Whiterun (Skyrim)

"The Plains District of Whiterun is home to the city's shops and market, while the Wind District is mostly residential. The Jarl's palace, Dragonsreach, dominates the Cloud District."



Whiterun is the capital city of Whiterun Hold, in the Skyrim region. Whiterun has not been as fortunate as its northern, coastal cousins. A dynastic feud, attacks by Horme bandits and Frost trolls, and a series of annihilating winters of alternating floods, droughts, and fires have crippled the area that was once considered Skyrim's equivalent of the Imperial City. Whiterun is home to The Companions. If you get Arrested you are incarcerated in Dragonsreach Dungeon. Balgruuf the Greater is the Jarl of Whiterun.

It is suggested in the "Sounds of Skyrim " video that Whiterun is on the Empire 's side in the Civil War.