If everything you hold dear descends into darkness, the only thing left to do is claw your way back into the light. Elenar, a Dunmer who had her life torn apart, joins the Dark Brotherhood for that very reason. But when that new familiarity falls to the mercy of betrayal, and the only other person she can trust is threatened, the road to dawn seems too far to travel.

The Arena Champion finds the taste of victory one too bitter to swallow, while an endangered land calls for a hero. Will a gladiator in search of redemption be the saviour that the Shivering Isles needs, or will the Greymarch triumph once more? Shivering Isles AU fic, T for violence, general wierdness and a shoggoth.