Kothringi

The  were a race of tribal men that once inhabited the Black Marsh province. This race of people are noted as having metallic skin and "reflective faces." Before the Cyrodiillic human slave uprising against the Ayleids, Kothringi were among the many tribes of men that the Ayleids used as slaves.

The Kothringi were eventually wiped out by the Knahaten Flu that started in 2E 560.

Culture
The Kothringi generally preferred to go naked, although a few wore clothes when outside their native land. Their garb, as seen in, appears to be simple leather with animal bones stitched in. They lived in round stone huts with chimneys, topped with domed thatched roofs. The triskelion is seen etched into rocks around their villages.

They appear to have had a shamanistic society and worshipped a god named Z'en—a god of Toil—as well as Mara.

Notable members
The most well known member of the Kothringi Tribe is Zuuk. He is mentioned in the book series 2920, The Last Year of the First Era. Zuuk was a servant/guard of the Imperial mistress of Reman Cyrodiil. As seen in, by the second era, a Kothringi village located on top of an Ayleid ruin was named after him.

The last living member of the Kothringi was Drillk, who was apparently royalty. In, the Vestige has the choice to either let him live on as the last member of his people, or end his life for the sake of absorbing a keystone to further the cause of the Ebonheart Pact in Shadowfen.

There is also an immortal village of Kothringi in Shadowfen called Stillrise Village that appears in. They have been turned into skeletons in exchange for immortality by Clavicus Vile. "Decades ago, the Knahaten flu swept through the land. The children were first. By Z'en, I can still see the bodies....But Z'en couldn't save us. So at Chieftain Suhlak's behest, I prayed to Clavicus Vile. He bestowed this mockery of salvation upon us."

- Shaman Chirah

The Vestige learns that the village is divided between those who would like to end the curse and gain final rest, and those who would like to keep living despite the curse's disadvantages. They turn to the Vestige to decide their fate.

Names of the undead Kothringi denizens of Stillrise Village include:
 * Chieftain Suhlak
 * War Chief Helushk
 * Shaman Chirah
 * Baela
 * Hamu
 * Dabinukal
 * Dassi
 * Maeonius
 * Acolyte Morag
 * Eral
 * Dussir
 * Kedis
 * Erunassur
 * Ababael
 * Lunutli
 * Ulster

Trivia

 * The ruins of their civilization are shown to Decumus Scotti in The Argonian Account, Book IV
 * It is known that at least some of the Kothringi were sailors. In Varieties of Faith in the Empire, it says the Bosmeri god Z'en is the "god of payment in kind. Studies indicate origins in both Argonian and Akaviri mythologies, perhaps introduced into Valenwood by Kothringi sailors."