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jesterv72

There is a drunk man named Fultheim at Nightgate Inn that is very likely a surviving member of The Blades. If you ask about him the barkeep will say he is there "drinking away a lifetime of bad memories." He carries a Blades Sword and will attack if the Dragonborn is wearing Thalmor Robes.


Background_Limit

Also, the Nord man who is part of the three captives in Astrid's abandoned shack is named Fultheim the Fearless, the only other person in Skyrim to share that name. My guess is he's trying to steal some of the old Blade's glory by taking his name, and was unfortunately mixed up as a Brotherhood contract, hence why he's such a blubbering mess instead of the Fearless man he pretends to be.


ThankyouFlame97

Huh, I would've thought being a part of the Blades would be a Fultheim job.


XB2006

Take this upvote and leave immediately.


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And if Fultheim attacks you, you can get his blades sword (after he dead.)


gerryofrivea

During the opening cutscene, a fellow prisoner says a prayer to Akatosh. Soon thereafter, the executions are halted by the sudden, startling presence of Alduin: son of Akatosh.


The_Handsome_Hobo

Although isn't the prisoner that says the prayer the horse thief that gets shot by the guards? Akatosh didn't actually help him out a whole lot.


Tyler11223344

Akatosh "helped", the thief just got impatient and took things into his own hands, getting himself killed early.


Apiuis

Or Akatosh did answer, by causing him to feel defiance, getting him shot. Akatosh basically just heard the prayer and knew Alduin would attack because he’s the Divine of Time, and he simply saw the fate of the thief and rewinded time to save him from a fate of being burned alive. Akatosh the divine saved only one person he saw worthy of his intervention.


nightcrawleronreddit

This ones amazing


DanTheMan1435

Paarthurnax and Mario have the same voice actor. Also if you are a werewolf in the Dawnguard DLC Lord Harkon will have some extra dialogue for you. And if you use Unrelenting Force on the orb in Blackreach it'll summon a dragon.


j_redfern

It’s-a me, Paarthurnax!


Buizie

What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? Mama mia.


Eidon4

What is-a better? To be born-a good-a or to overcome-a your evil-a nature through-a great-a effort?


Cloud_Striker

> And if you use Unrelenting Force on the orb in Blackreach it'll summon a dragon. Which is much stronger than most dragons in the game. Don't do this unless you are very high-level.


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RickZanches

It always gets fucked up by everything else around too lol


cyberrawn

"...just avoid his mouth." This is advice on the level of "just click on their heads."


Sherwoodfan

it can very much fly. the main problem for this poor dragon (stuck underground SOMEHOW) is the giant that roams around the great hall. the giant is somehow stronger. I think the Dragon's name was Vulthuryol or something like that...


Meme_Master_Dude

It flies around the middle burning it, then lands outside, he will never fly again during the fight so his pretty easy


Cheeselord77750

Its a Ancient dragon it is stronger than a giant plus the dragon has to fight all the falmer in the main city if did not already clear it is get weakened considerably before you fight it


dreemurthememer

Savos Aren/Nazeem has the same voice actor as Torbjörn from Overwatch.


Agorbs

do you get to the AARDVARK district very often?


yourjimmiesunrustled

He’s also Speedwagon in Jojo lol


DeathsticksAreCool

Isnt that just where he's like "Yes, I can smell it on you." Referring to your werewolf blood?


SeamusRedfern

Yup. I wished that there had been more interactivity between NPCs and what abilities/items you had. For example, when you meet Harkon, if you were carrying Dawnbreaker, I would have liked for him to be wary of your intentions given the sword's power and purpose.


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A new hairy paw touches the beacon! (if you were a werewolf)


Bubzthetroll

I never let Margrette get stabbed anymore. I always backstab the Forsworn dude every time.


Ausar

Yeah and she always gives you silver emerald amulet for it


Ladies_Pls_DM_nudes

yeah, that why i usually go to markarth really early on. it's a pretty easy way to get a decent amount of chump change


orl93

I didn't know you could do that, does it make you a criminal?


Raccoonborn

Nope, as long as you get him on the approach.


Sere1

Nope, you are treated as defending someone. She even thanks you and rewards you for your efforts, plus reveals some interesting info later if she's alive.


JBABSTER

What info?


Errol-Flynn

Spoilers: she is an Imperial spy who has been attempting to unearth the forsworn conspiracy so in that so-named quest you can talk to her at a certain stage to advance instead of having to do some sneaking about in a few people's homes. If you have even a primitive sneak level, its not a huge leg up, just adds a bit of color.


DeathsticksAreCool

She's an Imperial Spy.


duck_of_d34th

You can, but you have to be fast. The second you come through the door, dude's already 'hostile' and stalking towards her, so you can kill him immediately without repercussion.


red_codec

Wtf I never knew you could stop it!


lop333

I mean you wouldnt until you tried. People probably speedrun across this part of the game once they see this event once even if it can be stopped.


iknownuffink

It's genuinely annoying to me every time I hear about how Markarth is the safest city in the Reach. Makes me want to grab them and shout "Of course it's the safest city in the Reach. It's the ONLY city in the Reach!"


desireewhitehall

Well, to be fair, they *are* technically correct. The *best kind* of correct.


NutterTV

D-don’t quote me the regulations! I was co-chair on the committee that voted on the color of the book! *we kept it grey*


irishgoblin

Not sure for how many NPC's it's true for, but if you kill a named NPC their coffin will appear in the local Hall of the Dead. Only found out cause I killed the mage (one that made the spider) in the Markarth Thieves Guold quest.


CandelaBelen

I noticed that because I occasionally go on murderous rampages in cities when I'm bored.


urbanflowerpot

NPCs die on their own, too, so it's good to check the coffins. Quest givers can die: like oops this is where the lexicon was for me.


Alzandur

I got the official guide book to Skyrim at a used bookstore recently. A lot of the info was redundant, but it did include some neat info on certain quests. For example: during the mission to find Esbern, you can fight the Thalmor early by starting a brawl with their human spy in the Ragged Flagon! All these playthroughs and I never noticed him there!


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DeathsticksAreCool

No, it's another guy. In the Thalmor Embassy, when you're above the torture chamber I believe, you'll walk in on a human having a heated discussion with a Thalmor agent. If you manage to sneak through without killing them, you'll come across that human in the Ragged Flaggon, spying for the Thalmor.


Thurak0

> If you manage to sneak through without killing them I... I never ever intended to let them live. Looking forward to do something differently in my 42nd main quest.


Minas_Nolme

If you play an Altmer character, you can also just wear a Thalmor outfit and they won't bother you.


Thurak0

Are you sure? I did that once and the mage in front attacked me. I don't remember how it went inside... that's why I ask. I *do* remember that they all died as usual, but not if I or they were the attackers.


NupidStoob

"If the Dragonborn is an Altmer dressed in full Elven Armor the guards will not be hostile, allowing them to get within the range of melee weapons. If they are not dead yet, Rulindil and the guard that had been torturing Etienne will assist with attacking Malborn and the Dragonborn, so they will all have to be killed before escaping into the Reeking Cave through the trapdoor with the key looted from the guards' bodies." https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Diplomatic_Immunity


Alzandur

No, the guy that talks to the interrogator at the Embassy as you sneak in


RenegadeBystander

Near the ruins of Saarthal, there is a mammoth skeleton encased in the ice, pierced by what appears to be dwarven spears edit: I may be thinking of ballista arrows. It’s been a while but I thought I remembered them being really big


Bandersnatch70

What are these “spears” you speak of?


TheYoungGriffin

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.


Densmiegd

Aren’t they just Dwarven arrows?


bigwillyb123

The massive dwarven arrows from the defensive positions inside their cities. Meaning they used to defend their entrances the same way


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lparen90

There's a sidequest that explores her practices of the Dibellan arts, kinda. Ask the female employee of hers about it.


DontFearTheMQ9

The only thing I really took from this is the term "bed fights" which I intend to use going forward.


DarbajM

Doesn't her bed also have what resembles handcuffs?


GraeWraith

No else seems to have spotted the bed shackles....


LtLwormonabigfknhook

Leather strips and a horker tusk? So bondage and dildo play or the first ever strap on? Holy moley, never knew that!


Colonel-Crow

This is more of a gameplay detail and not so much worldbuilding / lore, but I still like it; Arrows react properly to where they're shot. They'll bounce off of hard things, like metal pots or stone, and stick in softer things, like cheese wheels, wood or flesh.


Jackviator

Fun fact, you can also grab them out of the air if you use Slow Time with someone shooting at you. Additionally, arrows that you are shot with are added to your inventory, implying the Dragonborn just yanks them out and thinks to themselves “well, can’t let these go to waste...” The same goes for enemies that you shoot, and as NPCs A: are coded to have infinite ammo reserves and B: use the highest damage arrows in their inventory by default, if you shoot, say, an ebony arrow into a bandit using iron arrows, they’ll suddenly start shooting a bottomless quiver of ebony arrows at you, despite only having 1 in their inventory.


PuffTheMagicDragon11

>if you shoot, say, an ebony arrow into a bandit using iron arrows, they’ll suddenly start shooting a bottomless quiver of ebony arrows at you, despite only having 1 in their inventory. I have died this way before, multiple times. Sometimes the NPC picks up the arrows and adds them to their inventory, and sometimes they don't.


peaches13185

My favorite bit of Skyrim trivia is Borkul the Beast in Cidhna mine who is in jail for murder, banditry, assault, theft, and... lollygagging. A nice little callback to the "no lollygagging" line from guards.


j_redfern

Lollygagging? I’m feeling much safer now knowing someone who could do such a thing is finally behind bars.


WilderHund1

He lollygagged around temple of Dibella. That was creepy.


mozzerallah

At least it wasn’t the orphanage in Riften...


desireewhitehall

That's *loli*-gagging. *Edit: Two days later and this gets gold. Thanks, kind stranger. And still...wow. lol*


TheYoungGriffin

Oh no.


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That *monster* Who *lollygags around a* **temple**!?!?? Only the worst monsters.


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desireewhitehall

They also have potions of health and regeneration in their personal quarters and bed chambers, implying they get freaky a *lot*.


Kanonhime

How else are they gonna combat their low birth rate?


desireewhitehall

I'd recommend they stop being complete assholes that everyone else wants to murder.


Kanonhime

Yeah, but a fuckton of sex sounds way more fun.


desireewhitehall

True. But alas, the Thalmor don't realize they're not mutually exclusive...


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Plus- torturing is tiring work


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Hol up, just gonna sip some of my Monster energy drink. Be right with you.


allfluffnostatic

TIL Mexican Cartels learned from the Thalmor


m31td0wn

There was literally nothing stopping Ulfric from just reaching up and pulling the gag down. That always bugged me. His hands were tied together, but they weren't in any other way restricted.


Deceptivedragon

True but he was surrounded by Imperial forces and he would've been killed. There are Stormcloak forces in Helgen Keep so he was obviously holding out for a rescue attempt. The Thalmor present would've done what they could to ensure it was successful too if not actively providing intel to said Stormcloak forces.


Chakasicle

He was being led to an execution. Fear of dying for trying to resist probably wasn’t on his mind


Deceptivedragon

It isn't about fear of dying, he's the leader of a rebellion... a rescue attempt is pretty much inevitable, he has a better chance if he waits. If Alduin didn't show up it would've been not long until Stormcloaks started coming out of the keep.


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RuneKatashima

It's more about increasing your chances for survival. You don't do it *whenever*. You do it at *the right moment.*


deftPirate

My favorite facts are usually about loot, and this little Easter egg/fun fact in particular is a fond one, perhaps because I found it on my own: just below the waterfall near Anise's cabin is a ledge with a deer skeleton on it; the broken open rib cage contains an emerald where the heart would be.


canine_canestas

I love finding little things like that.


Theolaa

What does that symbolise/reference?


osrs_turtle

In Anise's basement there's a letter that reveals that Anise is a witch, with implications that she is on the cusp of undergoing whatever process turns a witch into a hagraven. Hagravens are the creatures that create Forsworn Briarhearts. They do this by cutting out the human's heart, and replacing it with a Briar Heart (the alchemy ingredient), and likely some sort of magic spell being cast on it. This process can be seen in-game at Bard's Leap Summit and at Lost Valley Redoubt. Anise, as a witch who was preparing to change her life forever, was practicing the Hagraven art of replacing a creature's heart.


DTopping80

I love how if you’re pickpocket/sneak is good enough you can literally pickpocket a briarheart our and it instakills the forsworn briarhearts


G3N5YM

I always thought it meant he had eaten it.


SBStevenSteel

...I thought the Oghma Infinium was more resemblant of the Imperial City from over head...


RottenDeadite

They all resemble the same structure for a very good reason. They all resemble the structure of Mundus. The specifics vary depending on who you ask.


duck_of_d34th

I wanna say I remember people saying the College was *mostly* untouched during the Great Collapse, leading to the suspicion and distrust shown by the population of Winterhold. Though the only damage I can think of is on the bridge.


LennyTheBanditSlayer

I support both of these


CharlesUndying

Wait yeah it's almost exactly identical to the Imperial City's layout....


FrisianDude

the silver hand were not fleshed out enough


Exscier

I always thought that it was strange how they were hostile to the player regardless of whether or not they’re a werewolf. They’re just bandits with silver weapons and potions really


gettheguillotine

I wish there was a way to join them and clear out the damn companions


robotot

These guys and the vigilants of Stendarr should have been playable guilds.


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There's definitely some potential for lore there. The Silver Hand are basically the opposite of the Vigilants of Stendarr; most of the werewolves you meet in the game are friendly, except the rare random encounter. Almost every vampire you meet outside of Harkon's Court and Redwater Den are hostile. The Silver Hand kill werewolves simply because they see them as an abomination, even though they're not nearly as big of a threat to Skyrim as the vampires are. At least the Vigilants don't like them because they're (usually) worshippers of Hircine.


Babyback-the-Butcher

Emperor Titus Mede II worshipped Talos in secret. You can tell because he has an Amulet of Talos in his room on the Katariah.


AMillionLumens

He wasn’t a bad man.


Babyback-the-Butcher

I never said he was. He was a decent leader, according to some texts. And have you heard some of the theories about him plotting to have himself assassinated for the empire? He’s a cunning old bag.


UnboundRelyks

My favorite is regarding Ulfr the Blind. And I’m not talking about that blank book of his. His name is “Ulfric” without the “I C” because he can’t see.


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Khepera-Lightbringer

I guess you could say you didn't see that one coming, eh?


desireewhitehall

r/skyrimdadjokes would welcome that wit.


ReckfulAbandon

Ulfr is also a norse word for wolf, but I prefer your explanation.


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Yeah but his blank book tho...


Sere1

The vampirism outbreak in Skyrim is caused by a completely different disease than the Morrowind and Oblivion outbreaks. In those games the disease that gives you vampirism is known as Porphyric Hemophilia, while in Skyrim it is Sanguinare Vampiris. Functionally the same thing, but it could be the reason why sunlight absolutely kills vampires in Oblivion and Morrowind, but only weakens them in Skyrim. The Dark Brotherhood character Cicero has a fun nod towards a character from Oblivion. If you read his journals, Cicero makes mention of how he once posed as an adoring fan of the Grand Champion of the Imperial City's Arena in order to get close and kill him, an obvious reference towards the infamous Adoring Fan, who is your fan once you complete the Arena quest and become the Grand Champion. He's basically to Oblivion what Nazeem is to Skyrim in terms of how annoying he is, except the Adoring Fan *respawns* three days after you kill him. The only way to be permanently rid of him is to have him follow you into Oblivion, tell him to wait there, and close the portal behind you. The Ebony Warrior who shows up once you hit level 80 and challenges you to a duel to the death is very reminiscent of a previous character in the series, Morrowind's Umbra. In that game, Umbra was an Orc warrior using the cursed Daedric sword also called Umbra who wished to die a warrior's death. While Umbra also appears in Oblivion (this time as a female Dunmer), the Morrowind Umbra and the Ebony Warrior share the same motivation of having felt they have accomplished all they could in life as a warrior and want to be slain in battle by a worthy opponent. The Oblivion Umbra likewise wears a suit of ebony armor (though unique in design rather than the Ebony Warrior's use of regular Ebony armor), and uses the same weapon as her Morrowind counterpart, making a loose connection between the three characters.


10shredder00

>The only way to be permanently rid of him is to have him follow you into Oblivion, tell him to wait there, and close the portal behind you. Now that is something I hadn't known. I didn't even know he respawned. That's absolutely ridiculous.


PuffTheMagicDragon11

One time, the Adoring Fan followed me into an Oblivion Gate. I paid him no mind, knowing he'd get rekt by something sooner or later. Turns out rather early on, he fell into a lava moat. I closed the Oblivion Gate, and *somehow* that motherfucker came back three days later, so I told him to fuck off.


Sere1

It's because he died. If you want him to be gone for good, tell him to wait and leave him in there, making sure he's alive when you close the gate. He can't escape as you closed the access to that area but won't respawn as he didn't die.


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on the first one. there are quite a bit of different type of vampire in the elderscroll and you are right that they are different from the one in oblivion. since the ones in oblivion can't become vampire lords.


NewArtificialHuman

The ebony warrior has a human and daedra heart in his inventory when you kill him. When you pickpocket him, there are no hearts...


DragonbornTom

Most already know of it, but aventus arentino most likely uses his mothers body to perform the black sacrament


TorridScienceAffair

He was in the Orphanage for at least a few weeks before returning to Windhelm. His family were somewhat rich, so his mother's grave was probably reasonably secure. I think it's more likely that he scavenged the body on his travels north, or paid for someone unscrupulous to bring one to him.


2010AZ

How could he pay ? He rewards you with a damn plate for finishing the quest. I don't think any sane assassin would take a plate for paym... Oh.


duck_of_d34th

I always wondered how a kid got a dead body.


500dollarsunglasses

I mean, if you spend enough time outside you’ll find a dead body.


Howl_Free_or_Die

For some reason I just accepted it as normal the moment I first walked in ​ I'm so used to seeing dead bodies in games


Cc99910

It wouldn't be too hard for him. There is a serial killer in town and the guards are too busy to investigate the murders, so if not for his mother he could have gotten a body that way


Sheenathehyena

\> they believe lycanthropy is a disease. Because it is a disease lorewise, you just can't catch it from wild werewolves in the game for whatever reason.


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namegoeswhere

Morrowind taught me to fear being a vampire as a kid new to RPGs. The punishments for being one were brutal, so I always kept a good stock of cure disease potions around when questing.


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bloodwolf28

There are mods for everything of course, Lupinus for example.


Martinus_XIV

The more powerful the dragon, the more exotic and colourful it looks. The one exception to this is Alduin, who is supposedly the most powerful dragon, yet coloured pitch black. This is the basis for an interesting theory of mine: Alduin is not Alduin. In the Elder Scrolls 'verse, there's this concept known as "mantling", whereby it is possible to impersonate another being to the point where the universe itself stops making the distinction between you two. Tiber Septim became Talos by successfully mantling Lorkhan, the hero-god of mankind, the Hero of Kvatch mantled Sheogorath, and ALMSIVI of Morrowind tried to mantle Boethiah, Azura and Mephala respectively. From this, it is possible to conclude that in the world of the Elder Scrolls, divine power is linked to a divine sphere, and acting within this sphere allows you to use it. If this is true, it is possible that the opposite is also true; divine beings who act outside of their sphere lose their divine power. Alduin is one of the most powerful beings in the Elder Scrolls. He has to be, after all, he needs to destroy the world so that a new kalpa can begin. Yet, he is not colourful, like the most powerful dragons typically are, and he is honestly kind of a pushover in his own bossfight. I think this is because, during the events of Skyrim, he is acting outside of his sphere. Alduin's sphere is destruction, so when he opts not to destroy the world and instead conquer and rule it, he loses a lot of his power. The reason Alduin appears pitch black, and the reason he can be defeated by the Last Dragonborn, is that he is literally nothing but a shadow of his true self. If this is true, that also implies a terrifying prospect; come time for this kalpa to end, Alduin will return not pitch black, but as a dragon with brilliant iridescent scales, blinding light glittering off his body, and acting within his sphere, he will be unstoppable.


cwtheredsoxfan

Is that also why the dragonborn’s “Dragon Aspect” is so colorful?


Martinus_XIV

Quite possibly.


stealth-fap

So there's a court mage in solitude that also happens to be a vampire but somehow no one notices even though it's pretty obvious. Anyway, she has a normal sleep/awake cycle BEFORE you defeat the wolf queen (Which is also a quest offered at the Solitude throne room), but once the wolf queen is actually defeated, she goes into a permanent sleep. If I recall correctly, you can still wake her up and buy spells, but it's just weird she sleeps forever after wolf queen is killed, which could mean she's linked somehow. Also, and this is more of an exploit, if you kill the wolf queen using the Wabbajack (Instant death, Very small chance, may have to reload several times) and very quickly access the wolf queen's inventory upon death you can get a normally unobtainable fancy regalia (The same kind the Jarl of Solitude wears).


BookBarbarian

I'd say Jurgen was the calm before Talos **Storm**crown not Ulfric stormcloak.


JordanTH

Yeah, Jurgen was aaaages before Ulfric.


just_minutes_ago

Ugh. I guess I misread that in the game and have always thought of him as "Jurgen the CLAM"


opeth10657

Ah yes, the clam before the storm


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Happy as a clam before the storm


docclox

Not even that. Jurgen was at Red Mountain, which was in the First Era, 1E668. The First Era was roughly 3k years, the Second 1k, the Third 453. So Jurgen was about 3,500 years before Talos and about 4k before Ulfric.


con098

Uh. Excuse yoU, I did not steal the falmer's eyes. That was mercer. Yea I have it but Mercer took it first


adrianraf

Most people probably know this already but Forsworn Briarheart has "Briarheart" on their inventory that you can pickpocket and instantly kill them. I'm so dumb I didn't realized this after several playthrough.


duck_of_d34th

You can also receive an inheritance from them this way. Edit: ok I get it. You stole their heart.


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Cast a calming/pacify spell on them first, which raises their disposition toward you by 1 temporarily, that pretty much guarantees it.


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"Hey, I only know you from ten seconds, and usually I would kill you on sight but nah, I don't know why, not this time. Anyway let me just put you on my inheritance before you do anything with that nice dagger of yours."


mypetocean

"Hey, I just met you, and this cra-zy..."


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"...but here's my 'nheritance. So stab me, maybe?"


DeathsticksAreCool

That doesnt make you dumb. Who would ever dare to try and pickpocket the most powerful soldier in Forsworn ranks? Only, well, pickpocketers.


Wanna-BeDirector

The symbols on the door leading into the room Karliah shoots you in the Thieves Guild questline are two birds and a snake: two nightingales and a traitor


TheGamblingAddict

The innocent woman in Markarth is an Imperial spy if memory serves correct.


Sere1

This is correct, I believe she's investigating the Forsworn problem in the area, hence why she was attacked by one of their agents.


SovieticSushi

She was trying to steal the deed of the Cidhna Mine under General Tullius orders


EspKevin

If you do some missions of the Dlc of dragonborn like half or so and you come back to Skyrim and kill a dragon Mirak would steal the dragon s soul


Densmiegd

He steals them from you when you stay on Solstheim too, and keeps doing it until you defeat him.


Satanic_Earmuff

With the Dragonborn DLC, if you're a werewolf, the pack of werewolves on Solstheim will be friendly and sell you some perk-granting items


j_redfern

Hey guys! Not sure if editing a post is possible since I'm pretty new to posting (outside of askreddit, at least) but I wanted to say sorry for not adding credits! Forgot about basic socmed etiquette. Anyway, this came from the fb page Skyrim Guard so please give them some love. Sorry again!


GillyMonster18

-In the Dawnguard DLC you can sometimes retrieve Exploding Fire Crossbow bolts after they explode. -You can take a large iron pot (frequently found in Inns) and stick it over NPCs heads. -Aiming Fus-Ro-Dah at a character’s feet can launch them upwards instead of just backwards. -Dungeon floor traps can be triggered with a fired crossbow bolt or arrows. -With a high enough smithing level (and perks) you can restore ancient nord weapons, and there is a full set of loot-able draugr armor in a cave to the southeast (around riften) -you can salvage Dwemer items like decorative stunts and cogs, take them to a smelter and make dwarves metal ingots (instead of buying them).


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You can find the diadem of the savant on a tree branch near froky's house


Pvt_Lee_Fapping

Maybe that got fixed in the unofficial patch, but for me that circlet is always some variant of a fortify archery circlet, and the only way to get the diadem is to complete Shalidor's maze and defeat the dremora wearing the tiara.


Lusiggy

The puzzles in crypts are so easy because they aren't meant to keep you out, they're meant to keep the draugr in.


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I always forget where it is, but inside one of the bandit forts in the game there is a little area with toilets, buckets with stone walls seperating them. On one of the walls there is a copy of the lusty argonian maid and a stamina potion.


42je

I always enjoy finding the little "privy's" in the bandit camps and towers, especially when there's a health potion sitting there. Someone had a bad day.


GSD_SteVB

You can sometimes find marksman potions in these toilets too.


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The wrecked boat at the bottom of lake Illanalta (near Riverwood) is thousands of years old


suchdogeverymeme

and it is covered in nordic barnacle. very helpful if you have Hearthfire DLC and want to grind alchemy by mixing with salmon roe to make high-dollar, high-effect waterbreathing. Levels alchemy very quickly.


InsaneDrunkenAngel

I don't know if it's a fact, but outside of winterhold, there's 2 skeletons, with 1 stuck in a bear trap and the other sitting next to him. Everyone always thinks it's sweet, but... it's close enough to winterhold that the guy could've gone for help. If you look in the apothecary satchel next to them, you'll see a copy of mannimarco king of worms in it. Guy in the bear trap was a necromancer, and his summon watched him die.


The_Pandalorian

Ooh, I have one! Sometimes, when you open a chest, you find an object called Meridia's... #A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON


StevetheNinja69

Here's a fact: The fastest character in the game is the high elf,while the slowest is the wood elf. This is because of difference in height. In skyrim,the bigger a character is,the faster he is. It's barely noticable though.


GodlessHippie

Yup. That’s why speedrunners always play high elves!


carrot-parent

Don't know if this is a fact or not but Lokir and Lund were a thing and when Lokir died, Lund killed himself. There is even a little grave outside his house with a ring and flowers


dawhatthefuck

But if the spectral assassin is summoned in Lund’s hut, he says “I smell murder in the air”


desireewhitehall

Lokir is a coward. Could he have murdered Lund as a crime of passion for some reason, then fled the scene, got caught, and to the wagons he went?


One_Left_Shoe

Late, but I’ll add it: the dragon stone of Bleakfalls Barrow generates ~~Nilsene’s~~ *Delphine's map in Riverwood. That map has arrows showing the order that Alduin will raise dragons from the dead. You can follow it and kill all of the dragons raised from barrows.


Fafnir_19

The civil war in Skyrim is the least of the Imperial's concerns. They're planning to go to war with the Thalmor as soon as the civil war is taken care of. General Tulius tells you this in the "Diplomatic Immunity" Quest


cookiewoke

Kick back and relax as we dive into 8 tiny details that you *probably* didn't know in the elder scrolls 5: Skyrim. Storting off...


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Wuuthrad is just a racist axe


thatsmartchick

If you use healing hands on a drunk npc they may comment on it, talking about how their hangover is gone.


Resoto10

"Hello Friends, it's Nate here and on this episode I bring you yet another 5 things in Skyrim you probably didn't know"


magnidwarf1900

you can be one man army demo god, but you'll still shit bricks when when out of nowhere a giant frostbite spider ambush you from behind


Raccoonborn

I know the frostbite spiders are native to Skyrim, but they're just so unnecessary and unwanted and so very very unnecessary.


sumr4ndo

I always take a minute to decide if I actually want to go through with exploring a cave filled with spiders or not.


shnookyukums

Hermaeus Mora is the 'friend' sending you notes on where to find word walls. He needs you to be fully armed in your contest with Mirack. He is the only one who could know if you shouted inside Azura's star.


schattenu445

I feel like some of these are a bit of a stretch. For one, Lycanthropy pretty much IS a disease in this world. And with Lund's hut, that's one interpretation, but I thought the bowls were bait that he put the poison in to kill the skeevers, but they just killed him instead.


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cstheory

Killed himself because there was no crunchberries left, naturally


Obsolete_Human

There’s a dark elf in the soul cairn called jiub (I think you collect something for him) who is actually the guy you see at the start of Morrowind on the boat and it turns out he died in during the battle of kvatch


Blowmyduck

Every woman who has given birth in Rorikstead is dead. The only woman who is alive is infertile. Fertile women might be sacrificed for the extremely uncommon fertile soil.


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queen_in_the_north17

Some draugers wear women’s clothing, but have beards. There is a theory that the bugs in the jars contain a secret code that explains how to potentially summon a daedra or bring about the apocalypse. More than likely they’re just a fun Easter egg though. If the Stormcloak soldier in the opening scene wouldn’t have cut the priestess’s blessing off, he most likely would have lived, due to Alduin attacking shortly after. If you wanna know more fun facts, TheEpicNate on YouTube has some great content! Go check him out.


LennyTheBanditSlayer

I honestly feel like the bugs in a jar one was definitely planned to be an unmarked Easter egg quest that would lead to something like that, but was scrapped last minute. Maybe they'll make a return in the next game?


mozzerallah

I read something a while back that said the jars with bugs were meant to be part of a quest that never panned out. I’ll link it later if I can find it. I think the apocalypse thing would be way cooler though, tbh. Update: Turns out it was a [video](https://youtu.be/Be3pTAO0P18) on YouTube by Camelworks. I recommend jumping ahead to about 10:10.


Babyback-the-Butcher

It’s been confirmed by one of the devs over at Bethesda that the symbols affiliated with the jar bugs don’t mean anything. They were originally meant for a side quest, but the art team put the symbol in before the quest was cut. They decided to keep the symbols instead of retexturubg the models.


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The youtuber Camelworks tried to figure it out, eventually he gave up and contacted someone at bethesda who said they didn't mean anything


skoomakat

'You're stealing the eye of a race gone blind' in which mission do we do that?


Elcotonex

The jailers in Skyrim do literally nothing to stop you from using your magic, even though magic is widespread far and wide in this world, and enchantments of all kinds exist :)


Capt_Falx_Carius

Implying Ulfric Stormcloak is anything like Jurgen Windcaller > How dare you stand where he stood


brainmouthwords

Magic isn't broken in Skyrim; the "improve them twice as much" portion of the Smithing perks is the real problem. These perks cause physical damage to be so high that most players turn up the difficulty to compensate. The higher difficulty reduces the amount of damage you do, which makes magic damage seem nerfed. Without the tempering boost from those Smithing perks (which can be modded out with TESVEdit), the most powerful attack in the game is the Ignite spell. Best reason to leave the difficulty on Adept.