Lore:Zthenganaz

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Zthenganaz
Type Ruin
Continent Tamriel
Province High Rock
Region Wrothgar
Appears in ESO
Zthenganaz entrance circa 2E 582

Zthenganaz is a buried Dwemer ruin, located in the Icy Shore of the Wrothgarian mountains, south of Farrun.[1]

According to Thelwe Ghelein, it was founded by one of the clans that splintered from the Rourken after they left Vvardenfell.[2] It was defended by an advanced type of Dwarven Centurion called Ztheng Guardian.[3][4] A dwarven Artifact called the Eye of Zthenganaz, a large gemstone mounted in a gear-like wheel, was, according to legend, crafted by the Dwarves to spy on the Orc strongholds of the early First Era.[5]

Zthenganaz interior

By the Second Era, the ruins of Zthenganaz were mostly caught in ice.[1] In 2E 582, when King Kurog called for experts from all over Tamriel to help rebuild the orc nation of Orsinium, dunmer scholar Raynor Vanos went on a mission to find and explore Zthenganaz.[3] While he was searching for the ruin with his sister Kireth, she fell in a hole leading directly into it. Fortunately, he was able to recruit an adventurer passing by to rescue his sister. While in the ruin, Kireth and the adventurer retrieved a power core from a Ztheng Guardian [6]. Raynor built a device to control Dwarven Automatons with the core, though the device did not work as expected.[7] Raynor then sent the adventurer back in the ruin to acquire additonnal data on the constructs and destroy the Ztheng Guardian.[8]

Notes[edit]

  • The fell monstrosity, that is the Cursebound Kagouti inspired Maestro Efnort of the Bards College to write the poem "The Red-Eyed Terror of Zthenganaz."[9]
  • In early drafts, this location was spelled Zthgnthaz, which was intended to be the Dwemeris acronym for "time-wizard".[UOL 1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Zthenganaz appearance in ESO
  2. ^ Zthenganaz loading screen in ESO
  3. ^ a b Kireth's Notebook — Kireth Vanos
  4. ^ Ztheng Guardian appearance in ESO
  5. ^ Eye of Zthenganaz
  6. ^ Events of An Unexpected Fall in ESO
  7. ^ Events of Tinker Trouble in ESO
  8. ^ Events of Parts of the Whole in ESO
  9. ^ Cursebound Kagouti mount description in ESO

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.

  1. ^ Secret Dwemer Origins
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