Lore:Forelhost

is an ancient Nordic ruin located in   in Skyrim. It is located high atop a mountain and suffers from a dangerously cold climate.

During the time of the  , Forelhost served as a great monastery. It was home to two notable dragon priests and their respective masks: Rahgot and Vosis. Following the  , Forelhost became the last known holdout of the cult. It was discovered by the forces of High King Harald in  , who besieged the monastery for several months under the command of Skorm Snow-Strider. Despite the cold, the besiegers eventually succeeded in breaking through the defenses in  , using the Voice to bring down the main gate. Once inside however, they discovered that the cultists had committed ritual suicide, going so far as to poison the well water. Their sacrifice created a magical barrier, sealing the upper courtyard for decades afterwards and preventing Skorm's advance.  The cultists had believed they would be returned to life when the   returned to  , as had been foreseen by a cultist named Thorallod.  The monastery subsequently fell into ruin, haunted by   and the ghosts of the cultists.

In  , when the   was scouring the Rift for shards of  , a group of cultists led an attack on Forelhost when their leader, Nordahl, attempted to recover the mask of Vosis. The cultists were defeated by the undead and driven off, and Vosis claimed their axe shard for himself. He was then slain by the   on behalf of the  , which was also seeking shards. 

Sometime circa  , a legendary   thief known as Sails-Through-Storms came into possession of the journal of a great adventurer who had come into possession of   and had sealed it within Forelhost. Following the journal, she journeyed to Forelhost, accompanied by the   and a fellow Argonian thief named Swims-at-Night. The group discovered that the ring had been sealed within the tomb of a dragon priest which could only be entered by ingesting poison. Sails-Through-Storms turned back, but the other two concocted a poison which would not quite kill them, allowing them to enter the tomb. They managed to defeat the awakened dragon priest within, but were set upon by a group of treasure hunters led by  , a former  . In their weakened state, the adventurers were unable to stop the treasure hunters from claiming the ring and using it to enter the  . However, Swims-at-Night grabbed onto one of them at the last second and was teleported to the City along with them. 

Later that year, an Altmer named Valmir was sent by the Thalmor to retrieve Rahgot's mask from within the ruins of Forelhost. He was ordered to trick Imperial Legionnaires and Stormcloak Soldiers into recovering the mask to aid the war effort during the ongoing  , and then to bring the mask to  , likely in an effort to retrieve Konahrik. Valmir recruited the   who successfully retrieved the mask, but discovered Valmir's ploy and killed him. 

That same year, a ghost known as the Lost Paladin was sighted at Forelhost. The Lost Paladin had been the wielder of the legendary blade   in life, and he was subsequently slain by the Last Dragonborn who then claimed Chrysamere.  

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For game-specific information, see the Skyrim and ESO articles.

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