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One thing you will notice once you entered the Palace of the Kings is that it's "bigger". Every piece of architecture is made overall bigger, which brings a massive and dynamic atmosphere that I wanted for this old castle with great history. Ulfrc has his own army of housecarls just as how actual Nordic kings had their own army of húskarls. There are 2 sellswords to guard the war room and a new servant who is a son of Sifnar Ironkettle, also a servant, and a master huntsman (a title given to the court's appointed huntsman) named Hasbir who goes out to hunt animals in the wild and brings the carcasses back to the castle. Also, there are several Stormcloak Recruits who were granted the honor of guarding the palace. 2 of the preexisting living quarters are now renamed to show their distinctive purposes and are remodeled as well. WIndhelm Barracks, also known as Windhelm Bloodworks, is also remodeled to have more beds for every guard to sleep in and to actually look like one of the headquarters of the Stormcloak army. There are several new interiors including Bath Hall, Old Library, Old Prison, Abandoned Living Quarters, Palace of the Kings Cellar, Palace of the Kings Underground, and the new alchemy shop called "Freyja's Potions".



It's an old castle, so there are now many parts of the palace abandoned for ages and some of them are said to be "haunted". The rumors with Palace of the Kings Underground holds that there are still the spirits of Ancient Snow Elves left for dead in its prison cells. The Cellar is strictly off-limits to anyone excepts for the Jarl and his steward and few of his servants only. If you go down there, expect some kind of trouble.



With the rumors of him being in deep with the arts of necromancy, Wuunferth the Unliving, the mysterious Court Wizard, is not the most popular man among the inhabitants of the Eastmarch. That's where Freyja, the alchemist, comes in. She is a nord woman who has a shop in the palace and aids sick citizens, injured soldiers, weary travelers, young couples with issues, all alike. Like many alchemist in the world she too is a "unique" character, but if you're looking for some alchemy ingredients, potions, or even deadly poisons, maybe you should visit her shop.



If you sided with the Imperials in the Civil War quest line and challenge Ulfric a final battle in Windhelm, you must get past all of the Stormcloak Recruits (~Lv.3) out in the city and all of his housecarls (~Lv.15) and 2 sellswords (~Lv.40) in the palace. The sellswords are especially deadly but while Ulfric's housecarls and recruits try to fight you till death, the sellswords will try to flee once you defeated Ulfric and Galmar and their payments become unsecured. You can kill them, of course, but if you decided to spare them, you will find them in Riften, the city of thugs, where you will be able to hire them as your own mercenaries.





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