The Elder Scrolls Treasury III - The Imperial Library

Restoration, the College of → Alteration, and the College of → Destruction with training in →medium armor style, in → block defense, and in the offensive disciplines of axes, blunt weapons,and → long blades. I rely on enchanted weapons and enchanted armors to further augment myoffensive and defensive → abilities. This balance of → steel and spell, offense and defense,mobility and protection is the signature of the Spellsword."Spore PodSpore pods are collected from the slough fern of the → Bitter Coast.SpriggansSpore PodThe tree spirits of this island. When the All−Maker breathed life into the creatures of the land, hisBreath blew through the trees as well. Some of these trees kept a part of this life, and these are thespriggans you see today.They say spriggans die three deaths.St. Delyn Canton, St. Olms CantonSee → Vivec (City).StaffThe staff is the standard informal weapon of the traveler, doubling as walking stick and utilitytools. → Battlemages, → spellsword, → nightblades, and other magical support troops in the →Legions also train with the staff, among other → blunt weapons.Staff of HasedokiHasedoki was said to have been a very competitive wizard. He wandered the land in search for awizard who was greater than he. To the best of all knowledge, he never found a wizard who couldmeet up to his challenge. It is said that he felt so lonely and isolated because so many feared hispower, that he bonded his life−force into his very own → staff, where his soul remains to this veryday. Magic users all over Tamriel have been searching for this magical staff. Granting its wielder aprotection of → magicka, it is a sure prize for any magic user. The → Museum of Artifacts offers30,000 gold for it.Lit.: Famed Artifacts of Tamriel (TEST I 2 : 352).Staff of MagnusThe Staff of Magnus, one of the elder → artifacts of Tamriel, was a metaphysical battery of sortsfor its creator, Magnus. When used, it absorbs an enemy's → health and mystical energy. In time,the Staff will abandon the → mage who wields it before he becomes too powerful and upsets themystical balance it is sworn to protect. The → Museum of Artifacts offers 30,000 gold for it.Lit.: Famed Artifacts of Tamriel (TEST I 2 : 352).192