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On top of his duties as court wizard, Farengar Secret-Fire of Whiterun also provides tips on the basics of enchanting to prospective mages. Find him at his research station in Dragonsreach and ask him how to enchant weapons and armor. Upon doing so, he will introduce you the basics of enchanting in Skyrim:

Erik can be found staying in the Frostfruit Inn in the evening or working as a farmer for Lemkil in the small settlement of Rorikstead. He will be glad to see you, another adventurer: "You look like you've seen your share of adventure. I envy you that." In fact, he wants to be an adventurer like you, but his father Mralki doesn't agree. Not only does the farm need him, but his family couldn't afford to buy armor even if he did let Erik pursue his dream. Erik hopes you can talk to his father and change his mind.

If you talk to the residents of Darkwater Crossing (for example Sondas Drenim, a miner in nearby Goldenrock Mine), you will soon hear of an Argonian named Derkeethus who recently went to explore the pools around Darkwater - and who hasn't been seen in a long time. The residents will not be able to say for sure where Derkeethus is, but he has actually run into trouble inside Darkwater Pass.

Note: This quest does not appear in your journal.

Ingun Black-Briar has fallen far from the Black-Briar tree. Instead of learning the family business with her brother, Sibbi, she can be found devising alchemical recipes in Elgrim's Elixirs. The quality of her experiments seem to indicate a dark nature in this well-to-do girl, as she will allude to when speaking to her. Indeed, the ingredients she has depleted from Elgrim's stores are used to make some very powerful poisons.

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from any of the following people.

If you manage to get Malborn out of the Thalmor Embassy alive during Diplomatic Immunity, after the end of that quest, he will run all the way to Windhelm seeking shelter in the New Gnisis Cornerclub, a Dunmer tavern located in the Gray Quarter. If you used Brelas as a distraction during that quest, she will be nearby (see Bugs). Upon your next visit anywhere near the city of Windhelm a hidden timer of 1 in-game day starts, so be sure to receive and complete this quest fast. Approaching Malborn in the New Gnisis Corneclub will have him explain his situation: due to his treachery, he is obviously blacklisted by the Thalmor so he has decided to flee to Morrowind; however, every time he tries to sneak out of Windhelm, he sees a suspicious Khajiit outside the gates. Convinced that the Thalmor have sent an assassin to kill him, and still blaming you and Delphine for putting him in a tight spot, the scared Malborn is now stuck in the Cornerclub and will request your assistance to get him to safety.

This article is about the quest. For the item, see Finn's Lute (item).

If you meet up with Taarie in Solitude, she will comment on your outfit: "If you're heading to the Blue Palace, you might want to rethink that outfit." You may ask her for some suggestions on what to wear to meet the jarl. Taarie's abrasive attitude toward you will change immediately. She will regard your meeting in the Blue Palace as an opportunity to introduce Radiant Raiment to Elisif the Fair. Taarie offers to pay you to wear one of Radiant Raiment's outfits when you speak to the jarl. She'll let you keep the clothes as well. You may be skeptical of Taarie's sudden wellspring of good will; maybe she wants to make you look silly in front of the jarl. Taarie assures you that you cannot possibly look any sillier than you do right now, so go ahead and accept the offer.

Heartwood Mill, a remote lumber mill located where Lake Honrich turns into Treva River, seems less busy than other mills with only Grosta working the mill and her son Gralnach fooling around on and off the road. If you talk to Gralnach, he will explain his father disappeared without a trace and left him and his mother alone with a mill to run. Talking to Grosta will reveal her suspicion that Leifnarr ran off with another woman and that she can't run the mill by herself. She then explains how Leifnarr left to trade wood and grain with some merchants near the Morrowind border, specifically a place called Broken Helm Hollow, and will mark the place on your map.

Jarl Idgrod Ravencrone governs Hjaalmarch from her seat in Morthal. She is gifted with visions that seem to occupy most of her attention; she is less concerned with governing a people than she is with attending to her visions and passing on the wisdom she gleans. Her administration is under scrutiny as a result, as you will find out when visiting Morthal. If you speak to Gorm, Idgrod's housecarl, inside of Highmoon Hall he will be very solicitous of Ravencrone and her visions. However, if approached while away from the jarl he will reveal that his concerns are not just about her safety, but rather the condition her gift has left her in. He believes that she may no longer be able to adequately act as jarl of Hjaalmarch.

Gharol is a blacksmith living in Dushnikh Yal, the Orc stronghold southeast of Markarth. If you're permitted to enter the stronghold, you may talk to her about her weapon business. She will tell you that while she occasionally trades with the outside world, Orcs infuse their weapons with their private emotions: "An Orc blade is a very personal thing. Anger, regret, pride. All these things are put into our steel." In the conversation you will discover that Gharol's daughter, Lash, chose to leave the stronghold, breaking with Orc custom and bringing shame and grief to her mother. Gharol tells you that she has forged a sword to channel her feelings about her daughter's betrayal, and to send her daughter a message. Then she will ask you to honor her with a task: bring the sword to her daughter in Karthwasten; Lash will know what it means.

Adrianne Avenicci is a blacksmith who owns the smithy and weapons shop, Warmaiden's, in Whiterun. When asked if she works her forge all day, Adrianne will admit that she does, and that she recently forged a greatsword for Jarl Balgruuf the Greater in an attempt to impress him. However, she can't seem to find an opportunity to deliver it. She would like for the sword to be delivered to her father, Proventus Avenicci, the steward of Dragonsreach in Whiterun.

Mjoll the Lioness lives in Riften where she spends her time speaking out against the Thieves Guild and talking to her faithful follower Aerin about the evils in the world. Acting on her convictions, she has taken on the responsibility of patrolling the town, which she does every day; from 9am she can be found in the Market, at noon she will be inside The Bee and Barb, and from 6pm she patrols the streets of Riften until midnight. Once you reach level 14, however, Mjoll will have more on her mind than just the Thieves Guild. In her younger days, she traveled and adventured all over Tamriel but lost her favorite blade Grimsever when she ventured into the ancient Dwemer ruin of Mzinchaleft. The dangers of the ruin nearly took her life as well, so she retired from adventuring and settled down in Riften. She admits that she feels defenseless without her blade and has a hard time finding a replacement. You can then offer to help her and, while she will refer to it as a 'fool's errand', she will also let you undertake the task, adding a map marker for Mzinchaleft.

Temba Wide-Arm really does not like bears. She is a Nord woman who has sunk all of her money into a mill in Ivarstead. Even in passing you will hear her complaining to anyone within earshot how the bears are running her business into the ground. If you stop to chat she will explain that bears are ruining the trees by scratching up the trunks, rendering them useless as lumber. She is sorely in need of help with the bear problem and offers payment if you bring her ten bear pelts, thus thinning out the bear population.

This is a radiant quest which will send you to one of the following bandit camps: Cragslane Cavern, Gallows Rock, Lost Knife Hideout, Stony Creek Cave, Traitor's Post, Uttering Hills Camp, Wreck of the Winter War.

If you walk near Wujeeta, she will cry about losing her job and beg for help. Talk to her, and she will reveal that she has an addiction to skooma and that she wants to cure herself. She will ask for a healing potion in order to heal herself. If you probe further she will mention where she got the skooma from, "I got mine off of a merchant ship in Solitude", which ties in with another quest.

After asking Wylandriah if she needs help she will enlist your aid to help retrieve some items she accidentally left behind while on her travels. She needs these implements to perform an oddly-inspired experiment. All items can be found in unique containers labeled "Wylandriah's Satchel".

Wander around Riften and you can find Marise Aravel and her food store at the market. She will introduce her food to you with pride: "My food is the best in all of Skyrim; always as fresh as the day it was collected." If you ask her for the reason to this, she will tell you she picked up a trick from a butcher in Elinhir, a small town over the border in Hammerfell. Grinding up ice wraith teeth and using it as a preservative is the key to keeping everything fresh. Then she will request you to bring her five of them to replenish her supply. You may ask her for some ideas where to find some ice wraiths. She will remind you of some potential danger and suggest you to travel to Ancient's Ascent.

This is an umbrella quest for several other quests that must be completed if you wish to become Thane of the Rift. The Jarl requires you to buy the house in town as well as completing a number of miscellaneous quests. Once this is achieved you can become Thane.

This is a radiant quest which is received from Siddgeir if he is the Jarl of Falkreath. The bandit camp is chosen from the following list: Bilegulch Mine, Cracked Tusk Keep, Embershard Mine, Knifepoint Ridge, Bannermist Tower.

This is a radiant quest which is received from Igmund, if he is the current Jarl of Markarth. The forsworn outpost is chosen from the following list:

This is a radiant quest which is received from Skald, if he is currently the Jarl of Dawnstar. The giant camp is randomly determined from the following list: Blizzard Rest, Red Road Pass, Tumble Arch Pass.

Speak to Sybille Stentor in the Blue Palace throne room and ask what her problem is. She will tell you about a local nest of vampires which you should wipe out.

Upon arriving at Left Hand Mine outside of Markarth, you may overhear a discussion between Skaggi Scar-Face, who is in charge of the mine, and Pavo Attius. Pavo and his fellow miner Gat gro-Shargakh are the only survivors of a Forsworn invasion of Kolskeggr Mine. Skaggi is visibly upset by this news; he gives the two survivors permission to stay at Left Hand Mine, and vows to send word to the Jarl. If you speak with Skaggi, he expresses his concern over the increasing Forsworn threat and the timeliness of a response from the Jarl. If you agree to clear out the mine, he will be grateful, but skeptical about your ability to survive. Speaking with Pavo will also initiate the quest and he will also offer the same sentiments about the Jarl's response and your success in the mine. The quest may not start and dialogue options may not be available if The Forsworn Conspiracy is not completed and your bounty in Markarth is high.

When visiting Vilemyr Inn in Ivarstead you may overhear the innkeeper, Wilhelm, warning Lynly Star-Sung about a ghost in the nearby barrow. If you are intrigued and like a good ghost story, Wilhelm will inform you that Shroud Hearth Barrow, an ancient Nord crypt just outside of town, is haunted and warns you away from it as well. When pressed further, Wilhelm will confess to seeing the spirit and complain that the haunting is harming his business. If you volunteer to investigate the haunting, Wilhelm will think you daft and tell you of Wyndelius Gatharian, an adventurer who went to explore the barrow a year ago. Screams were heard in the night, and the adventurer was never seen again. Alternatively, you can go directly to the barrow without speaking to Wilhelm beforehand.

Near the market in Markarth is the general goods store, Arnleif and Sons Trading Company, where the proprietor Lisbet is struggling to keep her business afloat. Not only did she lose her husband, Gunnar, in a Forsworn attack, she also lost dozens of shipments to the Forsworn, including a precious, specially-made Statue of Dibella. She believes this statue would put the store back on its feet. When you speak with her, she is ashamed of the state of her shop and will then ask you a question: "You aren't for hire, are you? A sellsword? I'll pay you if you can recover that statuette from the Forsworn." Accept the task and she will promise you a great sum of gold for your efforts and the quest will be added to your journal.

Redbelly Mine is a small ebony mine located in Shor's Stone. The mine gets its name from the red mist filling the caverns and smelling like the sulfurous hot springs out in the volcanic tundra. The local blacksmith, Filnjar, will tell you the mine is not producing right now. In fact, the mine is currently overrun with spiders. Filnjar is worried that the invading arachnids will venture out of the mine looking for food soon. What's worse, the town guards are as useless as "a fifth wheel on a wagon" as they prefer to keep an eye out for enemy soldiers rather than trouble themselves protecting the town's major commodity. If you are willing to give Filnjar a hand, he will tell you, "Keep to your word, and I'll line your pockets with as much as I can scrape up."

Calcelmo, an accomplished scholar and author, is the owner and curator of the private Dwemer museum and the associated Nchuand-Zel archaeological dig site. Should you wish to enter either of these locales, you must go through Calcelmo. He spends his time at the arcane enchanter set up across the underground river from the entrance to the Nchuand-Zel excavation site. Talk to him about his work, and he will inform you that he has been placed in charge of curating artifacts extracted from Nchuand-Zel, an ancient Dwemer castle located deep within the mountain behind Understone Keep. He mentions his excavation efforts being thwarted by the presence of Nimhe, a giant frostbite spider that is blocking the entrance to Nchuand-Zel. He asks you to kill the spider in exchange for access to both his Dwemer museum and the site itself. If you agree, he will give you the key to Nchuand-Zel.

Angeline Morrard is the shopkeeper of Angeline's Aromatics in Solitude. In your conversation with her, she will ask you if you have been to Whiterun. If you tell her that you haven't been there before, she will be understanding and you can talk to her about it later. If you tell her that you have indeed been to Whiterun, she will become very animated. It seems her daughter, Fura, was assigned to Whiterun after she joined the Imperial Army and Angeline was hoping to get some recent news about her. Although Angeline has tried contacting Captain Aldis, she didn't get any information from him. If you are willing to help her get more information about her daughter, anything you can find out would be welcome.

This article is about the quest. For the item, see Pantea's Flute (item).

Go to Stonehills and speak to Pactur inside Sorli's House. Ask him if he owns the mine, then continue the conversation until he asks you to take a message to Bryling. It doesn't matter what choices you make in the preceding conversation, all of them lead to Pactur asking to deliver the message:

Alessandra is the priestess of Arkay in Riften. She tends the Hall of the Dead, located beneath the Temple of Mara, by herself. When you speak with her, you will note a certain bitterness about her position: "I didn't ask for this job, I got stuck with it thanks to my father." Her father was a Priest of Arkay and it was his desire that she follow his footsteps. As a result, her entire life has been spent around the dead, learning the proper burial rituals and prayers. While she seems to have accepted her lot in life, albeit reluctantly, she feels the need to make peace with her father. Unfortunately, her father did not live to see his daughter become a priest. Alessandra holds her father's ceremonial dagger as well as the one she received when she did complete the training. She asks you to journey to the Hall of the Dead in Whiterun (see Bugs) to place her ceremonial dagger with her father's remains, fulfilling her honor-bound obligation to him and making peace with his memory. The dagger needs to be delivered to Andurs, the caretaker at the Whiterun Hall of the Dead, who will inter it with her father's remains. If you agree to help her deliver the dagger, she'll appreciate your help and entrust you with it.

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from any of the following people.

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from any of the following people.

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from any of the following people. The books have a fixed location the quest marker points to, but returning any copy will do. You must find the other items on your own. Note: Only one radiant quest of this type can be assigned at any given time. You must clear the radiant quest from your miscellaneous quests in order to be eligible to receive another of the same type.

When first entering Solitude, you will witness the execution of Roggvir, the guard that allowed Ulfric Stormcloak to escape Solitude after murdering High King Torygg. During this, a child named Svari is being sent home by her father to spare her from seeing her uncle's execution. Svari can always be found in the streets of Solitude between 10am and 8pm when she plays with the other children. Approach her and she will appear quite sad about recent events, specifically with her uncle. When you tell her you are sorry about what happened with Roggvir, she will respond: "Thanks. Papa talks about it some. Mum doesn't say much since Uncle Roggvir died. She doesn't even go to Temple anymore. I wish she would. At least that way she'd have people to talk to." When you offer to talk to her mother, Svari will encourage you to do it right away and the quest will initiate.

Speak with Madesi and ask him about his jewelry. You will learn that he is running low on supplies due to heavy bandit presence on the roads and needs help gathering some components. He requires two flawless sapphires, one mammoth tusk, and one piece of gold ore.

This article is about the quest. For the item, see Rjorn's Drum (item).

Salvius Farmhouse is just to the east of Markarth Stables as you approach Markarth. The farm is tended by Rogatus Salvius and his wife Vigdis, and Salvius will be outside during most of the daylight hours. Speaking to him will reveal a caustic nature and a long list of complaints. At the moment, he is upset at his son who works at the Old Hroldan Inn and never visits. He'll ask you to do him a favor by delivering a letter admonishing his son for his familial neglect.

Farengar Secret-Fire is a dedicated court wizard serving Jarl Balgruuf the Greater at Dragonsreach in Whiterun. Most of his time is spent studying and advising the Jarl on the current dragon threat. However, he does have time to assist the locals in town. If you ask him if he is the only wizard in town, he will acknowledge that while, technically, he is alone in his craft, the town also holds other practitioners. And, since he's on the subject, he remembers he has some frost salts he'd promised to pick up for local alchemist Arcadia, the proprietor of Arcadia's Cauldron. He asks if you wouldn't mind delivering the frost salts; Arcadia will surely compensate you for them. When you tell him you will help him out, he will respond with a disparaging remark, but will hand you the frost salts, a quest item not to be dropped.

In central Dawnstar, you will find the ship The Sea Squall permanently docked, with inexperienced sailor Captain Wayfinder and his team of disrespectful crewmembers wandering around on deck. Talk to Wayfinder and ask him about the ship and he will provide a bit of background information on his questionable status as captain. He will also hint at problems with his latest shipment, some fine-cut void salts from the College of Winterhold that have gone missing. When asked what happened to the salts he will reveal: "Sailors are what happened to them. They got drunk and ended up losing the merchandise in some cave. If you're not afraid of little exploring, I'll pay good gold to get those salts."

When you first enter Karthwasten, you will see the townsfolk squaring off against a group of mercenaries sent by the Silver-Blood family in Markarth to secure the mine after a Forsworn incident. Ainethach, the owner of the mine, is arguing with Atar, the leader of the mercenary band:

Upon speaking with Talen-Jei in Riften, he will reveal his affection for Keerava, the innkeeper at The Bee and Barb. He wishes to marry her, but his "meager earnings" haven't allowed him to obtain the gems needed to complete the setting for a proper engagement ring. If you offer to help, he will tell you he needs three flawless amethysts. There are nine guaranteed gems found in eight different locations. Starting at level 12, you may also buy them from merchants at a base cost of 180 gold, find them as random loot, or get them randomly while mining. When you return to Talen-Jei with the gems, he will thank you, and reward you with a random leveled potion.

Ondolemar is a Thalmor Justiciar living in Markarth. You can find him pacing in front of the jarl's throne room in Understone Keep, accompanied by two Thalmor Soldiers. Talk to him and he will tell you his duty in Markarth. "I was sent here to lead the Thalmor's interests in this corner of Skyrim. It's my mission to root out all Talos worship in this city." As a member of the Thalmor, he doesn't recognize Talos as a god and thinks Talos does not deserve to have a place in their pantheon. In his opinion, citizens of the Empire have a responsibility to cease their heretical worship. Then he will pay some attention to you. "You're awfully inquisitive, aren't you? I like that. Perhaps you'd care to solve a little problem I'm having?" He knows that Ogmund the skald, an old and respected man, worships Talos in his home, but the jarl has been reluctant to have him arrested. Ondolemar wants you to break in to Ogmund's home and find evidence for him.

When visiting her shop during business hours, you can hear Ghorza gra-Bagol berating the smithing skills of her hapless apprentice, Tacitus Sallustius. She mentions a skill book, Last Scabbard of Akrash, that might teach him something.

Avrusa Sarethi needs a large amount of jazbay grapes in order to cultivate nirnroots. She's running low and unable to search out the ingredient herself, as she is preoccupied with her energetic sister and farm chores. She asks you to hunt down twenty grapes for her current nirnroot crop. As Avrusa notes, jazbay grapes are somewhat hard to come by. The plants are indigenous to the volcanic tundra region of Eastmarch, and while desolate, the tundra is fairly easy to traverse with a few lesser animals and non-hostile giants.

Outside the mine, Perth will stop you and say that the mine is closed until the jarl sends a group to clear out the draugr that infest it, but has given up hope of that ever happening. To complete the quest, enter the sinkhole and clear out the draugr.

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from any and all of the three following people. The quest item and its location is uniquely determined by the quest giver.

If you speak to innkeeper Kleppr or his wife Frabbi in the Silver-Blood Inn, they will tell you about the beggar named Degaine: "Degaine the beggar got himself kicked out of the Temple of Dibella. Caused quite the ruckus." You will then be given the objective to speak to Degaine, who can usually be found begging near the marketplace.