Corprus is a fictional disease featured in the video game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. In the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, the disease forms part of the antagonism that plagues the fictional province of Morrowind; the Nerevarine, the game's central protagonist, is even infected with the disease during the storyline. The name "Corprus" is probably derived from the Latin word corpus, translating into "body". This is fitting, as Corprus is a disease that generally affects the body of the afflicted person in drastic ways.
After infection, the disease follows one of two paths. Generally symptoms include numerous cancerous growths and violent insanity. Those in the late stages of the disease become stronger and are referred to as Corprus Stalkers. Some, whose growths are more debilitating, are called Lame Corprus Beasts. Corprus is considered incurable by the denizens of Morrowind.
Corprus is spread by the Ashstorms and can be considered a deadlier version of (if not a relative to) the Blight, because both were created by Dagoth Ur and are spread in the same fashion, via the Ashstorms, and can also be contracted from Corprus-afflicted individuals. It also allows the sufferer to become susceptible to Dagoth Ur's dream messages (referred to by Morrowind denizens as "Soul Sickness), which could possibly lead him or her to joining the Sixth House Cult.
Corprus is called "the Divine Disease" by members of House Dagoth, as they believe it to be the evolution of the Dunmer race, bringing them unity and immortality, and protecting them from all outside influences, mainly the Empire. In the Seven Trials of the Nerevarine, it is referred to as the "Curse-of-Flesh."
A magical barrier, the Ghostfence, was created by Vivec, Almalexia and Sotha Sil for the purpose of containing the Blight and Corprus disease within the Red Mountain region. As it slowly begins to weaken, the Blight epidemic spreads outside Ghostfence, and both it and Corprus spreads throughout many places in Morrowind. Tel Fyr also houses a Corprusarium where the victims of Corprus can find refuge and live out the remainder of their lives in relative peace. It is possible that they seem to keep at least some sort of awareness of themselves.
Corprus has a much greater reflection in user-made mods than in the original game. In the Sixth House mod, the player can actually join the House Dagoth and win it a decisive victory. The mod's storyline ends in destroying Ebonheart, killing Vivec, shutting down the Ghostfence and letting Blight and Corprus spread across Vvardenfell, forcing all the foreigners away. Corprus and Dagoth cults are featured in multiple darkside mods like Suran Underworld. A global storyline for House Dagoth is included in the Chaos Heart global mod, where Corprus is removed by Dagoth Ur himself, along with the rebirth of the House.
There are signs that a House Dagoth storyline was planned to be included in the original game, but wasn't completed due to lack of time.
During the course of the game the main character performs a quest in which he is infected with corprus. Infection is unavoidable-if he is not infected in the natural course of the quest, he is automatically infected upon its completion. They seek a potion from Divayth Fyr at Tel Fyr on the east coast of Vvardenfell. The potion removes the negative symptoms of the disease while retaining its two positive symptoms, immunity to age and all other diseases (Blight and common diseases). However, it is unclear as to whether the main character is healed because he is the Nerevarine, or whether the potion actually works. One of the trials for becoming accepted as the Nerevarine is proving the Nerevarine's ability to resist the Corprus disease. Fyr also informs the main character that the potion has killed all his other test subjects.
Corprusarium
The Corprusarium is an asylum for victims of Corprus. Due to the extremely contagious and untreatable nature of the disease, along with the fact that the infected develop aggressive behavior, the most effective non-lethal method of prevention of the disease is the incarceration of all victims of the disease away from society.
Purpose
The Telvanni wizard Divayth Fyr, seeing the need for some measure of comfort to these unfortunate victims (and seeing the disease as a fascinating and potentially useful phenomenon), constructed the Corprusarium beneath his tower of Tel Fyr. Located on one of the many small islands near Sadrith Mora, it is the only establishment aside from House Dagoth where Corprus sufferers are not persecuted.
Description
The Corprusarium itself is actually a rather unpleasant dungeon, but the inmates, having long since gone completely mad, do not require many creature comforts. The only luxury they seem to appreciate is the occasional drum playing done by their caretaker, Uupse Fyr (one of Divayth Fyr's clones), something that significantly reduces their violent outbursts. Visitation is allowed but not recommended, obviously because you may contract Corprus. Any violence toward any inmate is strictly prohibited. The Corprusarium plays a vital role in the main storyline of the game, as well. Also, there are many powerful and valuable artifacts found there for any thief willing to try their luck against the dungeon; you may also meet "the last living Dwarf," who has seemingly overcome the disease's psychotic nature and has taken up residence in the Corprusarium's deepest chambers.
After infection, the disease follows one of two paths. Generally symptoms include numerous cancerous growths and violent insanity. Those in the late stages of the disease become stronger and are referred to as Corprus Stalkers. Some, whose growths are more debilitating, are called Lame Corprus Beasts. Corprus is considered incurable by the denizens of Morrowind.
Corprus is spread by the Ashstorms and can be considered a deadlier version of (if not a relative to) the Blight, because both were created by Dagoth Ur and are spread in the same fashion, via the Ashstorms, and can also be contracted from Corprus-afflicted individuals. It also allows the sufferer to become susceptible to Dagoth Ur's dream messages (referred to by Morrowind denizens as "Soul Sickness), which could possibly lead him or her to joining the Sixth House Cult.
Corprus is called "the Divine Disease" by members of House Dagoth, as they believe it to be the evolution of the Dunmer race, bringing them unity and immortality, and protecting them from all outside influences, mainly the Empire. In the Seven Trials of the Nerevarine, it is referred to as the "Curse-of-Flesh."
A magical barrier, the Ghostfence, was created by Vivec, Almalexia and Sotha Sil for the purpose of containing the Blight and Corprus disease within the Red Mountain region. As it slowly begins to weaken, the Blight epidemic spreads outside Ghostfence, and both it and Corprus spreads throughout many places in Morrowind. Tel Fyr also houses a Corprusarium where the victims of Corprus can find refuge and live out the remainder of their lives in relative peace. It is possible that they seem to keep at least some sort of awareness of themselves.
Corprus has a much greater reflection in user-made mods than in the original game. In the Sixth House mod, the player can actually join the House Dagoth and win it a decisive victory. The mod's storyline ends in destroying Ebonheart, killing Vivec, shutting down the Ghostfence and letting Blight and Corprus spread across Vvardenfell, forcing all the foreigners away. Corprus and Dagoth cults are featured in multiple darkside mods like Suran Underworld. A global storyline for House Dagoth is included in the Chaos Heart global mod, where Corprus is removed by Dagoth Ur himself, along with the rebirth of the House.
There are signs that a House Dagoth storyline was planned to be included in the original game, but wasn't completed due to lack of time.
During the course of the game the main character performs a quest in which he is infected with corprus. Infection is unavoidable-if he is not infected in the natural course of the quest, he is automatically infected upon its completion. They seek a potion from Divayth Fyr at Tel Fyr on the east coast of Vvardenfell. The potion removes the negative symptoms of the disease while retaining its two positive symptoms, immunity to age and all other diseases (Blight and common diseases). However, it is unclear as to whether the main character is healed because he is the Nerevarine, or whether the potion actually works. One of the trials for becoming accepted as the Nerevarine is proving the Nerevarine's ability to resist the Corprus disease. Fyr also informs the main character that the potion has killed all his other test subjects.
Corprusarium
The Corprusarium is an asylum for victims of Corprus. Due to the extremely contagious and untreatable nature of the disease, along with the fact that the infected develop aggressive behavior, the most effective non-lethal method of prevention of the disease is the incarceration of all victims of the disease away from society.
Purpose
The Telvanni wizard Divayth Fyr, seeing the need for some measure of comfort to these unfortunate victims (and seeing the disease as a fascinating and potentially useful phenomenon), constructed the Corprusarium beneath his tower of Tel Fyr. Located on one of the many small islands near Sadrith Mora, it is the only establishment aside from House Dagoth where Corprus sufferers are not persecuted.
Description
The Corprusarium itself is actually a rather unpleasant dungeon, but the inmates, having long since gone completely mad, do not require many creature comforts. The only luxury they seem to appreciate is the occasional drum playing done by their caretaker, Uupse Fyr (one of Divayth Fyr's clones), something that significantly reduces their violent outbursts. Visitation is allowed but not recommended, obviously because you may contract Corprus. Any violence toward any inmate is strictly prohibited. The Corprusarium plays a vital role in the main storyline of the game, as well. Also, there are many powerful and valuable artifacts found there for any thief willing to try their luck against the dungeon; you may also meet "the last living Dwarf," who has seemingly overcome the disease's psychotic nature and has taken up residence in the Corprusarium's deepest chambers.
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The Gray Fox is a character featured in the video game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
The Gray Fox is the mysterious leader of the secretive Thieves Guild. Most doubt his existence, and rumors have it that he has existed for over 300 years, is able to vanish into thin air, and can walk through locked doors. He wears the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal, which was stolen from Nocturnal (the Daedric god of thieves and stealth) over 300 hundred years ago by the first Gray Fox and passed down to the successor Guild Masters. It is also possible for the player to become the Gray Fox by completing the Thieves Guild quest line, although you cannot walk through locked doors or vanish (at least, not without spells). The Gray Fox was once Corvus Umbranox, however, he had his name stricken from history by the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal.
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A wanted poster featuring the Gray Fox, that can be found throughout the game.
The Gray Fox is a character featured in the video game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
The Gray Fox is the mysterious leader of the secretive Thieves Guild. Most doubt his existence, and rumors have it that he has existed for over 300 years, is able to vanish into thin air, and can walk through locked doors. He wears the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal, which was stolen from Nocturnal (the Daedric god of thieves and stealth) over 300 hundred years ago by the first Gray Fox and passed down to the successor Guild Masters. It is also possible for the player to become the Gray Fox by completing the Thieves Guild quest line, although you cannot walk through locked doors or vanish (at least, not without spells). The Gray Fox was once Corvus Umbranox, however, he had his name stricken from history by the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal.
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A wanted poster featuring the Gray Fox, that can be found throughout the game.
The Histaag Forest is a region of Solstheim, a large island north-west of the island Vvardenfell in the fictional world of the Windows and Xbox game, The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon (the expansion to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind). The Hirstaag Forest is in the southern portion of the island and covers the area to the west of the Iggnir River and south of Brodir Grove. This area consists mainly of pine trees and snow-covered ground. Fort Frostmoth and Raven Rock are both located in this region.
Thomas William Hamilton (born January 11, 1939, in San Francisco, California) is an astronomer and expert on planetariums. He was educated at Columbia University.
From 1946 to 1952 Hamilton was a child actor, initially appearing in Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley, a stage production based on Crockett Johnson's comic strip Barnaby. He also performed in radio, movies, and television, such as the early children's television show Mr. I-Magination.
In the mid-1960s Hamilton worked at Grumman Aircraft in Bethpage, New York, on the Apollo Project, defining fuel requirements and radar accuracy requirements for spacecraft in lunar orbit, and developed a back-up rendezvous technique for use in lunar orbit. While in residency there he wrote a paper called "Characteristics of Circum-lunar orbits". In 1968-69 Hamilton worked for a planetarium manufacturer, writing canned planetarium shows provided to purchasers of Apollo model planetariums. He produced about thirty shows for general public audiences and for elementary school groups.
From 1970 to 1983 Hamilton ran the Wagner College Planetarium in Staten Island, New York, did consulting work for other planetariums, and taught courses in astronomy, the history of astronomy, science fiction, and MBA-level computer management. He also developed a program for training students to enter the planetarium field, and created three courses required for this program.
Hamilton was the originator of the theory that planetarium shows be based on the triple concepts of science, education and drama, with a successful show utilizing a balance of all three. While planetariums that mainly offer concerts or laser shows do not follow this philosophy, it remains one of the main concepts in the field.
With the temporary closure of the Wagner College Planetarium, Hamilton worked at the Newark Museum Planetarium while teaching at the College of Staten Island and . He led or participated in groups observing four solar eclipses, in Maine (1963), North Carolina (1973), the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec (1974), and Siberia (1980). The first and last of these belong to the same Saros cycle. He retired from teaching in 2003.
Notable accomplishments include two planetarium shows designed for the deaf, one devoted to the career of John Goodricke, an eighteenth-century deaf British astronomer who first explained the varying light of the eclipsing binary Algol. In 1980 Hamilton received a federal grant to develop a planetarium show in six foreign languages (later expanded to twelve), which was distributed to 260 planetariums in the USA and a few in other nations. He was an invited observer for the first fly-by of the planet Mercury in 1973, and of the first launch to Saturn and of the space shuttle. He was the first to point out that pairs of craters on Earth, the Moon, and elsewhere supported the then-controversial theory that asteroids may have moons.
Hamilton was editor through ninety issues of a monthly newsletter for the planetarium profession, "Bauersfeld's Folly", and hosted ten regional planetarium conferences, as well as the 1980 annual convention of the Science Fiction Research Association. He has had numerous articles published relating to planetaria and astronomy education, and since 2003 has taken up writing science fiction.
Hamilton also had a career in politics. In 1983 the U.S. Navy proposed building a base in the Staten Island community of Stapleton, about a mile from Hamilton's newly purchased home. He became chair of a community group organized to oppose permitting the Navy to build this base, the Committee for a Nuclear-Free Island. He wrote a series of analyses of the Navy's Environmental Impact Statements for the base which appeared in the Staten Island Register newspaper, pointing out hundreds of alleged flaws. Plans for the base were ultimately cancelled during the Reagan-era budget reductions, but Hamilton had gotten permanently involved in politics, serving seven one year terms as Secretary of the Staten Island Democratic Association. When the newly organized Independence Party gained ballot line status in New York State in 1994, Hamilton was elected both as a State Committee member and as Richmond County Chair, giving up the latter position in 2002. While Chair he ran once each for State Assembly (with a cross-endorsement from the Green Party) and State Senate, garnering only about 2% of the vote each time on a radical platform of reforms. He served on the slate of members of the Electoral College for the Independence Party in 1996 and 2000. However, as Chair, he was largely responsible for the first successful election of a woman judge, Barbara Panepinto, in Richmond County, and the Independence Party reached an enrollment of about 4000 members in the county. In 1998 he won a court case allowing use of proxies at County Committee meetings (Essenberg v. Hamilton et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Richmond County, Index 8479/98), and as a direct result, Richmond County, Suffolk County, and Jefferson County became the first legally constituted county committees within the Independence Party. This effectively made them self-governing.
Conference Host
* 1980, Science Fiction Research Association Annual Conference
* 1974 through 1981, Armand Spitz Annual Memorial Regional Conference, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society
Bibliography
BOOKS
* IBM Unbundling, Computer Sciences Corp., New York, 1966
* Management and Library Information Systems, Diebold, New York, 1967
MONOGRAPHS
* Characteristics of Circumlunar Orbits, GAEC, Bethpage NY, 1964
* Useful Star Names, Viewlex, Holbrook NY, 1969
PAPERS
* Planetariums as an Incentive to Learning, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, 2005 Annual Conference, Richmond VA
* Public Misperceptions of Astronomy, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, Great Lakes Planetsrium Association, Southeast Planetarium Association Joint 2007 Annual Conference, Oglebay WV
* Impact of Sputnik, New York City Chapter of the National Space Society, 2007
* Origins of the American Space Program, Third Annual Allies in Space Conference, New York City, 2007
SOURCES
* Wagner College catalog editions: 1971 through 1983
* Staten Island Advance (newspaper), Nov 2, 1998, Insurgent for Assembly
* Staten Island Advance, October 28, 2000 Candidate Profile
* Staten Island Advance, October 29, 2000 Candidate Checklist
The court case cited above was before a Judge Lebowitz (correct spelling), but seems to be unpublished
The newspaper PM carried the comic strip Barnaby, and had several articles in the summer of 1946 about the play based on this strip, including a front page photo showing the actor and comic strip character in apparent conversation.
From 1946 to 1952 Hamilton was a child actor, initially appearing in Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley, a stage production based on Crockett Johnson's comic strip Barnaby. He also performed in radio, movies, and television, such as the early children's television show Mr. I-Magination.
In the mid-1960s Hamilton worked at Grumman Aircraft in Bethpage, New York, on the Apollo Project, defining fuel requirements and radar accuracy requirements for spacecraft in lunar orbit, and developed a back-up rendezvous technique for use in lunar orbit. While in residency there he wrote a paper called "Characteristics of Circum-lunar orbits". In 1968-69 Hamilton worked for a planetarium manufacturer, writing canned planetarium shows provided to purchasers of Apollo model planetariums. He produced about thirty shows for general public audiences and for elementary school groups.
From 1970 to 1983 Hamilton ran the Wagner College Planetarium in Staten Island, New York, did consulting work for other planetariums, and taught courses in astronomy, the history of astronomy, science fiction, and MBA-level computer management. He also developed a program for training students to enter the planetarium field, and created three courses required for this program.
Hamilton was the originator of the theory that planetarium shows be based on the triple concepts of science, education and drama, with a successful show utilizing a balance of all three. While planetariums that mainly offer concerts or laser shows do not follow this philosophy, it remains one of the main concepts in the field.
With the temporary closure of the Wagner College Planetarium, Hamilton worked at the Newark Museum Planetarium while teaching at the College of Staten Island and . He led or participated in groups observing four solar eclipses, in Maine (1963), North Carolina (1973), the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec (1974), and Siberia (1980). The first and last of these belong to the same Saros cycle. He retired from teaching in 2003.
Notable accomplishments include two planetarium shows designed for the deaf, one devoted to the career of John Goodricke, an eighteenth-century deaf British astronomer who first explained the varying light of the eclipsing binary Algol. In 1980 Hamilton received a federal grant to develop a planetarium show in six foreign languages (later expanded to twelve), which was distributed to 260 planetariums in the USA and a few in other nations. He was an invited observer for the first fly-by of the planet Mercury in 1973, and of the first launch to Saturn and of the space shuttle. He was the first to point out that pairs of craters on Earth, the Moon, and elsewhere supported the then-controversial theory that asteroids may have moons.
Hamilton was editor through ninety issues of a monthly newsletter for the planetarium profession, "Bauersfeld's Folly", and hosted ten regional planetarium conferences, as well as the 1980 annual convention of the Science Fiction Research Association. He has had numerous articles published relating to planetaria and astronomy education, and since 2003 has taken up writing science fiction.
Hamilton also had a career in politics. In 1983 the U.S. Navy proposed building a base in the Staten Island community of Stapleton, about a mile from Hamilton's newly purchased home. He became chair of a community group organized to oppose permitting the Navy to build this base, the Committee for a Nuclear-Free Island. He wrote a series of analyses of the Navy's Environmental Impact Statements for the base which appeared in the Staten Island Register newspaper, pointing out hundreds of alleged flaws. Plans for the base were ultimately cancelled during the Reagan-era budget reductions, but Hamilton had gotten permanently involved in politics, serving seven one year terms as Secretary of the Staten Island Democratic Association. When the newly organized Independence Party gained ballot line status in New York State in 1994, Hamilton was elected both as a State Committee member and as Richmond County Chair, giving up the latter position in 2002. While Chair he ran once each for State Assembly (with a cross-endorsement from the Green Party) and State Senate, garnering only about 2% of the vote each time on a radical platform of reforms. He served on the slate of members of the Electoral College for the Independence Party in 1996 and 2000. However, as Chair, he was largely responsible for the first successful election of a woman judge, Barbara Panepinto, in Richmond County, and the Independence Party reached an enrollment of about 4000 members in the county. In 1998 he won a court case allowing use of proxies at County Committee meetings (Essenberg v. Hamilton et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Richmond County, Index 8479/98), and as a direct result, Richmond County, Suffolk County, and Jefferson County became the first legally constituted county committees within the Independence Party. This effectively made them self-governing.
Conference Host
* 1980, Science Fiction Research Association Annual Conference
* 1974 through 1981, Armand Spitz Annual Memorial Regional Conference, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society
Bibliography
BOOKS
* IBM Unbundling, Computer Sciences Corp., New York, 1966
* Management and Library Information Systems, Diebold, New York, 1967
MONOGRAPHS
* Characteristics of Circumlunar Orbits, GAEC, Bethpage NY, 1964
* Useful Star Names, Viewlex, Holbrook NY, 1969
PAPERS
* Planetariums as an Incentive to Learning, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, 2005 Annual Conference, Richmond VA
* Public Misperceptions of Astronomy, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, Great Lakes Planetsrium Association, Southeast Planetarium Association Joint 2007 Annual Conference, Oglebay WV
* Impact of Sputnik, New York City Chapter of the National Space Society, 2007
* Origins of the American Space Program, Third Annual Allies in Space Conference, New York City, 2007
SOURCES
* Wagner College catalog editions: 1971 through 1983
* Staten Island Advance (newspaper), Nov 2, 1998, Insurgent for Assembly
* Staten Island Advance, October 28, 2000 Candidate Profile
* Staten Island Advance, October 29, 2000 Candidate Checklist
The court case cited above was before a Judge Lebowitz (correct spelling), but seems to be unpublished
The newspaper PM carried the comic strip Barnaby, and had several articles in the summer of 1946 about the play based on this strip, including a front page photo showing the actor and comic strip character in apparent conversation.