The Elder Scrolls: Tamriel

Carved through the base of the mountains west of Riverwood, South Brittleshin Pass is a narrow cavern path connecting Whiterun Hold to Falkreath’s dark forests. Though once used as a shortcut by traders and scouts, the pass has since fallen into disuse—its tunnels now echo with the clatter of bones and the whispers of necromantic rites. Dim torchlight flickers off damp stone, and broken carts and skeletons litter the route, hinting at travelers who never emerged from the other side. The deeper chambers of the pass are choked with cobwebs and the reek of decay, where necromancers ply their craft in the dark, guarded by reanimated dead and crude magical wards. Despite the danger, some brave the pass seeking to avoid the roads or uncover forgotten relics hidden in side chambers. Those who do speak of a strange pressure in the air and a feeling of being followed—proof that Brittleshin has not simply been abandoned, but claimed by powers better left undisturbed.