Solitude
Capital of Haafingar, built on a natural arch over the sea, with Castle Dour, the Blue Palace and the Bards College inside. Giraud Gemane teaches Speech up to Master at the College.
- City in Haafingar
- Shown on the world map
Quests here
- Joining the Legion: Go to Castle Dour in Solitude and speak to General Tullius, then to Legate Rikke; Hadvar and other Imperial soldiers will also urge you to enlist. Reward: Imperial Legion membership at Auxiliary rank.
- Get Outfitted: Starts once you have taken the Legion's oath, when General Tullius sends you to the blacksmith Beirand. Reward: A free set of Imperial Armor.
- Reunification of Skyrim: Starts by itself when the Battle for Whiterun ends; report to General Tullius at Castle Dour, then take orders from Legate Rikke at each Imperial camp. Reward: Legion ranks, levelled items and levelled gold.
- Battle for Solitude: Starts when you report back to Galmar Stone-Fist after taking Fort Hraggstad. Reward: A levelled enchanted sword and the Shrine of Talos restored in Solitude.
- The Dainty Sload: Finish five small jobs for Delvin or Vex in Haafingar, then ask Delvin about the special job in Solitude. Reward: A merchant in the Ragged Flagon and influence in Solitude.
- Bound Until Death: Astrid sends you to Solitude once the amulet has been sold. Reward: Gold, and a summoning spell if she dies mid-speech.
- To Kill an Empire: Take the writ of passage to Astrid.
- Contract: Kill Safia: Ask Nazir for a contract in the Sanctuary. Reward: Gold.
- The Mind of Madness: Find the beggar Dervenin wandering the streets of Solitude and hear him out. Reward: Wabbajack.
- Lights Out!: Speak to the Argonian Jaree-Ra, who loiters in the streets of Solitude. Reward: Whatever you take from the wreckers.
- The Man Who Cried Wolf: Enter the Blue Palace while Varnius Junius is pleading with the court about lights at Wolfskull Cave, then speak to the steward Falk Firebeard. Reward: Levelled gold.
- The Wolf Queen Awakened: Some time after The Man Who Cried Wolf, once you are level 10, a courier brings a letter from Falk Firebeard. Reward: Levelled gold and the Shield of Solitude.
- Return to Grace: Speak to the girl Svari in Solitude after her uncle Roggvir's execution.
- No News is Good News: Speak to Angeline Morrard at Angeline's Aromatics in Solitude.
- Elisif's Tribute: After The Man Who Cried Wolf, speak to Jarl Elisif in the Blue Palace.
- Kill the Vampire: Ask the court wizard Sybille Stentor in the Blue Palace for work.
- Rare Gifts: Speak to Captain Aldis in the courtyard of Castle Dour.
- The Spiced Wine: Speak to Evette San at her stall by the gates of Solitude. Reward: A bottle of spiced wine and a better price from then on.
- A Few Words with You: Speak to Octieve San in Solitude.
- Kill the Bandit Leader: Speak to the headsman Ahtar in Solitude.
- Fit for a Jarl: Speak to Taarie at Radiant Raiment in Solitude. Reward: Gold, and the outfit is yours.
- Dungeon Delving: Speak to the old scout Noster Eagle-Eye, who begs in the streets of Solitude.
- Delivery: Speak to Sorex Vinius at the Winking Skeever.
Collectibles here
- Shield of Solitude – Shield: Falk Firebeard's reward for the quest The Wolf Queen Awakened.
- Wabbajack: Sheogorath's reward for curing Pelagius's mind in The Mind of Madness.
- Stone of Barenziah: Blue Palace – Haafingar: On top of the wardrobe to the right of the bed in the Jarl's bedroom, upstairs in the Blue Palace.
- Stone of Barenziah: Proudspire Manor – Haafingar: On the wardrobe behind the door of the master bedroom, on the top floor of Proudspire Manor.
- Green Butterfly in a Jar (Anniversary Edition): In the Solitude Sewers, added by the Saints and Seducers creation.
- Purple Butterfly in a Jar (Anniversary Edition): In the Pelagius Wing of the Blue Palace, added by the Saints and Seducers creation.
- Amulet of Talos – Amulet: On the body of Roggvir after his execution in Solitude. Copies turn up in random loot and at general traders and jewellers.
- Firiniel's End – Bow: Left for you on a parapet above the courtyard of the Temple of the Divines in Solitude during Bound Until Death. Gabriella tells you where.