Thus, there was also no standardization of magical practices. Wizards in the First Era were generally solitary by nature, though there were a few exceptions, and magical collaboration beyond a master-apprentice relationship was almost entirely non-existent. A common phrase in Ayleidoon is “ Av molag anyammis av latta magicka” which translates roughly to “ From fire, life from light, magic”. Through the salvaging of fallen pieces of Aetherius, they garnered great arcane power, which they then used to enslave the human tribes of early Cyrodiil. The first recorded usages of magic were in the First Era, by the Ayleids. It is for this very reason that a person’s birth sign has such great influence upon their life and why the things that fall from the heavens have great magical properties. Other et’Ada took heed of Magnus’ order and fled into Aetherius as well, leaving other rifts, albeit smaller, that became the stars. This rift created by his departure is one of the many points through which the magic of Aetherius flows into Mundus, and it is well known across all cultures as the Sun. Soon after its completion, he decided to terminate the project and fled back to Aetherius, tearing a hole in the fabric that separated what would become Mundus and the veil of Oblivion. Magnus, the Architect, was the et’Ada that designed Mundus. Despite having been studied extensively for thousands upon thousands of years, great degrees of speculation about the generation of magic and how it might be used and even how it flows between living creatures does still exist. Magicka exists in all living things and can be harnessed in almost limitless ways. Mundus itself was formed by this very energy. The energy itself, also commonly referred to as magicka flows into Mundus from Aetherius by way of the Sun and stars. It is a broad term for the focusing of raw material energy into a variety of purposes and properties. Magic in the Elder Scrolls is more colloquially referred to by its name in Ayleidoon – magicka. As such, we come to this week’s lore report: A History of the Magical Schools.įor now, let us begin with a simple question: what is magic? While I will at some point touch on the various magical guilds of the Elder Scrolls universe, I think, perhaps, it might be more prudent to do a lore report on magic in the Elder Scrolls as a whole, rather than jump right into the guilds. There was a request to do a report on the lore of the various magical guilds, particularly on the collapse of the Mage’s Guild during the Third Era and its subsequent splinter guilds – the Synod and the College of Whispers, both of which there is almost no information on other than what is provided in the various games they appear in. I come back after my leave of absence with a different kind of report than my typical norm. Elder Scrolls Lore Report: A History of Magic
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