Nordic Tombs

The exterior of Ragnvald.

For other uses, see Tombs.

Nordic Tombs are ancient Nordic burial sites spread throughout the province of Skyrim. Some tombs were also places of worship for Dragon Priests and Dragons, such as Bleak Falls Barrow, Forelhost, and Skuldafn. Some of these tombs were actual cities when they were first built, such as Labyrinthian/Bromjunaar, Korvanjund, Volunruud, Saarthal, and Ragnvald.

List of tombs

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Nordic tombs
Name	Hold	Quests	Word Wall
Angarvunde	The Rift	Medresi Dran and the Wandering Dead Find the Source of Power	Animal Allegiance
Ansilvund	Eastmarch	Find Queen Freydis' Sword Find Roggi Knot-Beard's Ancestral Shield No Stone Unturned A Love Beyond Death
Arcwind Point	The Rift		Drain Vitality DG
Bleak Falls Barrow	Falkreath Hold	Bleak Falls Barrow The Golden Claw	Unrelenting Force
Dead Men's Respite	Hjaalmarch	Tending the Flames	Whirlwind Sprint
Deepwood Redoubt	The Reach	The House of Horrors
Dustman's Cairn	The Reach	Proving Honor	Fire Breath
Folgunthur	Hjaalmarch	Forbidden Legend	Frost Breath
Forelhost	The Rift	Siege on the Dragon Cult Alteration Ritual Spell	Storm Call
Frostmere Crypt	The Pale	The Pale Lady	Ice Form
Geirmund's Hall	The Rift	Forbidden Legend
Hag Rock Redoubt	The Reach	Trouble in Skyrim
Hag's End	The Reach	Find the Source of Power Locate the Assassin of Old	Slow Time
High Gate Ruins	The Pale	A Scroll For Anska	Storm Call
Hillgrund's Tomb	Whiterun Hold	Ancestral Worship
Ironbind Barrow	Winterhold	Coming of Age	Become Ethereal
Kilkreath Ruins	Haafingar	The Break of Dawn
Korvanjund	The Pale	The Jagged Crown	Slow Time
Labyrinthian	Hjaalmarch	The Staff of Magnus	Slow Time Dismay
Lost Valley Redoubt	The Reach		Become Ethereal
North Shriekwind Bastion	Falkreath Hold
Potema's Catacombs	Haafingar	The Wolf Queen Awakened
Potema's Refuge	Haafingar	The Man Who Cried Wolf The Wolf Queen Awakened
Ragnvald	The Reach		Kyne's Peace
Rannveig's Fast	Whiterun Hold	Rannveig's Fast	Kyne's Peace
Saarthal	Winterhold	Under Saarthal Forbidden Legend	Ice Form
Shroud Hearth Barrow	The Rift	Lifting the Shroud	Kyne's Peace
Silent Moons Camp	Whiterun Hold	Bounty: Kill Bandit Leader
Silverdrift Lair	The Pale	Possible location for: Fetch Me That Book! Hitting the Books Find the Source of Power Find the Word of Power Wind and Sand	Disarm
Skuldafn	Eastmarch	The World-Eater's Eyrie	Storm Call
Snow Veil Sanctum	Winterhold Hold	Speaking With Silence	Disarm
South Shriekwind Bastion	Falkreath Hold
Statue to Meridia	Haafingar	The Break of Dawn	Elemental Fury
Twilight Sepulcher	Falkreath Hold	Darkness Returns
Ustengrav	Hjaalmarch	The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller	Become Ethereal
Valthume	The Reach	Evil in Waiting	Aura Whisper
Volskygge	Haafingar	Find the Source of Power Alteration Ritual Spell	Whirlwind Sprint
Volunruud	The Pale	Silenced Tongues The Silence Has Been Broken	Aura Whisper
Yngol Barrow	Eastmarch	Ashore in a Sea of Ghosts
Ysgramor's Tomb	Winterhold Hold	Glory of the Dead Purity	Animal Allegiance

The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn

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Nordic tombs
Name	Hold	Quests	Word Wall
Bloodskal Barrow	Solstheim	The Final Descent
Gyldenhul Barrow	Solstheim	Deathbrand
Kolbjorn Barrow	Solstheim	Unearthed	Cyclone
Vahlok's Tomb	Solstheim	Lost Legacy	Battle Fury
White Ridge Barrow	Solstheim		Cyclone

Inhabitants and enemies

"Woe to the unwary explorer who delves deep into the burial crypts of the ancient Nords, and disturbs the Draugr that dwell within."

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• Bandits
• Dragon Priests
• Dragons (Skuldafn)
• Draugr
• Forsworn
• Frostbite Spiders
• Hag
• Hagravens
• Skeletons
• Skeletal Dragon (Labyrinthian)
• Slaughterfish (Labyrinthian)
• Vampires
• Wispmother

Unique named enemies

• Curalmil
• Kvenel the Tongue
• Olaf One-Eye
• Potema Septim
• Red Eagle
• The Pale Lady
• Warlord Gathrik
• Yngol

Gauldurson Family

• Jyrik Gauldurson
• Mikrul Gauldurson
• Sigdis Gauldurson

Dragon Priests

• Ahzidal ^DR
• Dukaan ^DR
• Hevnoraak
• Krosis
• Morokei
• Nahkriin
• Otar the Mad
• Rahgot
• Vahlok the Jailor ^DR
• Volsung
• Vokun
• Zahkriisos ^DR

Puzzles and traps

• Tombs mostly have puzzle doors, which are opened by Dragon Claws.
• Tombs contain many dangerous traps, such as cave-ins or poison dart guns.

Trivia

• Several of the tombs are referred to as "barrows." In reality, barrows are a type of burial mound most often associated with Neolithic and Early Bronze Age European cultures. In a similar vein, the carvings found in Nordic tombs are based upon the carvings found in the Neolithic passage tomb at Newgrange in Co. Meath, Ireland.
• Halldir's Cairn visually appears as the Nordic Tomb, but both the map icon and the Creation Kit shows it as a cave.
• The idea behind Nordic ruins was to have magnificent stone structures that would stand the test of of time, like the pyramids of egypt. Adam Adamowicz came up with having them shaped like ribcages, giving the developers the sense that they were made out of dead dragon skeletons, and were filled with iconography similar to egyptian heiroglyphs.

Gallery

The exterior of an ancient Nordic tomb.

The interior of an ancient Nordic tomb.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn
• The Elder Scrolls Online
  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Orsinium
  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor
  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Markarth