Whiterun is just a short walk north from Riverwood. The wilderness afforded some hunt along the way. I came across some Imperials were escorting a Stormcloak prisoner - I decided to give them wide birth. There were some Khajiit caravaners outside the walls, too.
The hold of Whiterun sits on a hill surrounded by plains in all directions. The easy approach also meant plentiful farms in the outskirts as one makes one way upwards to the city walls. The Jarl's keep of Dragonsreach sits predictably at the top of the hill, dominating the skyline.
The Jarl was quite grateful of the warnings I bring, and bade his housecarl to send some men to Riverwood just as Gerdur had hoped. The man seemed aloof but at least showed care of the welfare of those that he is responsible for. Jarl Balgruuf apparently had other plans for me after hearing about the dragon, though: his court magician, Farengar, had discovered information of a "dragonstone" that's related to the burial mounds of dragons. If dragons are coming back to life, perhaps some clue can be found in their graves?
Farengar certainly thinks so - and he needed someone... expendible... to seek out the dragonstone, if it even exists. According to his mysterious "source", the stone happens to be in Bleak Falls Barrow. I accepted the mission since I'm heading that way to locate that stolen dragon claw for Lucan Valerius anyway. Could the two be related?
On the way down from the keep, we passed by Jorrvaskr - which indeed looked like an upturned ship of legend - and the impressive Skyforge with its stone bird that was mentioned in the books found Whiterun's founding.
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