House Tharn of Nibenay Content . Noble Families of Cyrodiil , Volume Seventeen By Count Opius Voteporix House Tharn of Cheydinhal is one of the most distinguished noble families of northern Nibenay , where they have held extensive estates since early in the First Era . The family may , as they claim , be as old as the First Era itself : as house historians like to point out , there is a " Tharanus Ye Redde - Hand " mentioned in the Tamrilean Tractates of 1E 200 . In those days before Alessia ' s Slave Rebellion , this proto - Tharn was apparently a slave overseer employed by the Ayleid Elves of Fanacas , a mining hold in the hills north of modern - day Cheydinhal . Based upon the fact that the Ayleids were known to have kept business records in red ink , the Tharn historians posit that this " Redde - Hand " was probably literate and employed in some clerical capacity . To be thorough , I will mention Lady Euphemia Glaber ' s theory that identified this Tharanus with the notorious " Tharhan the Mutilant " of the Gradual Massacre in 1E 227 , but this was completely disproved by the text of the " Scroll of Precursor Saints " discovered the in the vaults below White - Gold Tower by Chancellor Abnur Tharn in 2E 541 . House tradition holds that the Tharn family was active in St . Alessia ' s slave uprising , with one Vilius Tharn serving Pelinal Whitestrake as " Blade - Serrator and Master of the Abbatoir . " But the next Tharn who can definitely be identified in the historical record is Fervidius Tharn of the Alessian Order , who was Arch - Prelate of the Maruhkati Selective from 1E 1188 until his death ( exact date indeterminate ) . Fervidius is best - remembered today as the author of the " Sermons Denouncing the Seventeen Leniencies . " Noble Tharn captains led mercenary companies that fought on both sides in the War of Righteousness in the 2300s , and when the dust settled General Turpis " Volte - Face " Tharn was in possession of the broad holdings that the family today calls home . Taking the title Earl of Outer Cheydinhal , Turpis married a niece of Admiral Bendu Olo and set about fathering numerous descendants . Several generations of Tharns served nobly and well during the Reman Empire , including Regulus Tharn , who revived the tradition of Imperial Battlemage s , and Excoraeus Tharn , Emperor Kastav ' s Minister of Punition . Which brings us to the members of the Tharn family of our own , current day . First and foremost , of course , is the head of the house and longtime Chancellor of the Elder Council , Abnur Tharn . Through times of trouble and the change of emperors , the Chancellor has always been there to provide the continuity and consistency our Imperial civilization needs . Second only out of respect for her elder is Her Majesty Clivia Tharn , Empress - Regent of Cyrodiil , and daughter of Abnur Tharn by his seventh wife , Pulasia . Empress Clivia , it need hardly be said , is the widow of two emperors , having been the consort of both Leovic and Varen . Scarcely less powerful is the Chancellor ' s younger half - sister , Euraxia Tharn , who has been Queen of Rimmen since the Frostfall Coup in 2E 576 . And what would social events in the Imperial City be like without the presence of her son , the droll and charming Javad Tharn ? Truly , House Tharn has come to epitomize the modern Nibenese nobility . We can only hope that they will continue to be with us through the future , whatever it may bring .