User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Nords do trust magic/@comment-13446185-20140323191349/@comment-13446185-20140324004530

I interpreted it as Destruction, as it also seems to fit the quota for it as well.

And that's why you see so many nord destruction mages, right? I'm pretty sure the only one who actually "specializes" in it is Wuunferth the Unliving, and we know how well he's trusted (If you don't know he is thought to be The Butcher.

Anyway, the Companions are a Fighters Guild in Skyrim, similar to how the in the CoW people don't fight with swords and shields. That's a fair point I guess. But it should be noted that while the Fighter's Guild was made specifically for people who fought with handheld weapons, the companions are an honorary group of warriors dedicated to the glory of the original 500 companions of Ysgramor. Their guild wasn't necessarily made for non-magic users it just holds that magic shouldn't be used.

The College on the other hand was made for people who wished to learn more about magic, people aren't necessarily forced to fight with magic, it just doesn't make much sense to go to a college to learn destruction magic, but fight only with a sword (the same scenario applies to the fighters guild).

She could've mispoken, again, common misconception.

Dude... seriously! You do realise that these are actors given scripts, right? There is no misspeaking, she clearly freaking says that distrust for magic was growing. Once again you are reading into things that aren't there because you can't accept when you are wrong.

Don't expect another reply.

'And most who dislike it only refer to it as "The College". '

First of all how is this relevant? Second of all "The College" is merely an abbreviation of "The College of Winterhold", seeing as many of the actual members refer to it as "the college".

But did he say that?

Uh yah... I showed you the quote, he says that Nords no longer respect magic, which supports the other quotes that claim Nords distrust magic.