The Elder Scrolls Treasury III - The Imperial Library

to the specimen, the substance is rare and expensive. It is prized by alchemists, and is alsoavailable at reasonable prices and with considerably less excitement from alchemists.Daedric RuinsDaedric RuinsWhen the Velothi first came to → Morrowind, they worshipped their most terrible → ancestors,the → Daedra Lords. Legends say the Daedra Lords themselves built these great → shrines,because mortals could not build anything grand enough to suit them.→ Table 4.How do you recognize a Daedric shrine? Well, they've got long, funny names, like → Ashurnibibi or →Zaintiraris. Some are well−known sites, like → Ald Sotha and → Bal Fell. And stone and architecture isunmistakable. Big, dark, grey−green stone ruins, funny angles, funny markings and patterns on the stone. Weirdoval crooked doors. And inside, all funny angles.Daedric ShrinesSee → Daedric ruins.Daedric SitesSee → Daedric ruins.Daedric SummoningsCertain Daedric summonings are more often encountered on → Vvardenfell. → Good Daedra arethe → Daedra associated with Boethiah, Azura, and Mephala −− the → winged twilight and the →hunger. → Bad Daedra are associated with Mehrunes Dagon, Malacath, → Sheogorath, and MolagBal. → Atronachs are unaligned Daedra of the elemental planes. But don't judge a summoning byits patron. The summoner commands a summoning, and, good or bad, nice or nasty, they must dothe summoner's bidding. The → Mages Guild is permitted to invoke and summon Daedra by →Imperial license. This is a source of friction between the Guild and local authorities, and the Guildinsists that → mages take care to avoid public controversy when using summoning magic.Daedric WeaponsDaedric weapons are made from raw → ebony which has been refined using the craft and magicalsubstances of the lesser minions of Oblivion. The process is not a pleasant one for the → Daedrainvolved, and the weapons retain echoes of preternaturally prolonged suffering endured duringmanufacture. Daedric weapons are the most rare and expensive weapons known in Tamriel.DaedrothThe daedroth are the crocodile−headed Daedric minions of the → Daedra Lord Molag Bal.58