Can I even save this guy? It's ridiculous! Please help

No, unfortunately, there's no way to save him.

Right no way to explicitly save him.

I can roleplay that by closing the gate, that will transport him back to Cyrodiil and so save him. There is nothing that says that can't be the case (though he doesn't show up near the gate).

When he says,"get moving, there is no time!" he wasn't kidding!!

You're looking at this all wrong. In no game that I've played does Menien get killed. You never see a dead body labelled "Menien".

Since anyone else that goes into a gate comes out if they're still alive, Savlian's theory is the appropriate one. He gets out automatically when the Sigil stone is taken, you just don't get to see where he went after that. My theory is that he'd go off to find something to wear, maybe shopping in IC or Anvil.

My theory is that he comes out when the gate is closed, offset from you by whatever the distance is between the location of his cage and the sigil keep, and that, being injured and without gear, he wanders to the encampment. He's recovering from his injuries in one of the tents.

Either that, or he's still in Oblivion. :wink_smile: