Emeric I Cumberland

High King Emeric I Cumberland
Emeric on his throne - by Atomhawk Design; ©Bethesda Softworks
Monarch
Reign	2E 563 – ???
Full Name	Emeric Cumberland, the First of His Name
Titles	High King of the Daggerfall Covenant King of Wayrest Lord of Lochhall Sir
Predecessor	Jardan VI Gardner
Personal Information
Died	In the Second Era
Race	Breton
Culture	Breton
Family
Dynasty	House Cumberland
Consort	Maraya Phyllocid
Father	Pierric Cumberland

Emeric I Cumberland was head of House Cumberland and King of Wayrest during the Three Banners War. He served as Lord of Lochall, his House's ancestral seat, until the death of King Jardan IV Gardner, after which Emeric ascended peacefully to the throne of Wayrest through right of succession.

He was known for being a wise and measured ruler, though his flights of fancy were known to occassionally cause problems for the realm. He laboured to unite the region of High Rock under a single king, and twice created the Daggerfall Covenant to realise such a dream. Only the Second Covenant endured for an extended period, though even it collapsed with time.

Written Works

Notes & Letters

• Offer of Amnesty

Quotes by Emeric

You know, there was a time when I was young when I thought being a king would just be a barrel of laughs. The coin, the power of all its trappings—it looked like such fun. It's not, though.

—Emeric about being king

He's the best damn general in the Daggerfall Covenant, if you ask me, and he's a good friend.

—Emeric about General Godrun

Honestly, I deserve some of the blame for Rivenspire's troubles myself. After Ranser's War, I didn't trust any of the nobles enough to give them the throne, so I appointed three Houses to share rule of the kingdom. Seemed like a smart strategy.

—Emeric about his failings after Ranser's War

Emeric in full; ©ZeniMax Online Studios

Ravenwatch Castle is as strange as the man who owns it. His family is very old, and they have... strange traditions.

—Emeric about House Ravenwatch

Quotes about Emeric

King Emeric Cumberland can be rightly described as the pinnacle of Breton achievement. His youth wasn’t misspent idling in a palace and abusing his servants; he learned his father’s trading business, counterbalanced by a regiment of sparring with the Menevia Heavy Dragoons. The canny Emeric used this new wealth wisely, and when the horrific plague of Knahaten Flu slew the entire royal household of the Gardners, Emeric was the natural choice to assume the throne. The Cumberland dynasty was born.

—unknown person about Emeric