Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-16047389-20140624184300/@comment-16047389-20140703080841

(Sorry for the late update, but it was a busy day today)

Attrebus seemed quite furious upon the discovery of the Daedric tome. He'd lost his normally civil attitude the moment he realized what it was. There's more to this than a simple law. You bring this up to Attrebus, hoping that he trusts and respects you enough to answer it.

"A fair question, I suppose." says Attrebus. "As you know, the law banning the worship of Daedra and the harboring of Daedric artifacts was first brought up by High Chancellor Ocato only a few decades after the Oblivion Crisis."

That's true. The entire Empire was in a state of chaos, and Ocato was desperate to restore order. The people were now fearful of anything related to the Daedra, so publicly denouncing Daedric worship was a good start at gaining the people's trust.

"However, it only resulted in a few minor witchhunts against the various cults around Cyrodiil," Attrebus explains, "and enforcement all but stopped after Ocato's death. Though the law had remained in effect even afterwards, the Stormcrown Interregnum left it all but negligible. After Titus Mede I took the throne, the Empire was too concerned with rebuilding rather than hunting down the various Daedric worshipping cults. It wasn't until Titus Mede II that the law was reaffirmed, thanks in no part to the more vocal members of the Elder Council."

He looks particularly proud at this. But none of this answers your initial question. You press him on this, and are answered with a sigh.

"The long and short of it," he responds, "is that I have had the chance to see the destruction and chaos that such practice brings. I've lost many friends to those reckless fanatics, and after the incident...this is what is best for the Empire."

A) Ask about this incident. What happened that pushed the ban on Daedric practices back into the light?

C) Ask about Attrebus' relation with the Fortesias. Members of the Elder Council don't usually come to their dinner parties, do they?

D) Ask about Attrebus' relation with Vallina. He seems particularly familiar with her. Is there some history behind them they're not telling?