Battle of Sancre Tor

A Two-handed skill book: how the young general Talos took an ‘impregnable’ fortress.

The Battle of Sancre Tor describes the campaign of 2E 852. Nord and Breton allies held the mountain citadel of Sancre Tor and dared General Talos to attack with a small, half-starved army in the dead of winter. The book explains how he did it anyway – and how the victory connected him to the ancient symbol of the Covenant that helped him found the Third Empire.

Skill book

Battle of Sancre Tor is a Two-handed skill book. The first time you read a copy, your Two-handed 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.

Notes

For the history of the city itself, read The Legendary Sancre Tor.

Book details

  • Author (in game): Anonymous
  • Teaches: Two-handed (+1)
  • Weight: 1
  • Base value: 50 gold
  • Item ID: 0001AFDC

More Two-handed skill books

King, Song Of Hrormir, The Legendary Sancre Tor, Words and Philosophy.

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

  • Bleakcoast Cave, on the body of a dead novice conjurer.
  • Broken Helm Hollow in the Rift, to the right of the main loot chest.
  • Dustman’s Cairn, on the table at the entrance during Proving Honor.
  • The House of Clan Battle-Born in Whiterun, on the bookshelf in the north-west bedroom.
  • Old Hroldan Inn, on the end table in Tiber Septim’s room.

Lore notes

Quest reward from

Where to find it

Whiterun is the trading heart of Skyrim, a hilltop city on the central plains crowned by Dragonsreach. Districts, shops, quests and characters.

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Sources checked: Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm + strings, read 2026-10-11); Elder Scrolls Fandom book articles (locations)