The Elder Scrolls: Tamriel

Tucked deep into the misty hills southeast of Windhelm, Ansilvund is a vast and eerie Nordic ruin, once a burial site and later a site of obsession and tragedy. The tomb was taken over by Lu'ah Al-Skaven, a grieving necromancer who seeks to resurrect her fallen husband and exact vengeance on the ancient Nords she blames for his death. The ruin itself is a sprawling labyrinth of crypts, puzzle-locked doors, and draugr-infested chambers. Soul gems hum with dark energy, and spectral warriors rise to protect the secrets buried within. In its final chamber lies a Word Wall, offering a part of the Become Ethereal shout, alongside Lu'ah’s tragic confrontation. Ansilvund is more than a dungeon—it’s a monument to love warped by grief, where the dead stir not from evil alone, but from sorrow, and where power, loss, and obsession are etched into every cold stone.