Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25343239-20150319182007/@comment-32014963-20180310094726

The Imperials are not raising conjurors and necromancers, they are raising politicians pretending to be mages. Reason is politics and interests. Those in power fear the mages thus wouldn't want them to become power. The Imperials' mages are amassing artifacts for similar reasons as there are two stereotypes of Doctors in our world.

1. Who has a lot of actual experience doing surgery under their belt and doesn't put so much focus in thesis

2. Those who specializes in honing their thesis writing skills. They can write very beauitful and impressive thesis to impress professors while neglecting their actual skills.

Imperial Mages belongs to the 2nd type. They search for artifacts to get ahead of their peers and worry about office politics. We had a glimpse of it in Skyrim.