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| Wrothgarian Mountains | |
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| Type | Region |
| Continent | Tamriel |
| Province | High Rock |
| Demonym(s) | Wrothgarian |
| Appears in | Daggerfall, ESO |
The Wrothgarian Mountains, also known as Wrothgar,[1] or the Wrothgar Mountains,[2] are a large region in High Rock, located at the northeast corner of the Iliac Bay. The region is inhabited mostly by Orcs, Bretons, Nords, Reachfolk, and the region was once inhabited by the Dwemer. Riekr, the ice goblins, make their home in the Wrothgar Mountains as well.[3][4][5] A portal to Maelstrom can be found within the foothills of the Wrothgarian Mountains.[6] The main vampire bloodline found here is the Lyrezi.[7]
It is bordered to the west by Phrygias, Dwynnen, Kambria, Koegria, and Alcaire. The mountains are also bordered by Menevia, Orsinium Area, Wayrest, and Gavaudon to the south. The regional seat is the Orcish Kingdom of Orsinium in the Second Era,[8][9] and in the Third Era, the Breton city of Wrothgaria became the regional seat of the Wrothgarian Mountains. After the Warp in the West, Wrothgaria became part of the kingdom of Orsinium.[10][11]
Minerals and ores of all types fill Wrothgar's mountains, and metals such as Gold, silver, and iron can all be found in great quantities. There are also rare metals that can only be found in Wrothgar and nowhere else on Tamriel, such as the elusive liquid silver.[12]
HistoryEdit
In the Dawn Era there were 13 Orc strongholds in the Wrothgarian Mountains.[13]
In the First Era the city of Farrun would be built within the Wrothgarian mountains, its ruler was Lord Storig, who commanded the vanguard of the Imperial army at the Battle of Bodrum in 1E 2920 during the Four-Score War.[14]
The Wrothgarian Mountains are best known for being home to the Orcish capital of Orsinium. It was razed by Daggerfall, Sentinel and the Order of Diagna in 1E 980, and at the time of the Akaviri Potentate, it briefly became an Imperial territory.[15][16] At some point, Wrothgar came under the control of the first Daggerfall Covenant. When King Ranser of Shornhelm attacked Wayrest in 2E 566, King Emeric of Wayrest sent emissaries into Wrothgar and promised to return Orsinium to the Orcs in exchange for helping him defeat Ranser. The clan of Kurog gro-Bagrakh answered his call and helped annihilate Ranser's forces at Markwasten Moor. After these events, Kurog was given control over Wrothgar, and his new Orsinium joined the second Daggerfall Covenant.[1][17][9]
The deal made between Emeric and Korug gave the Orcs control of all Wrothgar as an independent kingdom separate from High Rock.[8] Terms such as Breton High Rock and Orcish Wrothgar were used to distinguish the two as being independent.[18][19] At this time Farrun was under the control of the Orcs, and was an Orcish Stronghold going by the name Fharun.[20] The Orcs would also reclaim all of Wrothgar from the Reachmen, who had control of the Wrothgarian Mountains during the reign of the Longhouse Emperors.[21] In 2E 582, Kurog would ask for adventurers to aid the rebuilding of Orsinium. One of them, the Vestige, would aid King Kurog in driving out the last of the Winterborn holdouts at Frostbreak Fortress, and later foiling a plot by the King to kill all the Orcish clan chiefs who refused to give up the worship of Malacath.[22][23][24]
Sometime after 2E 582, the Bretons settled in some parts of the Wrothgar, resulting in higher Breton populations among the kingdoms of Jehanna and Farrun on its northern shores.[25][19]
The Camoran Usurper and his horde of warriors marched through the Wrothgarian Mountains while his main forces were occupied to the west in the mouth of the Iliac Bay. This use of this strategy was attributed to the philosophy of his brother, Camoran Kaltos. With the Battle of Firewaves in 3E 267, the Usurper's armies were quashed by the combined forces of the Iliac Bay's lesser known nations.[26]
In 3E 399, the city of Jehanna had fallen under the control of Skyrim and the landscape was swiftly claimed by their Counts. By the waning years of the Third Era, resistance in the cities was feeble at best, but the fight remained strong toward the border.[5]
After the Warp in the West, King Gortwog gro-Nagorm of Orsinium gained control over a significant part of the Wrothgarian Mountains.[11]
GeographyEdit
The Wrothgarian mountains have three different biomes. Frostbreak Ridge, also called Western Wrothgar, is home to milder climates than the rest of Wrothgar, and mainly consist of boreal forests found along the cove of the Great Bay. What was called the Morkul Plains in the Second Era, also known as Central Wrothgar, consists mainly of tundra plains. Eastern Wrothgar, also called Icy Shores, has a frigid, snowy climate that results from the high mountains.
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Frostbreak Ridge
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Morkul Plains
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Icy Shore
FloraEdit
The Wrothgarian mountains are home to flora such as Wrothgarian pine, Ancient Bristlecones, and Evergreen trees.[27]
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Wrothgar Pine
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Wrothgar Pine
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Ancient Bristlecone
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Evergreen
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Wrothgar Pine
FaunaEdit
The Wrothgarian mountains are inhabited by creatures such as echatere, bears, wolves, mammoths, horkers, harpies, ogres, giants, trolls, durzogs, and critters such as elk, squirrels, rabbits, chub loons, and foxes.
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Echatere
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Bear
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Mammoth
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Horker
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Ogre
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Giant
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Durzog
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Harpy, Echatere, and Durzog
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Ogre and Giants
Notable PlacesEdit
Notable places in the Wrothgarian Mountains include:
- Argent Mine - Headquarters of the Silver Dawn
- Cloud Spring - A Breton town within the Wrothgarian Mountains.
- Fharun - an Orcish stronghold, and Breton city within the Wrothgarian Mountains.
- Frostbreak Fortress - A fortress built during the Akaviri Potentate to defend Orsinium.
- Honor's Rest - A tomb within Wrothgar, and final resting place of Baloth Bloodtusk and Gaiden Shinji.
- Jehanna - A city near the border of Skyrim.
- Orsinium - An Orcish city that has been razed and rebuilt several times.
- Raven Spring - A Breton village located in the foothills of the Wrothgarian Mountains near the border of Hammerfell.
- Shedungent - Nulfaga's castle in the Wrothgarian Mountains in the Third Era.
- Sorrow - the tallest mountain in the Wrothgarian Mountains.
- Wrothgaria - A Breton city and the regional seat of the Wrothgarian Mountains in the Third Era.
GalleryEdit
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Map of a section of the Wrothgarian Mountains
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A map of the Iliac Bay region before the Warp in the West (Daggerfall)
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A map of a section of Wrothgar (ESO)
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Map of Wrothgar (Concept Art)
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Portal to Maelstrom (ESO)
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Concept art of Wrothgar with the city of the Orsinium in the background
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Sorrow the tallest mountain in the Wrothgarain Mountains
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Wrothgar Artisan
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Wrothgar Forge
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Wrothgar Kingpin
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See AlsoEdit
- For game-specific information, see the Daggerfall and Elder Scrolls Online
articles.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Back Home in Orsinium
- ^ Artifact Record: Groundsplitters — Chief Archivist Bartholomew
- ^ Orcs, Bretons, Reachmen and Riekrs living in Wrothgar in ESO
- ^ Presence of Dwemer Ruins found within Wrothgar in ESO
- ^ a b Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition: The Throat of the World: Skyrim — Imperial Geographical Society, 3E 432
- ^ Lord Fa-Nuit-Hen and Tutor Riparius Answer Your Questions — Fa-Nuit-Hen and Tutor Riparius
- ^ Territory under the domain of Lyrezi in Daggerfall
- ^ a b Orsinium Guide: The Basics
- ^ a b Guide to the Daggerfall Covenant
- ^ Wrothgaria being the regional seat in Daggerfall
- ^ a b The Warp in the West — Ulvius Tero
- ^ Liquid Silver
- ^ Map of Clans
- ^ 2920, First Seed — Carlovac Townway
- ^ Wayrest, Jewel of the Bay — Sathyr Longleat
- ^ Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition: Orsinium — Imperial Geographical Society, 3E 432
- ^ The Fury of King Ranser — Wafimeles Masteret (Lorekeeper)
- ^ Watcher's Hold Load screen in ESO
- ^ a b Loremaster's Episode of ESO-RP ZOS Interview
- ^ Appearance of Fharun in ESO
- ^ Forge-Mother Alga's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Events of Invitation to Orsinium in ESO
- ^ Events of For King and Glory in ESO
- ^ Events of Blood on a King's Hands in ESO
- ^ Map of High Rock
- ^ The Refugees — Geros Albreigh
- ^ Wrothgar Furnishings
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Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.