Ashlands The Ashlands of Vvardenfell is one of the nine regions that make up the Island of Vvardenfell . The Ashlands are home to the inhospitable and dangerous creatures of Vvardenfell . House Redoran has the city of Ald ' ruhn as its District Capital on the Isle of Vvardenfell . Description . Geography . The Ashlands refer to the vast regions of ash that are surrounded by volcanoes or hit with a severe case of Ash Storms , another example of Ashlands would be the region of Stonefalls or the Southern portion of Solstheim after the Red Year . The Ashlands of Vvardenfell refers to the region that surrounds the volcano of Red Mountain in the center of Vvardenfell . The city of Ald ' ruhn sits on the edge of the Ashlands , near the West Gash in the west . It was built around the carapace of a giant Emperor Crab called the Skar . It is also the Vvardenfell Capital of the Great House Redoran . The town of Maar Gan is further into the Ashlands and is a mining colony from House Redoran . The Urshilaku Tribe of Ashlanders have a camp located on the northern coast of the Ashlands , along with the Sheogorad Strait . The Ghostgate is a fortress settlement that guards Vvardenfell against the summit of Red Mountain . History . Second Era . During the Interregnum in 2E 583 , the city of Ald ' ruhn was originally a large Aslander camp located along the Foyada Drura . It was founded by a group of Ashlanders and members of House Hleran when they slew the ancient Emperor Crab named Skar using a mighty spear called Calderas . The village of Ald ' ruhn was under the administration of Ashkhan Conoon Chodala and both Wise Woman Dovrosi and Wise Woman Asani . Chodala had come to the possession of an ancient artifact called the Sunna ' rah . It was a powerful device created by Sotha Sil of the Tribunal , through foreign influence , Chodala believed he was , in fact , the Nerevarine of Prophecy . Chodala gathered the Red Exiles , a group of exiled Ashlanders and began to force the tribes of Vvardenfell to bow to his whim . Chodala , along with his sister Seryn and an Outlander named the Vestige arrived into the Under - Skar to show Chodala the truth and the consequence of his actions . He decided to ignore the warnings of the past Failed Incarnate s and fled to the ruins of Kaushtarari where he died by the hands of the Vestige . Around this time , a Dunmeri mer named Drelyth Hleran arrived into the camp of Ald ' ruhn to find his lost ancestral tomb in the Ashlands . Hleran asked the Vestige to help in his endeavor by becoming accepted into the Tribe . The Vestige traveled to the Shrines dedicated to the four Vvardenfell tribes and spoke with Wise Woman Asani as well as Farseer Kuamta . With knowledge from Asani , the Vestige found the Hleran Ancestral Tomb on the lava basin of Foyada Drura . Deep within the Tomb , the Vestige met the spirit of Dranoth Hleran , who told the story of the foundation of Ald ' ruhn as well as the death of Skar , the Emperor Crab . Ald ' ruhn was founded by the Ashlanders of Vvardenfell as well as the members of House Hleran . Dranoth used the legendary spear called Calderas to slay Skar and the Ashlanders settled along the carapace . With information , Drelyth was accepted into Ald ' ruhn , and eventually more people came to Ald ' ruhn . It eventually became the vast city of Ald ' ruhn . Third Era . In 3E 414 , the Vvardenfell Territory of the Tribunal was under Imperial protection as per order of the Treaty of the Armistice . No settlements were constructed in the territory other than cities built by the Great Houses of Morrowind such as the cities of Balmora and Sadrith Mora . It was until in 3E 414 , that King Athyn Llethan of Mournhold revoked a Temple ban on trade and settlements in Vvardenfell . The camp of Ald ' ruhn was established as a large city under the control of House Redoran and used the carapace of Skar as the Manor District of Ald ' ruhn . The town of Maar Gan was established north of the city and was built somewhere near the Bal Isra landmark . Ald ' ruhn was ruled by Mistress Brara Morvayn and the Redoran Council of Vvardenfell . The Imperial stronghold of Buckmoth Legion Fort was built south of Ald ' ruhn , near the ruins of Ramimilk .