I'm 30 pages in, so I haven't seen any.

Arrrgh! I've been out of the Elder Scrolls loop for so long! I want this book!

Speculation for the next book: We learn how argonians really reproduce!

I said that, actually. My idea, called it before the book came out. I'm feeling kind of smug about it, honestly. But it is fun to explore the idea of a malleable space-time.


I gotta say that was probably my "top awkward moment."

I think my only issue is that I found Colin to be underused, but judging by the cliffhanger ending that'll likely change in the second book, so no worries.

I really like the fact that Keyes didn't try and direct the book to a new audience. Its basically written only for the fans.

Umbriel was all over Morrowind as well so we can guess a lot of survivors got the shaft. These are REALLY bad times for the Dunmer.

When I read that I, too, thought of your post "calling it". Congratulations on predicting a major cataclysmic event in Morrowind!

I just got the book this morning, and I just finished it. i love the idea of the Argonians invading Morrowind... it just seems like justice has been served. i for one enjoy the idea of an empire run by Argonians... as for how many of them died when the floating city passed over, i would have to guess that not as many died as people seem to think, based on the floating city's size being that of say, Leyawiin, if you look at a map of Tamriel, if it started at Lilmoth and headed towards Vivec, it would only pass over 3 cities in Black Marsh and possibly glance a fourth. on another note, what is this Loveletter that predicts the fall of the ministry? i assum it is from the TES3 but i do not remember it. lastly, did anyone else pick up a hint that the prince was falling for Annaig? and what about Glim and Annaig? i wonder...anywho, i hope the next book isnt far off.

ps sorry for the sloppy post, im pretty tired lots of studying...

Well, I like it.

Well, it has been known for a while, thanks to the Loveletters, that Morrowind would be nuked, just not the compete picture if ALL the world would be, as the letters seemed to imply.


Next question then comes to mind, how do those worms reproduce? Do they have long make-out sessions, or what? They don't seem to carry young, as evident with the discussion with Annaig and that one guy lord person.


Agreed. Colin could use some more limelight; his position of being an inspector has been interesting whenever Keyes told his story. Though he seems to have a problem with killing people.


A love triangle is forming! Annaig seems to hold Glim pretty dear, them being friends since toddlers. Not sure if Glim is the same way with Annaig, but we do know he was extremely worried when he did find the bodies of those from Annaig's old kitchen. And I also do get the vibe that the prince does seem to fall for Annaig. Wonder where this will lead to.

That's what i'd guess too, i think many forget that Tamriel is HUGE and it would take several passes, if at all there's only a streak of land destroyed by it passing over and not ALL. Besides as you said it also passed over Morrowind, that would mean whatevery is left of it would be whiped out too if it was that drastic.

So we can assume the death counts went in the tens of thousands but not whiping out the entier province.

mmk I have had a Mountain Dew and am now awake...One thing I noticed is the mention of Umbra in the story. It would seem that the soul trapped in Umbra the sword found a way to free itself. I wonder what implications this will have? I also wonder why Colin was treated as a minor character?

Well...I just finished it. Am I the only one here who feels remotely sorry for Annaig and Glim?

I think things will look up for them in the next book... :hugs:

I'm still reading, but I'm loving the book so far.



I was pretty amused when Attrebus started crying and Sul is like, "Oh great. Here it comes."

Was the government of Morrowind situated in the now destroyed Vvardenfell? If so, I guess there really isn't any reason why Argonia couldn't eventually completely engulf all of Morrowind.

No, Mournhold was situated south of Vvardenfell, on the coast of the Mainland. However, anyone who occupied Vvardenfell just got screwed, and lost a ton of capital right there. And the resulting eruption caused many parts of the mainland to be covered in ash, causing many of the ecosystems there to go to hell.

Just thought of something about Black Marsh again, i just recently read "The Argonian Account" and seen just how much the empires influence pretty much screwed up Black Marsh in the past. Now i didn't read the book, i just pretty much participate on info here in the thread, so i don't know which towns on Black Marsh have been destroyed. However if these have been imperial towns or at least mainly build on imperial model wouldn't this actually be somehow good for Black Marsh as their influence is now gone and they can return more to their traditional ways?

I know all the people dieing isn't a good thing but from reading the argonian account i got the impression that Black Marsh is off a lot better without outside influence and just lives on it's own.
Though seeing as ore extremist groups started to form this might also be a bad development.


EDIT: I just thought of one thing, after the destruction of Vvradenfell wouldn't the (already high) prices for Dwemer, Glass and Ebondy equipment skyrocket now? While Ebony and Glass can come form other sources and there are Dwemer artifacts outside of Morrowind (even thoug much rarer) Vvradenfell was as i recall it the main source for these materials.
Now that Vvradenfell is in ruins and the mines for it are probably either destroyed or inacessible delieveries must have drastically reduced.

WILLING to KILL for a tenative release date for the second novel....
If I have to settle, I'll severely injure/maim for the Title.




I'm not joking. :stare:

this, i felt like it made up for oblivion


and i agree that colin was underused

Eh. Colin so far is my least favorite character. I still have about a quarter of the book to go, so of course that may change.

I think you'll like him better by the end of the first novel. He has a scene where he demonstrates courage and the ability to think clearly under pressure.

I liked the book overall, but what's disappointing is that it's not really the first of two novels -- it's the first half of a novel that's been divided in two. In other words, a little short. But I think Keyes really "gets" the Elder Scrolls universe.

What I'm curious about......

*Spoiler* (I know...in a spoiler thread )

We KNOW Colin is in the Penitus Oculatis (spelling?) and he's also referred to as a 'Specter'. I'm kinda thinking that these are not one in the same, but that the secretive 'specter' training is more specialized, what allowed him to seek out those spirits at the site of the massacre. Sort of a pseudo-necromancy.

No, it's just a slang term used by a friend who's talking to Colin. Like calling a CIA operative a "spook". The Penitus Oculatis isn't much different from the Blades, who also used to be spies as well as being a Praetorian Guard, as far as I know.

I did like how Keyes showed Colin's limited command of magicka -- mostly the ability to cloak himself with shadows. Colin muses in the book that he hasn't learned how to do much more, and doesn't know fire spells or waterwalking. Though that was a good scene, when he talked to the two ghosts.

Does anyone else (after reading the book) find it impossible to play Morrowind, knowing that everything you see will be destroyed in a half-century, almost like anything you do has little to no consequence?

Nope. I find the MQ to be responsible for the destruction of Morrowind. All the other parts were for fun.