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Castle Dour (Skyrim)

Map

Hold

Haafingar

Location

Solitude

Type

Castle/Headquarters

Location ID
SolitudeCastleDour SolitudeCastleDourTower SolitudeJail01 SolitudeCastleDourDistrict01 SolitudeCastleDourDistrict02

Castle Dour is an Imperial Legion outpost in Solitude during the Civil War. General Tullius resides within, along with his second in command, Legate Rikke. Together, they command the Imperial forces in Skyrim. It is also home to the barracks for the Solitude hold guards.

Sub-locations

Castle Dour Dungeon

The Castle Dour Dungeon is the dungeon inside of Castle Dour. Those who commit crimes in Solitude or in Haafingar Hold are sent here to serve their sentence. There is also an "escape" Shadowmark marking a wall that can collapse.

Emperor's Tower

The Emperor's Tower is a wing of Castle Dour, reserved for the Emperor of Tamriel when he visits Skyrim's capital, Solitude. Lavishly furnished, the tower contains many valuable items. The Solitude Windmill is connected to this wing.

This is the location for the Dark Brotherhood quest "To Kill an Empire," and to prevent the quest from being spoiled in any way, the tower is locked.

When getting inside the interior, one will end up in a very small room with another locked door. The front door will be unlocked during quests involving the tower.

Quests

Battle for Solitude

If the Dragonborn has sided with the Stormcloaks during the Civil War, they will need to aid in taking over the city and entering the tower.

Breaching Security

Gaius Maro is scheduled to patrol the Emperor's Tower and Castle Dour, surveying the area for suspicious activity before Emperor Titus Mede II's arrival in Skyrim aboard The Katariah. The Listener of the Dark Brotherhood will be required to execute him and plant an incriminating letter on his corpse as a warning to Commander Maro, framing Gaius as being a spy for the Stormcloaks with helping them plan an assassination attempt on the Emperor.

To Kill an Empire

Impersonating the Gourmet, the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood will need to assassinate Emperor Titus Mede II. The Emperor visits Skyrim to attend to the business of the civil war, and it is believed that his cousin, Vittoria Vici, was assassinated during an attempt at peace between the Imperial Legion and Stormcloaks by marrying Asgeir Snow-Shod.

Gallery

Trivia

The castle is one of two faction headquarters that is not marked as a landmark but that can be fast traveled to; the other being Jorrvaskr, of the Companions.
One of the cells (usually the only one with a lock lower than Master level) in the lowest level of the Dungeon has an "Escape" Shadowmark on the floor. Inspecting the wall above the mark reveals "crumbling mortar" on the wall, which can be activated to destroy it and open up a passage. This leads into a forgotten tunnel, containing a steel weapon on the floor (usually a dagger), and leading through the other side of the hole visible from the room with the Evidence and Prisoner Belongings chests. The tunnel ends at a ladder leading up to the Dwemer-looking sewer opening behind Angeline's Aromatics. Tested with both Dawnguard and Dragonborn installed.

Bugs

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PS3 Paying off a bounty will result in the Dragonborn being placed outside Castle Dour, minus any stolen equipment. It is possible for a single unusual enemy to spawn right outside, including a frostbite spider, a Falmer or a troll.
360 Once activated, the "crumbling mortar" may not be able to be used again, and the Shadowmark will disappear.
PS4 NX When the Dragonborn leaves the dungeon they might be transported under the map.

Appearances

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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-|type = Castle/Headquarters
+|type         = Castle/Headquarters
-|sublocations = [[Castle Dour Dungeon|Castle Dour Dungeons]]<br>[[Emperor's Tower]]
+|sublocations = [[#Castle Dour Dungeon|Castle Dour Dungeons]]<br />[[#Emperor's Tower|Emperor's Tower]]
-|quests = [[Quests (Skyrim)#Imperial Legion|Imperial Legion quests]]<br>[[Battle for Solitude]] <small>([[Stormcloaks]])</small><br>[[Breaching Security]]<br>[[To Kill an Empire]]
-|characters= [[General Tullius]]<br>[[Legate Rikke]]<br>[[Gianna]]<br> [[Ahtar]]
+|quests       = [[Quests (Skyrim)#Imperial Legion|Imperial Legion quests]]<br />[[Battle for Solitude]]<br />[[Breaching Security]]<br />[[To Kill an Empire]]
+|characters   = [[General Tullius (Skyrim)|General Tullius]]<br />[[Legate Rikke (Skyrim)|Legate Rikke]]<br />[[Gianna]]<br />[[Ahtar]]
-|location = [[Solitude (Skyrim)|Solitude]]|name = Castle Dour
-|caption = The Headquarters of the [[Imperial Legion]] in [[Skyrim]]
+|location     = [[Solitude (Skyrim)|Solitude]]
-|enemies = [[Stormcloak]] Rebellion
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-|LocationID = SolitudeCastleDour<br>SolitudeCastleDourTower<br>SolitudeJail01}} Located in [[Solitude (Skyrim)|Solitude]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' serves as outpost to the [[Imperial Legion (Skyrim)|Imperial Legion]] during the [[Skyrim Civil War]]. [[General Tullius]] resides within, along with his second in command, [[Legate Rikke]]. Both command the [[Imperial]] forces in [[Skyrim]].
+}}
+'''Castle Dour''' is an [[Imperial Legion (Skyrim)|Imperial Legion]] outpost in [[Solitude (Skyrim)|Solitude]] during the [[Civil War]]. [[General Tullius (Skyrim)|General Tullius]] resides within, along with his second in command, [[Legate Rikke (Skyrim)|Legate Rikke]]. Together, they command the Imperial forces in [[Skyrim]]. It is also home to the barracks for the [[Hold Guard|Solitude hold guards]].
 ==Sub-locations==
 ===Castle Dour Dungeon===
-The Castle Dour Dungeon is the dungeon inside of Castle Dour. Those who commit [[Bounty (Skyrim)|crimes]] in Solitude are sent here to serve their sentence. There Is also a escape shadow mark marking a wall that can collapse.
+The Castle Dour Dungeon is the dungeon inside of Castle Dour. Those who commit [[Crime (Skyrim)|crimes]] in Solitude or in [[Haafingar]] Hold are sent here to serve their sentence. There is also an "escape" [[Shadowmarks|Shadowmark]] marking a wall that can collapse.
 ===Emperor's Tower===
-The Emperor's Tower is a wing of Castle Dour, reserved for the [[Emperor]] of [[Tamriel]], when he visits [[Skyrim|Skyrim's]] capital, Solitude. Lavishly furnished, the tower contains many valuable items. The [[Solitude Windmill]] is connected to this wing.
+The Emperor's Tower is a wing of Castle Dour, reserved for the [[Emperor]] of [[Tamriel]] when he visits [[Skyrim]]'s capital, Solitude. Lavishly furnished, the tower contains many valuable items. The [[Solitude Windmill]] is connected to this wing.
-This is the location for the [[Dark Brotherhood (Skyrim)|Dark Brotherhood]] quest "[[To Kill an Empire]]", and to prevent the quest to be spoiled in any way, the tower is a lock-out. The front door at the castle courtyard is locked and the lock cannot be picked, while the backdoor at the bridge to the windmill isn't, but that doesn't matter.
+This is the location for the [[Dark Brotherhood (Skyrim)|Dark Brotherhood]] quest "[[To Kill an Empire]]," and to prevent the quest from being spoiled in any way, the tower is locked.
-When getting inside the interior, one will end up in a very small room with another locked door. The front door will be unlocked after the quest, but that door will only unlock during the quest events and will never unlock again, if not using console commands on PC.
+When getting inside the interior, one will end up in a very small room with another locked door. The front door will be unlocked during quests involving the tower.
 ==Quests==
-[[Battle for Solitude]]
+===[[Battle for Solitude]]===
-Siding with the [[Stormcloaks]] during the [[Skyrim Civil War]], the [[Last Dragonborn|Dragonborn]] sacks the tower with their fellow Stormcloaks, as their final plan mobilization about the Imperial Legion.
+If the [[Last Dragonborn|Dragonborn]] has sided with the [[Stormcloaks]] during the Civil War, they will need to aid in taking over the city and entering the tower.
 ===[[Breaching Security]]===
-[[Gaius Maro]] is [[Gaius Maro's Schedule|scheduled]] to patrol Emperor's Tower and Castle Dour, day and night, on [[Day|Morndas]]', surveying the area for suspicious activity before [[Emperor]] [[Titus Mede II]]'s arrival in Skyrim aboard [[The Katariah]]. The [[Listener]] of the [[Dark Brotherhood (Skyrim)|Dark Brotherhood]] might have executed him in one of these two locations and planted an [[Incriminating Letter]] on his corpse, as a warning to [[Commander Maro]].
+[[Gaius Maro]] is [[Gaius Maro's Schedule|scheduled]] to patrol the Emperor's Tower and Castle Dour, surveying the area for suspicious activity before [[Emperor]] [[Titus Mede II]]'s arrival in Skyrim aboard [[The Katariah]]. The [[Listener]] of the Dark Brotherhood will be required to [[Breaching Security#Places and methods for killing Gaius Maro|execute him]] and plant an [[Incriminating Letter (Skyrim)|incriminating letter]] on his corpse as a warning to [[Commander Maro]], framing Gaius as being a spy for the [[Stormcloaks]] with helping them plan an assassination attempt on the Emperor.
 ===[[To Kill an Empire]]===
-Impersonating [[Balagog gro-Nolob|the Gourmet]], the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood plans to assassinate [[Emperor]] [[Titus Mede II]]. The Emperor visits Skyrim to attend to the business of the civil war, as it is believed that his cousin, [[Vittoria Vici]], was assassinated due to the conflict.
+Impersonating [[Balagog gro-Nolob|the Gourmet]], the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood will need to assassinate Emperor Titus Mede II. The Emperor visits Skyrim to attend to the business of the civil war, and it is believed that his cousin, [[Vittoria Vici]], was assassinated during an attempt at peace between the Imperial Legion and Stormcloaks by marrying [[Asgeir Snow-Shod]].
-However, this was incorrect as she was executed by a member of the Dark Brotherhood. He resided within Castle Dour and the Listener, disguised as the Gourmet, slipped the fatally poisonous [[Jarrin Root]] into his stew. Receiving a tip from [[Astrid]] that an assassin was coming to kill the Emperor, Commander Maro replaced the Emperor with a decoy who was killed instead. As the Listener tried to flee the Castle, agents of the [[Penitus Oculatus]] intercepted them, failing to remove the Dark Brotherhood member who subsequently escaped.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery spacing="small" widths="175">
+Gianna.png|Gianna preparing the Potage le Magnifique, right before serving it to the fake emperor.
-Gianna.png|The [[Listener]] slipped [[Jarrin Root]] into the [[Emperor]]'s stew.
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 ==Trivia==
-*The castle is one of two faction headquarters that is not marked as a fast-travelable landmark, the other being [[Jorrvaskr]], of the Companions.
+*The castle is one of two faction headquarters that is not marked as a landmark but that can be fast traveled to; the other being [[Jorrvaskr]], of the Companions.
-*One of the cells (usually the only one with a lock lower than Master level) in the lowest level of the Dungeon has an "Escape" [[Shadowmarks|Shadowmark]] on the floor. Inspecting the wall above said Shadowmark reveals Crumbling Mortar on the wall, which can be activated to destroy it and open up a passage. This leads into a forgotten tunnel, containing a Steel weapon on the floor (usually a dagger), and leading through the other side of the hole visible from the room with the Evidence and Prisoner Belongings chests. The tunnel ends at a ladder leading up to the [[Dwemer]]-looking sewer opening in front of [[The Winking Skeever]]. Tested with both {{Dawnguard|!}} and {{Dragonborn|!}} installed. Sometimes due to a bug the wall will not collapse.
+*One of the cells (usually the only one with a lock lower than Master level) in the lowest level of the Dungeon has an "Escape" Shadowmark on the floor. Inspecting the wall above the mark reveals "crumbling mortar" on the wall, which can be activated to destroy it and open up a passage. This leads into a forgotten tunnel, containing a [[Steel Weapons (Skyrim)|steel weapon]] on the floor (usually a [[Steel Dagger (Skyrim)|dagger]]), and leading through the other side of the hole visible from the room with the Evidence and Prisoner Belongings chests. The tunnel ends at a ladder leading up to the [[Dwemer]]-looking sewer opening behind [[Angeline's Aromatics]]. Tested with both {{Dawnguard|!}} and {{Dragonborn|!}} installed.
 ==Bugs==
 {{Bugs}}
+*{{PS3}} Paying off a [[Bounty (Skyrim)|bounty]] will result in the Dragonborn being placed outside Castle Dour, minus any stolen equipment. It is possible for a single unusual enemy to spawn right outside, including a [[Frostbite Spider (Skyrim)|frostbite spider]], a [[Falmer (Skyrim)|Falmer]] or a troll.
-*When exiting the dungeon after serving time you might be immediately attacked by a troll. This is dangerous for low level characters as the cause is not yet known.
+*{{XBOX360}} Once activated, the "crumbling mortar" may not be able to be used again, and the Shadowmark will disappear.
-*{{PS3}}Paying off a bounty will result in you being placed outside Castle Dour, minus any stolen equipment. It is possible for a single unusual enemy to spawn right outside with you, including: a Frostbite Spider, a Falmer or a Troll. This is one instance a Falmer can be found on the surface world but it is assumed to be a bug.
+*{{PS4}}{{NX}} When the Dragonborn leaves the dungeon they might be transported under the map.
+==Appearances==
+*{{Skyrim}}
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