In 3E 427, with Imperial authority
weakened by questions of succession, the already shaky
Imperial administration of Morrowind was threatened by
the re-awakening of an ancient curse beneath the giant
volcano Red Mountain, also called "Dagoth-Ur."
An Imperial courier marked by the stars, born on a certain
date to uncertain parents, came to Morrowind a stranger
and outlander, and lived to become one of that nation's
most enduring legends.
"Of humble birth, he entered the
Emperor's service in the lowly status of courier. Dispatched
to Balmora in the waning years of the Third Era, he
arrived in Morrowind, ignorant of the role he was to
play in that nation's history."
- from Hercurnian Baeboris' THE RIDDLE OF THE INCARNATE,
IMPARTIALLY CONSIDERED