Falinesti Falinesti is a walking city of trees and the capital of the province of Valenwood . It is the largest of Valenwood ' s graht - oak s , whose magic was invoked at the dawn of recorded history : the founding of the Camoran Dynasty by King Eplear . It is here where the Bosmer King rules over the province from the Camoran Throne . During the summer , Falinesti is on the far south end of Valenwood , migrating along the coastal region of the Cape . The city is north come Hearth Fire , and by winter , Falinesti can be found sprawling across both banks of the Xylo river in north - eastern Valenwood . Background . History . Known also as Green - Sap , Falinesti is one of several constructs known as the " towers " , which were built by the Aldmer during the Merethic Era , and whose existence ensures Mundus remains stabilized . Its stone , which is said to be " a fruit , " serves as its heart and provides it with stability and power . Near the end of the First Era , Falinesti was granted independence as a treethane of the Camoran Dynasty by the Second Empire . The city rose from being a local trading post to a full - fledged power in its own right . The Thalmor changed the capital of Valenwood from Falinesti to Elden Root for the duration of the Aldmeri Dominion in the Second Era . Falinesti disappeared from Valenwood some years prior to 2E 582 , causing some Bosmer to pray at its seasonal sites for the city ' s return . Falinesti did re - appear later , but it is unknown when . As of the late Third Era , Falinesti has rooted itself for the first time in recorded history , at the location it would be found in during the summer . This may be an indication of the " tower ' s " deactivation by removal of its stone . The Falinesti Incident was one of the most damaging operations carried out by the Blades before the Great War . One of the Blades loremasters , Esbern , was behind the operation which resulted in a fire in Falinesti . Appearance . Groves and orchards of lesser trees crowd Falinesti like supplicants before their king . The tree that forms the moving city is gnarled and twisted with a gorgeous crown of gold and green , dripping with vines and shining with sap . It stands at a mile tall and half as wide , and considering its size , the city moves quickly . After crossing Falinesti ' s writhing root system , the ground at the base of the city is littered with leaves and refuse , and from moment to moment a glass or a bone may plummet from far above . An intricate network of platforms anchored to thick vines slip up and down the slick trunk of the city with perfect grace . Bosmer climb about Falinesti ' s surface like termites , or carefully swing from level to level by means of thorny vines . Orsimer and hideous ape people known as Imga , or Great Apes , are also common in the city . Locations . Havel Slump is a district in Falinesti that can be reached two hundred feet in the air , at a crook between two mighty branches . Curled webs of moss stretch unevenly across the fork , forming a shared roof for several dozen small buildings . Everyone in Havel Slump has revelry on Morndas , where drinking , eating , and dancing takes place on an enormous platform tied to the tree , known as the Western Cross . Native Bosmer , clad in colorful leather and bones , can be found during revelry with a close minority of Orcs , as well as Imga , and even families of centaur s . Expert archers exterminate Hoarvor s in the western cross in the mornings after revelry . A stout old Bosmer woman called Mother Pascost owned a tavern in Havel Slump during the Third Era . It is described as a sordid hole , dank and wet with sap , and smelling of mildew . A simple peasant dish called Kollopi is served here , named after the arboreal rodent from which it is made from . These mice live and feed exclusively on the most tender branches of Falinesti , and are gathered by colonies of Imga monkeys at the time of the annual harvest in Valenwood . The Camoran Throne is somewhere in the highest branches of Falinesti , as are numerous other natural dwellings , such as Aysia Hall , an expensive inn also found in the top boughs of the city .