10 Most Disturbing Skyrim Secrets (And Where To Find Them)
Way more interesting than Alduin's backstory.
Skyrim is one of the most ambitious and expansive titles in video gaming history. From Sovngarde to the Soul Cairn, Solitude to Windhelm, players can't seem to move five paces without a new cave, camp or cavern popping up on their radar.
And with additional side quests attached to almost every location within the game, there is an abundance of lore and storytelling nestled around every corner for players to sink their teeth into. Intricate details come together to paint a picture and set the scene behind wherever it is the Dragonborn is exploring, arguably making the world of Skyrim feel more alive than any other world available for playing in right now.
Even nine years on from its original release, there are still plenty of secrets tucked away from most players' save files. Obscure locations that really require an intense amount of exploring to uncover, and lost storylines that are never pointed to within the game help keep players debating amongst themselves about some of the biggest mysteries and secrets hidden within the home of the Nords.
Here's our take on the most intriguing and eerie secrets hidden in Skyrim, and where it is players can find them.
10. Sild's Hideout - Rannveig's Fast
Located on the border between the southern Whiterun hold mountains and the marshes of Hjaalmarch, Rannveig's Fast is a large Nordic ruin, housing a truly chilling secret within its walls.
Adventurers who approach the ruins will encounter a small band of tormented ghosts, who will attack the intruders on sight. However, these ghosts will reveal that fighting isn't what they want at all, and will almost plead for adventurers to leave the place or give them some rest.
Players who enter the ruins will find a Word Wall for the Kyne's Peace shout, but approaching the wall will trigger a trapdoor that drops them into a cage, and into the arms of Sild the Warlock. It turns out that Rannveig's Fast has been taken over by Sild, a cruel and sadistic mage. The wizard has created these traps to lure in unsuspecting travellers, torturing them and then trapping their souls to continually torment.
Sild delights in the pain he causes his victims, and one of his journals found inside Rannveig's Fast will even reveal his disappointment when one of his victims died before he could inflict the maximum amount of torment on him.