The first of these emperors was Durcorach, also known as the Black Drake.ĭurcorach's rise saw him ascend from the leader of the Blackdrakes Clan to the Emperor of Cyrodiil.
Standards of living dropped, the Dark Brotherhood grew in power, Tamriel fractured in factions, and a strange series of Reachmen rules known as the Longhouse Emperors had control of the Ruby Throne. During this time, the Empire of Tamriel lay dormant as the Empire of Cyrodiil. The Elder Scrolls Online takes place during in the Interregnum, a strange period in Tamriel's history after the fall of the Second Empire but before the rise of Tiber Septim and the establishment of the Third Empire.
