Lore:Throat of the World

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The highest peak in the province of Skyrim (roughly in the center of the province) and the highest in all of Tamriel, not counting Red Mountain, the Vvardenfell volcano in Morrowind. The legends of the Nords state that mankind was formed on the mountain when the sky breathed onto the land. The Song of Return tells of the Nords returning to their original homeland from Atmora, when Ysgramor settled in Skyrim. Many pilgrims travel to the mountain and climb the Seven Thousand Steps to High Hrothgar, where the most ancient and honored Greybeards live in absolute silence to become more attuned to the voice of the sky.