Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-25479664-20151005192329

Phantasys wrote: For the last time, Skyrim is NOT short on mages! It's not implemented in the final game but the game's does indeed have "stormcloak mage" and "imperial mage" written in its code. You can find them in the factions...also funnily enough, thalmor soldier is also in the imperial legion. Yeah, for now. Remember, we are only seeing Skyrim as either an Imperial state, or in its early state of independence, long before any drastic changes can be made. Seeing as how heavily they follow their tradition (which is likely anti-magic, or at least distrust of magic), magic may very well be outright BANNED at some point in time within Skyrim, or at least be heavily frowned upon. The college may very well be forced to either disband or relocate to somewhere in Tamriel outside of Skyrim.