Game Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) – the fifth main game in the series, set in the cold northern province of Skyrim.

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Dawnbreaker

Dawnbreaker is Meridia's Daedric artifact – a fiery one-handed sword that burns enemies and makes undead explode. Stats, enchantment and how to get it.

Dragon Rising

Dragon Rising: fight your first dragon at the Western Watchtower, absorb its soul and discover you are Dragonborn. Walkthrough, tips and rewards.

Bleak Falls Barrow

Bleak Falls Barrow: Farengar sends you into a draugr-filled Nordic tomb to retrieve the Dragonstone. Full walkthrough including the claw door and the Word Wall.

Before the Storm

Before the Storm sends you to Riverwood and then to Jarl Balgruuf in Whiterun to warn him about the dragon. Walkthrough, rewards and tips.

Unbound

Unbound is Skyrim's opening quest: a prisoner cart, an execution in Helgen, and a black dragon that ruins everyone's day. Full walkthrough, choices and tips.

Delphine

Delphine runs the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood – but she is secretly one of the last members of the Blades, hunting the truth behind the return of the dragons.

Ralof

Ralof of Riverwood is the Stormcloak soldier who wakes you up on the prisoner cart – "Hey, you. You're finally awake." – and can help you escape Helgen.

Hadvar

Hadvar is the Imperial Legion soldier from Riverwood who helps you escape Helgen if you follow him in the opening quest Unbound.

Farengar Secret-Fire

Farengar Secret-Fire is Jarl Balgruuf's court wizard in Dragonsreach – a dragon-obsessed scholar who sends you to Bleak Falls Barrow for the Dragonstone.

Balgruuf the Greater

Jarl Balgruuf the Greater rules Whiterun Hold from Dragonsreach. He is the first jarl you meet in Skyrim and the man who makes you Thane of Whiterun.