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''"What is the name of the carriage driver you mentioned?" I asked him.''

''"Henrikas." Vidimantas stated. "Henrikas."''

"Henrikas? Just Henrikas?"

"...Henrikas Daugavantis."

"Daugavantis?"

"Y...yes."

"Is there a story behind it?" I asked, and his eyes began to wellow up.

"I'd prefer... not to talk about it."

"I...understand. Not all stories should be told, after all."

''"So... is that all?" Vidimantas said, quietly.''

''"Yes. I do believe that is all. I thank you very much, Vidimantas!" I moved in to shake his hand and he happily obliged.''

"I wish you luck on your voyage, sir."

"You too!"

''And so I left the Atkakhlumas and set foot in the city of Uoshtas, wearing the robes Vidimantas told me to wear until I saw the face of the emperor! I knew exactly where to go-The carriage depot. I met Henrikas at the carriage depot and handed 50 Ryjhtinghi coins and the letter Vidimantas told me to deliver to the man and recited the words Vidimantas specifically told me to say to him...''

"Nuvejhk mane ijh kapituljha."

"Labai gerai. Patkheti!"

"I knew at once what he was trying to say... Get in."

''After a few days of traveling, we had finally arrived in the capital city of the empire on Visagalis, Bielinus! My insides filled with joy at the prospect of discovery. A new world! New discoveries to be made, new cities to see, new momuments to view! I opened the letter (not the one I gave to Henrikas, obviously) and read the directions Vidimantas gave to me in order to find supposedly the grandest palace on the entire continent, the Visagalybes Palaikhymas, the Palace of the Emperor of Visagalis himself. Truely blessed was I to be the first citizen of Tamriel to visit such an important man!''

Forturnately, by the time I had reached the palace, the Emperor had opened the gates to any commoner who need ask a question to him, and so I, your author, slipped into the Emperor's palace and waited in line until, finally, I could speak with the Emperor himself!

''"Sviekhinu jus karalishkhuosiuose..." he began saying, before I pulled down my hood.''

''Jurgis' eyes widened and his face visibly paled. Well, I say paled, but considering the fact that his face, as with all Ryjhtinghi faces, are yellow, I should really say that he "visibly whitened, instead."''

''"...you are... you are from the land that we call diehvuj jhemej... Tam-Ri-El..." he sputtered, in shock.''

''"It is simply pronounced "Tamriel", sir." I replied to him, assuredly not feeling the same feelings as he was.''

"I... I must show you to every king of this land! Come with me, emissary of Tamriel, please, to the Council of Kings... at once, if you can!"

''"I would be happy to oblige, good sir!" I exclaimed, in good faith. Never have I been so happy to be talking to someone as I have now! I mean, this is understandable, considering that this could be the most powerful man alive on Nirn, but still!''

''...and that is where we shall leave our story for now. I shall write more notes on this great and exotic land at a later date, preferably once I return to Tamriel once again. For this land may be beautiful, it feels like an age since I returned to my place of calling, and my very soul yearns to be back in High Rock.''

This is I, your author, signing off for now.

...I do apologise for the long story surrounding the first sighting of the Ryjhtinghi by any man, mer, or beast from a foreign continent. However, considering the story is over, we can now explain the race in further detail and establish a basic overview of them.

The Ryjhtinghi, as you may have established from our story, are a race of cephalopods which occupy the mysterious continent of Visagalis far to the east of Tamriel, West of Yokuda and East of Akavir. The continent and its inhabitants posess an umatched knowledge of both magic and technology, creating such wonders as the magically powered generator, light system and automated wagons mentioned within the story, and also a weapon which can harness the power of electricity in order to create a large beam, which can, in turn, saw ships into two. (as a battleship of an unspecified Ancient Altmer Kingdom found out during the year 1E 2201. The ancient Altmer kingdom involved itself never reported this, listing it as an "unfortunate accident". The ruins of said vessel can be found deep in the Padomaic Ocean, south of The Sentries, part of the region which most in Tamriel call "Thras". This effect only lasts up to five seconds before a safety shutdown of the device is required to prevent a reactor overload, which would result in a large explosion.) Despite their apparent overwhelming military power compared to any other race of Nirn, most of the Ryjhtinghi refuse to conquer any more land than Visagalis and the islands surrounding the continent as part of the 5 core tenets of their religion, practiced all across Visagalis although unknown to most of the other races of Nirn.

The story of the Ryjhtinghi begins when the Merethic Era begins. Originally, the Ryjhtinghi were omnivorous sea faring creatures which surrounded the continent of Visagalis. It is unknown what exactly caused the Ryjhtinghi to embark on such a sudden movement towards land. Some Ryjhtinghi scholars suggest that the Ryjhtinghi were evolving in this way, stating that the Ryjhtinghi were doomed towards this path ever since their species were first created. Others state that due to the rapidly increasing salt content in the Padomadic Sea (which would in turn slowly poison the creatures, similar to the nutmeg effect) which in turn forced them to migrate onto the surface.

Regardless of what caused their sudden migration, the Ryjhtinghi moved onto the continent of Visagalis and quickly grew in vast numbers. A good reason for this is was the lack of any sentient life on Visagalis before the Ryjhtinghi colonized the land-for some unknown reason, sentient life never got a chance to flourish on this land until the arrival of this peculiar race.

The gods-Both Aedric and Daedric-took notice of this little development on the continent, and attempted to seize the chance at once, attempting to forcefully convert the Ryjhtinghi to serve them, regardless of their opinion. For this reason, the Ryjhtinghi grew resentful of the gods of Tamriel, instead embracing a new pantheon which had developed amongst members of the race. Eventually, the Aedra and the Daedra grew so impatient of the constant resistance of the Ryjhtinghi that they simply gave up on their conversion efforts, and instead focused their efforts on guiding Tamriel. This is why Visagalis was not effected by the Oblivion Crisis in any way.

The pantheon of the Rykhtinghi is based around 3 primary gods, those being the god of life, who is depicted as a benevolent king in most depictions, his wife, godess of the sky, who is responsible for the rainfall which grants life to the land, and a god of lightning, a diety responsible for granting the Ryjhtinghi the gift of electricity. The god of life, as one may have guessed, is the head of the pantheon, and priests specialising in studying his ways tend to study restoration magic. The symbol of the god of life is the Tree of Everlasting Life, which is depicted as a candle with branches extending outwards from it, which sometimes, as is depicted in the story, can be misinterpetated as a symbol of goodwill.

I suppose one is wondering if there are any gods that one could consider "evil" within this pantheon. There is one, not necessarily judged as "evil" by the Ryjhtinghi, although one could mistake it for a malevolent diety neverless. This is the brother of the god of life, the god of challenge and hardship, who tests the Ryjhtinghi so that they don't become soft, weak, placid, and dedacent. In the Ryjhtinghi pantheon, he is considered an essential part of their religion, as without challenge, most people would consider everything to be just handed down to them, which is not how Ryjhtinghi society is made to function in any way.

In law, the higher priesthood are the only members of Ryjhtinghi society which are allowed to use what we call "shock magic", due to the belief in Ryjhtinghi society that only the wise are fit to use such a powerful tool. This is the same with succession-It does not matter in any way when a son or daughter is born, only the child which possesses the most natural ingenuity and intelligence is fit to rule, and thus becomes the heir in the line of succession.

The Ryjhtinghi are an incredibly isolationist race, believing that with the introduction of outsiders who do not understand their ways, would, in turn, gradually cause their way of life to decay, and eventually die out. This also means that, while they have sent many expeditions to explore the foreign lands and study their ways and their language, they are quite reluctant to actually interact or go to war with these locals.

Visigalis is divided into nine kingdoms. Unlike most places within Tamriel, and indeed Nirn, these monarchs hold absolute power over their domain, although they are forced to respect the judgement of their emperor, whom the majority of the public supports. These are...

Jhvejodomenas, whose representative city is Uoshtas, one of the greatest ports of Visagalis.

Plenitieskalvhos, whose representative city is Droshspilskalns, a city located in a valley well known for its many commonly used mineral deposits.

Ishradinguhmas, whose representative city is Idozma, a city from which many great inventors were born.

Klostehra, whose representative city is Mieriigums, the location of one of the greatest temples of Visagalis.

Hiperakhtiviaate, whose representative city is Dzelzslaukjhis, one of the great cities of Visagalis which produces much of the machinery for the nation.

Sapratupiekhraste, whose representative city is Ostas, another one of the greatest cities of Visagalis and unique for the many jagged rocks surrounding the city.

Saulonia, which representative city is Mehness, a city famous for its legendary sunsets.

Aizsarghi, whose representative city is Birojhazvehverests, a city famous for holding the bodyguards of the Emperor himself.

Kapitolijus, whose representative city is Bielinus, capitol of the empire of Visagalis.

I apologise for clogging up this thread with my suggestions and will refrain from clogging it up once more. I thank you all for your time.