In which the Bosmer prisoner Ganniwer receives a surprise escape opportunity when no less than the Emperor himself shows up in her cell, escorted by Blades trying to hasten him out of the palace; receives the Amulet of Kings, and the Emperor's order to take it to the one who can get it to his last surviving son; witnesses the Emperor's assassination; and escapes out into the world to try to find a way to follow the Emperor's final wish.