Skyrim Player Points Out Funny Detail About Jarls and Their Chairs

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The Jarls of Skyrim are some of the most memorable characters in the fifth Elder Scrolls title. No matter how a player decides to go about their journey in the northern region of Tamriel, it is highly likely they will run into a Jarl. In total, Skyrim has nine Jarls, each in charge of one of the game's provinces. From giving the Dragonborn a quest to go and hunt some local bandits, to letting them have a house within the hold, Jarls can be a vital part of the overall Skyrim experience.

Recently, one player has noticed an interesting detail about the rulers of Skyrim. No_Concentrate_7221 on Reddit didn't point out anything to do with the lore of the Jarls, the quests tied to them or anything like that, instead spotting a pattern with how the Jarls sit in their chairs. Each Jarl has a literal seat of power in Skyrim, a place that the player can likely find them in unless it is night time within the game.

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No_Concentrate_7221 pointed out that only Jarl Elisif, the current Jarl of Solitude at the time Skyrim begins, knows how to sit in her chair properly. The rest of them do something that fans in the comments of No_Concentrate_7221's Reddit post are referring to as «Jarl-spreading,» a stance which has the Jarl resting their chin on one hand, with their legs spread wide. This casual sitting position is famous among the Jarls of Skyrim, and to many is an expression of how they are used to authority.

Some fans noted that Elisif could be sitting in her slightly more formal position due to the fact that she is very new to the role of Jarl, a theme seen in a lot of the questlines centered around Solitude. Previously, Elisif was the wife of Torygg, the