Amon

Amon is a male Redguard mystic seer of unknown age. He is a member of an enigmatic order of mages dedicated to study of the metaphysical towers that sustain Mundus.

Quests

 * The Battle at Dragon Bridge
 * Voice Within
 * Sky Haven Inner Sanctum

Background
Amon was once a member of an order of mages and mystic seers, dedicated to the study of the Elder Scrolls and sworn to safeguard the Eight Towers. These "towers" may both literal, such as Adamantine Tower, as well as figuratives, such as Red Mountain. However, they are all representations of metaphysical constructs which serve to stabilize and sustain Mundus.

The Elder Scrolls predicted many cataclysmic events related to these towers: the animation of the Numidium (Brass Tower) and the Warp of the West, the fall of the Tribunal gods and eruption of Red Mountain (Red Tower), and the death of Septim Dynasty and susquent Oblivion Crisis (at the White Tower). In each instance, the order failed in their duty to safeguard them. Content that these events were inevitable, the order agreed to do nothing when the "sundering" of Snow Tower in Skyrim was predicted.

However, some within the order disagreed, believing that a rising, malevolent force from within Mundus had manipulated the events to destroy, as the prophesies of the Elder Scrolls do not necessarily operate in absolutes, simply offering a glimpse at a single possible future.

Following the Oblivion Crisis, the Aldmeri Dominion rose to prominance and began to consolidate its power. A member of the order, a powerful Altmer sorceror named Volanano, betrayed them to the Thalmor, who had hoped to gain control of the Elder Scrolls they possessed. Most of the order perished, and those that survived were scattered throughout Tamriel. To their benefit, the Scrolls vanished before the Thalmor could take possession of them.

Amon, a junior member of the order, was among the few survivors. He went to Skyrim, in hopes of preventing the Aldmeri Dominion from initating the next cataclysm. There he made many allies, a Dunmeri information broker named Therana, a rogue Penitus Oculatus agent named Servero Bracus, and a loyal Khajiiti bard named Dar'Kishna.

Interaction
The Dragonborn first encounters Amon after being recued by Therana during The Battle of Dragon Bridge and brought to High Hrothgar. He informs the Dragonborn that he has been monitoring his/her progress for some time, as he believes that the Dragonborn might be the "key" to the construct known as the Snow Tower. He assures the Dragonborn that the Blades survived their defeat at Dragon Bridge, and encourages him/her to continue training with the Grey Beards in Voice Within.

During one of his/her meditations, the Dragonborn senses that the Blades are in danger, and returns to Sky Haven Temple with Amon, Therana, Dar'Kishna, and Bracus. The Blades have uncoverd a passage into the temple's catacombs, where the restless spirits of the Akaviri Dragonguard entombed within have risen and engaged them in combat. The Dragonborn demonstrates his/her thu'um to the Akaviri Warlord, who orders his minions to stand down, allowing the Blades to pass into the Sky Haven Inner Sanctum, where Alduin's Wall and the Akaviri Archives are housed.

Amon joins the heroes assisting the Dragonborn in his/her quest to defeat Alduin. If the Dragonborn loses favor with the Blades by choosing not to kill Paathurnax, Amon and his allies will continue to assist the Dragonborn. If the Dragonborn resolves the conflict with the Blades over Paathurnax, Amon joins the Blades.

Personality
Amon is blind, due to his years of reading the Elder Scroll, but has attuned his senses through magical means to circumvent this disability. As such, he also has great insight into the thoughts and feelings of others, and through meditation, has limited precognative powers. He is aloof, and rarely enages in small talk. In conversation, he often pauses, as if suddenly enraptured by a precognition.

Thought Amon was one of the youngest members of his order, his age is considerable. Through his mystical practices, he is gifted with unnaturally long life. His age is unknown, as his own experiences have become indiscernable from the knowledge he has gained from reading the Elder Scrolls.

Combat
Amon favors Alteration, Conjuration, Restoration, and Destruction. He makes use of wards, mage armor spells, bound weapons, and shock spells.

When Amon is in the Dragonborn's squad, they receive a 10% bonus to health regeneration.