Urag gro-Shub

 is an Orsimer mage and the librarian of The Arcanaeum at The College of Winterhold in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. He is a merchant of books and takes his job very seriously. He initiates the Hitting The Books quest, when the Dragonborne approaches him, requesting research materials for the Eye of Magnus. After finding the books at Fellglow Keep, gro-Shub rewards the Dragonborn with five skill books: Racial Phylogeny, Daughter of the Niben, Catalogue of Weapon Enchantments, Response to Bero's Speech, The Black Arts On Trial, and 2920, Hearth Fire (v9).