Sem o poder do Underking, todas as ideias de conquistar Tamriel desaparecem. Teria sodo bom, Septim pensa, mas vamos nos preocupar somente com Cyrodiil e as nações humanas. Já há uma rebelião em Hammerfell.
Pieces of Porém, peças do [[Lore:Numidium|Numidium]] trickle in, thoughcomeçam a aparecer. Tiber Septim, always fascinated by the Dwarvessenpre fascinado com os Dwemer, has coloca Zurin Arctus research this grand artifactpara estudar esse grande artefato. In doing soAo fazê-lo, Arctus stumbles upon some of the stories of acaba por se deparar com histórias da [[Lore:War of the First Council|the war at Red Mountainguerra na Montanha Vermelha]]. He discovers the reason the Ele descobre a razão por trás da construção do Numidium was made and some of e um tanto do {{sic|it's|itsseu}} potentialpotencial. Most importantlyMais importante ainda, he learns the ele aprende sobre o lugar do Underking's place in the Warna Guerra. But Mas Zurin Arctus was working from incomplete plansestava trabalhando com planos incompletos. He thinks it is the Ele pensa que é o {{Lore Link|Heart of Lorkhan|heart of coração do corpo de Lorkhan's}} body that is needed to power the que é necessário para dar força para o Numidium.
While Enquanto Zurin Arctus is raving about his discoverydelirava na sua descoberta, the prophecy finally becomes clear to a profecia finalmente se faz clara para Tiber Septim. This Esse Numidium is what he needs to conquer the worldé o que ele precisa para conquistar o mundo. It is his destiny to have itÉ o seu destino ter ele. He contacts the Ele entra em contato com o Underking and says he was right all alonge diz que ele estava certo o tempo todo. They should kill the Eles deveriam matar o Tribunal, and they need to get together and make a plane eles precisam se juntar e formular um plano. While the Enquanto o Underking was away he realized the true danger of estava longe, ele percebeu o verdadeiro perigo que {{Lore Link|Dagoth Ur (god)|Dagoth-Ur}}representa. Something must to be doneAlgo precisava ser feito. But he needs an armyMas ele precisa de um exército, and his old one is available againe o seu antigo estava disponível novamente. The trap is setA armadilha está montada.
The Underking arrives and is ambushed by Imperial guards. As he takes them on, Zurin Arctus uses a {{Lore Link|Soul Gem|soulgem}} on him. With his last breath, the Underking's Heart roars a hole through the Battlemage's chest. In the end, everyone is dead, the Underking has reverted back to ash, and Tiber Septim strolls in to take the soulgem. When the Elder Council arrives, he tells them about the second attempt on his life, this time by his trusted battle mage, Zurin Arctus, who was attempting a coup. He has the dead guards celebrated as heroes, even the one who was blasted to ash... He warns Cyrodiil about the dangers within, but says he has a solution to the dangers without. The [[Lore:Mantella|Mantella]].