Skill Book

Destruction

Mystery of Talara, v3

A Destruction skill book: part three of the Mystery of Princess Talara.

The Mystery of Princess Talara, Part III by Mera Llykith continues the intrigue in the Breton city of Camlorn. The royal battlemage Lord Eryl corners the ambassador’s secretary, but the tables turn when Ambassador Strale gets involved – and starts asking about the former Duke of Oloine.

Skill book

Mystery of Talara, v3 is a Destruction skill book. The first time you read a copy, your Destruction 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): Mera Llykith
Teaches: Destruction (+1)
Weight: 1
Base value: 55 gold
Item ID: 0001AFF0
Series: The Mystery of Princess Talara

More from The Mystery of Princess Talara

Mystery of Talara, Part 4, Mystery of Talara, v 2.

More Destruction skill books

A Hypothetical Treachery, Horror of Castle Xyr, Response to Bero’s Speech, The Art of War Magic.

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

Morvunskar, on the bookshelf by the gate to the burnt corpses.
Darklight Tower (Darklight Chambers), on a table on a landing of the spiral staircase.
Birna’s Oddments in Winterhold, on a table in the corner among the beds.
Steepfall Burrow, in the final room next to the skeleton.
Tolvald’s Cave, in the Tolvald’s Crossing section, among a pile of other books.

Lore notes

Quest reward from

Where to find it

Winterhold

Winterhold is the ruined capital of Winterhold hold – most of it fell into the sea in the Great Collapse, leaving a handful of houses and the College of Winterhold.

Characters connected to it

Other books for this skill

Heavy Armor

The Knights of the Nine

By Karoline of Solitude

A Heavy Armor skill book: the rise and fall of the order that sought the Crusader’s Relics.

Block

The Mirror

By Berdier Wreans

A Block skill book: an unbeatable warrior and the twin brother he never knew.

Alteration

The Lunar Lorkhan

By Fal Droon

An Alteration skill book: a theory that Skyrim’s two moons are the remains of the god Lorkhan.

Alchemy

A Game at Dinner

By Anonymous

An Alchemy skill book: a spy’s letter about a deadly dinner at Prince Helseth’s court.

Speech

The Buying Game

By Ababael Timsar-Dadisun

A Speech skill book: a merchant’s guide to the polite art of haggling.

Light Armor

Rislav The Righteous

By Sinjin

A Light Armor skill book: the overlooked prince who stood up to an emperor.

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