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[edit] Waughin Jarth (?b - ?d)

Author of several entertaining books. See books by Waughin Jarth.

[edit] Weltan (?b - ?d)

A Redguard poet who frequently wrote of the Alik'r desert, including the book On the Immortality of Dust.

[edit] Lord Woodborne (?b - ?d)

Woodborne was a lord of Wayrest in the late Third Era and betrothed to Princess Elysana of Wayrest. He laid a trap for King Lysandus of Daggerfall and was successful in murdering him in 3E 403. He had also planned a coup against King Eadwyre of Wayrest with the purpose of overthrowing him and proclaiming himself king of Wayrest. However his plans were revealed by the Hero of Daggerfall, and he was ambushed at his castle Woodborne Hall, during which he was executed.

[edit] King Wulfharth (?b - ?d)

"...during the Late Merethic Era the legendary immortal hero, warrior, sorceror, and king variously known as Pelinal Whitestrake, Harrald Hairy Breeks, Ysmir, Hans the Fox, etc., wandered Tamriel, gathering armies, conquering lands, ruling, then abandoning his kingdoms to wander again." — Before the Ages of Man

Wulfharth (also known as Ysmir) was the Atmora-born ruler of ancient Skyrim. He came to power with the death of Hoag Merkiller at Glenumbria Moors. He submitted Skyrim to a fiery reinstatement of the traditional Nordic pantheon, destroying Alessian temples and forcing the remnants of its priesthood to seek refuge in the Heartland. He led the invasion of Resdayn and fought the Dunmer at the Battle of Red Mountain, where he was killed. The Five Songs of King Wulfharth and The Arcturian Heresy suggest that Wulfharth was not a mere man, but one of a series of avatars sent by Shor- the Shezzarines. These include Hans the Fox, (arguably) Pelinal Whitestrake, and others mentioned in Before the Ages of Man.

The Arcturian Heresy claims that Wulfharth reincarnated or rather recurred, as Shor's avatars are wont to do, as Ysmir, an undead warrior bent on ruling Tamriel. Thus was born the Underking, a title which could perhaps be attached to his predecessors as well. Wulfharth allied himself with a man from High Rock named Hjalti, the young general Talos. To him he granted the power of Thu'um and acted as a hidden trump card and counselor. When Talos made peace with the Tribunal and accepted Numidium, Wulfharth viewed it as a betrayal, and abandoned his ascendant alter-ego. Talos enlisted the help of Imperial Battlemage Zurin Arctus in assassinating and soultrapping Wulfharth (by extension, soultrapping Lorkhan himself and enabling the Mantella to serve as a replacement for the Heart of Lorkhan), allowing for the activation of Numidium. Wulfharth killed Zurin Arctus with his dying breath and then returned to dust. Sometime later, Zurin Arctus reappeared as a lich, and it is thought that Wulfharth possessed Arctus or allowed him to reanimate. In any case, the new being became known as the Underking and served the interests of both fallen men, leading to the events of Daggerfall and the apotheosis of Tiber Septim as a god. This ninth Divine was not Talos alone but a composite, or Oversoul of all three individuals, filling Shezzar's empty place in the Imperial pantheon. In this way, Wulfharth returned Lorkhan to prominence in Imperial Tamriel ^{[verification needed -- see talk page]}.