The Bow of Shadows is a Daedric artifact that, according to legend, was forged by the Daedric Prince Nocturnal.[1] The legendary ranger, Raerlas Ghile, was granted the Bow for a secret mission that failed.[1] The Bow was lost, though Raerlas is said to have used it to take scores of his foes down with him.[1] The Bow is said to grant the user invisibility and increased speed.[1]
The last living dwarf, Yagrum Bagarn, at one point befriended the sorcerer Divayth Fyr.[2] At Fyr's behest, Yagrum Bagarn wrote a book that would later be known as Tamrielic Lore[3]:241 from the notes that he gathered over the centuries, listing the Bow of Shadows among various items of "unimaginable significance".[1] By the Interregnum, copies of this book circulated throughout Tamriel, providing some general information on the artifact to its readers.[4]
Many sightings of the Bow of Shadows have been reported; it is said that the Second Era Dunmer assassin Dram once wielded it.[1] Dram likely used the Bow during the Battle of Hunding Bay, when he shot Prince A'tor with the poisoned arrow that eventually killed him.[5] Dram also made use of the bow during the rebellion of Stros M'Kai, led by the Restless League, most notably in battle against Cyrus the Redguard.[6]
Near the end of the Third Era, the Bow came into the possession of a necromancer named Goris the Maggot King. In 3E 427, the Nerevarine killed Goris and his accomplice Luven in the Venim Ancestral Tomb, a tomb in the Grazelands of Vvardenfell which Goris used as a lair. The Nerevarine then retrieved the Bow.[7] Later that year, the Bow was sold to Torasa Aram and put on display in her Museum of Artifacts in Mournhold.[8]
By 4E 201, the bow had ended up in the hands of a mysterious Dunmer assassin who sought to assassinate the Jarl of Whiterun. The Jarl's steward caught wind of this plan, and enlisted the help of the Last Dragonborn to investigate. The Dragonborn eventually uncovered the assassin's plan and killed the assassin at their hiding place in Dragonsreach, claiming the bow for themselves.[9]
Previous Owners:Edit
- Raerlas Ghile
- Dram
- Goris the Maggot King
- Torasa Aram
- Unnamed Dunmer Assassin
GalleryEdit
NotesEdit
- The Bow of Shadows appeared in Morrowind. Dram appeared wielding a bow in Redguard, although it wasn't initially identified as the Bow of Shadows. It later appeared in Skyrim with the Bow of Shadows Creation.
See AlsoEdit
- For game-specific information, see the Morrowind, Elder Scrolls Online
, and SkyrimCC articles.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b c d e f Tamrielic Lore — Yagrum Bagarn
- ^ Yagrum Bagarn's dialogue in Morrowind
- ^ The Morrowind Prophecies — Peter Olafson
- ^ Tamrielic Artifacts
- ^ Redguard opening cinematic
- ^ Events of Redguard
- ^ Venim Ancestral Tomb events in Morrowind
- ^ The Museum quest in Morrowind: Tribunal
- ^ In the Shadows quest in Skyrim