Forsworn Briarheart
Basic Info

Forsworn Briarhearts are high ranking male Forsworn that are usually found in Forsworn encampments. They appear to be partially undead in nature, as the ritual of creating a Briarheart involves cutting out the warrior's heart and replacing it with a briar heart, hence the name.

Contents 1 Combat 2 Locations 3 Gallery 4 Trivia 5 Bugs 6 Appearances

CombatEdit

There are two distinct types of Forsworn Briarhearts: magic casters, and melee fighters. The attack methods used by Briarhearts are one-handed weapons and destruction magic, usually fire or frost based, but sometimes lightning. The melee using Briarhearts can be found dual-wielding Forsworn axes or swords, and are usually leveled with the Dragonborn. They are also rather quick, and can make short work of their enemies when at close range.

The magic-casting Briarhearts will often begin the battle by activating a cloak spell and conjuring an Atronach. They can cast Ice Storm, Icy Spear, Frost Cloak, and Conjure Frost Atronach or Fireball, Incinerate, Lightning Bolt, Sparks, Flame Cloak, and Conjure Flame Atronach, depending on the preferred element of the Briarheart. These enemies can be very difficult to face at longer ranges, they also run backwards if you chase them making them harder to hit with melee weapons.

LocationsEdit

• Broken Tower Redoubt
• Red Eagle Redoubt
• Serpent's Bluff Redoubt
• Sundered Towers
• Hag Rock Redoubt
• Deepwood Redoubt
• Bard's Leap Summit
• Kolskeggr Mine
• The Karthspire

GalleryEdit

TriviaEdit

• It is possible to pickpocket their Briar Heart, which instantly kills them and leaves a gaping hole in their chest.
• The creation of a Briarheart can be witnessed at the Bard's Leap Summit and Lost Valley Redoubt, where a pair of Hagravens perform the ritual.
• They often have a black soul gem, filled or not, in their loot making them a good source of soul gems.
• Despite having their hearts removed and replaced with Briar Hearts, werewolves can still consume a heart from a one for points toward werewolf perks. 

BugsEdit

•  PC   360   PS3  A Briarheart may send hired thugs to attack the Dragonborn if they pick-pocketed their Briar Heart.

AppearancesEdit

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)

Start a Discussion Discussions about Forsworn Briarheart

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  Forsworn briarheart armor?

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    AzuraKnight
    Briarheart's literally have there hearts cut out and replaced with a Briar Heart (in some  Forsworn camps you can interupt the ritual ... 2013-04-28T20:05:57Z
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    A Wikia contributor
    I think the Forsworn Briarhearts at higher levels are easy to kill. Especially if you are a mage assasin or an archer 2013-06-12T10:06:13Z
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  Help fighting Briarhearts

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    Wenny0119
    Swolp wrote:Change to novice difficulty, easy as that. You'll one-hit everything, even with an iron dagger. I'm on Apprentice. Pretty low already 2013-05-29T05:52:09Z
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    Alduin1996
    At the moment I am a mage that has levelled every magic based skill to 100 and got most of the spells in the game. All I do is summon 2 demora ... 2013-06-12T08:51:57Z

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