Wulfharth was named High King of Skyrim by the moot in 1E 480 or 482. His (purportedly autobiographical) story continues in The Arcturian Heresy, though the veracity of these works cannot be determined (and in one instance, two contradictory versions of the same story exist).

Most of what is written about the early lives of King Wulfharth comes from ancient Nord legends collected in Five Songs of King Wulfharth. This planted the seed for the passionate, undying hatred that Wulfharth would come to have for Almsivi. This listening frame was placed on Wulfharth's head, which drove him mad and turned him away. The shouts were subsequently given to Vivec, who bound them into an ebony listening frame. Wulfharth was ultimately driven back when he faced off against the Chimer Hortator Nerevar, who grabbed his shouts by hand until his power throat bled. He possessed incredible supernatural abilities that he used to upend and totally destroy many Chimeri villages and Dwemeri strongholds.

Representing the Nordic Empire, Wulfharth fought against the alliance of Chimer and Dwemer known as the First Council. It is said he came from the icy continent of Atmora. Little is known of Wulfharth's early life. Though his official story ends here, The Arcturian Heresy claims that Wulfharth reincarnated as the Ash-King following this battle, an undead warrior bent on destroying the Mer and ruling Tamriel. ĭuring the Interregnum, he was revived yet again by either Almalexia or The Skald-King Jorunn to fight against the Akaviri invaders of Skyrim and Morrowind. He led the invasion of Resdayn (modern-day Morrowind) and fought at the Battle of Red Mountain, where he was killed again. Legends claim that an evil god once made him (and all of Skyrim) into children, and when Wulfharth found a way to cure his people, he inadvertently made himself extremely old and died (for the first time). He was also famed for driving the Direnni clan out of Skyrim. He submitted Skyrim to a fiery reinstatement of the traditional Nordic pantheon, destroying Alessian temples and forcing the remnants of its priesthood to seek refuge in the Heartland. High King Wulfharth (also known as Ysmir, Dragon of the North, Breath of Kyne, Shor's Tongue, Kyne's Son, the Ash-King, the Breath of Kyne, the Storm of Kyne, the Grey Wind, the Kingmaker, Spirit Wulfharth, Ra'Wulfharth, Lord of Solitude, and possibly the Underking ) was an Atmora-born High King of ancient Skyrim who came to power after the death of Hoag Merkiller at Glenumbra Moors.

Century: age of ashes lore