Lore:Laloriaran Dynar

(meaning "Ruler in Dark Times")  was the famous Last King of the Ayleids.  He ruled the city of   in   and founded the city of   in  .  In the  , he played a prominent role in stopping  's  .  

History
King of Nenalata
thumb|left|Ruins of Nenalata, King Dynar's city of origin
Laloriaran Dynar was born in  , an   city located on the eastern shore of the   at the mouth of the   in  . Sometime between   and  , he became the king of the city-state.  Nenalata was incorporated into the Empire as a vassal city-state following the Alessian victory. This allowed Nenalata to last longer than most of the other Ayleid city-states.  

With the rise of the   in the 1E 300s, the remaining vassal states dwindled, and soon Nenalata became the last of them.  In the years  - , King Dynar was given an ultimatum by the Alessian Emperor. He and his people were eventually forced to abandon Nenalata and flee to   in order to escape the anti-Ayleid pogroms.  During their exodus, hunters among the Nenalata Ayleids teamed up with senche mounts daily to track and kill game to help feed the evacuees. King Dynar joined them, riding a senche named Ceydarre, feeding her from his own rations. 
thumb|right|Ruins of Bisnensel, a city founded in High Rock by King Dynar
 

The Founding of Bisnensel
In High Rock, King Dynar and his people were welcomed by the   clan. After displacing previous Orc residents, they settled on the shores of the  . There, King Dynar founded the new city of  , which was a miniature copy of Nenalata.  

In the years  - , the  , a cult devoted to  , was formed in Bisnensel. Their leader, High Priest  , demanded more of a say in municipal affairs as the cult grew in power. King Dynar denied these demands. As a result, after a few months Dynar was deposed and forced to flee from Bisnensel.  

Battle of Glenumbra Moors
thumb|right| , the site of the great battle
King Dynar and his family fled to  , where they were granted asylum among the Direnni. Later, Dynar became a highly regarded tactician and strategist in the Direnni army. 

In the late 400s, the   invaded High Rock. The invasion culminated in the great  , in which King Dynar participated.   The battle was won by the Direnni and was a fatal blow to the Alessian Order.
 

Return to Nenalata and Imprisonment
thumb|right| , where King Dynar was imprisoned for over three thousand years
In the years  - , King Dynar returned to the   and was lured to Nenalata, where he fell into  's trap and was imprisoned in  , in a replica of the White-Gold Tower.  There he remained for over three thousand years. 

Other sources state that King Dynar was not captured by Molag Bal in Nenalata, but instead was present in the   while it was still in  , was pushed into Coldharbour along with it, and captured shortly afterwards. 

Thwarting the Planemeld
In the year  , King Dynar was finally freed by the Vestige, who infiltrated Coldharbour with the Fighters and  s in an effort to stop Molag Bal's terrible  . The Ayleid king assumed command over the Fighters Guild forces, who had been leaderless after their captain had been slain. The invasion force, led by the Vestige and aided by  , eventually managed to stop the Planemeld inside the  , but King Dynar was mortally wounded while trying to close a Daedric portal. He died soon afterwards in the Hollow City, in Meridia's Chapel of Light.  His spirit is believed to have gone to  .  
thumb|left|King Dynar a moment after his death in the Chapel of Light

Legacy
In  , the crown of King Dynar (whose name had apparently become forgotten by then) was in possession of an   scholar of the Ayleids named  . A rival collector named Umbacano sent the Champion of Cyrodiil to obtain the crown, which he wanted to use to transform himself into the King of Nenalata and restore Ayleid civilization by raising an undead army within Nenalata. Cinna, however, did not want to sell it, instead hoping to trick Umbacano into accepting the  . It is unknown which crown the Champion chose to deliver to Umbacano. Regardless, Umbacano was killed later that year during an expedition to Nenalata. 
 
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See Also
For game-specific information, see the ESO article on Laloriaran Dynar.
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