Sheogorath denied Talym another audience with him when he returned to his realm, causing his unanswered questions to eat away at his sanity as he wandered endlessly around the Shivering Isles. When Talym completed this task, he returned home only to realize that his son had been dead the entire time. Sheogorath manipulated his mind for 'motivation' and caused him to think he was fighting to cure his son of his madness instead. In seeking to forget the painful memories of his involvement in the Worm Cult's ritual sacrifice of his son Novos, Talym Rend struck a deal with the Daedric Prince Sheogorath, who wanted three souls driven mad in return. ДЄlso known as the Conqueror of Madness, Talym Rend was a Dunmer spy for the Empire who journeyed to the Shivering Isles in the Fourth Era and descended into madness. Though Mecinar was defeated, the fate of the Heart, the City, and the Hero are unknown. Here, the Hero unfolded Mecinar's plans to achieve godhood with Sotha Sil's reconstruction of Lorkhan's Heart. Kellen's final tale tells about the Forgotten Hero's journey to the Clockwork City in 4E 201. He aided the citizens of Wayrest, captured a traitor in the Falkreath Sanctuary, and was present when Alisanne was killed in Bravil. The Hero was recruited by a man named Uther, who asked him to infiltrate the Dark Brotherhood and kill his daughter Alisanne. The Forgotten Hero also played a role in the fall of the Dark Brotherhood during 4E 188. They found the Emperor, and the hero, disguised in the Emperor's armor, led an attack on the Imperial City to defeat Naarifin. They discovered that Lord Naarifin tried to bring about a prophecy known as the Culling, for which he intended to sacrifice all of the Imperial City's inhabitants. The Hero was captured by a Dremora, Reive, and managed to escape with a fellow captive, a Blade named Tyr during the Great War. The Forgotten Hero is an individual whose adventures are told by a moth priest named Kellen. The Vestige, Abnur Tharn, Khamira, Sahan, Nahfahlaar, and the Dragonguard thus stopped the leader of the unleashed dragons, Kaalgrontiid, from ascending to godhood, though their mission came at the apparent cost of Abnur Tharn's life. The Dragonguard forged an alliance with the dragon Nahfahlaar, who empowered the Vestige with the Mask of Alkosh. The Vestige would also ally with Sai Sahan to re-establish the Dragonguard in Southern Elsweyr. Abnur and the Vestige and prevented Euraxia's dragon allies from siphoning Jode's Core and reclaimed the kingdom of Rimmen from Euraxia for its true heir, Khamira. The Vestige later reunited with Abnur Tharn, inadvertently aiding in his sister's plot to have him release dragons across Tamriel. The Vestige then journeyed to Murkmire with the Cyrodiilic Collection Agency, discovering the lost Root-Whisper tribe. Nocturnal, however betrayed the Triad, and was promptly defeated by the Psijics, Vestige, and champions of Meridia and the betrayed princes. The Vestige then traveled to Summerset and became a member of the Psijic Order. The Vestige then became involved in a Daedric war involving the Daedric Triad of the Princes Clavicus Vile, Mephala, and Nocturnal when they foiled the Triad's plot to sap Vivec of his power, before preventing their takeover of the Clockwork City. Thereafter, the Vestige joined the Dark Brotherhood of which they became a Silencer, the nascent Thieves Guild in Hew's Bane, and aided in the rebuilding of Kurog's Orsinium.

The Vestige then explored the aftermath of the Planemeld in Craglorn, facing the Celestials corrupted by the Serpent. Meridia then sent the Vestige to explore events as if they had been part of the other alliances of Tamriel. The Vestige, with Meridia's assistance, thus ended Molag Bal's Planemeld and regained their soul. The Vestige became instrumental to that effort, restoring Meridia's Hollow City in Coldharbour as a beachhead for the invasion. With the aid of former emperor Varen Aquilarios, the Vestige escaped imprisonment in Coldharbour and reformed the Five Companions, as foretold by the Elder Scrolls in the omen 'The soulless one will become the brightest of five stars, and they shall guide us to the coming dawn.'ДЄfter participating in the Three Banners War for one of the three alliances throughout its territory and Cyrodiil, the Vestige joined an invasion of Coldharbour by the Fighters and Mages Guilds. As a mortal, they were sacrificed to Molag Bal by Mannimarco as part of a dark ritual in 2E 582.

The Vestige, known by a plethora of other names, was a Soul-Shriven hero of prophecy.

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