Here's my attempt at some book-writing. I'm open to some constructive criticism. Enjoy.

Sixteen Accords of Madness, v. III
by Anonymous
Boethiah's Tale

It was a quiet day on 2nd of Sun's Dusk. The servants of castle Tulune went
about their daily routine to provide all the required necessities for their lord.
In one forgotten little pantry room two obscure figures stood hidden away from
prying eyes.

One was Sheogorath the Madgod, the other Boethiah Prince of Plots who was laughing.
"You are indeed mad if you think to best me in treachery and revolution."
With but a raised brow the Mad one replied "Agree then with the wager and
in one year we shall see."
"Very well" he agreed, "we will both try to dethrone King Tremaux without help
from others. Each will try to do so for a year." With those words Boeathiah
vanished and Sheogorath smiled.

King Tremaux was well loved by his people, for he had served them well. Twenty three
years of his reign were marked with prosperity and fairness. While he had enemies
outside Tulune, there were none in the kingdom who wished him ill.

A month had passed quietly since the two Gods met and nothing bad transpired
inside the castle halls. The King's health was as good as ever. It was 5th
of Evening Star that the residents of Tulune will remember for years to come.

King Tremaux was dining when a messenger arrived from the imperial city. He was
bringing some urgent news. The king went in a hurry to meet the new guest but
midway he heard a scream. It was his wife and when he got back she was already
dead. "Poisoned no doubt." said the royal physician. "She drank your wine my
Lord, just as you were leaving." The king was outraged and confused. His beloved
wife assassinated, murdered with poison obviously meant for him. But who could do this?
There were no outsiders working in the castle. It must've been a treachery.
Thus was the first attempt at removing King Tremaux thwarted by fate.

Three more months have passed in relative peace. The king however became ever
restless. He had raised security in the castle and instituted aggressive methods
to protect himself. All food was tasted for poison, all visitors searched.
No one could hope to even get close to the king in those days. King Tremaux just
went to his chambers to sleep when he heard a faint noise coming from a
dark corner in his room. As he turned to see the source, an arrow pierced him
in the shoulder. The king called for guards and collapsed to the ground.

It was found out that the arrow came from an assassin outside who shot through
a window in king Tremaux's chambers. The assassin was found dead. It was a Dunmer
with a strange crossbow. The king however, survived. Thus ended 16th of First Seed.

The king recovered from his wound and became ever more paranoid. The castle's
surroundings became a war zone and each building which could be used by shooters
was raised. It was Fredas 10th of Last Seed when king Tremaux came closest to death.
The king was having breakfast with his most trusted friends when Nielle, his very
own niece suddenly stood up and with an unholy rage she flung herself against the
king, a dagger in her hand. The king's personal bodyguard managed to restrain her
but not before she marked the king's face with a deep scar. Nielle was executed
on the spot. The dagger disappeared when she died.

A year passed since the meeting and Sheogorath stood in king Tremaux's chamber.
He performed the ritual and Boethiah appeared in a rage.
"I have worked hard all this time to dethrone king Tremaux while you did nothing!
What jokes are you playing Mad one?"
"None at all unbrother, for the king is dead, behold!" Only then did Boethiah
see the king's dead body curled up in a corner. "He killed himself just today
and now belongs to me. While you sent your assassins and influenced his closest,
I waited for the seeds of madness to make their way. He killed himself,
ever paranoid, believing that the whole world had turned against him.
You have lost master of Plots."
And so did Boethiah learn that without Madness, there can be no treachery.

That was actually very good! I liked it.

Muthsera Almindor2,

A good story, and one that the citizens of the provinces should read, considering how restless they have been. Treachery, especially to the Aka-blessed Emperor, is Madness Itself.

Do not resists the rule of either Julianos or the Septims, for in doing so, one worships at the feet of the Mad Star.

All Praises be praised and all Blessings be blessed, for I remain...


___The Word Merchant of Julianos

Good story, one quesion tough is it supposed to be a "true" story that really happened or more one of those moral stories, written to teach the people something, cause that last sentence made me think about Aesopos. Anyway it's a good read, tough i'd love some background info on the "fictional" author.

My idea is that once you become MadGod you will enact this in a mod (which will include more than just speaking with Boethiah), after which the book will appear in circulation (as if it happened long ago). So yes it's supposed to be historical, but that's just because my view on things is such, doesn't mean that the other 3 were intended to be as truth by the devs.

It is most certainly untrue that there was ever a King Trumeaux in the Redguard city of Sentinel.

Four down, twelve to go .

He's supposed to be a Breton but now that I review the map you're right, I should've either put it elsewhere or make him a Redguard (with appropriate redguard name of course).

Good catch, I wonder how the hell I missed it (somehow I thought Sentinel was in High Rock, my memory of Daggerfall must be faulty).

Retconned it into Tulune (which means we know it's before the Warp, at least afaik Tulune got eaten up in the warp).

Nice story!

Are you going to do the other 12?

And another question: Should this be in the lore forum or would the fan fiction forum be a better place for this?

12? Most probably not, but I might do some others of them. I posted it in Lore forum because I wanted mostly lore-related, cricism, like the Sentinel error, or perhaps others which are still to be found but if someone feels strongly about it I won't object to the move.

Dude, screw it. The "fan fiction' forum is the Role-Playing forum. The Mods should really understand that they need seperate forums. Quality writing like this would get drowned in sea of "And then flint unlsung his crossbow, his grey brow furled in a determined rage..."

This is pretty good. It could have been in the game, if you had been a bethesda dev and wrote it two years ago.

Thanks, I appreciate it. Gives me the motivation to try my hand at the mod again.

16-Boethiah-Vaermina-Malacath-Hircine= 12 daedra princes left.

I know that but it's too much I ment to say that I might do some others, but not all 12 (especially since the last one would either have to be Jyggalag or Sheogorath)

Are you going to add these to the game using a mod?

Yes, if I make it the mod will feature a few quests, of which there will be one per-book. You will enact these (there's more to do than the book suggest, Sheogorath's doing is not written about on purpose). I also plan to add a summoning of you to the mod (in a historical manner, documented by a certain in-game book already) and some fixes to existing oversights. Oh and then there's the Carrot of Madness

But we're getting of topic. Do you think I should perhaps completely remove the mention of any kingdom and simply say "some kingdom in High Rock"?

About the kingdom: You don't have to change it.



The second part I highlighted confused me a bit. I thought that Sheogorath would try to dethrone the king for a whole year and after that year had passed Boethiah would have given it a try for a whole year.

No, the idea is that both try, but who gets it done first wins. You're probably thinking that it should be like in Vaermina's tale, but that's impossible here. If one de-thrones the king (in one way or another) then the other couldn't compete at all. So they go both at it and who's first wins.

Tulune is a perfectly suitable place. It's not important (contrarily to Daggerfall, Sentinel, Wayrest and Orsinium, the four big players of the Iliac Bay) so you won't ever be contradicted, and the name is perfect for craziness (just pronounce it "too looney").

I enjoyed it. :thumbsup:

I do think the sentence that Apophis pointed out is a little clumsy. While it should be obvious what you meant it still isn't completely clear and is open to misinterpretation.

I liked it, though the writing was a little edgy. You switched from past to present tense a few times, which is ill advised.

And not all fanfics get lost in the Fanfic forum, dude. They get paid some attention to. Now, I love the Accords of Madness, and I would love to write my own one day. I say it should be put up on TIL.

Good points. You see I'm Slovak, and while they say I got talent for languages, English has this "thing" with tenses. Although it's true that changing them during a novel/book/whatever is wrong in any language. I'll try to revise it.

As I said if someone feels strongly about it, move it, I won't be angry or anything, but my idea was to get mostly lore-wise criticism, and I'm afraid most lore-buffs just don't go to fan-fic forums. (I know I don't, which is a shame)