- "It's a sword. I made it for the Jarl, Balgruuf the Greater. It's a surprise, and I don't even know if he'll accept it."
- ―Adrianne Avenicci[src]
Greatsword for a Great Man is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is a miscellaneous quest received from Adrianne Avenicci in Whiterun. She asks the Dragonborn to deliver a sword that she forged to her father, Proventus Avenicci, to give as a gift to Jarl Balgruuf the Greater.
Objectives[]
- Deliver the sword to Proventus Avenicci
Walkthrough[]
Go to Warmaiden's and speak to Adrianne Avenicci. She will give the Dragonborn Jarl Balgruuf the Greater's steel greatsword.
Go to Dragonsreach and meet Avenicci, tell him what his daughter wants, and give him the sword. In return, he offers 20 
as a reward. If Whiterun is captured after siding with the Stormcloaks during the Civil War, then Jarl Balgruuf and Avenicci reside in the basement of the Blue Palace in Solitude.
Balgruuf's Greatsword[]
| Name | Type | Upgrade Material | 
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| Balgruuf's Greatsword | Two-Handed Greatsword | Steel Ingot | 17 | 200 | 17 | 000946FC |
Journal[]
| Greatsword for a Great Man – FreeformWhiterunQuest03 | |
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| ID | Journal Entry |
| 10 |
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| 200 |
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Trivia[]
- It is possible to steal the sword from Proventus Avenicci after he receives it. However, he will likely have equipped it, thus requiring the Misdirection perk to pickpocket equipped weapons.
Bugs[]
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This section contains bugs related to Greatsword for a Great Man. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- 360 Sometimes, the greatsword remains stuck in the inventory. Completing or starting quests that remove all inventory items such as Diplomatic Immunity or No One Escapes Cidhna Mine or going to prison does not remove it from the inventory.