Lore:Glynroch

High Shaman Glynroch
High Shaman Glynroch
Race	Reachman	Gender	Male
Born		2nd Era
Resided in		Shrine of Hunt-Father, Markarth
Appears in		ESO

High Shaman Glynroch in front of the altar to the Hunt-Father

High Shaman Glynroch was the head priest of the cult of Hircine in Markarth during the Three Banners War in Second Era. He was the first High Shaman of the Shrine of the Hunt-Father, which was established during the rule of Ard Caddach and keeper of the Symbols of the Five Aspects.

History

Shrine of the Hunt-Father circa 2E 582

Little is known of Glynroch's past before his ascension to the role of High Shaman of Shrine of the Hunt-Father. The shrine was established in Markarth at some point between 2E 559 and 2E 582 when the building in the center of Markarth was granted to Glynroch. He had numerous pupils and apprentices among the Reachfolk. He was the mentor of Apprentices Gwerina, Edola, Layren, Egvarn, and Orla.

At some point in 2E 582, to properly dedicate the shrine he sought to obtain Symbols of the Five Aspects, a set of artifacts related to Hircine: Spear of Bitter Mercy, Totem of Claw and Fang and three Totems of Hircine: Totem of Fear, Totem of the Brotherhood and Totem of the Hunt. Each of the symbols represented another aspect of the Hircine recognized by the Reachfolk. He sent a group of the shrine Apprentices to retrieve the artifacts and bring them to the city.

Dedication of the Shrine

Apprentice Edola was requested to deliver the Spear of Bitter Mercy, the symbol of Alrabeg to the shrine. She was the first of the apprentices to deliver a relic to the High Shaman. Apprentices Gwerina, Layren, and Egvarn were tasked with the delivery of symbols of Hrokkibeg, Gulibeg, and Storihbeg respectively, but all three perished while carrying out their tasks. Soon afterward an adventurer found the relics and delivered them to the shrine.

After four of the five symbols were delivered to the Shrine of the Hunt-Father, High Shaman Glynroch requested the adventurer, who helped to deliver three of the artifacts to aid one of the shrine Apprentices with recovering the final relic. He previously sent one of his pupils, Apprentice Orla to find the symbol of Uricanbeg in the Lost Valley Redoubt, but after the tragic fate of his other students, he decided to request an adventurer to protect her. The adventurer who previously delivered three symbols agreed to help and found wounded Apprentice Orla and her wolf companion Keeva. They decided to help them and retrieved the Symbol of Uricanbeg and delivered it to the temple. Apprentice Orla and her wolf companion returned safely to the temple where High Shaman awaited their return.

With all five aspects of the Hunt-Father represented in the temple, Glynroch believed that Hircine would recognize the shrine as sacred and true. High Shaman, together with his apprentice performed consecration rites and dedicated the temple as a complete house of worship. The adventurer was recognized as the friend of the temple and granted sanctuary within its halls. They were also rewarded with money and various tokens of gratitude by the High Shaman, such as equipment of leather sacred for Reachfolk, armor, hatchet typically used by wolf handlers to cleave sturdy branches for teething wold pups, and staff inhabited by calming spirits.

See Also

• For game-specific information, see the Elder Scrolls Online article.

Books

• Letter to Kitza-Enoo by V
• Letter from Ansdurran by Ansdurran
• Letter to Apprentice Gwerina by High Shaman Glynroch