Lore:Direnni
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- "Few families in Tamriel can boast so many famous figures, wielding so much power over the fate of so many. Our warriors and kings are stuff of legend, and it is not to dismiss their honor and their achievements to say you have heard quite enough about them." — Vorian Direnni, De Rerum Dirennis
The Direnni were an aristocratic clan of Altmer merchants who became a powerful dynasty ruling over High Rock for hundreds of years. They formed the Direnni Hegemony, a loose area of influence around the Isle of Balfiera. The height of their power came during the Aldmeri Dominion.
[edit] History
Clan Direnni, the only known Altmer ruling family that still remains in human lands, rose in power through political maneuvering and devious machinations in 1E 355. In 1E 358, the joint army of Cyrodiilic Emperor Ami-El and Skyrim attacked the Clan Direnni in the Western Reach of High Rock. Clan Direnni managed to conquer High Rock, some parts of Skyrim and Hammerfell in 1E 477. The Kings of the Colovian West joined with Kvatch and Skingrad to resist the Alessian Hegemony. Soon the Skyrim under King Hoag Merkiller and Ryan Direnni of High Rock joined the resistance. Ryan Direnni outlawed the Alessian Reform and put its major advocates to death. Direnni forces began to harass the Colovian West, pushing for the Heartland.
Daggerfall became a minor base of operations for the Dirennis and their allies in 1E 480-1E 482. The last king of Ayleids - the King of Nenalata - is reported as one of these allies. Raven Direnni was one of the earliest occupants of Castle Daggerfall. Aiden Direnni led the Dirennis against the Alessians in the final Battle of Glenumbria Moors. Raven Direnni's magic helped secured the final victory. The Alessian Order was finally destroyed.
Although the Direnni Clan won the Battle of Glenumbria Moors, they could not regain the power they once had. One by one, control fell to the emerging nobility of Greater Bretony, who seized power throughout most of High Rock within two decades of the Alessian defeat. In the end, only the Isle of Balfiera was left in their hold. Around 1E 500, almost all of High Rock was freed from the Dirennis.
[edit] Influential Figures
Lysandus, the King of Daggerfall, was able to conquer his ancient enemies of Sentinel in part thanks to his court sorceress, Medora Direnni. Her grandfather Jovron Direnni was Imperial Battlemage to the court of the Dunmer Empress of Tamriel, Katariah I., assisting her in creating peace in a time of turmoil. His great great grandfather Pelladil Direnni had a similar role with the first ruling Potentate, Versidue-Shaie, and encouraged the Guild Act without which we would not have all the professional organizations we have today. His ancestor, many times back, was the witch Raven Direnni, who with her better known cousins Aiden and Ryain, brought an end to the tyranny of the latter Alessian Empire. Before the Psijics of Artaeum, it is said, she created the art of enchantment, learning how to bind a soul into a gem and use that to ensorcel all manners of weaponry. [1]
The Direnni feature prominently in the game Daggerfall with Medora Direnni, the last Castellan. The Direnni Tower is named after them, which was used as a fortress, prison, and palace by the Direnni Hegemony.[2]
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