Topographical Overview

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The Hold along Skyrim’s southern border with Cyrodiil is known as Falkreath, and its capital shares the same name. The Hold’s second largest town, Helgen, was the site of a recent dragon attack and prisoner escape.

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Before its destruction, Helgen was “the Gateway to Skyrim,” a well-traveled town at an important crossroads in the foothills of the Jerall Mountains. As you move north, the rugged, mountainous south gradually gives way to pine forest lowlands.

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Though initially tranquil to the untrained eye, the woods are a wilderness fraught with the prospect of enemies (wild animals or worse) lurking behind every tree.

Still, the people of Falkreath are reasonably prosperous farmers and loggers, thanks to the abundant supply of fresh water from Lake Ilinalta—the largest body of water in Skyrim...