The Great Shagsby Revolution

Jay Shagsby accepts the Bonelords' surrender

The Great Shagsby Revolution occurred from 2159 to 2280 (see The Official Timeline) when Jay Shagsby, the Immortal spawn of Reanu Keeves and Todd Howard, stirred the people of Skyrim into rebellion against the oppressive Bonelord Regime.

## Context

Ever since the year 2125, when the Bone Wars ended with the death of Barry Boneraiser, the Six Bonelords sought to prevent anyone but themselves from tapping into the power of The Cheesy Exploits. Jay Shagsby, though, knew how Reanu had gained his power in Skyrim, while the Bonelords did not. For this reason, the Bonelords did not know to stop Shagsby from gaining power until it was too late. However, Reanu had so fractured the Todd-verse that Shagsby was unable to reach even half of his predecessor's power.

Jay Shagsby empathized with the people of Skyrim who suffered under the cruel Bonelord Regime, and sought to better their lives. With his new power, he saw a window of opportunity open itself to him. Filled with hope, he began The Great Shagsby Revolution.

## The Great Shagsby Revolution

Jay Shagsby began his revolution by arming the populace. He gave each of his soldiers mildly cheesy gear, but did not even then wish his supporters to get in harm's way. Instead, he perfected the enchantments on his own gear and took the fight to the Bonelords himself.

The Six Bonelords did not take kindly to Jay Shagsby's actions. They sought to stifle the rebellious sentiment wherever it could be found, but they discovered that they were unable to stop what Shagsby had started. Enraged, the amassed great undead armies and marched out to where they knew he lived.

Jay Shagsby heard of the Bonelords' coming and made his preparations, placing frenzy runes all over his abode and creating numerous death traps. When the army arrived, Shagsby drank a potion which rendered his Illusion spells more powerful, so that none were safe from the power of the frenzy runes. Within minutes the army had destroyed itself, but the Bonelords had brought the undead Barry Boneraiser with them, so that the army was quickly back in fighting order again, except this time no runes were left.

Shagsby had not anticipated Barry's corpse joining the battle, and quickly altered his plan. From his hiding place, he shot at Barry with his bow, but whenever he killed the former Bonelord he would be resurrected, either by one of the Six or by a necromancer they had brought along for this purpose. Frustrated, Shagsby decided to shoot at the Bonelords themselves.

However, Jay Shagsby had shot so many arrows by this time that the Six were able to discover his hiding place. The Bonelords sent a large detachment, including the enthralled Barry Boneraiser, to deal with him. They did not know that he hadn't brought any of his supporters, so they stayed back with the reserves just in case. This proved to be their downfall. Shagsby quickly dispatched the necromancers in the detachment (making sure to kill Barry first and not giving the others time to revive him), and without their resurrection powers the detachment was soon entirely dead. The only way to revive them would be for the Bonelords themselves to meet Jay Shagsby in battle at that place.

However, the Spawn of Reanu did not give them this opportunity. He charged at them head-on, bringing the fight away from the fallen army, and with the strongest of their legion dead he quickly forced them all to use their once-a-day necromancy power just to hang on. Once these powers haad been extinguished, it was not long before they themselves were the only ones alive. Jay Shagsby had won.

## The Surrender

Shocked and distraught, the Six Bonelords decided to surrender to Jay Shagsby. Jay thought about what he would do, and decided to manipulate the fabric of the Tod-verse (a talent which had gained from the knowledge of Todd Howard) to bring all seven of them into the sky. That done, he showed them the havoc they had wreaked upon Skyrim with their oppressive rule, and laid out the terms of the surrender to them. They were:

- The Six Bonelords are to swear undying allegiance to Jay Shagsby, and do as he commands until Reanu keeves escapes the Todd-verse.

- The Six Bonelords are to repent of their ways, and never again seek dominion over mortals.

- Jay Shagsby is to be crowned High King of Skyrim.

- The corpse of Barry Boneraiser is to be destroyed.

Seeing no other choice, the Bonelords accepted Jay Shagsby's terms. The Son of Todd lowered them down from the sky and in the sight of all bound them to his will. This action marked the end of Skyrim's dark age.