Skyrim Secrets - WTF Really Happened Here? 

okay, listen to this conspiracy: so,Narfi's sister is dead. in a river. who killed her? i think it was Wilhelm. you have another quest where a dark elf has you bring black briar mead to wilhelm illegally. i think Narfi's sister Reyda found out about wilhelm's smuggling deals while out to get plants, so he had to silence her. he then went to kill narfi, and hit him on the head. it didnt kill him, but fucked up his head. the first thing Narfi said after being hit was "Wheres Reyda?" so Wilhelm had to tell him she would be back soon. was good enough for him. thats why when you talk to Wilhelm, he notices Reyda's belongings. now, when the dragon born comes along asking questions, he sends you to Giermands Hall hoping you would go inside and get yourself killed. thats why he also said the thing about the barrow. he see's you asking questions and is trying to indirectly silence you as well.

that river is broken AF. on one side of the bridge, it flows out towards the island. on the other side, it turns into rapids that flow through the village. there's nowhere for water to come in. THIS is the REAL mystery!

2:25, "let's just paddle across the river here" *dragon shadow passes over*

There is a hunter in Ivarstead named Barknor that says to watch out for wolves. But there are bears around Ivarstead, not wolves. And those spots are really easy to get to. So maybe he shot an arrow at a werewolf, and accidentally hit Reyda. And Barknor always has his bow equipped at all times. So Wilhelm is either innocent or he really saw it. But ultimately, the werewolf theory makes sense and this is just a theory on what happened.

In norse mythology, Narfi was one of the two sons of Loki. He was killed when his brother, Váli, was turned into a wolf and Narfi's intestines were used to bind Loki. Could be an indication that the werewolf theory has some weight to it.

Here's what I think: Narfi is indeed a werewolf. He can't get a good night sleep, and when Reyda, his sister, and the only safeport he has, is gone for more than usual, he gets nervous and sometimes he even turns into the beast form. Now, when the Dragonborn turns into a werewolf, he/she "wakes up" in the middle of nowhere, without knowing what happened during the tranformation. Knowing this, it is quite possible that the same happened to Narfi when he transformed. He couldn't control himself, and as you said, he didn't see the difference between friend and foe, and he unconsciously went on a rampage to where he knew his sister went to get alchemy ingredients, in a sense of loyalty and protection. Meanwhile, Wilhelm was hunting some wild animals, rabbits and pheasants, when he noticed a big creature running nearby. He saw Reyda going to the small island earlier and not coming back yet, and the fact that the creature was going in that direction, made him fear for Reyda's life. So he chased the creature to the river, but it was dark and suddently there were two silhouettes near each other. At this time of the night, he assumes that one of the silhouettes is Reyda returning. He unseathes his bow, takes an iron arrow of it's quiver, aims at the bigger silhouette and shoots. A roar is heard. Wilhelm hit the creature. But the creature didn't die, so Wilhem prepares a second iron arrow and aims, but right when he lets the arrow go to meet the target, the creature roars again, which makes Wilhelm shake a bit. The arrow misses it's target for milimeters, and hits the smaller silhouette. A pain scream is heard, then silence. The creature gets on it's knees near the now dead body and holds it in it's big paws. Wilhelm doesn't see any movement, except the head of the creature facing the moon, and then he hears a sad and deep howl. He prepares another arrow, ready to shot the creature in the head, but the creature starts to shrink and he sees a human shapped silhouette. With an arrow still ready to shoot, he gets closer to whatever that is, and when he gets close enough, he notices that it's Narfi, holding Reyda's corpse is his now normal sized arms! He thought about what just happened and when he realized he killed Reyda because Narfi was a werewolf, he panicked and hit Narfi's head with the bow he was holding. Narfi then blacked out. He left Reyda there, not before saying they'd meet again in Sovngarde, and took Narfi back to his home, hoping he wouldn't remember anything from that night, and right after that he sold the bow to Zenithar-knows-who, alongside with the arrows he had left, so he wouldn't be framed for Reyda's disappearance or her murder. Narfi woke up the next morning, not remembering having turned into a werewolf, just like the Dragonborn on his/her first turn, and when he sees Wilhelm, he asks him if he knows where's Reyda, because she hasn't come back home yet. Wilhelm loses the fear of being found out by Narfi, and tells him she'll be home soon. Narfi believes and goes back home. But now Wilhelm, who has a deep sense of duty for Ivarstead, remembers there's a werewolf in the village, and because he's afraid Narfi kills anyone, or even start to ask some questions about some weird memory fragments he could have of that night, he performs the Black Sacrament, and just like that, there's a contract on Narfi. But actually, that's not Wilhelm's only problem. The Dragonborn appears and starts to ask the questions Wilhelm didn't want answered. Hoping Reyda's body didn't stay on the same place for the past year, Wilhelm tells the Dragonborn she was last seen going to the small island to gather alchemy ingredients, and never came back. And in fear that the Dragonborn would answer the questions taht shouldn't be answered, he also tells about a cave there, Geirmund's Hall, a dangerous place Reyda could have got into and died there. The Dragonborn proceeds to discovering what happened to Reyda, and as he/she crosses the river two iron arrows are spotted floating in the river. These are the two arrows Wilhelm shot that night. After closer observation, the Dragonborn notices something under the arrows, on the bottom of the river. A skeleton with an apothecary's satchel identified as Reyda's satchel. More specifically Reyda's skeleton, that stayed half buried for the past year. Once the Dragonborn takes the necklace of the satchel, and shows it to Wilhelm, he panics, and starts to talk nonsense, so the Dragonborn thinks he was unaware of Reyda's death. I'm pretty sure this wraps it all up. ESO please let me know if this theory sounds believable. I love watching your videos, dude, you rock! ;) By the way, sorry for the super long comment lol

Bruh narfi even looks like a werewolf have you seen those sideburns?!?!

Try reverse pickpocketing ring of hircine onto narfi, to see if he turns...

IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT HOW WILHELM AND NARFI SAY THE EXACT SAME THING AFTEF BEING SHOWN THE NECKLACE??!!!

Okay, but I see something a lot more, I dunno, Lovecraftian here. The way nobody else even acknowledges Narfi's existence, Narfi's lunacy, and especially the way that Narfi and Wilhelm say the exact same thing upon hearing that the dragonborn found Reyda. It's so unnerving to me that they would say the exact same thing, it has to be connected somehow, I just don't know how.

and people keep saying skyrim has no story

I've seen Narfi as a werewolf in my game before, I thought it was a random encounter but when it attacked me it's name was Narfi

Narfi is not a werewolf. He is a werebear! Think about it: why would there be no bears encroaching upon the village? The bears are literally on Ivarstead's border and could make their way over and pilfer through the farms and have a wholesome chicken meal before all of Skyrim rushes in and kills them because you know how Nords feel about their chickens. There are bears near the bridge of Ivarstead, the river falls north or Ivarstead and right on the 210 the and higher steps on the throat of the world, yet no encroachment... Bears tend to steer clear of rouge male bears that seem stronger and more aggressive, and what is more aggressive than a male Werebear?

Interesting, I never even thought to investigate the victims prior, it was just a silent assassination with an arrow. Wish I had thought to do this

I know it's an older video but wanted to point out the flaw in the river (which another poster did already) it flows west towards the island from the bridge, but also south east away from the bridge, over a waterfall towards Narfi's family farm. So no way for the body to float upstream from the house, past the town, up the waterfall to make it to the west side of the bridge. You also missed out on a huge "coincidence", Reyna has been missing about a year. The "ghost" of the crypt was first seen about a year prior, after checking the crypt and defeating the "ghost" you find out its a guy who uses a potion he made himself. Who makes potions? Alchemists. What are they made of? Alchemical ingredients, much like what Reyna was collecting. While I like the Narfi as a werewolf who took out a contract on himself out of regret, it's not likely since Astrid gave you the contract to kill Narfi, and she is selling the brotherhoods services not getting missions from the Dark Mother. It's much more likely that the murderous "ghost" killed Reyna when she stumbled on him gathering ingredients for his potion, her position close to the bridge to town helps support she was heading back to town or home from the island when she died. He then had to pay for the Brotherhood to kill Narfi, who was bringing too much attention to Reyna's death with his drunken ramblings and rantings.

OK so my theory: Narfi is a werewolf, Rayda goes to pick flowers, Wilheim knows Narfi is a werewolf, Narfi kills Rayda, Wilheim tries to shoot Narfi to prevent Rayda from dying.. Too late.....

It would be so cool if they introduced a new guild in the new Elder Scrolls VI game that let u attempt to solve mysteries like this one, really enjoyed this video Danny, gj man!

What if Narfi is a wherewolf, killed Reyda, and Wilhelm saw this happen and tried shooting Narfi, who was a wherewolf at the time. Then when he realized later that the werewolf he saw kill Reyda was in fact Narfi, he called upon the dark brotherhood to kill Narfi before Narfi killed again.

good theory but what if nafi's sister reyda was the werewolf and thats why she goes out away from village so she doesn't kill anybody and its reyda as a werewolf that destroyed the trees and not a bear then one night wilhelm went out to hunt and saw the werewolf and killed it with iron arrows then seeing reyda was the werewolf he panicked and buried her body half in the mud at bottom of river so her body wouldn't float to top and he forgets to pick up all of the arrows leaving two behind..

I reckon Wihelm performed the black sacrament... using Reydas body. Then dumped her body in the river. Used it as a contract to kill Narfi who as a werewolf killed his mother and father, and it's him whos the reason people leave town because he's a werewolf

Not gonna question the fucking daedra heart in her bag?

Okay so here's my story about it. Wilhelm is actually a werewolf as well, in fact everyone in the town is a werewolf, that is why everyone tells you not to stay in town and you should get out as soon as possible, except for Raeda and Narfi, they lived on the other side of the river by themselves and never became werewolves. One day Raeda was out getting ingredients on the island when she came across the cave for her first time and decided to look around it for ingredients. She stayed out a little too late and Narfi gets worried so he leaves the house to come and look for her. That night Wilhelm was out preparing to hunt small game and such around the village like he normally does when Narfi shows up and sees him turn. Wilhelm attacks Narfi biting him and about to kill him when his sister shows up and starts shooting what few arrows she has at him. Wilhelm then turned on to her and attacked her. After she was killed the night had almost run out and Wilhelm turned back into a human and saw what he had done. Raeda was dead and Narfi was still alive and was turned into a werewolf. Afraid of what Narfi would do if he found out he killed his sister Wilhelm threw her corpse into the river along with all her belongings, her satchel and a few arrows. He then took Narfi back to the inn to treat his wounds before he woke up. The shock of the incident left Narfis mind shattered and broken. He didn't remember anything but Wilhelm was still uneasy about having Narfi be a werewolf so he hired the brotherhood to kill him before Narfi hurt someone in the village or remembered about the attack and enacted his revenge.

I believe Narfi is a werewolf... When i gave him Reyda's necklace he gave me HUMAN FLESH AND A HUMAN HEART.

In my first playthrough I only discovered Ivarstead when doing the dark brotherhood. I was like:" Oh a big mountain, neat. Can I like climb that?" I just went up to the throat of the world like it was nothing.

On the way to high rothgar, you meer a hunter who is praying to one of the little shrines, he DOES have a bow...

I always thought the whole family was assinated. No proof of that with the parents, but it seemed a bit strange to me that the entire family seemed to have died. Reyda could have been sniped by a dark brotherhood member on her way back to the village. That could absolutley explain why there are two floating arrows above her corpse. Who's to say their parents weren't also murdered by an assassin? It also seemed fairly strange to me that no one in the village seemed to want to at least help Narfi. No one talked about fixing up his house a bit so he wouldn't freeze to death, he appears to gather his own food, in fact, most of the townsfolk seem to ignore the fact that he even exists. Especially with Narfi being 'harmless'. It's also pretty damn clear they want you out of there quick, while also really pushing the whole 'there's nothing to see here' excuse. This dosent explain the strange dialogue that Wilhelm gives you if you present him the amulent. Could be a glitch. Could be something else. Ivarstead has always given me a subtle Hackdirt vibe. Something is off about that whole town. and I think the game gives you just enough to know that things aren't normal around there. I'd really like to know how Reyda and Narfi's parents died. Reyda and Narfi were murdered. Were their parents as well? There's a lot of questions here that dont seem to have answers. I think the whole family had a hit out on them. My question is who ordered the hit, and why?

The werewolf theory makes Narfi sometimes giving you raw meat/human flesh as a reward for bringing him Reyda’s neckace make sense

Could it be that the unique bow in the cave is the bow used to kill Reyda?

Narfi seems like he could be a member of the companions inner circle - he's a drunk and a werewolf

8:04 "If you go inside the cave though , there are just a few hundred mushrooms and some HARMLESS skeevers" He said while being attacked by them. "Wtf dude it just ripped of my arm , but they are so sweet lookin"

Here's some interesting tid bits of Nordic lore: In chapter 50 of Gylfaginning, to punish Loki for his crimes, the Æsir turn his son Váli into a wolf and he dismembers his brother, "Nari or Narfi", whose entrails are then used to bind their father. Narfi may have originally been a demon of the dead, whose name could be related to the Old Norse word nár, "corpse" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narfi_and_Nari

I love these detective ESO episodes. Easily overlooked, wouldn't miss out on much by not discovering or overlooking it, and yet another fine example of the amount of thought and detail that went into this game to make the world so deep and chock full of detail. I think the fact that there's *two* arrows floating rules out that it was an accident.. but by who? And why? Cruel cruel world.

Good to see the skyrim videos back again

13:37 i could see ESO asking himself to kill or not to kill 😂😂

So, here's my theory. Narfi was always crazy. His sister AND wilhelm both knew this. Wilhelm was possibly at some point in a relationship with reyda, which is why he knows so much about narfi. About how he reacts and what he says. Now, Reyda was a werewolf. She would go out, away from the village, in order to protect the villagers and keep her secret. The only one that knew this, is Narfi. but as previously mentioned, narfi is crazy. Now, who has a bow, and isn't at all a part of the town? The hunters on the path to high hrothgar. One day, reyda went up the mountain and took 2 arrows in werewolf form. She ends up reverting on her way back, dying from the injuries and falling into the river. The hunters even specifically say "not much more than wolves" despite there not really even being wolves on the mountain. Reyda would likely go to the island, gather herbs, hide the bag somewhere, transform, go hunting, revert, return to the spot she hides her bag and then go home. Because she was mortally injured, she tried to grab her bag to make some sort of healing salve or something, but died before she could either save herself or return home. The contract is likely simply from some other villager that's tired of having a raving lunatic in the town. Narfi makes werewolf comments because reyda was one for potentially years, and may even have been who killed narfi's parents. Due to this relationship, and his insanity, he may have ended up thinking he's a werewolf, despite not being one, due to being related. Potentially even being crazy enough to think the curse would move to him if she was dead, thus the two wildly different responses in terms of sleep. It's possible that even his parents were werewolves as well, though doesn't seem quite as likely.

Ok so Narfi turns into a werewolf while his sister is at the island then we she comes back he attacked her then she ran to the river where wilhelm try’s to help her but he accidentally hits narfi’s sister and kills her but since narfi was in werewolf form he didn’t remember what happened to his sister. But wilhelm doesn’t want narfi to remember what happened so he has the dark brotherhood kill him

here is my theory:if you kill a chicken the guards try to arrest you becouse the chicken secretly rule the entire tamriel

One of my theories: Reyda came back late one night and saw Wilhelm's smuggling partner(s) (evidenced by the dark elf delivery quest involving Black Briar Mead), who murdered her and sank her body near the bridge. Wilhelm has a strong suspicion about what happened, but can't prove it, and isn't about to start an investigation as it would reveal his own illegal dealings and cause suspicion to turn on him. He is torn apart by the guilt, and tries to be kind to Narfi, but can't do too much without raising eyebrows. This explains why her body is close to the bridge, is partially buried and not floating down the current, was killed by iron arrows (but no one in town has a bow, i.e. the smuggling partner did it), and could explain Wilhelm's panic upon seeing her necklace, as it could mean you found evidence and he might be incriminated. How this ties to the DB contract? Not sure. If you complete the Narfi quest first, it may suggest that either Wilhelm or his smuggling partners panic because of possible resurfaced evidence and decide to take out any possible witness ties by killing Narfi through the DB so they can't be tied to it. If you take the DB contract first, you will never complete the Narfi quest, so it's a complete mystery then... I do really want to know how and why both Reyda and Narfi have Daedra hearts on them though..........

What if Narfi was a violent alchocholic, and Reyda faked her death to get away from him? And then SHE ordered the contract for Narfi's death

love the depth there is in this video, really covers it well. never knew about this mystery during my first play through, thanks!

My theory is that Wilhelm was out hunting one late evening/night and he accidentally killed Reyda on her way home from the island (coming home soon like the moon). I think Narfi witnessed her murder and being unable to cope with it, he develops a second personally (a child-like personality). Wilhelm also says that Narfi only started acting the way he does after Reyda's disappearance. Wilhelm then realizes that Narfi knows what happened. Narfi does say his sister is in the clouds. This could explain why Wilhelm acts the way he does when you bring him the amulet and reason for the Dark Brotherhood contract for Narfi.

It was the deer in the river that killer Narfi!!! 13:55

Well we know that Narfi is a target for someone using the Dark Brotherhood. Maybe Reyda was a previous Dark Brotherhood target and a year later they have come to clean up the family? I dunno but those arrows in the river have to mean something and my first thought is assassination.

I remember doing this quest about narfi and never thought twice about it as I was replaying there is a guy just outside of ivardstead on the way up the 10,000 steps....with a bow and a tonne of iron of arrows....coincidence??

Who else had no idea about Narfi's mission?

how the hell skyrim could be this complex. I though this DB contract on him is just a potato lazy quest from dev. I am shocked that it actually has a back story.

11:44 he has the same dialog as narfi, I think is probably a mistake by Bethesda idk is super weird

ESO, you make the simplest looking things be complex. I LOVE IT! 💛👍

Maybe a mudcrab killed her.

I have been through this city and cave before and NEVER would have found her body... How cool was this...!

Your character is female and is actually wearing clothes...? Respect for that.

This was extremely interesting. I've been playing skyrim since day one and I never knew this line of quests even existed. Thanks for this video and you have a new sub.

Bethesda better announce The elder scrolls VI this year on E3

Wonderful video! Even after so many years, your videos keep me on Skyrim!

If I remember,at the Gaulderson sites except Saarthal,there are dead"adventurers".Daynas Valen is looking into the Gaulderson Legend and hired the cutthroats who tried to rob him to help.So there could have been something dangerous on the island neither werewolf or draugr,and bandits use iron arrows mostly

I like your approach to much of these topics, that, while some cover here or there...you do it in a different, more "covered" way that I like and appreciate. :D I like your playfull explorative nature on these matters.

I know it's late but hope this helps here my theory; So adding to some of your story, Narfi is a werewolf that's why he admires the moon. Reyda is gathering ingredients trying to cure Narfi however both their parents don't like the idea, hence the reason why they left Narfi and try to convice Reyda to go with them but failed. During Reyda's attempt of curing Narfi it's possible that she started a fire or something that broke the house down. Villagers started to get scared and probably warned her not to try that again. Reyda of course ignored them due to the fact he really wanted Narfi cured. Villagers started leaving and some that stayed got tired of it and decided to just kill her. As for Wilhelm well he is the inn keeper so it's possible that he knew the villagers' plan or possibly involve. Wilhelm with his guilt of not telling Narfi he decided to look after Narfi just a little bit. I'm pretty sure Wilhelm is the one providing him all that mead whereelse can Narfi get it. Now villagers started to catch on that Narfi would not be easily killed due to his werewolf cursed so they instead hire a professional that's when the brotherhood comes in.

I killed Narfi. Then I broke down and revived him with console commands.

First video of yours I have seen. (sorry) I like this video better than most of the other Skyrim videos, because you explain your theories as you go instead of just running through the quest and trying to explain it afterwards. New sub here!

Very very good investigative work. Im impressed by ur fortitude for such a lenghty and relatively low reward story line that seemed scrapped or forgotten by devs

Is no one going to mention that the reaction from Wilhelm should not be used as any sort of evidence because it's clearly not what they planned to have happen. What he says when you give the necklace to him is identical to Narfi's reaction, voice and all. Its probably just an oversight from a development standpoint for when you give someone the necklace it has that as the only response, and he probably had a reaction that ended up being cut.

I have found a clue about what happened to her, it was never murder but she stumbled upon a slaughterfish nest.

Two things I'd like to highlight : 1. We could've tried becoming a werewolf next to Narfi to see how he reacts. 2. The quote Wilhelm says when you give him the necklace is the exact same one Narfi says when you show it to him.

I love how when he selects a question he reads it out like he's actually talking to them

This theory was soo cool. :) Happy to see theory videos from skyrim. If you can, please make more of these.

I think the real question is... how did Reyda manage to grab a Daedra heart? Did she buy it? Unlikely in Ivarstead. Did she find it? Again, unlikely unless she somehow got it from the Barrows or the Cave. Did she straight up murder a Daedra and rip out its heart? I doubt she would've died to two iron arrows after murdering a Daedra. I know Daedra like to meddle in Tamriel but I doubt there's a significant enough dead Daedra to create a market full of Daedra Hearts available for purchase. The only other option is to find it randomly in a chest or tomb with the last possible option being harvesting organs directly from Outsiders of another plane of existence.

So if you are in the dark brotherhood you‘ll get a quest to kill Narfi. Wilhelm has probably did the black sacrement for Narfi and Reyda or one of the two. It would explain that a dark brotherhood member killed Reyda on the way to the island with a bow and arrow.

Stories within stories and mysteries even in the smallest of towns. Good game with lots of things to do and discover. This is why Skyrim has become my all time favorite.

I thought that, when Wilhelm acts like that when you show him Reyda's necklace, it was a glitch and that Narfi's dialogue got mixed up with him. I guess not... strange.

10:30 - Actually, when someone is drowning they don't call for help, and don't even splash around much.

When i did a playthrough as an Evil Dragonborn (with lorefriendly mods) i did that quest. Used Reyda's arrows to put him out of his misery. There's a bit of poetry to one of the arrows that killed his sister.

*Crazy voice* : I can't see you are you go? You hiding? Hide hide hide hide. *Was given a coin, most casual and kind voice* : Oh thank you, bless your kind heart. *Crazy voice when asked question* : Hide Hide Hide. come out! Out! Soon like moon boom!

I killed Narfi. I don't care. Hail Sithis.

Narfi and Wilhelm say the same thing when you show them the necklace

Did you happen to notice that Reyda had a Dedra Heart in her satchel? I don't think she found that while she was out picking ingredients.

Great observations. I did this quest, and though about her death, but never thought about him being a werewolf. But, it makes sense. OR... he's just a dog changed by a wizard.

Wilhelm did 911

Lol I never knew he had a quest, I found Reyda's dead body and just thought of it as free loot and went on my way, then got the DBH quest to kill Narfi and that was that.

I just want to say that i love your guides and also your voice! Im getting new PC so im gonna use your and UI's mod list (the ''Core'' one) why do i mension that... well for flex of course

Mhan, when i play skyrim, i never got this load of immersion before :D. You da boss

Hey ESO. There is one problem, Narfi is blind, Nazir confirms this. " Good job, you killed a blind begger."

To be fair, the theory is sweet... But it have some holes. 1: The two arrows... If Reyda goes to an island that hold no danger in order to pick herbs, she most definatly did not have reason to bring a bow or arrows of any sort. Furthermore, we see no quiver, no weapons with her. Two arrows suddenly popping to the surface? Suggests they been lodged in the body and presumedly they been picked loose by the current 2: Location The body is placed in the stream OPPOSIT of the house. If Narfi had indeed been a werewolf and killed her, why would he go across the stream at their house, dump her MID STREAM along the village, where there is plenty of chance to be spotted, without anyone mentioning it? The fact that Reyda's skeleton is covered in some sediment and did not blow to the surface suggests that by the time the corpse is dumped, she'd have been dead for a while as a corpse will normally otherwise bloat due to internal gasses and be pulled to the surface, which would then have dragged her corpses BACK to the herb isles and further out into sea if it did not wash up underway 3: Her items There is herbs in her satchel. She was clearly headed back from the Island. Wilhelm knows of her schedule but there does not seem to be any greater cause for him to kill her. The village is far away from anything and there is nothing that suggests she would give him trouble, even if she knew he smuggeled stuff. Reyda have spent time gathering materials to sustain them both. Perhaps Narfi were an alcoholic BEFORE her death as well? We previously seen siblings care for another that drank away all the cash 4: Behaviour Willhelms answer to the necklace is not "Oh no, you found her". It actually suggests he might have known their parents and knows Narfi in a different manner. The fact he directly quotes Narfi's "Never got to say goodbye" suggest that Narfi might actually be mentally challenged rather than anything else. It would also explain why Willhelm cannot bare to tell him the truth. And if that is the case, Narfi is unable to take care of himself, yet he got all he needs. Perhaps our dear innkeeper actually brings him food and drink to sustain him, feeling sorry that his sister left? Theorem: Reyda is extremely close to the village, yet her skeleton seem to have no clothes and is located with two arrows floating to the surface (I presume in some instances, they will be lodged in the ground underwater, explaining why you ain't seen them before) proving that she was murdered. A bow is not a close-up weapon and considering how close she is to the shore, it is quite possible she been shot from the other side, OUTSIDE of town and have dropped into the water whilst weighted down by equipment. As her body have decomposed, clothes have slowly vanished yet more sturdy items, such as her leather satchel, the wood of the arrows and the arrow heads (The arrows as a whole) have remained there. Sediment have layered atop of her and local wildlife have eaten away at the corpse slowly, explaining why she have not surfaced or been taken by the stream. Considering she is just a herb picker and her brother is a target for the Brotherhood, perhaps she have been a previous target of another aspirant? Such would explain why she been killed from a distance outside of eyeshot, still have her most valueable belongings (Necklace and herbs) and nobody have heard or seen her. Same as with Narfi. An easy and seemingly random target to prove yourself. Frankly, I think we need to look at a bigger picture. We see the black sacrement and know that the Dark Brotherhood been pushed back over several turns.. A year ago, we are talking the start of the civil war, the Brotherhood still having some leeway. And we also know as a fact that after the main questline, you are often sent to far-flung towns to take care of seemingly useless targets. I think Reyda been just that.. A more or less random target for an initiate. What further debunks the werewolf theory is that any place where werewolves have been sighted, they are either feral or very well aware of the fact that they are werewolves.. And the citizens know too.. A small village like this, you would notice if people were killed by a werewolf, if such a creature was lurking nearby and so forth. Narfi do not seem to have a greater intellect that would make him capable of hiding this... Conclussion: The evidence do not, at any point, point towards a werewolf attack. No matter what angle we take this from, it do not explain the two arrows. Willhelm might have a motive, but that is vague and it is based on a lot of hunting goods... But while there are no hunters in direct proximity to High Hrothgar, we do actually see them around in the terrain.. Suggesting that they sell it. Alternatively, pilgrims bring it to town to cover costs. The fact that Willhelm does not immediatly own a bow, nobody mentions that he vanish to hunt (Yet knows the coming and going of most) there is no real evidence connecting him to any of this. The two arrows is our only clue to a genuine crime. Werewolves do not use bows, Not Narfi nor Willhelm seemingly owns a bow, nothing was taken from the corpse yet she was killed, seemingly within city perimeter.. But at a distance... On a route she travels often... In a region scarce on bandits or indeed any real dangers.. The two arrows are the key...

3:33 he sure is a werewolf remember when he said soon... very soon. Soon, like the moon!

I always thought it was the “ghost” from the barrow, because of the time it happened around. I didn’t even consider the smugglers lol I did consider the inn keeper, in the sense that perhaps he thought she went from alchemist to evil mage raising spirits like the one from the barrow 🤷🏻‍♀️

I can't quite piece it all together, and these suggestions about werewolves and narfi killing her is bit mad.. BUT if anyone looks deeper, you should check: any possible relation to the mysterious black sacrament found in Black Briar home in Riften (seeing as that is a sacrament no one knows who for, and also given that there is a quest about black briar mead related to Wilhelm) what if Narfi or Reyda were aware of this, and any informer could of messed up Black Briar business? They are a powerful family.. Or check links to: Rorikstead, we all know the mystery of that place, and how it's farm is the best in Skyrim, despite it's geological place in the land, with no mountains next to the village, tundra winds should destroy it.. Narfis family was a farming family, and Ivarstead makes 100% a better location for a farm, due to the amount of nutrients around there, natural wind break from High Hrothgar, lush soil and a body water nearby.. Maybe the farmers of Rorikstead were aware of the competition, and have killed Narfis family over the years, since they were the farmers and had an alchemist in the family.. I mean, the healer of Rorikstead has ties to the daedra as we've found out... I have no evidence backing either of these two claims, but they could be linked without a doubt. I think this mystery is something that spreads out further than just Ivarstead, I believe if you guys search other towns or villages that might have logical ties to this (like I said, maybe Riften or Rorikstead) I think you'll edge closer..

Honestly,this makes sense.... The theory that Narfi is a werewolf would be reasonable. Why would he have a contract on him? He could’ve become a werewolf and killed... His sister? Werewolves usually don’t remember what happened to them while in their ‘beast form’. While his sister was gathering her items on the island,he may have killed her while a werewolf. But that doesn’t explain the arrows... Though,Wilhelm could’ve tried shooting Narfi while watching him maybe kill her. Maybe Wilhelm loved Narfi’s sister,wanting to protect a love interest. The arrows might’ve just stayed afloat in the water as Narfi the werewolf ran away. Reyda could’ve been killed in the water while trying to escape the wrath of her brother,resulting in her body and two arrows being found in the water. Also,the unexplained reason of why both Wilhelm and Narfi had the same dialogue when showed Reyda’s necklace is,well,suspicious. The why they were both very distressed about it,which is not unusual for Narfi,but Wilhelm..?.. Not something you’d expect that man to say,since he seems so sane.... Also,Narfi may not be getting much sleep because of being a werewolf and that he knows his sister is dead,just doesn’t want to admit it. Five stages of grief,just stuck in the same stage. Doesn’t want to let go of his sister’s demise. But that brings me back to my theory that Wilhelm may have had an affair with Reyda.. He seemed close to the girl,knowing a lot about her. Maybe wanting to save her from her brother’s sharp claws,resulting in the arrows... Or I’m just creating a dumb theory that makes no sense.

Its lore like this that has made me fall in love with this game

The current shows that it flows towards the island, but while you're zooming out you can see waterfalls on the other side of the river. It would have to flow the opposite way or there has to be some sort of natural spring there around the river bend that allows it to flow both ways XD @ 16:30

If you go across the bridge and keep walking there's a cave and there's a bandit that has a bow so I think the bandit saw her and missed a shot and she ran back to the village but got shot down on the bridge and chucked in the water and when her body decayed the arrows floated to the top of the water

13:00 Wilhelm could also be Reyda’s lover.

I love this video ESO keep up the great work

And another nice story. I love these kind of video's. Remind me how in depth Bethesda makes there games...

If Narfi killed her as a werewolf, the arrows wouldnt have been there.

The way Wilhelm and Narfi say the same line in the same sort of expression and emotion is creepy, what if Wilhelm is say a biological father to Narfi it would explain why they both have that creepy personality split. Maybe Reyda was coming between Wilhelm or knew a secret about him so he himself did the black sacrament, an then as soon as Narfi began going really loopy an asking questions he also recommended an assassination attempt on him which costed his life??

i like the narfi is a werewolf part and i think the arrows weren't a distraction, but from somebody shooting as narfi when they saw him as a werewolf

When I saw this video and realised I had previously figured this all out by myself whilst playing, you can imagine how proud I was...

Did somsone tried reverse pickpocketing the Ring of Hircine on him to see if something happens?

My question is if there are falls below how is the water flowing the opposite way?

You are quite the Skyrim detective! :)

Vampire Movarth has written a book about his travels in Skyrim. He mentiones Ivarstead where he stopped for a "snack". He is the one who killed Reyda.