Ancano

Ancano is a villain from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim where he serves as the main antagonist of College of Winterhold questline.

Ancano is a Thalmor operative stationed in College of Winterhold where he acts as the advisor to the Arch-Mage Savos Aren. While the others in the College are highly suspicious of his actions, he, in turn, shows suspicion towards the Dragonborn when he/she first joins the College. He also blames his/her presence in the College to the incompetence of the Arch-Mage.

When the College arranges an expedition to the Nordic Ruins of Saarthal, Dragonborn finds a strange artifact, which in turn turns out to be The Eye of Magnus. After a while, Dragonborn is contacted by the Psijic Order and they warn him/her about the power of this artifact and must not fall into wrong hands. He/She's then directed to Augur of Dunlain, who warns the Dragonborn that Ancano wanted to get information from him about the Eye for different reasons. He will then direct him/her to find the Staff.

When the Dragonborn returns from the search for the Staff, he/she finds out that Ancano has taken control of the Eye and is terrorizing the College, and the city of Winterhold with it. In the process, he ends up killing the Arch-Mage. Dragonborn is then forced to find the Staff which is located in the Nordic Ruins of Labyrinthian. After the Dragonborn returns with the Staff he/she uses it on the Eye to break through Ancano's magic and then kills him in process.