Bergama Bergama is a major city located in the southern deserts of the Alik ' r Desert in the province of Hammerfell . The city is the ruling stronghold of the Bergama Barony of the Iliac Bay as well as the Capital of the Hollow Wastes . Description . Geography . The city of Bergama is the furthest into the mainland compared to the other four cities in the Alik ' r Desert . Bergama is also the second largest town in the Alik ' r ; it is second to the capital of the Alik ' r , the city of Sentinel . Bergama is a well - defended city since it has massive walls that protect it from Sandstorms and is barricaded inside giant cliffs that provide the same amount of protection . Bergama has two entrances located on the western and northern wall . The west gate leads into the Myrkwasa region as well as Sentinel while the north gate leads into the rest of the Alik ' r Desert and the Hollow Wastes , an endless ocean of sand dunes that span for hundreds of miles . The western end of town is the local bazaar the spans two levels in Bergama . Many trinkets and oddities come through Bergama and its Market . The northern end of the city is the town square where local commerce occurs as well as the local inn . The southern end of the city has a beautiful park where colorful flowers bloom which is a rarity in the Alik ' r . History . First Era . Derik Hallin and his army of Redguard warriors fought the Goblin s of Hammerfell in the first era . They had pushed the Tusked - Folk to the Fallen Wastes of Bangkorai and need to keep watch of any Goblin insurgency coming onto Hallin and his army . Abadaman of the Three Scars led a militia known as the Bergama Gallants and commissioned the construction of a tower that watched over the Fallen Wastes and the Yokudan Wastes of Craglorn . The Tower stood over the canyon and garnered the name , the Old Tower . The Sentinel watches over Bangkorai for many years . Second Era . During the Interregnum in 2E 582 , the Alik ' r Desert began to see a growing threat in the Withered Hand Cult of Necromancer s after they stole the Ansei Ward s from the Impervious Vault in Sentinel . The leaders of the Withered Hand scattered into the regions of the Alik ' r Desert and had a presence in the Hollow Wastes . In Bergama , many citizens began to disappear , and the Daggerfall Covenant eventually caught wind of this . A mysterious traveler that was known as the Vestige investigated the situation and discovered a conspiracy between the Bergama Government and the Withered Hand . Magistrate Sulma conspired with the Withered Hand to offer citizens in exchange for their lack of presence in Bergama . Sulma was arrested and put on trial in Sentinel . A momentous day had occurred in Bergama later in the same year . Young Tiela of the Crowns married young Casnar at - Tarin of the Forebears in Bergama Square and they united the two rival groups in the Bergama Barony . Casnar sought out the perfect wedding gift for Tiela but was pushed back by the local brutes and was doubtful about the wedding . But luckily , the Vestige stepped in and settled the quarreling . The two Redguards married and ended the political boundaries set forth generations ago . Third Era . During the Warp in the West in 3E 405 , Bergama was the capital of the Bergama Barony , and it was independent among the other 23 kingdoms of the Iliac Bay . At the time , Bergama was under the rule of an unknown Baron and Baroness that managed to keep the region afloat amidst the political conflict throughout the Iliac Bay , like with the War of Betony . In the aftermath of the Warp in the West , the Kingdoms of Daggerfall , Wayrest , and Sentinel began to control adjacent political regions into their domain to create a unified Kingdom . On the 9th of Frostfall , Queen Akorithi of Sentinel sent her soldiers to the city of Bergama to take control of the Barony of Bergama . A massive sandstorm had dazed the region and left Bergama defenseless to an incoming invasion from Sentinel . The city of Bergama was attacked during the night and fell to Sentinel . In a matter of two days , the other Hammerfell kingdoms in the Iliac Bay were under a single banner , the banner of Sentinel . This was likely caused from the Warp itself . Akorithi of Sentinel eventually passed away leaving Lhotun , her eldest son to become the new ruler of Sentinel and the surrounding Kingdoms such as Bergama . Lhotun prepared for this moment and managed to create a third political party against the Forebears and the Crowns known as the Lhotunic . Queen Clavilla of Taneth went against King Lhotun by speaking out against his practices . This inspired the High Prophet of Elinhir , Ayaan - si to revolt against Lhotun by assembling the Crown - affiliated kingdoms to attack Lhotun ' s Sentinel . She had forays in places such as Bergama and the Dak ' fron Desert as well as Totambu City . It is unknown how long the rebellion has managed .