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The Seventeen and One Monarchs of the Ysgramor Dynasty
by High Chronicler Valerius of Winterhold
A history of Skyrim's early High Kings

Table of ContentsEdit

Family TreeEdit
Ysgramor
ME 179 — ME 99
???
(ME ??? — ME ???)
Ylgar
ME 148 — ME 81
Yngol
ME 151 — ME 119
Astrid Stormcrag
ME ??? — ME ???
Finna Prince-Slayer
ME??? — ME 62
Totem-King Heimverlund
ME 127 — ME ???
Svari Fireforge
ME ?? — ME 31
Skerd-Prince Grymvaar
ME 80 — ME 62
Jafnhar the Young
ME 72 — ME 63
Iglund Fireforge
ME 63 — ??)
???
(ME ?? — ME ??)
Grelka Cruel-Wind
ME ?? — ME ??
Valdimar
ME ?? — ME ??
House of Hjornskar
Hjornskar the Wolf
ME ?? — ME ??
House of Fjora
Fjora Valdimardottir
ME ?? — ME ??
House of Asbjorn
Asbjorn Valdimarson
ME ?? — ME ??
Descended Monarchs
Haknir the Baleful
Borgas the Heretic
Descended Monarchs
Einarth of the East
Hrogar Brass-Bane
Harald Hand-Free
Hjalmer the Unworthy
Vrage the Butcher
Descended Monarchs
Bjarfrud Skjoralmor
Vundheim of Whiterun
Valdar the Far Sighted
Gellir Brass-Bane
Yrsa Snowblade

TimelineEdit

Merethic EraEdit

ME 232 — Reign of High Priestess Kulaasdaanikgolt
  • The exceptionally long reign of Kulaasdaanikgolt of Atmora begins
ME 179 — Ysgramor is born
  • The Harbinger is born in the village of Forelgrin on Atmora.
ME 133 — The Bromtiiddiin Prophecy is uncovered
  • High Priestess Kulaasdaanikgolt's augers discover an Elder Scroll which speaks of Atmora's doom.
ME 151 — Yngol is born
ME 150 — Ahzihal is born
ME 148 — Ylgar is born
  • Ysgramor's youngest son is born in the village of Forelgrin on Atmora
ME 129 — The Drekihrim Calamity
  • High Priestess Kulaasdaanikgolt attempts to read from her Elder Scroll, but unleashes an enormous blast of ice which engulfs the forests of Drekihrim freezing the once green woodlands. It's believed this was the origin Atmora's Freezing.
ME 128 — Ysgramor leaves Atmora
  • By the order of Priestess Kulaasdaanikgolt, Ysgramor leaves Atmora with a fleet of ships to establish settlements on Tamriel.
ME 128 — Saarthal is founded
  • Ysgramor and his sons, Ylgar and Yngol, establish the first human city in Skyrim.
ME 127 — Heimverlund is born
  • The son of Yngol is born on Atmora.
ME 120 — Night of Tears
  • The city of Saarthal is sacked by an army of Snow Elves. Ysgramor and his two sons flee back to Atmora.
ME 119 — Ysgramor Returns to Skyrim
  • Ysgramor his son and the Five Hundred Companions depart from Atmora to seek revenge for the Night of Tears. Yngol dies after his ship is destroyed in the Storm of Separation.
ME 118 — Arthalaan is sacked
  • The Snow Elf capital is razed by the Five Hundred Companions.
ME 118 — The Battle of the Moesring
  • Atmorans battle the last remnants of the Snow Elves of the island of Solstheim.
  • The Snow Prince is killed during the battle.
ME 117 — Windhelm is founded
  • The oldest human settlement is founded by Ysgramor after his conquest of Skyrim.
ME 117 — Prince Heimverlund arrives in Skyrim
  • The young future king arrives in the new land with his clan.
ME 116 — Whiterun, Winterhold and Dawnstar are founded
  • The founding cities of Skyrim are established by the Circle of Captains.
ME 114 — Ysgramor wages war on the Giant clans
  • Ysgramor exterminates hundred of Giants from the hinterlands of Skyrim, culminating with the death of their chieftain, Sinmur.
ME 105 — Ysgramor develops a writing system
  • Based on elven principles, Ysgramor established a system to transcribe Nordic speech.
ME 99 — Ysgramor dies
  • The Harbinger dies of natural causes. He is buried in a traditional Atmoran barrow facing Atmora.
ME 99 — Ylgar becomes High King.
  • Ysgramor's son inherits the throne and continues his conquests.
ME 98 — Ylgar invades Morrowind
  • Ylgar and the Jylkurfyk torc-brigade begin incursions against the Chimer ash tribes.
  • Entire swaths of the eastern coast of Morrowind is annexed.
ME 96 — Jylkurfyk torc-brigade is exterminated
  • The Chimer summon two Daedric creatures which wipe out Ylgar's entire invading army.
ME 95 — Atmoran emissaries arrive in Windhelm
  • Envoys from the Dragon Cult in Atmora deliver a decree to Ylgar stating their intention to migrate.
ME 94 — Dragon Cult arrive in Skyrim
  • The ruling council from Atmora arrive and negotiate a land and power share with King Ylgar.
ME 93 — Bromjunaar is founded
  • The Dragon Cult build a vast temple to their gods which eventually becomes a thriving city.
ME 93 — Prince Heimverlund departs for Atmora
  • The future king sails back to Atmora to become an anointed Dragon Priest.
ME 91 — The Battle of Autumn Field
  • Olaf Honnith's army eradicate numerous elven insurgents in southern Skyrim.
ME 90 — Riften is founded
  • Following the Battle of Autumn Field, King Ylgar orders the construction of the city.
ME 90 — The Old Holds are established
  • King Ylgar divides his kingdom into four Holds. Eastmarch, Winterhold and the Rift remain under his control, but the pale is ceded to the priesthood.
ME 83 — The Atmoran Exodus
  • A mass migration from Atmora to Skyrim occurs when Prince Heimverlund sails an enormous fleet of longboats back to Skyrim, as numerous dragons follow overhead.
  • Dawnstar and Winterhold are expanded to accommodate.
  • The towns of Wittestadr and Ivarstead are founded.
ME 82 — Heimverlund weds Finna Prince-Slayer
  • The young priest marries the famed shield-maiden of Solstheim.
ME 81 — Ylgar dies
  • He is buried in the husk of his ship, The Darumzu.
ME 81 — Prince Heimverlund becomes High King
ME 81 — Totem-King Heimverlund joins the ruling council
  • He inherites the name and title of Vokun from his predecessor on Atmora.
ME 80 — Crown Prince Grymvaar is born
  • Heimverlund named successor to the throne is born.
ME 70 — Prince Jafnhar is born
ME 77 — Snowhawk is founded
  • King Heimverlund displaces Orcish settlers in the west and establishes Hjaalmarch Hold, with Snowhawk as its capital.
ME 75 — War of the Marsh
  • The displaced Orcs of the west band together under chief Krul gro-Urdnot rebel against the priesthood, but are exterminated in the Drajkmyr marshlands.
ME 62 — The Skerd are wiped out
  • Almost the entire clan of Ysgramor are assassinated in Windhelm during the Feast of the Dead.
ME 62 — Totem-King Heimverlund is deposed
  • Heimverlund is driven insane after witnessing the destruction of his clan and flees to the temple of High Gate.
  • The priesthood replace him with Miraak and claim his holdings.
ME 61 — Jafnhar the Young is killed
  • The only surviving heir to Heimverlund's throne is his nine year old son, who is killed by the Dragon Lodunost after attempting to have his rule recognised.
ME 61 — Iglund Forgefire is born
  • The illegitimate child of Crown Prince Grymvaar is born to Svari Forgefire.
ME 59 — Vundeheim is reduced to ash
  • The rebellious village of Vundeheim is completely reduced to ash after a high priest conjures an unending lightning storm upon it as punishment.
ME 33 — Svari Forgefire dies
ME 31 — Valdimar Forgefire is born
  • The child of Iglund Forgefire, last known survivor of Ysgramor's bloodline, is born.
ME 11 — Alduin awakens
  • The World-Eater awakes descended upon Skyrim, but instead of bringing about the end times, he begins his lordship over the Nords.
ME 10 — Miraak rebels against Alduin
  • In an effort to assert his authority, Miraak forsakes his Dragon overlords and leaves the Dragon Cult.
ME 10 — The Dragon War begins
  • Valdimar Forgefire leads a rebellion against the Dragons.
  • Nords learn the Thu'um from the Dragon Paarthunaax.
ME 02 — The Battle of Anthor
  • The regent of Dawnstar, Warlord Gathrik, led his Army of the Undead to the foothills of Mount Anthor to fight against Valdimar's rebels.

First EraEdit

First CenturyEdit

1E 01 — Bromjunaar falls
  • One of the last strongholds of the priesthood is sacked after its attacked by Valdimar's forces. High Priest Morokei is slain.
1E 03 — The Battle of Snow-Throat
  • Alduin is banished from Nirn at the summit of the Throat of the World.
1E 03 — The Dragon War ends
  • Valdimar Forgefire is victorious in his war against the Dragons.
1E 03 — Vukeinziivul flees Skyrim
  • One of Alduin's dragon generals escapes Valdimar's forces and seeks refuge with the Ayleids in Cyrodiil.
1E 03 — Valdimar becomes High King
  • Following the Dragon War the citizenry of Skyrim name Valdimar as their king. The Vulpine Scepter is gifted to him by Hans the Fox as a symbol of his rule.
1E 04 — Hans the Fox disappears
  • Valdimar's wartime general leaves the High King's side and is never seen again.
1E 04 — King Valdimar sends envoys to Atmora
  • In an effort to bolster the drastically reduced population, Valdimar sends emissaries to Atmora to encourage a new wave of migration, which arrive the following year.
1E 05 — High King Valdimar weds Atmoran chieftain Grelka Cruel-Wind
1E 06 — Hjornskar the Wolf is born
  • The eldest child of High King Valdimar is born.
1E 08 — Fjora Valdimardottir and Asbjorn Valdimarson are born
  • The twins of High King Valdimar are born.
1E 28 — Einarth of the East is born
  • Fjora Valdimardottir gives birth to the future High King.
1E 30 — Hrogar Brass-Bane is born
  • Fjora Valdimardottir gives birth to the future High King.
1E 30 — Bjarfrud Skjoralmor is born
  • The son of Asbjorn Valdimarson is born.
1E 50 — Prince Hjornskar becomes High King
  • King Valdimar retires at the age of 81 and abdicates the throne to his eldest son.
1E 51 — Jarl Einarth attempts to invade Morrowind
  • The Jarl of Riften begins his campaign against the Chimer through the mountain pass known as the Cinder Valley.
1E 57 — The Battle of Three Keeps
  • King Hjornskar the Wolf goes to war against the Orcish strongholds of Haafingar.
1E 58 — Solitude is founded
  • Following the extermination of the Orcs of Haafingar, King Hjornskar the Wolf orders the construction of Solitude.
1E 59 — King Hjornskar the Wolf dies
  • On the eve of his Konunleikar, the High King dies after winning a city-wide drinking contest.
1E 59 — Einarth of the East becomes High King
  • Jarl Einarth from the House of Fjora ascends to the throne.
1E 60 — The Battle of Cinder Valley
  • High King Einarth succeeds in pushing his forces through the Cinder Valley and conquering Mount Trolhetta.
1E 68 — The last ship from Atmora arrives
  • Two battered ships laden with corpses beg to make port in Windhelm.
  • The survivors claim the mythical Atmoran frost-oak "Hvergvalinn" has fallen.
1E 69 — Valdimar the Vanquisher dies
  • The retired High King dies at the age of 105.
1E 74 — Nchuand-Zel is discovered
  • King Einarth's scouts report of a vast city of brass that supposedly appeared out of nowhere.
1E 75 — King Einarth of the East is killed
  • The High King is killed after attempting to wage war on the Dwemer city of Nchuand-Zel.
1E 75 — Thane Hrogar becomes High King
  • The younger brother of Einarth ascends to the throne.
1E 76 — The Orcish Purge
  • Bjarfrud Skjoralmor leads three campaigns in the forests of Falkreath Hold to drive out Orcish settlers.
1E 77 — Falkreath is founded
  • Bjarfrud Skjoralmor establishes the town of Falkreath and rules as its Jarl for the next decade..
1E 77 — The First Sunken Crusade begins
  • High King Hrogar declares war on the Dwemer city of Nchuand-Zel.
1E 83 — Archmage Galdur is born
1E 88 — The First Sunken Crusade ends
  • After fighting to a stalemate, High King Hrogar orders his troop to withdraw from The Reach.
  • Hrogar Brass-Bane, ashamed of his defeat, imposed self-exile unto himself and abdicates the throne before leaving Skyrim.
1E 88 — Jarl Bjarfrud Skjoralmor becomes High King
  • Hrogar's cousin from the House of Asbjorn ascends to the throne.
1E 89 — The Velothi Uprising
  • A violent rebellion breaks out in the occupied regions of Morrowind but is quelled within the year.
1E 98 — The White Flood occurs
  • The banks of the White River burst, flooding large parts of Eastmarch.
1E 99 — The First Battle of Pale Pass
  • High King Bjarfrud Skjoralmor invades Cyrodiil but is met by the Ayleid army of Rielle.
  • After three days Bjarfrud's forces are victorious, but the High King himself is slain in battle.
1E 99 — Vundheim Silver-Hand becomes High King
  • The Harbinger of the Companions and nephew of King Bjarfrud ascends to the throne.

Second CenturyEdit

1E 100 — The Ilinalta Outriders are established
  • Jarl Solaf Skjoralmor's elite horsemen form a distinguished order of cavalry knights.
1E 101 — The Companions are promoted to High King's honor guard
1E 103 — The town of H'roldan is founded
1E 104 — Winterblade Arena is built in Windhelm
1E 105 — The town of Granite Hill is founded
1E 107 — Magus Halldir's Insurrection
  • The court wizard of Falkreath is revealed to be a necromancer after attempting to overthrow the Jarl. He is stopped and imprisoned in a nearby cairn.
1E 108 — First Council of the Hawk is established to oversee numerous religion reforms.
1E 108 — Jyrik Gauldurson is born
1E 110 — King Vundheim Silver-Hand is assassinated
  • The High King is killed while on a hunting expedition, leaving his court is disarray.
  • The Companions of Whiterun are disgraced for failing to protect their king, and immediately discharged as the king's honor guard.
1E 110 — Valdar the Far Sighted becomes High King
  • The younger brother of King Vundheim ascends to the throne.
1E 113 — Harald Hand-Free is born
1E 118 — The Great Fire of Riften
  • An enoumous fire enguls the city but is extinguished by the thu'um of Haknir the Baleful.
1E 121 — High King Valdar begins his searching for Konahrik
1E 123 — High King Valdar disappears
  • King Valdar is last seen leaving Windhelm in the dead of night upon his steed and heading east.
1E 123 — Thane Haknir the Baleful becomes High King
1E 133 — War of the Jeralls
  • The Ayleid city-states of Ninendava, Rielle, and Sedor wage war on Skyrim.
1E 134 — Vukeinziivul's return
  • The great dragon Vukeinziivul returns and aids the Ayleid forces against High King Hakir.
  • After a great battle, Haknir slays both Vukeinziivul and his dragon priest servant Korthosiis.
1E 134 — The Jagged Crown is created
  • High King Haknir forges the crown from the bones of Vukeinziivul after the Vulpine Scepter is destroyed.
1E 137 — Harald Hand-Free is named Jarl of Windhelm
1E 143 — High King Haknir dies
  • Haknir becomes deathly ill with Blood Fever and passes within the year.
1E 143 — Jarl Harald Hand-Free of Windhelm becomes High King
  • The young Jarl of House Fjora ascends to the throne.
1E 144 — Chieftain Randagulf challenges King Harald
1E 145 — King Harald orders the construction of Stuhn's Vanguard
1E 147 — Nordic scouts clash with Yokudan sword-singers in the eastern seas.
1E 153 — The Gray Outriders are established
1E 154 — The Gray Outriders discover tribal Bretons in the Western Reach
1E 156 — Archmage Gauldur is murdered
1E 159 — Archmage Geirmund avenges Gauldur's murder
1E 191 — Prince Hjalmer is born
1E 196 — Prince Vrage is born

Third CenturyEdit

1E 217 — Gellir is born
1E 221 — High King Harald dies
1E 221 — Prince Hjalmer becomes High King
1E 221 — First Battle of Ash Mountain
  • King Hjalmer's forces are defeated in Stonefalls, causing Nordic forces to be driven from Morrowind.
1E 221 — Skerd-Queen Sigrid Laransdottir dies
  • The Queen Mother of Skyrim dies.
1E 222 — King Hjalmer is killed
  • After challenging his older brother for the throne, Prince Vrage kills King Hjalmer in his own throne room.
1E 222 — Prince Vrage becomes High King
1E 222 — The Skyrim Conquests begin
  • Vrage embarks upon numerous campaigns to establish the First Empire of the Nords.
1E 222 — The Breton Liberation
1E 224 — The Western Reach is established as a Hold
1E 226 — Daggerfall is founded
  • Some accounts date this around 1E 246.
1E 228 — The Siege Balfiera
  • The Nords fail to take the isle thanks to the Direnni's impregnable magical defense.
1E 229 — The Second Battle of Ash Mountain
  • Dunkreath Hold is established.
1E 233 — Gellir joins Vrage's army
1E 233 — Dragon Priest Kaarththor is slain
1E 240 — Yrsa Snowblade is born
1E 242 — The Alessian Slave Rebellion erupts in Cyrodiil
  • Alessia, also known as the Slave Queen, leads the predominantly human slaves against the Ayleid Empire.
1E 243 — Taking of the White-Gold Tower.
1E 245 — Frostcrag Hold is established
1E 245 — Bruma is founded and Gellir serves as its first Jarl
1E 247 — Jarl Gellir marries General Val-Yenna
1E 252 — Jarl Gellir of Bruma becomes High King
1E 257 — Alessia establishes the Eight Divines
1E 266 — Empress Alessia dies
1E 266 — Belharza the Man-Bull becomes Emperor
1E 267 — The Second Sunken Crusade
1E 267 — Valenwood forms a trade treaty with the Alessian Empire.
1E 268 — Markarth is founded
1E 272 — High King Gellir dies
1E 272 — Princess Yrsa Snowblade becomes High Queen
1E 275 — Skyrim attempts to expand into Argonia
1E 276 — Queen Yrsa Snowblade is married to Bjornsen the Fleet
1E 282 — Queen Yrsa Snowblade's Konunleikar
1E 299 — The Massacre of Sancre Tor

Fourth CenturyEdit

1E 300 — Borgas is born
  • The illegitimate child of Thane Yngnavar Ghost-Bear is born in Bruma.
1E 312 — Marukh flees from persecution in Valenwood
  • Lord Ami-El grants the Seer refuge in Colovia.
1E 315 — Holy Brothers of Marukh is established
  • The precursor to the Alessian Order takes root in Colovia.
1E 331 — The Prophecy of the Usurper is revealed
  • King Belharza's augers reveal a prophecy that spells his doom.
1E 332 — The Alessian Coup
  • As foretold in the Prophecy of the Usurper, Belharza is slain by his own troops and Lord Ami-El assumes the Ruby Throne.
1E 332 — Queen Yrsa Snowblade is killed
  • The High Queen of the First Empire is killed alongside King Belharza in the Imperial City.
1E 332 — Borgas of Winterhold becomes High King
1E 337 — The Black Watch replaces Skyrim's guard regiments
  • King Borgas abolishes the traditional guard regiments of the empire.
1E 339 — Frostcrag Hold is relinquished to the Alessian Empire
  • King Borgas grants the entire Hold to Emperor Ami-El.
1E 339 — The patriarchs of House Asbjorn and Fjora are assassinated
  • King Borgas is said to have been responsible.
1E 355 — Clan Direnni rises to prominence.
  • Clan Direnni claims power in High Rock through political maneuvering and various machinations.
1E 358 — Direnni Rebellion
  • Borgas accepts aid from Emperor Ami-El to quell a Direnni uprising in the west but is unsuccessful. Much of Greater Bretony is lost to Lord Viridian Direnni.
1E 361 — The Alessian Doctrines are enforced in Cyrodiil.
1E 362 — The Sisterhood of the Hawk is exterminated
1E 362 — The Alessian Doctrines are enforced in Skyrim
1E 369 — High King Borgas is killed.
  • High King Borgas is killed by the Wild Hunt
1E 369 — War of Succession

GalleryEdit

  • I: Ysgramor the Returned

  • II: Ylgar, the Bear of Forelgrin

  • III: Totem-King Heimverlund

  • V: Valdimar the Vanquisher

  • VI: Hjornskar the Wolf

  • VII: Einarth of the East

  • VIII: Hrogar Brass-Bane

  • XI: Bjarfrud Skjoralmor

  • X: Vundheim Silver-Hand

  • XI: Valdar the Far Sighted

  • XII: Haknir the Baleful

  • XIII: Harald Hand-Free

  • XIV: Hjalmer the Unworthy

  • XV: Vrage the Butcher

  • XVI: Gellir Brass-Bane

  • XVII: Yrsa Snowblade

  • XVIII: Borgas the Heretic

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