Elrindir is a Wood Elf merchant who co-owns The Drunken Huntsman, a hunting-supply shop in Whiterun, together with his brother Anoriath. He handles the counter while his brother is more often out hunting, and he is usually the polite, businesslike half of the pair.
Where to find them
He spends his days behind the counter of The Drunken Huntsman, in Whiterun.
Quests
- Contract: Kill Anoriath – one of the Dark Brotherhood contracts targets his brother. Afterwards Elrindir sometimes greets you as a miserable wretch, even if nobody saw you do it, but he never takes revenge.
- Rescue Mission – Vilkas of The Companions can send you to rescue him from a random location.
- Hired Muscle – he can also be the target of a Companions job, where you rough him up and report back to Farkas.
Services
Elrindir is a fletcher and sells hunting supplies, which makes his shop a handy stop for archers who need arrows and bows.
Personality & relationships
Ask him about the shop’s name and he will tell the story with visible embarrassment: after far too much mead, the brothers went on a moonlit hunt, got separated, and Anoriath mistook him for a deer and put an arrow in his rump. They decided that deserved to be the name of the business.
The brothers bicker like any siblings. Elrindir complains when Anoriath wants to disappear on weeks-long hunts and accuses him of dodging work, while Anoriath teases that he has lived among Nords so long he has become one. They also talk about restocking arrows from a shipment out of Riverwood, and worry about their father, from whom they have not heard in a while; Anoriath suggests riding to Solitude to check for a messenger ship.
He greets fellow Bosmer with real warmth and Nords or beastfolk with a slightly different line. For newcomers looking for work, he recommends Hulda at the Bannered Mare or a visit to Dragonsreach.
Quick facts
- Race: Wood Elf
- Gender: Male
- Level: levels with you (x1)
- Class: Fletcher
- Status: Killable
- Found in: Whiterun
- Services: Sells hunting supplies, bows and arrows
- Base ID: 00013B9E
Also in Whiterun
Fianna, Fralia Gray-Mane, Frothar, Gerda, Hrongar, Idolaf Battle-Born, Jervar, Jon Battle-Born, Lars Battle-Born, Lillith Maiden-Loom, Mallus Maccius, Maurice Jondrelle.
Race, level, class and factions read from the Skyrim game files; story details checked against community wiki articles and written in our own words.