im really creeped out D: : V

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:53 am

just killed some draugr guarding some chest outside and out of no where there is this ghost of a man on a ghost horse and he doesnt have a head...

he's called "headless horseman"

im pressing x on him but he's just looking at me lol

what the hell am i supposed to do with him? hahaha

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:17 am

It's a pretty old easter egg

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:10 am

so its an easter egg!

i thought he is part of a quest or something...

its the first time ive seen him!

creepy...

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:09 am

Spoiler

You can't really interact with him and AFAIK there is no quest associated with him. I've heard speculation that he's meant to be the ghost of Ragnar the Red, who rode to Rorikstead and lost his head there. The event was immortalized in a song you may hear someday if you come across a bard who sings it.

You can follow him if you like, he appears and rides all over the place seemingly at random. However if the chest and draugr you are referring to are in an old outdoor graveyard somewhere on the tundra west or northwest of Whiterun, between there and Rorikstead, you may already be in the place where you would end up if you followed him long enough.

I have seen him all over and only followed him once, and it seemed like that's where he ended up and then he disappeared. You may have been there just when he was returning from one of his rides, or maybe he spawns there and then rides around and returns and you just happened to be there when he spawned.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:25 am

Haha I has the save reaction when I first saw him, haha its really weird

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:57 pm

Spoiler

You can't really interact with him and AFAIK there is no quest associated with him. I've heard speculation that he's meant to be the ghost of Ragnar the Red, who rode to Rorikstead and lost his head there. The event was immortalized in a song you may hear someday if you come across a bard who sings it.

You can follow him if you like, he appears and rides all over the place seemingly at random. However if the chest and draugr you are referring to are in an old outdoor graveyard somewhere on the tundra west or northwest of Whiterun, between there and Rorikstead, you may already be in the place where you would end up if you followed him long enough.

I have seen him all over and only followed him once, and it seemed like that's where he ended up and then he disappeared. You may have been there just when he was returning from one of his rides, or maybe he spawns there and then rides around and returns and you just happened to be there when he spawned.

ooo that just gives me the willies just thinking about him riding around skyrim at night! :confused:

i reckon that there will be a quest added on for him in future dlc? its just screaming for something!

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:38 am

Follow him!

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:13 pm

Follow him!

i have, i know the location because thats where i found him haha

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:19 am

I actually never met the headless horseman even after 200 hours of Skyrimming. Hmm.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:28 am

just killed some draugr guarding some chest outside and out of no where there is this ghost of a man on a ghost horse and he doesnt have a head...

he's called "headless horseman"

im pressing x on him but he's just looking at me lol

what the hell am i supposed to do with him? hahaha

He looked at you?!

Yeah, that's pretty creepy.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:04 am

He looked at you?!

Yeah, that's pretty creepy.

yeah its kinda hard to explain, he was facing his chest and arms at me lol

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:30 pm

I actually never met the headless horseman even after 200 hours of Skyrimming. Hmm.

Same, and I am the exploring type too. I guess I scare him away

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:55 pm

I haven't seen that guy in ages. I encountered him on my first play through, it was pretty freaky.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:41 am

Same, and I am the exploring type too. I guess I scare him away

be careful out there...

some say he gallops across the wastelands of the tundra at the dead of night...searching for something.... or someone.

as he gallops away across the pitch dark lands, he is the only thing iluminating his path ahead like the lost soul he is...

hush talks, and whispers are mentioned around local inn's but no one dares to see him.

some say that if he finds you, he will only want one thing from you... and that is your head, so that he can find his way back to sovngarde

be careful out there traveller

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:56 am

be careful out there...

some say he gallops across the wastelands of the tundra at the dead of night...searching for something.... or someone.

as he gallops away across the pitch dark lands, he is the only thing iluminating his path ahead like the lost soul he is...

hush talks, and whispers are mentioned around local inn's but no one dares to see him.

some say that if he finds you, he will only want one thing from you... and that is your head, so that he can find his way back to sovngarde

be careful out there traveller

Maybe I should mentions I wear armor with a bloody hand print and ride a dark horse with glowing red eyes.

Maybe that is the issue

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:43 am

Maybe I should mentions I wear armor with a bloody hand print and ride a dark horse with glowing red eyes.

Maybe that is the issue :biggrin:

lol if thats the case then i guess the headless horseman would nope.jpg the hell away from you hahaha

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:02 am

I came across him once during a civil war meeting. He galloped by but I couldn't follow him fast enough on foot

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:00 am

I actually never met the headless horseman even after 200 hours of Skyrimming. Hmm.

neither have i :ermm:

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:26 am

some say he gallops across the wastelands of the tundra at the dead of night...searching for something.... or someone.

as he gallops away across the pitch dark lands, he is the only thing iluminating his path ahead like the lost soul he is...

hush talks, and whispers are mentioned around local inn's but no one dares to see him.

some say that if he finds you, he will only want one thing from you... and that is your head, so that he can find his way back to sovngarde

But all we know is: He's called the ghost Stig!

Sorry, I couldn't resist making a Top Gear reference.... :tongue:

I've only encountered him once or twice, and I couldn't keep up with him. My girlfriend encountered him...chasing his own ghost horse. We don't know how it happened, but he got dismounted somehow, his horse took off, and he chased after it. It was sad, really. Poor guy must have panicked and lost his head in all the excitement. No, wait....

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:37 am

There's also an other ghost, an ancient Nord, in Kjenstag Ruins, Hjaalmarch. If you follow him, whenever you find him, he will lead you to where he is buried along with a minor loot (the only cool thing is the Staff of Magelight). After that he will disappear and there's no quest connected to him, just a hint to find some nice free items.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:20 am

ooo that just gives me the willies just thinking about him riding around skyrim at night! :confused:

I usually see him in the country between Whiterun and Rorikstead, and sometimes further east up where the road north from Whiterun runs into the Pale, but I have also encountered him as far away as the road between Dragonbridge and Solitude. That gave me quite a shock as I always assumed he was local to the tundra. Oh and I saw him in the Reach once too, on the road that runs roughly east/west from there into Whiterun hold.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:04 am

I actually never met the headless horseman even after 200 hours of Skyrimming. Hmm.

i met him the first and only time at almost 600 hours of playing

have fun waiting for him

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:48 pm

Apparently there's a ghost sabrecat roaming around as well. I've seen it, and I've seen it mentioned several times on these forums.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:45 am

neither have i :ermm:

Me three.... and @Ego_Alter, the ghost cat is part of Froki Whetted Blade's quest chain.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:24 pm

Apparently there's a ghost sabrecat roaming around as well. I've seen it, and I've seen it mentioned several times on these forums.

there is a ghost sabre cat, a ghost bear and a crab I think. There is a quest line you can take for a hunter and his young son to kill certain spirits. While its been quite some time since I did this quest (only once with my first character last Nov) I know I killed the sabre cat before getting the quest to.