The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: The Story Up To A Cornered Rat — Spoiler-Free Recap

Where did you stop?

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Paste your Steam profile — we read which story milestones you've unlocked and drop you on the right chapter. Never past your real progress, and nothing is stored.

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THE ROAD AHEAD IS HIDDENlength unknown — as it should be

the recap only covers the story up to your save point — it cannot spoil what it never sees

Where you stand

Previously, on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim…

You are the Dragonborn, the one soul who can absorb dragon souls and stop Alduin, the great black dragon devouring the world. You just braved the Ratway sewers beneath the city of Riften to find Esbern, an old archivist of the dragon-hunting Blades.

- WHERE: The Ratway, deep under Riften - QUEST: "A Cornered Rat" — tracking down Esbern, the last man who knows how Alduin can be beaten

RIGHT NOW: Get Esbern safely out of hiding and away from the elven Thalmor hunting him.

reveals exactly one chapter ahead — never how many remain