Online:The Pale Man (NPC)

The Pale Man (lore page)
Location	A cave south of Sword's Point Watchtower
Race	Falmer	Gender	Male
Health	108669	Difficulty
Reaction	Hostile

The Pale Man

The Pale Man is a figure of legend in Western Skyrim, with several accounts and stories of him abducting people. However, many Nords just view him as a spooky story. In reality, he is a Falmer which has been hunting for decades.

Related Quests

• The Pale Man: Help an old man hunt down the creature he has been chasing for decades.

Skills and Abilities

He uses the same abilities as a Falmer Duskslicer, as well as two nightblade class abilities.

Toxic Hack

The Pale Man strikes you twice with its blades, dealing minor damage.

Poisoned Pincer/Poisoned Backlash

The Pale Man slices you twice, dealing minor damage.

Chocking Powder

The Pale Man tosses down toxic powder, indicated by a conal AoE, snaring and dealing damage. It also drains your magicka or stamina on hit and then for the next 4 seconds over time.

Veiled Strike

The Pale Man cloaks, becoming untargetable by most attacks, and prepares to slash the target. This attack does moderate physical damage and will stun the target briefly. This attack can be blocked to set the Pale Man off balance.

Teleport Strike

When standing further away from them, the Pale Man teleports and stabs the target. This attack does moderate physical damage and stuns the target briefly.

Quest-Related Events

After gathering info about his whereabouts from witnesses in Dragon Bridge and Morthal, Aerolf, a man which lost a brother to the Pale Man, tracked him down with some outside assistance and has his helper bait the Falmer's lair to draw him out.

His latest lair can be found at a cave south of Sword's Point Watchtower. Once the alchemic mixture has been poured over the bait, the Pale Man will emerge from the corner of the cave, gibbering.

Bugs

• Despite being elite-rank, The Pale Man is vulnerable to crowd control. ^?