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[edit] Camonna Tong

The Camonna Tong is the local crime syndicate on Vvardenfell. Its current grandmaster is Orvas Dren, who resides in the Dren Plantation. He is also the younger brother of Duke Vedam Dren, Vvardenfell's ruler, who resides in Ebonheart.

The Camonna Tong is fiercely opposed to any foreign presence whatsoever on Vvardenfell, and all its schemes are designed to get rid of outlanders. Outlanders are tolerated as slaves only. The Imperial Thieves Guild is the natural opponent of the Camonna Tong, and a war between these two factions is always just below the surface. Certain NPCs state that, if outright war between the two was declared, the Thieves Guild would be wiped out within days.

The Camonna Tong, through Orvas Dren, controls the Hlaalu councillors Nevena Ules in Suran and Velanda Omani, who has an estate just outside Vivec's Telvanni Canton. Although House Hlaalu is, on the outside, the most Imperial minded of the Great Houses, major decisions cannot be made unless the xenophobic Camonna Tong explicitly agrees.

[edit] Candle Order

See Order of the Candle.

[edit] Census and Excise

The Census and Excise is an establishment operated by the Empire in an attempt to manage census counting and for tax/excise purposes. Imperial taxes are based on head counts of citizens; Census and Excise is responsible for both head counts and tax assessment and collection. Census and Excise officers also administer many Imperial licenses, e.g. importation, mercenary company incorporation.

They are typically found in major ports across Tamriel, such as Seyda Neen in Vvardenfell.

[edit] Circle Knights

See Knights of the Circle.

[edit] Citadel of Ebonarm

The Citadel of Ebonarm is the religious order devoted to worshiping Ebonarm, the God of War.

[edit] Clan Aundae

Clan Aundae is one of the three major Vampire Clans, or bloodlines, found in Vvardenfell.

[edit] Clan Berne

Clan Berne is one of the three major Vampire Clans, or bloodlines, found in Vvardenfell.

[edit] Clan Quarra

Clan Quarra one of the three major Vampire Clans, or bloodlines, found in Vvardenfell.

[edit] Crusaders

The Crusaders are the Knights of Stendarr, God of Mercy. They protect the temples of Stendarr and act as his compassionate blade when the situation demands. Their faction self-description is:

We, the Knights of Stendarr the Merciful call ourselves the Crusaders, for it is our sacred duty to protect the Temple and fights its battles. While we firmly espouse the Temple's philosophy of compassion and charity, we recognize that if the Temple is weak, it cannot realistically survive. Only those of great combat ability and proven devotion to the Temple and the God Stendarr are eligible for possible membership in the Crusaders.

[edit] Cult of Emperor Zero

The Cult of Emperor Zero was started by Tiber Septim. The cult worships Emperor Cuhlecain, the Emperor Zero. Cuhlecain is responsible for appointing Tiber Septim (then Talos) as his general and the retaking of the Imperial City, both of which were crucial in the restoring of the Cyrodiilic Empire.

[edit] Cult of the Ancestor Moth

The Cyro-Nords had for long exported ancestor-silks, simple but exotic shawls woven with the silks of the gyspy moth and inscribed with the genealogy of the buyer. Under the cult the ancestor and moth became identical. The singing and hymnal spirits of one's forebears are caught in the special silk-gathering ritual. The swishing of the silk material during movement reproduces the wonderful ancestral chorus contained in the silk. It became a sacred custom among the Nibenese which persists to this day. The higher order Monks of the cult are able to forego the magical ritual needed to enchant the silk and instead merely wear the moths themselves. They are able to attract the ancestor-moths through the application of ground bark from the moth's favorite tree, and through chanting inaudible mantras which they must constantly maintain to keep the moths in contact with them.