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Imperials; Race, Culture and Religion
"Like the diamond in the center of the Amulet of Kings, Cyrodiil is the heart of the Septim Empire and Tamriel. Still largely forested and almost landlocked, the beauty of the land has been sung since time immemorial. Three empires have wielded their power from the strategic center of the continent, so it is little wonder that Cyrodiil is widely known simply as The Imperial Province"

- PGE 3: Cyrodiil

In this Blog Post, I will be discussing and elaborating over the Imperials; their Race, their ethno-culturality, their structure and Army/Armies, and their Pantheon, the Imperial Pantheon. in hopes of helping myself, and many others, to understand the Imperial Race better.

Early History
The history of the Imperial Race dates back to when the coming of the Ayleids, from which only Oral histories and the fragmented ballad of Topal the Pilot offered some insight on Cyrodiil beforehand. The Ayleids, moving into Cyrodiil from the Aldmeri predecessors who spread around all of Tamriel, started to build many Ruins which, in the upcoming future, will become renowned by people across all of Tamriel. Once the Nedic people from the north, Skyrim, started to spread south into the Jungled lands of Cyrod, they became the centralised slave labor for the Ayleid ideals, based around the all-known White-Gold Tower. "The Ayleids were ancient Aldmer, cousins of all the elven races that exist to this day. Over time, they became a distinct people, crafting a civilization whose ruins still puzzle and fascinate modern archeologists and adventurers. The ancient Nedic people, spreading south from Skyrim, became the slave labor for their ambitions, centered around the White-Gold Tower."

- PGE 3: Cyrodiil

The Alessian Slave Rebellion
Soon enough came 1E 242, and Alessia, a Nedic woman, stood up to the Ayleid opressors which caused the Slave Rebellion. This topic can be widely congressed over the main Article, and so talking about this here would be wasted time, more or less. This rebellion lead to a change in the "continental power structure", in which Cyrodiil, alias The Imperial Province, will from then on become the centralised power structure of Tamriel, making Cyrodiil belong to it's old slaves, the Nedes. In the long run, these Nedes will slowly become known as the Imperials, which are currently spread over two ethno-cultural groups; The Colovians and the Nibenese.