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[edit] Mages Guild

The Mages Guild is a professional organization, located throughout Tamriel, that is dedicated to the study and application of magicka and alchemy. Its charter from the Emperor specifes that the guild must provide magic services to the general public. Anyone can purchase potions, potion ingredients, magical items, and a selection of standard spells from the guild. However, training, goods, and services are cheaper for members, and the Guild Stewards may be able to provide members with work. Furthermore, exclusive services such as spellmaking and enchanting, deemed potentially dangerous to the public at large, are only made available to higher-ranked guild members in good standing.

The Mages Guild is led by an Arch-Mage, and guided by the Council of Mages, made up of five archmagisters (including the Arch-Mage). The Arch-Mage and the Council of Mages are headquartered at the guild's Arcane University in the Imperial City. The Council decides important Guild policies, such as its policy on the use of Necromancy and also administers recruitment, sale of spells in each local guild hall, and the enforcement of Guild law. In addition, guild halls exist in most cities in Tamriel, each of which is run by a local Guildmagister.

The Mages Guild was founded by Vanus Galerion in the early years of the Second Era as a way of centralizing magic and thus moving away from the many separate groups (like the Psijic Order of which Galerion was a member) that had dominated the study of magic up until that time (see Origin of the Mages Guild for more information).

For more information, see the complete article.

[edit] Mara Temple

See Temple of Mara.

[edit] Maran Knights

Mara represents love and peace. She and Her Benevolence recognize that, as hypocritical as it sounds, military strength is often needed to beget this peace. The Maran Knights represent this military strength. We are admittedly a controversial knightly order. Some misguided clerics within the Temple would prefer that we disband, but they are in the minority, and all respect our skill and loyalty.

[edit] Montalion

Montalion is one of the vampire bloodlines of Daggerfall.

[edit] Moon Knights

See Knights of the Moon.

[edit] Morag Tong

The Morag Tong is an ancient guild which exists only in parts of Tamriel, celebrating murder in the name of Mephala. The Dark Brotherhood originated from the Morag Tong. The Elven Morag Tong were responsible for the assassination of Reman's heirs which started the Akaviri Potentate rule of Cyrodiil.

The Morag Tong is an assassins guild sanctioned by the Empire to provide three varieties of execution: public execution, private executions, and House Wars executions. Constrained by ancient traditions and rigid codes of conduct, the Morag Tong only recruits candidates of proven skill and honor. The Morag Tong only accepts legally approved contracts called 'writs', but rumor hints at the execution of secret extralegal 'gray writs'. The Morag Tong is the sworn enemy of the Dark Brotherhood.

For more information, see the lore article on the Morag Tong.

[edit] Mythic Dawn

The Mythic Dawn, a secret cult that worships the Prince of Destruction, Mehrunes Dagon, plotted the assassination of Emperor Uriel Septim VII and attempted to lead a Daedric invasion of Tamriel at the end of the 3rd era. The Mythic Dawn's leader is Mankar Camoran, whose son Raven and daughter Ruma were his key lieutenants. The Mythic Dawn has several sleeper agents posing as regular townsfolk scattered throughout Tamriel. After the cult's shrine was raided by the future Champion of Cyrodiil, these sleeper agents tried to assassinate him repeatedly, but didn't succeed.