Corpus Tamrielicum - The Imperial Library

330 2. THE ELDER SCROLLS CHAPTER 2: DAGGERFALL
One need only walk down the great boulevard of Wayrest to see physical proof of this unique
alliance. Going north to south, Wayrest Boulevard suddenly divides, one half going west and
the other going east. Both halfs end in identical squares: one at Castle Wayrest, the original
palace of Aphren Gardner, and the other at Cumberland Square, where the oldest and
wealthiest marketplace in Wayrest. The message here is clear: the king and the merchants are
joined and equal.
Wayrest has survived blights, droughts, plagues, piracy, invasions, and war with good humor
and practicality. In 1E 2702, the entire population of the city was forced to move into the
walled estate of the Gardners as protection against the pirates, Akaviri raiders, and Thrassian
plague. A less resourceful community would have withered, but the Wayresters have survived
to enrich Tamriel generation after generation.