Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29559990-20141002013324/@comment-29559990-20141018154920

Maximus Vile wrote:

Backround: Septimus grew up in the Imperial City, the barstard son of an influential member of the Imperial Military Command. To silence his mother, the Legate gave Septimus a post in the Skyrim garrison before the war broke out. Joining as a recruit, as the Empire pulled out Septimus ended his time as a Praefect. Septimus later served in the Second Great War, where he rose to the rank of Legate, and deputy commander of the Elseweyr garrison. He was dishonorably discharged due to PTSD, and returned to Skyrim in order to quell his inner demons. However after a falling out with the Black Briars in Riften, involving Miranda Black Briar (Inguns daughter), Septimus is now a wanted man in several holds and scrapes a living through mercenary work, only to blow it on mead.

(Being legate in the Second great war may cause a plot hole. While the war isn't ancient history, this is by no means a recent event. Meyhaps it would be better if you were a discharged Thalmor? Survivors of that war could live to be ancient...)