Tolfdir (Skyrim)

 is a mage at The College of Winterhold in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. He teaches apprentices of the College. An old, friendly mage, Tolfdir is adept in defensive Magic. He serves as the Dragonborn's teacher and guide during his or her membership at the College. As well as offering Master-level training in Alteration, Tolfdir sells Mage Robes and Spell Tomes containing Alteration spells. When not instructing apprentices in the Hall of the Elements, Tolfdir resides in the Hall of Attainment, sleeping or eating.

Personality
Despite his age and apparently absent-minded nature, he is a very powerful mage, though he never brags about it. Despite his position of power, he never - unlike other people at the College - abuses it.

Interactions
In the Dragonborn's first class at the College, he instructs the apprentices on the proper use of Wards. He provides the Dragonborn with a Lesser Ward spell, which is free of charge if that particular Spell Tome has not been read previously. Thereafter he serves as the Master-level trainer for Alteration, residing in the Hall of the Elements studying the Eye of Magnus.

Tolfdir's second lesson takes the apprentices to Saarthal, where the Dragonborn stumbles upon a secret passageway while collecting magical artifacts. Tolfdir accompanies the Dragonborn as a Companion from this stage until the Eye of Magnus is discovered at the end of the crypt.

After recovering the Staff of Magnus from Labyrinthian, Toldfir gets paralyzed when he tries to assist the Dragonborn with defeating Ancano, afterwhich he replaces Mirabelle Ervine as Master Wizard due to her death in the skirmish that unfolded.

At some point during the Dragonborn's adventure, Tolfdir misplaces his Alembic, which can be located in one of two places in the Hall of Countenance.

Quests

 * First Lessons
 * Under Saarthal
 * Staff of Magnus
 * The Eye of Magnus
 * Finding Tolfdir's Alembic
 * Finding Tolfdir's Notes
 * Aftershock
 * Alteration Ritual Spell