Lore:Bow of Shadows

The Bow of Shadows

The Bow of Shadows is a Daedric artifact that, according to legend, was forged by the Daedric Prince Nocturnal. The legendary ranger, Raerlas Ghile, was granted the Bow for a secret mission that failed. The Bow was lost, though Raerlas is said to have used it to take scores of his foes down with him. The Bow is said to grant the user invisibility and increased speed.

The last living dwarf, Yagrum Bagarn, at one point befriended the sorcerer Divayth Fyr. At Fyr's behest, Yagrum Bagarn wrote a book that would later be known as Tamrielic Lore from the notes that he gathered over the centuries, listing the Bow of Shadows among various items of "unimaginable significance". By the Interregnum, copies of this book circulated throughout Tamriel, providing some general information on the artifact to its readers.

Many sightings of the Bow of Shadows have been reported; it is said that the Second Era Dunmer assassin Dram once wielded it. Dram likely used the Bow during the Battle of Hunding Bay, when he shot Prince A'tor with the poisoned arrow that eventually killed him. Dram also made use of the bow during the rebellion of Stros M'Kai, led by the Restless League, most notably in battle against Cyrus the Redguard.

Near the end of the Third Era, the Bow came into the possession of a necromancer named Goris the Maggot King. In 3E 427, the Nerevarine killed Goris and his accomplice Luven in the Venim Ancestral Tomb, a tomb in the Grazelands of Vvardenfell which Goris used as a lair. The Nerevarine then retrieved the Bow. Later that year, the Bow was sold to Torasa Aram and put on display in her Museum of Artifacts in Mournhold.

Previous Owners:

• Raerlas Ghile
• Dram
• Goris the Maggot King
• Torasa Aram

Gallery

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  Dram wielding the Bow (Redguard website art)

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  Dram wielding the Bow (Redguard cinematic art)

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  Dram wielding the Bow (Redguard)

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  As seen in Morrowind

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  Goris the Maggot King with the bow in the background among his belongings

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  As seen in Skyrim

Notes

• The Bow of Shadows appeared in TES III: Morrowind. Dram appeared wielding a bow in TES Adventures: Redguard, although it is never identified as the Bow of Shadows. It later appeared in TES V: Skyrim with the Bow of Shadows Creation.

See Also

• For game-specific information, see the Morrowind, Elder Scrolls Online, and Skyrim^CC articles.