In 1E 950, the Siege of Orsinium began with an outcome of Redguard and Breton victory. Only when the Redguards and the Bretons found a common enemy in the Orsimer of Orsinium did they begin open trade with High Rock. They kept their Yokudan language intact and refused to trade with neighboring societies. The name 'Redguard' originates from 'Ra Gada'.Īt first, this newcomer race did not open up to the rest of Tamrielic culture. Eventually, Yokudan royalty known as Na-Totambu left the island of Herne and made their place in Hammerfell after the Ra Gada drove off the Orsimer.
Most of these refugees would stay on the island of Herne, but a group of warrior Yokudans known as the Ra Gada traveled to the mainland in 1E 808 and swept across the country to claim as much land as they could, slaughtering or enslaving the local beastfolk and Nedic tribes. The surviving Yokudans sailed to the east and settled in Volenfell (the Dwemer name for the region), what would later be known as Hammerfell. Around 1E 792, Yokuda sank into the ocean after a group of Ansei called the Hiradirge sought revenge on the land after their defeat in battle.
Reguards are former inhabitants of the continent to the west, Yokuda.
