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Lore:Moranda

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Moranda
Type Ruin
Continent Tamriel
Province Cyrodiil
Region Great Forest
Appears in Oblivion, ESO
Moranda circa 2E 582
Moranda circa 3E 433

Moranda is an Ayleid ruin in the Great Forest of Cyrodiil, found northeast of Chorrol and southeast of Sancre Tor.[1] Its name directly translates as [the] Long-Dark in Ayleidoon. It was among the only modern sites that still bore their ancient names by the time of the Third Era.[2]

HistoryEdit

During the Alessian Slave Rebellion, the Ten Ancestors were dispersed to cities across Cyrodiil for safekeeping, one of them being kept in Moranda. Following the sacking of White-Gold and the Ayleid exodus of Cyrodiil, the statues were left behind and forgotten.[1]

When the Order of the Black Worm excavated the site of Ouze in 2E 582, they took a necromantic gem array from Moranda and used it to imprison the Voice of Ouze, a spiritual mediary between the Oathbreakers and Y'ffre. The ruins themselves were later cut off from entry.[3]

By 3E 433, the ruins had been opened and were occupied by monsters, and Umbacano contracted the Hero of Kvatch to retrieve one of the Ten Ancestors from there.[4]

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b Moranda in Oblivion
  2. ^ Umbacano's dialogue in Oblivion
  3. ^ Back to Rest quest in ESO
  4. ^ The Collector quest in Oblivion