So I've been developing this character's biography for about 6 years off and on, through two games. The idea is that Delethi Elis was a guerilla fighter in Vvardenfell, obsessed with expelling the Empire from Morrowind. He murdered House Hlaalu nobles, shut down ebony and glass mines to disrupt Imperial income, butchered Imperial Cult members, attacked Imperial soldiers and Blades agents, killed the head of the East Empire Company in Ebonheart, raided Fort Frostmoth and Fort Darius, and generally caused a whole bunch of trouble for anybody who wasn't a Dunmer.

When Oblivion came out, I had the idea of keeping the character going, since the games were set only a few years apart. The story was that Duke Vedam Dren finally succumbed to pressure from external forces and authorized an attempt on Delethi's life. Of course, finding a guerilla in the badlands of Vvardenfell is no easy task, and Dren's agents had to take some rather extreme measures with Delethi's friends in House Telvanni and the Camonna Tong. Delethi didn't appreciate Dren's people roughing up his friends and decided to send a message by assassinating Vedam Dren for being weak and allowing himself to become a pawn of the Empire. Of course, murdering the Duke of Vvardenfell pretty much meant no place in Morrowind was safe anymore, and so Delethi decided to pick up and move to the one place nobody would look for him: Cyrodiil.

He set up shop in Cheydinhal, working with the Thieves Guild (under an assumed identity), and spent his time with them finding opportunities to kill Imperial soldiers and Blind Moth priests. He also took particular pleasure in killing Valandrus Abor and the entire Ottus family. He spent months tracking down the Daedric Shrines to Mephala, Boethia, and Azura. When the Oblivion Crisis hit, he helped defend Cheydinhal until the city was liberated by the Champion of Cyrodiil.

Now here's the part I need help with. As soon as Cheydinhal was liberated, before the Battle of Bruma, Delethi left for Morrowind to help with the fighting there. He survived the war. But I can't figure out what happens after that, whether he died with the Ministry fell, when Red Mountain erupted, when the Argonians stormed the province, etc. I need some ideas. I know he's not going to be alive when Skyrim is set, and I want to end his story right. If you guys can think of a good way for him to die I'd love to hear it.

Am no story writer, but you could get him bitten by a Vampire, I believe that would also fit his character class quiet well...

I really like this characters story, yes vampirism could be one way to go, however doing this purposely wouldn't fit with his personality by the sounds of it. To me, he sounds like he isn't afraid of death, perhaps he should go out in glory, maybe someone finds out about what he did and puts a bounty on his head in Cyrodill? Maybe a high ranking council member or one of the counts? One last assasination that goes wrong perhaps, go down fighting several guards, while taking a few with you of course .

Maybe he can get drunk at Dive Rock and suffer the same fate as the Adoring Fan has done so many times :whistling:

He sounds kind of like a William Wallace type character.Maybe he could suffer a similar fate.

Perhaps he could go out fighting with a war band mounting an attack on an important Imperial location in Morrowind.

I say have him get killed by the Argonians. He seemed like a self-righteous, racist jerk, so I think it would be a fitting end.

He's camping at Dive Rock and he goes to take a gander at all of Cyrodill at the edge of the cliff when he slips on the ice and falls off to his death.

My character leveled up but was then killed by a level 45 troll...stupid level scaling

i say carry him on in skyrim..

just ignore the 200 year gap

I got it:

After all the battles, he meets a nice Dunmer Maiden and gets engaged to her. However he later finds out that she cheated on him with his best friend, and it tears him apart so he commits harakiri.

"Pure-blooded" Dunmer can live over 350 years so it isn't impossible.

On the story I think it would fit if he died during the Argonian invasion, probably defending civilians. He sounds like someone that would be willing to die for his people so I think that would be a good ending for him.
Really liked the story btw.

Edit: Vivec is the last standing point for the armies of Morrowind. The Argonians have taken entire mainland and the only hope for the Dunmer people is too flee. It is here the fate of Vvardenfell will be decided.
The city is under siege, loosing one canton after another. Families of refugees from the mainland have arrived in the city, looking for shelter and a way to Solesteim.
Every day the Dunmer army lose teritory to the Argonians and 2 weeks after the siege have begun the Argonians break through. Chaos everywhere. Civilians are slaughtered in the street. The only hope they have for survivial is to get to the former Temple canton where a boat is waiting too take as many as possible away from Morrowind.
A handful of dedicated soldiers and adventurers hold the cantion against impossible odds, knowing that they will give their life for their peoples survivial.

I had a different idea, but after reading this, i liked this one better--either have him live on due to the long life-span of elves, or have him die a hero in the Argonian invasion. :thumbsup:

Read my edit for a more detailed story
I'm glad you liked my concept :foodndrink:

I like the addition. Very cool. Back at ya-- :foodndrink:

Glad you like it Lets just hope Cavedog do :wavey:

I'm pretty sure the Ministry of Truth had already destroyed Vivec before the Argonians invaded.

Edit: To the OP, that's a very nice and creative story, unfortunately I don't have any ideas that do your character justice.

Good point, but it can be applied to any city in Vvardenfell. Thank you for pointing that out as I had forgotten that the city is destroyed

Wow. Yeah. Excellent idea. But you guys are right, Vivec is gone. I'm thinking Blacklight would work just as well. Refugees are streaming into Blacklight looking for a boat to Solstheim or an over land route to Skyrim. Argonian raiders are taking no prisoners. Delethi and a handful of Telvanni and Camonna Tong who would rather die than see Morrowind occupied by animals join a group of Redoran nobles who are protecting civilians. The few dozen warriors hold off the Argonian tide for a couple hours, enough time for several hundred Dunmer to escape to safety.

why not have him die defending Cheydinhal? I mean he goes in to destroy the oblivion gate and suffers a mortal blow as he reaches out for the sigul stone, Seems a better death than fighting over a destroyed homeland, saving his new home seems like a much more satisfying way to end his story

I can't see him dying outside of Morrowind. He's so anti-Empire. He's not even really fighting for Cheydinhal, he's just protecting the large Dunmer population there. That's why he leaves after the city is safe rather than sticking around, he couldn't care less about Cyrodiil. I want him to experience the hell that Morrowind becomes, experience the destruction that the daedra cause, the horrifying aftermath of trying to rebuild, seeing his people crippled both physically and emotionally, being there for the collapse of the Ministry and the eruption of Red Mountain. That just seems right to me.

Yeah, I agree with you. And I think that Blacklight is a better place than Vivec. But I'm glad you liked the concept of my story

I agree with having him live on straight into Skyrim. There is no way it is exactly 200 years, maybe 195, 190. That way, Skyrim can be his last hurrah.
You would have to make him look much older, however.