The Elder Scrolls: A Prisoner's Tale: [ Animated Series | Action Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery ]
Unholy Mother, Deliver Us: [ Episode Pitch (Final Arc) | Horror / Thriller ]
"~Unholy mother holding me,
Carving me from clay,
Shape for me a world where all
My kin forever stay."
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Dunmer Religious Chant
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For the first time, the audience is introduced to the Fallen Knight's Daughter, and witness events from her perspective. ]
Taken captive by agents of the Tribunal and brought to Morrowind, the Daughter is systematically broken, remade and bound to the will of her Dunmer masters...and yet, she has faith; faith in her father, faith in Saint Alessia, faith in the Eight, that she would be saved from this perdition and let to live in peace...and with each day, that spark of hope waned and waxed anew, even as her masters sought to make her compliant.
This enraged her masters, who in an effort to ensure her subservience, subjected her to dark and unspeakable rituals. Seeking to use her as a pawn in their political machinations, had marked her with the symbol of the Daedric Prince Mephala, a powerful and malevolent deity. For years, the daughter was forced to participate in the rituals of Mephala, her will bent to the needs of her captors. She was subjected to torture and abuse, both physical and mental, in an effort to break her spirit and make her compliant.
As time went on, the daughter began to feel the corruption of Mephala seeping into her very soul. She was plagued by dark visions and nightmares, and she began to fear that she would never be free from the grasp of the Daedric Prince...and yet her prayers kept the corruption at bay. She clung to the memory of her family and their love that had sustained her throughout her life. She dreamed of the day when she would be free and could reunite with her family, even if it was to be in death...and then, like a pleasant dream made real after years of waking nightmares, her father came at last as an avenging spirit, having been able to infiltrate the Tribunal's stronghold and rescue his daughter with the aid of General Hjalti Early-Beard's agents. But the trauma of her captivity had taken its toll, and the daughter was left to grapple with the corruption, that original ritual having left a mark on her soul, and she is haunted by visions and nightmares that threaten to consume her.
As she grapples with the corruption that has taken hold of her, the daughter must also navigate the dangerous political landscape of Tamriel, where powerful factions and individuals seek to use her for their own purposes. She must learn to trust her instincts and rely on her own strength and courage to overcome the challenges that lie ahead.
With the help of her father and a few trusted allies, the daughter sets out on a perilous journey to confront Mephala and break the curse that has been placed upon her. Along the way, she must confront her own fears and doubts, as well as the dark forces that seek to destroy her.
But hers is a different tale, another Prisoner bound to the web of life and destiny in the search for everlasting freedom.
A/N: Covering the last two episodes of the series (or season, potentially), I'm hoping to use the audience's interest in the series to launch the Elder Scrolls videogame franchise.
And yes, I want to use this show as an opportunity to cover a wider, and much darker, set of topics not typically seen during this era of animation, pushing the show into the TV-MA [or 18+ categories, for those that don't use the US Rating system], even as it is meant to start an honest discussion regarding these same topics.
