Usurper

An Usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, a person who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for themselves, without any formal or legal right to claim it as their own. Usurpers can rise to power in a region by often unexpected physical force, as well as through political influence and deceit. One tactic to deter or defeat usurpation is civilian-based defense.
In the Elder Scrolls series, there are number of usurpers who. One example is Uriel Septim III who seized the Ruby Throne after deposing his cousin Kintyra II in 3E 121, which led to Uriel's defeat and captured by his uncle, Cephorus Septim, who later become Emperor during events of the War of the Red Diamond. Another example is Jagar Tharn who usurped the throne after Tharn used the Staff of Chaos to trap Uriel VII in Mehrunes Dagon's Deadlands out of jealousy after months of plotting, but Tharn was defeated by the hands of the Eternal Champion. Most example is Shamar gro-Rogdul, a Orcish warlord usurped the throne after killing the last Varian Emperor Titus III, and was defeated and killed by the future Emperor Crassius Avento after nine years of a Usurpation rule.
==Trivia==
*The word originally came from the Latin word usurpare (“to seize", "to take forcefully" or "to use”).
==See also==
*Potentate
==References==
Category:Occupations
Category:Culture of Cyrodiil
Category:Lore: Titles