Hofgrir Horse-Crusher

"Now me, I'm no weakling. In fact, I bet I've got the strongest arms in all of Skyrim."

- Hofgrir Horse-Crusher

Hofgrir Horse-Crusher is the owner of the Riften Stables, just outside of Riften. You can accept his challenge and brawl with him on a 100 Gold bet. Winning the brawl, and therefore the bet, will make the horses and items inside the stables free to take.

Hofgrir Horse-Crusher got his nickname by crushing a foal's spine while riding drunk.

He sells horses for 1000 Gold each.

He has a Mark of Dibella given to him by Haelga in exchange for an "intimate favor". You need to get it from him in order to complete Svana Far-Shield's task. He is not easily persuaded to give up the Mark. He is, however, very easy to Pickpocket.

He is a possible target for kidnap in the Companions Quests.

Bugs

 * Brawling with him and losing due to backing away may cause your gold to become inaccessible. It will appear in containers, but that is it. You can't, say, put up money for another brawl


 * If you do not have enough gold to brawl with him and try to anyway, the brawl dialogue will disappear permanently. You will not be able to return later and try to brawl again.

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 * It is not advisable to get him near the horses while brawling with him as the horse may stump on him which will be seen as an assault and cause anyone nearby to become hostile and you will get 40 bounty added.