Atmoran Kingdom

"...Such has been the patient sufferance of Fatherland; and such is now the necessity which constrains it to alter its former, treacherous system of ruling over Man. The history of Dragon Cult's tyranny is a history of repeated injuries under the antagonizing shadow of the Dragon Masters, towering over our shackled brethren. A government, the character of which is thus marked by every act that may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of free sons and daughters of Atmora..."

- Excerpts from official documents dating back to Atmoran Kingdom's establishment.

Atmoran Kingdom, also referred to as Kingdom of Fatherland, Old Kingdom and First Kingdom of Men, is a realm of northern Tamriel, formally established in ME 75 under control of the Atmorans following the Dragon War. As of ME 73, Atmoran Kingdom is divided into four Old Holds, also known as Jarldoms: Østmark, Korvanjund, Forelhost and Saarthal.

Dragon War
The kingdom's informal establishment dates back to ME 79, during the then self-proclaimed High King Baldr Hallvardsen's conquests in the Dragon War. Being gifted with the power of Thu'um, Baldr "the Breath" relentlessly fought back against the Dragon Cult, effectively sacking almost every stronghold and monastery his forces laid siege upon. During the last years of the War, Baldr fought alongside Hakon One-Eye and retook most of eastern Fatherland, securing the rebels' dominion over the city of Windhelm, where he proclaimed himself the first High King of Atmorans, a descendant of mighty Ysgramor. After Alduin was banished by the three Tongues atop the Throat of the World, High King Baldr was said to have ambushed a dragon in the ice of River Yorgrim and mounted his skull above the throne in Ysgramor's Palace.

After the War
Baldr Hallvardsen began fulfilling his duties as the Jarl of Windhelm shortly after the Dragon War. It was at that time that he drafted the early version of Atmoran Kingdom's declaration of independence alongside generals Alfarr the Whisperer and Sjöring Black-Winter. The Kingdom would span the territories retaken by Baldr and his generals over the course of the Dragon War. At that time, the Kingdom would consist of one hold of Østmark, known as the Elder Hold and nicknamed by some "the Mother Hold". A year after Baldr had declared Atmoran Kingdom's independence, he decreed that the territory would be divided into four Old Holds, each ruled by a Jarl.