History Characters / TheElderScrollsHistoricalFigures

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In-Universe. Some scholars suggest that the accomplishments credited to Ysgramor were actually performed by several early Nordic kings. Additionally, his claim that the Falmer attack on Saarthal was "unprovoked" is disputed by numerous records of the Elves who say that the attack was in response to repeated "provocations and blasphemies" committed by the Atmoran immigrants.

* WrittenByTheWinners: As part of destroying all traces of the Falmer culture in Skyrim that he could find, he also destroyed any evidence of anything that happened other than what ''his'' official histories record. For instance, he claims that the Falmer attack on Saarthal was unprovoked. However, surviving records of the Elves claim that the attack was in response to repeated "provocations and blasphemies" committed by the early Nords.

!!Alessia (a.k.a. Al-Esh, Perrif, Paraval, Paravania, Lady of Heaven, the Slave Queen)

!!Tiber Septim (a.k.a Talos Stormcrown, Hjalti Early-Beard, Ysmir, the Dragon of the North, Wulf)

!! Pelagius the Mad (a.k.a. Pelagius Septim III)

!!Uriel Septim V

!! Orgnum (a.k.a. Orghum)

!! The Snow Prince

!! Saint Veloth the Pilgrim

!!Jurgen Windcaller (aka Jurgen the Calm)

'''Died''': 3E 38 (Cyrodiil)
--> '''Reign''': 2E 854 -- 3E 38
--> '''Predecessor''': Cuhlecain[[note]]Cuhlecain was assassinated before he could be formally crowned Emperor, leaving Tiber Septim as the first official ruler of the Third Empire.[[/note]]
--> '''Successor''': Pelagius Septim I

** He also shares some elements with Buddha, both were [[DefectorfromDecadence Defectors from Decadence]] who started religious movements based on a philosophy of transcendence through personal and spiritual growth. Like Buddha's Four Noble Truths Veloth's Psijic Endeavor teaches that existence is suffering but there is a way to overcome that suffering[[note]]The Eightfold Path for Buddhism and the teachings of the Good Daedra for the Chimer[[/note]] and by doing so one can eventually move beyond suffering and AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.

* {{Expy}}:
** Of {{UsefulNotes/Charlemagne}} and UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar as a great conqueror and unificator. His art in ''Legends'' depicts him as looking like Caesar but with facial hair.
** Sigmar Heldenhammer from [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer}} Warhammer Fantasy Battles]]. Both are [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fantasy Norse/Germanic]] warlords who founded {{The Empire}} and ascended to divinity. (Heldenhammer shares numerous qualities with Charlemagne as well.)

* {{Expy}}: Draws parallels to Alexander the Great, a conquering European emperor who drove his armies far past the edge of the "known world" at the time. Uriel V is what Alexander would have been if Alexander had died fighting in India.

** Draws many parallels with the biblical Moses. His leading the Chimer people to Morrowind is even referred to as an exodus.
** Similarly, he parallels Tenoch, the tribal leader who led the Aztec people to Lake Texcoco after receiving a vision.

* {{Expy}}: Has a good deal in common with UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, minus the part about not actually dying in battle, of course.

Other historical figures, listed by the era(s) during which they are known to have been active.

[[folder:The Snow Prince]]
!! The Snow Prince

->''"The Snow Prince is come! Doom is at hand!"''
-->-- '''''Fall of the Snow Prince'''''

-->'''Race:''' Falmer
-->'''Born:''' ?? (Presumably Skyrim)
-->'''Died:''' Late Merethic Era (Moesring Mountains, Solstheim)

The Snow Prince was a leader of the Falmer, or Snow Elves, during the late Merethic Era, who fought at the Battle of the Moesring, the LastStand of Solstheim's Falmer population. His presence singlehandly turned the tide of the battle, before he was unexpectedly killed by a 12 year old girl named Finna, who threw her mother Jofrior's sword at his chest after the Prince slew her in front of her daughter. His death was what convinced many Falmer to turn to the Dwemer for help against the Nords.

* DueToTheDead: Unlike the remains of his fellow Snow Elves, which were burned as per Nord tradition, he was buried with full honors befitting any Nord warriors, with guards even stationed at his tomb, which would one day become Jolgeirr Barrow.
* HeroKiller: Killed many famous Nord warriors of the era, including Ulfgi Anvil-Hand, Strom the White, Freida Oaken-Wand, and Heimdall the Frenzied.
* HopeBringer: His very presence brought hope to the Snow Elves fighting the Nords.
* AnIcePerson: Was a master of ice magic to the point that Lokeim described him as being surrounded by snow and ice as he cut a bloody swath through the Nords.
* OneManArmy: Up until he was killed, the Snow Prince was slaughtering his way through the Nord ranks, and was turning the tide from what was originally a rout before his death.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Snow Prince was only known by his epithet.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Finna, daughter of Jofrior, threw her mother's sword at him in a fit of rage after watching Jorfrior get cut down by the Prince, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice which impaled him through the chest]].
* WorthyOpponent: The Nords thought so, to the point that he had honors befitting any Nord warrior in death.

[[folder:Topal The Pilot]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/topalthepilot.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Cyrodiilic statue of Topal the Pilot as seen in the late 3rd Era.]]

-> ''Topal said he would return someday, but first he''
-> ''Must find the passage east to Firsthold, so''
-> ''Far away.''
-->-- '''''Father of the Niben'''''

--> '''Race''': Aldmer
--> '''Born''': Merethic Era ??
--> '''Died''': ??

Topal the Pilot was an Aldmeri explorer and poet who was the first to discover and explore Tamriel during the Merethic Era, encountering primitive versions of the Khajiit and Argonians, as well as a now extinct race of bird people. His story was compiled into an epic known as ''Father of the Niben'', but most of it was lost over the centuries.

* BoldExplorer: The first Aldmer to explore Tamriel, he was also the first to navigate deep into Cyrodiil's interior.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The details of large portions of his trip are missing from the historical record. Most notable is an 80 month period between landing in modern day High Rock and being on the north-east coast of Morrowind.
* HereThereBeDragons: Topal, a skilled cartographer, was on an in-universe CartographySidequest from the Aldmer to explore and document Tamriel's inland regions, which were very mysterious to them at the time. While he didn't encounter actual dragons (that we know of), he did encounter "cat demons", "human lizards", "bat lizards", and "bird people".
* ImprobableAimingSkills: In addition to his other skills, Topal was said to be a "master of archery", and was skilled enough archer to [[BoomHeadshot strike the head]] of a "bat lizard" (believed to be an ancestor of the Cliff Racers, if not the actual creature itself) in the head from a distance.
* {{Irony}}: Topal actually explored the Topal Bay and Niben River system by mistake. After exiting Black Marsh, while trying to get back home to Firsthold, he mistook the "jutting peninsula" of Elsweyr as the mainland and sailed north into the Bay and River. Had he known that was a peninsula and sailed around it, he would have gotten home much sooner and never would have explored central Cyrodiil, his most famous accomplishment.
* LordCountry: The Topal Bay of southern Cyrodiil, Elsweyr, and Black Marsh is named after him. Cyrodiil's Niben River system and Nibenay Valley are named after his boat, the Niben.
* MagicCompass: Possessed a "waystone", crystalline balls of Aldmeri make that rotate on their axis toward a specific direction. Topal's waystone was "north-east pointing".
* MightyWhitey: He and the other Aldmer taught the Bird Men how to read and write in return for what would later become the Isle of Imperial City.
* WarriorPoet: Among the many skills Topal was said to possess "prowess" in was as a survivalist, archer, and raconteur.

[[folder:Veloth the Pilgrim]]
!! Saint Veloth the Pilgrim

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Spirit of St. Veloth, as seen in ''Online'']]

-> ''"If you would learn daring, follow Saint Veloth the Pilgrim, Patron of Outcasts and Spiritual Seekers. Saint Veloth, prophet and mystic, led the Dunmer out of the decadent home country of the Summerset Isles and into the promised land of Morrowind. Saint Veloth also taught the difference between the Good and Bad Daedra, and won the aid of the Good Daedra for his people while teaching how to carefully negotiate with the Bad Daedra."''
-->-- '''''Lives of the Saints'''''

--> '''Race''': Chimer
--> '''Born''': Merethic Era (Summerset Isles)
--> '''Died''': Late Merethic Era (Morrowind)

St. Veloth was a Chimer mystic who led his people away from the decadent, Aedra-worshipping Summerset Isles to their "promised land" of Morrowind, where he espoused worship of their ancestors and the "Good Daedra" (Azura, Boethiah, and Mephala) while also teaching his people how to negotiate with the "Bad Daedra" (Malacath, Mehrunes Dagon, Molag Bal, and Sheogorath). He is considered to be one of the greatest heroes of the Dunmer and was a greater saint of the Tribunal Temple.

* BodyToJewel: When Veloth first laid eyes upon the new homeland of the Chimer, a single tear fell down his face and crystallized. Known as Veloth's Tear, this crystallized tear has immense restorative powers.
* BonsaiForest: He was said to have brought the seeds of trees with him from the Summerset Isle and planted them in Vvardenfell. With ashy, volcanic soil not being the best supporter of vegetation, the trees that took were sparse and remained quite small.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Veloth was born into a noble Aldmeri family, but viewed his homeland with disdain as he believed Aldmeri society was founded on ambition, greed, and decadence. This, added to the visions he received from the "Good" Daedra, led to the Velothi dissident movement and eventually, their exodus to Morrowind.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Preached the "Psijic Endeavor," which was a process taught to him by the Good Daedra that supposedly allowed mortals to ascend to divinity. Vivec would later build upon Veloth's teachings on the subject.
* {{Expy}}:
** Draws many parallels with the biblical Moses. His leading the Chimer people to Morrowind is even referred to as an exodus.
** Similarly, he parallels Tenoch, the tribal leader who led the Aztec people to Lake Texcoco after receiving a vision.
** He also shares some elements with Buddha, both were [[DefectorfromDecadence Defectors from Decadence]] who started religious movements based on a philosophy of transcendence through personal and spiritual growth. Like Buddha's Four Noble Truths Veloth's Psijic Endeavor teaches that existence is suffering but there is a way to overcome that suffering[[note]]The Eightfold Path for Buddhism and the teachings of the Good Daedra for the Chimer[[/note]] and by doing so one can eventually move beyond suffering and AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
* HealingHands: Was known to be a remarkable healer and many Tribunal Temple healing spells bear his name.
* LordCountry: The mountain range separating Morrowind from Skyrim is known as the Velothi Mountains in his honor.
* MageTower: The various ancient towers of Morrowind are known as "Velothi Towers" and frequently serve in this role.
* TheMigration: Led the Chimer people in an exodus from the Summerset Isles to modern day Morrowind in order to freely practice Daedra worship and to escape the disdainful decadence of mainstream Aldmeri culture.
* MissionFromGod: The Good Daedra sent him visions to influence him to reject the Aedra. Boethiah even "ate" the Aedric being Trinimac and [[HijackingCthulhu took his form]] to convince Veloth to lead the exodus.
* ReligiousBruiser: Very religious and carried an enchanted Daedric warhammer (known as "Veloth's Judgement") to smite his foes. He would eventually throw down his hammer and become a pacifist after reaching Morrowind.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Veloth taught the Chimer that Lorkhan, who is despised by the other races of elves, created the world to give lesser spirits like themselves a chance to grow and possibly reach divinity themselves. Because of this the Dunmer have a more positive view of Lorkhan that more closely resembles the races of men than other Mer.
* UnwittingPawn: He may have been deceived by the very Good Daedra he would later worship in order to lead his people on their exodus.

[[folder:Ysgramor]]
!!Ysgramor

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ysgramor, as met in Sovngarde]]

->''"When at last the rightful claim of Saarthal had been retaken, driving the murderous elves back to their lofty cities, did great Ysgramor turn and let loose the fearsome war cry that echoed across all the oceans. The Five Hundred who yet stood joined in the ovation for the victory and the lament for their fallen peers. It was said to be heard on the distant and chilling green shores of Atmora, and the ancestors knew their time had come to cross the seas."''
-->-- '''''Songs of the Return'''''

--> '''Race''': Atmoran
--> '''Born''': Late Merethic Era (Atmora)
--> '''Died''': Late Merethic Era (Windhelm, Skyrim)

The first king of Men in Tamriel, Ysgramor was a Atmoran (ancient proto-Nord) hero who led his family and some like minded individuals from their homeland of Atmora to the northernmost area of Tamriel, now known as Skyrim, after Atmora became embroiled in a massive civil war. Ysgramor later led the Atmoran people in colonizing Skyrim from their landing point of Hsaarik Head. He also became the first historian of mankind and developed the first written human language based on Atmoran and Elvish linguistic principles. After the Falmer, native "snow elves" of Skyrim, massacred an Atmoran city, Ysgramor and his sons returned to Atmora. There, they gathered a group of potent warriors known as the 500 Companions, and handily slaughtered the majority of the Falmer population and drove the remainder underground. Ysgramor's leadership and line of succession would see the Nords establish the First Empire of Men in Tamriel, reaching from High Rock to Morrowind, before it was torn apart by infighting during the Wars of Succession which started with the death of his last direct descendant, King Borgas.

* BadassArmy: He formed and led one, the 500 Companions, from whom the current Companions organization of warriors descends. Despite being vastly outnumbered, they annihilated the Falmer population of Skyrim and drove the survivors underground.
* BadassBookworm: The first human historian and creator of the first human written language, all while being a badass warrior king.
* BadassCape: Is always depicted with one in his statues.
* BeardOfBarbarism: As an expy of old Viking kings, of course he had a very large beard. (It's even larger in his statues than when his spirit is met in Sovngarde.)
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Ysgramor was the first great culture hero of [[BarbarianHero the Nords]]. His iconic weapon, Wuuthrad, was a battleaxe which dealt extra damage to elves. You can reforge and use it in ''Skyrim''.
* CanonImmigrant: Ysgramor and his 500 Companions were first mentioned in an "[[LooseCanon Obscure Text]]" written by [[WordOfSaintPAul former developer]] Michael Kirkbride years before they showed up in ''Skyrim'' to make them an indisputable part of the series' lore.
* TheConqueror: Though originally a peaceful migrant from Atmora, Ysgramor returned to Skyrim with his 500 Companions after the Falmer destroyed the city of Saarthal and nearly drove the Falmer to extinction, conquering Skyrim for the Nords ever after.
* CunningLinguist: Is credited with creating the old Nordic Runic writing system, said to be the first written language of Men in Tamriel based on Atmoran and Aldmeri (Elven) linguistic principles.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: According to the Skaal, he was known to have outsmarted Hermaeus Mora on a regular basis.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Falmer destroyed Saarthal, so he nearly drove them to extinction.
* FantasticRacism: Hated the races of Elves, especially the Falmer, who he helped drive to near-extinction.
* AFatherToHisMen: Literally and figuratively. He's known as the father of the Nordic people and to a lesser extent, of all mankind (in Septim propaganda). Every Nordic king has claimed at least some ancestry with him.
* FinalSolution: He and his followers killed any Snow Elf they could, be they men, women, or children, eventually forcing the remnants to seek refuge with the Dwemer.
* FounderOfTheKingdom: He established the first Empire of Men in Tamriel which would extend across all of northern Tamriel from High Rock to Morrowind at its height, only falling due to a succession crisis. He is still revered as the ultimate example of a Nordic King to this day.
* GeniusBruiser: Wise enough to outsmart Hermaeus Mora, become the first human historian, and invented a written language all while being a badass warrior king.
* GodWasMyCopilot: Hans the Fox, one of Ysgramor's 500 Companions, is believed to be have been a Shezarrine.
* TheGoodKing: He is honored by any Nord worth his salt as the greatest leader they ever had.
* GreaterScopeParagon: In ''Online'', Ysgramor is the force behind the [[TheHero The Vestige]] and [[BigGood Skald-King Jorunn]].
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In-Universe. Some scholars suggest that the accomplishments credited to Ysgramor were actually performed by several early Nordic kings. Additionally, his claim that the Falmer attack on Saarthal was "unprovoked" is disputed by numerous records of the Elves who say that the attack was in response to repeated "provocations and blasphemies" committed by the Atmoran immigrants.
* HornyVikings: Ysgramor was so much this, aesthetic and all, that he (along with Talos) is the standard for which every Nord warrior aspires.
* LargeAndInCharge: When met in Sovngarde at the end of ''Skyrim'', he stands much taller than anyone else.
* LongDeadBadass: To the Nords, who consider him one of their greatest cultural heroes. He and 500 of his men toppled the empire of the Falmer and established the first homeland of free men in Tamriel. Even thousands of years later, he's revered as a warrior and a leader, especially by the Companions.
* ManlyTears: Shed some when his son died.
* MemeticBadass: In-universe. While his badassery is completely founded, the Nords of Skyrim adamantly believe that [[BeyondTheImpossible he could eat his soup with a fork]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It's never truly established, but it's implied he brought the Dragon Cult to Skyrim from Atmora, bringing many years of terror and slavery to the Nords. It's also speculated that he had dragons helping him against the Snow Elves, which would also explain why only 500 men were able to destroy a long established civilization and drive their race to near extinction.
* PapaWolf: Don't mess with his people. The Snow Elves did, and he drove them to near extinction. Another example is with Yngol and the Sea Ghosts. Yngol was a son of Ysgramor who had run afoul of evil spirits who ensnared him and his clan. Ysgramor became aware of this and demanded the ghosts set him free; in response, the ghosts summoned a terrible storm. Ysgramor fearlessly strode into it and defeated each of the ghosts, only to find Yngol and his clan dead. Filled with grief, he vented his rage on 24 of the fiercest monsters in Skyrim, slaying them all in honor of his kin. He then ordered a great barrow to be dug for Yngol and his clansmen's resting place.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Don't piss this man off. Of note are the following:
** Snow Elves destroy Saarthal? Ysgramor goes home to Atmora, raises an army of 500 companions, and returns to nearly slaughter the entire Snow Elf race, before basically erasing all traces of their civilization from Skyrim.
** The Sea Ghosts kill his son Yngol? He goes and kills each of the ghosts, then 24 of the most dangerous beasts in Skyrim, in honor of his slain kin.
* WeaponOfXSlaying: Wuuthrad is a weapon of Elf slaying, so much so that it has the visage of a screaming elf carved onto it. Nonetheless, an elf can carry it with no ill-effect.
* WorthyOpponent: Despite his hatred of the Falmer, he gave their leader, the Snow Prince, a hero's funeral as a mark of respect.
* WrittenByTheWinners: As part of destroying all traces of the Falmer culture in Skyrim that he could find, he also destroyed any evidence of anything that happened other than what ''his'' official histories record. For instance, he claims that the Falmer attack on Saarthal was unprovoked. However, surviving records of the Elves claim that the attack was in response to repeated "provocations and blasphemies" committed by the early Nords.

!!!First Era (1E 0 -- 1E 2920)

[[folder:Arch-Mage Shalidor]]
!!Arch-Mage Shalidor

--> '''Race''': Nord
--> '''Born''': 1E ??
--> '''Died''': 1E ??

Shalidor was an immensely powerful Nord wizard who lived during the First Era, with a skill in magic that no has ever been able to match since, at least if the legends about him are true. Among the exploits attributed to him, are the creations of the city of Winterhold and the Labyrinthian monument, both of which he is said to have summoned into being by simply whispering a spell, and stealing the secret of life from Akatosh himself. Though many of the old accounts about him are viewed by modern Tamrielic scholars to be hyperbole or even fabricated, the fact remains that Shalidor was instrumental in funding the College of Winterhold and his mostly lost writings on magic are still sought far and wide by mages hoping to gain just a sliver of the old master's insight.

* TheArchmage: By all appearences, Shalidor was the first person in recorded Tamrielic history to claim the title of "Arch-Mage". Of course, would anything lesser fit a guy who could summon an entire city out of nothing?
* DealWithTheDevil: Ever hungry for more knowledge, Shalidor entered into a bargain with Sheogorath to trade his sanctuary island of Eyevea against [[TomeOfEldritchLore the Folium Discognitum]]. A bargain Shalidor eventually came to regret, and getting Eyevea back from Sheogorath became an all-consuming obsession for him in his older days.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Invoked. When Shalidor felt his life was about to come to its end, he prepared for it by laying powerful enchantments on his final resting place that would allow him to temporarily return to Mundus from Aetherius in the case his legacy came under threat.

[[folder:Dumac Dwarfking]]
!!Dumac Dwarfking (a.k.a. Dwarf-Orc, Dumalacath)

->''"And Dumac, who still knew nothing of Kagrenac's New God, but proud and protective as ever of his people, said, "We shall not relinquish that which has been our way for years beyond reckoning, just as the Chimer will not relinquish their ties to the Lords and Ladies of Oblivion. And to come at my door in this way, arrayed in arms and armor and with your hosts around you, tells me you have already forgotten our friendship. Stand down, my sweet Nerevar, or I swear by the fifteen-and-one golden tones I shall kill you and all your people."''
-->-- '''''Nerevar at Red Mountain'''''

--> '''Race''': Dwemer
--> '''Born''': ??
--> '''Died''': 1E 700 (Red Mountain, Morrowind)

The last King of the Dwemer, Dumac and Nerevar united their people to drive the invading Nords out of Morrowind. He became a close personal friend of Nerevar, and even attended Nerevar's wedding to Almalexia, presenting them with a pair of specially enchanted swords as a gift. He mysteriously disappeared along with the rest of the Dwemer people following the Battle of Red Mountain. (Though some accounts have him being killed by either Nerevar or Voryn Dagoth prior to the event that caused the disappearance.)

* EnemyMine: Formed one with Nerevar and the Chimer in order to drive the invading Nords out of Morrowind.
* EvilFormerFriend: Voryn Dagoth convinced Nerevar that Dumac had become evil, leading to the Battle of Red Mountain. (As with many other details surrounding those events, the truth is likely lost to history.)
* FireForgedFriends: With Nerevar, as they repulsed the Nords.
* NonIndicativeName: The names "Dwarf-Orc" and "Dumalacath" would seem to indicate that he had some sort of connection with the Orcs. No such connection is evident from any established lore and may have been a WrittenByTheWinners attempt by the Tribunal Temple to demonize Dumac (since the Dunmer people weren't exactly fond of anything relating to the Orcs).
* PoorCommunicationKills: A few versions of the story of the Dwemer's final days state that [[WeUsedToBeFriends the falling out between Nerevar and Dumac]] over the Heart of Lorkhan situtation, was a result of the latter not knowing what Kagrenac was planning to do with the Heart, and that he would probably have taken Nerevar's side and stopped Kagrenac if had he known.
* TheRashomon: Much like Nerevar's death, there are several variants of Dumac's death or disappearance. He may have [[NeverFoundTheBody disappeared along with the rest of the Dwemer people]], he may have been killed by the Nordic King Wulfharth, he may have been struck down by Nerevar, and he may also have been killed by Dagoth who was then attacked by Nerevar.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Supported the alliance with the Chimer even when other Dwemer clans, such as the Rourken clan, exiled themselves as a result. He attended Nerevar's wedding as well as the coronation of Emperor Gorieus, showing a willingness previously unseen by the Dwemer to engage in the affairs of the other races of Tamriel.

[[folder:Frandar Hunding]]
!!Frandar Hunding

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[[caption-width-right:350:Spirit of Frandar Hunding]]

->''"[Frandar] lists thirty-eight grips, seven hundred and fifty offensive and eighteen hundred defensive positions, and nearly nine thousand moves essential to sword mastery. The average hack-and-slasher knows one grip, which he uses primarily to keep from dropping his blade. He knows one offensive position, facing his target, and one defensive position, fleeing. Of the multitudinous rhythms and inflections of combat, he knows less than one."''
-->-- '''''Words and Philosophy'''''

--> '''Race''': Yokudan/Redguard
--> '''Born''': 1E 720 (Hunding, High Desert, Yokuda)
--> '''Died''': Sometime after 1E 808 (Hammerfell)

Frandar do Hunding Hel Ansei No Shira, more commonly known as "Frandar Hunding," was a 1st Era Yokudan/Redguard warrior-prince and legendary Ansei, or "Sword Saint/Sword Singer." Frandar reluctantly led the Ansei in a rebellion against the Yokudan Emperor Hira, in which his (vastly outnumbered) forces were victorious but at great cost. Due to being considered "red with blood" by the citizens of Yokuda, he chose to self-exile to Tamriel, becoming one of the first Yokudans to settle there. Hunding also developed "The Way of the Sword," a martial philosophy on blade mastery and wrote the "Book of Circles" to pass along his insights. To this day, Hunding is revered as a great ancient hero and spiritual leader of the Redguards.

Frandar's spirit appears during one quest in ''The Elder Scrolls Online''.

* BloodKnight: He traveled Yokuda as a KnightErrant in his youth, slaying all manner of men and monsters, while testing his skills in 90 duels. He was never once defeated, leading him to believe that he was invincible, so he retired to Mount Hattu and wrote the Book of Circles to pass along his insights.
* CivilWar: After urging from his son and fellow Sword-Singers, Frandar reluctantly led the "greatly outnumbered" forces of the Ansei against the corrupt Yokudan Emperor Hira. Frandar and the Ansei were victorious, but were considered "red with blood" by the citizens and chose to self-exile to Tamriel following the conflict. (Yokuda itself would be "sunk beneath the sea" not long after.)
* DoomedHometown: He chose to self-exile after the bloody Yokudan civil war. Not long after, his homeland of Yokuda sunk beneath the sea under mysterious circumstances.
* DuelToTheDeath: By the time he was 30, he had fought in over 90 such duels, killing all opponents.
* FrontlineGeneral: As most [[ProudWarriorRace Yokudan/Redguard]] leaders are. He would eventually fall in battle with the giant goblins of Hammerfell while still serving as one in his ''80s''.
* GuileHero: As the leader of the Ansei during the War of the Singers. Vastly outnumbered (Hira's forces outnumbered the Ansei ''thirty to one'') and woefully unprepared to form into an organized army, Frandar devised the "Hammer and Anvil" strategy to get around the weaknesses of his army. He devised a plan of seven battles, each leading Hira's forces deeper and deeper into the Yokudan wilderness. The first six battles had no clear winner, as was Frandar's intention, but drew Hira's force further and further out. In the seventh battle, at the foot of Mount Hattu (where Frandar lived as a hermit for 30 years while writing the Book of Circles), the "hammer" struck. Frandar's Ansei killed over three-hundred thousand of Hira's men, winning the war.
* KnightErrant: Served as one throughout Yokuda after becoming an Ansei. Using only his Shehai "Spirit Sword," he traveled the land killing bands of brigands and wandering monsters.
* LordCountry:
** Both Hunding Bay in Hammerfell and Port Hunding on the island of Stros M'Kai are named after him.
** Also Inverted, as the "Hunding" part of his name refers to the region of Yokuda where he was born. Essentially, these places were named after him, who was already named after a different place.
* MasterSwordsman: He was, perhaps, the greatest swordsman in all of Nirn's history. He was said to be the greatest of the Ansei, "Sword Saints," whose mastery of the sword was so great that they [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation could form blades from their very souls, known as "Shehai"]]. His "Way of the Sword" martial philosophy and treatise on sword mastery, the Book of Circles, are cultural treasures of the Redguard people.
* OldSoldier: He was around 60 when he led the Ansei to victory against Emperor Hira and then traveled to Tamriel. He would have pushing ''90'' when he fell in battle against the giant goblins of Hammerfell.
* TheOrder: Was said to be the greatest of the Ansei, or "Sword Saints."
* OverlyLongName: His "formal" name of Frandar do Hunding Hel Ansei No Shira. Frandar is his given name, Hunding is the region of his birth, Hel Ansei is a title recognizing him as one of the Ansei, and No Shira recognizes his noble birth.
* ParentalNeglect: He was not present for much of Divad's life.
* PhysicalGod: Insofar as he may have been a vessel for the [=HoonDing=], the Yokudan/Redguard "make way" god who manifests any time the Yokudan people have to have living space cleared for them to settle or colonize. Considering he led the Ansei to Tamriel after the Yokudan Civil War (and Yokuda's subsequent sinking into the sea), this may have some merit (especially considering that Frandar's last name is phonetically similar to the [=HoonDing=]).
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: His army of Ansei during the War of the Singers. Despite their abilities as swordsmen, they were few in number and woefully unprepared to form into an organized army.
* ReluctantRuler: When his son, Divad, and the Ansei came to him, he initially refused to lead them in battle against the Emperor. It was only after five hours of debate that he reluctantly agreed to become their leader, and it is said that he [[TheChainsOfCommanding struggled with that decision and many others he made as leader]] later in life.
* SacredScripture: His "Book of Circles," a treatise on sword mastery. It is said to include "thirty-eight grips, seven hundred and fifty offensive and eighteen hundred defensive positions, and nearly nine thousand moves essential to sword mastery". Every Redguard household in Hammerfell contains an alcove above their hearth to store and display the book.
* YouKilledMyFather: After he fell in battle to the giant goblins of Hammerfell, his only son, Divad, took command of the Redguard forces and wiped the goblins out.

[[folder:Gaiden Shinji]]
!!Gaiden Shinji

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[[caption-width-right:350:Gaiden Shinji as seen in an ''Online'' flashback]]

->''"The best techniques are passed on by the survivors."''
-->-- '''''Shinji's Credo'''''

--> '''Race''': Redguard
--> '''Born''': 1E ?? (Hammerfell)
--> '''Died''': ca. 1E 950 (Orsinium)

Gaiden Shinji was a 1st Era Redguard hero who was the leader of the Order of Diagna (a knightly order based in Hammerfell) and founded the Arena in the Imperial City, serving as its first Blademaster. Shinji was convinced by King Joile of Daggerfall to participate in the Siege of Orsinium, and was killed when Joile betrayed him. He is still revered as a near-godly figure by both the Redguards and Arena combatants thousands of years later.

* CavalryBetrayal: He was betrayed by King Joile whose archers killed both he and his Orc opponent during their duel.
* CombatByChampion: Along with DuelToTheDeath. Shinji was convinced by King Joile to challenge the Orc leader, Baloth Bloodtusk, in this fashion. As the two dueled, King Joile's archers fired upon them, killing both.
* {{Expy}}: Has a good deal in common with UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, minus the part about not actually dying in battle, of course.
* GhostMemory: Memory Stones in a particular ''Online'' quest allow one to see the events of Shinji's final days through the eyes of one of his followers.
* GladiatorSubquest: Founded the Arena in the Imperial City in order to provide these for prospective combatants.
* {{Irony}}: He was not actually one of the "survivors" he mentions in his famous quote, though he fell in battle not for his techniques failing, but due to treachery.
* MasterSwordsman: As is the case for most Redguard heroes. The title of "Blademaster" wasn't just cosmetic.
* TheOrder: Was the leader of the Order of Diagna, a Hammerfell-based knightly order dedicated to the Yokudan/Redguard "Orichalc God of the Sideways Blade", Diagna.
* WarReenactors: Every year, new initiates to the Order of Diagna play the role of Orcs in a reenactment of the Siege of Orsinium in Shinji's honor.

[[folder:Indoril Nerevar]]
!!Lord Indoril Nerevar (a.k.a. Saint Nerevar, Nerevar Moon-and-Star, Hortator, The Caravan Guard)

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-> ''"If you would learn valor, follow St. Nerevar the Captain, patron of Warriors and Statesmen. Lord Nerevar helped to unite the barbarian Dunmer tribes into a great nation, culminating in his martyrdom when leading the Dunmer to victory against the evil Dwemer and the traitorous House Dagoth in the Battle of Red Mountain. "''
-->-- '''''Lives of the Saints'''''

--> '''Race''': Chimer
--> '''Born''': (sometime prior to) 1E 369 (possibly Resdayn - disputed)
--> '''Died''': 1E 700 (Red Mountain, Morrowind)

The ancient leader of the Chimer (now Dunmer) people. Rose up from humble beginnings as a caravan guard to unite the Chimer people in the nation of Resdayn, now known as Morrowind. Despite being long-time adversaries, he managed to ally the Dwemer and Chimer people to fend off an invasion by the Nords. He was aided by a council consisting of his wife Almalexia, his junior councilor (sometimes referred to as "General") Vivec, the wizard Sotha Sil, and his close friend/advisor Voryn Dagoth. When presented with evidence that the Dwemer had found the Heart of Lorkhan and were planning to use it in a way that was "blasphemous" to the Daedric Princes that the Chimer worshiped, Nerevar went to war with them and, along with Voryn Dagoth, infiltrated the Dwemer stronghold at Red Mountain which housed the Heart. Exactly what happened there is recounted differently by all those who were present, but Nerevar died and the Dwemer had disappeared. Nerevar was considered a champion of Azura, one of the Daedric Princes the Chimer people worshiped, and she was quite displeased with his death and the subsequent actions of his council, the Tribunal. She prophesied his reincarnation and the eventual demise of the Tribunal.

* CompellingVoice: He reportedly had "supernatural powers of persuasion," the source of which has never been elaborated upon. Further enhanced by his Dwemer-crafted and Azura-blessed ring, Moon-And-Star.
* DelinquentHair: Traditionally depicted with a tall mohawk. The sacred Indoril armor worn by the Ordinators is said to be in his image, with the helmet featuring his distinctive mohawk.
* EnemyMine: Arranged this with the rival Dwemer in order to drive the invading Nords out of Morrowind.
* FireForgedFriends: With Dumac Dwarfking, leader of the Dwemer, as they repulsed the Nords.
* FolkHero: For the Ashlanders. Also a Messianic figure, who is believed will return one day to strike down the "false gods" of the Tribunal. Vivec instead tries to claim that he was merely one of many saints to the Dunmer people[[note]]although a very ''important'' saint, being one of the five Greater Saints of the Tribunal Temple, the other four being the Tribunal themselves and Veloth, the effective founder of the ''entire Dunmer race''[[/note]].
* FounderOfTheKingdom: Is treated as this by the Dunmer people as the great unificator of Morrowind. The Tribunal rule in his name (even though they very likely may be responsible for his death) and he is revered as a saint in the Tribunal Temple.
* FrontlineGeneral: According to most accounts. Most notably, he was this at the Battle of Red Mountain leading to the disputed circumstances of his death.
* GuileHero: His greatest skills were his leadership and supernatural powers of persuasion.
* IconicItem: In-universe, his Moon-And-Star ring. Also, True Flame to a lesser extent.
* TheLeader: Type II during the Chimer's war with the Dwemer in the backstory. The rest of the band consisted of the Tribunal and Dagoth Ur.
* LongDeadBadass: He's been dead for some 4000 years, but the Tribunal still rule in his name and hold him up as an ideal for the Dunmer to aspire to be.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: His supernatural powers of persuasion are never elaborated on or explained. Were they some sort of supernatural gift or was he simply a very persuasive person? Like many other details about him, this is one we'll likely never know.
* MysteriousPast: Very little is known of his early life, and even then, there are conflicting sources. Vivec states that Nerevar was a merchant caravan guard, and Ashlander tradition holds that he was not born in the land that would eventually become Morrowind.
* OldSoldier: Granted, the races of Mer are LongLived compared to the races of Men, but Nerevar was (at least) in his 300s at the time of his death and still serving as a frontline general. (Not counting those who've enhanced their lifespans with magic or divine powers, that is still quite old for a Mer.)
* PoorCommunicationKills: A few of the versions of Nerevar's final days imply that his good friend Dumac did not know what Kagrenac was planning to do with the tools and heart, and would have stopped Kagrenac had he known. Thus, possibly preventing the Battle of Red Mountain, the Dwemer's disappearance, and Nerevar's death.
* PosthumousCharacter: Has been dead for around 4000 years by the events of ''Morrowind''. His death, prophesied reincarnation, and the subsequent use of the Heart of Lorkhan by the Tribunal and Dagoth Ur to obtain divinity are the catalyst for the game's plot. Everything we know of his life and death comes from in-game books and [[TheRashomon Rashomon]]-style stories from key characters.
* TheRashomon: The accounts of his death conflict greatly. The official stance of the Tribunal Temple, the Dissident Priests, the Ashlanders, Dagoth Ur, Vivec, and Azura all recount it differently. What is known for sure is that Nerevar died at Red Mountain. Some say the Tribunal did it (it is worth noting that both Sotha Sil and Vivec do admit, in varying degrees of directness and remorse, that they had a hand in causing his death), others Dagoth Ur, or that he went too deep into Red Mountain seeking the Sharmat and the volcano exploded. We'll probably never know what ''actually'' happened, on the assumption that not all of them are true. (The Dwemer disappearance probably consisted of a [[TimeCrash Dragon Break]], which means '''''all''''' of them could be true and then smashed into one incoherent timeline of events.)
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He mostly went around trying to stop people from killing each other. First he united the disjointed Chimer people, and then united them with the Dwemer in order to repulse the Nords. His time as leader of Resdayn was considered one of the most peaceful and prosperous times in the history of the Chimer/Dunmer people.
* {{Reincarnation}}: The Nerevarine is said to be him reborn.
* ShoutOut: Many to Myth/KingArthur: both were charismatic war-leaders who united their peoples against foreign invasion to great effect, both have numerous conflicting accounts of their passing, both have close groups of followers whose tales and exploits eventually begin to eclipse their own legacies, both became folk heroes to groups who have been marginalized by invasion and progress, and both have prophesies of their return which may or may not have already occurred if valid.
* StandardHeroReward: Married Almalexia, who was already a high priestess in a noble Chimeri Great House, despite his non-royal background.
* TookALevelInBadass: Details of his early life are scant, but if Vivec's account [[UnreliableNarrator can be believed]], Nerevar was a mere merchant caravan guard prior to uniting the Chimer people.
* TookTheWifesName: According to one of the game writers, Nerevar took his wife Ayem's (later the goddess Almalexia) House name, Indoril, upon marrying her. She was a high priestess belonging to one of the Great Houses, whereas he was formerly a caravan guard born to an irrelevant minor house.
* WhenItAllBegan : Nerevar's death at Red Mountain thousands of years ago [[PlotTriggeringDeath establishes the plot of the game.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He and Dumac Dwarfking showed shades of this prior to their alliance, at which point they became close friends.

[[folder:Jurgen Windcaller]]
!!Jurgen Windcaller (aka Jurgen the Calm)

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-> ''"The Tongues at Red Mountain went away humbled - Jurgen Windcaller began His Seven Year Meditation - To understand how Strong Voices could fail - Jurgen Windcaller chose silence and returned - The 17 disputants could not shout Him down - Jurgen the Calm built His home on the Throat of the World"''
-->-- '''''The Etched Tablets of High Hrothgar'''''

--> '''Race''': Nord
--> '''Born''': 1E ?? (Skyrim)
--> '''Died''': Sometime after 1E 424 (Skyrim)

Considered the most powerful "Tongue," Nord warriors who were masters of the Thu'um, of the 1st Era. He was a leader of the Nord forces under King Wulfharth when they invaded Morrowind. Following their ignominious defeat at Red Mountain, he meditated for seven years and determined that the defeat was due to the displeasure of the Divines for misusing the Voice. He would inspire the "Way of the Voice" and would found the Greybeards. Upon his death, Jurgen was buried at Ustengrav, an ancient fane in the marshes of Hjaalmarch.

* BadassPacifist: Despite the strength such a group may possess, he preached pacifism and instilled this belief in his Greybeard followers. When the other Tongues tried to "shout" he and his teachings down, he didn't fight back. Instead, he "swallowed" their words for three days to prove his mastery.
* CurbStompBattle: The Nord army he was part of was "annihilated" at Red Mountain by a coalition of Dwemer and Chimer forces, leading to his HeroicBSOD and eventual HeelFaithTurn.
* HeelFaithTurn: He, like the other leaders of the ancient Nord army which invaded Morrowind, used the Thu'um as a weapon. Despite this advantage, the Nord army was still annihilated at Red Mountain by a coalition of Dwemer and Chimer. Afterwards, he reflected on the defeat and came to the conclusion that it was a punishment from the gods for misusing the Voice. He would use the defeat as inspiration to discover the Way of the Voice and found the Greybeards, a monastic order who espouse nonintervention and pacifism, and only use the Voice to honor the gods.
* HeroicBSOD: He spent seven years meditating on how it was possible that the strongest Tongues and the mightiest Nord army could lose so badly.
* LanguageOfMagic: He was said to have been the most powerful Tongue of the 1st Era, extremely gifted in the use of [[SuperScream the Thu'um]].
* TechnicalPacifist: He set the Greybeards' policy of non-intervention in worldly affairs, and of studying the Voice as a way to honor the gods.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: When he proclaimed the Way of the Voice, seventeen other Tongues tried to shout him down. He "swallowed" their words for three days until he fell, exhausted. This caused them to acknowledge his superiority and wisdom in the Voice.

[[folder:Kagrenac]]
!!Kagrenac

-> ''"Beneath Red Mountain, Dwemer miners discovered a great magical stone. By diverse methods, Lord Kagrenac, High Priest and Magecrafter of the ancient Dwemer, determined that this magical stone was the heart of the god Lorkhan, cast here in the Dawn Era as a punishment for his mischief in creating the mortal world. Determined to use its divine powers to create a new god for the exclusive benefit of the Dwemer, Kagrenac forged three great enchanted artifacts, which are called "Kagrenac's Tools.""''
-->-- '''''Kagrenac's Tools'''''

--> '''Race''': Dwemer
--> '''Born''': ??
--> '''Died''': 1E 700 (Red Mountain, Morrowind)

The Chief Tonal Architect of the Dwemer who was considered the foremost arcane philosopher and magecrafter of his people. Many of the Dwemer's greatest smiths and enchanters worked under him. After studying the Heart of Lorkhan, he apparently devised a way to create a new mechanical god, Anumidium, using the Heart and special tools he had created, and planned to allow his people to "transcend the limits of mortality." When the Chimer found out about his plan, they considered it a blasphemy against their gods, the Daedra, and attacked. At the climax of the Battle of Red Mountain, Kagrenac, cornered in the Heart Chamber by Dagoth's forces, apparently used the tools on the Heart and almost certainly caused the disappearance of the Dwemer.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What he reportedly planned to do for all of the Dwemer people using the Heart of Lorkhan. One theory about the disappearance of the Dwemer is that his plan actually ''worked'', and the Dwemer are now on said higher plane.
* CosmicKeystone: He devised a means to tap into the divine power of the Heart of Lorkhan.
* GodzillaThreshold: One interpretation of his actions tapping into the Heart of Lorkhan and causing the disappearance of the Dwemer. The Dwemer army was losing to the Chimer and he was left with no other choice but to try his risky experiment in a last ditch effort.
* HumongousMecha: The architect of the Numidium.
* MadScientist: He sought to create a new god, Anumidium, and bring divinity to all the Dwemer people. He planned to do this by tapping into the still-beating heart of a dead god and was called out by other Dwemer for the "unjustifiable" risks and potential for unpredictable side-effects.
* {{Magitek}}: His creations are combinations of Dwemer {{Steampunk}}, magical enchantments, and the [[RealityWarping bending of the laws of physics and nature]].
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Many Dwemer did not agree with Kagrenac's plan to tap into the power of the Heart. Not because it was blasphemous or anything like that, just because they thought it would end poorly for every Dwemer on Nirn. Which it probably did.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A few versions of the story of the Dwemer's final days state that Kagrenac did not tell Dumac what he was planning to do with the Heart, and that Dumac would have stopped him had he known.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Chief Tonal Architect, Magecrafter, High Priest, High Engineer, Arcane Philosopher, and Pioneer in the field of Mythopeic Forces.

[[folder:Morihaus]]
!!Morihaus (a.k.a. Mor, Breath-of-Kyne)

-> ''"Morihaus, your son, mighty and snorting, gore-horned, winged, when next he flies down, let him bring us anger."''
-->-- '''''The Song of Pelinal'''''

--> '''Race''': Aedric Demigod
--> '''First Appeared''': 1E 242 (Cyrodiil)
--> '''Disappeared''': Sometime after 1E 266

Morihaus, an Aedric demi-god, referred to as the "son" of Kyne (Kynareth) and "nephew" of Pelinal, aided the Alessian Revolt against the Ayleids and became the lover of Alessia, who he called "Parvania". He is described as a "winged man-bull", and had a nose hoop to go with the moniker. He first appeared as an answered prayer of Alessia, and disappears from the historical record following Alessia's death. His child with Alessia, Belharza, is said to be the first Minotaur and served as the second emperor of the Alessian Empire.

* AngelicAbomination: One of the closest things the series has to an "angel" as an Aedric demi-god, his form was that of a "winged man-bull" and had power enough to shake the entire White-Gold Tower with his charge. He became the consort of St. Alessia and their progeny became the first Minotaur.
* AnnoyingArrows: The Ayleids attempted to kill him with a volley of arrows. Though wounded, Pelinal carried him to a Nedic healer who saved his life.
* DivineDate: As the lover of Alessia. Pelinal counseled him against this, for fear that they would "beget more monsters" upon the earth. Morihaus rejected the advice and their progeny would become the first Minotaur.
* DivineIntervention: Alessia prayed for him to be sent to aid against the Ayleids.
* GeniusBruiser: He was a massive and powerful bull-man fighter, but also a champion of recording histories. According to ''[[https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Onus_of_the_Oghma The Onus of the Oghma]]'', he even went so far as to execute the Nonscriptionists, an Alessian sect who were hostile to the idea of recording historical events.
-->"Then Morihaus snorted, and spake fiercely against the Nonscriptionists, saying, 'Are then the deeds of the Paravant to be forgotten by the men of hence-yore? Are the crimes of the Saliache to be erased, so that the Seven Pretexts for Mayhem shall seem all unjustified? Nay, by Akatosh! Nay, by the Dragon of Duration, who gave us Time so that events could unfold in their sequence, and thus be recalled as they happed! Never shall your ilk prevent our people from recording their tales, as did the overweening Saliache in the late torment-epoch!' And he did smite their heads from their shoulders, and their gore fell as words on the stones, recording their several demises."
* HalfHumanHybrid: Was described as a "winged man-bull" and is believed to be the father of all Minotaurs.
* HornAttack: He gored enemies with his horns as his preferred style of fighting. When Pelinal was cut to pieces after his battle with Umaril, Morihaus scared off the remaining Ayleids when he "shook the whole of the tower with mighty bashing from his horns." The tower in question is the ''massive'' White-Gold tower.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: He was an Aedric demi-god and said to be the son of a Divine.
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Most interpretations depict him as winged minotaur. In the spirit of the trope, he was definitely a LightningBruiser on the battlefield.
* PhysicalGod: Frequently referred to as a demi-god. According to Pelinal, they were both "ada," an old name for the Aedra. Specifically, Morihaus was said to be Kyne's son.
* {{Retcon}}: In ''Oblivion'' there's a statue of him as a human in the Imperial City. The writers would later admit that the concept of him being a divine "winged man-bull" came during the development of the ''Knights of the Nine'' expansion. The InUniverse explanation is that the human-supremacist Alessian Order attempted to immortalize him as a "Man" hero due to their hatred of anything non-human, even divine ones.
* SapientSteed: Alessia rode and flew atop him.
* SemiDivine: Known as a demigod son of Kyne, though exactly how he came to be is uncertain.
* TalkingAnimal: One interpretation of him is that he simply ''was'' a talking, apparently winged bull. He is still the father of minotaurs, being the consort of Alessia.
* UglyGuyHotWife: "... for he [Morihaus] was a bull, and he felt his form too ugly for the Parvania [Alessia] at all times, especially when she disrobed for him."
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: Was described as a "winged bull."
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He outlived Alessia, but what happened to him after is unknown.

[[folder:Pelinal Whitestrake]]
!!Pelinal Whitestrake (a.k.a. Pelin-El, a.k.a. The Star-Made Knight)

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->''"... [And then] Kyne granted Perrif another symbol, a diamond soaked red with the blood of elves, [whose] facets could [un-sector and form] into a man whose every angle could cut her jailers and a name: PELIN-EL [which is] "The Star-Made Knight" [and he] was arrayed in armor [from the future time]. And he walked into the jungles of Cyrod already killing, Morihaus stamping at his side froth-bloody and bellowing from excitement because the Pelinal was come..."''
-->-- '''''The Song of Pelinal'''''

--> '''Race''': Aedric Demigod
--> '''First Appeared''': 1E 242 (Cyrodiil)
--> '''Died''': 1E 243 (White-Gold Tower, Cyrodiil)

Pelinal Whitestrake was a legendary hero of mankind who fought alongside Alessia and saved humanity from Ayleid enslavement. He was a mysterious knight who, like his "nephew" Morihaus, came as an answered prayer of Alessia. He wielded the Crusader's Relics, which were a suit of plate mail armor, a shield, a sword, and a mace bestowed upon him by the Eight Divines.

His powers, well beyond those of any mere mortal, led many of his contemporaries to recognize him as a Shezarrine, an avatar of the dead creator god Lorkhan, though there were also several qualities about him that implied a connection to Akatosh. Pelinal himself would always deny these speculations about his supposed divinity, often violently so.

After leading Alessia's armies in the capture of most of Cyrodiil from the Ayleids, he single-handedly stormed the White-Gold tower and defeated (but could not kill) the Ayleid leader, Umaril the Unfeathered. Pelinal was slain by Umaril's servants and cut into eight pieces in mockery of the Eight Divines.

And that is the full story... at least according to Imperial historians. What their "official" histories leave out is that Pelinal was ''also'' an extremely racist, psychopathic berserker. He had the unfortunate tendency to descend into fits of mindless rage, during which he was known to slaughter any Mer he came across, and in one particularly notable incident, even damaged the very lands themselves. He seemed to rage against the very gods who supposedly sent him, and anyone suggesting that he may be a god himself often met a swift death, even though he himself is believed to be an Aedric spirit of some kind. The only one he was ever known to openly dicuss these subject matters with was Morihaus; during a conversation between the two, he referred to themselves as "ada".

* AmbiguouslyBi: Pelinal is explicitly noted to have "loved well" a former grain slave, Huna, but he may also have been Alessia's lover.
* AntiHero: He was a champion of Alessia who helped free early man from the enslavement of the Ayleids and is remembered as a great hero by mankind as a result. However, he loses the "pure" hero characterization due to being a ''raging'' psychotic, which is conveniently left out of stories about him in Imperial propaganda.
* ArchEnemy: Elves, but especially the Ayleids. In particular, there was Umaril the Unfeathered.
* AxCrazy: Violently insane and insanely violent, though, luckily for mankind, his psychotic rages were ''mostly'' directed at the Ayleids.
* BerserkButton: Suggesting that he is a god, or an aspect of a god, or divine in any way, or making any mention of what he considers "god-logic". One Nedic soldier who suggested this to him was "smothered by moths" in his sleep.
* TheBerserker: Pelinal's primary fighting style was to fly into a rage, point himself at the nearest group of Ayleids, and fight until the Divines themselves had to "reach down" and "soothe him". He'd leave the fights "drenched" in blood and with little more than formerly Ayleid LudicrousGibs behind him.
* {{Bloodlust}}: He would often celebrate his victories in battle by drinking the blood of his slain enemies.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: When he first appeared in person to Alessia, he was "drenched" in Ayleid blood. This would be far from the last time, as later tales tell of his "white hair gone brown with elfblood".
* BoomerangBigot: His loathing of the Aedra is made much odder by the fact he was SemiDivine himself, though he [[BigotryException made an exception]] for his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes "nephew" Morihaus]].
* CarryABigStick: The Mace of the Crusader, which scorched foes with holy fire and was particularly effective against undead.
* CoolDownHug: When Pelinal went into fits of "the Madness," Alessia would pray to the Divines who "would reach down as one mind and soothe the Whitestrake until he no longer had the will to kill the earth in whole".
* CrazyIsCool: InUniverse, with emphasis on the crazy. Pelinal's bouts of madness were legendary and he spent half the time in a fog of homicidal rage. At the same time he was able to kick the asses of entire armies all by himself, challenged the Ayleid sorcerer kings to single combat (which usually ended with their brains spattered on his mace), and was powerful enough to damage the land with his battles which made him also awesome.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He was cut into eight pieces by the Ayleids to mock the Eight Divines. His head was left behind and discovered by Morihaus, with whom he [[LosingYourHead had one final conversation]] that is now lost to history.
* {{Cyborg}}: Heavily implied to be some kind of {{Magitek}} cyborg from a future era brought to the past by the Divines. He wore full plate mail during a time when few could craft such a thing -- explicitly described in ''The Song of Pelinal'' as "armor of the future-time" -- which according to some sources was fused to his body. He also had a GemHeart which glowed red, possessed a "killing light" in his hand, and his decapitated head survived long enough to converse with Morihaus for a time.
* DualWielding: Frequently wielded his mace and sword in this fashion.
* DuelToTheDeath: He liked to challenge Ayleid lords to individual combat and then mercilessly slaughter them.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An InUniverse version. Some time after Alessia first saw him in her visions, Pelinal appeared before in the flesh before her and her rebels, covered in copious amounts of elven blood. He would then formally introduce himself by presenting his weapons to them, showing them to be covered in fresh gore and viscera, as well as remains of jewelry from Ayleid nobility, explaining that it was all that was left of the Eastern Ayleid chieftains, establishing himself as an extremely violent savior of mankind right from the beginning.
* {{Expy}}: Confirmed by the writers to have been heavily inspired by ''The {{Franchise/Terminator}}''.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Take a look again at the dates when he first appeared and when he died at the top of this entry. Yeah, Pelinal committed a degree of elf-slaying that basically wiped out the ruling race of Cyrodiil in ''a single year at most!''
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Unquestionably a genocidal berserker, but he enjoyed the company of his "nephew" Morihaus, the only known being he was willing to admit his godhood to. He was also said to "loved well" Huna: a grain-slave he had personally trained into a soldier, and whose death was the catalyst of his terrible rampage.
* FantasticRacism:
** Essentially committed genocide on the Ayleids. Sure, they were very much {{Asshole Victim}}s who had enslaved the humans of Cyrodiil, but that's ''still'' an entire culture wiped from the face of Tamriel. The legends about him even use the word "pogroms" to describe what he had done.
** He also killed many Khajiit, simply because they didn't look human. Granted, he stopped after he learned that they weren't from Aldmeris[[note]]The continent the Aldmer, ancestors to modern Elves including the Ayleids, came from[[/note]], but still.
** In [[https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_10 Volume 10]] of ''The Song of Pelinal'', apparently he hated elves so much that even the fact that the ''calendar'' was Elvish pissed him off.
--->Pelinal shrugged and cried, IF THE CALENDAR BE ELVISH, EVEN IT SHALL I MAKE DISJOINT, and so plied his hanger that the month was cloven...
* FlamingSword: The Crusader's Sword, which was enchanted to inflict fire damage.
* GemHeart: Had a red diamond in place of a heart, visible through a hole in his chest, symbolizing his connection with the heartless "dead" god Lorkhan.
* GodInHumanForm: He is believed to have been a [[EternalHero Shezarrine]], incarnations of the "dead" creator god Shezarr (the Imperial name for Lorkhan). Do not suggest this to him, however, as one soldier who was "smothered by moths" in his sleep found out the hard way. He also spat the feet of the Nords who joined Alessia when they saw him and proclaimed that "Shor had returned." He may have also (as in, both Aka and Shezarr) been the incarnation of Akatosh, too.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Probably goes with being a divine potential time traveller - he was aware of the nonlinear part of the universe as well as Akatosh's dual nature, and even realized that he was a sort of indirect creator of his arch-nemesis Umaril (since if it were not for Pelinal's deeds then Umaril would not be famous).
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In-Universe. He is a great hero to the races of men, especially the Imperials, for helping Alessia free mankind from Ayleid enslavement. Nevermind that he was a racist berserker who would often go into psychopathic episodes, which were said to have even damaged ''the lands themselves''. His hatred of non-human races extended even beyond the Elves to the Khajiit, whom he slew in droves mistaking them for another race of Elf. Imperial dogma (and his portrayal in ''Knights of the Nine'') conveniently forgets about his blatant racism and psychopathic episodes.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: In a bizarre, metaphysical way. Whether or not Pelinal was an incarnation of Akatosh or not, he was connected with him somehow. He also knew that Akatosh was completely aware of how insane he was. And we don't mean "aware" as in simply knowing, but as in he could ''feel the gaze of Akatosh upon him''. And he could stare right back. "I watch you watching me watching back!"
* ItsPersonal: He raised a grain-slave, Huna, to a hoplite. Then Huna was killed, and Pelinal went so berserk that he not only killed the Ayleids responsible, but outright erased their lands from existence in his anger. This almost ''caused the Divines to leave the world out of disgust''.
* KnightInShiningArmor: How he is characterized by the races of Men, especially the Imperials. The truth is, well, you've seen the rest of the page up until now...
* KnightTemplar: As far as he was concerned, the only good Elf was a dead Elf.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: ... Eeh, [[ZigzaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. On the one hand he would challenge the Ayleid sorcerer kings to single combat one on one instead of a great battle between armies. On the other hand, [[CombatPragmatism what he did to them]] could not by any definition of the word be anything remotely like what a gentleman would do.
* LiteralChangeOfHeart: He had a hole in his chest and a red diamond instead of a heart, symbolizing his connection with the heartless god Lorkhan. He killed those who spoke of such things to him, though.
* LongDeadBadass: Even thousands of years later, he is still idealized in Imperial propaganda for his role in freeing their ancestors from Ayleid rule, and killing countless scores of elves in the process. Books are printed, stories are told, and artwork is made of his accomplishments, usually with his racist psychopath tendencies [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade glossed over, if mentioned at all]].
* LosingYourHead: After his body was dismembered by Umaril's servants, his disembodied head was still able to hold a final conversation with Morihaus.
* MacabreMothMotif: Is associated with moths, just like Lorkhan. He notoriously hated being referred to as a "god" or being associated with the divine in any way. One of Alessia's soldiers who accused Whitestrake of being a god was found "smothered by moths" in his sleep.
* MagicKnight: He wore full plate armor and wielded a sword and a mace, but it is strongly implied he was skilled in magic as well - had to, considering some of his rampages apparently erased entire lands off the map of Tamriel. His hand was said to be "[[LightEmUp made of a killing light]]", presumably some kind of Destruction magic or divine power, though in keeping with the popular interpretation of him as a {{Magitek}} cyborg, fans sometimes depict him with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ix0_W-ouI literal arm cannon]] instead.
* ManBitesMan: He "ate the neck-veins" of Haromir of Copper and Tea, an Ayleid King.
* ManlyGay: An utterly badass warrior, he loved Huna (confirmed by the real life writer of ''The Song of Pelinal'' to be male), and when Huna died, he went on a berserk rampage that destroyed many Ayleid cities. According to that same writer, the ''Song'' originally had many other references to Pelinal's homosexuality, but these were edited out of the final in-game version.
* MeaningfulName: His name is a corruption of the [[ClassicalTongue Aldmeri]] term Pelin-El, which translates to "Star-Made Knight". Fitting, as he was created/sent by the Divines. "Whitestrake" is also meaningful, given his head of flowing white hair.
* MysteriousPast: He first appeared in a vision to Alessia and later showed up in person to Alessia's camp, drenched in Ayleid blood. Nothing else about where he came from is really known.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: His battle with Umaril left the latter "laid low, the angel face of his helm dented into an ugliness... [and his] unfeathered wings broken off". However, he could not actually kill Umaril, who had divine protection from the Daedric Prince Meridia.
* OneManArmy:
** He slew droves of Ayleids completely on his own. When Alessia, Morihaus, and their army was too struck with fear to attack the White-Gold Tower occupied by Umaril, Pelinal charged in himself and defeated (though could not kill) Umaril before he himself was slain. At one point he went on such an extreme round of one-man slaughter that he very nearly caused the Divines to abandon Nirn altogether, before Alessia was able to regain their favor.
** In some sources, it is indicated that the Ayleid sorcerer-kings couldn't defeat Pelinal directly. Instead, they took advantage of the fact that he was a Shezzarine to create a "myth-echo" -- a recreation of mythic events connected to the god who he is an incarnation of, in this case Lorkhan. The eight Ayleid kings took the role of the Eight Divines in sundering Lorkhan in order to sunder Pelinal into eight pieces.
* PaintTheTownRed: Kyne had to send her rain to "wash the blood" from Ayleid villages and forts that Pelinal passed through before they could be used by Alessia's armies.
* ThePaladin: He was on a mission from the Divines and wore full plate armor blessed by them.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Pelinal's rampages didn't just kill Ayleids, they obliterated many of their lands - either simply razing them or making them cease to exist.
* PhysicalGod: Though suggesting it to Pelinal would likely result in a quick death, he was clearly connected with divinity in some way and had abilities far beyond that of mortal men. He admitted during a conversation with his "nephew" Morihaus that "we are Ada," an old name for Aedric beings, and was able to survive and hold a conversation [[LosingYourHead as only a head]] after his body was dismembered.
* PowerBornOfMadness: It's implied in several of the texts that Pelinal's incredible elf-killing prowess was as much the product of his overwhelming hatred for the Mer race as much as it was his divine blessings.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: He had a... ''complex''... relationship with the Divines to say the least: "O Aka, for our shared madness I do this! I watch you watching me watching back!" The mere suggestion that he was an aspect of a god or divine in any way would have him trying to kill you.
* RedOniBlueOni: The berserker Red to Alessia's calm and collected Blue during the Revolt.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Pretty much ''all the time'', especially against Ayleids. In particular, when Huna, a grain-slave raised to a hoplite by Pelinal, was killed by the arrow of an Ayleid king, Pelinal went so berserk that he not only slew the Ayleids in the kingdom responsible, but ''erased their lands from the world''. The Divines were so disgusted with his actions that they nearly ''left the world'' if not for Alessia making sacrifices to regain their favor.
* RoboticPsychopath: He was unquestionably a raging psychopath, and he may have been a time-traveling cyborg from the future.
* SanitySlippage: Played With, not that he was ever the sanest person to begin with, as his actions showcase, but Huna's death really didn't help in that regard, as he went on even more elf killing rampages afterwards.
* SchizoTech: Aside from the fact that he's strongly implied to be a time-traveling cyborg, Pelinal wore a set of full plate armor in a time when the most advanced armors were leather, cloth, and bronze and the main method of warfare was more akin to Ancient Greek and Mesopotamian tactics. Needless to say, this gave Pelinal an enormous advantage in battle on top of being an et'Ada who may have been powered by a god's heart and armed with a laser cannon in one hand.
* SemiDivine: It's unclear what exactly he ''was'', but he clearly had abilities well beyond those of mortals and referred to himself as an "Ada", an old-fashioned term for the Aedra. However, he was also quite insistent that he was not a full-on god, to the point that it was a BerserkButton.
* ShoutOut: Pelinal is heavily inspired by the Terminator. He wore full plate mail, blessed by the Divines no less, at a time when only the Dwemer could craft it and was nearly indestructible as a result. When he wanted you dead, there was very little that could stop him. Additionally, he had knowledge of future events sprinkled into his insane ramblings, with some sources suggesting that he was legitimately from the future. He also had a heart that glowed red, his hand possessed a "killing light," and after being cut apart his head was still able to converse with Morihaus. Per former developer Michael Kirkbride:
-->''"Pelinal was and is an insane collective swarmfoam war-fractal from the future, you betcha."''
* SociopathicHero: Once again, he was a raging psychotic that happened to be on Alessia's side.
* StopWorshippingMe: Despite the several things about his person very obviously implying a close connection to both Lorkhan and Akatosh, Pelinal greatly resented when people questioned him on the subject of him quite possibly being an avatar of a god or even outright a god, or offered him worship, as he, in at least one recorded incident, outright killed a man for doing so.
* StoryBreakerPower: He almost single-handedly brought down the Ayleid Empire over the course of about a year. He is easily one of, if not the, most powerful beings to have existed in Tamriellic history. Allowing him to remain would have set the Alessian Empire up to dominate all of Tamriel, so of course he needed to have a run-in with ThePlotReaper and was apparently killed at the end of the Alessian Revolt.
* TimeTravel: Implied. He wore plate armor back when only the Dwemer could make it (explicitly described in ''The Song of Pelinal'' as "armor of the future-time"), and in one of his psychotic episodes he shouted out the name of Reman Cyrodiil, an emperor who wouldn't exist until thousands of years later. Later (somewhat) confirmed in an interview with a former series writer.
* TheUnfettered: To Pelinal, the only good elf was a dead elf. Men, women, children, civilians... it didn't matter. He'd slaughter them all, even if his actions risked causing the Divines to ''abandon the mortal world''.
* UnstoppableRage: His berserker rages were the stuff of legend. He slaughtered countless Elves and, in one particular fit of rage, damaged the lands themselves in such a way that the Divines very nearly left the world in disgust.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Many of the stories about Pelinal that still survive paint him in a heroic light and actively downplay or omit his many atrocities. Keep in mind this is a being who murdered innumerable children and innocents with the same viciousness and passion as he would ancient sorcerer kings, just because they were Elves. In Khajiit culture, he has a historical reputation as somewhat of a hated and feared bogeyman due to his bloody encounters with them, and he is referred to by the name "White Snake".

[[folder:Umaril the Unfeathered]]
!!Umaril the Unfeathered

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[[caption-width-right:350:Umaril having returned to Mundus, ca. 3E 433]]

--> ''"[Presently] the half-Elf [showed himself] bathed in [Meridian light] ... and he listed his bloodline in the Ayleidoon and spoke of his father, a god of the [previous kalpa's] World-River and taking great delight in the heavy-breathing of Pelinal who had finally bled... "''
---> - '''''The Song of Pelinal'''''

--> '''Race''': Ayleid (Formerly), Demigod
--> '''Born''': ?? (sometime prior to the 1st Era, ??)
--> '''Died''': 1E 243 (initial banishment, Cyrodiil), 3E 433 (actual death)

Umaril the Unfeathered was an Ayleid sorcerer-king who ruled the Ayleid Empire from the White-Gold Tower at the time of the Alessian Revolt. He was a "half-Elf," born to an Ayleid mother and divine father, claimed to be the "God of the World-River" from the previous kalpa. He was defeated in combat by Pelinal, but had been granted immortality by the Daedric Prince Meridia, so did not die. Instead, he was cast adrift in Oblivion for thousands of years until the end of the 3rd Era, when he returned to Mundus seeking revenge and was defeated (and finally killed) by the Divine Crusader.

* ArchEnemy: Pelinal Whitestrake.
* BigBad: Of the Alessian Revolt and the ''Knights of the Nine'' DLC for ''Oblivion''.
* BlingOfWar: Is outfitted entirely in golden armor.
* DeaderThanDead: In order to fully kill him, his body must first be killed and then his soul destroyed in Oblivion. Pelinal was only able to accomplish the former during their battle.
* DivineIntervention: He was originally banished by Pelinal Whitestrake, himself a form of divine intervention sent by the Divines to aid Alessia. When he returns, the Divine Crusader is only able to kill him for good thanks to The Blessing of Talos.
* DivineParentage: He claims that his father was the "God of the World-River" from the previous kalpa, or cycle of time. His mother was an Ayleid, making him a NonHumanHumanoidHybrid.
* EliteMooks: He had them armed with special weapons he "wrought" but held them back until Pelinal charged the White-Gold tower on his own. Armed with these weapons, they were able to make Pelinal bleed for the first time. When he returned, he had Meridia's Aurorans in this role.
* EvilOverlord: The closest thing the monstrously evil Ayleids had to one; Herminia Cinna posits there was never a "single" king of the Ayleids, but Umaril was described as their champion and the strongest of their ilk, suggesting that Umaril was effectively the first amongst equals.
* HighAltitudeBattle: The Divine Crusader defeats his spirit in the "spirit world", which is apparently a few hundred feet up in the air above Cyrodiil.
* LargeAndInCharge: He was the ruler of the Ayleid Empire and depictions have him at nearly twice the height of Pelinal during their battle. When he returns, he is noticeably taller than other Aurorans, who themselves were already quite tall.
* LastOfHisKind: He was the very last "pure" Ayleid in existence, having survived the fall and extinction of the rest of his people. After his death, the Ayleids went officially extinct, with the only living remnants of them being their Direnni and Breton descendants.
* LightIsNotGood: Outfitted entirely in golden armor and has the patronage of Meridia, a Daedric Prince generally considered benevolent and associated with light. Make no mistake, he is ''not'' good.
* MeaningfulName: His wings don't have feathers. [[TheUnfettered May cross into]] PunnyName.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: Was on the receiving end of one from Pelinal. However, he could not be killed and his minions cut Pelinal to pieces afterward.
--> ''"[And] Umaril was laid low, the angel face of his helm dented into an ugliness which made Pelinal laugh, [and his] unfeathered wings broken off with sword strokes delivered while Pelinal stood [frothing]..."''
* OneHandedZweihander: Wields his {{BFS}} in this fashion.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Favored a "ruin-from-afar" approach by sending his minions to do his dirty work.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Hates the Divines, as they were the reason for his downfall. Churches to their worship were his first targets when he returned.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Thanks to being Meridia's champion, every time his mortal body dies, his spirit is sent back to Oblivion to re-form. (Not all that unlike an actual Daedric being.)
* SpikesOfVillainy: His "wings" come across looking more like spikes due to their lack of feathers.
* WingedHumanoid: Descriptions of him state that he had "unfeathered" angelic wings, hence his name.

!!!Second Era (2E 1 -- 2E 896)

[[folder:Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal]]
!!Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal

-> ''"The leader of this second invasion was the King of Kamal, Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal. We know little about him or his reasons for invading Tamriel, even from our agents in the Eastern Kingdom: few captured Akaviri knew any Tamrielic, and most died under interrogation."''
-->-- '''''The Second Akaviri Invasion'''''

--> '''Race''': Kamal
--> '''Born''': ?? (Akavir)
--> '''Died''': 2E 572 (Morrowind)

Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal was the King of the Kamal, an Akaviri race of "snow demons," who led an invasion of Tamriel in the 2nd Era for mysterious reasons. He and his forces were slain by a coalition of Nord, Dunmer, and Argonian forces but not before causing significant destruction in eastern Skyrim and northern Morrowind.

* CurbStompBattle:
** Dealt one out in the siege of Windhelm immediately after arriving in Tamriel, sacking the city before it could even rally its defenses.
** Was the victim of one in their final battle in Tamriel. His forces held the line against the Nords and Dunmer initially, but were finally broken when the Argonians arrived. They were driven into the sea and died by the thousands, Ada'Soom included.
* EnemyMine: The Nords, Dunmer, and Argonians - all ancient enemies - formed an alliance in order to defeat him.
* OutsideContextProblem: He and his forces just showed up one day out of the blue along the coast of Skyrim and immediately laid siege to the Nord city of Windhelm. According to captives taken, they were searching for someone or something called the "Ordained Receptacle."
* ViciousCycle: Typically, the Kamal are said to "thaw out" every year and attack the Akaviri race known as the Tang Mo. For unknown reasons, Ada'Soom broke that cycle to invade Tamriel instead.
* {{Wutai}}: He and the Kamal hail from Akavir, specifically the snowy [[GrimUpnorth northern area]] known as "Snow Hell".

[[folder:Vanus Galerion]]

->''"He was operating out of the urban center of Firsthold, and there was a common (and not entirely unfounded) attitude that magical experiments should be conducted only in unpopulated areas. Even more shocking, Galerion proposed to make magical items, potions, and even spells available to any member of the general public who could afford to pay. No longer was magic to be limited either to the aristocracy or intelligentsia."''
-->-- '''''Origin of the Mages Guild'''''

--> '''Race''': Altmer
--> '''Born''': 2E ?? ("early years" of the era, Sollicich-on-Ker, Summerset Isle)
--> '''Died''': Sometime after 2E 582 (He was reportedly turned into a Worm Thrall by Mannimarco)

One of the most legendary sorcerers in Tamriel's history and the founder of the Mages Guild. Born as Trechtus to a smuggler father under serfdom to Lord Gyrnasse of Sollicich-on-Ker, he ran away after his father was executed and came before a former member of the Psijic Order who recognized his magical potential. He was taken before the Psijic Loremaster Iachesis who brought him into the order and renamed him Vanus Galerion.

Vanus served the order alongside Mannimarco, and was the one responsible for the latter's expulsion from the Order after his work in necromancy was discovered. He would eventually leave the Order to create a new society where mages from all across Tamriel could come together and study their craft, which became known as the Mages Guild.

During the Interregnum, Vanus was one of the key leaders of the fight against Molag Bal's invasion of Nirn, directing the Mages Guild against the Lord of Lies and serving as one of the commanders of the united Fighters Guild and Mages Guild forces in Coldharbour.

Sometime after the Alliance War, he led an army of knights and battlemages against Mannimarco's Order of the Black Worm. Though he himself fell in the battle, Mannimarco's forces were decimated and scattered, securing his legacy as one of the greatest mages in Tamriellic history.

* ArchEnemy: Mannimarco. The two were arch rivals even before Vanus discovered his nercomancy, and the hatred has only gotten worse since then. In the Third Era, the complete destruction of the Mages Guild and Vanus' legacy is the Worm Cult's top priority.
* TheArchMage: ''The'' original Arch-Mage of Tamriel, sort of. Despite being the one who first coined the term, he insisted that the legendary First Era mage Shalidor be recognized as an Arch-Mage due to his legendary contributions to the magic arts.
* BigGood: Becomes this for the last act of ''Online''[='s=] main quest, serving as the de facto leader of the united Fighters and Mages Guild forces set against Molag Bal.
* InsufferableGenius: The guy is a master wizard with immense talent and ''knows'' it, and he won't let the people around him forget that fact. His appearances in ''Online'' very frequently involve him tooting his own horn while helping you save the planet, and is most evident during the Coldharbour arc.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He often makes disparaging comments towards those he considers less intelligent than him (which is pretty much everyone) and [[AskAStupidQuestion reacts poorly when asked about topics he feels are obvious]], but during the course of ''Online'' he proves to be a stalwart ally and friend of the Vestige, even if he does talk down to them now and then.

!!!Third Era (3E 0 -- 3E 433)

[[folder:Potema Septim]]
!!Potema Septim (a.k.a. Wolf Queen Potema)

->''"I am the Queen of Solitude, daughter of the Emperor! Summon the daedra! I'll trade the soul of every last subject of mine for a little comfort!"''
-->-- '''''Queen Potema, 3E 97'''''

-->'''Race''': Imperial
-->'''Born''': 3E 67
-->'''Died''': 3E 137

A royal member of the Septim lineage who ruled as Queen of Solitude and is regarded as one of the greatest necromancers to have ever lived. She plotted to inherit the throne and rule Tamriel by any means necessary and, to this end, provoked a war of succession known as the War of the Red Diamond. Potema accused her niece, Empress Kintyra II, of being illegitimate with the intention of installing her son Uriel III on the throne. She briefly achieved this goal after capturing and executing Kintyra, which allowed Uriel to succeed her. However, following her son's capture and subsequent death, she retreated to Solitude and spent a decade resisting the Imperial forces during a protracted siege with her undead armies; refusing to concede defeat until her death.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Widely regarded as "unambiguously evil" by most historians and, according to "The Wolf Queen" series, she was deserted by practically all her followers by the end of her life due to how insane she had become.
* AnimalMotifs: As indicated by her title, SavageWolves. According to tales, her parents slew a werewolf together and soul-trapped him into a gem that they made into a ring. His soul would reside inside it until Potema's birth, where it is said to have been transferred to her body. When she was presented to her grandfather (Emperor Uriel II), he said she was like "a she-wolf ready to pounce".
* TheArchmage: She's noted as being one of, if not ''the'' most powerful necromancer(s) to have ever lived and even outside of necromancy, she's incredibly magically powerful. Notably, the quest dealing with her potential resurrection has it be mentioned she can't be at full power yet because if she was, everyone in Solitude would ''already be dead''. Even a severely weakened shade of Potema is capable of giving the Last Dragonborn trouble.
* ArrangedMarriage: She was married to King Mantiarco of Solitude in order to solidify a political alliance. Even though he loved her and did everything he could to make her happy, Potema was displeased at being used in this manner.
* TheCaligula: While she always had traces of this trope in her life, it was after Uriel's death that she fully lived up to it.
* CainAndAbel: During the War of the Red Diamond, her primary enemies were her own younger brothers Cephorus and Magnus.
* CameBackWrong: The cultists that tried to resurrect her had their ritual foiled by the Last Dragonborn, resulting in Potema being only partially resurrected in a weakened state. It's noted she ''has'' to be stopped from regaining her full strength, as a fully resurrected Potema could destroy Solitude and be borderline unstoppable.
* CavalryOfTheDead: After her armies and those of her allies were defeated, she held out in Solitude in a protracted siege which lasted 10 years. During that time, Potema, a powerful necromancer and practitioner of other [[TheDarkArts Dark Arts]], resurrected many dead bodies to bolster her dwindling forces.
* CivilWar: Potema is responsible for triggering the War of the Red Diamond to replace the Empress with her son, Uriel III. This was the most devastating conflict in Tamriel since the start of the Third Era, and would remain as such until the Oblivion Crisis.
* CorruptPolitician: She used whatever means were at her disposal to get what she wanted, no matter how underhanded. Her favorite tactic seems to be "exposing" people as illegitimate bastards, though. Since she used it to get her husband to disinherit her stepson and tried to use it on her own niece.
* TheDreaded: Her resurrection in the Fourth Era is treated as a matter of complete and frightening danger, not only due to the havoc that she would wreck if she came back to life (consider that she nearly destroyed the Empire by herself, something that a [[TheLegionsOfHell Daedric invasion]], the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]]. and [[VestigialEmpire 200 years of decline]] didn't manage to do) but also due to her status as a Septim, which would make her the legitimate heir to the Imperial Throne.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The fictional InGameNovel "The Wolf Queen" depicts her relationship with Uriel as quite warm, particularly in his youth. Historically, her fury was described as "terrible" when she learned of her son's death, though this may equally well have been because the death of Uriel meant the loss of her ticket to the throne.
* EvilAunt: To Kintyra II, whom she tried to undermine her rule and ended up ordering her execution. She also may have driven her nephew Pelagius to madness by gifting him with a cursed wolf gem.
* EvilOldFolks: She was in her seventies by the time of her death, and was at her most cruel and deranged.
* EvilMatriarch: Used her son as a pawn to gain more power and control. It's said that after his death she lost whatever positive qualities she had.
* EvilOverlord: During her lifetime, that is. Despite being of royal blood, she plotted to usurp the Imperial throne and used necromancy to achieve her own ends. By the time of her death, [[TheNecrocracy her entire court was comprised of nothing but skeletons, vampires, draugr, and Daedra]].
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The evil and corrupt queen of Solitude.
* HumanResources: Its reported that she increased her undead armies by taking the enemies' corpses, raising them and adding more numbers into the fold.
* {{Irony}}: She badly desired power, launching a continent-spanning civil war in an effort to depose her legitimate niece so that she could install her own son as Emperor, then seeking the position for herself after he was killed. Come the 4th Era, a group of necromancers attempted to summon and bind her to mortal form, only to be stopped by the Last Dragonborn. If it had worked, with no other living members of the Septim lineage, she would have been the rightful Empress of Tamriel.
* TheNecrocracy: She pretty much turned Solitude into one when her entire force was comprised of nothing but undead minions she raised (and Daedra she summoned) following most of her supporters ditching her due to how much of a nutcase she was.
* {{Necromancer}}: Considered one of the greatest to have ever lived.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Potema was a feared necromancer that lived into her seventies, and was fully capable of raising legions of undead to replace her armies that abandoned her following her descent into madness.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Her armies were comprised of zombies, skeletons, draugr, and vampires bound to serve her. By the end, these made up pretty much all of her remaining forces.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Uriel was her only child to survive his birth, with all her other pregnancies having ended in miscarriages. When Uriel was taken captive and burned alive by an angry mob, it effectively took away whatever sanity she had left.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Potema was likely one of the most powerful mortal magic users in the world. Everyone notes that if she was resurrected at her full power, she'd be fully capable of slaughtering everyone in Solitude and be borderline unstoppable.
* PyrrhicVictory: Even though she ultimately lost the war, her opponents suffered negative consequences in the long run as well. Her brother Cephorus spent most of his reign fighting to bring Potema down even after the war was over. He died three years later, unmarried and childless, and was succeeded by their other brother Magnus, who had an even shorter rule and was succeeded by his son Pelagius III, who ended up becoming insane (quite possibly because of his contact with Potema). Pelagius' son Cassynder took over after his mother Empress Katariah's sudden death but was already elderly and in ill health. (He said to have aged like his Breton father rather than his Dunmer mother.) Some Imperial historians consider his death the end of the "true" Septim bloodline. Cassynder adopted his half-brother, Uriel Lariat, who had no Septim blood, as his heir. The Elder Council reluctantly recognized Uriel Lariat as Uriel IV, but after his death, passed over his son Andorak for a cousin more closely related to the original Septim bloodline - Cephorus II. Essentially, Potema ended up killing the closest lineage of the bloodline of Tiber Septim[[note]]Septim's direct bloodline ended after the death of his grandson, Pelagius I, who was succeeded by his third-cousin and daughter of Tiber's brother (Agnorith), Kintrya I.[[/note]] simply because she couldn't control it.
* RoyalBrat: As a little girl, she had the habit of sneaking around the Imperial Palace to pick locks and steal documents which she used to blackmail members of her family.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: Just look at all the family-related tropes in her folder. Having a dysfunctional relationship with her relatives doesn't even begin to describe it.
* SanitySlippage: With Uriel's death, the war was over and there was nothing else left for her side but to lose. Driven insane--either by grief or her easy pawn to the Ruby Throne being taken from her--Potema wouldn't hear it and kept the fighting going, raising as many undead she could against Cephorus' Imperial forces. She lost any supporters she had as time went on, because fighting for her against the Empire wasn't really worth it and there is nothing she could have offered anymore after Uriel died. Her insanity also didn't help either, since she also had tendency to kill any of her servants and turn them into zombies too.
* SuccessionCrisis: Accused her niece Kintyra II of being a bastard and therefore illegitimate while proposing her son Uriel III (nephew of the former Emperor) as the rightful heir. This resulted in the War of the Red Diamond, the most devastating war of the 3rd Era until the Oblivion Crisis.
* TheVamp: It's said that sex was just one of the many weapons she used to manipulate people such as her husband or gain political allies like Orgnum.
* VillainousLegacy: According to some, she may have been responsible for driving her nephew Pelagius to madness. In "The Wolf Queen", during her last moments, she gave him a cursed medallion that would slowly corrupt its wearer.
* WickedStepmother: She convinced Mantiarco to disinherit his firstborn with his previous wife by convincing him he was a bastard and had Uriel proclaimed as his heir.

!!!Unknown/Multiple Eras

[[folder:Iachesis]]
!!Iachesis

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[[caption-width-right:350:Iachesis in 2E 582]]

-> ''"In a few years, the mists will move over Artaeum and we will be gone. We are counselors by nature, and there are too many counselors in Tamriel as it is. No, we will go, and return when the land needs us again, perhaps in another age."''
-->-- Iachesis in '''''2920, The Last Year of the First Era'''''

--> '''Race''': Altmer
--> '''Born''': (sometime prior to) 1E 20 (the earliest historical mention of the Psijic Order)
--> '''Died''': 2E 582 (Evergloam)

Iachesis was the earliest known Ritemaster of the Psijic Order and is considered one of the wisest and most powerful mages in Tamriellic history. Little is known of his early life, but he was Ritemaster of the order by its first historical mention in 1E 20. He continued to serve in this role for three and half millennia, playing a role in numerous historical events including the world-changing events of the final year of the First Era, Artaeum's first disappearance, the banishment of Mannimarco, and the founding of the Mages Guild.

In 2E 230, in order to keep it from being stolen by the Sea Sload K'Tora and the Abyssal Cabal, he hid the Heart of the Transparent Law, the "stone" of Crystal Tower, within himself. In 2E 582, the Daedric Prince Nocturnal fatally removed the heart but her ultimate goal of using it was thwarted by the Vestige and several other Daedric Princes. When Artaeum returned, the Psijic Order was without the only leader it had known in written history.

* TheArchmage: As leader of the Psijic Order, widely considered the most magically powerful group in Tamriel. He is said to have rivaled even PhysicalGod Sotha Sil in wisdom.
* TheGoodChancellor: Was a firm believer in the Psijic Order's mandate to serve as advisors to the leaders of Tamriel. With Tamriel falling into chaos in the early 2nd Era, the Order's home island of Artaeum vanished for over 500 years, something Iachesis informed Sotha Sil and Almalexia of in 1E 2920.
* LivingMacGuffin: After hiding the Heart of the Transparent Law, the "stone" of [[TheTower Crystal Tower]], within himself. Several Daedric Princes formed an alliance in an attempt to take it from him.
* LongLived: Led the Psijic Order for at least 3,500 years. Assuming he was older than 20 when he became Ritemaster, he may very well have been one of the last people born during the Merethic Era alive when he died.
* MagicalSociety: The longest-serving known leader of the Psijic Order -- the oldest, most mysterious, and perhaps the most powerful magical society in Tamriel.
* VillainTeamUp: The Daedric Princes Nocturnal, Mephala, and Clavicus Vile teamed up as "The Triad" in an attempt to retrieve the Heart of the Transparent Law from him. Nocturnal ultimately betrayed the others, killing Iachesis, but was thwarted from using the heart by the Vestige with assistance of the other vengeful Triad members and Meridia.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Inverted toward Mannimarco. After Vanus Galerion turned Mannimarco in for practicing necromancy, expecting him to be executed or imprisoned, he was shocked when Iachesis opted to banish Mannimarco instead. His disillusionment led Vanus to leave the Psijic Order and start the Mages Guild, while Mannimarco went on to kill thousands in several incidents over the next two Eras.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: He could teleport others against their will. With a wave of his hand, the target would be bathed in purple light and then be teleported away. He demonstrated this when banishing Mannimarco from the Psijic Order and Arteum.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Was the leader of the most magically powerful order in Tamriel and was at least 3,500 years old when he died.

[[folder:Lamae Beolfag]]
!!Lamae Beolfag (a.k.a. Lamae Bal, The Blood Matron)

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[[caption-width-right:350:Lamae, as seen in ''Online'']]

-> ''"Tamriel was still young, and filled with danger and wondrous magick when Bal walked in the aspect of a man and took a virgin, Lamae Beolfag, from the Nedic Peoples. Savage and loveless, Bal profaned her body, and her screams became the Shrieking Winds, which still haunt certain winding fjords of Skyrim. Shedding a lone droplet of blood on her brow, Bal left Nirn, having sown his wrath."''
-->-- '''''Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie'''''

--> '''Race''': Nede
--> '''Born''': Merethic Era ?? (vampires were present in Tamriel during [[https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:De_Rerum_Dirennis the Locvar raids on Tyrigel]]; Skyrim)
--> '''Died''': ??

Lamae Beolfag was a Nedic priestess of Arkay during the Merethic Era who was raped by Molag Bal, becoming the first Daughter of Coldharbour and first vampire.

* AntiVillain: In ''Online''. Were she not in direct opposition to Molag Bal, she'd probably be an antagonist instead due to her declaring open season on "Arkay's children".
* BrokenBird: As a direct result of her becoming a Daughter of Coldharbour, while at the same time feeling as if Arkay had turned his back on her.
* BurnTheWitch: What the nomads who initially rescued her tried to do when they saw her injuries rapidly healing on their own.
* FaustianRebellion: Her progeny are strictly forbidden from worshiping Molag Bal, and in fact, she wants to turn Molag Bal's "children" against him.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: A humble priestess of Arkay to the MonsterProgenitor of vampires, to be exact.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Considering that it's Molag Bal, and considering how she became one, this trope is a major {{understatement}}.
* MonsterProgenitor: Is the many-times grandsire of all vampires who didn't receive their abilities directly from Molag Bal as well or from other pure-blooded vampires.
* PowerFloats: When she finally appears in person before the player in ''Online,'' she's floating.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Hates Arkay for, in her eyes, abandoning her in her time of need.
* RapeAsDrama: Was raped by Molag Bal and became the first vampire as a result.
* RapeLeadsToInsanity: She became obsessed with vengeance and spreading her vampiric nature after being raped and turned into a vampire by Molag Bal, and then abandoned by Arkay.
* RedBaron: The Blood Matron.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Is revealed to still be alive in ''Online'', and her and her progeny are in direct opposition to Molag Bal. Her opinion of Arkay isn't much better.
* UngratefulBitch: Upon turning, she slaughtered the nomads who tried to bring her back to health. However, ''Online'' adds more context from Lamae's perspective -- their way of "saving" her was to perform a MercyKill via [[BurnTheWitch burning her alive]], hoping to purify her before her corruption took hold. If accurate, Lamae wasn't so much "ungrateful" as she was vengeful.
* VampireVords: She has a similar accent, though she can at least pronounce the 'w' sound.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Considering her [[RapeAsBackstory backstory]] and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil motivations]]? Yes.

[[folder:Orgnum]]
!! Orgnum (a.k.a. Orghum)

-> ''"Suffice to say that the arch-mage known as "King" Orgnum has long led the outcasts of the shrouded isle. He uses foul spells, rituals and sacrifices to continually renew his youth and vigor. Other rumors you have heard are true, as well. The rituals of Orgnum allow the Maormer to control sea serpents. Some have mastered the art of riding the beasts among the waves, while larger and less docile beasts swim in support of their largest fleets."''
-->-- '''''Fang of the Sea Vipers'''''

--> '''Race''': Aldmer/Maormer
--> '''Born''': ?? (Aldmeris)
--> '''Died''': ?? (Last seen 3E 110, Summerset Isles)

Orgnum is the King of the Maormer, the Sea Elves, who live on on the island kingdom of Pyandonea which lies far to the south of Tamriel. Originally an Aldmeri noble, he and his followers were banished from Aldmeris for attempting to seize power. Said to be an "immortal wizard" with particular strength in "snake magic," he once attempted to invade Tamriel as part of an alliance with the Wolf Queen Potema. He and his forces were swallowed by the sea in a magical storm conjured by the Psijic Order and haven't been heard from since.

* AnimalMotifs: Serpents, specifically Vipers.
* ArchEnemy: The Altmer. Throughout the 1st and 2nd Eras, Maormer forces personally led by Orgnum were said to "ravage" the coastlines of the Summerset Isles.
* CunningLinguist: When he met with Queen Potema to forge their alliance, he was said to have a translator who was fluent in all the languages of Tamriel, Pyandonea, Atmora, and Akavir.
* FountainOfYouth: According to the Altmer, he is not actually immortal and uses "foul" magics and sacrifices in order to maintain his youth.
* GodInHumanForm: The Redguard believe him to be an incarnation of Satakal, a god who is the fusion of the concepts of Anu and Padomay in their religion.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: He and his people were said to tame and use sea serpents in this fashion.
* ImmortalRuler: Said to be an "undying wizard king" who uses all manner of foul magicks to extend his life. He has been the Maomer ruler since their Merethic Era split with the Aldmer, making him perhaps the oldest non-divine being on Nirn, and very possibly the only surviving Aldmer.
* InfiniteSupplies: Associated with the artifact "Orgnum's Coffer," an almost weightless chest that produces gold from naught. When he himself possessed the Coffer, the gold it produced was unlimited. In the possession of others, it would vanish after creating a certain amount of gold.
* MerlinSickness: Not only is he said to be immortal, he supposedly appears more youthful with each passing year.
* SexGod: According to ''The Wolf Queen'' book series, Queen Potema shared her bed with Orgnum, who she stated was "one of the better lovers she had ever had".
* WeatherManipulation: His fleet was defeated when the Psijic Order summoned a storm which swallowed it whole. The annihilation was so complete that it is said the Maormer will never again be able to threaten Tamriel.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: As punishment for their attempted rebellion, he and his followers were banished and forbidden from ever returning to Aldmeris. There is said to be a literal veil of mist that they cannot penetrate surrounding their former home.

[[folder:Rajhin]]
!!Rajhin, (a.k.a Rajhin's Shadow, Footpad)

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[[caption-width-right:350:Spirit of Rajhin, as seen in ''Online'']]

-> ''"Rajhin, he who is fleet of foot, the very embodiment of speed, agility, and slyness, has borrowed many treasures from coffers across the lands. No possession is safe from his desire -- not even those of the Daedric Princes."''
-->-- '''''The Thief God's Treasures'''''

--> '''Race''': Khajiit
--> '''Born''': Sometime prior to 2E 582, presumably centuries earlier (Black Kiergo, Senchal, Elsweyr)
--> '''Died''': Sometime prior to 2E 582, presumably centuries earlier (??)

Rajhin was the most legendary thief in Khajiiti history. Rajhin stole the Ring of Khajiiti, a legendary Deadric artifact, off of the arm of the Daedric Prince Mephala. Rajhin was able to use it to make himself invisible and as quick as the wind. According to legend, the Ring rebelled against such constant use and disappeared, leaving Rajhin helpless before his enemies, who killed him. He is still considered a folk hero, and possibly a demigod, to his people even hundreds of years after his death.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: He stalked Nairume, a High Elf woman, bewitching both her and her husband in the hopes of seducing her. When that didn't work, he locked her in a frozen vault for eternity, where she'd suffer until relenting to him.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: When a High Elf named Nairume rejected him, Rajhin's "Shadow" locked her in a frozen vault. She would remain there for eternity until she put on Rajhin's Mantle, which was enchanted to then make her fall hopelessly in love with him and be his forever. Whether or not she eventually does, or is freed from the vault, is up to the player in ''Online''.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Rajhin's Mantle, which drives anyone who wears it for an extended length of time insane.
* ConsummateLiar: He was known to be duplicitous and deceitful, as befits a legendary thief.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Stole the Ring of Khajiiti from the arm of the Daedric Prince Mephala.
* GentlemanThief: He saw himself as such, and has this reputation amongst his people to this day.
* AHeroToHisHometown: Khajiit, and some Bosmer, absolutely ''love'' him and see him as a folk hero to this day.
* IfICantHaveYou: His Shadow put a High Elf woman's husband to sleep, locked her in a vault, and even ''"stole"'' her entire city just because she refused to sleep with him.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Tried to pull this on Nairume. When she refused, he locked her up in a vault.
* ImpossibleThief:
** He stole the Ring of Khajiiti from the arm of the Daedric Prince Mephala.
** One legend states that he stole a ''tattoo'' from the neck of the sleeping Empress Kintrya.
** His Shadow also stole a woman's "sleep" and then gave it to her husband, making her unable to sleep and him unable to wake up. Said Shadow then ALSO stole ''[[MonumentalTheft the entire city of Falinesti]]'', which remained missing for several years before mysteriously returning on its own.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possible, given that Rajhin's "Shadow" might be a reflection of the original. However, it's also possible that he (like others- note that Sotha Sil's shadow acts pretty much the exact ''opposite'' of the real deal) was driven mad by his Mantle.
* LongDeadBadass: To the Khajiit, who [[DeityOfHumanOrigin now consider him their God of Thieves]].
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He bewitched Nairume and her husband so that she could never sleep and he could never wake up. He initially promised to undo the curse if Nairume slept with him, but when she still refused, he just allowed her husband to stay asleep forever.
* MysteriousPast: Most tales of Rajhin have reached the point of legend, which obscure the facts of his life. The place of his birth is known, but not the year. He was apparently already deceased prior to the events of the Planemeld in 2E 582, however, Empress Kintrya (from whom Rajhin stole a neck tattoo according to legend) began rule in 3E 48, hundreds of years later. With Khajiiti legend holding that Rajhin became a demigod, and given other examples of how achieving godhood can [[TimeCrash alter the universe's timeline]] (Talos, the Tribunal, etc.), it could possibly explain some of the conflicting tales and timelines.
* RingOfPower: While already a legendary thief, the Ring of Khajiiti boosted his abilities up to eleven, including [[SuperSpeed enhanced quickness]], [[StealthExpert silent movement]], and outright {{invisibility}}.
* SelfDuplication: Rajhin's Mantle allows a person to split themselves into multiple "shadows". But it will also drive them mad. Rajhin himself had at least one such Shadow.

[[folder:Wulfharth Ash-King]]
!!Wulfharth Ash-King (a.k.a. Ysmir, Dragon of the North, Shor's Tongue, Storm of Kyne, the Kingmaker, The Underking[[note]]He contends with Zurin Arctus for the title of Underking but is ''probably'' not the true one during the time of Daggerfall. It is also possible that they were merged into the ''same'' entity.[[/note]])

->''"The Tongues sung Shor's ghost into the world again. Shor gathered an army as he did of old, and then he sucked in the long-strewn ashes of King Wulfharth and remade him, for he needed a good general. But the Devil of Dagoth petitioned to be that general, too, and he pointed out his role as the blessed harbinger of this holy war. So Shor had two generals, the Ash King and the Devil of Dagoth, and he marched on the eastern kingdoms with all the sons of Skyrim."''
-->-- '''''Five Songs of King Wulfharth'''''

--> '''Race''': Atmoran/Nord
--> '''Born''': 1E ?? (began his reign 1E 480, Atmora)
--> '''Died''': 1E 533 (first death), 1E 700 (second death), 3E 417 (third death, as the Underking)

Wulfharth was an Atmoran-born High King of Skyrim during the 1st Era. He is believed to have been a Dragonborn and a Shezarrine, one of the few beings connected to both. According to legend, he died and came back to life at least three times. He was involved with many significant historical events of the 1st Era, including the battle against the Alessian Order at Glenumbria Moors, the banishment of Alduin, and the Battle of Red Mountain (which resulted in one of his deaths). Later, after one of his revivals, he became embroiled in Tiber Septim's grand plans which eventually led to his third (and presumably final) death. Wulfharth seems to have a particular connection to the Heart of Lorkhan, as he tends to appear whenever it is threatened (such as by the Dwemer and the Kamal).

* ArchEnemy: He despises the Dunmeri Tribunal of Morrowind and wants to see them destroyed due to reasons such as the Tribunal tampering with the Heart of Lorkhan (mind you, this guy is an avatar of the said god) and being defeated by them. [[EnemyMine He was willing to work with them during Akaviri Invasion though.]] After initially aiding Tiber Septim in his conquests, he feels betrayed when Septim agrees to the Armistice with Morrowind, seeing it as a validation of the Tribunal religion, and leaves Septim for a time. He later rejoined Tiber Septim after discovering the threat of Dagoth-Ur, a fellow lord of ash whom he fought alongside in the Battle of the Red Mountain. He was willing to set aside his grudge, work with Septim again and take out ALMSIVI's trash to resolve this problem, but alas, he was betrayed by Septim before anything could be done about Dagoth-Ur.
* AwesomeButImpractical: His Thu'um was so powerful that he couldn't be sworn into office as High King of Skyrim verbally. Scribes had to draw up his oaths as a result.
* BackFromTheDead: Has died and come back to life at least three times. He first died while reversing the curse of Orkey and Alduin, one that turned him and all of the Nords into children, but made himself too old by mistake and died. He was brought back to life when Shor's ghost needed a general to lead the Nordic invasion of Morrowind, but was killed by a coalition of Dwemer and Chimer forces at Red Mountain. He was again brought back to life by the Jorunn Skald-King, who summoned him from Sovngarde with a shout that Greybeards taught him, which was possibly the Call of Valor shout that you get to use in ''Skyrim'', to aid in the fight against the Kamal invaders from Akavir. (Others say it was Almalexia of all people who summoned him back for this reason.) He was finally killed a third time by Zurin Arctus who trapped Wulfharth's soul within the Mantella, but not before killing Arctus with his dying breath. (And possibly merging the two into one being as the undead Underking as a result.)
* BodyDouble: According to the "heretical" tales of Tiber Septim's life, he served as this to Hjalti, pretending to be Tiber Septim so that they could conquer and govern in two places at once.
* DraggedOffToHell:
** After defeating a troublesome tribe of Orcs, Wulfharth "shouted their chief into Hell".
** This later happened to Wulfharth himself following his death at Red Mountain. He was, however, rescued by Kyne.
* EnemyMine: Something that he is not given enough credit for, and possibly inherited from Hoag Merkiller, his predecessor. Wulfharth was a man who always looked at the greater picture when he walked the earth. As noted in Archenemy tab, he was willing to team up with the Tribunal when the Kamal attacked despite his hatred towards them and went back to Tiber Septim, whom he had a strained relationship with him at that point, to gather an army to take care of Dagoth-Ur. We could've had Second Battle of Red Mountain, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder but Tiber had other plans...]]
* EternalHero: As a Shezarrine. He is probably the best example out of them since he has returned at least three times.
* FrontlineGeneral: Like most leaders of the Nords. Justified due to the strength of his Thu'um, an immensely powerful weapon best deployed in the thick of combat. He was notably serving as one during the Battle of Red Mountain, where he died one of his deaths.
* GodInHumanForm: As a Shezarrine and Dragonborn. While not quite CompleteImmortality, he possessed abilities far beyond those of typical mortals and is directly connected to at least two divine beings.
* KnightTemplar:
** Was fanatically obsessed with forcing the citizens of Skyrim to worship ''only'' the Old Nordic pantheon. His first act as High King of Skyrim was to outlaw the Alessian Order, slaughter their members, and burn their temples to the ground.
** He ''hated'' the Dunmeri Tribunal and wanted them destroyed above all else. When Tiber Septim made a deal with them, Wulfharth saw it as a validation of the Tribunal religion and abandoned Septim as a result.
* LongDeadBadass: At least, in between his resurrections. He's considered one of the greatest heroes in Nordic history, which is [[ProudWarriorRace really saying something]].
* MundaneUtility: Well, at least as "mundane" as something like the Thu'um can be. He once used it to "swallow a thundercloud" to protect his army from "catching cold". Considering that such a Shout exists in ''Skyrim'', it's possible that this was simply him using Clear Skies to make the storm vanish.
* MysteriousBacker: As the Underking to Tiber Septim, in the more heretical tales of Septim's life.
* ProphecyTwist: When he tries to answer the Greybeards call for TheChosenOne, he is blasted to ash and told that he is not the one. The Greybeards do leave him with a message though: "remember the color of betrayal." When Tiber Septim makes an Armistice with Morrowind, validating the rule of the Tribunal that Wulfharth hates so much, Wulfharth believes this to be the "betrayal" and leaves Septim. It turns out that this is not the case. Septim later contacts Wulfharth and agrees that the Tribunal must be destroyed. However, when Wulfharth arrives, he is ambushed by Zurin Arctus and Imperial soldiers. Arctus soul-traps Wulfharth within the Mantella, but not before Wulfharth kills Arctus with his dying breath. ''This'' was the betrayal the Greybeards spoke of.
* ThePurge: His first new law as High King of Skyrim was to order this against the Alessian Order, slaughtering the members within Skyrim's borders and burning their temples to the ground. Ironically though, the Alessian Order was dedicated to the expunging of all Merish influences from the Eight Divines and were particularly devoted to Shezzar, the Cyrodolic vision of Shor, and god of whom Wulfharth is avatar of as a Shezzarine. Their One God whom they worshiped to the near exclusion of all others may very well also have been Shor.
* RapidAging: After using Thu'um to age up everyone in Skyrim (after Alduin and Orkey made them children), he aged himself up too fast and died for the first time.
* RealityWarper: As a Dragonborn and user of the Thu'um.
* RedBaron: Shor's Tongue and Ysmir, Dragon of the North, which he earned when he (violently) reinstated the Old Nordic pantheon in Skyrim. Breath of Kyne, which he earned when he swallowed a storm cloud to protect his army. Ash-King refers to either Kyne lifting Wulfharth's ashes from the Battle of the Red Mountain, or him having been "blasted to ash" by the Greybeards when he returned from death for the third time.
* RefusedByTheCall: When the Greybeards summoned TheChosenOne who would restore the Empire and conquer the elves, [[JumpedAtTheCall Wulfharth goes to them]] believing that he is the one. Instead, he is "blasted to ash" by the Greybeards who declare Hjalti of High Rock (a young Tiber Septim) to be the one instead.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Was resurrected twice, first to lead an invasion of Morrowind and later to defend against an invasion from Akavir.
* SoulJar: If it wasn't Zurin Arctus' soul that was placed into the Mantella to control Numidium, then it was Wulfharth's. [[MergerOfSouls Or both?]] As stated in the entry for Arctus, reliable levels of certainty go out the window in this case.
* StoryBreakerPower: Like the other Shezarrines, he was one of the most powerful beings to ever walk Tamriel. His first order as High King of Skyrim was to purge the powerful and extensive Alessian Order from the country, and he could backup up his commands with one of the most powerful Thu'ums ever mentioned. Naturally, he could not have been allowed [[ThePlotReaper to remain in this role and suffered his first death]] at his own hands accidentally aging himself up too much. In his resurrections, he becomes embroiled with other extremely powerful beings (The Tribunal, Tiber Septim) in situations (Akaviri invasion, taking over Tamriel) where his power is less of a story breaker. When he becomes part of the Underking with Zurin Arctus, it's notable that despite becoming a legendary undead sorcerer, he seems to be ''less'' powerful than when in his full Shezarrine form. Despite three resurrections, he is removed from directly affecting future plots by, depending on one's interpretation of the events, ascending to godhood with Tiber and Arctus to become Talos and/or, finally, simply, being [[ICannotSelfTerminate allowed to die]].
* SuperScream: A noted user of the Thu'um himself, many Nord "Tongues" served him as generals, including Jurgen Wind-Caller.
* TakingYouWithMe: When Zurin Arctus ambushed and soul-trapped him in order to power the Mantella, Wulfharth killed Arctus with his "dying breath" and as a result of his final actions, possibly merged the two into the same "Underking" being.
* YourSoulIsMine: Had his taken by Zurin Arctus who trapped it within the Mantella in order to power Numidium.

[[folder:Zurin Arctus/The Underking]]
!!Zurin Arctus (a.k.a. The Underking[[note]]Probably the Underking active during the time of Daggerfall, or at least part of him.[[/note]])

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[[caption-width-right:228:The Underking as seen in ''Daggerfall'', holding the Totem of Tiber Septim]]

->''"Centuries ago, Tiber Septim ruled the land and forged an empire with great Numidium. The secret of Numidium's power lies in its heart, carried within the Mantella. It is the heart of Tiber Septim's battlemage. It is my heart. It is my Mantella. It is my Totem. It belongs to me, and to none other. I have won and lost an empire."''
-->-- '''''Letter from the Underking - Daggerfall'''''

-->'''Race''': Imperial\\
'''Born''': Sometime prior to 2E 852 (the beginning of the Tiber Wars)\\
'''Died''': 2E 896 (as Arctus, Imperial City, Cyrodiil), 3E 417 (as the Underking, Wayrest, High Rock)

Zurin Arctus was the first Imperial Battlemage of the Third Empire, serving under Tiber Septim. He brokered the Armistice between Septim and Vivec, and was then tasked by Septim to find a way to reactivate and control the Numidium. In order to accomplish this, he either took the heart (soul) of Wulfharth, a Shezarrine, or gave up his own heart (soul) in order to create the Mantella, the new power source of the Numidium. (Or possibly ''both'', as he was killed by Wulfharth after soul-trapping him, and it is possible that they merged into the same undead entity.) In any case, he would become The Underking, an undead wizard bound to the Mantella. He created the Totem of Tiber Septim to control the Numidium, so that only someone of royal lineage or a supernatural connection could use it. When Septim began to use the Numidium in a way that Arctus/the Underking did not intend, he tried to reclaim the Mantella. However, the process devastated both the Numidium and Arctus/the Underking, while blasting the Mantella into Aetherius. As a result of the Warp in the West, Arctus/The Underking was reunited with the Mantella and was finally able to die.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: One theory about how the deity Talos came into being is that Arctus and Wulfharth (merged as the Underking) and Tiber Septim merged to become the "enantiomorphic Oversoul" that ''is'' Talos. Conversely, it is theorized that all three were part of the same "Oversoul" from the start, and/or that Talos [[CosmicRetcon rewrote history]] to ''make'' this latter theory true.
* BigBookOfWar: Arctus authored "The Art of War Magic", an in-game book written in a similar style to ''Literature/{{The Art of War|SunTzu}}''.
* CourtMage: Arctus served as the first Imperial Battlemage of the Third Empire.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Imperial propaganda demonized Arctus as having betrayed Tiber Septim. This ''probably'' isn't the case, and if anything, it was Septim who betrayed Arctus.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Downplayed in official Imperial dogma toward Tiber Septim, but played straight in some apocryphal works. Septim likely would not have been able to conquer Tamriel without the aid of Arctus.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: As the Underking, he very much wanted to die, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever but could not]] as long as the Mantella existed. As a result of the Warp in the West, he was finally able to die (or maybe ascent to godhood as a part of Talos).
* IllegalReligion: "Arcturianism" is an obscure religious movement which gained popularity in the late 3rd Era. It focuses on the more "heretical" version of Tiber Septim's life (''Arcturian Heresy'') and attacks the legitimacy of the Septim Empire. While the normally religiously tolerant empire prefers not to put wholesale bans on religions (as a lingering reaction to the extremism of the Marukhati period), Arcturianism was an exception.
* MergerOfSouls: A prominent theory about the identity of the Underking is that he is the merged souls of Arctus and Wulfarth. When Arctus soul-trapped and killed Wulfharth, Wulfharth caused this with his dying breath.
* MultipleChoicePast: More The Underking rather than Arctus. He may have been Wulfharth, who aided Tiber Septim in his early conquests, and was a separate entity from Arctus altogether. Or The Underking came into being when Arctus soul-trapped Wulfharth in order to create the Mantella, but the two were merged into one being as a result of Wulfharth's final actions. Or, those two along with Tiber Septim were part of the same "Oversoul" from the start, and ascended as the deity Talos.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: It is implied that he is not immortal, per se, but rather had the ability to come back to life after dying (although unwillingly), and had done so several times throughout history.
* SoulJar: The Mantella served as the Underking's. Unlike many examples, he ''wanted'' it destroyed so that he could finally die.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After conquering Tamriel, Tiber Septim started using the Numidium in underhanded, backstabbing ways that were not originally intended, such as to destroy the neutral royal families of Tamriel so that he could enthrone persons he knew to be loyal. The Underking hated this and attacked, blowing the Numidium to pieces and sending the Mantella to Aetherius.
* YourSoulIsMine: Ambushed and soul-trapped Wulfharth, a Shezarrine, in order to create the Mantella to serve as a replacement power source for the Numidium. Backfired when Wulfharth killed Arctus with his dying breath, and it's possible the two were then merged into the same entity as a result, creating the Underking.

--> '''Born''': 1E ?? (Skyrim)

Lamae Beolfag was a Nedic priestess of Arkay during the 1st Era who was raped by Molag Bal, becoming the first Daughter of Coldharbour and first vampire.

--> '''Born''': Sometime prior to 1E 2703 (the first year of his reign - Sancre Tor, Cyrodiil)

His powers, way beyond those of any mere mortal, lead many of his contemporaries to believe him to be a Shezarrine, an avatar of the dead creator god Lorkhan, though there were also several things about him that implied a connection to Akatosh. Pelinal himself would always deny these speculations about his supposed divinity, often violently so.

* TimeTravel: Implied. He wore plate armor back when only the Dwemer could make it, and in one of his psychotic episodes he shouted out the name of Reman Cyrodiil, an emperor who wouldn't exist until thousands of years later. Later (somewhat) confirmed in an interview with a former series writer.

[[folder:Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal]]
!!Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal

-> ''"The leader of this second invasion was the King of Kamal, Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal. We know little about him or his reasons for invading Tamriel, even from our agents in the Eastern Kingdom: few captured Akaviri knew any Tamrielic, and most died under interrogation."''
-->-- '''''The Second Akaviri Invasion'''''

--> '''Race''': Kamal
--> '''Born''': ?? (Akavir)
--> '''Died''': 2E 572 (Morrowind)

Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal was the King of the Kamal, an Akaviri race of "snow demons," who led an invasion of Tamriel in the 2nd Era for mysterious reasons. He and his forces were slain by a coalition of Nord, Dunmer, and Argonian forces but not before causing significant destruction in eastern Skyrim and northern Morrowind.

* CurbStompBattle:
** Dealt one out in the siege of Windhelm immediately after arriving in Tamriel, sacking the city before it could even rally its defenses.
** Was the victim of one in their final battle in Tamriel. His forces held the line against the Nords and Dunmer initially, but were finally broken when the Argonians arrived. They were driven into the sea and died by the thousands, Ada'Soom included.
* EnemyMine: The Nords, Dunmer, and Argonians - all ancient enemies - formed an alliance in order to defeat him.
* OutsideContextProblem: He and his forces just showed up one day out of the blue along the coast of Skyrim and immediately laid siege to the Nord city of Windhelm. According to captives taken, they were searching for someone or something called the "Ordained Receptacle."
* ViciousCycle: Typically, the Kamal are said to "thaw out" every year and attack the Akaviri race known as the Tang Mo. For unknown reasons, Ada'Soom broke that cycle to invade Tamriel instead.
* {{Wutai}}: He and the Kamal hail from Akavir, specifically the snowy [[GrimUpnorth northern area]] known as "Snow Hell".

[[folder:Arch-Mage Shalidor]]
!!Arch-Mage Shalidor

--> '''Race''': Nord
--> '''Born''': 1E ??
--> '''Died''': 1E ??

Shalidor was an immensely powerful Nord wizard who lived during the First Era, with a skill in magic that no has ever been able to match since, at least if the legends about him are true. Among the exploits attributed to him, are the creations of the city of Winterhold and the Labyrinthian monument, both of which he is said to have summoned into being by simply whispering a spell, and stealing the secret of life from Akatosh himself. Though many of the old accounts about him are viewed by modern Tamrielic scholars to be hyperbole or even fabricated, the fact remains that Shalidor was instrumental in funding the College of Winterhold and his mostly lost writings on magic are still sought far and wide by mages hoping to gain just a sliver of the old master's insight.

* TheArchmage: By all appearences, Shalidor was the first person in recorded Tamrielic history to claim the title of "Arch-Mage". Of course, would anything lesser fit a guy who could summon an entire city out of nothing?
* DealWithTheDevil: Ever hungry for more knowledge, Shalidor entered into a bargain with Sheogorath to trade his sanctuary island of Eyevea against [[TomeOfEldritchLore the Folium Discognitum]]. A bargain Shalidor eventually came to regret, and getting Eyevea back from Sheogorath became an all-consuming obsession for him in his older days.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Invoked. When Shalidor felt his life was about to come to its end, he prepared for it by laying powerful enchantments on his final resting place that would allow him to temporarily return to Mundus from Aetherius in the case his legacy came under threat.

[[folder:Dumac Dwarfking]]
!!Dumac Dwarfking (a.k.a. Dwarf-Orc, Dumalacath)

->''"And Dumac, who still knew nothing of Kagrenac's New God, but proud and protective as ever of his people, said, "We shall not relinquish that which has been our way for years beyond reckoning, just as the Chimer will not relinquish their ties to the Lords and Ladies of Oblivion. And to come at my door in this way, arrayed in arms and armor and with your hosts around you, tells me you have already forgotten our friendship. Stand down, my sweet Nerevar, or I swear by the fifteen-and-one golden tones I shall kill you and all your people."''
-->-- '''''Nerevar at Red Mountain'''''

--> '''Race''': Dwemer
--> '''Born''': ??
--> '''Died''': 1E 700 (Red Mountain, Morrowind)

The last King of the Dwemer, Dumac and Nerevar united their people to drive the invading Nords out of Morrowind. He became a close personal friend of Nerevar, and even attended Nerevar's wedding to Almalexia, presenting them with a pair of specially enchanted swords as a gift. He mysteriously disappeared along with the rest of the Dwemer people following the Battle of Red Mountain. (Though some accounts have him being killed by either Nerevar or Voryn Dagoth prior to the event that caused the disappearance.)

* EnemyMine: Formed one with Nerevar and the Chimer in order to drive the invading Nords out of Morrowind.
* EvilFormerFriend: Voryn Dagoth convinced Nerevar that Dumac had become evil, leading to the Battle of Red Mountain. (As with many other details surrounding those events, the truth is likely lost to history.)
* FireForgedFriends: With Nerevar, as they repulsed the Nords.
* NonIndicativeName: The names "Dwarf-Orc" and "Dumalacath" would seem to indicate that he had some sort of connection with the Orcs. No such connection is evident from any established lore and may have been a WrittenByTheWinners attempt by the Tribunal Temple to demonize Dumac (since the Dunmer people weren't exactly fond of anything relating to the Orcs).
* PoorCommunicationKills: A few versions of the story of the Dwemer's final days state that [[WeUsedToBeFriends the falling out between Nerevar and Dumac]] over the Heart of Lorkhan situtation, was a result of the latter not knowing what Kagrenac was planning to do with the Heart, and that he would probably have taken Nerevar's side and stopped Kagrenac if had he known.
* TheRashomon: Much like Nerevar's death, there are several variants of Dumac's death or disappearance. He may have [[NeverFoundTheBody disappeared along with the rest of the Dwemer people]], he may have been killed by the Nordic King Wulfharth, he may have been struck down by Nerevar, and he may also have been killed by Dagoth who was then attacked by Nerevar.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Supported the alliance with the Chimer even when other Dwemer clans, such as the Rourken clan, exiled themselves as a result. He attended Nerevar's wedding as well as the coronation of Emperor Gorieus, showing a willingness previously unseen by the Dwemer to engage in the affairs of the other races of Tamriel.

[[folder:Frandar Hunding]]
!!Frandar Hunding

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[[caption-width-right:350:Spirit of Frandar Hunding]]

->''"[Frandar] lists thirty-eight grips, seven hundred and fifty offensive and eighteen hundred defensive positions, and nearly nine thousand moves essential to sword mastery. The average hack-and-slasher knows one grip, which he uses primarily to keep from dropping his blade. He knows one offensive position, facing his target, and one defensive position, fleeing. Of the multitudinous rhythms and inflections of combat, he knows less than one."''
-->-- '''''Words and Philosophy'''''

--> '''Race''': Yokudan/Redguard
--> '''Born''': 1E 720 (Hunding, High Desert, Yokuda)
--> '''Died''': Sometime after 1E 808 (Hammerfell)

Frandar do Hunding Hel Ansei No Shira, more commonly known as "Frandar Hunding," was a 1st Era Yokudan/Redguard warrior-prince and legendary Ansei, or "Sword Saint/Sword Singer." Frandar reluctantly led the Ansei in a rebellion against the Yokudan Emperor Hira, in which his (vastly outnumbered) forces were victorious but at great cost. Due to being considered "red with blood" by the citizens of Yokuda, he chose to self-exile to Tamriel, becoming one of the first Yokudans to settle there. Hunding also developed "The Way of the Sword," a martial philosophy on blade mastery and wrote the "Book of Circles" to pass along his insights. To this day, Hunding is revered as a great ancient hero and spiritual leader of the Redguards.

Frandar's spirit appears during one quest in ''The Elder Scrolls Online''.

* BloodKnight: He traveled Yokuda as a KnightErrant in his youth, slaying all manner of men and monsters, while testing his skills in 90 duels. He was never once defeated, leading him to believe that he was invincible, so he retired to Mount Hattu and wrote the Book of Circles to pass along his insights.
* CivilWar: After urging from his son and fellow Sword-Singers, Frandar reluctantly led the "greatly outnumbered" forces of the Ansei against the corrupt Yokudan Emperor Hira. Frandar and the Ansei were victorious, but were considered "red with blood" by the citizens and chose to self-exile to Tamriel following the conflict. (Yokuda itself would be "sunk beneath the sea" not long after.)
* DoomedHometown: He chose to self-exile after the bloody Yokudan civil war. Not long after, his homeland of Yokuda sunk beneath the sea under mysterious circumstances.
* DuelToTheDeath: By the time he was 30, he had fought in over 90 such duels, killing all opponents.
* FrontlineGeneral: As most [[ProudWarriorRace Yokudan/Redguard]] leaders are. He would eventually fall in battle with the giant goblins of Hammerfell while still serving as one in his ''80s''.
* GuileHero: As the leader of the Ansei during the War of the Singers. Vastly outnumbered (Hira's forces outnumbered the Ansei ''thirty to one'') and woefully unprepared to form into an organized army, Frandar devised the "Hammer and Anvil" strategy to get around the weaknesses of his army. He devised a plan of seven battles, each leading Hira's forces deeper and deeper into the Yokudan wilderness. The first six battles had no clear winner, as was Frandar's intention, but drew Hira's force further and further out. In the seventh battle, at the foot of Mount Hattu (where Frandar lived as a hermit for 30 years while writing the Book of Circles), the "hammer" struck. Frandar's Ansei killed over three-hundred thousand of Hira's men, winning the war.
* KnightErrant: Served as one throughout Yokuda after becoming an Ansei. Using only his Shehai "Spirit Sword," he traveled the land killing bands of brigands and wandering monsters.
* LordCountry:
** Both Hunding Bay in Hammerfell and Port Hunding on the island of Stros M'Kai are named after him.
** Also Inverted, as the "Hunding" part of his name refers to the region of Yokuda where he was born. Essentially, these places were named after him, who was already named after a different place.
* MasterSwordsman: He was, perhaps, the greatest swordsman in all of Nirn's history. He was said to be the greatest of the Ansei, "Sword Saints," whose mastery of the sword was so great that they [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation could form blades from their very souls, known as "Shehai"]]. His "Way of the Sword" martial philosophy and treatise on sword mastery, the Book of Circles, are cultural treasures of the Redguard people.
* OldSoldier: He was around 60 when he led the Ansei to victory against Emperor Hira and then traveled to Tamriel. He would have pushing ''90'' when he fell in battle against the giant goblins of Hammerfell.
* TheOrder: Was said to be the greatest of the Ansei, or "Sword Saints."
* OverlyLongName: His "formal" name of Frandar do Hunding Hel Ansei No Shira. Frandar is his given name, Hunding is the region of his birth, Hel Ansei is a title recognizing him as one of the Ansei, and No Shira recognizes his noble birth.
* ParentalNeglect: He was not present for much of Divad's life.
* PhysicalGod: Insofar as he may have been a vessel for the [=HoonDing=], the Yokudan/Redguard "make way" god who manifests any time the Yokudan people have to have living space cleared for them to settle or colonize. Considering he led the Ansei to Tamriel after the Yokudan Civil War (and Yokuda's subsequent sinking into the sea), this may have some merit (especially considering that Frandar's last name is phonetically similar to the [=HoonDing=]).
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: His army of Ansei during the War of the Singers. Despite their abilities as swordsmen, they were few in number and woefully unprepared to form into an organized army.
* ReluctantRuler: When his son, Divad, and the Ansei came to him, he initially refused to lead them in battle against the Emperor. It was only after five hours of debate that he reluctantly agreed to become their leader, and it is said that he [[TheChainsOfCommanding struggled with that decision and many others he made as leader]] later in life.
* SacredScripture: His "Book of Circles," a treatise on sword mastery. It is said to include "thirty-eight grips, seven hundred and fifty offensive and eighteen hundred defensive positions, and nearly nine thousand moves essential to sword mastery". Every Redguard household in Hammerfell contains an alcove above their hearth to store and display the book.
* YouKilledMyFather: After he fell in battle to the giant goblins of Hammerfell, his only son, Divad, took command of the Redguard forces and wiped the goblins out.

[[folder:Gaiden Shinji]]
!!Gaiden Shinji

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[[caption-width-right:350:Gaiden Shinji as seen in an ''Online'' flashback]]

->''"The best techniques are passed on by the survivors."''
-->-- '''''Shinji's Credo'''''

--> '''Race''': Redguard
--> '''Born''': 1E ?? (Hammerfell)
--> '''Died''': ca. 1E 950 (Orsinium)

Gaiden Shinji was a 1st Era Redguard hero who was the leader of the Order of Diagna (a knightly order based in Hammerfell) and founded the Arena in the Imperial City, serving as its first Blademaster. Shinji was convinced by King Joile of Daggerfall to participate in the Siege of Orsinium, and was killed when Joile betrayed him. He is still revered as a near-godly figure by both the Redguards and Arena combatants thousands of years later.

* CavalryBetrayal: He was betrayed by King Joile whose archers killed both he and his Orc opponent during their duel.
* CombatByChampion: Along with DuelToTheDeath. Shinji was convinced by King Joile to challenge the Orc leader, Baloth Bloodtusk, in this fashion. As the two dueled, King Joile's archers fired upon them, killing both.
* {{Expy}}: Has a good deal in common with UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, minus the part about not actually dying in battle, of course.
* GhostMemory: Memory Stones in a particular ''Online'' quest allow one to see the events of Shinji's final days through the eyes of one of his followers.
* GladiatorSubquest: Founded the Arena in the Imperial City in order to provide these for prospective combatants.
* {{Irony}}: He was not actually one of the "survivors" he mentions in his famous quote, though he fell in battle not for his techniques failing, but due to treachery.
* MasterSwordsman: As is the case for most Redguard heroes. The title of "Blademaster" wasn't just cosmetic.
* TheOrder: Was the leader of the Order of Diagna, a Hammerfell-based knightly order dedicated to the Yokudan/Redguard "Orichalc God of the Sideways Blade", Diagna.
* WarReenactors: Every year, new initiates to the Order of Diagna play the role of Orcs in a reenactment of the Siege of Orsinium in Shinji's honor.

[[folder:Iachesis]]
!!Iachesis

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[[caption-width-right:350:Iachesis in 2E 582]]

-> ''"In a few years, the mists will move over Artaeum and we will be gone. We are counselors by nature, and there are too many counselors in Tamriel as it is. No, we will go, and return when the land needs us again, perhaps in another age."''
-->-- Iachesis in '''''2920, The Last Year of the First Era'''''

--> '''Race''': Altmer
--> '''Born''': (sometime prior to) 1E 20 (the earliest historical mention of the Psijic Order)
--> '''Died''': 2E 582 (Evergloam)

Iachesis was the earliest known Ritemaster of the Psijic Order and is considered one of the wisest and most powerful mages in Tamriellic history. Little is known of his early life, but he was Ritemaster of the order by its first historical mention in 1E 20. He continued to serve in this role for three and half millennia, playing a role in numerous historical events including the world-changing events of the final year of the First Era, Artaeum's first disappearance, the banishment of Mannimarco, and the founding of the Mages Guild.

In 2E 230, in order to keep it from being stolen by the Sea Sload K'Tora and the Abyssal Cabal, he hid the Heart of the Transparent Law, the "stone" of Crystal Tower, within himself. In 2E 582, the Daedric Prince Nocturnal fatally removed the heart but her ultimate goal of using it was thwarted by the Vestige and several other Daedric Princes. When Artaeum returned, the Psijic Order was without the only leader it had known in written history.

* TheArchmage: As leader of the Psijic Order, widely considered the most magically powerful group in Tamriel. He is said to have rivaled even PhysicalGod Sotha Sil in wisdom.
* TheGoodChancellor: Was a firm believer in the Psijic Order's mandate to serve as advisors to the leaders of Tamriel. With Tamriel falling into chaos in the early 2nd Era, the Order's home island of Artaeum vanished for over 500 years, something Iachesis informed Sotha Sil and Almalexia of in 1E 2920.
* LivingMacGuffin: After hiding the Heart of the Transparent Law, the "stone" of [[TheTower Crystal Tower]], within himself. Several Daedric Princes formed an alliance in an attempt to take it from him.
* LongLived: Led the Psijic Order for at least 3,500 years. Assuming he was older than 20 when he became Ritemaster, he may very well have been one of the last people born during the Merethic Era alive when he died.
* MagicalSociety: The longest-serving known leader of the Psijic Order -- the oldest, most mysterious, and perhaps the most powerful magical society in Tamriel.
* VillainTeamUp: The Daedric Princes Nocturnal, Mephala, and Clavicus Vile teamed up as "The Triad" in an attempt to retrieve the Heart of the Transparent Law from him. Nocturnal ultimately betrayed the others, killing Iachesis, but was thwarted from using the heart by the Vestige with assistance of the other vengeful Triad members and Meridia.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Inverted toward Mannimarco. After Vanus Galerion turned Mannimarco in for practicing necromancy, expecting him to be executed or imprisoned, he was shocked when Iachesis opted to banish Mannimarco instead. His disillusionment led Vanus to leave the Psijic Order and start the Mages Guild, while Mannimarco went on to kill thousands in several incidents over the next two Eras.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: He could teleport others against their will. With a wave of his hand, the target would be bathed in purple light and then be teleported away. He demonstrated this when banishing Mannimarco from the Psijic Order and Arteum.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Was the leader of the most magically powerful order in Tamriel and was at least 3,500 years old when he died.

[[folder:Indoril Nerevar]]
!!Lord Indoril Nerevar (a.k.a. Saint Nerevar, Nerevar Moon-and-Star, Hortator, The Caravan Guard)

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-> ''"If you would learn valor, follow St. Nerevar the Captain, patron of Warriors and Statesmen. Lord Nerevar helped to unite the barbarian Dunmer tribes into a great nation, culminating in his martyrdom when leading the Dunmer to victory against the evil Dwemer and the traitorous House Dagoth in the Battle of Red Mountain. "''
-->-- '''''Lives of the Saints'''''

--> '''Race''': Chimer
--> '''Born''': (sometime prior to) 1E 369 (possibly Resdayn - disputed)
--> '''Died''': 1E 700 (Red Mountain, Morrowind)

The ancient leader of the Chimer (now Dunmer) people. Rose up from humble beginnings as a caravan guard to unite the Chimer people in the nation of Resdayn, now known as Morrowind. Despite being long-time adversaries, he managed to ally the Dwemer and Chimer people to fend off an invasion by the Nords. He was aided by a council consisting of his wife Almalexia, his junior councilor (sometimes referred to as "General") Vivec, the wizard Sotha Sil, and his close friend/advisor Voryn Dagoth. When presented with evidence that the Dwemer had found the Heart of Lorkhan and were planning to use it in a way that was "blasphemous" to the Daedric Princes that the Chimer worshiped, Nerevar went to war with them and, along with Voryn Dagoth, infiltrated the Dwemer stronghold at Red Mountain which housed the Heart. Exactly what happened there is recounted differently by all those who were present, but Nerevar died and the Dwemer had disappeared. Nerevar was considered a champion of Azura, one of the Daedric Princes the Chimer people worshiped, and she was quite displeased with his death and the subsequent actions of his council, the Tribunal. She prophesied his reincarnation and the eventual demise of the Tribunal.

* CompellingVoice: He reportedly had "supernatural powers of persuasion," the source of which has never been elaborated upon. Further enhanced by his Dwemer-crafted and Azura-blessed ring, Moon-And-Star.
* DelinquentHair: Traditionally depicted with a tall mohawk. The sacred Indoril armor worn by the Ordinators is said to be in his image, with the helmet featuring his distinctive mohawk.
* EnemyMine: Arranged this with the rival Dwemer in order to drive the invading Nords out of Morrowind.
* FireForgedFriends: With Dumac Dwarfking, leader of the Dwemer, as they repulsed the Nords.
* FolkHero: For the Ashlanders. Also a Messianic figure, who is believed will return one day to strike down the "false gods" of the Tribunal. Vivec instead tries to claim that he was merely one of many saints to the Dunmer people[[note]]although a very ''important'' saint, being one of the five Greater Saints of the Tribunal Temple, the other four being the Tribunal themselves and Veloth, the effective founder of the ''entire Dunmer race''[[/note]].
* FounderOfTheKingdom: Is treated as this by the Dunmer people as the great unificator of Morrowind. The Tribunal rule in his name (even though they very likely may be responsible for his death) and he is revered as a saint in the Tribunal Temple.
* FrontlineGeneral: According to most accounts. Most notably, he was this at the Battle of Red Mountain leading to the disputed circumstances of his death.
* GuileHero: His greatest skills were his leadership and supernatural powers of persuasion.
* IconicItem: In-universe, his Moon-And-Star ring. Also, True Flame to a lesser extent.
* TheLeader: Type II during the Chimer's war with the Dwemer in the backstory. The rest of the band consisted of the Tribunal and Dagoth Ur.
* LongDeadBadass: He's been dead for some 4000 years, but the Tribunal still rule in his name and hold him up as an ideal for the Dunmer to aspire to be.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: His supernatural powers of persuasion are never elaborated on or explained. Were they some sort of supernatural gift or was he simply a very persuasive person? Like many other details about him, this is one we'll likely never know.
* MysteriousPast: Very little is known of his early life, and even then, there are conflicting sources. Vivec states that Nerevar was a merchant caravan guard, and Ashlander tradition holds that he was not born in the land that would eventually become Morrowind.
* OldSoldier: Granted, the races of Mer are LongLived compared to the races of Men, but Nerevar was (at least) in his 300s at the time of his death and still serving as a frontline general. (Not counting those who've enhanced their lifespans with magic or divine powers, that is still quite old for a Mer.)
* PoorCommunicationKills: A few of the versions of Nerevar's final days imply that his good friend Dumac did not know what Kagrenac was planning to do with the tools and heart, and would have stopped Kagrenac had he known. Thus, possibly preventing the Battle of Red Mountain, the Dwemer's disappearance, and Nerevar's death.
* PosthumousCharacter: Has been dead for around 4000 years by the events of ''Morrowind''. His death, prophesied reincarnation, and the subsequent use of the Heart of Lorkhan by the Tribunal and Dagoth Ur to obtain divinity are the catalyst for the game's plot. Everything we know of his life and death comes from in-game books and [[TheRashomon Rashomon]]-style stories from key characters.
* TheRashomon: The accounts of his death conflict greatly. The official stance of the Tribunal Temple, the Dissident Priests, the Ashlanders, Dagoth Ur, Vivec, and Azura all recount it differently. What is known for sure is that Nerevar died at Red Mountain. Some say the Tribunal did it (it is worth noting that both Sotha Sil and Vivec do admit, in varying degrees of directness and remorse, that they had a hand in causing his death), others Dagoth Ur, or that he went too deep into Red Mountain seeking the Sharmat and the volcano exploded. We'll probably never know what ''actually'' happened, on the assumption that not all of them are true. (The Dwemer disappearance probably consisted of a [[TimeCrash Dragon Break]], which means '''''all''''' of them could be true and then smashed into one incoherent timeline of events.)
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He mostly went around trying to stop people from killing each other. First he united the disjointed Chimer people, and then united them with the Dwemer in order to repulse the Nords. His time as leader of Resdayn was considered one of the most peaceful and prosperous times in the history of the Chimer/Dunmer people.
* {{Reincarnation}}: The Nerevarine is said to be him reborn.
* ShoutOut: Many to Myth/KingArthur: both were charismatic war-leaders who united their peoples against foreign invasion to great effect, both have numerous conflicting accounts of their passing, both have close groups of followers whose tales and exploits eventually begin to eclipse their own legacies, both became folk heroes to groups who have been marginalized by invasion and progress, and both have prophesies of their return which may or may not have already occurred if valid.
* StandardHeroReward: Married Almalexia, who was already a high priestess in a noble Chimeri Great House, despite his non-royal background.
* TookALevelInBadass: Details of his early life are scant, but if Vivec's account [[UnreliableNarrator can be believed]], Nerevar was a mere merchant caravan guard prior to uniting the Chimer people.
* TookTheWifesName: According to one of the game writers, Nerevar took his wife Ayem's (later the goddess Almalexia) House name, Indoril, upon marrying her. She was a high priestess belonging to one of the Great Houses, whereas he was formerly a caravan guard born to an irrelevant minor house.
* WhenItAllBegan : Nerevar's death at Red Mountain thousands of years ago [[PlotTriggeringDeath establishes the plot of the game.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He and Dumac Dwarfking showed shades of this prior to their alliance, at which point they became close friends.

[[folder:Jurgen Windcaller]]
!!Jurgen Windcaller (aka Jurgen the Calm)

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[[caption-width-right:350:Jurgen Windcaller, as met in Sovngarde]]

-> ''"The Tongues at Red Mountain went away humbled - Jurgen Windcaller began His Seven Year Meditation - To understand how Strong Voices could fail - Jurgen Windcaller chose silence and returned - The 17 disputants could not shout Him down - Jurgen the Calm built His home on the Throat of the World"''
-->-- '''''The Etched Tablets of High Hrothgar'''''

--> '''Race''': Nord
--> '''Born''': 1E ?? (Skyrim)
--> '''Died''': Sometime after 1E 424 (Skyrim)

Considered the most powerful "Tongue," Nord warriors who were masters of the Thu'um, of the 1st Era. He was a leader of the Nord forces under King Wulfharth when they invaded Morrowind. Following their ignominious defeat at Red Mountain, he meditated for seven years and determined that the defeat was due to the displeasure of the Divines for misusing the Voice. He would inspire the "Way of the Voice" and would found the Greybeards. Upon his death, Jurgen was buried at Ustengrav, an ancient fane in the marshes of Hjaalmarch.

* BadassPacifist: Despite the strength such a group may possess, he preached pacifism and instilled this belief in his Greybeard followers. When the other Tongues tried to "shout" he and his teachings down, he didn't fight back. Instead, he "swallowed" their words for three days to prove his mastery.
* CurbStompBattle: The Nord army he was part of was "annihilated" at Red Mountain by a coalition of Dwemer and Chimer forces, leading to his HeroicBSOD and eventual HeelFaithTurn.
* HeelFaithTurn: He, like the other leaders of the ancient Nord army which invaded Morrowind, used the Thu'um as a weapon. Despite this advantage, the Nord army was still annihilated at Red Mountain by a coalition of Dwemer and Chimer. Afterwards, he reflected on the defeat and came to the conclusion that it was a punishment from the gods for misusing the Voice. He would use the defeat as inspiration to discover the Way of the Voice and found the Greybeards, a monastic order who espouse nonintervention and pacifism, and only use the Voice to honor the gods.
* HeroicBSOD: He spent seven years meditating on how it was possible that the strongest Tongues and the mightiest Nord army could lose so badly.
* LanguageOfMagic: He was said to have been the most powerful Tongue of the 1st Era, extremely gifted in the use of [[SuperScream the Thu'um]].
* TechnicalPacifist: He set the Greybeards' policy of non-intervention in worldly affairs, and of studying the Voice as a way to honor the gods.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: When he proclaimed the Way of the Voice, seventeen other Tongues tried to shout him down. He "swallowed" their words for three days until he fell, exhausted. This caused them to acknowledge his superiority and wisdom in the Voice.

[[folder:Kagrenac]]
!!Kagrenac

-> ''"Beneath Red Mountain, Dwemer miners discovered a great magical stone. By diverse methods, Lord Kagrenac, High Priest and Magecrafter of the ancient Dwemer, determined that this magical stone was the heart of the god Lorkhan, cast here in the Dawn Era as a punishment for his mischief in creating the mortal world. Determined to use its divine powers to create a new god for the exclusive benefit of the Dwemer, Kagrenac forged three great enchanted artifacts, which are called "Kagrenac's Tools.""''
-->-- '''''Kagrenac's Tools'''''

--> '''Race''': Dwemer
--> '''Born''': ??

The Chief Tonal Architect of the Dwemer who was considered the foremost arcane philosopher and magecrafter of his people. Many of the Dwemer's greatest smiths and enchanters worked under him. After studying the Heart of Lorkhan, he apparently devised a way to create a new mechanical god, Anumidium, using the Heart and special tools he had created, and planned to allow his people to "transcend the limits of mortality." When the Chimer found out about his plan, they considered it a blasphemy against their gods, the Daedra, and attacked. At the climax of the Battle of Red Mountain, Kagrenac, cornered in the Heart Chamber by Dagoth's forces, apparently used the tools on the Heart and almost certainly caused the disappearance of the Dwemer.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What he reportedly planned to do for all of the Dwemer people using the Heart of Lorkhan. One theory about the disappearance of the Dwemer is that his plan actually ''worked'', and the Dwemer are now on said higher plane.
* CosmicKeystone: He devised a means to tap into the divine power of the Heart of Lorkhan.
* GodzillaThreshold: One interpretation of his actions tapping into the Heart of Lorkhan and causing the disappearance of the Dwemer. The Dwemer army was losing to the Chimer and he was left with no other choice but to try his risky experiment in a last ditch effort.
* HumongousMecha: The architect of the Numidium.
* MadScientist: He sought to create a new god, Anumidium, and bring divinity to all the Dwemer people. He planned to do this by tapping into the still-beating heart of a dead god and was called out by other Dwemer for the "unjustifiable" risks and potential for unpredictable side-effects.
* {{Magitek}}: His creations are combinations of Dwemer {{Steampunk}}, magical enchantments, and the [[RealityWarping bending of the laws of physics and nature]].
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Many Dwemer did not agree with Kagrenac's plan to tap into the power of the Heart. Not because it was blasphemous or anything like that, just because they thought it would end poorly for every Dwemer on Nirn. Which it probably did.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A few versions of the story of the Dwemer's final days state that Kagrenac did not tell Dumac what he was planning to do with the Heart, and that Dumac would have stopped him had he known.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Chief Tonal Architect, Magecrafter, High Priest, High Engineer, Arcane Philosopher, and Pioneer in the field of Mythopeic Forces.

[[folder:Lamae Beolfag]]
!!Lamae Beolfag (a.k.a. Lamae Bal, The Blood Matron)

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[[caption-width-right:350:Lamae, as seen in ''Online'']]

-> ''"Tamriel was still young, and filled with danger and wondrous magick when Bal walked in the aspect of a man and took a virgin, Lamae Beolfag, from the Nedic Peoples. Savage and loveless, Bal profaned her body, and her screams became the Shrieking Winds, which still haunt certain winding fjords of Skyrim. Shedding a lone droplet of blood on her brow, Bal left Nirn, having sown his wrath."''
-->-- '''''Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie'''''

--> '''Race''': Nede

--> '''Died''': ??

Lamae Beolfag was a Nedic priestess of Arkay during the 1st Era who was raped by Molag Bal, becoming the first Daughter of Coldharbour and first vampire.

* AntiVillain: In ''Online''. Were she not in direct opposition to Molag Bal, she'd probably be an antagonist instead due to her declaring open season on "Arkay's children".
* BrokenBird: As a direct result of her becoming a Daughter of Coldharbour, while at the same time feeling as if Arkay had turned his back on her.
* BurnTheWitch: What the nomads who initially rescued her tried to do when they saw her injuries rapidly healing on their own.
* FaustianRebellion: Her progeny are strictly forbidden from worshiping Molag Bal, and in fact, she wants to turn Molag Bal's "children" against him.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: A humble priestess of Arkay to the MonsterProgenitor of vampires, to be exact.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Considering that it's Molag Bal, and considering how she became one, this trope is a major {{understatement}}.
* MonsterProgenitor: Is the many-times grandsire of all vampires who didn't receive their abilities directly from Molag Bal as well or from other pure-blooded vampires.
* PowerFloats: When she finally appears in person before the player in ''Online,'' she's floating.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Hates Arkay for, in her eyes, abandoning her in her time of need.
* RapeAsDrama: Was raped by Molag Bal and became the first vampire as a result.
* RapeLeadsToInsanity: She became obsessed with vengeance and spreading her vampiric nature after being raped and turned into a vampire by Molag Bal, and then abandoned by Arkay.
* RedBaron: The Blood Matron.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Is revealed to still be alive in ''Online'', and her and her progeny are in direct opposition to Molag Bal. Her opinion of Arkay isn't much better.
* UngratefulBitch: Upon turning, she slaughtered the nomads who tried to bring her back to health. However, ''Online'' adds more context from Lamae's perspective -- their way of "saving" her was to perform a MercyKill via [[BurnTheWitch burning her alive]], hoping to purify her before her corruption took hold. If accurate, Lamae wasn't so much "ungrateful" as she was vengeful.
* VampireVords: She has a similar accent, though she can at least pronounce the 'w' sound.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Considering her [[RapeAsBackstory backstory]] and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil motivations]]? Yes.

[[folder:Morihaus]]
!!Morihaus (a.k.a. Mor, Breath-of-Kyne)

-> ''"Morihaus, your son, mighty and snorting, gore-horned, winged, when next he flies down, let him bring us anger."''
-->-- '''''The Song of Pelinal'''''

--> '''Race''': Aedric Demigod
--> '''First Appeared''': 1E 242 (Cyrodiil)
--> '''Disappeared''': Sometime after 1E 266

Morihaus, an Aedric demi-god, referred to as the "son" of Kyne (Kynareth) and "nephew" of Pelinal, aided the Alessian Revolt against the Ayleids and became the lover of Alessia, who he called "Parvania". He is described as a "winged man-bull", and had a nose hoop to go with the moniker. He first appeared as an answered prayer of Alessia, and disappears from the historical record following Alessia's death. His child with Alessia, Belharza, is said to be the first Minotaur and served as the second emperor of the Alessian Empire.