Skyrim: The History Behind the Forbidden Legend Quest

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Picking up the Lost Legends book while playing The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim automatically triggers the quest Forbidden Legend. To complete it, the player must journey to three dungeons to acquire the pieces of an amulet, then head to a fourth dungeon to reforge it. Doing this grants the player a unique item known as the Gauldur Amulet.

In Skyrim, The Gauldur Amulet provides a pretty hefty buff, raising the player’s Health, Magicka, and Stamina by 30 points each. However, the origins of this special trinket tell a dark tale. In it, three brothers’ desire for power led them to commit unspeakable acts.

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Gauldur was a wise and powerful mage who lived during the First Era. As the renowned Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold, people from all across the land went to him for counsel, even Ysgramor’s descendants. With Gauldur’s standing, he amassed enough wealth for his family to live comfortably, with a sterling reputation to boot. However, the Arch-Mage’s three sons — Jyrik, Mikrul, and Sigdis — were dissatisfied with the life they had. They felt as if they were living in their father’s shadow. As such, Gauldur’s children grew to resent him and sought the power and stature that he had.

One day, Jyrik, the eldest son, discovered the source of their father’s immense power. Its source was the mysterious amulet that Gauldur never took off. Having learned this, Jyrik went to his younger brothers, and the three conspired to kill their father while he slept. Afterward, they’d take the mysterious amulet and divide it among themselves. Suffice to say, the brothers succeeded.

The Gauldur sons took their fallen father’s amulet and broke it into three separate pieces. Even with its power