Skyrim’s Dragonborn sends you to ash-choked Solstheim after Miraak’s cultists brand you a false prophet. All-Maker stones enslave the Skaal; Black Books open Apocrypha; Hermaeus Mora bargains as the first Dragonborn steals souls and claims the title.

In this Elder Scrolls & Philosophy story overview, Dr. Andrew Snyder traces Raven Rock through Miraak’s temple, Neloth’s Black Book hunt, and Storn’s sacrifice to the duel where the seeker of knowledge is consumed by it, leaving Solstheim free.