The Emperor's Wizard? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Thu May 03, 2012 7:09 pm

The majority of the Septim Emperors did not have an official Battlemage. Tiber had Zurin Arctus, but then the practice was abandoned. http://www.imperial-library.info/content/brief-history-empire-v4

*(dunno who this means exactly. Head of the College?)

» Fri May 04, 2012 1:10 am

*(dunno who this means exactly. Head of the College?)

Likely.

» Fri May 04, 2012 12:46 am

I thought that the Mage's college wasn't formed until the Mage's guild split some time after the Oblivion crisis? Morihatha Septim ruled a while before then, so I don't think the "Archmagister of Skyrim" would have been in the Mage's college.

» Fri May 04, 2012 2:28 am

I thought that the Mage's college wasn't formed until the Mage's guild split some time after the Oblivion crisis? Morihatha Septim ruled a while before then, so I don't think the "Archmagister of Skyrim" would have been in the Mage's college.

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I think he means the College of Winterhold, not the College of Whispers.

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:55 pm

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I think he means the College of Winterhold, not the College of Whispers.

huh? Where did I say college of whispers? The Mage's College is the College of Winterhold.

I think I'm wrong about the College having been created after the Mage's guild broke up anyways. I must have been thinking of something else.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:14 pm

Yeah, that's always been around, in one form or another. It may have originally been part of the Mage's Guild, but it would still have had it's own Archmagister for the Skyrim Branch, and it still would have been known as the College of Winterhold.

The College itself most definately been around since Oblivion, a text makes mention of the College of Winterhold trying to wight back against the Mythic Dawn: http://www.imperial-library.info/content/great-collapse

You know as well as any the College's history and reputation in Winterhold. It has long been a source of pride for your city, a unique fixture in Skyrim. Some of the greatest wizards have studied here, and the College has always promoted positive relations with the other provinces of Tamriel.

It is well-known that those relations have been, shall we say, strained over the last few decades. After the Oblivion Crisis, it was only natural that the people of Skyrim showed a distrust for mages, even though the vast majority of us actively worked to counter the actions of the Mythic Dawn cult. The College expected such a reaction, and hoped that distrust would fade over time.

The first paragraph implies the College has been around for a long time.

The second implies it has been around since at least Oblivion.

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:00 pm

The first paragraph implies the College has been around for a long time.

Shalidor is http://www.imperial-library.info/content/minor-maze with founding the College and he lived in the First Era, suggesting that has been around for a long time indeed.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:41 pm

So, I take it that there's no solid evidence of an Imperial Battle-Mage in the courts during the Skyrim period?