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Cyrus: Where is she?
Basil: I don't know. I was hoping this would tell me.
Cyrus: What do you know then?
Basil: When Iszara joined the League she changed its face. She gained us the attention of Prince A'Tor. Before Iszara, we were a wild pack of nationalists with sharp swords and enthusiastic schemes. Our wanting reputation kept A'Tor from announcing an open affiliation, but we worked for him in secret removing Forebear traitors on the mainland and killing Imperial emissaries too long lingering at our borders.
Cyrus: And then the war came all the way to Stros M'Kai.
Basil: Where A'Tor should've won. He had Hunding's fire with him that day, he would turn back Tiber Septim from Hammerfell forever! The League wasn't invited to join in the battle for discretion's sake and we were forced to watch from afar! And at that battle, we saw the face of the New Empire. They sent a dragon, and no man could stand against it.
Cyrus: It killed Prince A'Tor?
Basil: A'Tor challenged the beast, but he never reached it. A poisoned arrow from Richton's henchman felled the Prince just as he rushed headlong to meet the Dragon.
Cyrus: What does this have to do with Iszara?
Basil: As A'Tor lay dying, his Wizard, the Archmage Voa, tried desperately to save his life. The Dragon was upon them and there was little time. Voa gathered A'Tor's lifeforce into a soulgem just as the fire rained down. The Battle of Stros M'Kai ended then, and Iszara's trouble began.
Cyrus: Get to it.
Basil: In another story altogether, the League got its hands on the soulgem, reservoir of the Prince's power, and the narrative of wishful thinking began. The Restless League now had the means to bring back the Prince! We could restore Prince A'Tor from the soulgem, and under his banner fight the Battle of Stros M'kai again--
Basil: --This time rightly at his side! And then that little Witch took it.
Cyrus: Iszara took the soulgem?
Basil: And with it the fate of Stros M'Kai. The Prince's spirit within that gem was the spark to ignite a revolution. When Iszara stole the soulgem she stole from us that fire.
Cyrus: Where would she have gone with it?
Basil: If we knew that, you wouldn't be here right now. The only reason we let you in the Hideout was to find out what you know... Or what this could tell us. We both seem to still be looking for our answers yet.
Cyrus: I'll be back if you're lying.
Cyrus: And I'll spare no one then.
Basil: Find the soulgem and you'll find Iszara.
Cyrus: Take me back to Stros M'Kai.
Basil: This is bigger than your sister, Redguard. Remember that. This is about the kingdom! This is about Hammerfell now.
Basil: Damn fool.
Vander: Maybe just the damn fool we need to find Iszara and the soulgem.
Basil: Maybe so...
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