The Rift

The Rift (Nordic: Riftan, Riftland; Cyrodilic: Rimaea), also known as Rift Hold or Riften Hold, is a broad area of southeastern Skyrim, with its capital at Riften. Here, the pleasant forests and meadows around Lake Geir and Lake Honrich give way to steep mountains that form a natural border with Morrowind and Cyrodiil.

The landscape of the Rift in early autumn

The Rift is home to its fair share of banditry, both in the wilds and in the city of Riften, where criminals operate under the watchful eye of the Thieves Guild.

The denizens of the Rift are called "Riftmen" or "Rimaeans".

Culture

Eidar cheese was invented in the Rift.

Places of note

Settlements

• Riften
• Nimalten
• Greenwall
• Ivarstead
• Shor's Stone
• Vernim

Forts

• Autumnwatch Tower
• Faldar's Tooth
• Fort Dawnguard
• Fort Greenwall
• Mistwatch
• Nilheim
• Shor's Watchtower
• Stendarr's Beacon
• Treva's Watch

Orc strongholds

• Largashbur

Nordic ruins

• Angarvunde
• Ansilvund
• Forelhost
• Geirmund's Hall
• Taarengrav

Dwemer ruins

• Avanchnzel
• Bthalft
• Kagrenzel
• Rkund
• Ruunvald

Other structures

• Black-Briar Lodge
• Goldenglow Estate

Landforms

• Darkwater Pass
• Isles of Gold
• Lake Geir
• Lake Honrich
• Smokefrost Peaks
• Treva River
• Mount Trolhetta
• Vernim Wood

Gallery

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  A nobleman's house in the western Rift

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  Autumn in the Rift

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  A hillside near Treva's Watch