Fythung
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The Fythung is a powerful criminal organization that existed during the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Eras. It was created and led by Denai-Ves, who was a criminal lord and Tamriel's most powerful Tsaesci. The Fythung was originally founded as a way for Denai-Ves to increase his hold over Tamriel. The Fythung fought in the Polcast War, against the Msirae Avengers, where it was defeated, but not destroyed. Denai-Ves was killed during the Battle of Mount Lorgmir. The remnants of the Fythung were in disarray for several years after that with rival warlords fighting each other over control of the criminal empire. One warlord, Hastrel Jarol, managed to defeat the other factions and absorbed them into his empire, in effect recreating the Fythung. The Fythung prospered once again. Several hundreds of years later, the Fythung had grown so powerful that it led a rebellion against the Lilmothian Empire, and won, claiming Black Marsh and Caload for itself.
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[edit] History
The Fythung, or some form of it, dates back to the Fourth Era, around 4E 225, several years after the Msirae Avengers were created. Denai-Ves, a Tsaesci, was banished from his homeland, and came to Tamriel in search of a new life. He created the Fythung, named after the Tsaesci word for Guild, and recruited murderers, thieves, psychopaths, extortionists, smugglers, pirates, and other people of an unsavory nature into his organization.
The Fythung quickly created a name for itself, eventually rising up into the major guild limelight, with the Thieves' Guild and the Red Sabre criminal organizations. The Fythung created a large power base within Black Marsh, Blackwood, and Caload. Eventually, the Fythung became so powerful that they attempted to assassinate the Emperor Gold-Heart II, who was Emperor of the Lilmothian Empire, which consisted of Black Marsh, Blackwood, Caload, and the Lower Niben.
[edit] Polcast War
The assassination attempt failed, and one of the assassins was captured and tortured until he gave the Emperor a name, the name he gave was Fythung. The Emperor sent his elite troops the Msirae Avengers to root out and combat the merciless criminal organization. The Polcast War had begun.
[edit] Ambush at Talare
The Msirae Avengers through the Empire's intelligence agency discovered the location of a Fythung skooma smuggling camp and stormed it. The Fythung members were caught completely unawares and after several hours of fighting the Fythung smugglers were killed and their bodies were left for the werecrocodiles to feed on.
The Msirae Avengers searched the camp and found several references to the Forgoth Cave, and decided to raid it.
[edit] Assault on Forgoth Cave
The Msirae Avengers followed their leads and assaulted Forgoth Cave, finding a large Fythung base there. The Fythung held the Avengers at the front entrance for more than thirty minutes. Then Eric Snowmane, himself came to the battle and fought his way through the door. The time window though had given the Fythung enough time to set up a palisade. It took an hour, but the Msirae Avengers eventually overcame the brave and ruthless Fythung defense.
The Avengers proceeded into the cave and killed many more Fythung members as they went. Eventually they came to the situation room, and found a Storm Council member there. The Eviscerator and his bodyguards killed many of the Avengers and then escaped. However, the battle was still counted as a victory for the Avengers.
[edit] The War Continues
After the Assault on Forgoth Cave, the war's fortunes ebbed and flowed. At one point the Avengers seemed on the edge of victory, only to see it snatched from underneath them. After many more battles, the Msirae Avengers set up camp at Klopper Point.
That night an assassin, Lumbar gro-Khog, attempted to kill Eric Snowmane. Snowmane was grievously injured, but managed to throw himself out of his tent and into the river. The assassin killed all of the men in the camp.
[edit] Assassinations Galore
The assassinations continued, and at its height, over 400 Divine Avengers had been assassinated. Octavian Gratus, who was second in command and Eric Snowmane's nephew, was hunted down and cornered by the Storm Council. Death-Blade took his dagger and interrogated Gratus and then finally cut his throat, and mutilated his body. The body was later delivered to Snowmane, who was horrified at what had been done.
However, instead of demoralizing him as it should have, it only encouraged him to destroy the Fythung. Catching word of a Storm Council meeting at Mount Lorgrim, he set out with his army and began attacking the Fort Lorgrim, the only entrance into the valley where the Storm Council was meeting.
[edit] Asasult on Fort Lorgrim and the End of the Storm Council
After a month long siege, the Avengers finally managed to break through and into the Fortress slaughtering the remaining members of the Fythung, but when they reached the valley, the Storm Council had retreated through a secret cave system higher into the mountain. The Avengers found the entrance to the caves, and slaughtered the remaining Fythung members defending their leaders.
Denai-Ves fought and killed more than a hundred Avengers, with the other members of the Storm Council getting equally impressive amounts of kills, but they were eventually overwhelmed. Eric Snowmane was killed fighting with Death-Blade. An archer later killed Death-Blade while retreating. The surviving members of the Council turned into warlords and fought over the remnants of the once great Fythung.
[edit] Civil War
With the once great Fythung collapsed into Civil War, Black Marsh became an even worse place to live in. The warlords of the Fythung created reigns of terror and tyranny never seen before in Tamriel. They fought each other constantly in the war that came to be known as the War of the Seven Kingdoms.
No side gained an advantage for several hundreds of years. A new warlord, Hastrel Jarol, a male Imperial, was able to take command of one of the kingdoms, and led it to several stunning victories over the other kingdoms. He quickly absorbed the other six kingdoms, and recreated, reforged the Fythung back into is place of world dominance of the underworld.
[edit] Revival
Hastrel Jarol quickly recreated the Fythung back to its original glory. This time he extended his recruiting to include necromancers and other outcasts of society as well. In time, the Fythung grew back, and refurbished it old holdings. The Storm Council was recreated, with Jarol at its head. They engaged in little bouts of warfare with Red Sabre and the Thieves' Guild.
Several years later Jarol died and for hundreds of more years the Shadow Council continued to rule, and the Fythung expanded and expanded, but never contracted. Its operations eventually expanded to include all of Tamriel, Akavir, Thras, Pyandonea, and Rieltam. It became so big, and had so many members it was actually a threat to the Lilmothian Empire, the Dissident Confederacy, and the Kingdom of Caed, the three weakest Tamrielen Empires.
[edit] Rebellion
The Fythung eventually launched a rebellion against the Lilmothian Empire, under the leadership of Hans Hard-Hands. The Lilmothian Empire at first did well launching several invasions of Fythung held territory and crushing all resistance, but it turned out that those were just mercenaries the Fythung had hired to keep the Empire busy. For after months of fighting, entire cells of the Fythung revolted in the cities, stirred the citizens into a riot, killed the garrisons, and took over the cities of the Lilmothian Empire.
The Emperor Silver-Tail XI, a notorious coward, fled with as many men as he could must and fled to the island of Caload, where he quickly fortified and established himself as the King of the Kingdom of Caload. The Fythung was just as content to lick its wounds and let the Emperor have his petty kingdom. For now the Fythung had all of Black Marsh, Blackwood, and Nibenay under their rule.
[edit] Beliefs and Practices
The Fythung is first and foremost a cult devoted to criminal activities and the gathering of wealth. They smuggled skooma, moonsugar, and hist sap across the border to other provinces. Their beliefs would be called unmoral to some, which they are, but to them they are a means to an end to create wealth for themselves.
They worship the Hist Trees. They believe that the Hist Sap and other drugs are the Hist Lord's favorites. When one displeases the Hist Lord, you and anyone you are associated with acquires several years of bad luck, until the years are over, or the person responsible for the wrath of the Lord is killed.
[edit] Artifacts
The Fythung was known for its collection of relics. Indeed, Hastrel Jarol was a collector of rare and powerful antiquities, and upon his death left his collection to his successor. Here are the rarest the Fythung possesses.
- Denai-Ves' Katana: The katana of the founder of the Fythung. It is exquisitely carved, and along the band contains the words,"Lukolan Kiljaedan...Rety Hujolin Polimanaru." (Translation: "For wealth...we give everything.")
- Branch of the Hist Lord: A branch that is rumored to have fallen off the Hist Lord himself. If this is to be believed than the artifact contains vast amounts of magickal power.
- Tower Guard: The shield of Hastrel Jarol, the reformator. This artifact was created for him by the master smith, Loki A'Plor.
- Unfeathered Blood: A vase containing the blood of Umaril the Unfeathered, the warrior king of the Ayleids.
- Lindai Crown: The crown of the Ayleid King of Lindai. It grants immortality upon the wearer, but first knocks them unconscious. Umbaccano, the Ayleid Lord, wore this when Bendu Olo tricked him. Olo taking him for dead left.
[edit] Operations
The Fythung smuggles various drugs, skooma, moonsguar, and hist sap, across the border disguised as potions for sell at the Mages' Guild. They then take the drugs to one of their nearby bases in the other provinces, and deliver them to buyers.
The Fythung often blackmails royalty and high-ranking officials of the various kingdoms and empires. Some members of the Fythung are high-ranking officials, and help the Fythung extort money from the royal treasuries. They also create counterfeit money, and commit fraud on a daily basis.
They steal from the wealthy nobles of Tamriel, and sell the items on the black market. They also assassinate people, much like the Dark Brotherhood.
[edit] Bases
[edit] Fort Lorgrim
[edit] Outer Citadel
The outer citadel consists of the ramparts, watch towers, and the gatehouse. Within the outer citadel are guard barracks, catapult stations, and in front of the wall is a trench with stakes.
[edit] Inner Citadel
The inner Citadel consists of ramparts, watch towers, and another gatehouse. It also includes the barracks, cafeteria, and other utility rooms, including the smithy, and the Armory.
[edit] Mountain Passages
The mountain passages are hidden behind a waterfall in the Death Valley. They lead through various catacombs which leads to the Shadow Council's chambers and the Council room itself.
[edit] Camp Talaren
Camp Talaren consists of several huts and halls, where the skooma smugglers and dealers live and conduct the skooma operations of the Fythung.
[edit] Forgoth Cave
Forgoth Cave is a large base of the Fythung. Here the assassins, moonsugar smugglers, and extortionist branches of the Fythung live and work.
