![]() When asked for training he will remark: "Mind what - or who - you practice this on." No, I won't put on a magic show for you." Anyone else better pay well for the service." "I'd explain my research, but you'd just be confused." "Yes, I'm a powerful wizard. When you approach him, he can say: "Whatever you've heard I can do is probably true." "If Ulfric needs a favor, he has it. Delivery: Deliver a bottle of Nightshade Extract to Wuunferth the Unliving.Blood on the Ice: Windhelm is plagued by a shadowy killer.In many instances, like the foretelling of doom you describe, the jarl and his courtiers may have preferred *not* to know what the court mage was doing, and so long as he didn't publicize, the jarl might not have inquired. Court mages like Wuunferth or Falion seem to have been largely left alone to go about their business, so long as they didn't do anything too egregious (like murder). I'm guessing "no necromancy" was the house rule everywhere, but house rules are likely broken and I think a jarl might have a hard time enforcing them, in certain instances (see above). There are certain things a court mage is not allowed to do, either by decree or sense of propriety. What if the ol' coot says 'No' ?Īs an example on another level: It's been known that trying to foretell the life of a monarch is counted as a crime because divining someone's eventual death drew too close to the idea of actually summoning their doom. For, if not anything else, the threat of bringing Ysgramor around to pass muster on the worthiness of the current Jarl. Stiil: the house rule in Windhelm may be 'No Necromancy'. Keeping him around likely raised the prestige of Windhelm, and getting rid of him for anything less than murder may have been outright dangerous. Wuunferth, given his epithet ("the Unliving"), was probably quite formidable and feared across the hold. Wuunferth also may have been someone "too important to get rid of", so to speak, hence the need to bring the steward to actually arrest him, and then only on charges of murder. Wuunferth seems a lot older than Ulfric and almost certainly was an influence on him at some point in his life. There is a reason the Giants choose to remain nomadic rather than follow their shield kin the Nords in building permanent settlements. Monsters are bred in labyrinths, labyrinths are bred from walls. Most of the wizards aren't Elves any more, but the form and function of the tradition remains. This kind of thing could have made it into other Provinces eventually, as well. If you dig deeper into the lore, it seems this practice may have started in Colovia, with Ayleids mentoring the sons and daughters of Counts. This would explain why, despite the general disdain for magic in Skyrim in the 4th era, the Jarls all keep a wizard nearby. I can imagine him being a mentor of sorts for young Ulfric growing up, before and after his stint with the Greybeards, as the castle wizard in this type of setting is often one of the tutors for a future nobleman. ![]() I get the impression that Ulfric is quite fond of the old man and is in the habit of looking the other way on some of his shenanigans.
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