Hold Guard Shields

Hold Guards in Skyrim each carry a specific shield to represent their respective holds. Their apperance is quite basic, a circular wooden shield with iron trimming and the symbol of the Hold capital city painted across the front.

The shields can typically be obtained by pickpocketing using the Perfect Touch perk, or by simply killing a guard.

Attributes
All Hold guard shields have the same attributes and can be improved with iron ingots.

Shields
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Falkreath Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who partol Falkreath and Falkreath Hold.

The shield is primarily blue in color with a painted motif of a deer's head, symbolizing the dense forested terrain that Falkreath is located in.

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Hjaalmarch Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who partol the Hjaalmarch Hold and Morthal.

The shield is primarily green and gray in color with a painted triskelion motif.

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Markarth Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who partol The Reach and Markarth.

The shield is primarily green in color with a painted motif of a stylized ram's head.

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Pale Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who partol The Pale and Dawnstar.

The shield is primarily gray in color with a painted motif of a 4 point star.

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Riften Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who partol The Rift and Riften.

The shield is primarily lavender in color with a painted motif of 2 crossed daggers. This is in honor of former Jarl of Riften, Hosgunn Crossed-Daggers.

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Solitude Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who partol the Haafingar Hold and Solitude. It can be pickpocketed without the Perfect Touch perk from Captain Aldis, who has the shield in his inventory.

The shield is primarily red in color with a painted motif of a wolf. This is symbolic of Potema, the so-called Wolf Queen of Solitude, who ruled over Skyrim during the Third Era.

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Whiterun Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who partol Whiterun Hold and Whiterun. It can be found next to a set of Whiterun Guard's Armor in a display case in the Dragonsreach Jarl's Quarters.

The shield is primarily yellow in color with a painted motif of a horse's head.

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Windhelm Guard's Shield
Carried by the guards who patrol Eastmarch and Windhelm.

The shield is primarily blue in color with a painted motif of a bear's head - this is the symbol of the Stormcloak rebellion and represents an alias of Ulfric Stormcloak - The Bear of Markarth.

It may also represent the previous Jarl of Windhelm and Ulfric's father who was simply known as "The Bear of Eastmarch".

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Winterhold Guard's Shield
This shield is oddly not carried by any of the guards in the city of Winterhold itself. However a guard on the road near Whistling Mine and Journeyman's Nook carries this shield.

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