*clap* Very good!

I liked how you added a backstory prior to the dungeon cell scene. Very descriptive writing style, and very 'intimate' (so that you could feel sympathy for the protagonist) in characterization.
I assume that the mother was of a fan-made race, or is it a mysterious canon TES race that I wasn't aware of?

Please excuse my lack of TES knowledge. *blushes*
Anyway, it is well-written, so please continue!
The only constructive criticism I have is that the story 'flows' too fast at certain points, meaning one second the emporer is alive and the next, before I was aware of it, he was dead. It is like reading a summary on the back of the book at that point (stuff happening too fast), not letting me take a breather.
Besides that, very nice, and I hope you will continue despite my horrible critique(sp?)skills.
