Lore:Jehanna

Jehanna (also called Jehenna   or Jelhana)  is one of the eight major kingdoms in the province of High Rock,   situated on the northernmost icy shores of Wrothgar. Nestled in the snow-covered forests of the Western Reach, it is described as being as beautiful as its name.  
 

Layout & Geography
Jehanna lies on the northeast coast of High Rock, right near the border of  . It lies in the ancestral territory of the  , one of the major  ish clans that reigned over the Wrothgarian wilderlands for countless years. An isolated dock that bore Jehanna's name was nestled between the base of Mount  , the tallest peak of Wrothgar and the mountain that holds the Fharun clanhold. It sat at the end of a lightly-forested valley and lay on the  . At the end of an off-beaten path, east of the dock is an old ruin called Coldwind's Den, the tomb of the legendary mount, Coldwind. Jehanna is neighbored by several settlements, including   to the southwest,   to the west, and Skyrim to the east, towards  .  

History
thumb|left|Jehanna Docks circa 2E 582
The Western Reach was conquered by the  , and incorporated into Skyrim's holdings,   prompting many  ic colonials to settle in the region until they were viciously displaced by the  .  Jehanna as a name is recognized among the people of Tamriel,  and by the scholars in the mid- .  The Jehanna Road is a major roadway that runs near the   in   and rolls northeast into the Wrothgarian Mountains near the  .  In  , an isolated dock with the name Jehanna Docks could be found just to the east of Fharun Stronghold. By  , the modern-day kingdom of Jehanna had been marked on maps of the province. 

During the   to the late- , the city-state of Jehanna was an active settlement. It was ruled by King Bedyctor and had a rivalry with  .  When the   occurred at the time, the land around Jehanna and other nations like   were engulfed in warfare with the  Nordic warlords of nearby Skyrim. By the time,   returned to the throne in  , 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. 

By the  , the Nordic   clan had come to own land east of the city of Jehanna, but this would be threatened when the clan's heir,  , abandoned his holdings to take up the mantle of  .  Circa  , a plot against the clan was put into action by a group of associates led by the siblings Erikur and Gisli of  . The plotters poisoned Pjofr's sister, leaving her young son   as the heir to the clan's titles and wealth. Smaref was then used as a political puppet, allowing the plotters to make the necessary land transfers in order to construct a new port east of Jehanna. The orphaned Smaref was sent to   to live his life in relative comfort, unaware of what had occurred.  These actions forced Pjofr to relinquish his role as the Gray Fox to another, who proved themselves by aiding in the reclamation of the land deed. With his life of crime behind him, Pjofr adopted Smaref and returned to the Ice-Blade clan, prepared to take the responsibilities as the new leader.  

Notes
Jehanna is the home of Sir  , whose adventures were documented in the book  , written by the author  . 
Arena was originally conceived as a fighting game featuring a tournament that took the player to each of Tamriel's cities to challenge different gladiatorial teams. According to a file from that stage of development left behind in the final game, Jehanna's gladiatorial team would have been called "the Iceblades". 
A slideshow of screenshots from Arena's Beta contains a picture of a Bosmer player character named Jehanna Khel, which perhaps lent (or borrowed) its name to the city.

References