The Black Horse Courier
Unrest Abounds
The Elder Council met today in a closed-door session to discuss the ever-growing conflicts springing up throughout the provinces in the wake of the Oblivion Crisis.
Foremost among these are the skirmishes along the Morrowind/Black Marsh border. The Dunmer claim that their forays into the Argonian homeland are to secure trade caravans from Argonian jungle marauders, while the Lizard-Folk insist that the Dark Elves are seeking to exploit the Legion's current disarray to restart their slave-trade.
Additionally, syndicates of wizards are leading a boycott of Imperial goods in the Summerset Isles. The wizards have made statements that unless tariffs on goods imported to the Isles are lifted immediately, and the conscription of mages into the Legion ceases, the blockade will expand to stop all mainlanders from entering the Isles.
Tensions are also on the rise in the Iliac Bay region as the Orcs of Orsinium petition for provincial status, while the neighboring kingdoms protest the implied violation of their territorial sovereignty. Wayrest, in particular, has stated that it will not recognize the legitimacy of the Orcish territory.
The Elder Council has little choice but to commit troops to maintaining the peace throughout the provinces, but this raises the question of what will happen to Kvatch. In its current state of desolation, the city is defenseless, and largely abandoned. Without its troops to protect the highways, western Colovia and the Gold Coast interior have become increasingly dangerous. The Legion has been flooded with reports of marauders, goblins, monsters, and even looters, pillaging the land, and preventing any work from commencing to rebuild the city. Unfortunately, with Imperial resources spread so thinly, the heartland may remain in tatters for the foreseeable future.