User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Nords do trust magic/@comment-24728100-20140609212057

I disagree with the last 5 on your list, as tree of them are vampires, one is of the skald and one is a Dragonborn from the time of the Dragonwar, all of which predate the great Colapse, the event that came to cause so many Nords to fear and be suspicious of magic.

I do have a few to add to the list, maven Blackbrier and the mercenary in Riften, can't recall his name off hand, but also the encounter with the nord trying to reanimate a wolf with a staf, he was trying to use magic, even said he tried to enter teh college of winterhold, but the magic was only in the staff, not in him... then there is the many Nord wizards you encounter in both their own groups or working as bandits, and let's not forget the children who for the most part have a keen intrest in learning magic, be it the girls from Rorikstead who want to learn how to make fire opr the other children who want to you to make them invisible if they see you using magic.

The great collapse may have caused much fear of Magic, but it is clear that the current generaton in Skyrim is trusting it, and it is they who are the future of Skyrim.