Structure: ten chapters as traditional, one for each of the Ten Ancestors Chapter One: Struggles of the Late Ayleid Period (263-331) — My father humiliated by the Empress — Nenalata as a vassal-state to the Empire of Cyrodiil — Wrenching transition to a slave-less economy — Forced adoption of Alessia's Eight Divines — I don the Crown of Nenalata — Rising sense of futility and doom Chapter Two: Alessian Order, Ayleid Disorder (332-371) — Coup d'Etat in the Imperial City — I swear fealty to the Emperor — Theocracy in Cyrodiil — The Ayleid Pogrom — The vassal-states dwindle — Nenalata stands alone