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Karrinnare- the Thalmor Dragonborn

Life Before Skyrim- Born in 4E 23, just one year after the Thalmor coup of the Summerset Isles, Karrinnare always considered herself a true daughter of Alinor.

She grew up strongly believing that the Altmer were destined by Auri-El to not just rule over all of Tamriel, but to dominate mankind, a belief that never died out. She joined the Thalmor in 4E 109 and ran many covert operations in Valenwood and Cyrodiil, almost always succeeding in weakening the Empire.

When the Great War came, she was given the position of second-in-command of the entire Hammerfell invasion army. However, in one of the few Imperial victories of the war, she saw the entire 4th regiment ambushed near Rihad, and fled the field, leaving her people to die. When she went to report her failure to Alinor, the Thalmor higher-ups knew what she had done and she was exiled from the Aldmeri Dominion. Disgraced and with little other choice, she fled to Cyrodiil where she lived for 25 years, waging her own campaign against the humans, until finally in 4E 200, she was caught infiltrating an Imperial treasury in Bruma and brought to jail.

After just a week, she escaped and fled to Skyrim, where she ran right into an Imperial ambush for none other than Ulfric Stormcloak…

Life During Skyrim- After being captured by the Imperials, she was lead along with the Nord rebels to the town of Helgen to be executed as a traitor. While she technically was being correctly charged, it was for the wrong reason; the Imperials thought she was a Stormcloak. Despite her protests, she was forced to the chopping block when out of nowhere, an enormous black dragon appeared out of nowhere and attacked Helgen.

Karrinnare managed to escape with the help of a Stormcloak named Ralof who suggested she join the Stormcloaks. At first she scoffed at the idea, but then realized that if Skyrim broke off from the Empire, it would make the Second War Against the Empire much easier for the Thalmor. After telling Ralof she'd think about it, she head down to a small village called Riverwood and stayed the night at the Sleeping Giant Inn that was run by a suspicious looking Breton named Delphine.

The next day she decided to head off to the College of Winterhold, one of the few respectable organizations in human lands. Once there, she met an old Thalmor colleague, Ancano, who immediately recognized her. Since they were old friends, Ancano offered Karrinnare a deal: help with the secret Thalmor usurpation of the College and he would use his influence to help get her reinstated with the Thalmor. Realizing her dream was within reach once again, she gladly accepted the offer, and after a 3 month long fiasco involving the Eye and Staff of Magnus, the two were successful in taking over the College and replacing all non-mer with Thalmor wizards.

With the College secured, and the local Nords none-the-wiser to what had transpired, Karrinnare and Ancano set off to the Thalmor embassy to help get Karrinnare reinstated. However, on the way they were attacked by yet another dragon. After an intense battle, they were able to take the beast down, and upon it's death, a most curious thing happened; Karrinnare appeared to absorb it's very soul. Ancano had read about such an occurrence once in a book called The Book of the Dragonborn. Ancano told her how old Nord heroes called Dragonborns were supposedly able to absorb the soul of a dragon and use it to Shout in the dragon language. Having previously had an odd experience in the ruins of Saarthal where she seemed to take the energy of a wall of words into herself, she could feel a sensation in the back of her head of the word "Iiz" which she somehow knew meant "ice". Acting on instinct, Karrinnare shouted "IIZ" as loud as she could at a dear, and it froze in place.

Amazed and without a clue to what was going on, Ancano suggested she go and talk to the Greybeards in their monastery of High Hrothgar near the top of the Throat of the World, while he went on to the Thalmor embassy to try and get her reinstated. After saying their goodbyes, Karrinnare set off on her journey to talk with these "Greybeards". After a few hours of traveling, Karrinnare heard a booming voice coming from the direction of the Throat of the World that sounded like "DOVAHKIIN", which made her believe that she was being summoned by the Greybeards, but she had no way to be sure.

Four days later she found herself in the small village of Ivarstead, where those looking to travel the 7000 steps up to High Hrothgar had to come through. Upon her arrival, she asked a cheerful Bosmer named Gwilin if he had heard the thundering shout a few days ago, to which he replied that that was apparently the Greybeards' way of summoning the Dragonborn.

With her suspicions confirmed, she began the slow ascent up the mountain towards High Hrothgar. Following more than a day of climbing, she finally arrived and entered the monastery, where she was greeting by one of the Greybeards, Arngeir. Arngeir asked Karrinnare to demonstrate what they called the "Ice Form" Shout, which she guessed was "Iiz". The Greybeards were in awe of actually meeting the legendary Dovahkiin, and after almost 2 weeks of training which Karrinnare admitted was very intense yet inspirational, the Greybeards sent her to find the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller, the founder of their order.

Before she did that, however, she decided to go see whether or not Ancano was able to reinstate her with the Thalmor. Along the way to the embassy, Karrinnare fought a few more dragons and learned some new shouts as well.

Additionally, it seemed that word was getting around Skyrim about there being a Dragonborn, so when Karrinnare was passing through the town of Dragon Bridge on her way to the Thalmor Embassy, she was stopped by a woman named Astrid, who introduced herself as the Leader of the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim and offered her a position as second in charge of the Brotherhood.

Due to the Brotherhood's reputation and remembering the last time she was second in command of anything, she turned down the offer until Astrid said something that piqued her interest. Apparently, The Brotherhood knew about her Thalmor sympathies and told her that they were waging a private war on the Penitus Oculatus and even had a plot to assassinate the Emperor of Tamriel.

After hearing of an opportunity to land such a monumental blow to the Empire, she immediately joined the Brotherhood and successfully led the assassins' campaign against the Penitus Oculatus. After learning that Karrinnare was the Night Mother's chosen Listener, Astrid grew jealous of Karrinnare and attempted to sell out the Brotherhood to the Oculatus, but Karrinnare caught wind and quickly dispatched of Astrid, effectively taking control of the Dark Brotherhood in one fell swoop. Under Karrinnare's leadership, the Brotherhood experienced a golden age where they were feared more than ever, and eventually Karrinnare herself was able to infiltrate the Emperor's ship, The Katariah as it was preparing to leave Skyrim, and assassinate the Emperor of Tamriel.

It is rumored that her last words to the old man were "All men will soon bow down to their Altmer masters" before setting the whole ship on fire.

Only 36 days after meeting Astrid, Karrinnare managed to accomplish all of that. Her work with the Brotherhood finished for a time, she set back off to the ThalmorEmbassy to check up on her status.

Upon her arrival, she was greeted by Elenwen, 1st Emissary to Skyrim, and another old friend from back in Alinor. Somehow Elenwen caught wind of her dealings with the Brotherhood AND that she was the Dragonborn, but instead of punishing Karrinnare, she offered her the position of First Justiciar, the highest position available that allows covert and undercover work, which she would begin as soon as the dragon issue was resolved.

Overjoyed to be back with the Thalmor, and in such a high position nonetheless, Karrinnare set off to find the Horn, but upon arrival, she discovered it was not there, in its place was a note telling her to "rent the attic room at the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood". Once there, she discovered that Delphine, the innkeeper, was in fact a Blade, the sworn enemies of the Thalmor. Fortunately, Delphine seemed to be oblivious to the fact that Karrinnare was herself a Thalmor agent.

Karrinnare decided to temporarily work with the Blades to resolve the Dragon Crisis, then afterwards eradicate their pathetic order off the face of Tamriel. After a few months of working with the Blades and serving the Brotherhood, Elenwen sent word for Karrinnare to come to the Embassy for an extremely important assignment. She was to join (infiltrate) the Stormcloak army and drive the Empire out of Skyrim, and then when that was done, she was to assassinate Ulfric Stormcloak.

Figuring she was making good progress with the dragons (all she needed to do was trap the Dragon Odahviing and interrogate him in Dragonsreach), she decided to accept the offer. Besides, the jarl of Whiterun wouldn't allow anything with the Civil War raging on.

So she went to Windhelm, joined the Stormcloaks, and quickly earned their trust with her prowess in war. She quickly turned the war around in the Stormcloaks' favor, and eventually the Stormcloak army was marching on Solitude. After fighting their way through the city, Karrinnare, Ulfric and Galmar Stone-Fist finally confronted General Tullius and Legate Rikke in Castle Dour, where Tullius revealed Karrinnare's plot to Ulfric. With no witnesses, however, Karrinnare quickly dispatched all 4 of the others and then claimed to the victorious Stormcloak army that Ulfric and Galmar had been slain by Tullius and that Karrinnare had killed him and Rikke in retaliation.

With the Empire defeated and the Stormcloaks now leaderless, the Thalmor were overjoyed at the result and at Karrinnare's perfect performance. With the Civil War now over and Skyrim in chaos, Karrinnare finished off the Dragon Crisis by going to Skuldafn on Odahviing's back and eventually traveling through a portal to Sovngarde, the realm of Aetherius where the filthy Nords go after they die, and defeated Alduin in one last, glorious battle.

Upon her return to Skyrim, she was greeted as a hero by the people which made her very happy; gaining the Nords' trust would be useful in the years to come…

Life After Skyrim- Just a week after her defeat of Alduin, Elenwen informed Karrinnare that her presence was requested back in Alinor- the Thalmor were ready for the Second War Against the Empire (if you could even call it that anymore).

As she was making her way back to the Isles, she passed through Markarth and was stopped by a Vigilant of Stendarr- a hunter of Daedra. There was apparently a disturbance being caused by a powerful Daedra in an abandoned house, so Karrinnare figured she'd check it out. While investigating, she discovered that the disturbance was being caused by no normal Daedra, but rather a Daedric PRINCE, Molag Bal. Bal commanded Karrinnare to kill the Vigilant, which she did (he was an Imperial anyway). Then he offered Karrinnare an amazing deal: take his mace and claim souls for him with it, and become a pureblooded vampire (a vampire that is given the gift directly by Bal and is much more powerful) and kill her prey in his name. In exchange, Bal would grant her a boon that would greatly help hers and the Thalmors' cause of dominating and enslaving the races of men.

In a great and terrible moment of inspiration, Karrinnare accepted her new Lord Bal's deal, gaining the Mace of Molag Bal and becoming a pureblooded vampire. A few weeks later she was back in Alinor for the first time in 30 years, and nothing could have prepared her for what came next- the Thalmor offered her the position of First Lady, the LEADER of the Thalmor and thus the entire Aldmeri Dominion. This was the boon that Lord Bal was talking about. She didn't know how He did it (best not to question the Daedric Princes) but Karrinnare was in pure bliss; she would be leading HER OWN ARMIES against the humans and she knew that she would make good on her words to the Emperor.

Not 2 months after her ascension to First Lady, she sent her armies on an all out invasion of Cyrodiil and Hammerfell- the Second Great War had begun. Truly the pathetic humans never had any chance. Cyrodiil, after hundreds of years of glory, was on its last leg and the Imperial City fell within a month of campaigning. Hammerfell wasn't expecting an attack, as it breached the terms of the Second Treaty of Stros M'Kai, and with a scrambled and ineffective defense, captured the whole country only a week after Cyrodiil. The Bretons were not a militaristic people, so with the Legion being decimated down South, they were left to fend on their own and surrendered almost without a fight. Lastly was Skyrim, which, surrounded and without Ulfric to ignite their passion, put up an even worse fight then the Imperials or the Redguards and after just 29 days of fighting, Solitude was razed to the ground and the Nords defeated.

That was it. After just THREE MONTHS of war, the Aldmeri Dominion under Karrinnare's leadership had rampaged through Tamriel and utterly crushed humanity. Simultaneously the Empire of Tamriel, the Kingdom of Skyrim and the Redguard Union of Hammerfell surrendered to the Thalmor, but Karrinnare was not interested. She wanted to DOMINATE the humans, ENSLAVE them, and make them know their place in Tamriel.

So instead of accepting their surrenders, she decreed that the 3 nations bow down to their new Altmer masters. When her demands were denied, she had half of the populations of each country slaughtered until finally they agreed to submit to Thalmor authority.

Soon after, fearing for themselves, the Argonians offered to peacefully join the Aldmeri Dominion as a client state, which Karrinnare accepted; she had a level of respect for the beastfolk of Tamriel.

Immediately Karrinnare had every human in Tamriel enslaved, and if any even thought of rebellion, they were publicly tortured; the humans had to learn their place. Later on Karrinnare turned her attentions to the hated Dunmer of Morrowind, and once the humans were thoroughly enslaved, she launched a full invasion of Morrowind.

But she had different plans for the Dunmer. The humans' role was to be brought under elven rule, but the Dunmer were to be utterly destroyed. She led a 13-year genocidal campaign on the Dunmer and on the dawn of the 14th year, she declared that the entire Dunmer race had been eradicated.

With the humans enslaved, the Thalmor firmly in charge, and the Dunmer gone from the history books, Karrinnare declared herself First Lady of Tamriel. After 30 years of her incredibly brutal rule, the Thalmor had managed to indoctrinate every single human into believing they were completely inferior beings meant to be dominated by the innately superior high elves. Karrinnare had subjugated the entire human race, and never again in Tamrielic history would there be another human rebellion, they would forever be slaves to their elven masters…

A/N: I know that was pretty intense there at the end lol; that's intentional. I think that the Thalmor are the fantasy equivalent of the Nazi party and Karrinnare takes it to a new level. I'm not POSITIVE, but I believe that the Altmer (or the Thalmor at least) view the Dunmer as a blight to be purged, due to the old Altmer-Chimer schism.

So therefore the Dunmer act as the Jews to the Thalmor's Nazi. No me gusta the Thalmor :p