#heceri

The DLC doesn’t allow you to bring followers to Sheogorath’s realm, but I didn’t see any hard evidence that says that only one person is allowed in at a time. So IMAGINE:

Heceri, fresh off the heels of the Oblivion Crisis and the sacrifice of Martin, traveling along the roads of Cyrodiilwith his con-artist of a half-brother. Errisare only looked up his half-sibling after hearing about his heroic exploits, and Heceri knows there’s probably only a sliver of good-intentions behind Errisare’s silver words...ut he hasn’t seen or heard from his parents since the skies tore open, and Errisare confessed that his own father and sibling died in the Daedra invasion.

If he’s right, then this half-brother is the only family Heceri has left, so despite the obvious knowledge of the con, he doesn’t want to immediately estrange them.

They’re traveling past Niben Bay when they catch sight of a strange new island out in the water, and - unable to resist finding out just what this strange structure is - they cross the water to find a very overworked and underpaid Gaius Prentus standing watch. Despite the Imperial’s warning, when a strange voice rings out in the night and invites the brothers to come to “the Isles”, neither mer can resist their curiosity, and they enter.

Haskil is mildly surprised to see two mortals enter the portal, but reasons that at least one of them may be the Champion his master seeks, and asks both mer the question: Will they return to Cyrodiil? Or continue through the next door?

Heceri is afraid that this portal might be the start of another invasion of Tamriel (despite Haskil’s assurances to the contrary), and agrees to continue on for the purposes of stopping whatever threat might be occurring. Errisare - ever the opportunist - agrees as well. After all, there’s bound to be some gold or sellable artifacts to be had in an unusual venture like this, right?

And bada-bing, bada-boom: that’s how Heceri and Errisare end up stuck in the Shivering Isles, running back and forth between Mania and Dementia doing fetch quests and solving inane puzzles with an invisible deadline hanging above their heads.

Throughout the journey - though it is Heceri who carries the heavy titles and heroic deeds within his history - it is actually Errisare who starts to take the lead...

When Heceri finds himself ill with the idea of murdering Thaedon to take up the title of Duke of Mania, it’s Errisare’s slippery hands that have no trouble adding a little extra Greenmote to the addicted noble’s meal. Though Heceri’s experience with Oblivion’s invasion helps the Aureals defend Passwall, it’s Errisare’s stealth that gets them both through the ruins of Xeddefen to stop the invasion of Order in Passwall.

And when the time comes for the Greymarch to start, and for someone new to take up the mantle of Sheogorath, it’s Errisare who steps in to fill the role.

“You already had your shot at glory, o’ Champion,” He tells Heceri with a smile, as he sits upon the Throne of Madness. “It’s my turn to make my mark upon Tamriel’s history...”

.......

After the defeat of Jyggalag, Heceri returned to Tamriel alone, and the gate to the Shivering Isles disappeared. Errisare disappeared from the pages of history, but Heceri never forgot his half-brother.