People of Skyrim: Balgruuf the Greater

Balgruuf the Greater

Class: Jarl, Citizen

Race: Nord

Morality: Will report seen crimes.

Skills: None

Location: Dragon’s Reach (Whiterun), Blue Palace (Solitude)

Quests Given: Main Quests: Dragon Rising, The Way of the Voice, The World-Eater’s Eyrie, Civil War Quests: Message to Whiterun, Battle for Whiterun, Daedric Quest: The Whispering Door.

Info: He is the default (Imperial) Jarl of Whiterun. According to his son, he hates the Thalmor and worships Talos, but you wouldn’t know otherwise because his dialogue mainly concerns the people of Whiterun, and the attacking dragons. He disagrees with the Stormcloak rebellion. Jarl Balgruuf bears striking similarities to King Theoden from Lord of the Rings.

People of Skyrim: Lydia

Lydia

Class: Follower, Warrior, Blade, Marriage prospect

Race: Nord

Morality: Will not trespass, but will steal items

Skills: One Handed, Heavy Armor, Block

Location: Dragon’s Reach (Whiterun), Breezehome (Whiterun)

Quest Given: None

Info: Is the Housecarl appointed in Whiterun. Will live in Breezehome or Dragonsreach. Her level cap is 50. She had unlimited arrows when given only one and can be married. When she dies, the dragonborn receives her inheritance (100 Gold) by courier. You gain access to Lydia after Main Quest: Dragon Rising.

Skill Book Locations: Two-Handed

Two-Handed:

Battle of Sancre Tor – Old Hrolden – On an end table in the large bedroom

Battle of Sancre Tor – Dustman’s Cairn – On a table in the entry table

King – Dragon Bridge – In the Penitus Oculatus Outpost on a bedside table

King – Bleakwind Bluff – Inside the tower, lying on the ground next to the cairn

Song of Hrormir – Solitude – On the first floor of Jala’s House, lying on the ground in some hay

Song of Hrormir – Whiterun – In Jorrvaskr, on the table with the map in Kodlak’s study

The Legendary Sancre Tor – Northwatch Keep – On a crate in the bedroom on the lower level of the large central chamber

The Legendary Sancre Tor – Falkreath Barracks – In the Barracks, atop a chest in the sleeping area upstairs

Words and Philosophy – Lost Knife Hideout – On the table on the central wooden lookout in the large, watery cavern

Words and Philosophy – Riften Barracks – On a dresser on the second floor of the Barracks

Skill Book Locations: Archery

Father of the Niben – Wreck of the Brinehammer – On a crate near a skeleton in the ship’s lower cargo hold

Father of the Niben – Hunter’s Rest – Lying between two bedrolls inside the shack

The Black Arrow, v2 – Whiterun – In the Drunken Huntsman, on the shelf under the counter

The Black Arrow, v2 – Valthiem Towers – On the end table near the top of the north tower

The Gold Ribbon of Merit – Solitude – In the Fletcher’s shop, on a small table in the corner of the room

The Gold Ribbon of Merit – Angi’s Camp – On the end table near the bed inside the shack

The Markmanship Lesson – Dawnstar Sanctuary – On the table with the map in the Dawnstar Sanctuary

The Markmanship Lesson – Mixwater Mill – In Gilfre’s House, on the small corner table

Vernaccus and Bourlor – Knifepoint Ridge – On a crude wooden table near the Blacksmith Forge

Vernaccus and Bourlor – Froki’s Shack – On a shelf inside the shack