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[[{{Lore: Link|Othrok|Baron Othrok]]}} was a Baron of {{Lore Link|Dwynnen}}, who ruled the area in the middle of the [[Lore:Third Era|Third Era]]. Although the Baron definitely existed, it is difficult to separate the truth from legends that have arisen around him.
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One legend deals with the foundation of the Barony itself, and how in {{Year|3E 253}}, the Baron led an army of animals and men in a victory against the undead armies of Castle Wightmoor at the battle of [[Lore:Battle of Wightmoor|Battle of Wightmoor]].{{Ref|name=TFOTU|{{Cite book|The Fall of the Usurper}}}} Whether this is literally true or not, the people of the Barony celebrate a holiday called Othroktide on the 5th of Suns Dawn each year as a memorial to the battle.{{Ref|{{Cite book|Holidays of the Iliac Bay}}}}
The Baron is even more famous as the man who stopped the invasion of the [[{{Lore:Camoran UsurperLink|Camoran Usurper]]}} in {{Year|3E 267}}.{{Ref|name=TFOTU}} Although the credit given to the Baron is probably overstated, it was at the [[Lore:Battle of Firewaves|Battle of Firewaves]], not in Dwynnen itself but nearby, that the combined armies of Dwynnen, [[{{Lore:Ykalon Link|Ykalon]]}}, [[{{Lore:Phrygia Link|Phrygia]]Phrygias}}, and [[{{Lore:Kambria Link|Kambria]]}} defeated the Usurper and restored peace to [[{{Lore:Tamriel Link|Tamriel]]}}.{{Ref|name=TFOTU}}<noinclude>
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