His half-sister Morihatha was (not surprisingly) his staunchest ally, especially after her marriage to Baron Ulfe Gersen of Winterhold brought her considerable wealth and influence. He utilized defunct spy networks and guard units to bully and coerce the difficult members of the Elder Council. By 313, Uriel VI could boast with conviction that he truly did rule Tamriel. This power, however, he regularly and vigorously exercised. By the time he came to the throne, the mechanisms of government gave him little power except for that of the imperial veto. He had been slowly assuming positions of responsibility for years, but both the Council and his mother, who enjoyed even her limited Regency, were loath to hand over the reins. The Council so enjoyed its unlimited and unrestricted freedom to promulgate laws (and generate profits) that Uriel VI was not given full license to rule until 307, when he was already 22 years old. The Elder Council retained the real power, as they had ever since the days of Katariah I. The Imperial Consort Thonica, as the boy's mother, was given a restricted Regency until Uriel VI reached his majority. Uriel VI was crowned in the 290th year of the Third Era. Uriel V's only other progeny, by a morganatic alliance, were the twins Morihatha and Eloisa, who had been born a month after Uriel V left. In fact, Uriel VI was born only shortly before his father left for Akavir. On Uriel V's death across the sea in distant, hostile Akavir, Uriel VI was but five years old. The third volume described the troubles of the next three Emperors-the frustrated Uriel IV, the ineffectual Cephorus II, and the heroic Uriel V. The second volume described the War of the Red Diamond and the six Emperors who followed. The first book of this series described, in brief, the first eight Emperors of the Septim Dynasty beginning with Tiber I. Note: A unique version of the book, Odral's History of the Empire 4 is required for the Books for Vala quest
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