Lore:Magnus (sorceror-king)

Magnus (sorceror-king)
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This article is about the sorceror-king. For the god, see Magnus. For the emperor, see Magnus Septim. For the astronomical object, see Sun.

The Sorceror-King Magnus (also known as Arch-Mage Magnus) was the possessor of the Staff of Magnus, who once lived on Tamriel. Just before he died, Magnus entrusted the Imperial Order of Blades with a map to where the Staff of Magnus could be found, which had been placed within a dungeon somewhere in Elsweyr.

Notes

• ^1

  At the time of Arena and Daggerfall, Magnus was not yet a god. According to series designer Michael Kirkbride, for the writing of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, he elevated the namesakes behind Tamriel's artifacts into gods as a way of fleshing out Tamriel's pantheons, as to him, heroes and gods are virtually one and the same.

• ^2	The exact same spelling and use of the title "sorceror-king" was also used for "sorceror-king Umaril" in the Knights of the Nine expansion for Oblivion. Throughout the text of Arena, the spelling of the word Sorcerer used the standardization "Sorceror."

• ^3	The Blades as a faction were not founded until the late Second Era, around the time of Tiber Septim; meaning Sorceror-King Magnus must have been in power sometime around or after this time period.

  • A line in Varieties of Faith in the Empire mentions this about the god Magnus: "Cyrodilic legends say Magnus can inhabit the bodies of powerful magicians and lend them his power. Associated with Zurin Arctus, the Underking." It is notable also that Zurin Arctus had a personal relationship to the Blades in the story of Daggerfall.

References

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