. "Brief History of the Empire, Part 4"@pl . . . . "The first book of this series described, in brief, the first eight emperors of the Septim Dynasty beginning with Tiber I. The second volume described the War of the Red Diamond and the six emperors who followed. The third volume describes the troubles of the next three emperors, the frustrated Uriel IV, the ineffectual Cephorus II, and the the heroic Uriel V. At Uriel V's death across the sea in distant hostile Akavir, Uriel VI was but five years old. In fact, Uriel VI was born only shortly before his father left for Akavir. Uriel V's only other progeny, by a different woman, were the twins Morihatha and Eloisa, who had been born a month after Uriel V left. Uriel VI was coronated in the 290th year of the third era. The consort Thonica as the boy's mother was given a restricted Regency until Uriel VI reached his minority. The Council retained the real power, as they had ever since the days of Katariah I. The Council so enjoyed its unlimited and unrestricted freedom to make laws (and profits), Uriel VI was not given full license to rule until 307, when he was 22 years old. He had been slowly assuming positions of responsibility for years, but both the Council and his mother, who enjoyed even her limited regency, were loath to give him reign. By the time he came to the throne, the mechanisms of government gave him little power, but the power to veto. This power he regularly exercised. By 313, Uriel VI could boast with conviction that he truly did rule Tamriel. He utilized defunct spy networks and guard units to bully and coerce the difficult members of the Elder Council. His sister was his usual ally, after her marriage to Baron Ulfe Gersen of Winterhold brought her considerable wealth and influence. As the sage Ugaridge said, \"Uriel V conquered Esroniet, but Uriel VI conquered the Elder Council\". When Uriel VI fell from his horse and could not be saved by the finest Imperial healers, his beloved sister Morihatha took the throne. At 25 years of age, she had been described by (admittedly self-serving) diplomats as the most beautiful creature in Tamriel. She was certainly well-learned, vivacious, athletic, and a well-practiced politician. She brought the Archmagister of Skyrim to the Imperial City and created the second Imperial Battlemage since the days of Tiber Septim. Morihatha finished the job her brother had begun, and made the Imperial Province truly a government under the Emperess. Outside the Imperial Province, however, the Empire had been slowly disintegrating. Open revolutions and civil wars had raged unchallenged since the days of her grandfather Cephorus II. Carefully coordinating her counterattacks, Morihatha slowly took back her rebellious vassals, always avoiding overextending herself. Though Morihatha's military campaigns were remarkable successful, the Council was often frustrated by her deliberate pace. One Councilman, an Argonian named Thoricles Romus, furious at her refusal to send troops to his troubled lands, is believed to be the man who hired the assassins who claimed her life in 3E 339. Romus was tried and executed, though he protested his innocence. Morihatha had no surviving children, and Eloisa had died of a fever four years before. Eloisa's 25-year-old son Pelagius was crowned Pelagius IV. Pelagius IV continued his aunt's work, slowly bringing back the seditious kingdoms of his Empire. He had Morihatha's patience and deliberate pace in his endeavors, but, alas, he did not have her success. The kingdoms had been free of constraints for so long, even a benign Imperial presence was odious. Nevertheless, when Pelagius died, after an astonishing forty-nine year reign, Tamriel was closer to unity than it had been since the days of Uriel I. Our current Emperor, his Awesome and Terrible Majesty, Uriel Septim VII, son of Pelagius IV, has the diligence of his great aunt Morihatha, the political skill of his great uncle Uriel VI, and the military prowess of his great grand-uncle Uriel V. For twenty-one years he reigned and brought justice and order to Tamriel. In the year 3E 389, his Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn betrayed him. Uriel VII was imprisoned in a dimension of Tharn's creation, and Tharn used his magic of illusion to assume the Emperor's aspect. For the next ten years, Tharn used Imperial priveleges, but did not continue Uriel VII's schedule of reconquest. It is not entirely known yet what Tharn's goals and personal accomplishments were during the ten years he imitated his liege lord. In 3E 399, a mysterious champion defeated the Battlemage in the dungeons of the Imperial Palace and freed Uriel VII from his other dimensional cell. Since his release, Uriel VII has worked diligently to renew the battle to reunite Tamriel. Tharn's interference broke the momentuum, but the years since then have proven that the glorious golden age of Tiber Septim may be visited on Tamriel once again. |-|T\u0142umaczenie (nieoficjalne)= Kr\u00F3tka Historia Cesarstwa Tom IV Pierwszy tom niniejszego opracowania opisywa\u0142 pokr\u00F3tce dzieje pierwszych o\u015Bmiu Cesarzy Tamriel, pocz\u0105wszy od Tibera I. W tomie drugim autor zaj\u0105\u0142 si\u0119 Wojn\u0105 o Czerwony Diament i sze\u015Bcioma w\u0142adcami z tego okresu. Tom trzeci opisywa\u0142 problemy trzech kolejnych panuj\u0105cych - sk\u0142\u00F3conego z rad\u0105 Uriela IV, w\u0142adaj\u0105cego niewydajnie Cephorusa II i heroicznego Uriela V. W chwili \u015Bmierci Uriela V w dalekim i wrogim Akavirze jego syn mia\u0142 zaledwie pi\u0119\u0107 lat. Opr\u00F3cz niego jedynym potomstwem zmar\u0142ego Cesarza by\u0142y bli\u017Aniaczki Morihatha i Eloisa, zrodzone przez inn\u0105 kobiet\u0119. W roku 290 trzeciej ery nast\u0105pi\u0142a ceremonia koronacji Uriela VI, jednak ograniczon\u0105 regencj\u0119 a\u017C do osi\u0105gni\u0119cia przez niego pe\u0142noletnio\u015Bci mia\u0142a sprawowa\u0107 matka, Thonica. Faktyczna w\u0142adza spoczywa\u0142a nadal w r\u0119kach Rady - tak zreszt\u0105, jak to mia\u0142o miejsce ju\u017C od czas\u00F3w Katariah I. Rada i regentka tak bardzo chwalili sobie swoje rz\u0105dy (i dochody), \u017Ce Uriel VI pe\u0142ni\u0119 w\u0142adzy uzyska\u0142 dopiero w roku 307, w wieku lat dwudziestu dw\u00F3ch. Nowy w\u0142adca zasiad\u0142 na tronie nie maj\u0105c w zasadzie \u017Cadnej realnej w\u0142adzy - opr\u00F3cz prawa weta. By\u0142o to jednak prawo, z kt\u00F3rego korzysta\u0142 regularnie, doprowadzaj\u0105c w roku 313 do ponownego faktycznego obj\u0119cia przez siebie pe\u0142ni w\u0142adzy nad pa\u0144stwem. Z pomoc\u0105 dawno niewykorzystywanych siatek szpiegowskich oraz oddzia\u0142\u00F3w gwardyjskich zmusza\u0142 cz\u0142onk\u00F3w Rady (si\u0142\u0105 lub podst\u0119pem) do podporz\u0105dkowania si\u0119 jego rozkazom, maj\u0105c za sojuszniczk\u0119 w siostrze Morihacie - po jej ma\u0142\u017Ce\u0144stwie z baronem Ulfe Gersenem z Zimowej Twierdzy, kt\u00F3re przywiod\u0142o j\u0105 do wielkiej fortuny i znaczenia. M\u0119drzec Ugaridge rzek\u0142 niegdy\u015B, \u017Ce \u201EUriel V podbi\u0142 wprawdzie Esroniet, ale jego syn dokona\u0142 jeszcze wi\u0119kszego wyczynu - pokona\u0142 Rad\u0119 Starszych\". Uriel VI spad\u0142 z konia na polowaniu i nie zdo\u0142ali go reanimowa\u0107 najznamienitsi znachorzy Tamriel. Rz\u0105dy przej\u0119\u0142a jego ukochana siostra - Morihatha, dwudziestopi\u0119ciolatka opisywana przez \u00F3wczesnych dyplomat\u00F3w jako \u201Enajpi\u0119kniejsza istota w Tamriel\". Z pewno\u015Bci\u0105 nie mo\u017Cna jej odm\u00F3wi\u0107 doskona\u0142ego wykszta\u0142cenia, \u017Cywotno\u015Bci, atletycznej sylwetki i obycia w polityce - sprowadzi\u0142a do stolicy Cesarstwa Profesora Skyrim i stworzy\u0142a dopiero drugiego maga bitewnego w historii Tamriel po s\u0142awnym towarzyszu Tibera Septima - Zurinie Arctusie. Morihatha doko\u0144czy\u0142a dzie\u0142o swojego brata, czyni\u0105c z Cyrodiilu doskonale funkcjonuj\u0105cy mechanizm w pe\u0142ni podporz\u0105dkowany Cesarzowej. Poza Cesarsk\u0105 Prowincj\u0105 jednak pa\u0144stwo pogr\u0105\u017Ca\u0142o si\u0119 w chaosie - od czas\u00F3w Cephorusa II nikt nie stara\u0142 si\u0119 powstrzymywa\u0107 otwartych powsta\u0144 i rewolucji. Zacz\u0119\u0142a to robi\u0107 dopiero Morihatha, dok\u0142adnie planuj\u0105c swoje uderzenia i z wolna pokonuj\u0105c buntowniczych wasali, uwa\u017Caj\u0105c, aby zawsze mie\u0107 do\u015B\u0107 si\u0142 na ka\u017Cdym odcinku frontu. Kampanie Cesarzowej by\u0142y jednym wielkim pasmem osza\u0142amiaj\u0105cych wprost sukces\u00F3w, jednak ich wolne tempo cz\u0119sto doprowadza\u0142o cz\u0142onk\u00F3w Rady do rozpaczy; m\u00F3wi si\u0119, \u017Ce to w\u0142a\u015Bnie by\u0142o powodem, dla kt\u00F3rego Argonianin imieniem Thoricles Romus mia\u0142 jakoby wynaj\u0105\u0107 skrytob\u00F3jc\u00F3w, kt\u00F3rzy zabili Morihath\u0119 w roku 3E339 - w rewan\u017Cu za odmow\u0119 wys\u0142ania wojsk do jego ukochanych Czarnych Mokrade\u0142... Romus szybko trafi\u0142 przed s\u0105d, a nast\u0119pnie do kata - mimo, \u017Ce do samego ko\u0144ca twierdzi\u0142, \u017Ce jest niewinny. \u017Badne z dzieci Cesarzowej nie do\u017Cy\u0142o jej \u015Bmierci, cztery lata wcze\u015Bniej zmar\u0142a te\u017C jej siostra, Eloisa. W tej sytuacji nast\u0119pc\u0105 tronu zosta\u0142 dwudziestopi\u0119cioletni syn tej drugiej, Pelagius IV. Kontynuowa\u0142 on polityk\u0119 ciotki, powoli przywracaj\u0105c w\u0142adz\u0119 Cesarstwa nad kolejnymi kr\u00F3lestwami. Mimo cierpliwo\u015Bci i spokoju odziedziczonej od poprzedniczki, jego sukcesy by\u0142y zdecydowanie mniejsze - po d\u0142ugich latach wolno\u015Bci nawet najl\u017Cejsza w\u0142adza zwierzchnia okazywa\u0142a si\u0119 dla mieszka\u0144c\u00F3w poszczeg\u00F3lnych prowincji nie do zniesienia - jednak do\u015B\u0107 du\u017Ce, aby pod koniec jego czterdziestodziewi\u0119cioletnich rz\u0105d\u00F3w Tamriel by\u0142o bli\u017Csze jedno\u015Bci ni\u017C kiedykolwiek od czas\u00F3w Uriela I. Nasz obecny w\u0142adca, Jego Wspania\u0142a i Straszna Wysoko\u015B\u0107 Uriel Septim VII, syn Pelagiusa IV, cieszy si\u0119 ostro\u017Cno\u015Bci\u0105 Morihathy, zdolno\u015Bciami politycznymi Uriela VI i talentami militarnymi Uriela V. Przez dwadzie\u015Bcia jeden lat zaprowadza\u0142 w Tamriel rz\u0105dy sprawiedliwo\u015Bci, dop\u00F3ki w roku 3E389 Jagar Tharn, jego mag bitewny, go nie zdradzi\u0142. Tharn stworzy\u0142 pu\u0142apk\u0119 mi\u0119dzywymiarow\u0105, w kt\u00F3rej uwi\u0119zi\u0142 Cesarza, a nast\u0119pnie z pomoc\u0105 iluzji podszy\u0142 si\u0119 pod niego i przez dziesi\u0119\u0107 lat korzysta\u0142 z cesarskich przywilej\u00F3w nie kontynuuj\u0105c jednocze\u015Bnie polityki rekonkwisty. Do dzi\u015B nie s\u0105 znane pobudki, jakimi si\u0119 kierowa\u0142 przez t\u0119 dekad\u0119 Tharn, ani te\u017C jego ewentualne sukcesy. W roku 3E399 nieznany bli\u017Cej bohater pokona\u0142 maga w lochach pod Pa\u0142acem Cesarskim i uwolni\u0142 Uriela VII z niewoli. Od chwili odzyskania wolno\u015Bci Uriel Septim VII dok\u0142ada wszelkich stara\u0144, aby doko\u0144czy\u0107 wojny, kt\u00F3re mia\u0142y ponownie zjednoczy\u0107 Tamriel. Interwencja Tharna przerwa\u0142a ten proces, ale wydarzenia, jakie nast\u0105pi\u0142y po niej pozwalaj\u0105 wierzy\u0107, \u017Ce z\u0142ota era rz\u0105d\u00F3w Tibera Septima mo\u017Ce nasta\u0107 w Cesarstwie jeszcze raz. Kategoria:Daggerfall: Ksi\u0105\u017Cki"@pl . "The first book of this series described, in brief, the first eight emperors of the Septim Dynasty beginning with Tiber I. The second volume described the War of the Red Diamond and the six emperors who followed. The third volume describes the troubles of the next three emperors, the frustrated Uriel IV, the ineffectual Cephorus II, and the the heroic Uriel V."@pl . .