The Elder Scrolls Treasury III - The Imperial Library

Foyada Mamaea. The entrance to Arkngthand is on the east side of the → foyada, south of thebridge. Turn a crank on a pipe nearby to open the doors.Arkngthunch−SturdumzThe old → Dwemer ruin is west of → Ald Velothi on the coast. If you follow the coast from AldVelothi you should be able to see it.ArmorArkngthunch−SturdumzArmor absorbs damage. Each piece of armor you wear will add to your overall protection, or"armor rating." Your armor rating is the weighted average of all the armor you are wearing. Thehigher the armor rating, the better you will be protected. Certain pieces contribute more towardsyour rating than others. When someone hits you, the damage they do is compared against yourarmor rating, and some of the damage is absorbed. As armor takes damage, its condition decreases.This also lowers how much protection the armor offers.*Don't be afraid to invest in armor. Even if you carefully avoid close combat like a smart spellcaster, things gowrong, and armor can save your skin when the unexpected happens.Armor StylesHeavy Armor StylesThe heavy armor styles, called 'Legion' or 'knight' style in the West and 'ebony' style in the East,require great → strength and → endurance. In the West, cheap → iron, → steel, and → silverheavy armor is made in quantity for the Legions, and many are trained in its use. In the East, theexpense of the superb → ebony and daedric heavy armors limits their use to aristocratic families.Suits of ebony and daedric armor are passed down from generation to generation, and represent asizable portion of a → Great House → nobles' personal wealth.Light Armor StylesThe light armor styles, called 'militia' in the West and '→ Ashlander' in the East, favor → speedand → agility. Both the Western 'militia' and eastern 'Ashlander' → armor styles depends on light,cheap leather armors. The Eastern reinforced → chitin armor, however, is distinctly superior toWestern−style leather armors, and offers better protection, pound for pound and drake for drake,than any other armor. The '→ glass' light armors of the → noble → Great Houses are in the high→ Altmer style, strikingly light and stylish, and comparable with the → ebony and daedric inprotection, but are expensive and in short supply.Medium Armor StylesThe medium armor styles, called '→ Imperial guard' in the West and '→ Great House' in the East,are compromises between the heavy and light styles, balancing protection against mobility. Thechain and scale medium armors of the Western 'Imperial guard' style offer less protection than theheavy → iron and → steel plate armors of the Legions, but with a considerable advantage inmobility. The → Dunmer bonemold medium armor is generally lighter and more durable than its16