Trapped within the depths of Helgen Keep, inside a forgotten cell with only an old, oxidated statue of Mara to keep him company, Servius contacts his Grim Patron, Hermanus Mora, to seek guidance for his current predicament.

Herma Mora, the Gardener of Men, agrees to give him his dark aid, but in order to do so, he shall be used as a plaything by one of Herma Mora's dark, tentacular monsters first, as Herma Mora works behind the scenes to have one of Magnus' devotees, Psysephone of Alinor, aide of Lady Elenwen at the Thalmor Embassy, another seeker of knowledge, thirsty for secrets, arrive at Helgen with her and, as the Shezzarine within the Keep functions as a Homing Beacon for Alduin to return, attack the keep, and have Psysephone, oh so coincidentally, free him.