Lore:Host of the Horn

The Barony of Lainlyn

Lainlyn

The Host of the Horn is the official military force of Lainlyn, the country in the southern Iliac Bay and part of the province of Hammerfell. They are the sworn protectors of the town and royal family of Lainlyn, and their duties range from espionage and tax collecting, to straight warfare in the name of their lord. By association with the monarchy of Lainlyn, the Host of the Horn are members of the Crowns.

History

The Host of the Horn served under the ruthless Baron of Lainlyn, Shrike in the late Third Era. And much like their ruler, the knightly order bullied the common folk by intimidating peasants for tax money. Amongst themselves, they would joke about the startup militia led by the Baron's brother, Kain, the Knights of the True Horn. In 3E 405, the Host of the Horn had garrisons in some of Lainlyn's settlements, such as the capital, Akhera-Korom, Akhuhzar, Rhanopa-Hassi, Sedena-Hassi, Syrius, and Tulaelius.

Shrike's tyranny and the Host's oppression had eventually reached to a boiling point when Kain's knightly order staged a coup d'etat in Lainlyn. The baron's forces had overwhelmed the Knights of the True Horn, who were forced to scatter across the realms and were exiled from Lainlyn. It is unknown what happens to the Host of the Horn after these events, but the Barony of Lainlyn had fallen to the ever-expanding Kingdom of Sentinel in the midst of the Warp in the West in 3E 417. Lainlyn and much of the Hammerfell-Iliac region was annexed into the kingdom.

Notes

• There is a similarly named faction called the Order of the Horn and one of their members, Lentulus Inventius, wrote the book Lycanthropic Legends of Skyrim. Whether the order is related to the Host of the Horn is unknown.

See Also

• For game-specific information, see the Daggerfall article.