So the situation in Tamriel is that you've got three young, muscular alliances around the periphery of the continent and in the center is Cyrodiil, and there's a power vacuum there....
Once upon a time in the mystical land of Tamriel, the benevolent ruler of Cyrodil, Emperor Uriel Septim VII, is secretly usurped and banished to Oblivion by none other than Jafar, er, I mean...