Category:Dead Sin



Dead Sin is an Elder Scrolls RP canon created by DubiousPeddler that follows events shortly after the conclusion of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It's a revival of an old canon on the original Elder Scrolls wiki which ended up dying in the shift to Sandbox. The Dragonborn in this timeline is a mysterious Nord going only by the name 'Konahrik'.

The canon takes place in the 4th era, with the Civil War ending in a stalemate; essentially splitting Skyrim into the East and West. The assassination of Emperor Titus Mede II was carried out by a Dunmer member of the Dark Brotherhood, who was promptly apprehended and executed aboard The Katriah by the Penitus Oculatus. Since then, tensions have been high throughout the continent as the shattered remains of the Empire struggle to pick up the pieces. Believing the Empire weak and unfit to rule, the numerous petty kings of High Rock almost unanimously agreed to secede from it. This left just a weakened Cyrodiil as the sole member, along with Western Skyrim.

Dark Waters


Prologue

In recent events, a Moth Priest discovered the vague mention of the location of an Elder Scroll in his reading of another. The prophecy was difficult to comprehend, being elaborated simply as: "''It shall rise from the depths.". ''Further investigation traced the rough location of the Scroll as being somewhere in the Abecean Sea. Acting quickly, this Moth Priest immediately informed the Imperial Admiral, and rumour began to spread from there. First from him to his crew, from his crew to the Underworld, and from there it sprawled in all directions until it eventually reached the Aldmeri Dominion itself. The prophecy had become perversed along the way, each individual believing that it meant whatever they wanted it to mean. Knowing full well that the right Elder Scroll could turn the tides in their favour, both navies scrambled to secure it before the other could; resulting in a naval shadow war between the two parties. Neither group transferred the conflict onto dry land, nor even acknowledged it. They kept it to the sea, and only the sea. They're not the only ones searching for the Elder Scroll, however. Almost every pirate in the West is aware of its existence and the price it holds, and they all want to seize it before any other. As if this was not troubling enough, old pirate folklore that was previously dismissed as superstition seems to be proving itself very real. Reports have documented numerous sightings of a ghost ship built of human remains known as The Leviathan, more common now than ever before. Sailors have discovered a disturbing number of ships without any crew. They were either all eviscerated and made an example out of, or crucified against their masts to die a slow death. It's said that they always bring a storm in their wake, and command the sea as their own.

But enough of that. This story begins with a ship known as The Jackal, belonging to a particular captain and manned by a particular set of crew members...

Future Projects

 * Thrill of the Hunt (Hircine's Hunt)
 * The Wrath of Malacath (High Rock in Ruins)
 * War in the South (Bosmeri-Khajiiti conflict)