Lore:Staff of Towers

The Orrery of Elden Root

The Staff of Towers is an artifact crafted by the Ayleid arch-mage Anumaril around the time of the Alessian Slave Rebellion. It is composed of eight segments, each corresponding to one of the metaphysical Towers that shape the fabric of Nirn. No sooner was the Staff constructed than it was separated into eight pieces, seven of which were taken to far corners of Tamriel and hidden by White-Gold Knights. The eighth, made in the image of White-Gold, Anumaril himself wore as a femur while walking with other Ayleid refugees to Valenwood and the Tower of Green-Sap. There, he located the Stone of the Tower, the Perchance Acorn, and built an orrery around it, attempting to convert Green-Sap into another White-Gold to restore the Ayleid empire. This attempt failed, due to a fundamental incompatibility between Ayleid and Bosmer magic and belief.

Centuries later, Arch-Prelate Fervidius Tharn of the Alessian Order dispatched agents to recover all eight pieces and reassemble the Staff. It was then used by the radical Marukhati Selective in an attempt to excise the Aldmeri influences from the Dragon God of Time, Akatosh. The wild ritual resulted in a massive Dragon Break, and once again disintegrated the Staff into eight pieces. The pieces slowly fell back to Tamriel as stars, and were the only means for those trapped in the Middle Dawn to chart the progress of time. It is unknown what became of the fragments after they finally fell to the ground.

Notes

• A partially translated Ayleid tract, The Remnant of Light, may describe the journey of one of the "White-Gold Knights". At a time of blood— possibly the Alessian Rebellion—an Ayleid lord is given an artifact by Anumaril and told to take it to the far northern reaches of Tamriel.
• The Staff of Chaos is another artifact that was split into eight pieces and scattered across Tamriel. However, this staff was not created until at least two centuries after the Staff of Towers, and was not disassembled until the Third Era.

See Also

• Aurbic Enigma 4: The Elden Tree de Beredalmo o Significante — A história da Seiva Verde, a Torre dos Bosmer
• Chancellor Abnur Tharn Answers Your Questions de Chancellor Abnur Tharn — Chancellor Abnur Tharn answers questions on lore
• Terran's Notes de Terran Arminus — Notas obscuras em torno do Cajado das Torres
• Vindication for the Dragon Break de Fervidius Tharn, Arqui-Prelado dos Seletivos Maruhkati — Um édito de Marukhati instruindo o expurgamento dos aspectos Aldmeri de Auriel