Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20141207202844/@comment-24685738-20141209023435

Few people noticed Winterhold, anymore. The loss of it to the Adamantine Pact had been of little consequence to the Beaumatics, who cared little for it, anyways. It provided no resources… It wasn’t a strategic area… In fact, the only reason they had fought for it was to make an example of the Mages of the College.

What interested the MORAG TONG was the fact that the Legion inhabiting the city, had pretty much packed up and left when the Adamantines showed up.

They didn’t fight very hard.

The few members of the College that had survived the Inquisition of Winterhold were in hiding. Castle Volkihar, which had become sort-of a… Smuggler’s Den for Illegal Magic, had been destroyed a few days before the Adamantines had arrived.

Thus, the Mages had been rather eager to rejoin the College.

Not that it mattered. There weren’t nearly enough mages left in Skyrim to bring the College to its former glory…

That was when the MORAG TONG stepped in.

Placing one of their own as the Arch-Mage of the college, they had sent resources, gold, even building supplies to the College, to bring it back up.

Though the mages were suspicious, they didn’t complain.

So, when the Phoenix had come in, commandeering the College for MORAG TONG use, they hadn’t grumbled…

Too much.

The dissenters understood, however, and a few were even grateful that their benefactors had shown their faces.

Vira WildSea especially enjoyed the respect that they gave her and FireCrown, her second-in-command.

FireCrown had visited, last week, and the two of them spent a good deal of time in the Arch Mage’s Quarters, joking about it.

Then, FireCrown had to return to Morrowind, to examine the effect of the disastrous attack on Mournhold on the rest of the area.

So far, nothing had happened…

So far…

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Just as Tamriel was divided, so was a great Dynasty.

The Great House of Morgan fought on both sides of the Adamantine War. The Politics of the House were strange, and confusing, but the sides could be clearly seen by an insider.

On the Adamantine side, the descendants of Ari and Verna Morgan fought, along with most of the Dunmeri, Breton, Bosmeri, and Altmeri joiners of the House.

On the Beaumatic side, the descendants of Corenna and Arinat Morgan fought, along with the newcomers of most other races, and the Head Family.

Neither side fully supported Magic or Technology. They just supported the ideals of the sides.

The Adamantine Morgans believed that, due to the fact that Magic had served Tamriel well for many thousands of years, magicka should be the dominant force on Nirn. They were also against the imposing of technology onto any and all people.

The Beaumatic Morgans believed that change was necessary. They desired for Technological Advancement to be the dominant force on Tamriel, and pushed for it. However, they did not forget the roots they had. They did not forget Magic, and used that to their advantage.

Unseen war raged throughout Cyrodiil, going unnoticed by both sides of the war.

Random bombings, or assassinations were blamed on either side, as they did not know of the Morgan Civil War.

Full battles would be fought away from any cities, and quickly cleaned up and hidden by the victor.

The major cities in Cyrodiil were divided as follows…

Adamantine Morgan Control: Skingrad, Bravil, Leyawiin, and Cheydinhal.

Beaumatic Morgan Control: Anvil, Kvatch, Chorrol, the Imperial City, and Bruma.

The City of Bruma had recently been taken away from Ari Morgan’s descendants, being placed in the hands of the Leader of the Family, Arius Morgan.

However, in retaliation, the Adamantine Morgans had wrested control of the great city of Skingrad from the other side, with a few well-placed bombings, which were blamed on Breton mages.