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|continent=Tamriel
|region=Orsinium
|image=Orsinium.jpg
|imgdesc=Orsinium's location in High Rock circa {{Year|3E 433}}
|appears=[[Daggerfall:Orsinium|Daggerfall]], [[Online:Orsinium|ESO]]}}</noinclude>
{{Lore Link|Orsinium}} (which literally translates to "{{Lore Link|Orc}}-Town" in {{Lore Link|Aldmeris}}{{ref|name=PGE1W|{{Cite book|PGE|1|The Wild Region}}}}) is the city of the Orsimer (Orcs) and the provincial seat of what was called {{Lore Link|Wrothgar}}, or in the late {{Lore Link|Third Era}}, the {{Lore Link|Orsinium Area}}. It has a history of being sacked and rebuilt, as Orcs are often at odds with their neighbors. In the {{Lore Link|Second Era}}, it was located in the eastern part of the Wrothgar region of {{Lore Link|High Rock}}.{{ref|name=ON|Events of [[Online:Online|ESO]]}} In the late Third Era, it was located between {{Lore Link|Wayrest (kingdom)|Wayrest}}, {{Lore Link|Menevia (county)|Menevia}}, and the {{Lore Link|Wrothgarian Mountains}},{{ref|name=DF|Events of [[Daggerfall:Daggerfall|Daggerfall]]}} but it was sacked in the early {{Lore Link|Fourth Era}}. It reemerged in between [[Lore:Hammerfell|Hammerfell]] and [[Lore:Skyrim|Skyrim]] later on in the era.{{ref|name=SRLoading|[[Skyrim:Loading Screens|Loading screen]] in [[Skyrim:Skyrim|Skyrim]]}}<noinclude>
{{TOCright}}
== The First Orsinium ==
After the transformation of the Orsimer deity known as [[Lore:Trinimac|Trinimac]] into the {{Lore Link|Daedric Prince}} [[Lore:Malacath|Malacath]], the Orcs, who transformed as well, fled to the northern wastes, near [[Lore:Saarthal|Saarthal]].{{ref|name=TTNoO|{{Cite book|The True Nature of Orcs}}}} After hundreds of orcs, [[Lore:Ogre|ogres]], [[Lore:Goblin|goblins]], [[Lore:Gremlin|gremlins]] and other beastfolk were set free by the [[Lore:Altmer|Altmer]] during the [[Lore:Camoran Dynasty|Camoran Dynasty]], they chose to settle in an uninhabited mountain region close to [[Lore:Old Hroldan|Old Hroldan]] in [[Lore:High Rock|High Rock]], as their people were dependent on a rare, shaggy, giant centipede herd-beast that can only survive at high altitudes.{{ref|name=PGE1W}} In the tenth century of the {{Lore Link|First Era}}, chieftain {{Lore Link|Torug gro-Igron}} brought the Orcish people together and founded a village in the western {{Lore Link|Wrothgarian Mountains}}. Thanks to the cooperation of several Orcish clans, particularly {{Lore Link|Igrun Clan|Igrun}}, {{Lore Link|Morkul Clan|Morkul}}, {{Lore Link|Shatul Clan|Shatul}}, and {{Lore Link|Tumnosh Clan|Tumnosh}}, the village quickly grew into a great stone city.{{ref|name=ON|Events of [[Online:Online|ESO]]}} The first Orsinium drew the Orcs by its magnificence and Torug's vision of a united Orc nation. It continued to grow and prosper in the [[Lore:First Era|First Era]], also absorbing the Orc refugees who were fleeing [[Lore:Hammerfell|Hammerfell]] due to the [[Lore:Ra Gada|Ra Gada]] invasion.{{ref|name=PGE1W}}
[[Image:Highrock.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The province of High Rock]]
== The Siege and Destruction of Orsinium ==
[[File:ON-interior-Old Orsinium.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of the first Orsinium circa {{Year|2E 582}}]]
After a while, the Orsinium army grew determined to capture the [[Lore:Bjoulsae River|Bjoulsae River]] and force the kingdom of {{Lore Link|Wayrest (kingdom)|Wayrest}} to provide compensation for its services. Naturally, this did not settle well with their neighboring kingdoms, especially the Kingdom of [[Lore:Daggerfall (kingdom)|Daggerfall]]. In 1E 948, [[Lore:Joile|King Joile]] of Daggerfall sent a letter to [[Lore:Gaiden Shinji|Gaiden Shinji]] of the [[Lore:Order of the Diagna|Order of the Diagna]], which proposed a joint attack on Orsinium. Agreeing to provide aid, an alliance was formed between the Order of Diagna and the armies of Daggerfall (High Rock) and [[Lore:Sentinel (kingdom)|Sentinel]] (Hammerfell). The armies amassed and began a campaign for the destruction of Orsinium.{{ref|name=WJotB|{{Cite book|Wayrest, Jewel of the Bay}}}}{{ref|name=PGE3O|{{Cite book|PGE|3|Orsinium}}}} During the campaign, which became widely known as the ''Siege of Orsinium'', the [[Lore:Breton|Breton]] armies of Daggerfall, the [[Lore:Redguard|Redguard]] soldiers of Sentinel, and the [[Lore:Yokuda|Yokuda]]n {{Lore Link|Order of Diagna}} invaded the Orc homeland. The Orcs gave much resistance and proved themselves to be fearsome and brutal warriors, just as they did in the past. However, king {{Lore Link|Joile}} of Daggerfall already planned to betray the Redguards and invade Hammerfell after having destroyed Orsinium. He and his {{Lore Link|Reachman}} general, {{Lore Link|Mercedene}} of the {{Lore Link|Winterborn}}, tricked the Orcish hero {{Lore Link|Baloth Bloodtusk}} and his {{Lore Link|Savage Sons}}, who initially did not take part in the war, to join King Golkarr of Orsinium. Afterwards, he manipulated the leader of the Order of Diagna, {{Lore Link|Gaiden Shinji}}, into having a duel with Bloodtusk over Orsinium's fate. During the duel, Mercedene ordered Joile's archers to kill both combatants, effectively removing the most powerful warriors of both Orsinium and the Order of Diagna for Joile.{{ref|name=ON}} Eventually, after a 30 year siege, the allied forces breached Orsinium and overran the city, completely razing it in {{Year|1E 980}}. King Joile then executed his plan of invading Hammerfell, but he was defeated and killed at the {{Lore Link|Bangkorai Pass}} by the {{Lore Link|Ansei}} warrior {{Lore Link|Makela Leki}}.{{ref|name=FtMSoML|{{Cite book|From The Memory Stone of Makela Leki}}}} Although the siege marked the destruction of Orsinium, the Orsimer homeland would rise again.{{ref|name=WJotB}}{{ref|name=PGE3O}}
== The Rebuilding of Orsinium ==
[[File:ON-place-Orsinium 02.jpg|thumb|right|King Kurog's Orsinium circa {{Year|2E 582}}]]
The first Orsinium was rebuilt and razed again at least two more times.{{ref|name=ONLoad|Loading screen in [[Online:Online|ESO]]}} The land briefly became an Imperial province under the rule of the [[Lore:Akaviri Potentate|Akaviri Potentate]].{{ref|name=PGE1W}}{{ref|name=ON}}{{ref|name=RM8TO|{{Cite book|Racial Motifs 8: The Orcs}}}} During that time, {{Lore Link|Frostbreak Fortress}} was built to help defend it.{{ref|name=ONLoad}} After the assassination of [[Lore:Savirien-Chorak|Savirien-Chorak]] in {{Year|2E 430}}, the province ceased to exist, and Orsinium was destroyed once again.{{ref|name=PGE1W}} At some point after that, Orsinium got under control of the first {{Lore Link|Daggerfall Covenant}}. When King {{Lore Link|Ranser}} of {{Lore Link|Shornhelm}} attacked {{Lore Link|Wayrest (kingdom)|Wayrest}} in {{Year|2E 566}}, King {{Lore Link|Emeric}} of Wayrest sent emissaries into {{Lore Link|Wrothgar}} and promised to return Orsinium to the Orcs in exchange for helping him defeat Ranser. The clan of {{Lore Link|Kurog|Kurog gro-Bagrakh}} answered his call and helped annihilate Ranser's forces at {{Lore Link|Battle of Markwasten Moor|Markwasten Moor}}. These events led to the formation of the Second Daggerfall Covenant, and Orsinium, ruled by King Kurog, became a part of it.{{ref|name=TFoKR|{{Cite book|The Fury of King Ranser}}}}{{ref|name=GttDC|{{Cite book|Guide to the Daggerfall Covenant}}}}
Kurog chose to rebuild the city in another location, in the mountains of eastern Wrothgar, on the border with {{Lore Link|Skyrim}}. In {{Year|2E 582}}, he sent invitations to the mightiest warriors of {{Lore Link|Tamriel}} to come and help him build the united Orc nation. One of the warriors who came was the {{Lore Link|Hero|Soulless One}}, who helped Kurog drive the {{Lore Link|Winterborn}} out of Wrothgar. However, Kurog, angered by the constant discord between the clan chiefs, and manipulated by his mother {{Lore Link|Alga}}, reached for desperate measures. He orchestrated an attack of {{Lore Link|Malacath}} cultists on the temple of {{Lore Link|Trinimac}} in his city, and pinned the blame on {{Lore Link|Bazrag gro-Fharun}}, chief of a Malacath-worshipping clan and Kurog's political opponent. Simultaneously, he commanded {{Lore Link|Vosh Rakh}}, a brutal and violent cult of Trinimac who were led by his mother Alga, to attack {{Lore Link|Fharun Stronghold}} and tried to imprison Bazrag. He also made the Soulless One convince the chiefs of Morkul, Shatul and Tumnosh clans to attend his moot, where he planned to murder them. The Soulless One eventually learned about Kurog's treachery, and aided Bazrag in stopping him. The {{Lore Link|Hero|Soulless One}} then succeeded in saving some of the chiefs at the moot, and killing Kurog and Alga. Afterwards, Bazrag became the new king of Orsinium, who promised to continue working on Kurog's vision of a united Orsimer people equal to the other races, while also trying to retain peace and not forcing this vision on anyone.{{ref|name=ON}} Since Orsinium's membership of the [[Lore:Daggerfall Covenant|Daggerfall Covenant]] was based solely on the agreement between Kurog and [[Lore:Emeric|High King Emeric]], the kingdom nominally left the Covenant with the crowning of Bazrag. It is unknown if he was able to renew the agreement.
== Nova Orsinium ==
[[File:DF-Orsinium.png|thumb|right|The stronghold of Orsinium circa {{Year|3E 417}}]]
At some point later, the Orcs again lost control of Orsinium. The land was then won back by the Orc hero [[Lore:Gortwog|Gortwog gro-Nagorm]] in {{Year|3E 399}}, who was disputing claim on the land, made by the Breton noble Lord Bowyn. Gortwog won the land by defeating Lord Bowyn in a duel.{{ref|name=HOPttO|{{Cite book|How Orsinium Passed to the Orcs}}}} The city was rebuilt on a mountainside between {{Lore Link|Menevia (county)|Menevia}} and Wayrest, at the site of Torug's original Orsinium.{{ref|name=DF}}{{ref|name=PGE3O}} As the city harbored statues of Orc heroes such as Mauloch and Torug, and was built of iron, it was likely that Nova Orsinium would provoke the same reaction from its neighboring kingdoms as the first city did. However, the land prospered, as Gortwog proved to be a diplomatic as well as a political genius. Following the events of the [[Lore:The Warp in the West (event)|Miracle of Peace]], Gortwog used the [[Lore:Numidium|Numidium]] to conquer substantial territory of central High Rock. Its application for elevation to Provincial status, which was proposed to [[Lore:Tiber Septim|Tiber Septim]] at the founding of the [[Lore:Third Empire|Empire]], was finally beginning to be reviewed by [[Lore:Uriel Septim VII|Emperor Uriel Septim VII]]. Orsinium's recent alliance with its former foe Wayrest gave promise for a stable future and a lasting government.{{ref|name=PGE3O}} Gortwog sent out many adventurers to explore the dungeons of Tamriel in search of treasure, to prove the wealth of the orcs.{{ref|name=OB|Events of [[Oblivion:Oblivion|Oblivion]]}}
However, this was not to be. Orsinium was once again sacked by the combined forces of Hammerfell and High Rock in the early [[Lore:Fourth Era|Fourth Era]], and many Orc refugees fled east into [[Lore:Skyrim|Skyrim]].{{ref|name=LoS|{{Cite book|Lord of Souls}}}} The kingdom reformed, but has relocated; it is now in between Skyrim and Hammerfell.{{ref|name=SRLoading}}
== Known Rulers ==
*{{Lore Link|Torug gro-Igron}} (the tenth century of the {{Lore Link|First Era}})
*{{Lore Link|Golkarr}} (until ca.{{Year|1E 980}})
*{{Lore Link|Kurog|Kurog gro-Orsinium}} (sometime after {{Year|2E 566}} - {{Year|2E 582}})
*{{Lore Link|Bazrag gro-Fharun}} ({{Year|2E 582}})
*{{Lore Link|Gortwog|Gortwog gro-Nagorm}} (the fifth century of the {{Lore Link|Third Era}})
== See Also ==
* For game-specific information, see the [[Daggerfall:Daggerfall|Daggerfall]] articles on [[Daggerfall:Orsinium|Orsinium]] and the [[Daggerfall:Orsinium Area|Orsinium Area]].
===Books===
* {{Book Link|How Orsinium Passed to the Orcs}}
* {{Book Link|Lord of Souls|ns=Books}}
* {{Book Link|Pocket Guide to the Empire, 1st Edition/The Wild Region|authprefix=the}}
* {{Book Link|Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition/Orsinium|authprefix=the}}
* {{Book Link|The Fury of King Ranser}}
* {{Book Link|Guide to the Daggerfall Covenant}}
* {{Book Link|Return to Orsinium}}
* {{Book Link|The Great Siege of Orsinium}}
== References ==
<references/>
</noinclude>
|continent=Tamriel
|region=Orsinium
|image=Orsinium.jpg
|imgdesc=Orsinium's location in High Rock circa {{Year|3E 433}}
|appears=[[Daggerfall:Orsinium|Daggerfall]], [[Online:Orsinium|ESO]]}}</noinclude>
{{Lore Link|Orsinium}} (which literally translates to "{{Lore Link|Orc}}-Town" in {{Lore Link|Aldmeris}}{{ref|name=PGE1W|{{Cite book|PGE|1|The Wild Region}}}}) is the city of the Orsimer (Orcs) and the provincial seat of what was called {{Lore Link|Wrothgar}}, or in the late {{Lore Link|Third Era}}, the {{Lore Link|Orsinium Area}}. It has a history of being sacked and rebuilt, as Orcs are often at odds with their neighbors. In the {{Lore Link|Second Era}}, it was located in the eastern part of the Wrothgar region of {{Lore Link|High Rock}}.{{ref|name=ON|Events of [[Online:Online|ESO]]}} In the late Third Era, it was located between {{Lore Link|Wayrest (kingdom)|Wayrest}}, {{Lore Link|Menevia (county)|Menevia}}, and the {{Lore Link|Wrothgarian Mountains}},{{ref|name=DF|Events of [[Daggerfall:Daggerfall|Daggerfall]]}} but it was sacked in the early {{Lore Link|Fourth Era}}. It reemerged in between [[Lore:Hammerfell|Hammerfell]] and [[Lore:Skyrim|Skyrim]] later on in the era.{{ref|name=SRLoading|[[Skyrim:Loading Screens|Loading screen]] in [[Skyrim:Skyrim|Skyrim]]}}<noinclude>
{{TOCright}}
== The First Orsinium ==
After the transformation of the Orsimer deity known as [[Lore:Trinimac|Trinimac]] into the {{Lore Link|Daedric Prince}} [[Lore:Malacath|Malacath]], the Orcs, who transformed as well, fled to the northern wastes, near [[Lore:Saarthal|Saarthal]].{{ref|name=TTNoO|{{Cite book|The True Nature of Orcs}}}} After hundreds of orcs, [[Lore:Ogre|ogres]], [[Lore:Goblin|goblins]], [[Lore:Gremlin|gremlins]] and other beastfolk were set free by the [[Lore:Altmer|Altmer]] during the [[Lore:Camoran Dynasty|Camoran Dynasty]], they chose to settle in an uninhabited mountain region close to [[Lore:Old Hroldan|Old Hroldan]] in [[Lore:High Rock|High Rock]], as their people were dependent on a rare, shaggy, giant centipede herd-beast that can only survive at high altitudes.{{ref|name=PGE1W}} In the tenth century of the {{Lore Link|First Era}}, chieftain {{Lore Link|Torug gro-Igron}} brought the Orcish people together and founded a village in the western {{Lore Link|Wrothgarian Mountains}}. Thanks to the cooperation of several Orcish clans, particularly {{Lore Link|Igrun Clan|Igrun}}, {{Lore Link|Morkul Clan|Morkul}}, {{Lore Link|Shatul Clan|Shatul}}, and {{Lore Link|Tumnosh Clan|Tumnosh}}, the village quickly grew into a great stone city.{{ref|name=ON|Events of [[Online:Online|ESO]]}} The first Orsinium drew the Orcs by its magnificence and Torug's vision of a united Orc nation. It continued to grow and prosper in the [[Lore:First Era|First Era]], also absorbing the Orc refugees who were fleeing [[Lore:Hammerfell|Hammerfell]] due to the [[Lore:Ra Gada|Ra Gada]] invasion.{{ref|name=PGE1W}}
[[Image:Highrock.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The province of High Rock]]
== The Siege and Destruction of Orsinium ==
[[File:ON-interior-Old Orsinium.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of the first Orsinium circa {{Year|2E 582}}]]
After a while, the Orsinium army grew determined to capture the [[Lore:Bjoulsae River|Bjoulsae River]] and force the kingdom of {{Lore Link|Wayrest (kingdom)|Wayrest}} to provide compensation for its services. Naturally, this did not settle well with their neighboring kingdoms, especially the Kingdom of [[Lore:Daggerfall (kingdom)|Daggerfall]]. In 1E 948, [[Lore:Joile|King Joile]] of Daggerfall sent a letter to [[Lore:Gaiden Shinji|Gaiden Shinji]] of the [[Lore:Order of the Diagna|Order of the Diagna]], which proposed a joint attack on Orsinium. Agreeing to provide aid, an alliance was formed between the Order of Diagna and the armies of Daggerfall (High Rock) and [[Lore:Sentinel (kingdom)|Sentinel]] (Hammerfell). The armies amassed and began a campaign for the destruction of Orsinium.{{ref|name=WJotB|{{Cite book|Wayrest, Jewel of the Bay}}}}{{ref|name=PGE3O|{{Cite book|PGE|3|Orsinium}}}} During the campaign, which became widely known as the ''Siege of Orsinium'', the [[Lore:Breton|Breton]] armies of Daggerfall, the [[Lore:Redguard|Redguard]] soldiers of Sentinel, and the [[Lore:Yokuda|Yokuda]]n {{Lore Link|Order of Diagna}} invaded the Orc homeland. The Orcs gave much resistance and proved themselves to be fearsome and brutal warriors, just as they did in the past. However, king {{Lore Link|Joile}} of Daggerfall already planned to betray the Redguards and invade Hammerfell after having destroyed Orsinium. He and his {{Lore Link|Reachman}} general, {{Lore Link|Mercedene}} of the {{Lore Link|Winterborn}}, tricked the Orcish hero {{Lore Link|Baloth Bloodtusk}} and his {{Lore Link|Savage Sons}}, who initially did not take part in the war, to join King Golkarr of Orsinium. Afterwards, he manipulated the leader of the Order of Diagna, {{Lore Link|Gaiden Shinji}}, into having a duel with Bloodtusk over Orsinium's fate. During the duel, Mercedene ordered Joile's archers to kill both combatants, effectively removing the most powerful warriors of both Orsinium and the Order of Diagna for Joile.{{ref|name=ON}} Eventually, after a 30 year siege, the allied forces breached Orsinium and overran the city, completely razing it in {{Year|1E 980}}. King Joile then executed his plan of invading Hammerfell, but he was defeated and killed at the {{Lore Link|Bangkorai Pass}} by the {{Lore Link|Ansei}} warrior {{Lore Link|Makela Leki}}.{{ref|name=FtMSoML|{{Cite book|From The Memory Stone of Makela Leki}}}} Although the siege marked the destruction of Orsinium, the Orsimer homeland would rise again.{{ref|name=WJotB}}{{ref|name=PGE3O}}
== The Rebuilding of Orsinium ==
[[File:ON-place-Orsinium 02.jpg|thumb|right|King Kurog's Orsinium circa {{Year|2E 582}}]]
The first Orsinium was rebuilt and razed again at least two more times.{{ref|name=ONLoad|Loading screen in [[Online:Online|ESO]]}} The land briefly became an Imperial province under the rule of the [[Lore:Akaviri Potentate|Akaviri Potentate]].{{ref|name=PGE1W}}{{ref|name=ON}}{{ref|name=RM8TO|{{Cite book|Racial Motifs 8: The Orcs}}}} During that time, {{Lore Link|Frostbreak Fortress}} was built to help defend it.{{ref|name=ONLoad}} After the assassination of [[Lore:Savirien-Chorak|Savirien-Chorak]] in {{Year|2E 430}}, the province ceased to exist, and Orsinium was destroyed once again.{{ref|name=PGE1W}} At some point after that, Orsinium got under control of the first {{Lore Link|Daggerfall Covenant}}. When King {{Lore Link|Ranser}} of {{Lore Link|Shornhelm}} attacked {{Lore Link|Wayrest (kingdom)|Wayrest}} in {{Year|2E 566}}, King {{Lore Link|Emeric}} of Wayrest sent emissaries into {{Lore Link|Wrothgar}} and promised to return Orsinium to the Orcs in exchange for helping him defeat Ranser. The clan of {{Lore Link|Kurog|Kurog gro-Bagrakh}} answered his call and helped annihilate Ranser's forces at {{Lore Link|Battle of Markwasten Moor|Markwasten Moor}}. These events led to the formation of the Second Daggerfall Covenant, and Orsinium, ruled by King Kurog, became a part of it.{{ref|name=TFoKR|{{Cite book|The Fury of King Ranser}}}}{{ref|name=GttDC|{{Cite book|Guide to the Daggerfall Covenant}}}}
Kurog chose to rebuild the city in another location, in the mountains of eastern Wrothgar, on the border with {{Lore Link|Skyrim}}. In {{Year|2E 582}}, he sent invitations to the mightiest warriors of {{Lore Link|Tamriel}} to come and help him build the united Orc nation. One of the warriors who came was the {{Lore Link|Hero|Soulless One}}, who helped Kurog drive the {{Lore Link|Winterborn}} out of Wrothgar. However, Kurog, angered by the constant discord between the clan chiefs, and manipulated by his mother {{Lore Link|Alga}}, reached for desperate measures. He orchestrated an attack of {{Lore Link|Malacath}} cultists on the temple of {{Lore Link|Trinimac}} in his city, and pinned the blame on {{Lore Link|Bazrag gro-Fharun}}, chief of a Malacath-worshipping clan and Kurog's political opponent. Simultaneously, he commanded {{Lore Link|Vosh Rakh}}, a brutal and violent cult of Trinimac who were led by his mother Alga, to attack {{Lore Link|Fharun Stronghold}} and tried to imprison Bazrag. He also made the Soulless One convince the chiefs of Morkul, Shatul and Tumnosh clans to attend his moot, where he planned to murder them. The Soulless One eventually learned about Kurog's treachery, and aided Bazrag in stopping him. The {{Lore Link|Hero|Soulless One}} then succeeded in saving some of the chiefs at the moot, and killing Kurog and Alga. Afterwards, Bazrag became the new king of Orsinium, who promised to continue working on Kurog's vision of a united Orsimer people equal to the other races, while also trying to retain peace and not forcing this vision on anyone.{{ref|name=ON}} Since Orsinium's membership of the [[Lore:Daggerfall Covenant|Daggerfall Covenant]] was based solely on the agreement between Kurog and [[Lore:Emeric|High King Emeric]], the kingdom nominally left the Covenant with the crowning of Bazrag. It is unknown if he was able to renew the agreement.
== Nova Orsinium ==
[[File:DF-Orsinium.png|thumb|right|The stronghold of Orsinium circa {{Year|3E 417}}]]
At some point later, the Orcs again lost control of Orsinium. The land was then won back by the Orc hero [[Lore:Gortwog|Gortwog gro-Nagorm]] in {{Year|3E 399}}, who was disputing claim on the land, made by the Breton noble Lord Bowyn. Gortwog won the land by defeating Lord Bowyn in a duel.{{ref|name=HOPttO|{{Cite book|How Orsinium Passed to the Orcs}}}} The city was rebuilt on a mountainside between {{Lore Link|Menevia (county)|Menevia}} and Wayrest, at the site of Torug's original Orsinium.{{ref|name=DF}}{{ref|name=PGE3O}} As the city harbored statues of Orc heroes such as Mauloch and Torug, and was built of iron, it was likely that Nova Orsinium would provoke the same reaction from its neighboring kingdoms as the first city did. However, the land prospered, as Gortwog proved to be a diplomatic as well as a political genius. Following the events of the [[Lore:The Warp in the West (event)|Miracle of Peace]], Gortwog used the [[Lore:Numidium|Numidium]] to conquer substantial territory of central High Rock. Its application for elevation to Provincial status, which was proposed to [[Lore:Tiber Septim|Tiber Septim]] at the founding of the [[Lore:Third Empire|Empire]], was finally beginning to be reviewed by [[Lore:Uriel Septim VII|Emperor Uriel Septim VII]]. Orsinium's recent alliance with its former foe Wayrest gave promise for a stable future and a lasting government.{{ref|name=PGE3O}} Gortwog sent out many adventurers to explore the dungeons of Tamriel in search of treasure, to prove the wealth of the orcs.{{ref|name=OB|Events of [[Oblivion:Oblivion|Oblivion]]}}
However, this was not to be. Orsinium was once again sacked by the combined forces of Hammerfell and High Rock in the early [[Lore:Fourth Era|Fourth Era]], and many Orc refugees fled east into [[Lore:Skyrim|Skyrim]].{{ref|name=LoS|{{Cite book|Lord of Souls}}}} The kingdom reformed, but has relocated; it is now in between Skyrim and Hammerfell.{{ref|name=SRLoading}}
== Known Rulers ==
*{{Lore Link|Torug gro-Igron}} (the tenth century of the {{Lore Link|First Era}})
*{{Lore Link|Golkarr}} (until ca.{{Year|1E 980}})
*{{Lore Link|Kurog|Kurog gro-Orsinium}} (sometime after {{Year|2E 566}} - {{Year|2E 582}})
*{{Lore Link|Bazrag gro-Fharun}} ({{Year|2E 582}})
*{{Lore Link|Gortwog|Gortwog gro-Nagorm}} (the fifth century of the {{Lore Link|Third Era}})
== See Also ==
* For game-specific information, see the [[Daggerfall:Daggerfall|Daggerfall]] articles on [[Daggerfall:Orsinium|Orsinium]] and the [[Daggerfall:Orsinium Area|Orsinium Area]].
===Books===
* {{Book Link|How Orsinium Passed to the Orcs}}
* {{Book Link|Lord of Souls|ns=Books}}
* {{Book Link|Pocket Guide to the Empire, 1st Edition/The Wild Region|authprefix=the}}
* {{Book Link|Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition/Orsinium|authprefix=the}}
* {{Book Link|The Fury of King Ranser}}
* {{Book Link|Guide to the Daggerfall Covenant}}
* {{Book Link|Return to Orsinium}}
* {{Book Link|The Great Siege of Orsinium}}
== References ==
<references/>
</noinclude>