Lore:Lhotun

was the ruler of the Kingdom of   at the end of the  .  He was born in  , the youngest child of King   and Queen  , the two previous regents. Lhotun was brother to Arthago,   , and  . 

Some years after the  , Prince Greklith and Queen Akorithi both fell victim to a plague.  Thus, Lhotun ascended to the throne, and became known as one of the most powerful leaders in  .  The rapid expansion of Sentinel's domain following the   had brought many   sympathizers under the control of a   kingdom, forcing Lhotun to form what was considered a third party, dubbed the  , to try and reconcile the two factions.  
 

History
Early Life
thumb|right|As a young prince in the royal court of Sentinel
In  , the fourth child of King   and Queen   of   was born.  Though he was the royal couple's third son, they named him Lhotun, an ancient   word meaning "second boy".  This proved prophetic when Arthago, his eldest sibling and heir to the throne, vanished in  . It was widely rumored that Arthago had either died of a fever (he was known to be a sickly child) or had been kidnapped by the  .  Prince   (whose own name meant "strong king")  became the new heir, but when Camaron was killed during the   in  , Akorithi became the regent. 

In his youth, Lhotun was known to fall into dark moods.  Lhotun had not forgotten about Prince Arthago, and whenever he asked about his brother he received a different story.  He wanted to know the truth, and sought the services of an   of the   who was investigating a haunting in  , offering information.  The agent agreed, and received help from the Underking's minions, who claimed the mysterious figure wanted to prove his innocence. And he was innocent; the agent found a document containing the last words of Prince Arthago.  The missive revealed that the doomed prince's own parents, disgusted at his fragile health and interest in scholarly pursuits, had had him kidnapped and left to die in a forgotten dungeon, which he did.  This revelation, while confirming Lhotun's worst fears about his brother's fate, did appear to put the young prince's mind at ease, at least for a time.  

King of Sentinel
Following the   in  , Sentinel grew to encompass the entire northern coast of  .  A few years later, a plague claimed the lives of Prince Greklith and Queen Akorithi,  and the throne of the sprawling kingdom passed to King Lhotun.  However, there was still unrest in Sentinel, a   kingdom, as most of the formerly independent lands that Sentinel now encompassed were   sympathizers. 

As of  , King Lhotun had overseen military, diplomatic, and religious missions to maintain the peace within the kingdom. As a compromise, Lhotun created what was considered by some a third party, the  . This faction maintained a reverence for the Redguards'  n past, but also held respect for the Imperial ways. Unsurprisingly, the moderate Lhotunics were reviled by Crown and Forebear kingdoms alike. 

Queen   of Taneth (a Forebear land) tried unsuccessfully to revoke the charters of the independent guilds in Sentinel lands, claiming the accepted worship of   was grounds for heresy against the Empire.  , High Prophet of the Crown city of  , incited the "True Crowns of the north" to rebel against Lhotun, and also financed several border skirmishes in   and  . These efforts were unsuccessful, save one significant development;   (named after the   of Yokuda, the progenitors of the Crowns) declared its independence from Sentinel. However, Sentinel still completely surrounded Totambu. Though the resistance held for a time, it isn’t known how this incident was resolved. 

See Also
For game-specific information, see the Daggerfall article.

Notes
King Lhotun is mentioned in the book  , which tells the story of an agent of Sentinel sent by the king to exact vengeance upon Prince Arthago's kidnappers. While the historical accuracy of the narrative is not known, the book does serve to provide closure to Lhotun's quest in TES II: Daggerfall.

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