Akavir is a desolate place, nobody who goes ends up suviving. In the next elder scrolls people from tamriel have started to make Akavir their home, the people have started to colonize Akavir more than it was before and now you:
You will be a (Insert Tamriel race here) merchant sent on a ship to deliver some "goods", when the ship your on gets destroyed! It gets attacked by some ancient sea monster which might lead to the main story, you end up on the shores of Akavir where your being inspected by some scavengers. You defeat these scavengers, you find a nearby settlement which you can explain what happened and survivors and [censored] like that. . .
Just a Suggestion, but id really like it