The Soul Cairn mentioned by the noble lady Valerica is a realm in Annihilation filled with trapped mortal souls. It is not controlled by any demon god, but by a group of self-proclaimed Ideal Masters.

Mysterious creatures take control.

It is said that when a person's soul is captured by the black soul stone, the soul will be transported to the soul cairn and wander to eternity. The Lords of Thought believe that by liberating humans from the body of this world and gaining eternal immortality, they will escape

Meaningless suffering and finding peace.

Therefore, the Soul Cairns are filled with all kinds of undead creatures. Some are unique here, such as Bonemen, Mistmen and Wrathmen. Powerful magicians on the continent have used magic

Summon the undead creatures here without alerting the Lord of Thoughts. But these ancient spells have been lost. In fact, in order to satisfy the endless desire for souls, the Lord of Thoughts often makes deals with necromancers in exchange for souls.

, Necromancers are given the right to summon the undead army from the Soul Cairn, although they are often trapped by the Lord of Thoughts, and eventually their souls end up in the Soul Cairn.

Generally speaking, mortals must die in exchange for a pass to the Soul Cairn. However, it can also be achieved by sacrificing part of one's soul or transforming into an undead creature. This place could have been entered through the Void Gate in the Battlespire, but

Since the destruction of the Battle Spire, the Annihilation Channel has been cut off.

As for the evil existence that rules the annihilation plane of the Soul Cairn - the Lord of Thoughts. It is said that they usually do not show physical form in the Cairn, but prefer a "ubiquitous" spiritual form. However, everything is always the same.

There are exceptions. The Thought Lord will also appear in the cairn in the form of a giant soul stone. This soul stone can be used as a guide tube, allowing the Thought Lord to communicate with nearby mortals or absorb their life essence. Thoughts

The Lords are always searching for powerful souls that can be brought to the Soul Cairn and imprisoned here forever. They regard this as an eternal peaceful life, but the undead imprisoned here regard it as an eternal life.

An eternal curse.

The Thought Lords have real names, but their names are too high to be pronounced. While they proudly call themselves the "Creators of Soul Cairns", they also humbly claim that they are also mortals.

Scholars speculate that the Lord of Thought is likely to be a "Demiprince" whose ability is second only to the 16 demons in the field of annihilation.

In the rumors among ancient wizards, the Lords of Thought were impolitely called "Spirit Devourers". During the Mythic Era, they were a group of powerful wizards who appeared in Nirn. Later, they found a way to be promoted to the Demon God and gave up.

The body became the master of the annihilation plane of the Soul Cairn. Since the origin of necromancy is closely related to the demon Molag Bal, and the demon could travel freely through Nirn in the Mythic Era, these wizards are likely to take refuge there.

Molag Bal. At the same time, the atmosphere of the Soul Cairn is very similar to Cold Harbor, which can also confirm this from the side. During the Fourth Age, the mythical Dawn who believed in Merunes Dagon relied on the "Mystery of Shaxx" written by the devil.

The realm of annihilation "Giaar Alata" created by the power of "The Mythical Dawn" and the failed attempt to ascend to the devil by the leader of the Mythical Dawn Order, Mankar Camoran, also imitated this behavior.

To put it simply, the patron saint of a necromancer wants to see the lord.

"Why does the Lord of Thought want to see me?" The Lord did not dare to be careless.

"Sir, I don't know the specific reason. But it must be related to the current crisis." The noble lady Valerica told the truth.

"Master, this seems to have nothing to do with our adventure." The housekeeper did not recommend that the lord take unnecessary risks.

"It's related." The noble lady Valerica's next words made the lord unable to refuse: "There is an undead dragon Dunevir in the Soul Cairn. The Lord of Thought said that only you can save her, my lord."

"'She'?" Wu Chen asked, obviously with deep meaning. Because of the convention, the genderless dragons call each other "brothers". Only in the Gray Rock Castle, the feminine "third person" pronoun "she" is used.

"To call all the demonic light-transformed and Ximu Longniang who are about to be transformed by the demonic light.

"Yes, sir. These are the original words of the Lord of Thought." The noble lady Valerica nodded solemnly.

"Then tell me about this dragon." Just kidding, how could the lord refuse a dragon?

Durnehviir, the undead dragon, whose name means in dragon language: "Curse (Dur), Never (Neh), Death (Viir)".

During the Age of Mythology, when the dragons took control of Tamriel, Duneviel participated in many wars with other dragons for control of the skies. She delved into "Alok-Dilon" as an alternative to ordinary fighting methods. Like many

Like a great necromancer, she approached the Thought Lord in an attempt to gain his favor. The Thought Lord granted her the right to summon an army of undead from the Soul Cairn, but in return, she had to monitor a man who was trapped in the Soul Cairn by the Thought Lord.

Vampire - Valerica. The Lord of Thoughts did not tell Duneville that Valerica was an immortal vampire. In fact, he deceived her into being a slave forever. So many years later, Duneville's body gradually integrated into the soul stone.

Tomb, preventing her from ever returning to Tamriel.

According to the original plot line of "The Elder Scrolls", in 4E 201, the last Dragonborn and Serana came to the Soul Cairn to look for Valerica. The awakened Duneville began to attack the intruders. In the end, he was killed by the Dragonborn.

Killed, but due to the protection of the Lord of Thoughts, the soul was not devoured and resurrected again. He praised the Dragonborn as "Qahnaarin" or "The Conqueror". Duneville even called himself and the Dragonborn's souls

Connected together. Allow the dragonborn to use the dragon tongue "Summon Durnehviir" to summon her in Tamriel - she can briefly escape from the soul cairn and gain the freedom she dreams of. In return, Duneviir becomes the dragon

The dragon descendants fight and teach the dragon descendants a witchcraft dragon roar "Soul Tear": absorb the souls of enemies killed by the dragon roar to charge the soul stone and summon the enemy's corpse into a ghoul.

Although Duneville has repaid the Lord of Thought's favor according to the agreement, she is still trapped in the Soul Cairn forever.

In fact, many of the subsequent plots that the Lord experienced after returning to Ximu are the contents of the DLC released successively in "The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim". As the original plot line of "The Elder Scrolls: 5 Skyrim", he

The old adventures I experienced with the housekeeper. These scattered plot fragments will appear out of thin air in the form of memory copies when the lord touches them again.

"Then, go and meet." After listening to the noble lady Valerica's story, the lord decided to go to the Soul Cairn first to meet with the Lord of Thought.

Since the ancient snow elf paladin Jelebor cannot break the annihilation storm that envelopes the Forgotten Valley, he might as well listen to the Lord of Thought's opinion.
Chapter completed!