi, rulers of Sentinel.

3E 394 — The Five Year War* The earliest date to which some trace the outbreak of the Five Year War between Valenwood and Elsweyr.

3E 395 — Regional wars rage throughout Tamriel* The Five Year War breaks out, the first of several major regional wars in Tamriel over the next several years.

3E 396 — Arnesian War* The Arnesian War breaks out in Morrowind.

3E 397 — Umbra' Keth is destroyed* A Shadow of Conflict being created by the ongoing War of the Bend'r-mahk is destroyed by an unknown hero wielding the power of the seven Star Teeth.

3E 398, 29th of Sun's Dusk — Archbishop Calaxes disappears* The bastard son of the Emperor is rumored to have advocated full-scale rebellion against the Emperor. He is never heard from again; it is later thought that he was assassinated in the Temple of the One.

3E 399 — Jagar Tharn is defeated; Orsinium is founded* A mysterious champion defeats the Battlemage in the dungeons of the Imperial Palace and frees Emperor Uriel Septim VII from his other-dimensional cell, ending the Imperial Simulacrum.[2][27]
* Gortwog gro-Nagorm founds the nation of Orsinium and begins fighting for its independence.[28]
* The Five Year War ends.

3E 401 — Nulfaga finds the Mantella* Nulfaga of Daggerfall finds the exact location of the Mantella, the heart of Numidium.
* A census of Daggerfall is taken which places the population at nearly 110,000.

3E 403 — Lysandus, King of Daggerfall, is brutally murdered in a cunning trap set by Lord Woodborne of Wayrest.* Camaron, King of Sentinel and husband to Queen Akorithi, dies.
* The War of Betony between Daggerfall of High Rock and Sentinel of Hammerfell takes place.

3E 404 — *Newgate's War Of Betony* is written* Vulper Newgate writes his pro-Daggerfall account of the War of Betony.

3E 405 — Investigation into murder* Another mysterious character is sent by Uriel Septim VII to investigate the death of King Lysandus and to find the missing letter the Emperor sent to the Queen of Daggerfall, Mynisera.

3E 407 — The Lopper stalks slave traders in Tear* According to *Last Scabbard of Akrash*, ten people are killed in connection to the Lopper, a vigilante targeting slavers in Tear.

3E 410 — Spread of the Sixth House* Sixth House operations expand substantially as bases are founded in various places around Vvardenfell. Sixth House operatives exploit smuggler organizations and communications to spread their influence among victims unbalanced by Dagoth Ur's dream sendings.

3E 411 — Fear grows among Dissident Priests* Rumors circulate in Morrowind that the Tribunal Temple will soon begin a crusade to stamp out the dissidents in their ranks.

3E 412 — Azura's Star disappears* Azura's Star is purportedly sought and found by an adventurer, who betrays his partner and uses the Star to attain great wealth. The Star disappears again sometime in the months before 8th of Sun's Dawn.

3E 414 — Vvardenfell is opened for settlement* Previously a preserve administrated by the Tribunal Temple since the Treaty of the Armistice, Vvardenfell was largely uninhabited and undeveloped. Vvardenfell is reorganized as an Imperial Provincial District after King Llethan of Morrowind revokes the centuries-old Temple ban on trade and settlement. A flood of Imperial colonists and the Great Houses came to Vvardenfell. This also opens up exploitation of valuable resources like glass and ebony.

3E 415 — Sixth House occupy every town in Vvardenfell* It is later believed that the Sixth House has at least a small cell in every town in Vvardenfell, with larger operations concealed in remote dungeons.

3E 417, 9th of Frost Fall — The Miracle of Peace, or the Warp in the West* A mysterious event takes place between the 9th to the 11th of Frostfall in which the forty-four independent kingdoms, counties, baronies, and duchies surrounding the Iliac Bay were condensed into four: Daggerfall, Sentinel, Wayrest, and Orsinium.

3E 417 — The Tribunal lose Kagrenac's Tools* Almalexia and Sotha Sil lose the artifacts Keening and Sunder to the minions of Dagoth Ur during a battle at Red Mountain. Vivec rescues them, but fails to recover the artifacts. They retreat from Red Mountain in disorder and return to their respective capitals, continuing to perform their ritual functions, but soon stop appearing in public altogether. They grow weaker without access to the Heart of Lorkhan, and because of resources required to support the Ghostfence. The inner circle of the Temple priesthood begin to suspect the Tribunes have suffered seriously from wounds and demoralization in the wake of reverses at Red Mountain, but do not recognize the scale of the problem.

3E 421 — Greywyn Blenwyth founds the Crimson Scars.* Greywyn, a member of the Dark Brotherhood, believes that Sithis has ordered him to remove all non-vampires from the Dark Brotherhood. To achieve this goal, Greywyn founds the Crimson Scars. The Crimson Scars are later killed by the Black Hand upon the discovery of Greywyn's plot.

3E 421, 14th of Last Seed — The Emma May sinks* A ship called the Emma May sinks in Niben Bay shortly after a mutiny.

3E 423 — Corvus Umbranox, Count of Anvil, disappears.* The husband of Countess Millona Umbranox disappears.

3E 426 — The Prelude sinks* A ship called the Prelude sinks off the southern coast of Vvardenfell, east of Vivec.

3E 426 — Tax revolt in Balmora* Due to high Imperial tax rates and tariffs on trade, the people of Balmora revolt. The revolt is forcefully put down, but accounts of it event differ.

3E 426 — Assassinations in Vvardenfell* Assassinations by the Sixth House of Imperial and Hlaalu supports increase significantly. So do sudden attacks by the cultists and deranged victims of soul sickness.

3E 427 — The Blight* The Morrowind government, already weakened in power over questions of authority, is further threatened by the re-awakening of the ancient curse of the Blight from the giant volcano Red Mountain.
* The legendary Nerevarine arrives in Vvardenfell by order of the Emperor, destined to kill Dagoth Ur and bring peace to Morrowind.

3E 427 — Discord among the Tribunal* After the loss of her divine powers, Almalexia of the Almsivi becomes insane and kills her fellow Tribune Sotha Sil. The Nerevarine reforges Nerevar Indoril's blade - Trueflame - and uses it to kill the mortal Almalexia in the Clockwork City.

3E 427 — Bloodmoon Prophecy* As the prophecy foretold, the Daedric Prince Hircine performs a ritual hunt on the frozen island of Solstheim, as he does once every era. The Nerevarine is chosen to play a part in it, and ultimately defeats Hircine at his own game.
* Raven Rock is founded.

3E 431 — Changes in the Mages Guild* Arch-Mage Hannibal Traven institutes substantial reforms in the Mages Guild.

3E 431 — Dawnfang and Duskfang are discovered* A group of adventurers in the Colovian Highlands find the Akaviri swords Dawnfang and Duskfang in an Ayleid ruin.

3E 431 — The Knights of the Thorn* The son of the Count of Cheydinhal and his friends begin adventuring as Knights of the Thorn.

3E 432 — The third edition of *A Pocket Guide to The Empire* is published* The Imperial Geographical Society publishes the third edition to reflect the large changes that had taken place since the second edition, especially following the Warp in the West. It is commissioned and promulgated under the authority of Emperor Uriel Septim VII.
* Five years after its founding, the population of Raven Rock in Solstheim totals over thirty people, all of whom are dependent on the ebony mine.

3E 433 — Oblivion Crisis* Emperor Uriel Septim VII and his heirs are murdered by the Mythic Dawn, a secret cult devoted to Mehrunes Dagon. Oblivion Gates open all over Tamriel as Dagon begins to invade the mortal plane.Kvatch is destroyed.
* In Black Marsh, the Hist (which have foreseen the crisis) calls Argonians from across the Empire back to Black Marsh. Led by the An-Xileel, the Argonian armies defeat the invading daedra.
* The Crystal Tower in the Summerset Isles is destroyed by daedra.
* Ald'ruhn on Vvardenfell is sacked by daedra.
* Solstheim goes remarkably unscathed; there's no record of any Oblivion Gates opening on the island.
* The Daedric invasion of Tamriel is ended after the Battle of Bruma, during the Battle of the Imperial City. Martin Septim, escorted by the Champion of Cyrodiil, transforms into the Avatar of Akatoshand defeats Mehrunes Dagon.

3E 433 — Count Corvus Umbranox of Anvil reappears* After 10 years, Corvus Umbranox returns to his wife in Anvil.
* A new Gray Fox leads the Thieves Guild. History is rewritten by the use of an Elder Scroll, and the Cyrodilic branch of the guild flourishes.

3E 433 — Death of Mannimarco* Mannimarco, "The King of Worms", falls in a duel in the Jerall Mountains against the Mages Guild's newest Archmage, with the help of the previous Archmage Hannibal Traven.

3E 433 — Purification of the Dark Brotherhood* Internal strife caused by a traitorous Speaker results in the assassination of half of the Black Hand and the decimation of the Cheydinhal sanctuary. The Night Mother appoints a new Listener after the traitor is killed.

3E 433 — Reformation of the Knights of the Nine* Following daedric attacks on clergymen, an unknown pilgrim receives a vision of Pelinal Whitestrake, reunites the Crusader's Relics, and reorganizes the Knights of the Nine.

3E 433 — The Greymarch* After a portal to the Shivering Isles opens in Niben Bay, the Daedric Prince Sheogorath's curse is broken, which allows him to remain as Jyggalag. Sheogorath's champion takes up the Mad God's mantle.