User blog comment:Alduin's Bane/Questions (Skyrim)/@comment-4588723-20120823143441

A few interesting side quests:


 * Blood on the Ice; a sort of murder mystery in Windhelm, required to own the available home there. Otherwise not very lucrative except [SPOILER WARNING: if you investigate the murderer's place of business, you can loot some valuable property, but it may show up as stolen].


 * From Deepest Fathoms; a strung-out Argonian by the same name will give you this dungeon crawl with a twist. The rewards are mainly helpful to users of heavy armor so maybe not up your alley.


 * Laid to Rest; a murder investigation in Morthal that ends in a Vampire hunt, complete with creepy ghost children, torches and pitchforks! The Vampire master behind the drama has some nice stuff in his little cave, if you enter at a sufficiently high level.


 * The lost expedition; Talk to Calcelmo in Markarth for a pretty satisfying (and lucrative at some levels) crawl through the ruins of a Dwemer city, tracing the fate of some explorers who rushed in where daedra fear to tread. HINT: lots of falmer and FB spiders, so a fire-enchanted weapon or two is a good idea.


 * You've probably already done the Forsworn Conspiracy, assuming you've stepped foot in Markarth, but if not it's worth it.


 * Siege on the Dragon Cult; a military officer (Warning: he's not quite who he claims to be) is posted outside a cavern to the SE of Riften, and he tasks you with clearing the "cultists" out. You get more than you bargained for, including a Dragon Priest Mask, Word Wall, leveled staff and loot, along with some pretty rare ancient armor. Definitely can make a profit out of that one.

I'm not sure which "Dragon Priest quest" you've done, to complete the main quest and College of Winterhold you'd have to face at least three, but there are several Dragon Priests dotted about Skyrim and if you get all of their masks, you can use them together for a bonus mask by visiting the little hut at the center of Labyrinthian (sp?) - anyway that's a start.