User blog comment:Saratje/NEW Dragonborn content/@comment-5794062-20121127210422/@comment-1992639-20121129222800

Or you buy them with 'tokens'. *shudder*. Hope not, that's so MMO-ish.

I'm mostly guessing that they are looted. Nordic from remaining Nords, Bonemold from the Dunmer. Perhaps Solstheim is about reclaiming the island for one side or the other, don't know.

I'm guessing Nordic could go with Steel, Bonemold with nothing (like hide, fur etc), Chitin glass (also fragile) and Stalhrim with Arcane or one of the top tiers.

Or we unlock it with quests. Hard to guess.