Solitude
Solitude is the capital of Skyrim, built on a great stone arch above the sea – home of the Blue Palace, Castle Dour and the Bards College.
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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General Tullius
General Tullius is the Imperial military governor of Skyrim – the man who orders Ulfric's execution at Helgen and leads the Legion from Castle Dour.
Ulfric Stormcloak
Ulfric Stormcloak is the Jarl of Windhelm and leader of the Stormcloak rebellion – hero to some, opportunist to others, and the man on the cart to Helgen.
Brynjolf
Brynjolf is the smooth-talking Nord thief who recruits you into the Thieves Guild in Riften – and knows where the old Blade Esbern is hiding.
Elenwen
Elenwen is the Thalmor's First Emissary in Skyrim – the Altmer ambassador who hosts the embassy party and once interrogated Ulfric Stormcloak.
Malborn
Malborn is the Bosmer servant at the Thalmor Embassy who secretly helps the Blades – your inside man in Diplomatic Immunity.
Odahviing
Odahviing is Alduin's red-scaled lieutenant – the dragon you trap in Dragonsreach, who then flies you to Skuldafn and can later be called into battle.
Alduin
Alduin the World-Eater is the black dragon at the heart of Skyrim's main quest – returned to raise the dragons and devour the souls of the dead.
Paarthurnax
Paarthurnax is the ancient dragon who leads the Greybeards from the summit of the Throat of the World – once Alduin's lieutenant, now the one who taught men the Voice.
Esbern
Esbern is the elderly Blades archivist hiding in the Ratway beneath Riften – a brilliant, paranoid expert on dragons and the prophecy of Alduin's return.