Where is queen barenziah

The Real Barenziah , meanwhile, purports to give the "real" story, apparently as revealed by the Queen herself in private confessions to a friend.

A censored copy was later circulated. Later, in the second century of the Fourth Era , another account emerged, The Nightingales , which gave yet another version of certain aspects of the story, and accused the Queen of covering up the truth for political reasons.

According to the version of events published by Imperial scribes, when Emperor Tiber Septim invaded Morrowind during the Tiber Wars and began sacking cities, the initially obstinate Dunmeri nobility were forced to give in and sign an armistice , but not before the city of Mournhold lay in ruins. Princess Barenziah was found with her nurse in the wreckage. General Symmachus suggested that she could be useful one day, so she was placed into the care of Count Sven Advensen , who had been granted the fiefdom of Darkmoor in Skyrim.

His family greatly loved her, and she acted as a model daughter in all respects. But when she was sixteen, she was tricked by a "wicked orphan stable-boy" named Straw into running away with him, as he convinced her she was going to be sold off as a prostitute.

Disguised as a boy, she fled to Whiterun with the stable-boy, where they found jobs as guards in a caravan bound for Riften. After only a short time in Riften, Straw fell in with a Khajiiti thief named Therris, who planned to rob the Imperial Commandant's house and search for information within on behalf of a traitor.

Barenziah's loyalty to the Empire drove her to warn the Commandant. The Commandant, Symmachus, had been searching for her. Instead of being sold, he informed her, she was going to the Imperial City to live with the Septim family and learn about governance. While there, she befriended Tiber, who was in the middle years of his reign by this time, and his family came to love her as their own.

After almost a year, when she was eighteen, she finally returned to Morrowind to take her rightful place as sovereign of Mournhold. Later, she took Symmachus as her husband in a ceremony officiated by the Emperor. Several hundred years later, in 3E , the two had their first child, Helseth.

Shortly beforehand and unknown to the public at the time, the Staff of Chaos had been stolen from the mines beneath Mournhold by a bard known as the Nightingale.

Eight years later, the couple had another child, Morgiah. Shortly thereafter, relations with the Empire mysteriously deteriorated, leading to civil unrest in Mournhold. During this audience, she realized that the Emperor was an impostor, the bard Nightingale who had stolen the Staff. Though she managed to conceal her discovery and leave, news soon came that Mournhold had fallen to rebels, and Symmachus was dead.

That same evening, King Eadwyre of Wayrest came to see her, and confirmed her discovery, informing her that the impostor was the Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn. Together, the two monarchs hatched a plan to discover the scope of Tharn's plot and free the Emperor.

Barenziah was able to charm Tharn, and by reading his secret diary, she learned the extent of his plot, and what had to be done to stop him. With the help of the spirit of Ria Silmane , she arranged for the escape of one of Tharn's prisoners, whom Ria had selected as her champion in the fight against Tharn.

Over the next several months, Barenziah learned more, and passed it all along. Once all vital information had been garnered, she fled with her family and King Eadwyre to his kingdom of Wayrest. The two monarchs were married there before the year ended, and proved capable of repelling occasional attacks by Tharn's minions as Tharn was too busy with Ria's champion.

The Real Barenziah follows the same overarching fact pattern as the official biography, but with greater detail in certain areas and with several notable contradictions. Some days after her parents left Mournhold to war against Tiber Septim, little Princess Barenziah was taken from the palace by her nurse. But all she could remember beyond that was "seeing a huge shadow with burning eyes filling the sky".

After several days, passing from stranger to stranger, soldier to soldier, her nurse disappeared, and she found herself the reluctant ward to the Count of Darkmoor. Every month, a courier would bring them a small bag of gold, a bag of dried mushrooms from Morrowind Barenziah's favorite treat and check on the girl's welfare.

Though she maintained pretenses, Barenziah dedicated much of her youth to "pilfering, lying, and a little misplaced magic". As she got older, she also became fairly promiscuous. She was never comfortable with the Count and Countess, and came to secretly loathe them as poseurs when she discovered that they were first-generation nobility. The Countess Inga, in particular, looked down upon Barenziah due to her race.

Though Straw, her latest fling, had urged Barenziah to run away with him, the real impetus for her departure was that the couriers who inspected her every month had begun to give her the impression that she was becoming ready for whatever was planned for her, and she did not trust the intent behind it.

So she fled with Straw, setting out east. After carefully sneaking into Whiterun, Princess Barenziah spent a week burglarizing homes in the city before she and her lover left with a caravan. Along the way, she engaged in other sexual liaisons, as well.

When they arrived in Riften, it was Barenziah who sought out Therris, who accepted her offer of sex in return for sponsoring her membership in the Thieves Guild. One night, she found herself burgling the Imperial Commandant's house. General Symmachus, upon discovering her in his home it's implied he'd actually lured her there , explained the truth of her situation.

He gave her assurances that Straw would be given a farm and Therris would not be permanently harmed. In the end, Therris was drawn and quartered, and Straw had his tongue cut out. Symmachus fabricated the official version of events, the version which Barenziah recited to Tiber Septim upon meeting him.

It wasn't long before Barenziah and the Emperor began an affair. After Tiber learned she was pregnant, however, an abortion was performed against her will, and she left for Mournhold earlier than planned. And while some in the Imperial City were sad to see her go, others were not.

Despite their secret past, Tiber Septim and Barenziah managed to maintain a strong political relationship. Upon news of Tiber's death in 3E 38 , [11] Symmachus proposed to Barenziah, and she accepted. Their union was both personally and politically rewarding. The new Emperor's trust in Symmachus was absolute, while Barenziah was loved by the people of Morrowind.

Barenziah's trust in the reliable Symmachus had blossomed into affection, and Symmachus had coveted her since the day she was born, when he was a mere miner in Mournhold. In or just before 3E , Barenziah was charmed and duped by the bard Nightingale, who used her to gain access to the mines of Mournhold, where he was able to find and take the Staff of Chaos from an ancestral shrine. Symmachus arrived at the last moment, too late to stop the Nightingale from teleporting away.

He covered up Barenziah's involvement and forgave her indiscretion. As an adult, she finally found her father, the elusive Nightingale, in Skyrim. Dralsi settled there and became a talented thief. She married and had a daughter of her own, Karliah. It was then reported that Jagar Tharn and Ria Silmane had died and that the Emperor had suddenly raised taxes. The citizens of Morrowind revolted, and Symmachus did his best to suppress the rebellion.

He sent Barenziah and their two children to the Imperial City to beg the Emperor for help. It was a magically disguised Jagar Tharn. She gained nothing from the audience and was then shocked by the news that Symmachus had been betrayed and murdered by the Royal Guard.

Barenziah had no time to mourn. She needed all her strength and wit to face Jagar Tharn. Barenziah knew that Tharn had split the Staff of Chaos into eight parts and hidden them in several obscure places.

She used Tharn's diary to figure out where he'd hidden the pieces of the staff. After the last location was discovered, she and her children escaped the Imperial City with King Eadwyre of Wayrest. Afraid of public scandal, Tharn did nothing to prevent their escape. Barenziah later married King Eadwyre, becoming the queen of Wayrest. Eadwyre adopted her children Helseth and Morgiah.

During her time in Wayrest her biography was still banned. King Gortwog of Orsinium was gathering information on all High Rock 's royal families and managed to get a copy of the biography. Unfortunately, Gortwog was not the only one looking for secrets. The necromancer, the King of Worms , was also interested in the book. One of his minions stole the book. For the agent's help, she offered him information on the Totem of Tiber Septim. The scandalous book was finally Barenziah's again, and the agent got the information for the Emperor.

Several years after the Second Numidium Effect, King Eadwyre passed away, leaving the throne of Wayrest to be fought over by his daughter, Elysana and his adopted son, Helseth. Elysana gained the crown and banished Helseth and Barenziah from Wayrest.

They returned to Mournhold in Morrowind. Barenziah's daughter, Morgiah , had already married the King of Firsthold and was no longer living in Wayrest. Helseth then took over the reign, and became the new King of Morrowind. Although there has never been any official inquiry or proof, many citizens who were loyal to the old king claim Helseth poisoned Llethan.

The Nerevarine tracked the assassin to Mournhold and ultimately, King Helseth. The king was threatened by the power and influence of Morrowind's new hero. After a bit of manipulation, Helseth managed to get the Nerevarine on his side to face yet another threat, the mad goddess, Almalexia.

It was during this time that Barenziah met the hero of Red Mountain, offering wise council and guidance to the Nerevarine. It is not known how, when or if she died, but mentions of her alive as well as those of Helseth cease after the catastrophic events following the fall of the Ministry of Truth : the Red Year and the Dunmer-Argonian war.