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"Well, regardless," Vyrine said. "Do we have all the books relating to Anuiel?"

"Here's hoping we can figure out what it was, and how it was killed," Marr said.

"Maybe the others had more luck finding something helpful."

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After however long it took Svieva to decipher the Ayleidoon script, she gradually began to piece together a story. The story of the city and its people.

In the Merethic Era, the Ayleids ruled significant swaths of land, reaching from the Colovian Highlands in the northwest to the swamps of Argonia in the southeast. They were the pinnacle of civilisation in their time, paling even the grandeur of the Chimer and Falmer. The might of the Ayleid empire radiated all across central Tamriel from the White-Gold Tower.

However, there was trouble on the horizon, as many of the Ayleids began to worship the dark gods, the foul Daedra. Things went truly awry when king Glinferen turned to Daedra worship too; the loyal Ayleids, true to the old ways, brought up arms to stop the corruption from taking over. The event would go into history as the Narfinsel Schism, and by the time this inscription was written, it would have been clear that it was not a success. The conservative Ayleids were driven out of Cyrodiil and isolated themselves from the rest of Ayleid civilisation; they would come to be known as the Barsaebic Ayleids.

While the rest of Ayleid civilisation slipped further into their hedonism and occultism - and inevitably crumbled under the Alessian Rebellion - the Barsaebics built their cities into the deep marshes, and burrowed into the mountains to the north. Eventually, in the mountains, the great prophet-king Nilfael made a discovery that would change the Barsaebics forever: he found the Light of mighty Anuiel, the Radiant Nectar of the Totality. With this divine blessing in hand, Nilfael turned the Barsaebics to follow the light of Anuiel in all things. On the site where the Radiant Nectar had been discovered, so close to the heavens, the hidden city of Anustil was built, accessible only to those who carried the Light of Anuiel.

However, in the swamps, the Saxhleel turned to worship something dark, something fouler than even the Daedra. With the power of their Many-Eyed Gods, they waged war against the Barsaebics. Against that power, no mundane sorceries and weaponry was a match; only divine magic, particularly the Light of Anuiel, could fight it. Even so, the Saxhleel waged bloody battle after bloody battle, war after war, in the name of their dark gods. Eventually, they drove the Barsaebics away from the marshes. At the time this scripture was written, the Ayleids have been secluded to this city, Anustil. But the Barsaebics are not beaten. As long as Anuiel's light burns, the Saxhleel will not win. And Anuiel's light is eternal.