Instructions from the Empire

Level Requirement: none

After exiting Privateer's Hold, you will receive a letter from Lady Magnessan (Brisienna) asking you to meet with her. The letter should arrive within a few days of exiting, but could take a long as a month of game time. When it arrives, you will get a pop-up notice to the effect that it has arrived and will find the letter in your inventory with a green background.

She will introduce herself as the Emperor's agent in the Bay area and ask you to meet her at an inn somewhere in the Daggerfall province. Travel there and speak with her. She will give you some background information on the situation in the Iliac Bay and point you toward the courts of Daggerfall, Wayrest and Sentinel. After finishing your conversation with her, the quest is marked complete.

Should you fail to arrive within the time prescribed in the letter, you will receive a second letter telling you that she has extended her stay and still expects to meet with you. You will have an additional month in which to comply with her request. Should you fail to do so, a third letter will be dispatched, essentially telling you that you are on your own. The third letter takes about two weeks to arrive. If you can manage to speak with her before that letter arrives, you will have completed the quest. If not, you will lose reputation with her and with the Emperor, and you will be locked out of the Main Quest for all intents and purposes.

This is the only part of the Main Quest that starts automatically. All other quests require some action on your part to start their timers and may be done at your convenience.