Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130722105712/@comment-24034955-20131010163204

I just thought of an idea for a possible questline or dlc involving the Soul Cairn and the Ideal Masters.

It wold involve a cult of necromancers making a deal with the Ideal Masters (not sure what it would be yet) that would require a large amount of souls, causing the necromancers to organise raids on towns (think vampires in dawnguard) in attempt to collect loads of souls to offer to the Ideal Masters.

The questline would probably start in a similair fashion to dawnguard and would have the player trying to destroy the cult from the inside-out (possibly learning more of the Ideal Masters and their goals in the process.) After joining the cult the player wold rise through their ranks until they are able to meet with the illusive leader, and promptly have him assasinated. The player would then assume his role (possibly by impersonating him) and travel to the Soul Cairn to speak with the Ideal Masters. Here, the player learns that they feed on souls and gain more power from each soul they receive, and they plan on gaining enough power to invade Tamriel. The player, having assumed the role of  the cult's leader attempts to cancel the deal between them, but is punished by having his soul trapped in the Soul Cairn.

Whilst in the Soul Cairn, the player learns from another trapped soul, of a giant soul gem that has been used to collect all of the souls given to Ideal Masters and must find a way to destroy it. The two of them then defeat the Guards of the soul gem and destroy it, freeing all of the souls that the cult collected, including the players. This drains the Ideal Masters of their power to the point were they are able to be defeated, and are forced to return the player and his new companion back to Nirn.

This is just an idea I had that I thought would be kinda cool, even though Dawnguard prominently featured the Soul Cairn. I think it would a cool way to learn more about the Ideal Masters, and be able to see and battle them.