Kothringi

The Kothringi were an ancient race of men long extinct that once inhabited Black Marsh.Pocket Guide to the Empire, Third Edition: Black Marsh The demonym is seen as both Kothri and Kothringi. They are noted for being fierceCrafting Motif 12: Barbaric Style; and having silver skin2920, vol 11 - Sun's DuskChimes of Silver - Geem-Shah and "reflective faces"2920, vol 05 - Second Seed - Carlovac Townway''
==History==
Before the Cyrodilic human slave uprising against the Ayleids in 1E 242, the Kothringi were among the many tribes of men that the Ayleids used as slaves.The Adabal-a There are indications that they made their way to Valenwood by boat, although the purpose of these voyages is unknown.
The Kothringi were eventually wiped out by the Knahaten Flu that started in 2E 560. By 13th of Sun's Dawn, 2E 561, the Flu had already started affecting even the most remote of Kothri settlements, such as Stillrise Village in Shadowfen.Knahaten Flu Confirmed In that case, the Flu had apparently been brought into the settlement from Mud Tree Village, by two trader apprentices named Abaaleb and Sana. Still in 2E 561, Shaman Chirah of Stillrise (under Chieftain Suhlak's orders) prayed to Z'en for a cure for the deadly disease, but had no answer. That led him to appeal to Clavicus Vile, wishing for his village to not die from the disease. The Daedric Prince then turned all of the villagers into undead.
==Culture==
The Kothringi generally preferred to go naked, although a few wore clothes when outside their native land. Their garb appears to be simple leather with animal bones stitched in, - Shadowfen zone although some wore metal suspended from rope around themselves. They lived in round stone huts with chimneys, topped with domed thatched roofs. The triskelion is seen etched into rocks around their villages.
They appear to have had a shamanic society and worshiped a pantheon of their own. Z'en was apparently the main god, worshipped when they travelled to Valenwood.Varieties of Faith in the Empire - Brother Mikhael Karkuxor with Dibe-Mara-Kin (the "mothers of the Around-us") as blessing-givers.The Water-getting Girl and the Inverse Tiger In Stillrise Village, Clavicus Vile was worshiped as a last resort against the deadly Flu. - dialogue with Chieftain Suhlak
==Notable Kothringi==
The most well known member of the Kothringi Tribe is Zuuk, who served as a knight of Empress Tavia.2920, vol 11 - Sun's Dusk - Carlovac Townway'' By the second era, a Kothringi village Zuuk located on top of an Ayleid ruin was named after him.The Founding of Zuuk - Ashalaku
The last living member of the Kothringi was Drillk, a madman who believed himself royalty. In , the Vestige has the choice to either let him live on as the last member of his people, or end his life for the sake of absorbing a keystone to further the cause of the Ebonheart Pact in Shadowfen. - dialogue with Drillk during King of Dust
There is also an immortal village of Kothringi in Shadowfen called Stillrise Village. They have been turned into skeletons in exchange for immortality by Clavicus Vile.
==Gallery==
Kothringitriskelion.png|The triskelion is seen throughout Kothringi villages
Undeadkothringi.png|An undead from Stillrise Village
Kothringi Male.jpeg|War Chief Helushk
==Trivia==
*The ruins of their civilization are shown to Decumus Scotti in The Argonian Account, Book IV The Argonian Account, Book IV
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