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Hammerfell- Set in the year 4E 225 Morowind has been rebuilt, Skyrim is recovering from the civil war, and cyrodiil is in ashs, as a new Great War arises, they have no emperor, and they turn to the redguard, for they defeated the thalmor once and might help the empire defeat the Aldmeri Dominion, but Hammerfell has its own problems, an ancient dwemer mechanism has arisen, and is devastating the province, and there is news that Yokuda still stands due to a recent expedition that found a thriving Elf population that fit the description of Lefthanded Elves perfectly.

You were a prisoner of the Dominion, you escape on their voyage to high rock to meet with the high king, but when you arrive you meet the mechanism and are nearly killed,  you witness it kill the high king, and you are forced to defeat it, restore balance to Hammerfell, and make the decision wether the Empire falls, or rises.