Although Wayrest was ruled by one family, the merchants continued to wield incredible power. A Gardner, Farangel, was proclaimed king when Wayrest was granted the right to call itself a kingdom in 1E 1100. A successful mercantile family, the Gardners, built a walled palace in town and, over time, allowed banks and other businesses within its walls.
Hard-working traders and merchants were instrumental in forming a trade alliance, thus reducing pirate activity on the bay. Wayrest only truly bloomed after the razing of Orsinium in 1E 980. In the Annals of Daggerfall, King Joile's letter to Gaiden Shinji of 1E 948 contains the following reference: The Orcs have been plaguing the Wayresters and impeding traffic to the heart of the land. Nowhere in the much-vaunted censuses of the Skyrim Occupation is Wayrest mentioned. After what most travelers had to endure at the eastern end of the Iliac Bay, the little fishing village on the Bjoulsae was a welcome rest. The Orc capital Orsinium had grown like a weed to the north, and pirates and raiders crowded the islands to the west. The traders and fishermen of Wayrest were surrounded by hostile parties. Where the Bjoulsae River feeds the Iliac Bay, a settlement of some variety has existed since at least 1E 800. It is difficult for historians to declare a certain date for the foundation of Wayrest. One feels that one is in a modern city when one visits Wayrest, but there is a magic in the air that could only come from centuries of civilization. The people of Wayrest have an instinctive appreciation of their past, but are not obsessed by it, as the people of Daggerfall seem to be. You can see them in the gabled roofs, grand boulevards, and aromatic marketplaces. The spirits of her genius children continue to haunt the streets. No other city has contributed so much to the culture of the Bretons. She is prized above all cities in High Rock.
Wayrest is one of the most glorious cities of western Tamriel-sparkling in her contemporary beauty, lustrous by her past. Contained within Shalidor's Library, these books are part of the subcollection Stormhaven Lore Wayrest, Jewel of the Bay is a Book in Elder Scrolls Online.
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