FACTIONS & GUILDS
This stealth-focused guild operates out of Riften’s Ratway.
What is the Thieves Guild?
This city is known as the “City of Kings.”
What is Windhelm?
This shout sends enemies flying backward with force.
What is Unrelenting Force?
This Daedric artifact drains health and stamina and belongs to Molag Bal.
What is the Mace of Molag Bal?
This race is native to Skyrim.
What are Nords?
This assassin organization worships Sithis and the Night Mother.
What is the Dark Brotherhood?
This Dwemer ruin is central to the main quest involving the Elder Scroll.
What is Blackreach?
This dragon is the primary antagonist of the main quest.
Who is Alduin?
This skeleton-shaped key never breaks and is tied to Nocturnal.
What is the Skeleton Key?
This war divides Skyrim between Imperials and Stormcloaks.
What is the Civil War?
This college located in Winterhold specializes in magical study.
What is the College of Winterhold?
This mountaintop monastery is home to the Greybeards.
What is High Hrothgar?
This shout allows you to call a dragon ally to fight beside you.
What is Call Dragon?
This powerful bow belongs to Auriel and is central to the Dawnguard DLC.
What is Auriel’s Bow?
This empire currently rules much of Tamriel during Skyrim’s events.
What is the Septim Empire?
This warrior faction lives in Jorrvaskr and can turn into werewolves.
What are the Companions?
This city built into stone cliffs is ruled by Jarl Igmund.
What is Markarth?
This afterlife realm ruled by Alduin is where Dragonborns go after death.
What is Sovngarde?
This mask worn by Dragon Priests boosts magic regeneration and reduces spell cost.
What is Morokei?
This Daedric Prince is the patron of madness and cheese wheels.
Who is Sheogorath?
This faction seeks to ban Talos worship and enforce the White-Gold Concordat.
Who are the Thalmor?
This ancient Nordic ruin is where you first learn the shout “Fus Ro Dah.”
What is Bleak Falls Barrow?
This shout slows time itself.
What is Slow Time?
This legendary sword can only be obtained after defeating Harkon in Dawnguard.
What is Harkon’s Sword?
This event marked the return of dragons to Skyrim.
What is Alduin’s return at Helgen?