Online:The Reach Antiquities

This is a list of all of the Antiquities that are found in the Reach.

	Name	Ancestral Reach: Axes		13	Verita Numida Unusual. Most old books one discovers in the Reach are plunder carried off from neighboring lands. The Imperial officer who wrote this text was likely part of the garrison Empress Hestra posted to this land in the 11th century of the First Era.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Belts		13	Verita Numida A shame that few examples of Reach leatherworking survive from the author's time. It would be interesting to compare modern Reach iconography with the designs and tooling of First Era clans. Do the same animals still appear?
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Boots		13	Verita Numida Interesting. Reach footwear does not seem to have changed much at all across the centuries. I have seen new examples of the hide-and-fleece boots described by the author in the market stalls of Markarth. They are almost identical.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Bows		13	Verita Numida Our Imperial author omits the fact that Reachmen frequently rebuilt their bows; composite bows degrade quickly in damp climates. However, the sturdy horn or hardwood that forms the end of each limb was often re-used for generations.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Chests		13	Verita Numida I find it difficult to believe that even multiple layers of toughened leather could provide much resistance to puncture, but Ugron assures me that well-made hide armor can dissipate the power of a thrust or arrow surprisingly well.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Advanced
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Daggers		13	Verita Numida I see few modern examples of the sort of sharpened antlers and flaked stone the author describes. I believe that over the centuries Reachmen have grown more skilled at metalwork, and simple iron knives are growing commonplace in this land.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Gloves		13	Verita Numida I must say, I am surprised that this tome is so well preserved. The binding is falling apart, of course, but the parchment has stood up to the centuries quite well. I suppose few of the book's Reachman owners spent much time handling it.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Helmets		13	Verita Numida Note the use of antlers in headwear. That tradition long predates the observations of an Imperial officer from the middle of the First Era. The antlers are meant to show respect for Hircine, Lord of the Hunt and chief among the Reachman deities.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Intermediate
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Legs		13	Verita Numida Greaves and shoulderpieces are the most durable elements of a Reachman's armor. Warriors often cover up or repair battle damage by re-carving the images. After years of use, the original design is often completely obscured.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Maces		13	Verita Numida Interesting. The style of weapon our Imperial officer describes seems to have fallen out of favor across the centuries. Most Reachman maces I see now are wooden cudgels reinforced with hammered bands of copper or iron.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Intermediate
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Shields		13	Verita Numida I wish Lieutenant Nestoro had made some effort to illustrate the clan markings and designs that she encountered during her time. I am very curious about clans that have died out, and whether their markings are appropriated by later clans.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Advanced
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Shoulders		13	Verita Numida I presume that the purpose of the rather outlandish shoulder-pieces is intimidation, not armor. I doubt whether a few rib-bones or small animal skulls provide any real protection from enemy blows.
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Intermediate
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Staves		13	Verita Numida I have never seen a Reach witch without a staff. I wonder if there is a correlation between the type of wood used to fashion a staff and the elemental energy it channels. Is it the shape or the substance that dictates a staff's magical properties?
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Intermediate
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Ancestral Reach: Swords		13	Verita Numida The author makes a fascinating observation about swords beaten into new shapes. I wonder how many Reachman cleavers and choppers began their lives as Breton longswords or Nord greatswords. Have any historic blades been ruined in this way?
	Type	Motif Chapter (Ancestral Reach Style)
	Difficulty	Advanced
	‎‎Lead	Treasure Maps (Arkthzand Cavern, The Reach and Western Skyrim)
	Name	Antique Map of The Reach		N/A	Reginus Buca I'm surprised by the thoroughness of this. Authentic maps of the Reach are hard to come by, especially before 1E 1000. I wonder who put this to paper, and how they went about acquiring that information. Ugron gro-Thumog Safe to assume it wasn't the ancient Reachfolk themselves. This reeks of Imperial pretense. And since there are some pockets of land unlabeled, I'd guess they're the Reachclan strongholds that the Imperials never managed to penetrate. Amalien It looks like both Red Eagle Redoubt and Markarth are accounted for, but rendered by a dismissive hand. I think Ugron is right. I'd place this map around Empress Hestra's reign, and definitely long after the disapperance [sic] of the Dwemer.
	Type	Furniture
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Innkeepers and General goods merchants in Markarth for 1,000 gold. The Reach Pathfinder achievement required.
	Name	Reach Trail Maker		250	Ugron gro-Thumog I'll be honest, I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Almost looks like farming equipment, but I doubt they had anything so sophisticated. I'd believe it was a weapon before I'd believe it was anything agricultural. Verita Numida Your instincts are correct. Though I would hesitate to call this a weapon. I think it's more tactical than that. See the grooves at the base? That would have easily cut through foliage and made tracks through all kinds of terrain. Reginus Buca There are old Imperial reports of Reachfolk using such tactics to lead their enemies. They knew their land incredibly well and could often confuse adversaries with fake trail markings to get them into better position. Maybe this is what they used.
	Type	Treasure
	Difficulty	Simple
	‎‎Lead	Accessible by default
	Name	Ancient Extraction Tool		1,000	Reginus Buca This looks like a mining tool, from somewhere around 1E 240 if I had to guess. Quite sophisticated for its time, but maybe that's due to the size. This looks like a personal apparatus. Not used for large scale ore extraction, certainly. Gabrielle Benele I don't think this is just any mining tool! Look at the engravings. Amalien can correct me if I'm wrong, but these look like Dwemer markings to me. This thing is unique, there's a magical component to it. Or at least there used to be. Any ideas? Amalien Oh! Considering where it was found and how specific the apparatus seems to be, my guess is that it was used to extract aetherium! Raldbthar Dwarves would probably have experimented with devices like this before moving on to heavier machinery.
	Type	Treasure
	Difficulty	Intermediate
	‎‎Lead	Successfully excavating a Reach Trail Maker
	Name	Red Eagle Cave Painting		N/A	Reginus Buca Reachfolk are not known for their fine art, but their folk art has a rawness of emotion that never fails to impress me. This simple painting depicts the greatest hero in the history of the Reach, the legendary rebel named Red Eagle. Gabrielle Benele Hero, or monster? Red Eagle fought a war of brutal raids and bloody atrocities, terrorizing the Imperial soldiers attempting to pacify the Reach in the 11th century of the First Era. By the end of his rebellion slaughter was all that he knew. Verita Numida A monster in more ways than one. Faolan, the Reach warrior known as Red Eagle, may have been the first Briarheart. The black mark on the chest of the figure in this painting represents Red Eagle's transformation at the hands of the Hagravens.
	Type	Furniture (view furnishing)
	Difficulty	Advanced
	‎‎Lead	Safeboxes, Treasure Chests and Thieves Troves Harrowstorms Harvesting nodes
	Name	Spear Tip of the Reach King		5,000	Reginus Buca During the first era, ten Reach kings ruled the region. We know precious little about the kings themselves, but I came across an Imperial account of a Reach chief named Noldan. When his clan submitted to Imperial forces, he gifted the Imperial commander his flint spear, purportedly dipped in blood. Unfortunately for the Imperial, Noldan coated the spear in lethal poison, not blood. Those who handled it before the deception was discovered suffered miserable deaths. So, let's handle this with care.
	Type	Treasure
	Difficulty	Advanced
	‎‎Lead	Successfully excavating a Ancient Extraction Tool
	Name	Arkthzand Insight Vertex Shroud		N/A	Ugron gro-Thumog Dwarven arms and armor are crafted from alloys whose secrets vanished with the Dwemer, but even after centuries upon centuries they remain stronger than anything we can make today. This particular helm reminds me of an ant with prominent antennas. Hardly the sort of emblem to strike fear into one's enemies, but then again, ants show fearlessness and unity of purpose in their tiny wars. Or perhaps Amalien's habit of unfounded speculation is rubbing off on me.
	Type	Hat (view collectible)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Looted from an Inactive Construct across the broken bridge south of the Library of Arkthzand in Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Dwarven Internal Machinery		N/A	Gabrielle Benele This bizarre component looks like the beating heart of the animunculus with slots to accommodate other pieces. Obviously, we can't read the inscription, but they could be instructions for how to assemble whatever goes around this structure.
	Type	Pet Fragment (Dwarven Scarab)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Mobs in Bthar-Zel, Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Dwarven Scarab Head		N/A	Amalien The plating on the neck allows the head to move back and forth, which might be considered unsettling if the head itself wasn't so adorable. It's the head of a beetle, or scarab, which is quite exciting! An undiscovered animunculus!
	Type	Pet Fragment (Dwarven Scarab)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Mobs in Bthar-Zel, Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Dwarven Segmented Legs		N/A	Gabrielle Benele The design is so delicate I'm almost afraid to handle them too roughly. Not that I don't trust Dwarven craftsmanship, but we should take care not to break them. They look entirely functional, almost like they should be sitting below an overgrown cicada.
	Type	Pet Fragment (Dwarven Scarab)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Mobs in Bthar-Zel, Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Golden Dwarven Thorax		N/A	Gabrielle Benele The shafts here seem to connect to a central frame; something ovoid and squat from the looks of it. Animunculi mimic organic shapes more often than not, so what could this be? An insect of some kind? Difficult to tell.
	Type	Pet Fragment (Dwarven Scarab)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Mobs in Bthar-Zel, Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Faceted Dwarven Wings		N/A	Amalien Wings! How beautiful! Though they're separate from whatever Dwarven creature they made fly, I think it's quite obvious we're dealing with an animunculus that might resemble some kind of beetle. A rather large one, at that!
	Type	Pet Fragment (Dwarven Scarab)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Mobs in Bthar-Zel, Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Sloped Dwarven Stalks		N/A	Amalien Is it just me, or do these look like eyes? Perhaps from an insect, or even a crab! I also detect a hint of blue in what I think are the sockets. Do I dare to consider that these eyes were fashioned from aetherium? Of course I do!
	Type	Pet Fragment (Dwarven Scarab)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Mobs in Bthar-Zel, Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Thin Dwarven Hinges		N/A	Gabrielle Benele Look at the precision here. These hinges seem impossibly small, but they open as easily as a well-greased tavern door. I can't even begin to imagine the tools required for making something like this
	Type	Pet Fragment (Dwarven Scarab)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Mobs in Bthar-Zel, Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern
	Name	Vampiric Stained Glass		N/A	Gabrielle Benele This isn't just a piece of any ordinary glass. There's latent magical energy in this, I can feel it without even touching it. On a hunch, I held it up to the light and I can confirm that it somehow changes the light coming through. Amalien Vampires! Don't you see it? This could confirm that clans once thrived beneath the Reach. I've read accounts of their hidden, mountain bastions being decorated with glass that counteracted dangerous sunlight. Elegant and practical! Reginus Buca I recently read an account of Reach folklore describing a force called the "Night Lords," and how they thirsted for Reach children's blood. I wonder if this could be a remnant of the villains of that story.
	Type	Furniture (view furnishing)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Harrowstorms
	Name	Silver Strand of Syrabane		N/A	Gabrielle Benele This strand is so thin and lustrous I almost thought it was spider silk. Now I see it's actually threaded silver! The only place I've ever seen jewelry like this is around the necks of High Elf Sapiarchs. Amalien It's not High Elf work, Gabrielle. This is Aldmer craftsmanship. Syrabane taught my ancestors how to thread silver like this for talismans and magic pendants. We lost the knack for it though. Classic Altmer, right? We forget all the important stuff! Verita Numida It's certainly lovely on its own, but take a closer look. See the intermittent tarnishing? I'd say someone strung beads or pearls on this. Perhaps both. If what Amalien said about Syrabane's influence is true, some magic pearls might not be far off.
	Type	Mythic Item Fragment (Pearls of Ehlnofey)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	Safeboxes
	Name	Pale Order's Golden Band		N/A	Reginus Buca Here's a pretty thing. Breton make, I should think. But the band is too broad and heavy for simple decoration. It lacks ostentation. Is it just me or does it seem like something's missing? Like this is just part of a greater whole? Ugron gro-Thumog Yeah, we're missing something. See that groove along the inside and these hollows on the top? Curious. Judging by the weight, I'd say this is a knight's ring; a symbol of membership in one of High Rock's older chivalric orders. Gabrielle Benele You're exactly right, Ugron. I've seen a ring like this in Alard Dorell's private collection. It belonged to a Knight of the Pale Order! Defunct now, but rightly feared during the latter years of the Direnni's flight from High Rock.
	Type	Mythic Item Fragment (Ring of the Pale Order)
	Difficulty	Master
	‎‎Lead	"Ancient Text" on a table in Nighthollow Keep