The only known recorded event occurred in 2E 560, when the Argonians responded against their tyrannical oppressors with the Knahaten Flu. Ven less is known about Argonian history in the Second Era. Anyone considered too dangerous to hold in 'civilized' dungeons in other Provinces was sent to Black Marsh. The land that had once been a haven for Tamriel's criminals became its greatest prison state. Warlord dynasties were formed by former Imperial officers, who 'earned a reputation for tyranny even in those dark times'. Slave traders exploited the Argonians, and 'entire tribes of Argonians were dragged in chains' to the Dunmer land. Following this defeat, the Argonians retreated to Helstrom, where the Imperials would not follow them. The Argonians were defeated by the Reman Empire in 2811 at the Battle of Argonia. They eventually caught Bramman in his bandit kingdom not far from what is now called Blackrose, and took his head for the Empress. The Imperial Fleet followed the course deeper into the heart of Black Marsh than any non-Argonian had ever been before. The coastline along the east of Topal Bay had become notorious for acts of piracy because of these Bandits and thieves, and in 1E 1033, the Empress Hestra demanded the head of Bramman.Īfter many an unsuccessful battle in the Bay, the Imperial Navy discovered the pirate-king's means of escaping capture: a narrow, winding river which emptied into the Bay near Soulrest, its mouth was screened by dense thickets of mangroves. It is known that there was a very successful enterprise of bandits and thieves that had long been exploiting the swampland of southeastern Tamriel, which was lead by most infamous of the brigadiers, 'Red' Bramman. The region and, by extension Argonians themselves, stayed independent of the Tamrielic Empire until the twenty-ninth century of the First Era. Little is known about what occurred in Argonia or Argonians in general during much of the First Era, as the few Argonians that left the province were very rare and they themselves didn't talk about their history and preferred to integrate themselves into the larger Tamrielic cultures.

Argonians during the oblivion crisis