A small milling town in southern Whiterun Hold. It located at the foot of the Throat of the World, on the banks of the White River. It is often a place you will find the storytellers that use YouTube, a media distribution platform, to begin their playing of the game affectionately called Skyrim. Let’s take a look at what this town looks like. In the scene below we have the lumber mill owned and operated by one of the original families of the town. Gerdur and Hod are the owners along with their son Frodnar. You can see the smithy (blacksmith) Alvor, working the grinding stone under the roof of the forge. Faendal, a Wood Elf walking down the street near the Riverwood Trader, a local general goods store.
Here you can see the lumber mill, logs that are being cut, and a view across the White River as it runs through the town. This view follows the road that leads to another town, more of a fort and crossroads town named Helgen located north of Riverwood.
Next, is a view of “The Sleeping Giant Inn” owned by Delphine, a person with a history beyond being the owner of the Inn. The local town drunk who goes by the name of Embry, and two of the children Dorthe, daughter of Alvor and Sigrid, and Frodnar, son of Gerdur and Hod seen on the front porch of the inn.
