Editing Wulfharth

[[File:Wulfharth plaque Windhelm.jpg|thumb|250px|Wulfharth's Plaque in Windhelm.]]
'''Wulfharth''' or '''Wulfarth''',<ref group="UL">''[[Sotha Sil's Last Words]]''</ref> also known as '''[[Ysmir]]''', '''Dragon of the North''', '''Shor's Tongue''', and the '''Breath of Kyne'''<ref name="Songs">''[[Five Songs of King Wulfharth]]''</ref> was an ancient king of [[Skyrim]]. He is the subject of several [[Nord]]ic myths and legends, and has become known as '''[[The Underking]] '''or '''The Ash King'''.<ref name="Heresy">''[[The Arcturian Heresy]]''</ref>

Wulfharth was proficient at using the [[Thu'um]], and his voice was so powerful that he could not verbally take the oath of allegiance required of him by the [[Pact of Chieftains]]. He is said to have died and been resurrected multiple times throughout Tamrielic history.<ref name="Heresy"/>

==Mortal history==
Wulfharth was born in [[Atmora]] in the First Era. He was chosen ruler of [[Skyrim]] in 1E 500 by the Pact of Chieftains after the death of High King [[Hoag Merkiller]] who was killed in the [[Battle of Glenumbra Moors (Event)|Battle of Glenumbra Moors]].<ref name="Rislav">''[[Rislav the Righteous]]''</ref><ref name="Songs"/>

===Religious reform===
[[File:Muralfox.jpg|thumb|A depiction of Shor as seen in ancient Nordic ruins.]]
Wulfharth's first act was to continue the work of his predecessor in restoring the old Nordic faith, outlawing the [[Alessian Doctrines]] and reinstating the traditional Nordic Pantheon.<ref name="Rislav"/> This was followed by persecution of the Alessian priests, many of whom were burnt at the stake.<ref name="Songs"/>

===Military deeds against the Orcs and Elves===
In addition to his involvement at the Battle of Glenumbra Moors, Wulfharth is recorded as having fought repeatedly against the [[Orcs]], "shouted their Chieftain into Hell", and then fighting against them and "the ghost of [[Alduin]]", who turned the Nords into children. Wulfharth pleaded with [[Shor]] to come to their aid, and Shor fought Alduin and Wulfharth learned the thu'um of How to Shake the Dragon Just So. However, he shook too many years out of himself, and died.<ref name="Songs" />

During his reign, he was also said to have driven the [[Direnni Hegemony]] from Skyrim.<ref>Wulfharth's plaque outside the [[Palace of the Kings]]</ref>

==Resurrections==
===War of the First Council===
[[File:Heart of Lorkhan.png|thumb|The [[Heart of Lorkhan]].]] With the [[Chimer]] and the [[Dwemer]] [[War of the First Council|fighting among themselves]] in the First Era, the Nords either saw an opportunity to regain their old dominions and invaded,<ref name="Songs"/> or were invited to participate in the war by [[House Dagoth]] and the [[Dwemer]].<ref>''[[The Real Nerevar]]''</ref><ref>''[[War of the First Council (Book)|War of the First Council]]''</ref> The Tongues who led this war summoned Shor, who summoned Wulfharth to lead the Nords.<ref name="Songs"/> [[File:Red Mountain.jpg|thumb|The [[Red Mountain]].]] Some sources claim that Wulfharth was involved in the Battle of Red Mountain and slew [[Dumac]], the leader of the Dwemer, before [[Vivec]] blasted Wulfharth to pieces.<ref name="Songs"/> Other sources imply Dumac was killed by the Chimer warlord [[Nerevar]].<ref>''[[Nerevar at Red Mountain]]''</ref> The Khajiit claim that [[Alkosh]] summoned them to Red Mountain as well, and that Wulfharth shouted at the moons until they moved and turned the Khajiit into Senche, and rode [[Dro'Zira]] during his final assault on Red Mountain.<ref>''[[The Tale of Dro'Zira]]''</ref>

Yet another tale claims that the Nords and Wulfharth were at Red Mountain to reclaim the [[Heart of Lorkhan|Heart of Shor]]. This version of events say that Wulfharth made peace with the orcs, causing a large portion of his army to desert. In the climactic battle, Wulfharth had obtained the Heart but needed time to acclimate to its power. During this time, he and Voryn Dagoth faced Nerevar and his two companions, [[Alandro Sul]] and Dumac Dwarfking. Wulfharth blinded Alandro Sul with a shout and slew Dumac, but was weakened by a blow from Dumac's warhammer, [[Sunder]]. Nerevar took the opportunity to finish Wulfharth off and slay him with a surprise side attack with [[Keening]].<ref name="Songs"/> Other sources claim he survived the Battle however, and was just displaced, being carried back to Skyrim.<ref name="Heresy"/> The same book claims that the Battle gave Wulfharth a lasting enmity against the [[Tribunal]].

===Second Akaviri invasion===
When the [[Kamal]] invaded Skyrim in the 2E 572, Wulfharth was summoned again to aid the [[Ebonheart Pact]], either by [[Almalexia]]<ref name="Heresy"/> or [[Jorunn the Skald-King]].<ref>''[[Jorunn the Skald-King]]''</ref> It was during this time that Wulfharth began to be called the Underking, and disassociated with the Nords in some way. Following the invasion, Wulfharth disappears again.<ref name="Heresy"/>

===Wars of Tiber Septim===
{{Notice|Much of this section is based on the text ''[[The Arcturian Heresy]]''. Few other sources mention Wulfharth in connection with Tiber Septim's wars at all.}}
[[File:High Hrothgar Exterior 1.jpg|thumb|278px|High Hrothgar.]]
Three hundred years later, Wulfharth is woken by the "rumbling of the Greybeards" and a chosen one prophesied to restore the empire of Tamriel. Wulfharth goes to the Greybeards and gets shouted to pieces, before heading to find the chosen one, [[Hjalti Early-Beard]] of [[High Rock]]. It is possible that Wulfharth became the "stormcrown" of Talos, after a storm allegedly spoke to Hjalti in his tent before the battle and followed him above his head during the taking of [[Old Hrol'dan]].<ref name="Heresy"/>

After this, Wulfharth, now called the Underking, assisted Hjalti in the governance of the expanding empire, pressing him to conquer [[Hammerfell]] and [[Morrowind]], the latter to further his hatred of the Tribunal.<ref name="Heresy"/> When he refused do so, Wulfharth left Tiber Septim's cause.

====The Mantella====
[[File:Alduin's Wall (Numidium).png|thumb|243x243px|Numidium as it appears on [[Alduin's Wall]].]]
After Tiber Septim was gifted the [[Numidium]] by the Tribunal, he asked Wulfharth back, saying he was right all along. Wulfharth returned and was trapped by Tiber Septim. His soul was ripped out and possibly merged with that of [[Zurin Arctus]] and trapped within the [[Mantella]], or possibly trapped within his body, in order to power the Numidium.<ref name="Heresy"/><ref>''[[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall]], [[King of Worms]] dialogue''</ref> The now-functional Numidium allowed Tiber to complete his conquest of Tamriel.

===The Underking===
[[File:Underking Daggerfall Ending.png|thumb|220x220px|The Underking.]]
Despite no longer having his full soul, Wulfharth, now always called the Underking and conflated with Zurin Arctus, destroyed the Numidium after finding out what it was used for.<ref name="Heresy"/><ref>''[[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall]], Mantella Revealed Quest''</ref> He also cursed the tomb of the Reman emperors at [[Sancre Tor]], which was then sealed by the Grandmaster of the Blades.<ref>''Events of [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''</ref> 

During the events of the [[Warp in the West]], the Underking regained the part of his soul that was trapped in the Mantella, allowing him to die in peace.<ref>''Events of [[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall]]''</ref>

==Plaque==
A plaque in [[Windhelm]], located outside the [[Palace of the Kings]], is dedicated to Wulfharth. Wulfharth's plaque reads:

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''♦''<br />
'''''WULFHARTH<br />'''''
'''''OF [[Atmora|ATMORA]]'''''

''REIGNED [[1E 480]] ― 533''

''[[Ysmir]], [[Shor's Tongue]], Dragon of the''<br />
''North and noble champion who''<br />
''defeated the [[Direnni Bloodline|Direnni]] and cleaned''<br />
''Skyrim of the [[Alessian Doctrines|Alessian heresy]].''
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</div>

==Trivia==
*Jarl [[Balgruuf the Greater]] believes Wulfharth to have been Dragonborn; when asked, ''"What's it mean to be Dragonborn?"'' he may reply, ''"Wulfharth was Dragonborn. Talos, too – the founder of the Empire, back in the good old days."''
**This is further supported by [[Arngeir]], who states the title "Ysmir", the "Dragon of the North" is traditionally given to Dragonborn who come to High Hrothgar.

==References==
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|title  = [[High King]] of Skyrim
|before = [[Hoag Merkiller]]
|after  = [[Erling]]
|years  = [[1E 480]]–[[1E 533]]
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