An Argonian assassin gets caught on the border of Cyrodiil and Skyrim. We have all heard this story before, in our own way. What happens after the story, after the hero saves the world. Perhaps that kind of raw power in the hands of a fallible sentient being is a mistake on Akatosh's part. For what will stop a person with immense power from imposing his will.

Anna of Kovir, witcher of the School of the Griffin, just wants to sleep. Nilfgaardian soldiers at the checkpoint refuse to let her through to the next town and the inn therein and they're particularly obstinate about it. When she overhears whispers of a monster in the woods causing the disappearance of patrols, she thinks she's had a stroke of luck. How wrong she was.