| Cloud Top | |
|---|---|
| Type | Mountain |
| Continent | Tamriel |
| Province | Cyrodiil |
| Region | Colovian Highlands |
| Appears in | Oblivion, ESO |
Cloud Top is a mountain in the Colovian Highlands of Cyrodiil, in the Amber Woodland northwest of Chorrol.[1][2] The summit can be reached via a mountain path that branches off the Orange Road outside Chorrol's North Gate.[1] Cloud Top is the site of the crumbling remains of an Imperial fortification. These ruins include a section of pillar carved by the Ayleids and infused with significant power.[3]
HistoryEdit
During the Alliance War of 2E 580, Daggerfall Covenant troops invaded the Temple of the Ancestor Moths and removed two of the Elder Scrolls the Cult was sworn to guard and study, killing several members of the order in the process. The Covenant erected expansive and strategically important Scroll Temples to shelter these scrolls, built in the Colovian style. The Scroll Temple of Alma Ruma was one such temple, and was constructed at Cloud Top.[4][5] It was heavily fortified with its own gate and wall, and guarded the frontlines of the border gates to Hammerfell. The holy Elder Scroll of Alma Ruma was housed in the temple as a weapon that empowered soldiers with extra protection, and was often subject to being captured by other alliances for their own benefit.[6][7] When it was still active, the temple was in the middle of a Transitus Network line between the Southern High Rock Gate and Fort Rayles, which connected it across other strongholds in central Cyrodiil.[4] By the Third Era, no trace of the temple remained.
The Ayleid stone was transported here by the Imperial Watch at some point in the Third Era in an attempt to harness some degree of the Ayleid's magical power. Wizards from the Mages Guild were brought in to focus the stone's power and it was eventually tuned to react to shock magic, although several guild mages were severely injured in the process. Through the use of a Welkynd stone, the Imperials were marginally successful in harnessing the stone's power.[3] By casting a shock spell on the pillar while holding a Welkynd stone, the caster would be granted command of powerful destructive magic, namely a shock spell called "Finger of the Mountain".[8]
Knowledge of the events at Cloud Top were recorded in a book entitled Fingers of the Mountain, which was given to the keepers of the Imperial Watch.[3] This book was lost after it was taken back to Cloud Top by an unknown individual, who was then killed by lightning while interacting with the stone.[1]
Circa 3E 433, a former guild mage named Earana arrived in Chorrol seeking to locate the book. Teekeeus, the local guild leader and her former nemesis, instructed the Hero of Kvatch to reach the book first and secure it for the Mages Guild for safekeeping. Teekeeus sought guidance from the Council of Mages to determine what to do with the book, while Earana attempted to enlist the Hero's aid in return for the knowledge needed to harness the stone's destructive powers. The book was successfully retrieved from the charred corpse of its previous owner at Cloud Top, although it is unknown who the Hero agreed to help.[9][10]
GalleryEdit
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Temple of Alma Ruma at Cloud Top
See AlsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b c Cloud Top in Oblivion
- ^ Amber Woodland in ESO
- ^ a b c Earana's Notes — Earana
- ^ a b Scroll Temple of Alma Ruma in ESO
- ^ A Plea for the Elder Scrolls — Crassius Viria
- ^ Protector Yseline's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Capture Elder Scroll of Alma Ruma quest in ESO
- ^ Finger of the Mountain spell in Oblivion
- ^ Fingers of the Mountain quest in Oblivion
- ^ Teekeeus's dialogue in Oblivion