Morokei

"You do not respond... must I use this... guttural language of yours?"

- Morokei to The Last Dragonborn "Aren, my old friend. Have you returned after all these years?"

- Morokei to Savos Aren's ghost Morokei (Translates to: "Glorious") was one of the ancient high ranking Dragon Priests, and serves as the secondary antagonist of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's College of Winterhold story arc.

Background
Morokei was originally a dragon priest during the Dragon War, and was a member of the eight high ranking priests. He was the most magically superior priest, and was always fixated on discovering new and unknown instances of magical energy.

Morokei had traveled to Labyrinthian, and built a monumental temple to serve as his home. He would store magical energy in a staff he discovered in an unknown location, The Staff of Magnus. Morokei was always meditating and opening himself up to the magical energy of the staff, however, in his lifetime he could never manage to figure out what the staff was connected to.

Death
Morokei was killed when an army of Nord heroes raided Labyrinthian. Morokei put up a strong fight with the Staff of Magnus, but the Nord heroes managed to overwhelm him, ending with his death. The Nord heroes sealed Morokei in a tomb along with his staff, and the temple was left abandoned for many eras.

Savos Aren's discovery
In the early 4E 100's, Savos Aren, an aspiring mage scholar, went on an expedition with a team of mages from the College of Winterhold. The group discovered Labyrinthian buried deep within the snow, and the temple door was exposed. The mages entered, and Savos followed behind. The group encountered Draugr of all kinds on their way through, and many members of the group were lost or killed.

After a long journey through the ancient temple, only three mages remained. Savos Aren, and two of his colleagues. The three entered the temple's monumental throne room, which contained Morokei's tomb. Morokei emerged from his tomb, and spoke to Savos and his fellow mages. Morokei desired only power, and sucked the magicka from Savos using the Staff of Magnus. Morokei attempted to escape to the open world, however, as a last resort option, Savos Aren had no choice but to enthrall his fellow mages, and forcibly keep Morokei in a magical prison. Savos promised to seal the place off and never return.