Father Of The Niben

An Archery skill book: fragments of an ancient epic about Topal the Pilot, the first Aldmer explorer.

Father of the Niben is a translation, with commentary by Florin Jaliil, of the four surviving verse fragments about Topal the Pilot – the earliest known Aldmer explorer of Tamriel, who sailed around the continent in the Merethic Era. The commentary tries to identify the strange creatures and peoples Topal met along the way.

Skill book

Father Of The Niben is a Archery skill book. The first time you read a copy, your Archery 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): Florin Jaliil (translator)
  • Teaches: Archery (+1)
  • Weight: 1
  • Base value: 65 gold
  • Item ID: 0001B008

More Archery skill books

The Black Arrow, v2, The Gold Ribbon of Merit, The Marksmanship Lesson, Vernaccus and Bourlor.

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

  • On a hunter's body in Autumnshade Clearing.
  • Brinehammer shipwreck, in the cargo hold.
  • Hunter's Rest, on the ground between the bedrolls.
  • White Cap Circle (unmarked).
  • Hunter's Camp on the Slopes of Kagrenzel (unmarked), near Kagrenzel.

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