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Archmage Tyrvarion/Sandbox 06
Race Nord/Reachman Gender Female
Born 1st Era
Druadach Mountains
Died 1st Era
Unknown
Resided in Eyevea
The Reach
The Pale
Kyne Aegis
Appears in ESO

Archmage Ulfsild the Evergreen (also called Ulfie as a nickname by her husband Shalidor)[1] was a gifted witch, healer, and priestess of mixed Nord and Reachfolk heritage. Before she met Shalidor, she had already gardened a significant reputation, with her being obscured as three separate figures such as the Warrior-Witch of Kyne's Aegis, the Pale's priestess of Jhunal, and the Clever-Woman of the Druadach.[2] She had a unique ability thought to have been gifted from Magnus which allowed her to see the flow of magicka on Nirn. This ability led her to the Luminaries, beings of pure magic she likened to the face of Magnus himself.[3] Collaborating with these entities, she developed the art of Scribing, the precursor to the Spellcrafing system.[3][UOL 1]

History[edit]

Ulfsild was born during the First Era,[4] sometime after the rebellion of the Red Eagle of 1E 1030.[nb 1] Her father was a Briarheart and her mother was a Nord, however, she was saved from the nest of a Hagraven and was raised by the Clever Folk of Skyrim. From a young age, she learned she had the ability to see the ley lines of the world, which brought her prestige within her clan.[2] Using this ability, she saw that certain ancient fables had this same energy leaking out of them, which she followed and discovered the existence of entities of unknown origin she dubbed as Luminaries.[5] These Luminaries would go on to collaborate with her in the creation of Scribing, whose art she hoped would allow others to see the magic she did through technique and focus. She also created the True-Sight Lens so those that did not have her gift can interpret the energies of the Luminaries.[3]

Ulfsild would later meet Shalidor, who wandered into her property through a portal he conjured and inadvertently ruined her alchemy garden. Initially angry and defensive to the strange mage's presence, Ulfsild's interest came about when Shalidor made it evident that he was several lifetimes older than she was when he mentioned the landscape of Hjaalmarch as it was before her time, a glacier and not marshlands.[2] Shalidor spent the stormy winter at Ulfsild's home, where they grew fond of each other. They exchanged information on each other's methods of magic, and Shalidor observed her perform her duties as a witch, healer, and priestess wherever she was summoned, and occasionally served as an aid.[6]

Before leaving Ulfsild, Shalidor offered her the secret to eternal life, however, this resulted in an argument. While Shalidor prolonged his life so his accomplishments were not constrained by time, Ulfsild instead saw the beauty in the passing of time, and saw it redundant that Shalidor didn't stop and enjoy the world due to his overuse of portals despite his immortality. It took several years for Ulfsild to realize what Shalidor meant to her and that she could no longer bear his absence, and so she learned portal so she could open a portal to Shalidor's mage sanctuary of Eyevea.[7] Within Eyevea, she discovered a year's worth of writings such as unsent letters and confessions that were addressed to her. Additionally, she learned that Shalidor had gone to see her in Skyrim, traveling from boat and then from foot from High Rock, taking her advice to not take portals and instead enjoy the journey to his destination. Upon Shalidor's return, he found Ulfsild made herself at home at Eyevea. While in Skyrim, he had discovered that Ulfsild also had her own unsent letters confessing her love. Shalidor was truly in a state of bliss, his smile he shown that day Ulfsild would never forget.[8]

After Marrying Shalidor[edit]

"He wished to offer me eternal life so that we might spend it together. I wished to spend my single mortal life as his partner. You might ask yourself, whose wish was the greater show of the love we'd come to share?" — Ulfsild

Seeking to further perfect her art of Scribing, Ulfsild eventually erected the Scholarium within the caves underneath Artaeum, and bound the domains of the Luminaries within it.[3]

Eventually, the Scholarium was lost along with Eyevea due to a bargain Shalidor made with the Daedric Prince Sheogorath in exchange for the Folium Discognitum,[1] and with it the life work of Ulfsild was also gone. Despite being relocated to the Shivering Isles, it remained untouched and shielded from the likes of mages and Daedric Princes.[3] Before Sheogorath pulled the island out of Nirn, Ulfsild in an effort to preserve her life's work recorded the secrets on how to scribe within the library of the Scholarium.[9] In the event that the Scholarium were to be recovered, she left whoever would don the role as her successor, and emphasized they seek out the Luminaries that would continue guarding the place.[10]

Despite losing the place she invested so much time with, she stayed with Shalidor for a time. However, Shalidor regretted his decision to trade the island and he became obsessed with recovering Eyevea from Sheogorath. This occupied him so much as to cost him the love of his wife. During her pleads for him to snap him back to reality, Shalidor didn't even realize she was talking to him, and he did not answer when she said that she was leaving him.[1]

Ulfild left numerous messages for potential future inheritors of the lost art of Scribing, and creating Echoes. They were magical projections of herself with messages for future spell creators within the Scholarium and Sunnamere. These instructional illusions, scattered throughout the library, were meant to guide the inheritor through the process of contacting the Luminaries.[3] Among the known visages of her were the Flickering Image, Ulfsild's Echo of Introduction, Ulfsild's Echo of the Lens, Ulfsild's Echo of Regret, Ulfsild's Echo of the Dragon, Ulfsild's Echo of Loyalty, Ulfsild's Echo of Mystery, Ulfsild's Echo of Charity, Ulfsild's Echo of the Final Trial, and Ulfsild's Echo of the Netch.[11]

Legacy[edit]

"Create magic the likes of which the world has never seen before. Style your expressions of magic in exaltation or defiance of them." — Ulfsild

The Indrik Luminary theorized that Ulfsild came to regret not relying on other mortals in her endeavor of Scribing.[12] Scribing became a lost art up until the time of the Three Banners War, when it was rediscovered by the Mages Guild's Order of the Lamp.

The legacy of Ulfsild's lived on, with Scribing eventually evolving into the modern Spellcrafting systems.[UOL 1]

Despite seemingly being lost from wider history for a while, effigies carved from wood were made to revere a Skyrim hedge witch. Some of them survived to 2E 582, and were found across Tamriel. She was popular for her teachings and power in the First Era.[4]

Notes[edit]

  • ^  Ulfsild's father was a Briarheart,[8]
    making her born after Red Eagle, who is said to have been the first person turned into one.[13] The date of Red Eagle's rebellion, during which he became a Briarheart is approximately 1E 1030.[14]

See Also[edit]

Books[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Arch-Mage Shalidor's dialogue in ESO
  2. ^ a b c Our Story, Part I — Ulfsild
  3. ^ a b c d e f The Crow's dialogue in ESO
  4. ^ a b Ulfsild the Evergreen Effigy item description in ESO
  5. ^ Ulfsild's Echo of the Lens's dialogue in ESO
  6. ^ Our Story, Part II — Ulfsild
  7. ^ Our Story, Part III — Ulfsild
  8. ^ a b Our Story, Part IV — Ulfsild
  9. ^ How to Scribe
  10. ^ Ulfsild's Log: Your Discovery, My Farewell
  11. ^ Flickering Image, Ulfsild's Echo of Introduction, Ulfsild's Echo of the Lens, Ulfsild's Echo of Regret, Ulfsild's Echo of the Dragon, Ulfsild's Echo of Loyalty, Ulfsild's Echo of Mystery, Ulfsild's Echo of Charity, Ulfsild's Echo of the Final Trial, and Ulfsild's Echo of the Netch's dialogue in ESO
  12. ^ The Indrik's dialogue in ESO
  13. ^ Red Eagle Cave Painting antiquity codex entry in ESO
  14. ^ The Legend of Red Eagle — Tredayn Dren

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.

  1. ^ a b ESO 2024 Global Reveal
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