Lore

[Brima]

State of Western Morrowind
Year 201 of the Fourth Era
An Overview

THE FIVE GREAT HOUSES

House Redoran (Blacklight, possibly Kragenmoor)

Controls Morrowind's current capital, Blacklight, to the North. Politically dominant in Morrowind, due to the key role they played in pushing back the Argonian horde in the beginning of the Fourth Era. Leaders of the Grand Council in Blacklight, which meets in the Rootspire.

(Anyone have thoughts on whether the Black Marsh would still hold Kragenmoor and Narsis after two centuries, or if Silgrad would be a "last outpost" of sorts for them? ?( It seemed to me like the Silgrad Argonians might find themselves a bit isolated, geographically, if the Black Marsh _hadn't_ maintained a presence in Kragenmoor and Narsis, but I'm not a lore expert.)


House Telvanni (Tel Gavros)

"In The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn, it is revealed that members of House Telvanni have settled on the island of Solstheim, led by Neloth from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Neloth also states that the Telvanni still have holdings in Morrowind." (TES Wiki)

Represented at Tel Gavros in Western Morrowind. Tel Gavros was razed to the ground by the Argonians at the dawn of Fourth Era, but may have been regrown over the last century, much to the displeasure of the forces stationed at Silgrad Tower.


House Indoril (New Temple)

"While House Indoril still technically exists, the priesthood of the Temple are now considered one and the same with House Indoril - those who become priests are now considered to have "joined Indoril". The political power of the Indoril has thus passed entirely into the hands of the Temple (although members of the old House Indoril are still over-represented in the priesthood)

The rise of the New Temple has a number of parallels with the rise of House Redoran - each filled the vacuum of power resulting from the crisis of Red Year. How durable these new arrangements will prove, religious and political, remains to be seen. The span of two centuries is quite brief in the long history of the ancient Dunmer people."

- Reclamations, Dragonborn


House Sadras (Their seat would be in Narsis. Replaced House Hlaalu at the beginning of the Fourth Era. We know very little about them.)


House Dres (Absent in Western Morrowind. Holds Tear, far to the southeast.)



Possible in-character explanation for Hlaalu tileset use in Silgrad Tower, despite it being in a Redoran-dominated area:

Originally a Redoran border fortress centered around the Tower, Silgrad expanded to become a full-fledged city in the Hlaalu style during the early Third Era. Many major buildings were damaged when it was taken by the Argonians in 4E6, and have been left to decay over the centuries rather than being repaired or added to.