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Well this is my current Dragonborn's back story.

My Dragonborn is a Nord named Kjaala Storm-Blade, However she wasn't always known by that name, as she took it on later in life after taking part in the Skyrim civil war. She was born Kjaala Wolf-heart in Dawnstar in 4E 175 to merchant parents. When she was only a months old her parents who were devout followers of Talos were arrested and eventually executed for their refusal to change their beliefs by decree of the recently signed White-Gold Concordat. A few weeks before the arrest a family friend, a Dunmer trader from Solsthiem by the name of Ulaan Savadros paid them a visit to conduct business to sell netch leather in Skyrim. Fearing the inevitable arrest for their beliefs, her parents asked if He adopt her should anything happen to them, and he agreed.

Ulaan was an old man who came to Solsthiem from Ald'ruhn following the eruption of Red Mountain. Despite the vast cultural linguistic differences between himself & the Nords he did his best to raise the human child. He had trouble pronouncing her Nordic name, so he ended up calling her Kialeia, a close approximation of Kjaala in Dunmer. A name she would go by until she was in her late twenties. Always wanting to be a father, but never having kids of his own, He showered Kialeia with affection and was very protective of her. Since she was a baby when she was adopted, she believe herself to be an elf early in her childhood. Having seeing this as a potential problem later in life, He made a point to bring her into contact with other humans as often as he could, mainly the Skaal hunters who came to hunt netch near his home. He even proposed having them take her in, but they declined, believing it would not be good for her to keep moving from one family to another than another. They did teach her to hunt however when she was old enough, which she turned out to be very proficient at. Even though Ulaan worshipped Azura, He wanted to Kialeia to follow Talos if she so desired, which she did.

When she was 6 she was showing signs of magical abililty. Ulaan knew some magic and taught her what he could, but he only knew so much. He suggested the she go to Winterhold to gain proper training in magic. She didn't like idea that because she didn't want to go to some far off land and leave her ageing father behind. She had also grown to hate Skyrim, because of the stories her father told her about the Thalmor, The White-Gold Concordat, & her birth parents fate. She knew about Master Neloth in near by Tel Mithryn, & would have preferred to have him train her. However that was out of the question because he would never take the time to train a human child, & Ulaan hated the Telvanni. When Kialeia was 12 Ulaan got sick & could no longer take care of her like he once could. She wanted to take care of him in his final days, but he didn't want to put her through that, as he felt she was destined for greater things. After much persuasion she reluctantly decided to go ahead and give Winterhold a try.

At first she didn't get on well at the College of Winterhold. She was very homesick, Ulaan died not long after she arrived, and on top of that she believed she was in the land of her sworn enemy due to the presence of Altmer at the school. Even though she new some basic Tamrielic she spoke it with a heavy accent, and was only comfortable speaking Dunmer. She took comfort in the fact that there Dunmer there especially a fellow student named Brelyna, as she felt she could relate to them more than she did with her fellow Nords whom she saw as completely alien compared to the Skaal with whom she had more contact and whose culture was more familiar. However there was one aspect of this strange new place that fascinated her, She met her first ever Khajiit, a people she has only heard tales about. A young mage named J,zargo. Though at first she didn't like him much, due to his cocky personality.

Within a year she still hated Skyrim, but had begun to like the cloistered security of the college. She practiced her Tamrielic & was able to speak it fluently. She spent much time in the Arcanaeum studying various subjects. Her favorites being History and Archaeology, since she grew up to Ulaan's many stories of his childhood in Morrowind during the time of the Neravarine. She had proven her self to be a very talented mage. She excelled most in Illusion, Conjuration, and Destruction. She had developed life long friendships with Brelyna, & and eventually J,zargo. She still had a herd time getting over her prejudice of non-Skaal Nords. But that started to change some after befriending a Nord named Onmund.

During her years at Winterhold she devoted her non-magic studies to the research of Dwemer, Falmer, and Ayleid. In 4E 199 Kialeia decided to take a trip to Cyrodiil to study the Ayleid ruins, and if possible bring back some welkynd stones & varla stones for the College. While there she took a few side trips to sites associated with the Champion of Cyrodiil including Frostcrag Spire, and Rosethorn Hall which was a museum devoted to him. During her visit to Rosethorn she spent hours talking to the curator, an old Bosmer who was once the Hero's most adoring fan. Kialeia learned a lot about the Hero's life up until his mysterious disappearance a few years after the end of the Oblivion crisis. This visit also cemented Kialeia's already burning hatred of the Thalmor when she was told that the practically empty museum was being forced to close, because they claimed it was contributing to a campaign of misinformation about who they believe truly ended the oblivion crisis. After 2 enlightening years in Cyrodiil she finally got a hold of welkynd and varla stones. As she crossed the border she was stopped by some Imperial troops, and arrested. The stones she possessed was declared property of the Emperor, so she was charged with smuggling stolen Imperial property. From there the events of the game begin.