Skyrim

Skyrim, also known as the Old Kingdom, or the Fatherland, is a large province in the northern part of Tamriel. It was the first province of Tamriel settled by humans, and consists of mountains, forests, and plains. The capital of this freezing land is Solitude, located in the North-West.. Within Skyrim lies the Throat of the World, the largest mountain in all of Tamriel and one of the many Towers. It is currently home to the Nords, who originated from the Atmorans. Some notable groups in Skyrim include the Greybeards, Stormcloaks, Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, Companions, Forsworn, and the College of Winterhold. The original inhabitants of Skyrim were the Snow Elves, but they were driven out by the Atmorans in the Merethic Era.

History
Skyrim was inhabited by the Snow Elves until the late Merethic Era, when many Atmorans sailed across the Sea of Ghosts, fleeing civil war in their homeland of Atmora. They landed at Hsaarik Head, at the extreme northern tip of Skyrim's Broken Cape. These first settlers named the land "Mereth", after the Elves that roamed the untamed wilderness which then covered the whole of Tamriel. For a time, relations between Men and Elves were harmonious, and the Atmorans throve in the new land, summoning more of their kin from Atmora to build the city of Saarthal, the site of which was located by Imperial archaeologists in the vicinity of modern Winterhold. But the Snow Elves (who were the main Elven inhabitants of Skyrim) saw that the vital young race had found a mysterious artifact deep within Saarthal, known as the Eye of Magnus. This, coupled with their realization that the Atmorans would soon surpass their stagnant culture if left unchecked, provided the Snow Elves the motivation to fall upon the unsuspecting Nords in the infamous Night of Tears; Saarthal was burned, and only Ysgramor and two of his sons fought free of the carnage and escaped to Atmora. The Elves, however, had reckoned without the indomitable spirit of the Atmorans. Gathering his legendary Five Hundred Companions (whose names are still recited every Thirteenth of Sun's Dawn at the Feast of the Dead in Windhelm), Ysgramor returned to Tamriel with a vengeance, driving the Snow Elves out of Skyrim and laying the foundations of the First Empire of Man in the legendary event known as The Return, when three great Atmoran warboats sailed through the Sea of Ghosts, led by Ysgramor, to avenge their fallen brothers.

Major Cities

 * Dawnstar
 * Falkreath
 * Markarth
 * Morthal
 * Riften
 * Solitude
 * Whiterun
 * Windhelm
 * Winterhold