Sigdis Gauldurson

Sigdis Gauldurson is one of the bosses during the quest Forbidden Legend.

Related quests

 * Forbidden Legend

Location
Geirmund's Hall

Background
He was one of the three sons from the Gauldur family killed and expunged from the history books in the quest "Forbidden Legend". He took part in killing his father, Archmage Gauldur, and holds one third of the amulet that he and his brothers stole and split.

Battle
Sigdis is a very powerful Draugr, He carries the Gauldur Blackbow, which absorbs level-dependent amount of points of magicka per hit. He also knows the Unrelenting Force shout and the Disarm shout, and he teleports when the player hits him a few times, as well as creating clones of himself to trick the player into attacking the wrong version, in order to deal more damage. An easy way to tell which Sigdis is the real deal is to hover over them with your cross-hair. The real Sigdis will have damage from when you've attacked him, whereas the clones will always have full health. Alternatively, in the first battle Sigdis will not glow as much as the clones, while in the second battle he will wear a different helmet from them. Upon death, he will have the Gauldur Blackbow, A Gauldur Amulet Fragment (Stamina version), and a Writ of Sealing, along with some arrows and potentially minor loot. Sigdis may also disarm you when you get too close, so magic should be used in place of weapons if possible. Since he and his clones will Shout you away most of the time, which can be really annoying since you don't have a way of defending yourself against the arrows, you should have many companions with you in order to draw away attention from you and be able to attack Sigdis with melee. They also help in fighting the clones and detecting the real Sigdis. Possibilities are Conjurations, the "Call of Valor" shout or followers (preferably those who use ranged attacks or use Conjuration themselves.)
 * Warning: His clones also have unrelenting force and inflict low damage with their own bows.

Trivia

 * Sigdis's surname is a common contraction of his father's (Gauldurson = Gauldur's Son).

Bugs

 * If Sigdis is killed by the damage from a damage over time effect (by Weapon enchantments or the Flames spell), or the real Sigdis (that is, not his clones) is finished off with a Finishing move just before he teleports away, his corpse disappears, unable to be looted.
 * If you use Unrelenting Force on Sigdis just as he teleports, he will reappear laying down, impervious to all Melee and Ranged damage. Magic attacks still damage Sigdis. Using Unrelenting Force again will fix this.

Appearances


Сигдис Голдурсон