Ilessan Hills The Ilessan Hills , or the Illessan Hills is a major city located on the mainland areas of the Iliac Bay and is the capital of the Barony of the Ilessan Hills of the Iliac Bay . The regional diety is Arkay . The Ilessan Hills are infamous throughout Tamriel for being a mystical and eerie place , as if all the mysteries in the world are located inside the Barony . Description . Geography . The city of the Ilessan Hills is located on the westernmost edge of the Barony of the Ilessan Hills , which is a landlocked nation surrounded by other factions such as the March of Glenpoint to the west and the Duchy of Daenia to the east . Ilessan Hills itself is in the western mountains , just before the base of the mountain , which is where Glenpoint starts . The Barony is rather mountainous , with an abundance of ancient forests . Northeastern Ilessan houses a large lake that takes a large portion of the eastern area . After the Warp in the West in 3E 405 , the Barony of the Ilessan Hills was annexed into the Kingdom of Daggerfall , which extends to the Wrothgarian Mountains and the northern coast of the Iliac . The local deity and regional temple is the Order of Arkay , which is found in other regions such as the County of Shalgora , the Kingdom of Sentinel , and County Cheydinhal . The local Vampire group is the Haarvenu . History . Second Era . During the Interregnum in 2E 582 , the Red Rooks of King ' s Guard descended onto the rest of Glenumbra , taking possession of the former Daggerfall bulwark , the Ilessan Tower . The Red Rooks under the leadership of Gaetane , looted the abandoned stronghold , planning to attack the Daggerfall militia in Northern Daenia . The area was cleared out by the Vestige , who reported back to the Daggerfall Guard in Noellaume Estate near Deleyn ' s Mill . Around the same time , the Jester ' s Festival took place near Daggerfall and utilized Ilessan Tower for the festivities . Third Era . During the Imperial Simulacrum from 3E 389 to 3E 399 , Emperor Uriel Septim VII was imprisoned along with Talin Warhaft in the Deadlands by Jagar Tharn . Tharn planned for months to capture the throne , and he was able to achieve so in the span of ten years . Tharn had a powerful weapon called the Staff of Chaos , and he split it into nine pieces and scattered them across Tamriel , the staff was the only thing keeping Uriel Septim and Warhaft in Oblivion . A warrior escaped his clutches and traveled all corners of Tamriel to retrieve the missing pieces . The hero was known as the Eternal Champion , and he assembled the staff and defeated Jagar Tharn at the Imperial Palace . The Eternal Champion had at one point visited the town of Ilessan Hills in their quest to recover the pieces . During the Warp in the West in 3E 405 , the Barony of the Ilessan Hills was under the reign of an unknown Baron , whose name was not recorded in the history books . The Ilessan Hills existed among the twenty - three other nations of the Iliac Bay . The Ilessan Hills , itself is in a mainland march that is next to the Kingdom of Daggerfall , one of the three great kingdoms of the Iliac Bay . Later in the same year , the Warp in the West resulted in the Kingdoms expanding their territories , absorbing the smaller nations . The Barony of the Ilessan Hills was annexed into the Kingdom of Daggerfall along with other regions on the northern coast of the Iliac . The forested regions of the Ilessan Hills and Daenia were affected greatly by the Warp . Forest fires would erupt between the Wayrest and Orsinium kingdoms .