Jiub (Dawnguard)

Returning from is Jiub, the Dunmer prisoner turned saint in.

Prisoner
Jiub was sent to prison after a failed assassination on a high ranking official of House Redoran in Morrowind. A rival assasin from the Morag Tong reached his target first and alerted the guards to cover his tracks. Jiub was sent to jail in Vivec City after his trial.

Upon his release in 3E 427, he was transferred by ship alongside the Nerevarine from the Imperial City to Morrowind. It was at this time he decided to turn his life around to seek redemption. He felt compelled to give something back to the people of Morrowind so he decided to embark upon a crusade against the Cliff Racers who plagued his homeland.

Slayer
In the following years, Jiub sought out and slayed the winged menace across the ashlands of Morrowind and beyond. On one occasion, a Cliff Racer he was pursuing led him into an ambush. According to Jiub, the entire nest attacked him - but over the course of two full days Jiub was victorious after killing seventy six of them. .

Saint
For his efforts in wiping out the Cliff Racers from Vvardenfell, he was sainted by the Tribunal Temple. He became a hero across the region and even had a festival, known as St. Jiub's Fair, named after him.

Death
Jiub later moved to Kvatch in Cyrodiil to focus on his writing, but his life was tragically cut short when an Oblivion Gate opened outside the city in 3E 433. His soul was captured by a Dremora during the attack on the city and sent to the Soul Cairn.

Impatience of a Saint
The Dragonborn can interact the spiritual essence of Jiub and accept a quest to find the second volume of his autobiography, its pages are scattered across the barren landscape of Soul Cairn.

Jiub also mentions life in Morrowind and Cyrodill and how he was imprisoned. When he is first encountered he is under the impression that he is imprisoned in Tamriel, although he has no idea how he came to be imprisoned or that he has been dead for over 200 years.

Trivia

 * Jiub's tale of slaying Cliff Racers and achieving sainthood hearkens back to the story of St. Patrick who killed all the snakes in Ireland.
 * Jiub has his original voice from Morrowind when encountered in the Soul Cairn. He is the only Dunmer since Morrowind to have this voice. Although the voice was to be originally included in Oblivion, it was cut from the finalized game, much to the disappointment of many fans.

Quotes

 * "Stand up. There you go...you were dreaming..."