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|imgdesc=Orsinium's location in High Rock circa {{Year|3E 433}}

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After the transformation of the Orsimer deity known as [[Lore:Trinimac|Trinimac]] into the {{Lore Link|Daedric Prince}} [[Lore:Malacath|Malacath]], the Orcs, who transformed as well, fled to the northern wastes, near [[Lore:Saarthal|Saarthal]].{{ref|name=TTNoO|{{Cite book|The True Nature of Orcs}}}} After hundreds of orcs, [[Lore:Ogre|ogres]], [[Lore:Goblin|goblins]], [[Lore:Gremlin|gremlins]] and other beastfolk were set free by the [[Lore:Altmer|Altmer]] during the [[Lore:Camoran Dynasty|Camoran Dynasty]], they chose to settle in an uninhabited mountain region close to [[Lore:Old Hroldan|Old Hroldan]] in [[Lore:High Rock|High Rock]], as their people were dependent on a rare, shaggy, giant centipede herd-beast that can only survive at high altitudes.{{ref|name=PGE1W}} In the tenth century of the {{Lore Link|First Era}}, chieftain {{Lore Link|Torug gro-Igron}} brought the Orcish people together and founded a village in the western {{Lore Link|Wrothgarian Mountains}}. Thanks to the cooperation of several Orcish clans, particularly {{Lore Link|Igrun Clan|Igrun}}, {{Lore Link|Morkul Clan|Morkul}}, {{Lore Link|Shatul Clan|Shatul}}, and {{Lore Link|Tumnosh Clan|Tumnosh}}, the village quickly grew into a great stone city.{{ref|name=ON|Events of [[Online:Online|ESO]]}} The first Orsinium drew the Orcs by its magnificence and Torug's vision of a united Orc nation. It continued to grow and prosper in the [[Lore:First Era|First Era]], also absorbing the Orc refugees who were fleeing [[Lore:Hammerfell|Hammerfell]] due to the [[Lore:Ra Gada|Ra Gada]] invasion.{{ref|name=PGE1W}}

[[Image:Highrock.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The province of High Rock]]

[[File:ON-interior-Old Orsinium.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of the first Orsinium circa {{Year|2E 582}}]]

After a while, the Orsinium army grew determined to capture the [[Lore:Bjoulsae River|Bjoulsae River]] and force the kingdom of {{Lore Link|Wayrest (kingdom)|Wayrest}} to provide compensation for its services. Naturally, this did not settle well with their neighboring kingdoms, especially the Kingdom of [[Lore:Daggerfall (kingdom)|Daggerfall]]. In 1E 948, [[Lore:Joile|King Joile]] of Daggerfall sent a letter to [[Lore:Gaiden Shinji|Gaiden Shinji]] of the [[Lore:Order of the Diagna|Order of the Diagna]], which proposed a joint attack on Orsinium. Agreeing to provide aid, an alliance was formed between the Order of Diagna and the armies of Daggerfall (High Rock) and [[Lore:Sentinel (kingdom)|Sentinel]] (Hammerfell). The armies amassed and began a campaign for the destruction of Orsinium.{{ref|name=WJotB|{{Cite book|Wayrest, Jewel of the Bay}}}}{{ref|name=PGE3O|{{Cite book|PGE|3|Orsinium}}}} During the campaign, which became widely known as the ''Siege of Orsinium'', the [[Lore:Breton|Breton]] armies of Daggerfall, the [[Lore:Redguard|Redguard]] soldiers of Sentinel, and the [[Lore:Yokuda|Yokuda]]n {{Lore Link|Order of Diagna}} invaded the Orc homeland. The Orcs gave much resistance and proved themselves to be fearsome and brutal warriors, just as they did in the past. However, king {{Lore Link|Joile}} of Daggerfall already planned to betray the Redguards and invade Hammerfell after having destroyed Orsinium. He and his {{Lore Link|Reachman}} general, {{Lore Link|Mercedene}} of the {{Lore Link|Winterborn}}, tricked the Orcish hero {{Lore Link|Baloth Bloodtusk}} and his {{Lore Link|Savage Sons}}, who initially did not take part in the war, to join King Golkarr of Orsinium. Afterwards, he manipulated the leader of the Order of Diagna, {{Lore Link|Gaiden Shinji}}, into having a duel with Bloodtusk over Orsinium's fate. During the duel, Mercedene ordered Joile's archers to kill both combatants, effectively removing the most powerful warriors of both Orsinium and the Order of Diagna for Joile.{{ref|name=ON}} Eventually, after a 30 year siege, the allied forces breached Orsinium and overran the city, completely razing it in {{Year|1E 980}}. King Joile then executed his plan of invading Hammerfell, but he was defeated and killed at the {{Lore Link|Bangkorai Pass}} by the {{Lore Link|Ansei}} warrior {{Lore Link|Makela Leki}}.{{ref|name=FtMSoML|{{Cite book|From The Memory Stone of Makela Leki}}}} Although the siege marked the destruction of Orsinium, the Orsimer homeland would rise again.{{ref|name=WJotB}}{{ref|name=PGE3O}}

[[File:ON-place-Orsinium 02.jpg|thumb|right|King Kurog's Orsinium circa {{Year|2E 582}}]]