Indeed, the Imperial Province was left almost entirely to its own devices, and no foreign legions were ever found within Cyrodiil for the entirety of the Crisis or its immediate aftermath. However, this contradicts the words of High Chancellor Ocato himself during the Crisis, who stated that Cyrodiil and cities such as Bruma were virtually defenseless precisely because he was both unable and unwilling to pull any troops out of the other provinces. Īdril Arano, a Second Councilor of Raven Rock in the late Fourth Era, claimed that the Empire pulled its forces out of Morrowind during the Crisis. In Cyrodiil, the city of Kvatch was entirely destroyed. The Daedric commanders closed many gates to stop the united Argonians from entering.
In Black Marsh, the Hist called back many Argonians to fight off the Daedra. The Daedra besieged Skyrim, and laid waste to the Old Holds.
Widespread devastation and casualties resulted across entire provinces. Shortly afterward, Oblivion Gates to the Deadlands opened across Tamriel and Daedra poured out as the result of a fanatical cult of worshippers of Mehrunes Dagon known as the Mythic Dawn. It began with the assassination of Uriel Septim VII and all of his known heirs. The Oblivion Crisis, also known as the Great Anguish, was a total war between the Daedra and the population of Tamriel.
