That was where he found himself when his father and half-brothers were assassinated by the Mythic Dawn, leaving him as the unwitting sole heir to the Ruby Throne at the onset of the Oblivion Crisis.
Martin grew up knowing nothing of this, and eventually became a Priest of Akatosh in the city of Kvatch. Martin was spirited away as an infant by Jauffre, the Grandmaster of the Blades. Martin Septim was the illegitimate son of Uriel Septim VII and a mysterious mother.
He alone could use the Amulet of Kings to light the Dragonfires that wards the barrier between Tamriel and Oblivion, and save the world from the Mythic Dawn plot. Unbeknownst even to himself, Martin was the bastard son of Uriel Septim VII, and the last heir to the Ruby Throne.
