Lore:House Dres

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"House Dres is one of two houses without holdings or interest in Vvardenfell. Dres District is in the south of Morrowind, bordering the swamps and marshes of Black Marsh. House Dres is an agrarian agricultural society, and its large saltrice plantations rely completely on slave labor for their economic viability. Always firm Temple supporters, House Dres is hostile to Imperial law and culture, and in particular opposed to any attempts to limit the institution of slavery." – Great Houses of Morrowind

"House Dres represents the past of pre-Tribunal Great House culture, a persistent tradition of Daedra- and ancestor-worshiping civilized Dunmer clans." – Vivec

House Dres is one of the Great Houses of Morrowind, with presence only on the mainland. Dres District is located in the south of Morrowind on the Deshann Plain, bordering House Indoril and the swamps and marshes of Black Marsh. The Dres have a mainly rural but still very wealthy agricultural society. The Dres are the Dunmer that enslave and ship slaves to the other Great Houses, keeping thousands of captives, mostly Argonians, in their infamous slave-pens of Tear, the Dres capital, and the surrounding vast saltrice plantations.^[1]

House Dres greatly opposed joining the Empire, but lost most of their support when their traditional allies, the members of House Indoril, began to commit suicide after the Armistice ^[2]. Rumors can be heard in Oblivion discussing Dres' decision to give up the slave trade, seeking new allies in King Hlaalu Helseth and his House Hlaalu.

[edit] History

• During the Four-Score War, House Dres opposed fortifying the western borders, favoring instead Guerilla warfare. ^[3]
• The Arnesian War was one of the many during the troubled time of the Imperial Simulacrum of Jagar Tharn. What started as a simple slave revolt in the House Dres lands of the south built on itself until the swampy plains erupted with blood and fire, pitting Morrowind against Black Marsh.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ↑ Pocket Guide to the Empire
2. ↑ On Morrowind
3. ↑ On Morrowind
4. ↑ Pocket Guide to the Empire

[edit] See Also

• Last Scabbard of Akrash by Tabar Vunqidh - Story of a slaver's daughter and her Khajiit lover.
• An article on House Dres and House Indoril at TIL.
• An exhaustive, but also partly fictional, study on House Dres also at TIL.