Lore:Zthenganaz
| Zthenganaz | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ruin |
| Continent | Tamriel |
| Province | High Rock |
| Region | Wrothgar |
| Appears in | ESO |
Zthenganaz is a buried Dwemer ruin, located in the Icy Shore of the Wrothgarian mountains, south of Farrun.[1]
According to Thelwe Ghelein, it was founded by one of the clans that splintered from the Rourken after they left Vvardenfell.[2] It was defended by an advanced type of Dwarven Centurion called Ztheng Guardian.[3][4] A dwarven Artifact called the Eye of Zthenganaz, a large gemstone mounted in a gear-like wheel, was, according to legend, crafted by the Dwarves to spy on the Orc strongholds of the early First Era.[5]
By the Second Era, the ruins of Zthenganaz were mostly caught in ice.[1] In 2E 582, when King Kurog called for experts from all over Tamriel to help rebuild the orc nation of Orsinium, dunmer scholar Raynor Vanos went on a mission to find and explore Zthenganaz.[3] While he was searching for the ruin with his sister Kireth, she fell in a hole leading directly into it. Fortunately, he was able to recruit an adventurer passing by to rescue his sister. While in the ruin, Kireth and the adventurer retrieved a power core from a Ztheng Guardian [6]. Raynor built a device to control Dwarven Automatons with the core, though the device did not work as expected.[7] Raynor then sent the adventurer back in the ruin to acquire additonnal data on the constructs and destroy the Ztheng Guardian.[8]
NotesEdit
- The fell monstrosity, that is the Cursebound Kagouti inspired Maestro Efnort of the Bards College to write the poem "The Red-Eyed Terror of Zthenganaz."[9]
- In early drafts, this location was spelled Zthgnthaz, which was intended to be the Dwemeris acronym for "time-wizard".[UOL 1]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Zthenganaz appearance in ESO
- ^ Zthenganaz loading screen in ESO
- ^ a b Kireth's Notebook — Kireth Vanos
- ^ Ztheng Guardian appearance in ESO
- ^ Eye of Zthenganaz
- ^ Events of An Unexpected Fall in ESO
- ^ Events of Tinker Trouble in ESO
- ^ Events of Parts of the Whole in ESO
- ^ Cursebound Kagouti mount description in ESO
Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.