The restricted memories are encountered during Azzanadra's Quest. They are released by The Archivist in the Hall of Memories when requested information regarding the Elder Halls. Six of them must be collected and placed in the plinths near the unstable rift in order to progress.
Capturing them yields Divination experience equal to the player's Divination level multiplied by five and the item variant of the memory each. If the memories have been destroyed as items, capturing one yields as many memories as the player would have if they hadn't destroyed any, making it impossible to gain more experience than intended by repeatedly destroying the memories.
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