However, they are too late Mehrunes Dagon himself has entered Tamriel.
Martin, Ocato, the Hero, the Blades, and numerous Imperial Guards fight their way to the Temple of the One District to relight the Dragonfires. The Hero of Kvatch enters, kills Camoran, and returns with the Amulet of Kings, presenting it to Martin.ĭuring this raid, Martin sends the Blade Baurus to the Imperial Palace to formally present his claim to the throne to Chancellor Ocato of Firsthold, who, with the Elder Council, considers and accepts the claim.Īrriving at the Imperial Palace with the Hero and Jauffre, Martin is about to be formally recognized as Emperor by Ocato when a massive Daedric invasion erupts within the Imperial City. The four objects in hand, Martin binds himself temporarily to the Xarxes and opens a portal to Paradise. Martin dons the armor of Tiber Septim and leads a Defense of Bruma, deliberately allowing the opening of the gate and buying the Hero time to secure the stone. This could potentially cause the destruction of Bruma. The Hero obtains the first three objects on his own but the last may be obtained only by allowing the Mythic Dawn to open a Great Gate (which requires three minor Oblivion gates to open) outside of Bruma. These include any Daedric artifact, the blood of one of the Nine Divines (obtained from the armor of Tiber Septim, in which he had fought and bled before his Apotheosis), a great welkynd stone, and a great sigil stone. However, it is slow, painstaking work, taking much research.Įventually, Martin determines that the book could be used to open a portal to Camoran's Paradise and that four other items are needed to do this. To safeguard Martin, Jauffre, grandmaster of the Blades, takes him to the fortress of the Blades, known as Cloud Ruler Temple, where he also offers to make the Hero of Kvatch a member of the Blades.Ī failed attempt by the Hero to recover the Amulet of Kings from Mankar Camoran yields the Mysterium Xarxes, the holy book of the Mythic Dawn cult and a tome of massive dark power.
Soon after Martin's discovery, the Amulet of Kings is stolen by members of the Mythic Dawn, a Daedra cult based within Cyrodiil, who were also responsible for the invasion. Upon being found and informed of his true heritage, he helps to end the Daedra invasion of the mortal world. Unaware that he is the sole remaining heir to the Septim throne, Martin is sought out by the Hero of Kvatch. He became a priest at the Chapel of Akatosh in Kvatch.įollowing the death of his father and half-brothers by Mythic Dawn assassins, Martin is the only remaining Septim. Later, a priest managed to convert Martin to the worship of the Nine Divines. Martin notes that he and his friends got in over their heads and some of his friends died in a disastrous accident. During that time, Martin briefly came into possession of the Sanguine Rose. Martin joined the Daedric Cult of Sanguine.
Early on in his life, he discovered the seductiveness of Daedric magic, practicing it and using it on a daily basis. In his youth, he grew up believing that his father was a farmer and his mother had died giving birth to him. Martin was unaware of any of this for most of his life. Uriel still asked Jauffre for updates on Martin's whereabouts, but never met with the boy anytime after he was given up. Uriel could not raise the child, and trusted Jauffre with spiriting him away as an infant. Martin was born an illegitimate child to Uriel Septim VII and an unknown mistress.