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.
Location Type City
The major walled cities of Skyrim, each the capital of a hold and seat of a jarl.
All locationsLocation TypeCity 9Dwemer Ruin 1Guild Hall 1Monastery 1Mountain 1Nordic Ruin 2Palace 1Realm 1Temple 2Town 1Village 1RegionEastmarch 6Falkreath Hold 5Haafingar 8Hjaalmarch 4Skyrim 1Solstheim 2The Pale 4The Reach 6The Rift 8Whiterun Hold 25Winterhold 7
Dawnstar
Dawnstar is the cold northern port of the Pale – a mining town plagued by nightmares, home of Jarl Skald the Elder, the Windpeak Inn and a Mythic Dawn museum.
Morthal
Morthal is the misty swamp town of Hjaalmarch – ruled by the seer Jarl Idgrod Ravencrone, home of the wizard Falion and a dark mystery about a burned house.
Falkreath
Falkreath is the quiet forest town of southern Skyrim with a famously large graveyard – home of Jarl Siddgeir, the Dead Man's Drink and a talking dog called Barbas.
Windhelm
Windhelm is the ancient, snow-covered capital of Eastmarch and the Stormcloak stronghold – home of Ulfric Stormcloak's Palace of the Kings and the Gray Quarter.
Markarth
Markarth is the stone city of the Reach, carved into the cliffs by the Dwemer – home of the Silver-Blood family, Cidhna Mine and the Forsworn conspiracy.
Riften
Riften is the canal city of the Rift – autumn forests, the Black-Briar family, the Temple of Mara and the Thieves Guild beneath its streets.
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.
Whiterun
Whiterun is the trading heart of Skyrim, a hilltop city on the central plains crowned by Dragonsreach. Districts, shops, quests and characters.