A Tragedy in Black

An Enchanting skill book: a grim folk tale about a boy, a dremora and a black soul gem.

A Tragedy in Black is a short folk tale from the time of the Oblivion Crisis. A boy summons a dremora and orders it to teach him how to enchant a dress for his mother. The dremora happily gives him a gift – a black soul gem – and the lesson that follows is a deadly one. The moral: never accept a free gift from a summoned Daedra.

Skill book

A Tragedy in Black is a Enchanting skill book. The first time you read a copy, your Enchanting skill goes up by one point – later copies of the same title don’t give anything extra, so there is no need to carry them around.

Book details

  • Author (in game): Anonymous
  • Teaches: Enchanting (+1)
  • Weight: 1
  • Base value: 50 gold
  • Item ID: 0002F838

More Enchanting skill books

Catalogue of Armor Enchantments, Catalogue of Weapon Enchantments, Enchanter’s Primer, Twin Secrets.

Value, weight and skill read from the Skyrim game files; locations from community-checked lists. The book text is summarised here in our own words – read the full text in game.

Where to find it

  • Bruca's Leap Redoubt, on a bookshelf.
  • Eldergleam Sanctuary Treasure Crate (unmarked).
  • Glenmoril Coven, northernmost room, on a table with an Arcane Enchanter.
  • Ilinalta's Deep, on a table in the north-east corner near an enchanter and alchemy lab.
  • Shrine of Akatosh (unmarked).

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