Uriel Septim IV

Uriel Septim IV, also Uriel Lariat (Born ?? - 3E 247), was the fifteenth monarch to rule Tamriel.

Uriel Lariat was the son of Katariah and her consort Lariat, and thus had no close blood relation to Tiber Septim or the branch Matriarch Empress Kintyra. At the time of his succession in 3E 202, he left High Rock to reign as Uriel Septim IV. To the Elder Council, the nobility, and the people as a whole, he was a bastard child of Katariah. Uriel did not possess his mother's dynamism, his forty five year reign being a hotbed of sedition. Despite the Lariat family's respected position (they were distant cousins of the Septims), few of the Elder Council were receptive to his claim as a blood relative of Tiber Septim.

The Council had already established itself as a significant authority during his mother Katariah's many travels and the short reign of the frail Cassynder. As such, their power was remarkable, and as a perceivedly alien monarch, Uriel IV found it impossible to keep them faithful, or even respectful, of his authority as Emperor. Time and time again, the Council and Emperor were at odds; and time and time again, the Council won the battles. Since the days of Pelagius II, the Elder Council had consisted of the wealthiest men and women in the Empire, and the power they wielded was, at the time, ultimate. This subjugation continued throughout Uriel IV's reign.

Uriel IV died in 3E 247 with the throne going to a cousin more closely related to Tiber Septim, Cephorus Septim II