Lore:Yoregg the Bastard

Yoregg the Bastard
Race	Nord	Gender	Male
Died		The Bastard's Tomb, Skyrim
Resided in		Windhelm

Yoregg the Bastard (formerly known as Yoregg Grass-Grazer) was an infamous Nord that lived in the city of Windhelm. Yoregg held an infamous reputation, attaining the nickname, "the Bastard." He was known for being a scoundrel, a crook, and for treating everyone as total garbage, a proud-to-be, bastard. In his lifetime, he was one of the wealthiest, yet oldest people in Windhelm.

History

Yoregg Grass-Grazer was one of the oldest people to live in Eastmarch during an unspecified time. His career began as a bandit and a raider in the hills of the Icewind Peaks. Yoregg had established a hideout in the area, a copper and turquoise mine found along Ysgramor's Teeth. But as time went on, Yoregg elevated in the Eastmarch economy, building an empire of the city's stalls, taverns, and farms found outside of the western wall. But as he had gained influence, he received enemies.

Yoregg would impose severe and heavy tax onto the people of Windhelm, treating his workers as slaves and servants, and expecting business owners to treat him with love and respect. Yoregg the Bastard would become one of the oldest, yet wealthiest people in Windhelm. In his twilight years, Yoregg the Bastard would commission the extensive construction of his tomb, from his old hideout on the other side of the region. He hired the expert stonemason, Shreg Rock-Fingers, one of his many victims, whose parents were bled of their money and farm. As Yoregg toured his tomb, he visited his sarcophagus as she was working. Believing that he was just testing it, Yoregg was trapped in his coffin by Shreg and left inside his tomb until he would pass away, in his attempt to break out. Ever since then, the cavern would become known as The Bastard's Tomb, and the site would become the source of superstition. The locals of southern Eastmarch would actively avoid the tomb, with no explanation as to why.

Over the years, many versions of his last Will and Testament appeared, though none were verified.

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  The Bastard's Tomb ca. 2E 582