The War of Succession took place in Skyrim during the First Era.

The war began in 1E 369 following the death of King Borgas^[1][2][3] and the moot's failure to appoint Jarl Hanse as his successor ^[1]. It ended in 1E 420 when Olaf One-Eye was elected the High King of Skyrim after he captured the dragon, Numinex^[4].

Very little is actually known about it, due to the ravages of time. What is known is that the city of Windhelm was besieged during this battle^[1].

Borgas was killed during one of the Wild Hunts of Valenwood ^[2]. The reason for the Bosmer's attack was that Borgas, a supporter of the Alessian Doctrines of Marukh, had travelled to Cyrodiil^[2] to urge the Alessians to launch a joint war on Valenwood. ^[2] In the aftermath of this battle, by the time Wulfharth eventually succeeded him ^[5], Skyrim had lost the majority of the territory it had earned in the Skyrim Conquests.

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