The agent says she is disappointed the job was not completed, and transforms into a monstrous beast, killing the crime lord and all his bodyguards. They are forced to return to Umbriel, realizing they are stuck on Umbriel like the rest of its inhabitants.Ĭolin has traced the source of the betrayal to an agent in the Imperial Palace, and follows her to a meeting with a crime lord. However, when floating away from Umbriel, the two begin to fade, losing their corporeality. The two finally regroup and drink potions of flight. Meanwhile, Annaïg and Glim plot their escape. The Khajiit sacrifice themselves so Sul and Attrebus can escape. They are mostly successful, but are intercepted in Hircine's realm. Unable to catch up to Umbriel by traveling on foot, they travel through the planes of oblivion using a shortcut that Sul had discovered previously. He finds that one of the men that attacked him worked for Florius, but when Attrebus returns to Florius he finds him with a knife wound in the base of his skull. Florius agrees to join Attrebus, but while waiting for him in a tavern Attrebus is attacked yet again. Sul and Attrebus, accompanied by a group of Khajiit, travel to Water's Edge for supplies, and while there Attrebus tries to garner support from an old friend, Captain Florius Larsus. He also enlists the aid of a woman he meets to allow him to pass information between himself and Annaïg. Meanwhile, Glim finds a section of Umbriel with exposed sky and begins plotting an escape. She will later discover that it only opens when she truly desires to kill someone. During the attack, Annaïg lost the locket that connected her to Coo, but accidentally acquired her kitchen master's invisible, blade, which wrapped itself around her forearm. Everyone but Annaïg and her assistant Slyr are killed. The two decide to work together to try to stop Umbriel's advanceĭue to Annaïg's growing prestige, a rival kitchen raids her kitchen in an attempt to capture her. Meanwhile, Attrebus is rescued by the mysterious Sul. He discovers a decapitated and charred body with Attrebus' Imperial signet ring, but thinks it was too convenient to be authentic. The work is hard, but due to her experience of the outside world, as well as her knowledge of alchemy, she is able to become quite successful.įollowing Attrebus's betrayal, a young inspector named Colin for the Penitus Oculatus inspects the area where Attrebus was attacked. Meanwhile, Annaïg has been forced to become a cook on Umbriel, creating food for the lord's of that flying island. His entire guard is slain, and Attrebus himself is captured. Soon after embarking on his mission, he is betrayed by one of the newest members of his guard. However, after his request is refused, Attrebus gathers his personal guard and attack the city himself. The two are quickly captured, separated, and forced to work by the native of Umbriel, but before that Annaïg is able to send Coo, an enchanted bird that allows her to communicate over long distances, to Attrebus Mede, the prince of the Empire.Īttrebus receives Annaïg's bird, and asks his father, the Emperor, to send an expedition to stop the flying city. While at the city, they witness everyone on the land below them dying due to Umbriel. Once the city arrives, the two fly up to it, through the effects of a magic potion. Set 40 years after the events of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, an unknown mass has appeared on the coast of Black Marsh during a powerful storm, an event witnessed in a nightmare by a Dunmer assassin named Sul.Īnnaïg Hoïnart and Mere-Glim are living in Black Marsh when the mass arrives, now identified as the flying city of Umbriel. It was published on November 24, 2009, by Titan Books in the UK, and Del Rey Books in the US. It is the first of two books based on The Elder Scrolls series of video games. The Infernal City is a fantasy novel by Greg Keyes.
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