Skyrim: How the Companions Faction Turned to Lycanthropy
The Companions is one of the first factions that the player comes across in their playthrough of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. A group of warriors based in the city of Whiterun, the Companions have a long history, and the player can join their ranks to learn more about their turbulent past.
To join the Companions in Skyrim, the player must enter Jorrvaskr, the faction’s base in Whiterun, and then speak to their leader, Kodlak Whitemane. This will trigger the Companions questline.
Elder Scrolls: How The Ayleid Culture Fell Into Obscurity
Far back, during the Merethic Era, the first Nords of Skyrim (back then known as the Nedic people) migrated from the land of Atmora. There, they established a subterranean city that they called Saarthal. It was the first Nordic city in Skyrim and served as the capital of Nordic society in Tamriel. However, later in the same era, the snow elves in Skyrim would stage an attack on Saarthal, slaughtering every Nord in the city save for a few who managed to escape. This would later be referred to as the Night of Tears.
Little is confirmed about the Night of Tears and why the snow elves attacked the Nords. However, scholars believe that the Nords found something buried deep within Saarthal — a powerful artifact of unknown origin. The snow elves then learned of its existence and coveted it for themselves. Thus, the Night of Tears was the elves’ attempt to take the artifact. Skyrim’s College of Winterhold questline suggests that the artifact was the Eye of Magnus.
After the Night of Tears, the survivors fled Skyrim. Among them was the warrior Ysgramor and his two sons — Yngol and Ylgar. Upon returning to Atmora, Ysgramor called on the Nedic people to take up arms and seek vengeance for their fallen
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