The Elder Scrolls Treasury III - The Imperial Library

EmpireEmpireThe Empire of Tamriel encompasses the nine → Imperial provinces: → Skyrim, → High Rock, →Hammerfell, → Summerset Isle, → Valenwood, → Elsweyr, Black Marsh, → Morrowind, and theancient Imperial province itself, → Cyrodiil. Dating from the First Era Cyrodilic Empire, theEmpire is almost 4000 years ago. But more properly, the current Empire dates from the beginningof the Third Era and the crowning of → Tiber Septim as Emperor of Morrowind over 400 yearsago. The current emperor is → Uriel Septim, 24th of the Septim line. This melting pot ofcontrasting cultures is held together by a strong hereditary emperor and bureaucracy, by the rule of→ law, by a powerful professional army, and by religious tolerance. Education and wealth isbroadly distributed through all social classes where → Imperial culture has flourished; manycitizens are literate and protected under → Imperial → Law.Lit.: Brief History of the Empire (TEST I 2 : 262). Provinces of Tamriel (TEST I 2 : 684). The Annotated Anuad (TESTI 2 : 898).EnchantThe enchant discipline concerns imbuing physical items with magical properties called →enchantments. The simplest enchantment are magical scrolls with a single enchantment that aredestroyed with one use. The most complex enchantments are enchanted → artifacts, objects withone or more magical effects powered by built−in → soul gems. Skilled → enchanters also useenchanted items more efficiently, with less waste of the → magicka trapped in the soul gems.EnchantersEnchanters create enchanted items for themselves and for unskilled spellcasters. A magic scroll isthe simplest enchanted item; anyone can use it to cast a single → spell with 100% reliability, butthe scroll is destroyed in the process. Enchanters also place permanent → enchantments onweapons, armor, clothing, and ornaments. These items cast spells reliably, powered by built−in →soul gems. A soul gem's power limits the number of an item's uses, but the gems renew theirexpended power over time. If you want to talk to an enchanter about enchanting, try Galar Rothanat the → Telvanni Council Hall."I am an enchanter. I place permanent enchantments on things − weapons, armor, clothing, andornaments − , and sell them. I have scrolls, which are cheap, but only work once, and enchanteditems, which work over and over again, but which are NOT cheap. I also make my enchanter's labavailable to those who want to enchant items, but who can't afford the expense of building andmaintaining a lab. I charge for the service, of course, but you must provide the items, soul gems,and magic effects. I also buy and sell enchanted weapons, enchanted armor, and enchantedclothing.Enchanting ItemsTo have an → enchanter → enchant an item for you, bring it to the enchanter, along with a soulgem to power the item. Enchanting items is expensive, and failure destroys the item, so enchantingitems is most profitable for skilled enchanters. The soul gem must contain a soul, or it is uselessfor enchanting. Different items have different capacities for → enchantments, and various soulgems are more or less powerful. To enchant an item yourself, you'll need a soul gem with76