The Elder Scrolls Treasury III - The Imperial Library

Soul GemsSoul GemsSoul gems are gems which have the ability to trap the souls of creatures. Each gem can trap onlyone soul, and the success of trapping a soul depends on the maximum amount of 'soul units' thegem can take.→ Table 11.Soul sicknessSoul sickness is called "madness" or "insanity" in the → Empire. Signs of soul sickness are strangedreams, uncontrollable impulses, and cruel and evil deeds. Madness is not a → disease, asWesterners believe, for if it were, it might be cured by → blessings and → healers. It comes from alack of faith, and a love of sin. Soul sickness is a curse of → Dagoth Ur, who sends dark dreams toattack the weak of faith in their sleep. All this talk of bad dreams and bad omens is just a sign thatpeople have abandoned the → Temple and fallen into greed and wickedness. Those strong in faithcan resist; those weak in faith must seek counsel from the Temple.SoultrapTraps the soul of the target creature in the smallest empty → soul gem in the caster's inventory, ifthe creature is killed during the effect's duration.SoundThis effect produces a disorienting noise in the victim's mind. The magnitude is the reduction inthe victim's chance to successfully cast → spells (and the relative magnitude of the sound'svolume).South WallSouth Wall is a working class cornerclub in → Balmora, east of → Odai River, on the south end ofLabor Street, owned by Bacola Closcius.SovngardeThe → Nords believe that the god Shor constructed a magnificent fortress where valiant Nord →warriors may live forever, feasting, fighting...basically doing everything Nords like to do. Thetrick is finding the way in. According to legend, the entrance to Sovngarde is hidden, and onlythose who take up the search may ever find the way in.Lit.: Sovngarde, a Reexamination (TEST I 2 : 866).SpearThe spear weapon discipline is the study and mastery of the → spear and the halberd weaponstyles. To use any style of weapon effectively, the user must be trained, conditioned, and skilled inits use.189