Lore:Ra'athim

The Ra'athim Clan (also spelled '''R'Aathim''')  is an ancient family of   that hail from the city-state of  , in the province of  . Originally, the Ra'athim Clan were a group of miners with the territory that stretches across the central mainland, but they eventually became the royalty of Ebonheart.  Their lineage went on to become the great leaders of both Morrowind and  . The Empress-Regent,   is one of their most well-known members.  In early Morrowind history, the Ra'athim Clan held the High Kingship of Morrowind.  

History
First Era
thumb|left|The Staff of Chaos
The Ra'athim Clan were known as prominent figures throughout history. In early Morrowind History, the Ra'athim Clan retained the High Kingship of Morrowind and held lucrative mining fiefdoms across Morrowind, between Ebonheart and  .  According to   mythology, the   had a sphere of influence in the Ra'athim's territory.  King   was the King of Ebonheart when the   had invaded the province of Morrowind in  . The  s had driven the Ra'athim Clan out of Ebonheart and into hiding. Several years later when the Dark Elves fought back, King Kronin and his three sons took to guerrilla warfare, driving out the Nords out of their domain.  's aunt,   became the Queen of   after the war.  At one point, King Kronin had passed away, and left his son,   to the throne at Ebonheart, but he too passed away. Moraelyn, Cruethys' brother, became the King of Ebonheart afterward. The third brother,   was an illegitimate son of Kronin and was born in Mournhold.   He was not considered a Ra'athim. To honor him, Moraelyn had created a temple cult dedicated to Ephen. Moraelyn had left the   in the protection of Ephen, in his tomb underneath Mournhold.  Eventually, King Moraelyn passed the mantle to his daughter,  , who in turn, had twin sons that were left, joint-heirs. At this point, the High Kingship had been left vacant due to a provincial emergency. Both twins were given separate kingdoms that resulted in the split that became modern-day Ebonheart and Mournhold. 

House Mora & Katariah
Throughout the years, the Ra'athim Clan continued to rule over Ebonheart. A group called the   were affiliated with the Ra'athim and Ebonheart.  Prior to this, the Ra'athim Clan were a part of the minor House,  . House Mora would, in turn, become absorbed into the Great  . Despite the fact that Ebonheart is Morrowind's oldest city, Mournhold was given the Staff of Chaos due to Moraelyn's declaration and Ephen's origins. And so their jealousy had become greater when the Staff was placed in Mournhold, and   had taken the   from them.  In the early-mid  , the city-state of Ebonheart, and the Ra'athim Clan were allies of  , the Wolf-Queen of  . Ebonheart fought alongside her during the  , which ended with Potema's death in  . Because Mournhold was an ally of the  , Ebonheart was in a bad situation, and to preserve the peace between both factions, Emperor   had arranged the marriage of  , Duchess of   with his son, King   of Solitude in  . Because of Pelagius III's crippling madness, Katariah had essentially taken control of the Empire, working alongside the   to not only govern the Empire but hide Pelagius III's madness. As time went on, Katariah had a child with Pelagius III named  , and Pelagius III died on  .  Katariah I was named the Empress-Regent, and her reign (lasting for forty-six years) was known for being the Empire's celebrated years. However, some people claimed that Katariah's ascension was the decline of the  . When Katariah died, Cassynder Septim was the Emperor of Tamriel, and his half-brother, Katariah's son,   was named the King of Wayrest and the rest is history. 

Barenziah's Family
By the late Third Era, the most prominent member of the Ra'athim Clan was High King   of Mournhold, and his niece,  .  The Ra'athim lineage was supposedly dying out at this point.  Barenziah had ruled Mournhold for several years, as far as the early Third Era. During Barenziah's late reign around  , the Staff of Chaos was stolen from Ephen's tomb. Barenziah had been seduced by the Nightingale, a bard commonly known to have been  . Some sources claimed that this was false, and that the Nightingale was a former   noble named  . Drayven was one of the Nightingales, a group of extremely-talented thieves that serve  . And so, as the story goes Tharn had hired Drayven to obtain the Staff of Chaos. Despite Drayven's ties to House Indoril, the thief may have been an unknown member of the Ra'athim Clan. According to the book,  , the Nightingale was an heir of Moraelyn and the last of his line. With his exclamation, the Nightingale was able to acquire the Staff of Chaos and give it to Jagar Tharn by certain accounts, with others saying Jagar himself as the Nightingale acquired the legendary staff.  The Imperial Battlemage attempted to kill Drayven, but it ended in failure and so he retired to   in Skyrim. Barenziah had a child with the Nightingale, named Dralsi, but later abandoned her to keep the truth quiet.  Eventually, Dralsi took the mantle of Nightingale, same as her daughter,  , who was alive during the   in  .  Barenziah was the Queen of Morrowind since the early Third Era, but when the   occurred in  , she had become the Queen of  ,  only to return to Morrowind around  . Her son,   was the High King during the waning years of the Third Era.  Her daughter,   married King   of   and currently has two children,   and  . 

Known Members
thumb|right|Queen Barenziah of Mournhold
; : King of Ebonheart during the Nordic Occupation in Morrowind. 
; : Queen of Kragenmoor after the Nordic Occupation. 
; : Son and Successor of King Kronin. 
; : Legendary warrior known as the Witch-King of Ebonheart. 
; : Moraelyn's daughter and successor. 
;Lian's twin sons: Moraelyn's twin grandsons that were given joint heirs as Ebonheart and Mournhold. 
; : Duchess of   and Wife of Emperor Pelagius III. 
; : High King of Morrowind and successor of Barenziah in the late  . 
; : Former High Queen of Morrowind, and mother of Helseth Hlaalu and Morgiah. 
; : Daughter of Barenziah and Queen of  .
;Rinnala and Goranthir: Morgiah's children. 
; : High King of Morrowind and son of Barenziah.
; : The Master Thief that stole the Staff of Chaos. 
;King of Ebonheart: The King that helped Symmachus hide the Staff of Chaos in Mournhold. 
; : A prominent member of the Skyrim Thieves Guild and of the Nightingales.

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