Guide to Anvil Summary . Guide to Anvil is a book written by Alessia Ottus to serve as a guide for the good and respectful people in the Empire for when they visit Anvil . " Content " . Sweet Dibella , Lady of Love ! Bless us and our Children ! My name is Alessia Ottus , and I ' d like to tell you all about Anvil . The seat of Anvil County is by the sea , and at first glance , is very pretty , but when you examine it closely , turns out to be quite unpleasant . The water views are charming , but on the docks and in the harbor district outside of town you will find many sailors and tramps and dirty persons of little worth . Castle Anvil is clean and well - ordered , and within the town walls , some houses are bright and cheerful , but others are derelict and abandoned , or shabby and neglected , with plaster fallen in patches from the stonework , and lunatics and drunkards may be encountered everywhere . Castle Anvil . The ruler of Anvil is Countess Millona Umbranox . Her husband , Corvus Umbranox , disappeared many years ago , and most persons would agree that Her Ladyship is better off without him , for he was a light and frivolous person , and given to loose and riotous behavior likely to promote scandal . The Countess herself is a righteous and godly woman , and an excellent ruler , well - loved by the people . If only she could compel her Town Guard to drive the seamen , low - lifes , loafers , and thieves from Anvil ' s streets , Anvil might be a more tolerable place to live . Districts of Anvil . Consider the five districts of Anvil . Castle Anvil lies outside the town walls , south of town , overlooking the harbor , and is reached by gate from Chapelgate . Within the town walls are three districts : Chapelgate in the east , Westgate in the west , and Guildgate between Chapelgate and Westgate . Harborside lies outside the town walls , south of town , and is reached by gate from Westgate district . Chapelgate . A more beautiful chapel may not be seen in all Cyrodiil . A quiet garden for meditation with a fine statue of Dibella lies between the chapel and the town wall , and across from the chapel is a lovely garden and covered arcade where worshippers are protected from the elements . Regretably , the people of Anvil seem little inclined to appreciate these advantages , and are seldom seen worshipping in the chapel . Whether this is the fault of the primate , who is a vain and shallow woman , or the Countess , who does little to encourage regular chapel worship by her example , I am unable to judge . Guildgate . The most prosperous part of Anvil is entered by Guildgate , or Main Gate , or North Gate . Here side by side may be seen the handsomest and ugliest of Anvil buildings . The guilds are kept clean and in good repair , and both Mages Guild and Fighters Guild are unusually ambitious and industrious by Cyrodiil ' s common standard . The head of the Mages Guild , Carahil , is a scholar of good reputation and an outspoken enemy of necromancy , summoning , and the dark arts . The Fighters Guild here is well - staffed and active , and shows no sign of the fecklessness and poor morale of chapters elsewhere in Cyrodiil . However , next to the Mages Guild is a ruin , long boarded - up and abandoned , and an prominent eyesore . Westgate . This is the residential district of Anvil . The houses here are shabby and ill - kept . The people are untidy and dull , with the exception of Anvil ' s famous citizen , the Argonian authoress , Quillweave , who produces wretched books celebrating the misadventures and schemes of the lower and criminal classes . This person does her race no favor by confirming the prejudices of many who consider Argonians to be ungodly , dishonest , and worthless , and little better than beasts . Harborside . The docks are rotten and in ill - repair , and all manner of smells issue forth from the holds of ships and ramshackled warehouses . Shiftless persons gather here to bask in the sun , gossip , chatter , and plot how to beg or steal gold for wine and ale . Here a good woman named Mirabelle Monet runs a house for homeless sailors , but , I ' m sorry to say , her mistaken tender - heartedness and charity only encourages malingering and drunkenness . Instead , she should urge these wicked and idle men to improve themselves through industry and the teachings of the Nine . There is , however , a very appealing lighthouse south of the harbor , from which one may contemplate a distant and less - disagreeable view of Anvil ' s castle , town and its harbor setting . May the Nine guard and guide you !