Mauloch

Mauloch, called "Mountain Fart" by some Nords,Varieties of Faith: The Nords refers to the Daedric PrinceThe Book of Daedra Malacath,The Code of Malacath who is traditionally worshipped as a patron deity by the Orsimer. Mauloch is also one of the Testing Gods of the Nord pantheon, which are gods the Nords guard against rather than worship.Divines and the Nords
==Background==
Mauloch frequently engaged in hostilities with the Nords of Skyrim. Eventually, however, he was defeated at the Battle of Dragon Wall in 1E 660 and fled. According to legend, his intense anger as a result of this "was said to fill the sky with his sulphurous hatred, later called the 'Year of Winter in Summer,'"Varieties of Faith in the Empire referring to the eruption of Red Mountain in Morrowind, which occurred around the same time in 1E 668.Pocket Guide to the Empire, First Edition: Morrowind
According to the Myth of Mauloch, the Orsimer had been the "pariah" of Tamriel for two hundred years, before the dream of Orsinium became a reality.Pocket Guide to the Empire, Third Edition: Orsinium
==Trivia==
*Iron statues of Orsimer heroes such as Mauloch "grace" the city of Nova Orsinium.
==References==
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