| Matron Elgroalif | |||
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Matron Elgroalif |
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| Race | Reachman (later Voidmother) |
Gender | Female |
| Died | 2E 582 Four Skull Lookout |
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| Resided in | The Reach | ||
| Appears in | ESO | ||
Matron Elgroalif was a powerful Reachfolk witch associated with the Ghostsong Clan. Together with Witch-Lord Kegairn and few other members of the clan, they conducted a series of dark rituals at Four Skull Lookout that posed a severe threat to the Reach. She was a known void mage who had successfully undergone the transformation to become a Voidmother.[1][2][3]
HistoryEdit
Very little information is known about Elgroalif's past, except that she held the position of matron within the Ghostsong clan and was a practitioner of void magic. Over time, she became a Voidmother. In 2E 582, a branch of the Ghostsong led by her and Witch-Lord Kegairn engaged in forbidden rituals at Four Skull Lookout.[1][2][3] Their activities involved tapping into Namira's power for potentially catastrophic purposes, and they resorted to abducting innocent Reachmen for their sinister ceremonies. These unholy rituals inadvertently tore holes in the natural fabric of reality, leading to the release of unstable forces. Additionally, she was branded a heretic, not just for perverting the rituals of Namira, but also for her act of transcribing the ritual details. This uncommon practice led to comparisons with Nord heretics.[1][4][5]
The Stonehands, a faction of Reachfolk under the command of Ard Caddach of Markarth, committed themselves to countering a range of threats within the Reach. Recognizing the Ghostsong clan as a renegade faction, the Stonehands enlisted the help of wandering adventurers and other individuals to tackle this looming peril. Their objectives included liberating innocent captives, closing the mystical rifts spawned by the rituals, and confiscating and disposing of the heretical writings that documented the dark ceremonies. To counter these disturbances, they provided mercenaries with a charm capable of sealing the rifts created by Elgroalif's magic.[1][6] In the end, Elgroalif met her demise at the hands of mercenaries employed by the Stonehands. These mercenaries intervened, securing the release of the captives, closing the ruptures, and delivering the ritual notes to the Stonehands for preservation and eventual destruction. With her death, the looming threat and potential calamity she posed were successfully averted.[7][8][9]
The significance of Elgroalif allowed her to be documented within the Infinite Archive in Apocrypha. There, copies of various entities were subsequently created as maligraphies, creatures composed of vivified ink manifested by stories from books, and serve as mindless extensions of the Daedric Lord Tho'at Replicanum. A maligraphy copy of Elgroalif was formed, which was destroyed by an adventurer or two who were aided by augmentations directly from Hermaeus Mora. The defeated maligraphy of Elgroalif faded into a puddle of ink.[10][11][12]
See AlsoEdit
- For game-specific information, see the Elder Scrolls Online
article.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b c d Gwenyfe's dialogue in ESO: Markarth
- ^ a b Voidmother Elgroalif's dialogue and appearance in ESO: Markarth
- ^ a b Witch-Lord Kegairn's dialogue in ESO: Markarth
- ^ Witch Matron's Ritual Notes item description in ESO: Markarth
- ^ Reach Captive's dialogue in ESO: Markarth
- ^ Reachfolk Charm item description in ESO: Markarth
- ^ Events of Namira's Perversions in ESO: Markarth
- ^ Events of Notes of the Void in ESO: Markarth
- ^ Events of Ruptures in the Reach in ESO: Markarth
- ^ Loremaster's Archive - Infinite Archive — Master Malkhest
- ^ Master Malkhest's dialogue in ESO: Necrom
- ^ Voidmother Elgroalif enemy in Infinite Archive in ESO