Lore:Ancano

Advisor Ancano
Advisor Ancano
Race	Altmer	Gender	Male
Died		4E 201 College of Winterhold
Resided in		College of Winterhold
Appears in		Skyrim, Legends

Ancano was an Altmer agent of the Thalmor assigned as "advisor" to the Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold. The other members of the College deeply and somewhat openly distrusted him due to his Thalmor allegiance. He vehemently denied that he was a spy, claiming only that the Thalmor wished to promote relations with the College. He was deeply distrustful of the Psijic Order, which he viewed as a rogue organization and enemy of the Thalmor. Unbeknownest to others, he also met with the Augur of Dunlain in secret. When the Eye of Magnus was brought to the College from Saarthal, he turned on them, killing several mages, including Arch-Mage Savos Aren. He sought to gain control over the Eye, and nearly created a devastating catastrophe which would have had enormous ramifications on Winterhold and possibly all of Tamriel. However, he was thwarted and slain, by the Last Dragonborn, before he could do anything truly disastrous, and the Eye was subsequently secured by the Psijic Order.

Gallery

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  Ancano (Legends)

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  Ancano harnesses the Eye's power (Skyrim)

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  The Eye powered up to its maximum potential (Skyrim)

See Also

• For game-specific information, see the Skyrim article.