The Numidiad

The Numidiad is a mysterious and extraordinary account of the activation of the Numidium, a Dwemeri automaton of great power. It is composed of recovered sections of journal and eyewitness report pieced together by an unknown author.

Official Synospis By The Author
The Numidiad was inspired mostly by a Mr_Flippers post that concerned possible alternate realities of Tamriel after Tiber Septim activated the Numidium. I initially wrote a comment and some overflow highlighting events in various provinces, and at the urging of #memospore2, I decided to expand it into a full piece. I worked on the story on and off for about two months (according to the Word document, about four full days were spent writing it), and attempted to incorporate elements of extant lore including MK's statement that the Numidium fought Altmeri Mirror Logicians well into the Fifth Era, the presence and power of the Tribunal (whom I did not know well enough to write comfortably), the presence of Cyrus the Redguard (for whom I was explicitly warned against writing, and so chose to name-drop him only), even the Prophet of Landfall, as well as basically incorporate every disaster I could think of, barring only a Daedric invasion, as I figured they too might fear the machine.

The finished story weighs in at over 7600 words and one picture courtesy of numinit and Minttu.

A C0DA was written much later, which serves to make something of a junction between The Numidiad and MK's C0DA, using events referenced early in the story concerning Numidium's departure from Nirn.

The Text
The Numidiad's full text as a PDF document.

The Volumes

 * The Numidiad: Part I


 * The Numidiad: Part II


 * The Numidiad: Part III


 * The Numidiad: Part IV


 * The Numidiad: Part V


 * The Numidiad: Part VI