User blog comment:The king of war/The mysteries and theories of The Elder Scrolls/@comment-104.54.174.149-20150910224745/@comment-94.193.41.191-20170121022708

Well Charcoal exists, I have picked thes stuff up and sold it, as dose Sulphur ,which can be seen around hot springs, so that just leaves Potassium Nitrate. Potassium Nitrate is discribed as a salt that grows on cave and basement walls so all we need to do is find that and we know we can make gun powder in the Elder Scrolls.