(f- Ss 32 a AT aS bees : , eIGIN OF CYR \ 2 Tm€ STORY THUS FAR.... Afar A MAN CALLED TISER SEPTIM SEEKS TO RESTORE THE GLORY OF THE CYRODILIC EMPIRE, WHICH HAS LAIN DORMANT FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS, He WHL USHER IN-A NEW ERA, THE AGE OF THE THIRD EMPIRE, THE EMPIRE'S FORMER SUBJECT-LANDS HAVE TRIED TO RESIST THIS CHANGE, BUT, ONE BY ONE, THEY WAVE FALLEN, ALL OF THE HUMAN KINGDOMS ARE NOW UNDER ASU RS Ce Sa are ere en CS ee a Fallen ee ee ae eRe am UCL eel aCe We a ee Coe oR eee TU a Ce se ae e eeeLa PCM Meme ee evar aie ale OMe a eer aoe een coe aL Laas CAMPS, THE CROWNS AND THE FORESEARS, WENT TO WAR. IN THE END, IT SEEMED Cee ee ee oe ee a eee eA ee te oem aoe URL ete CM Ee Re La FORCES INTO HAMMERFELL TO HELP THEM. THE EMPIRE MADE SHORT WORK OF THE CROWNS’ DIMINISHED FORCES, DEFEATING THEM AT LAST ON THE ISLAND OF STROS M'KAL yea IN THEIR YOUTH, CYRUS AND ISZARA LIVED IN SENTINEL, CAPITAL OF Tne ga eRe ea eee oa eee Rae OF THE CROWNS SAT IN ITS PALACE. THIS WAS A TROUBLED TIME, WITH TALK OF OPEN REBELLION EVER IN THE AIR, WITH THE THIRD EMPIRE SUDDENLY STIRRING ON THE BORDERS, HAMMERFELL'S BREAKING POINT WAS NEAR. AS A FOREBEAR SECESSION LOOMED, AND THEIR OLD CONQUERORS BEGAN TO SUR- ROUND THEM, THE REDGUARDS PREPARED FOR WAR.Vhope this fetter finds Bind, rien y: AW atest travels Aave ee eeeg Ae ae ny 2Ur Sister gop tAree Mone, <>Be RS Nog a bo bx yy WeTHE SEAS WALT LONG AND YOU'RE A LITTLE SHORT YET FOR A MARINE. S x FROW FATHER'S FAIR SKYREM, AIN'T E THEN, EVEN WITH HER COLORS RATSED. BUT ITS CALLED FOREIGN RELATIONS rrscat.eo oesertzan Wi] PEE IN BETTER QUARTERS AND MERCENARY Work JIB AND I WANTIN, 3B THERE'S A WAR ON EVERY COAST THESE BAYS, a -ss =MUST IT BEA NORD, CYRUS? 4Mo one has seen XOUr Sister for three monthsaay bao aoa SOMEWHERE AN EMPEROR TS WAITING. QELEAR HIS THROA THEY WORK WHEREVER THEY CAN- --SOME DIGNITARY SENT TO MAKE IN ARGONIA, SAVING A STY ALLTANCE AGAINST THE DIPLOMACY 'S FOOLS-- INEVITABLE. IMPERTAL EXPAN:CYRUS DESPERATELY TRYING TO OISPLACE THE GUILT OF an PAST IN THE BLOODY Peele Oe ae Eos 3 a aa a ce A ae ano | ee aed ace i ti er Lae WR I WEIRD--THEY LOSE A FEW TO FEAR: ~FOR TT IS MORROWIND, TEAR, SOU | ge MORROW PAID FOR a i cw HIS OWN, wen Wh A SLAVER CAMP, BEN a elie ed Lae Cigna ees Kaley 1. “S THE MONEY HAT?ie / a /}oem BUT WITH HAMMERFELL ON THE] BRINK OF CIVIL WAR: A WHOLE COUNTRY’S SIGH OF RELIEF -- A FOREBEAR IS TAKING fp THE HAND OF 4 CROWN f ; IN THE CAPITAL CITY! FAMILIES HAVE NAMES OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE AND THOUGH EVERYONE KNOWS] THERE IS NOTHING PROPHETIC ABQUT THE UNTON«« iS (8 7 BeiCE FOR THETINGDOM's SHAME, A SINGLE BRIGHT SPOT TO LOOK BACK ON- x TO Pi | SEAL ARLY ALIGN WITHIN AGAINST THE ENEMY WITHOUT, THERE ES STILL GENUINE AND HEARTFELT ‘ AHA TNE ENVENTED--~ TESS ALMOST AS IF SUCH CEREMONY, LTO GIVE THE GRIEVING, LATER) MUST TAKE PLACE FOR THE FULL [MORE SORROW STILL. i REGRET TO COME LA TER=- “ i TY eaTHOUGH SHE IS HAPPY WETH HAKAN THE JOY LASTS BUT FEW SEASONS, INITEALLY ALL 75 WELL, WITH IZARA ONLY MOVING TO AN ESTATE ACROSS TOWN IN THE MERCHANT QUARTER, EVERYWHERE, A LOUDER TALK OF TROUBLE, 7 p or ouenrron ne MATTER TO HER FATHER 4 WHEN THEY VISIT. Bre Co Nae1ERE DID EAR THE:AND THE WETG i KING, A NOBLE BURDEN TO BE SURE. UN OF THE KING you LAND FOR HEMENT2, SO THE FOREBEAR: ‘RIGHT INET MEANT, ‘THE FOREBEARS KNOW THEIR PLACE, CYRUS.” NBER PM er ee ee ee rena eo EN oe TT IS AN EPIC OF THERA GADA™ THE ANCESTORS OF THE FOREBEARS-- FROM WHOM THE REDGUARDS GOT THEIR NAM OVE THE Ok FELL TO MAKE WAY FOR Tt FAMILY SMEDY FOR KNOWN, ONLYHIS SHORTEST WORK IS. THE WIDEST SEEN-. faND IT HAS IMMEDIATE EFFECTS, Lg Maar ele Ral Raha renal Pe ae ao WHEN THEY STOOD TOGETHER SANGRE TOR, AND EVEN BENDING THE AGAINST THE UNKNOWN, z ee vot. eer HOLDER es SEN) TENEL s OUTLYING TERRITORIES, AND TP CHOSEN SPORESHAN' OF [HE FOREBEA RS, STRIKES AN ACCORD WITH THE KING. +-THAT WILL LAST ONLY SO LONG AS THE OLDEEELINGS STIRRED BY AN EMBROIDERED HISTORY STAY STRONG. a BUTET WORKS FoR A MEASURE-- --AND THE MILITIAS DISBAND TO) JOIN VOLAG'S EN IN THE PLAINS OF, HED RAEO! A SLOW ROT THAT REALTZES IT'S BEEN MADE TO MARRY THE THE DEVIL'S OWN DAUGHTER,Pies EOE Bee As ae DRINKS AND LAUGHTER AND THE SENSE BeBe st NOMI arene A) {Q OF SOMETHING LIFTED-- Pela: aa oe ate ne) ca ae J r Pag aodwes _| NEXT ISSUE: THE SEARCH FOR ISZARA BEGINS!