Long ago, when dragons ruled over the world. There were five brothers who were gifted in the different arts of magic.
The oldest brother was gifted with conjuration magic. He was able to raise an entire country's dead, summon armies of demons, and conjure enough weapons to equip an army.
The second oldest brother was gifted with destruction magic. He was able to burn down a kingdom, turn armies to ashes with lightning, and create famines with frost.
The third brother was gifted with alteration magic. He could stop or slow down time, create mountains and oceans, turn coal to gold, and alter himself to where he could not take any damage in a fight.
The fourth brother was gifted with illusions. He was able to make friends think they are enemies, Have entire armies turn on each other, Make people see different realities, make the mind feel like it was already dead, and even make the whole world forget something.
The fifth and youngest brother was gifted in restoration magic. He was able to heal himself instantly, heal others with a touch and even, if recent enough, bring someone back to life.
Sadly though, he was considered weaker by his brothers and everyone he met. His powers were not for combat just the aftermath. The brother wanted to prove that the power of life magic wasn't worthless.
He spent days locked up in his home researching and trying spells until finally he had to leave his home and walk out in the forest. As he walked he released bits of his magic. He liked watching the colors swirl and disappear because unlike his brothers, his magic was beautiful.
Eventually he grew tired and sat down facing the way he just came from. To his amazement he saw that all the trees, flowers, and grass had grown tremendously. The brother soon realized that it was because of his magic that it grew that way.
So with renewed vigour he began to study how to use this magic to his advantage. After weeks in the forest he found that he could take the seed of a tree or plant and make it grow extremely fast and he could control which way it grew.
But the brother felt that there was still things that he had yet to discover about his magic. So he set off deeper into the forest and would not be seen for a few years.
Six years after the youngest brother left the five brothers were declared the five kings of magic and put under the service of Alduin. When Alduin asked what had happened to the fifth brother the others replied that he had left a few years ago to conduct research.
Alduin was not pleased with the answer but did not act. Instead he gave them access to whatever they needed to conduct their research.
For four years the brothers taught and advised in their respective fields of magic and searched for the lost king. At the end of the fourth year the youngest brother returned.
When the Brothers found out they were overjoyed at seeing their brother for the first time in ten years. There were feasts, parties, and gifts for days.
When it finally died down the eldest brother made an announcement. It was meant to be a surprise for the world but it turned into a last minute gift. The eldest brother would summon a Deadric prince. A feat that had never been done before.
When the announcement was made people from all over the known world came to watch. So many people came that the brother of alteration had to extend the stadium to breaking point.
It took several days For the Eldest brother to draw the proper circles and symbols to be ready for the summon. The summoning went smoothly except for one thing. He had forgotten to draw symbols to protect the mind.
When the prince was summoned it took control of the king of conjuration and forced him to raise the dead from all over the world. This act drove every ounce of magic out of him and even drew from his life force to help aid the spell.
The brother fell limp when the prince left his mind and the brother slept for all eternity. As the dead began to attack the Kings of destruction, alteration, and illusion leaped into the lines of the dead but were unable to kill them.
Then unexpectedly the king of restoration walked in front of his brothers and raised his hands to the heavens. The brothers could see that there were spells in his hands but did not know the purpose.
When the brother released his hands the clouds parted and down came torrents of light that destroyed all the dead around the world. The other three brothers were amazed and asked where he had gotten this power.
The restoration king answered that because his magic was life magic it would be useful against undead and dark magic. The brothers were happy that he had finally accomplished his dream of gaining a form of combat based magic.
As the years passed by the brothers began to disappear. First the king of restoration after a fight with the king of conjurations son. Both combatants' bodies were never found.
The Illusion king simply faded from the world and everyone's memory.
The king of alteration disappeared after an attempt at traveling through time.
The king of destruction went missing after he went to Aetherius to defeat a god.
The king of conjurations body went missing from its tomb shortly after the disappearance of the destruction king.
This is the legend of the five kings.