The Emperor’s commission

The sealed commission is the letter that lets you choose when to begin the main quest. Every starting story provides it; characters born through another route, such as family heirs, receive it in their pack.

1. Open the commission from your pack when ready.
2. Travel to the city of Daggerfall.
3. On arrival, the main story begins and the Emperor’s agent sends for you.

Before that arrival, the main story’s invitation clock has not begun.

The commission from a province outside the Bay also carries the Emperor’s writ of passage. After opening it, a friendly ship’s master in a harbour can take you to Daggerfall free of charge. That free passage ends when you reach Daggerfall. The Iliac Bay commission does not carry the writ.