Antonius Mede

*"The Empire is such a fool to track me down after they feel that I've been defeated at the Imperial City, I was alive this entire time because I seek power, and so I acquire and study those who have some degree of it. We are after following after the footsteps of necromancy. Do you think that your Emperor have been killed by Haidoneus, the Prince of Dead. While Titus' so many greats named Reman defeat me, I took of residence in Skyrim and have my place. I also have the eyes and ears to my lord Haidoneus."*
―Antonius Mede[src]
**Potentate Antonius Mede**, was also known as **Anthonius**, the **Dead Emperor**, and **The Monk Priest**, was a powerful necromancer who notable for founding the Order of the Dead, and the former Emperor of Tamriel and Potentate of the Imperial Potentate. He began his magical studies as a student of the Arcane University until he was permanently kicked. After his twenty-year reign as Emperor, he abandoned the title of Emperor and became last known Potentate, it caused the civil war lasted for four years, it was ended when Antonius evaded death by placing a decoy and escaped to Skyrim unharmed, making under a new alias that he can do his necromancy and life throughout the Fourth and Fifth Eras.

## Biography

### Early life and Study to necromancy

It is said that he was born as Antonius Attrebus Mede to the Mede Dynasty on the 22nd of Last Seed in 4E 78, which Antonius claims that he have no family and that his "father", Attrebus Mede and unknown mother was actually his adopted parents or uncle and aunt. In his childhood, he had developing insanity, the same of Mad Emperor Pelagius Septim III. During his childhood, Antonius were good and even-like, and loveable and caring child, even learn how to fight with an wooden Sword, archery and learn how to ride an horse. At about 14 or 15 years old, Antonius developed with Brain Fever and upon recovered two years later, which result insanity.

At his young age of possible sixteen years old, Antonius began to make a study of the school of necromancy. Time passed, and he became fascinated by the secrets of necromancers, and was seduced into the practice of entrapping and enslaving souls. He was also admired Mannimarco, the King of Worms. Antonius at the time was at the Arcane University to become one of most powerful mage, and soon when the Council of Mages caught Antonius with necromancy, he was kicked out of the University, permanently.

His father, angered that Antonius' necromancy method, he was punished and beaten. After the short time, Antonius continued to study in necromancy. With his mage skills while at the University, he become one of the most popular necromancer of all of Cyrodiil. He continued his study when he said that he read an book about Haidoneus, and summoned him. He then later created an Daedra cult for Haidoneus, called the Order of the Dead, or "Dead Cult". Other nercomancers in Cyrodiil and Skyrim managed to alliances with Antonius Mede, and join the cult with Haidoneus, the Prince of the UnDead as their savior and god.

### Ascension and Potentate

Antonius Mede was crowned at age of 21 on 4E 99. The amount of losing supported between Medes and people of Cyrodiil in the first weeks of his beginning of his reign. Attrebus Mede was nicknamed *Dead Emperor* because of his popularity faded. His rule as Emperor, was unpopular that mobs to opposed Antonius Mede; but many of riots by mobs failed. Attrebus often called Mad Attrebus (similar to Pelagius Septim III's insanity). Antonius managed to lift the ban on nercomancy for his cult, while as the cult spread throughout Cyrodiil without anyone notices it. As Emperor, he formerly known as **Emperor Attrebus Mede II** from 4E 99 to 4E 119, and remembered as the final Emperor of the Tamrielic Empire, while Antonius' doctors attempted to cure the Emperor's illness multiple time, but failed. This may cause a succession crisis without a bride or issue, he may die childless.

Sources say that an idea of an republic come an demand that while as Emperor, Antonius thinks that he once visit a book across called the "*Republic of Hahd*", an underwear country. Not any other Tamriel to established a republic while remaining Emperor. Since his popular that his selfish, evil, and tyrant Emperor of Cyrodiil. While the Elder Council demanding the Emperor not to create a republic, because the Empire is failing.

Upon establishing an Potentate in Tamriel, many of Imperials demanding the Emperor-then now Potentate Antonius Mede to resign, which he refused. Antonius even took steps to transform Cyrodiil into a Potentate republic, and to link more tightly the other provinces of the empire into a single cohesive unit. Even he will be plans to invade other provinces of Tamriel, that will only stop during civil war in Cyrodiil.

Antonius was declared himself, the title of Potentate, with total power over all of Cyrodiil and even the government. He forced the Elder Council to dismissed, which many of the council went into exile as they planned to rise General Reman Varian that successfully restoring the monarchy. During his reign, Antonius was described as one of the worst and the only Potentate who made Cyrodiil into a Potentate republic. With the Septims are banned, and replaced with Mede, which only to be Septim Coin to be bring back into Cyrodiil.

During the reign of Antonius Mede, the people of Cyrodiil during that time often called, "one of the worst Emperors of Cyrodiil." His worse and also the cause of his downfall when he mistook Talos as an Necromancer; which proven false and Attrebus may have been a Daedric worshipper which often summoned Mad-god Sheogorath because of his madness. His empire (Cyrodiil, Skyrim, High Rock and Hammerfell) gaining independent respectfully, which his empire left with Cydrodiil—but Skyrim, Hammerfall and High Rock remaining alliances with each other and the Empire.

### Civil War and Downfall

*Main article: Varian Ruby Rebellion*

The Elder Council call the restoration of the monarchy, which they reach out General Reman Varian, an Elder Council councilor and Imperial General. Reman then return to the Imperial City after his released of banishment by Antonius. Then an few mobs declared that "an civil war declared in Cyrodiil", and an civil war begin.*[citation needed]* However Antonius saw his General. Reman Varian rise an army and declared he had opposed Antonius rule.

Stressing and flustering that his top general abandoned him, ordered Reman to step down nor removed from office, but Antonius wasn't notice that his top general had huge support, even the Elder Council. Next the Elder Council had ruled that they not taking orders from the Potentate and escaped before Antonius do anything. In the course of civil war, Antonius rule begin to crippled and decline rapidly as Antonius losing Generals left and right by joining Reman's side, even the worse had come that the Counts now had allied with Reman. By 4E 126, the popularity of Antonius had been detreated and faded at the end of his reign. The Potentate's insanity had been worse and was described one of the worst Emperors of the Empire.

Antonius Mede had one more chance to crushed Reman army but there's one problem that almost about ninety-percent of the Empire (even the Council) supported Reman Varian. Than Reman Varian spend entire spring of 4E 127 to how to capture the two remaining cities such as Kvatch and Anvil, finally Reman did capture two remaining cities. When Reman did eventually take the Imperial City, leaving about Imperial soldiers and guards in Imperial City to help and without a commander who surrendered the front gate without no bloodshed. Antonius who than deposed was supposed to sign the treaty he disappeared of fearing his life and escape to Skyrim.

### Deposed and Evading death in Skyrim

*See also: Battle of the Imperial City*

In 4E 128, Antonius Mede's popularity was completed faded and his insanity was above the point that his madness was going to kill his own servants even some of the guards. Reman Varian was given to have a campaign to take the Imperial city that his scouts that he sent returns with information that by taking Imperial City which the end of the Antonius's reign. However the Elder Council forced Antonius forced to abdicated the throne.

General Reman Verian and his soon-to-be generals marched to Imperial City where Attrebus was present, outside of the city. Before he reached the City, Reman sent a scout to the Elder Council that his [Reman] army is coming to take Imperial City and seek shelter. Meanwhile at the Imperial Palace, Antonius installed a decoy as himself while he escapes into Skyrim while in good disguise or summon Haidoneus to go to his realm before retuning to Nirn and made residence in Skyrim. Upon arriving, the decoy was present at the hill, and duel with Reman. The Battle of the Ruby Throne broke out between Loyalist and Royalist Imperial forces, which ends with Reman Varian's victory. The Imperial documents reported that Reman himself deposed and killed the decoy Antonius, while General Reman served as Chief Councilor.

After faking his death, Antonius resettled in Skyrim under an new alias, "The Monk Priest", and recreated an hideout, called The Deadout, as well as his new headquarters. He did "faked" his own death by allowing an double who take his place during the Battle of the Imperial City which allowed Reman's forces to kill a double, and Reman became the first Emperor of the Fourth Empire of the Varian Dynasty. He is also championed by Haidoneus himself, gained immortally, and well as continued to operated as the leader of the Order of the Dead in Haidoneus' name, and as well had said travel to the Underworld various of times, in the Dead Order's headquarters of Castle of the Dead. Throughout the Fourth Era, Antonius had been in hiding, and was giving both in Nirn and in Oblivion of residence there. And lack of information of where Antonius may last seen in Tamriel.

### Reemergence and Death

Despite that Antonius remained immortal, favorited and gifted by Haidoneus himself after 102-years after Antonius's fake death, remerged as The Monk Priest personality. He had been leader of the Order of the Dead, an Daedric cult who worship Haidoneus and that the cult was founded by Antonius, since her evaded death. He later helped Haidoneus to launched his invasion of Cyrodiil, which was failed by Marcella and was sent back to Oblivion.

After 292 years later, Antonius remerged, but with the trouble running to the Imperial authorities, he traveled to Akavir to remain undetected. He later sent raiding parties to the area, and send a message to Akaviri Confederation leader King Ilneh by allegiance between the two, however it will soon fall apart. When Nelilia Sedaleth, a aspect of Marcella herself saw the true location of Antonius in Akavir after Marcella and Talos short departure from Akavir, she track down Antonius' top lieutenants, killing them in the progress. Finally Antonius was confronted by Nelilia herself, but he was fatally wounded in the progress, and soon succumbs to his wounds.

## Legacy

Despite the overwhelmingly negative characterization left by Cyrodilic historians, Antonius Mede leaves a underwhelming negative leacy and viewed by Imperials as the worst and most tyrant Emperor of Tamriel. The most of his respected reigns of both Emperor and Potentate in although bred to be a successful ruler, had his memoirs lost. In his short-reign as Emperor, he is widely remembered for his spending his time studying necromancy in private and due to when he also was exposed to the necromancy, he was been called the Dead Emperor. Most of his remaining supporters attempted to write biographies of Antonius Mede's life, but that too was also lost.

## Trivia

* Antonius Mede is one the oldest surviving Daedra, at the age of over 1,200 years old.
* In the book, *The Madness of Antonius Mede*, affirms Antonius Mede was first youngest monarch of the Mede Dynasty and he actually attends the Arcane University at young age before he becomes Emperor, before he got kicked out due to necromancy and he continues his rule as both Emperor and Potentate.
	+ While his rule, Antonius was popular known as the "Dead Emperor", but it was only given after his sudden and/or both faked his death.
	+ Similar to Potema Septim, Antonius was the second and maybe last monarchs who were born into necromancy, and Antonius himself admires Potema.
* Antonius Mede's appearance during the civil war in Cyrodiil at around 50-years old Imperial, but during his resurrection and rebirth, Antonius was brought back and the appearance is a young Imperial during the events of *The Elder Scrolls VI: Invasion*.

## References

1. ↑ *A Dossier of Antonius Mede*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 *The Mind of Dead Emperor*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 *Antonius Mede, the Dead Emperor*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *The Madness of Antonius Mede*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 *The Last Mede*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 *The Rise and Fall of Rasmanl*
7. ↑ *Haidoneus's Madness*
8. ↑ Dialogue of Tiber Claudius

 Severus Mede | 4E 99 – 4E 119 | Eventually Reman Varian (as Emperor of Cyrodiil)

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