EpicNate - Fallout & Elder Scrolls Lore
Oct 28, 2026 · 25 min · 9 segments
Skyrim is a land filled with an abundance of factions and creatures however, Hagravens are often overlooked in regards to their significance in the world's affairs. While these feathered mages may…
Alrighty, so beginning with the notes we can find.
Remember, there's no real dialogue or quests that make mention of this Matriarch fellow, so these papers are all that there are to prove her existence.
In total, there are three notes spread across Tamriel that reference this character.
We'll start with the one located at Serpent's Bluff Redoubt, a small Forsworn encampment on Whiterun's eastern border.
Here, inside one of the tents, lying atop a table, is the Forsworn Letter.
It reads as follows.
End quote.
Huh, not many words on this paper, but they still say a lot.
Immediately we can identify the Matriarch is some kind of leader amongst the Forsworn.
Possibly THE leader, and she's frustrated with one of her underlings who's not behaving as bold as she believes they need to be.
This is already quite interesting given what we know about the Forsworn and the mysterious nature of their leadership and history.
You see, the Forsworn are a bandit-like faction of primitive people who live in camps across the Reach.
They're like bandits in the sense that they attack and harass innocent civilians.
However, they're uniquely brutal and savage.
While a normal group of bandits may raid a village for loot and plunder, the Forsworn burn villages and commit crimes just for the pleasure it brings them and the terror it inflicts on the local populace.
The Forsworn's origins date back thousands of years ago, to the 4th century of the First Era.
You see, at this point in time, the lands of the Reach were independent of Skyrim, and ruled by no king or empire at all.
Instead, it was inhabited by an amalgamation of various autonomous clans and tribes that lived in its rolling hills and valleys.
Sometime in the year 440 of the First Era though, a famous High King of Skyrim known as Olaf One-Eye invaded and conquered the region, permanently making it a part of his kingdom.
Well, sort of.
While Olaf had destroyed most of the Reach's tribes or forced them into obedience, some managed to survive and refused to submit.
The remaining ones waged a guerrilla war and made masterful use of the mountainous local terrain to evade and outflank the large conventional armies sent after them, and no king or jarl was ever able to successfully defeat these stubborn clans.
Thus, over 4,000 years later, during the events of the Elder Scrolls V, the Reachmen are still resisting.
We now call these people the Forsworn, as Forsworn literally means to have refused to give up.
Now, what's so weird is that the letter we just read seems to imply this matriarch character is leading the Forsworn, and the other two notes, which we'll look at in just a second, also point towards the same conclusion.
Alrighty, so beginning with the notes we can find.
Remember, there's no real dialogue or quests that make mention of this Matriarch fellow, so these papers are all that there are to prove her existence.
In total, there are three notes spread across Tamriel that reference this character.
We'll start with the one located at Serpent's Bluff Redoubt, a small Forsworn encampment on Whiterun's eastern border.
Here, inside one of the tents, lying atop a table, is the Forsworn Letter.
It reads as follows.
End quote.
Huh, not many words on this paper, but they still say a lot.
Immediately we can identify the Matriarch is some kind of leader amongst the Forsworn.
Possibly THE leader, and she's frustrated with one of her underlings who's not behaving as bold as she believes they need to be.
This is already quite interesting given what we know about the Forsworn and the mysterious nature of their leadership and history.
You see, the Forsworn are a bandit-like faction of primitive people who live in camps across the Reach.
They're like bandits in the sense that they attack and harass innocent civilians.
However, they're uniquely brutal and savage.
While a normal group of bandits may raid a village for loot and plunder, the Forsworn burn villages and commit crimes just for the pleasure it brings them and the terror it inflicts on the local populace.
The Forsworn's origins date back thousands of years ago, to the 4th century of the First Era.
You see, at this point in time, the lands of the Reach were independent of Skyrim, and ruled by no king or empire at all.
Instead, it was inhabited by an amalgamation of various autonomous clans and tribes that lived in its rolling hills and valleys.
Sometime in the year 440 of the First Era though, a famous High King of Skyrim known as Olaf One-Eye invaded and conquered the region, permanently making it a part of his kingdom.
Well, sort of.
While Olaf had destroyed most of the Reach's tribes or forced them into obedience, some managed to survive and refused to submit.
The remaining ones waged a guerrilla war and made masterful use of the mountainous local terrain to evade and outflank the large conventional armies sent after them, and no king or jarl was ever able to successfully defeat these stubborn clans.
Thus, over 4,000 years later, during the events of the Elder Scrolls V, the Reachmen are still resisting.
We now call these people the Forsworn, as Forsworn literally means to have refused to give up.
Now, what's so weird is that the letter we just read seems to imply this matriarch character is leading the Forsworn, and the other two notes, which we'll look at in just a second, also point towards the same conclusion.
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