[ EU ] You live in Skyrim . It is your job to keep lit all the candles in the abandoned caves and dungeons and castles .

Is it my job to keep the Candles lit? No. It is n't actually anyones job to keep fires lit. Why? Because they never go out. Now I see you ask,'But they are just candles, a simple breeze will extinguish them!' But go ahead, blow one out try it. 
 
 See - You ca n't do it. This is something all novices are taught when they begin studying. 
 
 Back in the beginning there was this god named Magnus. He was, or is the god of Magic depending on who you ask. He was one of the gods- What? Oh yes the Eye of Magnus is named after him. Is it the *actual* eye of Magnus? Well we do n't really know. Many mages have expressed a desire to summon some higher ranking Daedra to see what they know and Scholars are pretty sure that the Eye is older than most, if not all Nordic civilization. So the answer is a solid maybe. 
 
 Anyway where was I? Ah yes, Magnus was one of the Et-Ada. You see way back in the beginning, the Dawn Era, Shor convinced a bunch of the other Et-Ada to make Mundus. Magnus was the architect of Mundus, he designed th. While they were making Mundus somebody realized that Mundus was taking up too much energy from the Et-Ada. 
 
 What? What does this have to do with candles? I'm getting there, do n't ask simple questions if you do n't want long answers. 
 
 Anyway, Mundus. Mundus was taking a lot of energy and Magnus and the Magna Ge, a bunch of other Et-Ada, decided to leave. Here's the important bit - When Magnus decided to leave back to the Aetherius Mundus was basically already made - so rather than just going back easily he had to force his way back, and Magnus was not weak, not at all, he punched straight through the sky straight back to Aetherius. This is what made the Sun, which is why its called Magnus. The Magna Ge, the other Et-Ada followed suit, making the stars. 
 
 Now I want you to Compare the size of the sun to the size of the stars. Quite different are n't they. See a few theories have popped up on why that is but the simplest is that through Magnus leaving Mundus in such a violent way, this weakened the barriers of Mundus, allowing the Magna Ge to leave easier. 
 
 
 Now can you guess why the candles do n't need to be mantained? Its quite a simple reason after you realize that the candles are n't normal flames. They are tiny holes poked through the fabric of Mundus into Aetherious itself. Outrageous right? You would think that this would be dangerous but here's the thing, it is such a tiny hole that the only Magicka that can get through is used up in maintaining the flame. 
 
 
 Ahhh I see you asking the old question of'If these candle fires are holes into Aetherious why do n't we make bigger holes and use them for research and other such things?' For one it is because it is really hard to do, it is easy to poke a small hole and it get harder the larger it is. Secondly, this barrier is what stops the Daedra from coming in whenever they feel like, and if you remember the Oblivion Crisis you can see why this is a good thing, so tearing holes into it may cause irreparable damage. And finally poking a hole large enough to be of use through the very fabric of existence into a realm of Gods who may not be that pleased to see us is, well, a really bad idea. 
 
 Small holes are fine, encouraged even. It is said to enrich the atmosphere with Magicka, though not much research has been done on it. The fact remains that when a public building, such as a shop or a Royal hall, is being built or rebuilt a mage is often hired to light the candles. This is a thing that goes back to before the Merethic Era. 
 
 So there you have it, Candles, one of the most boring and unmagical things you can think of are some of the most magical things in the world.
