At the end of his life, Ysmir, who had ruled the peoples for over a thousand years in the time before history, the time of myth, sought a burial place and death befitting a king of men and dragons. He summoned his champions and men-at-arms and asked them: "Where can I find a burial place and death befitting a king of men and dragons?" The first housecarl stepped forward and said "Go East, where the ocean touches the sky." The second bowed humbly and said "Go West, where the sun kisses the earth." And again the third said "North to the very frozen tips of Nirn, to a tomb of ice."