Lore:Wrothgarian Mountains

The  , also known as Wrothgar,  or the Wrothgar Mountains,   are a large region in  , located at the northeast corner of the  . The region is inhabited mostly by  s,  s, Nords, Reachfolk, and the region was once inhabited by the Dwemer. Riekr, the ice goblins, make their home in the Wrothgar Mountains as well.    A portal to Maelstrom can be found within the foothills of the Wrothgarian Mountains.  The main vampire bloodline found here is the Lyrezi. 

It is bordered to the west by  ,  ,  ,  , and  . The mountains are also bordered by  ,  ,  , and   to the south.  The regional seat is the Orcish Kingdom of Orsinium in the Second Era,   and in the Third Era, the Breton city of   became the regional seat of the Wrothgarian Mountains. After the Warp in the West, Wrothgaria became part of the kingdom of Orsinium.  
 
 

History
In the Dawn Era there were 13 Orc strongholds in the Wrothgarian Mountains. 

In the First Era the city of    would be built within the Wrothgarian mountains, its ruler was Lord  , who commanded the vanguard of the   at the Battle of Bodrum in   during the Four-Score War.  

The Wrothgarian Mountains are best known for being home to the Orcish capital of Orsinium. It was razed by  ,   and the   in  , and at the time of the  , it briefly became an   territory.    At some point, Wrothgar came under the control of the first  . When King   of   attacked   in  , King   of Wayrest sent emissaries into Wrothgar and promised to return Orsinium to the Orcs in exchange for helping him defeat Ranser. The clan of   answered his call and helped annihilate Ranser's forces at  . After these events, Kurog was given control over Wrothgar, and his new Orsinium joined the second Daggerfall Covenant.   

The deal made between Emeric and Korug gave the Orcs control of all Wrothgar as an independent kingdom separate from High Rock.  Terms such as Breton High Rock and Orcish Wrothgar were used to distinguish the two as being independent.    At this time Farrun was under the control of the Orcs, and was an Orcish Stronghold going by the name Fharun.  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.  In  , 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.     

Sometime after  , the Bretons settled in some parts of the Wrothgar, resulting in higher Breton populations among the kingdoms of   and Farrun on its northern shores.  

The   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,  . With the   in  , the Usurper's armies were quashed by the combined forces of the Iliac Bay's lesser known nations. 

In  , 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. 

After the Warp in the West, King   of Orsinium gained control over a significant part of the Wrothgarian Mountains. 
 

Notable Places
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   and  .
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.

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See Also
For game-specific information, see the Daggerfall and ESO articles.

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