The first paragraph of her official biography makes it rather obvious that it's biased. Her unofficial biography just tries to hard to portray her as how she wants to be seen, but that's far more accurate than the Imperial perception of her...

"The Real Barenziah" is considered accurate as far as I know. The biographer is more than a little in love with Barenziah, who protects him by keeping him at the court in Mournhold (during "Tribunal"). The book must have been accurate, for her to keep him around.

Or the book was written specifically to make Barenziah seem better then she is. I think it's a little of both, cutting things that Barenziah wants cut and maybe adding things to make her seem better or the added things are truthful while making a mostly accurate biography. I really don't know what to believe since all the books are written from a specific view point and almost all of the books authors are biased in one way or another, especially Alessia Otis (Oh gosh, her books are horrible).

Yes, her guidebooks are almost unreadable. It could be she's meant to be comic relief among the books.

By the way, wasn't the writer of "The Real Barenziah" the same Ramara who's on the Bethesda forums, especially the modding ones? I think they got the name of the goddess Mara from her too, though my memory is probably faulty.

By the way, wasn't the writer of "The Real Barenziah" the same Ramara who's on the Bethesda forums, especially the modding ones? I think they got the name of the goddess Mara from her too, though my memory is probably faulty.

The real barenza is what she really did when she was young and a little more acurate. Later the publisher brefriended her and then wrote a new book. The problem with the new book is he wrote it to set a good example of baranza and i think he was making stuff up

That was when barenziah was youger keep in mind i think she changed a bit when you meet her

After only a short time in Rifton, Straw fell in with a bold, villainous Khajiit thief named Therris, who proposed that they rob the Imperial Commandant's house in the central part of the city. Therris said that he had a client, a traitor to the Empire, who would pay well for any information they could gather there. Barenziah happened to overhear this plan and was appalled. She stole away from their rooms and walked the streets of Rifton in desperation, torn between her loyalty to the Empire and her love for her friends.

In the end, loyalty to the Empire prevailed over personal friendship, and she approached the Commandant's house, revealed her true identity, and warned him of her friends' plan. The Commandant listened to her tale, praised her courage, and assured her that no harm would come to her. He was none other than General Symmachus, who had been scouring the countryside in search of her since her disappearance, and had just arrived in Rifton, hot in pursuit. He took her into his custody, and informed her that, far from being sent away to be sold, she was to be reinstated as the Queen of Mournhold as soon as she turned eighteen. Until that time, she was to live with the Septim family in the newly built Imperial City, where she would learn something of government and be presented at the Imperial Court.

the real barenziah sounds more plausible (and entertaining) than her official biography. i also dont think that daggerfall's version really added much (besides spiny khajiit pencses :liplick: )

As far as I know, that is indeed the only part that was censored.

But anyway, I'd take the Real Barenziah to be a more accurate representation of her real story, it's not called "Real" for no reason. Maybe it's not completely accurate, and her official biography is also not completely fictional (in the context of the universe.) but I'm sure the former is closer to reality.