Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130722105712/@comment-9601450-20140425233154

I have been meditating on the Thalmor power problem, and I thin I've came to a conclusion.

Barilzar's Mazed Band. (This is going to be big 'ol wall of text so bear with me)

There are no books, no scrolls, no in-game written accounts of Barilzar that I can find, his history is clouded, as are the abilities of his ring, the Mazed Band. So the easiest way to tell to tell you about it, is through my in-game perspective.

I was on orders from Queen Barenziah to gain the trust of Almalexia's right hand Fedris Hler, a former assasian. I had done a couple of jobs for him, defeating a goblin army here, cleansing a shrine there, nothing that could challange the Nerevarine mind you, but at least I was occupied. Then, he told me that Almalexia wished me to retrieve Barilzar's Mazed Band, he gave me the location, but said if I wanted to know more about it I should ask Gavos Drin, a high ranking priest in the Temple. He said Barilzar was a most powerfull mage. He constructed the Mazed Band somewhere in the middle of the second era, and... disappeared. Drin assured me that the "Lady of Light" (Almalexia) would surely use it for the benifit of Morrowind. This didn't tell me what it did, (come on, don't tell me I'm the only one that eagerly seeks out artifacts of extreme power?) so I checked around. One of my contacts, a usually calm man, told me to not speak its name. Saying it was a cursed object. He calmed down, told me that Barilzar was evil, and that there are many stories about him, and his ring. He told me that it was used as a means of teleportation, but also that "t was much worse than that. That ring was said to open gates to hellish planes, releasing creatures best left in nightmare." He also stated that it had been stripped of its power, and now only a god could use it without being destroyed. I then asked the Queen, and she told me there were few details, but refered me to Torasa Aram at the Museum of Artifacts. And, well, she said this

"The Mazed Band may actually be no more than a legend, though there is no doubt of Barilzar's existence, or his power. It has been said that the Mazed Band was able to open rifts in time and space...that it could even open the gates of Oblivion. It's been said that it would take one of divine birth to wield the ring. Some speculate that that was how Barilzar himself met his end. Of course, this is all conjecture. No one really knows what happened to the man or the Band. All of that was lost centuries ago."

Needless to say, the suspense was killing me, so I finally got around to going to the location (A crypt) of the Band. I fought through a dozen or so Liches before I reached the last chamber. In it was the final lich, all bone no skin, wearing bits and peices of a suit of armor, and he weilded a Daedric Claymore. he spoke to me, and said the following:

"You have no place here, child of living flesh. The Mazed Band must not be allowed to leave this tomb. The Band should never have existed at all. That was my folly, and this is my curse. For all eternity, I am damned to walk in this half life, to keep my creation from destroying the hearts and minds of mortals. Those who would challenge my fate will pay with their lives."

A battle ensued, but I emerged the victor. I brought it to Gavos, and he said the lady wished to receive it personally. Now, here's a good time to mention that I DON'T TRUST THE TRIBUNAL and that I ESPEICALLY DON'T TRUST ALMALEXIA, so I wouldn't hand over something that powerfull. Back to the story, *ahem* I met with Almalexia and she told me that I was a good and loyal servent. And that I could "bathe in the light of her mercy" *gag* But I asked her what she would do with the mazed band. She said that she would use it for the benifit of all Dunmer, and then she plucked it from my hands.


 * skip past a lot of END OF THE WORLD!!!!ish things*

I confronted her and she told me she modified the mazed band so it would transport her to Sotha Sil's pad so she could kill him, (She already had when I got there) and that she was responsible for the END OF THE WORLD!!!!ish things.

Epic boss battle, I kill her, and take the Band from her corpse.

Since ol' Alma' had lost her divine station, she had to modify it so it would work for mortals, (which was just fine and dandy for me) but, it didn't have all the powers I thought it would have, probably becuase it would take years to learn how to fully use the Band.

But I still had questions.

What was the extent of its powers?

What would happen if someone else got a hold of it?

Whew, that was longer then I thought it would be.

If the Thalmor got it, it would give them the edge they need.

Whatcha think? Crud or not?