#also i like to call the trio the gay squad agsksvskd

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The Empath

Throughout this journey, the Empath has no name, and no memories, however their role in the world was still incredibly important, for it was to protect all of Tamriel. The Empath is kind, gentile, loving, and all around a good soul. They can feel the emotions of those around them, and can sense foreboding, or unease in the air. Though they do good in the world, they still wish to know who they are.

Timeline:

2E, 718

The Empath is supposedly born this year.

2E, 737

The Empath, unconscious on the side of a road, is woken up by another Khajiit named Randarji, and the Empath has no memories. They tag along with Randarji as the only person they know in a world now unfamiliar to them. Randarji calls the Empath “Dear” until she finds out their name.

The two end up adventuring across Cyrodiil together, exploring caves and ruins, and helping people out. The Empath finds helping people to come naturally to them.

2E, 738

The two grow rather fond of each other, and form a relationship.

While adventuring, The Empath has a vision after finding the symbol of Kazin-Dar on a ring. They keep the ring, as they feel it has significant meaning.

Randarji wonders if perhaps the Empath’s memory problem is in relation to daedra. She suggests finding a daedra worshipper and asking them about it. First, they read up on the different daedric princes.

In a dream, the Empath is visited by Sheogorath, who has taken an interest in the couple’s adventure. He asks a favor for a reward of the wabbajack. The Empath refuses the staff, and instead asks for information on who they are. Sheo agrees and tells them of what they need to do: find an argonian named Gathers-Flowers and ask him where he gets his flowers. When he answers a certain way, allow him to join them, and take him to the shrine of Sheogorath. The Empath agrees and wakes up. The two do what the prince asks, and when they arrive at his shrine with the argonian, Sheogorath is there in person, and proposes for Gathers-Flowers to come to the Shivering Isles, where he will be safe from the people who hurt him. The argonian agrees, and a portal opens which he enters. Sheo asks the khajiit couple to come with, since his reward is still in need of giving, and they go with. Sheo offers to enter into the Empath’s mind and help her find her memories, and they agree. In the Empath’s mind, the two walk down a path of memories, all from after they had woken up. They get to the memory of them waking up, and cannot go any farther, but the Empath feels a wave of sadness flood them, leading them to know that they were devastated from something before losing their memories. They return to the waking world with only that clue and nothing else. The two khajiit thank Sheo and return to Cyrodiil to continue their adventure and hopefully find new information.

2E, 739

The two reunite with Gathers-Flowers, who is vacationing in Cyrodiil. He joins the two on their journey.

The trio go to Morrowind after being attacked by cultists of Hermaeus Mora, and finding information that they came from the province in search of the Empath.

They find a shrine to Hermaeus Mora, and the prince speaks to them saying that he has been watching them for a while. He introduces himself to the Empath as the prince of knowledge, fate, and memory. The Empath asks if he could help, since their memories were erased, and he says that he can. Randarji, however, sees right through this ruse, and tells her two companions that they need to leave. The daedric prince appears as a mass of tentacles, and drags the Empath into Apocrypha. Nothing is heard from them for the next year as Randarji and Gathers-Flowers go on a quest to free them.

2E, 740

The two find the Empath wandering in the forests of Valenwood, shaken and disoriented. They have a heartwarming reunion, and the Empath details their time in the daedric realm, and talks of their escape. They say that they had received help from a strange man in the realm who also desired escape, but in the moment of truth, he could not come with. They also found out that their memory was erased in part of a prophecy, “empathy shall overcome apathy, and when that is done, peace will rule all.”

The trio resume their exploits, and as they journey they find a cloud hanging over the people, as if their motivation has been drained.

During their journey, they realize that apathy is taking over, and that the Empath is the one who must defeat whatever is causing it.

2E, 741

The Empath has a flashback to Vashjhad’s time after finding a dark elf who had the necklace that he had. The dark elf introduces himself as Dorin Verayon, which causes the Empath to have another flashback to meeting him, and his betrayal. Dorin realizes that they are Vashjhad’s reincarnation, and tries to kill them, but is knocked out by Gathers-Flowers. The trio leave the scene after The Empath takes the necklace.

One night, they get a dream from Stendarr, who tells them that apathy is growing in strength. The Empath asks what he means, and he tells them that like how they are empathy incarnate, there is one who is the personification of apathy. For Apathy to be defeated, the Empath, now called Empathy by Stendarr, had to have their memories wiped clean, to be pure of heart and mind, and once Apathy is defeated, they will regain their lost memories. Empathy and Apathy will meet at the heart of Tamriel, and all will be brought peace.

Empathy wakes from the dream, and tells Randarji and Gathers-Flowers that they need to return to Cyrodiil for the final confrontation. On the way, they explain to the two what happened.

The trio come to the Imperial City, and almost everyone they come across are apathetic. They realize that the confrontation between Empathy and Apathy is almost here. Empathy hears a voice call out to them, and sees Dorin coming to them. He says that he is Apathy, and has come to challenge them, taunting them that he has killed them once before, and will do so again. The two battle, and Empathy manages to defeat Apathy. In a blinding light, Tamriel is returned to a world of emotion and peace, but the flash blinds Empathy.

Empathy gets a dream that night, and Stendarr restores their memories, and Empathy finds their name, but wants to remain Empathy as a token of their successful mission. As well, they find out why they were sad before their memories were wiped, because their family had been attacked by cultists of Hermaeus Mora, leaving them to flee to the road they woke up on. They ask Stendarr about the memories of their previous lives, but he tells them that that is something he is not associated with. Empathy asks one more thing, that their name and family memories be erased, so as to not deal with the pain, but keep the memory of them asking this of the Aedra. He does so, Empathy awakens, and they resume life.

The trio continue to travel across Tamriel, helping out people and exploring old ruins for treasure. Empathy continues to get visions of their past lives, still unknowing of what it means.

Gathers-Flowers returns to the Shivering Isles, after saying his goodbyes to the two khajiit that have been his best friends.

Empathy learns about the reincarnation cycle after a series of flashbacks, and dedicates their travels to searching for more information. This, however, does not get resolved.

2E, 746

Empathy and Randarji are attacked by a group of bandits, and Empathy is killed by one of them, thus continuing the curse of Kazin-Dar. Randarji buries her partner by the place she first found them.