NEW VERSE * ELDER SCROLLS V : SKYRIM
CASTUS MEDE I is known as the FORGOTTENĀ CROWN PRINCE &Ā HEIR APPARENT to the throne of the cyrodiilic empire. he is the FIRST-BORN, ILLEGITIMATE SON of emperor TITUS MEDE II. though born in the white-gold tower in the imperial city, castus ( known as amras camoran in aldmeri ) was raised in LILLANDRIL, summerset, by his altmer mother. he was born on 25 rainās hand, 4E 177.
though MAN by face and body, amras remains MER in language and customs. all his life, he grew up believing that his father was an imperial scout who was killed by an aldmeri battlemage, and that was why he lived in summerset, away from people who looked like him. his mother, arwyn, is a descendant of mankar camoran. neither she nor her son are daedra worshippers; in fact, she is a devotee of mara, while her son is aĀ āchosen of auri-elā.
after learning of his true parentage following his fatherās death in 4E 201, amras decides ( swayed by the aldmeri dominion ) to return to the imperial city and petition for his right to SERVE AS EMPEROR. while knowing that the dominion only wants him---a man born and raised altmer---in power to CAPTURE THE THRONE, castus truly believes that he can help the empire become stronger, end the civil war in skyrim, UNITE all of tamrielās provinces, and bring peace between TAMRIEL and AKAVIR.Ā
travelling to the capital took amras seven days. by this time, his fatherās body had been returned to the white-gold tower and the young man was able to PEACEFULLY pay his respects before dramatically revealing his patrilineage to the imperial council.Ā
the actual process of petitioning the council for his right to the throne was long and strenuous. amras had to prove his relationship to titus, of course, and on top of that, he had to be given a CYRODIILIC name, practically completely erasing his forward identity as half-altmer. he chose the name CASTUS MEDE THE FIRST, in legacy of his late father and to reassure to those fearful that he was not there to begin an dominion-led empire. after choosing his new name, which in itself takes many weeks, castus is asked to come before the council
he is obviously a very ambitious man. this comes from his EXTENSIVE education at the various temples ( namely those of auri-el, phynaster, syrabane, xarxes, and mara ) throughout summerset and in the capital, alinor. it is at each of these temples that amras learned a different skill. he is adept at language, speaking not only the common tongue, but DOVAHZUUL, aldmeri, AYLEIDOON, dwemer, and some falmer. as well as this, he is an extremely skilled mage and a gifted archer---the latter of the two he learned from a young bosmer while travelling through valenwood.
AND WITH A FLOURISH, THE YOUNG HALF-ELF REMOVED HIS CLOAK, REVEALING THE FACE THAT RESEMBLED ALL TOO CLOSELY THAT OF THE DEAD EMPEROR. HIS VOICE BOOMS THROUGHOUT THE HALL, AND HE SAYS WITH A SWELL OF PRIDE IN HIS CHEST, āMY NAME IS AMRAS CAMORAN. I AM HALF IMPERIAL AND HALF ALTMER, AND THE FIRST BORN SON OF TITUS MEDE II. I DEMAND TO PETITION MY RIGHT TO THE THRONE OF THE CYRODIILIC EMPIRE.ā
