The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim - The Skyrim Library , Vol . II : Man , Mer , and Beast The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim - The Skyrim Library , Vol . II : Man , Mer , and Beast is a 232 - page book published by Bethesda Softworks on March 15 , 2016 . Appearance . The book has the same basic design as with the notable difference of the colour scheme which is reddish brown instead of darkish blue , even so it has the same faint yet still very elaborate grooved pattern . The title of the book is written in gold at the bottom of the front cover but is hidden by the small — which also says the title , but it is in black , and the jacket is mostly silver , excluding an image of a red wax seal of the Imperial Dragon . The back cover contains yet another Imperial Dragon , but no other detail . The side of the book holds an Imperial Dragon , and the title of the book stylized in golden lettering : " The Skyrim Library : Volume II - Man , Mer , and Beast . " Contents . The inside cover — front and back — holds a map of the province of Skyrim , the same one most commonly seen in - game . The next several pages include the copyright information and the Table of Contents — alongside which are two pieces of concept art , one of the Last Dragonborn facing down a bear and another one showing a white furred Werewolf — listing eighty - one chapters , as follows . Table of Contents . Races . Nords of Skyrim ( page 8 ) Children of the Sky ( page 10 ) Nords Arise ! ( page 11 ) Song of the Askelde Men ( page 12 ) The Bear of Markarth : The Crimes of Ulfric Stormcloak ( page 16 ) The Wild Elves ( page 18 ) Fall of the Snow Prince ( page 19 ) The Dunmer of Skyrim ( page 22 ) Ancestors and the Dunmer ( page 23 ) Confessions of a Dunmer Skooma Eater ( page 27 ) Children of the All - Maker ( page 28 ) Deathbrand : A Pirate ' s Tale ( page 30 ) Velehk Sain , Pirate King of the Abecean ( page 32 ) The Five Far Stars ( page 33 ) Words of the Wind ( page 34 ) The Madmen of the Reach : A Cultural Treaty on the Foresworn ( page 35 ) Mystery of Talara ( page 39 ) Palla ( page 58 ) Dwarves : The Lost Race of Tamriel Vol . I : Architecture and Design ( page 72 ) Vol . II : Weapons , Armor , and Machines ( page 74 ) Marobar Sul and the Trivialization of the Dwemer in Popular Culture ( page 76 ) Antecedents of Dwemer Law ( page 78 ) Hanging Gardens of Wasten Coridale ( page 79 ) The Ruins of Kemel - Ze ( page 82 ) Ancient Tales of the Dwemer I - The Ransom of Zarek ( page 88 ) II - The Seed ( page 93 ) III - The Importance of Where ( page 95 ) V - The Song of the Alchemists ( page 97 ) VI - Chimarvadium ( page 99 ) X - The Dowry ( page 101 ) Chronicles of Nchuleft ( page 104 ) Ahzirr Traajijazeri ( page 105 ) The Tale of Dro ' Zira ( page 108 ) Confessions of a Khajiit Fur Trader ( page 110 ) The True Nature of Orcs ( page 112 ) The Pig Children ( page 113 ) The Code of Malacath : A Sellsword ' s Guide to the Orc Strongholds ( page 114 ) The Wraith ' s Wedding Dowry ( page 118 ) Creatures and Beasts . Ode To The Tundrastriders ( page 122 ) The Wispmother : Two Theories ( page 128 ) Ghosts in the Storm ( page 132 ) The Posting of the Hunt ( page 136 ) Harvesting Frostbite Spider Venom ( page 140 ) Uncommon Taste ( page 144 ) Surviving a Horker Attack ( page 146 ) Cats of Skyrim ( page 148 ) Lycanthropic Legends of Skyrim ( page 149 ) Experimentations in the Physicalities of the Werewolf ( page 151 ) Warfare . Mixed Unit Tactics in the Five Years War ( page 154 ) Killing - Before You ' re Killed ( page 156 ) The Black Arrow ( page 158 ) Vernaccus and Bourlor ( page 164 ) Forge , Hammer and Anvil ( page 168 ) Bone ( page 169 ) The Axe Man ( page 178 ) The Yellow Book of Riddles ( page 180 ) The Red Book of Riddles ( page 181 ) The Legendary Scourge ( page 182 ) The Third Door ( page 183 ) Factions . The Rise and Fall of the Blades ( page 185 ) Songs of the Return ( page 190 ) Yngol and the Sea - Ghosts ( page 199 ) Great Harbingers of the Companions ( page 200 ) A Kiss , Sweet Mother ( page 202 ) The Brothers of Darkness ( page 203 ) The Night Mother ' s Truth ( page 205 ) Fall from Glory ( page 207 ) Shadowmarks ( page 209 ) Thief of Virtue ( page 214 ) Chance ' s Folly ( page 218 ) The True Noble ' s Code ( page 221 ) The Hope of the Redoran ( page 222 ) Flight from the Thalmor ( page 225 ) Rising Threat ( page 227 )