Lore:Gorieus

Emperor Gorieus
Emblem of the Alessian Empire
Race	Unknown	Gender	Male
Born		1st Era
Resided in		Cyrod
Reign		1E 461, 23rd of Sun's Dawn-
Previous Ruler		Ami-El
Next Ruler		Herda

Gorieus was an emperor of the Alessian Empire during the fifth century of the First Era. Like most Alessian Emperors, he was not a man of great humor. His coronation in 1E 461 was a somber ceremony, in accordance with the rules of the Alessian Order, but was still attended by many of the famous figures of the day including Darloc Brae the Golden Beast of Anequina, the High King of Skyrim, Kjoric the White, his son Hoag, representing their kingdoms and giving honor to the Empire. Despite the Empire's intolerance of all elves, Ryain Direnni (in service to the Imperial court of High Rock), Chimer Hortator Indoril Nerevar, and Dwemer Dumac Dwarfking attended, diplomatically representing Resdayn, all in relative peace.

One of the guests, Kjoric the White, later rebelled against him, and Gorieus' forces killed him in the Battle of Sungard. His military defeat at the hands of King Rislav Larich of Skingrad in 1E 478 began the downfall of the Alessian Empire. Rislav's unlikely victory over Gorieus' legions was seen by some at the time as divine favor.

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  Sungard, the site of one of Gorieus' military victories

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  Colovia, the site of one of Gorieus' military defeats