Unknown Place
Unknown Time

 

Shannia: Liana, you can't believe how long I've been waiting for you!

Aeliana: Shannia, is that really you? This... This can't be... I...

 

I... I missed you so desperately...

Shannia: As did I. Every day, the only thing that kept me alive was the thought of holding you in my arms once more.

 

Aeliana: I'm here now and I won't let you go again.

 

 

Shannia: Remember how we planned everything to escape the world?

I wanted to believe it so much, but it was too good to be true.

Aeliana: Why are you saying this now?

Shannia: I came to say goodbye, Liana.

Aeliana: You can't leave! Right... right now when... When there's so much waiting for us...

 

So much to make up for... I'm not angry anymore, I can't be angry. Don't leave me here, please...

 

Shannia: Our lives move on. I wish you better luck with someone else than you had with me.

 

I will never forget you...

Aeliana: Shannia, don't leave me here, nooooo...

 

Arrgghhh... Are you tempting me with that? With her?! She's dead! I killed her! Is that why you're doing this?!

Enough of this, you fucking Daedra bitch! Let's end this!

Mephala: Rage all you want, Dragonborn, but there is no escape for you here. A pact was made, and you dared to break it. I am not something you can simply cast aside.

 

Meanwhile
Near Rorikstead

 

Sofia: Akatosh, please... Send your child back to us.

I know that Aeliana committed many sins, but it is thanks to her that the world you love can still exist. Unlike Alduin, she truly regretted her actions, and I know you don't want to lose another child.

The proud Dragonblood is within Aeliana, and I know she will eventually triumph over evil, but please help her...
People need her, and so do I... She has humiliated and exploited me many times, but I am able to forgive her. Please do the same... Please, let her back to us...

 

Mephala's Empire

 

Aeliana: You used and manipulated me. We both know that very well.

Mephala: You people are pathetic. You are driven by your emotions, and you have used that as a justification to do horrible things to each other.

 

It's really entertaining. Don't fool yourself Dragonborn, I only offered you one option, and you chose out of your own self-interest and greed.

 

What is this...?

No, that's not possible...

Aeliana: I feel sorry for you.

 

Get out of here...!!!

 

Living without love is meaningless.

 

Skyrim
Tamriel

 

Avatar of Akatosh: Pride is what makes you weak, Daedra, yet you never learn from it!

 

 

Mephala: Aaaargghhhhhh…

 

Ahhhrgghh…

 

Avatar of Akatosh: Enough of your little games, and begone back into the shadows! Dagon failed as well, and you will not rule this realm either!

 

Mephala: Very well, Dragonborn, I see that I can no longer harm you... 

 

But I curse those who were ever important to you!

 

I will strip Sofia of her memories and reshape her flesh, ensuring you shall never recognize one another, and never again shall you be in each other's embrace. And I bestow a gift upon you... A whisper of truth...

 

Aeliana: I have had enough of you, Daedric whore! I will hear no more of your pitiful lies. Yield, and begone with what little dignity you have left!

 

Mephala: Shannia is alive.

Aeliana: Hah, is this truly the best you can do? I expected more from the Weaver of Sinful Webs...

 

Mephala: Look upon me, Dragonborn, you know I speak the truth. Even now, she searches for you, and upon learning you were trapped, she did everything in her power to set you free.

 

She cast aside honor, dignity, all that she was, merely to set you free for she loves you, now and for all eternity...

 

Aeliana: You lie, you bitch, you lie!!!

Mephala: Face the truth while you still can. Shannia shall never reach your side, for I have planted a shifting seed within her mind: that you are dead.

You shall have no chance to prove her wrong. Farewell, Dragonborn, and may you enjoy what remains of your life...

 

Aeliana: That dream... That dream... It was true... This cannot be... Shannia…

 

Akatosh could not bear to watch one of his last bloods die in the clutches of a Daedra. Aeliana was given a new chance. She knew she had to get back on the right path.

 

A few weeks later
Bruma
Cyrodiil

 

The war against the Thalmor has ended. The armies of Hammerfell, the remaining Stormcloaks, and the unified Imperial Legions have defeated the Aldmeri Dominion.

 

General Tullius: ...The peaceful life we yearned for is no longer just a promise. We believed all along that the Empire would be free once more, and now, that day has arrived!

This would never have been possible without you, my friends! For the Empire!

 

Aeliana knew that this was largely thanks to her as well, yet she was racked with guilt that it could only be achieved through the death of an innocent person. Now that her mind was free from Mephala’s thrall, the agonizing memory of her atrocities came rushing back to haunt her. Yet, she must endure. 

She must try to forge a new beginning.
 

Greenwood
Cyrodiil

 

Lucas: I told you, we are closed...

 

By the Gods, it cannot be. Aeliana, is that truly you?

 

Come here!

Aeliana: Lucas, I am so glad to see you...!

Lucas: I thought they had killed you too... Little sister...!

 

Aeliana: I live. We live. From now on, everything will be different.

 

Aeliana tried to track down Shannia and Sofia, but Mephala kept her word, and the curses were fulfilled.

 

Sofia lost her memories, so she felt no pain, as if none of it had ever happened.

 

 

Yet, there was one who endured total self-destruction...

Shannia: Liana…

 

A new world awaits me, but without you...I... I...

 

I thought I could save you, but I failed... 

 

Please, forgive me, Liana, because I cannot forgive myself... No, it cannot end this way...

 

Liana… Lianaaaaaaa…I love you...!