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Now I'm off to take a crap in the shoes of ESO's writers for trying to shoehorn that Nord antimagic shit in Greymoor. It's all an image problem, and I would love to see my favorite race indulging it's magical side since they should be more than 'they're just Vikings that hates magic and are racist' and deserve better. And lastly, the College of Winterhold was even a point of pride for the then capital before the unfortunate collapse. The freaking Thuum itself is inherently magical in nature, and it's highly revered even by modern Nords. There are those mages that used their power in aid against the dragon cult like how Valdar kept Hevnoraak imprisoned. There's Shalidor and the even older Clever Men that practiced magic and were honored for it as far back as Ysgramor's time. They're nowhere near Altmer and Bretons, but it's equally dumb to go "Oh they were never good with magic and always distrusted it." That said however, Nords have a deeper connection to magic than most would care to admit. I feel like a major part of the unpopularity of magic in 4th Era Skyrim comes from recent and not so recent events, namely Winterhold and the Oblivion crisis. But I still think it's fair to say that current day Nords distrust magic overall. Magic was a very important part of Nord history, what with folks like Shalidor existing, armies of tongues and battlemages, Ysgramor having used Ahzidal's service in the past, and so on.
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restoration for healing their wounds, or enchanting their blade. The kind of magic that your average Nord appreciates (at least based on conversations with the ones you meet in TESV) are all mostly related to things that can help them in a fight i.e. Wuunferth the Unliving : No, but then I don't have much need for Ulfric. They don't always actively do magic things for them.ĭB : Does Ulfric have much need for magic? We can also probably assume that court wizards are there simply because it's tradition to have them accompanying the Jarl. They blamed the fall of Winterhold on the College, and Ancano fucking with the Eye certainly didn't help matters. He was happy because he didn't expect to see another Nord, in the one place that a lot of Nords hate because they don't trust the College that do magic stuff. That student at the college who is happy to see another Nord The Nords may have forgotten their forefathers' respect for the Clever Craft, but your comrades throng this hall. At least it's not as disliked as in Hammerfell. With this, I think that it's not something totally disregarded by Nord culture, and it's something some of them are interested in and willing to accept if it has good uses. Some children will be excited about it, and some like that kid in White Run will ask you if you can make him invisible. People disregard magic like Innkeepers If you ask them about it, but guards often say good things about Restoration, Enchantment, or show respect for Illusion. Farengar Secret Fire, Septimus Signus, that student at the college who is happy to see another Nord, if you're playing one, or Tolfdir –who is stated to be one of the best Alteration masters in all Tamriel. Putting exceptions aside like ancient Nord culture and figures like Shalidor, people often overstate the anti-magic sentiment in Skyrim.Īlthough it's true that it's an unpopular subject due to its association with elven, the Oblivion crisis, or the destruction of most of Winterhold, just by playing the game you run into a lot of magic.Įvery Jarl has a court mage, and you find lots of priests and priestesses who practice restoration, and many mages you run into are Nords.