Lore:Wretched Spire

The Wretched Spire is a ruined settlement, hidden in the southern hills of the Sever, a region in the Deadlands. The settlement is a haven for denizens of the Deadlands, both mortal and daedra alike. It is because the Wretched Spire is the one place in Mehrunes Dagon's domain that cannot be influenced by them. And so because of this, daedra that are not bound to a summoner or faction, and even escaped mortal slaves can inhabit the town without interference.   The southern section of the Wretched Spire is called the Fleapits District and it is where the uncivilized and dangerous residents live.  
 

History
thumb|left|Faven Indoril
thumb|right|Mournhold
The tower from which the settlements got its name comes from the city of Mournhold, located in central Morrowind. On the 12th of Sun's Dusk,  , Mehrunes Dagon was summoned to destroy the city at the behest of a disgruntled noblewoman.   Much of the city was destroyed in the wake of his destruction until the intervention of two of the Tribunal, Almalexia and Sotha Sil.  While most of it was razed to the ground and became what is now known as  ,  some of it was flung into Oblivion by Dagon, specifically the tower that became the Wretched Spire. 

The Wretched Spire landed in a basin in the southern Sever, taking many people with them. The highest-ranking official among them was   of House Indoril, who quickly took the role of leader. The town started with mostly Dunmer, but over time, clanless daedra and wayward mortals found their way to the Wretched Spire.  For reasons currently unknown, Mehrunes Dagon and none of his minions can interact or approach the Wretched Spire. And it is for that reason that the Wretched Spire has become some sort of haven in the Deadlands.  

Over time, theories have popped up about Dagon's lack of involvement in the town. These range from "protected by a different prince", "saved for later", or even that he thinks it's funny. Since nobody is certain, all they can do is wait out their time and hope that nothing happens. As time passed, the mortals of Wretched Spire grew to hate and distrust the daedra that inhabited the town, hoping that they left them in peace.  Time in the Deadlands is vastly different than on Nirn. In  , people that survived the city's destruction in the Wretched Spire lived in the settlement for a few decades, but for people back home, it was more than sixty-hundred years ago. 

While Faven Indoril continued to govern the settlement at this time,  in the Fleapits District, the place was overseen by a Dremora named  , who commanded a band of ruffians.  In the hopes of bringing peace with both the mortals and daedra, the Dremora,   wanted to make a treaty with Faven Indoril but for unknown reasons, was struck down. His associate,   began an investigation all over the settlement and enlisted the help of a   to learn who defeated him. What they found was that Faven's son,   was manipulated by the  's leader, Disastrix   to kill the Dremora and inadvertently cause unrest throughout the Wretched Spire. Along the way, Tarvyn killed his father and an innocent of the Fleapits, but despite that, the order was defeated. 

At around this time, an invasion force was mounted against Mehrunes Dagon in Wretched Spire, before they made their way to his capital,  . The number of people that attended varied but generally, it involved warriors from the   of Dremora, and even both the   of   and the   of  . After the final battle in  , the invasion force retreated back to the Wretched Spire in victory. 

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

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