#valga

“La soledad es para mí una fuente de curación que hace que valga la pena vivir la vida. Hablar es a menudo un tormento para mí y necesito muchos días de silencio para recuperarme de la inutilidad de las palabras.”

(Credit to the PT team for all this lore.)

With Uriel Septim on the verge of death and a succession crisis sure to follow, there are many on either side of the River Niben with ambitions to take the Ruby Throne for themselves.

The Voria Hierophants of Mir Corrup

Once upon a time, the Voria Clan was one of the most prestigious families in Cyrodiil. When the simulacrum occurred, however, the Voria clan besmirched their honor by collaborating with Jagar Tharn. Even Caula Voria, Uriel’s wife, may have been a part of the conspiracy, and for this reason is now under an informal house arrest in the Emperor’s winter palace. The Voria Hierophants support Ebel Septim, the youngest of Uriel’s children, possibly because they believe him to be a daedric doppleganger, and it is said that Ebel himself prefers the company of his mother to that of the Imperial Court.

The Mede Dynasty of Sarchal

The Medes are small-time, backwater country nobility with a claim to the throne through their descendance from Cuhlecain - Emperor Zero. This is a weak claim, and there is very little reason to believe that a Mede will be the next emperor. But who knows? Stranger things have happened, and these are strange times indeed.

The Valga Dynasty of Chorrol

The Valgas are Colovia’s strongest contenders for the Imperial Throne, currently, and they defend this claim openly. Their matriarch, the noble Countess Arriana Valga, has a distant bloodclaim to the Septims as well as the military and political might to take the Imperial City by force, if need be. She also has familial ties the upper echelons of the Imperial Legion High Command, and is currently arranging a marriage for her daughter to the Caro Hierophants of Leyawiin. Arriana is hopeful that her daughter, Alessia Valga, will take the throne if the Septim Dynasty collapses.

Calaxes Septim, Uriel’s Bastard

Calaxes is a rather interesting claimant to the throne, having been publicly acknowledged as Uriel’s bastard son and granted the title of Archprelate of the Temple of the One. He disappeared during the Imperial Simulacrum, presumably assassinated by the Blades for plotting to usurp the throne and reinstate the marukhati theocracy. The truth is that while Jagar Tharn did indeed attempt to have him assassinated, Calaxes escaped and now resides deep within the jungle, training an army of marukhati faithfuls to champion his cause in the coming succession crisis.

The Legion’s Generals