Windhelm
Capital of Eastmarch and the Stormcloak seat under Jarl Ulfric. Trainers here: Torbjorn Shatter-Shield (Two-handed, up to Expert), Silda the Unseen (Pickpocket, up to Expert) and Wuunferth the Unliving (Destruction, up to Adept).
- City in Eastmarch
- Shown on the world map
Quests here
- Joining the Stormcloaks: Go to the Palace of the Kings in Windhelm and speak to Ulfric Stormcloak, then to Galmar Stone-Fist. Reward: Stormcloak membership, Fur Boots, Fur Gauntlets, Hide Helmet, Stormcloak Cuirass and the title Unblooded.
- Liberation of Skyrim: Starts by itself when the Battle for Whiterun ends; report to Ulfric Stormcloak in the Palace of the Kings, who names each hold in turn. Reward: Levelled weapons, armour and gold, a full set of Stormcloak Officer Armor, a Windhelm house to buy and the chance to become Thane of Windhelm.
- Battle for Windhelm: Starts by itself when you return to Legate Rikke after the Battle for Fort Amol. Reward: A levelled enchanted sword and the option to buy Hjerim.
- Summerset Shadows: Finish five small jobs for Delvin or Vex in Eastmarch, then ask Delvin about the special job in Windhelm. Reward: Niranye as a fence and influence in Windhelm.
- Innocence Lost: Hear the rumour about a boy performing the Black Sacrament, then go to the Aretino Residence in Windhelm and talk to Aventus. Reward: A family heirloom plate.
- Blood on the Ice: After a few visits to Windhelm, come across guards and onlookers around a body in the graveyard at night, and offer to help. Reward: The Necromancer Amulet, and Hjerim can be fully furnished once you own it.
- Rise in the East: Speak to Orthus Endario in the East Empire Company office on the Windhelm docks. Reward: Levelled gold; Adelaisa Vendicci becomes a follower.
- The White Phial: Speak to the ailing alchemist Nurelion in his shop, the White Phial, in Windhelm. Reward: 5 gold from Nurelion, then 500 from his apprentice.
- Repairing the Phial: Some time after The White Phial, once The Throat of the World is done, a courier brings a letter from Quintus Navale. Reward: The White Phial, refilled each day with the effect you choose.
- A Few Words with You: Speak to Scouts-Many-Marshes on the Windhelm docks.
- Dungeon Delving: Speak to Shahvee at the Argonian Assemblage on the Windhelm docks.
- Some Light Theft: Speak to Stands-In-Shallows at the Argonian Assemblage on the Windhelm docks.
- Dungeon Delving: Speak to the smith Oengul War-Anvil by the forge in Windhelm's market.
- Kill the Bandit Leader: Speak to Brunwulf Free-Winter in Windhelm.
- Delivery: Speak to the writer Adonato Leotelli at Candlehearth Hall.
- Fight! Fight!: Confront Rolff Stone-Fist, who spends his nights shouting at the Dark Elves of the Gray Quarter. Reward: 100 gold.
- Rare Gifts: Speak to Torbjorn Shatter-Shield in Windhelm.
- Find the Thalmor Assassin: If Malborn survived Diplomatic Immunity, find him hiding at the New Gnisis Cornerclub in Windhelm.
- That Was Always There: Speak to Revyn Sadri at Sadri's Used Wares in the Gray Quarter.
- Harsh Master: Speak to Kjar, captain of the North Wind, on the Windhelm docks.
- Delivery: Speak to Hillevi Cruel-Sea at her stall in Windhelm's market.
Collectibles here
- Stone of Barenziah: Palace of the Kings – Eastmarch: On a table in Wuunferth the Unliving's room, at the end of the upstairs hall of the Palace of the Kings.
- Stone of Barenziah: House of Clan Shatter-Shield – Eastmarch: On a bookshelf in the bedroom to the left at the top of the stairs.
- The White Phial – Curio: Restored by Quintus Navale in Windhelm at the end of the quest Repairing the Phial.
- Ysgramor's Soup Spoon – Curio: On display in Calixto's House of Curiosities in Windhelm.
- The Dancer's Flute – Curio: On display in Calixto's House of Curiosities in Windhelm.
- Aretino Family Heirloom – Curio: Aventus Aretino's payment at the end of Innocence Lost.
- Necromancer Amulet – Amulet: The Strange Amulet found in Hjerim during Blood on the Ice. It shows its true name once the Butcher is caught, and is taken from his body.
- A Hypothetical Treachery – Destruction: In the Aretino Residence in Windhelm, in a storeroom of Fellglow Keep and in the central chamber of High Gate Ruins.