They made me WHAT?

Went back to the college. Slept. Bluh.


The next morning, I go into the main hall to find the archmage and report on what I found out, and except for the entryway it's full of swirling magic. The archmage and the college master, Mirabelle, are there. Apparently Ancano, the slimy bastard, is using the Eye. The three of us manage to break through the barrier, but Ancano does... something, and the next thing I know is Mirabelle is saying the archmage was blasted clear by... whatever the bastard did.

Head outside to check. Archmage found! Shit. He's surrounded by other teachers... apparently he didn't make it. Apparently the only chance we have is to find the staff. I mention it's in Labyrinthian, and Mirabelle seems rather surprised. She has something the archmage gave to her, he said she'd 'know what to do when the time was right'.

She gave bits to me, wishes well. Yay me.

Journy is a bit of a lengthy one. When I get to the place, I find that one of the things is to even open the front door. Apparently the archmage was here before, with others. There are still... spirits? Imprints? I dunno. But I can see ghostly images and hear them speaking. Lots of undead here. Undead dragon! Ack!

There's some strange voice coming from the deeps... it keeps draining my magicka whenever I hear it. It started in a language like the dragon one, the one my special shouts work in, but then it starts talking about stuff I don't understand. After a long way down, I finally find it. It's some kind of undead... thing, with the staff. Powerful. Have to hide and shoot spells at it a lot. Eventually I get it, though it's close. I hurt all over from the lightning spells it shot at me, but I have the staff. Looks like there might be a fast way out though.

What the hell is a high elf doing here? He says something about Ancano wanting the staff kept safe and me dead. Zap him with the staff. Apparently, once it drains someone of magic, it starts draining their life force. Neat.

THAT'S where I've seen that uniform before! Fucking Thalmor. Arrogant elven bastards, all of them. Ancano must be one of their agents. Have to get back to the college, quickly.


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By Alkosh... the whole college is surrounded by magic. Manage to find Tolfdir outside... apparently Mirabelle didn't make it. This is pissing me off. Use the staff to break the barrier. Ancano has apparently gone psychotic with all the power. He does SOMETHING to the Eye that makes him impossible to hit, but if I drain off enough magic from the Eye with the staff, it stops and he goes down easy with a few spells.

One of the Psijic Order guys mysteriously appears, and they say that now that things are taken care of, they're going to hide the Eye away where it won't be abused. Said... I should lead the college, as the vanish? Tolfdir agrees?

... did they just call me archmage?