Perhaps an Atmoran fleet truly did circumnavigate Tamriel, stopping at Pyandonea along the way. However, Nordic tales are known for their fantastic and exaggerated natures although it is certain that the story is not true in its entirety, there may be some truth in the central plot points. Its fantastic nature, too, calls into question the story’s validity. This lack of a definitive source places the tale in a dubious light. And thus disappears the only path to the discovery of its true origin. Yet in all my searching throughout the coastal cities that the Marauders once influenced, particularly those on Skyrim’s coastline, I have not found a trace of this specific story. The story certainly has Nordic origins, considering the Nordic origins and occupation of Yngmir himself, as well as the Nordo-centric views and the representation of the Maormer as direct inverses of the Nords within the story. The man had been one of the Marauders-the guild of naval raiders and sailors-even before the guild had settled into its current role as a shipping company. I traced Yngmir’s history as far back as I could, but found nothing substantial, no hints at the source of the tale. He told me of a storyteller by the name of Yngmir, who had been an elderly man when the bard had only begun learning his craft, and who has since passed on. After the telling, I approached Amedee and inquired as to where he had learned it. I was immediately enthralled by the tale. Despite my chosen occupation as a travelling scholar, I had never heard it in all my studies and travels until I heard it told in the city of Luftahraan by a local bard, one Timan Amedee.
Author’s Note: Raid on Pyandonea, a tale of mythic piracy told in an informal style, is well and truly obscure.
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