I have heard it here that Anska is only seen once, and then nobody knows where she goes...

But the scroll she gets from the tomb you raid with her supposedly "Links her family all the way back to YSGRAMOR"...

There is a Ysgramors Tomb out in the islands to the north - with three obvious tunnels leading out of the room, but no apparent way to open the stone doors that block those tunnels.

At the feet of the statue in the middle of the room is a broken sword handle, and a broken sword blade...

I smell either a massive easter egg here, or a DLC that has not yet been written!

No matter what I have done in the past - I can find no way to mend that sword, or to open that dungeon to explore it further.

POST NO SPOILERS HERE!

But if you know anything about this - is there more to the story or isn't there?

All of these things fit together somehow - it goes around and around in my mind

~Wolfie

The Companions. That is all.

The Companions - I need to join them then and see what is there. I vaguely remember something about that - but what of the sword, and Anska herself?

~ It is still kind of fishy...

The sword is nothing. There are also broken axes, and broken Two Handed weapons out there. I like to think for decoration purposes.

As for Anska, she will live in that dungeon for the rest of her life, doomed for eternity.

I wish some quests were that complex where you had to solve the mystery of a broken blade that ties into Anskas scroll but her quest has nothing to do with the tomb at all...the broken blade is just decoration, some memento from the Companions of old left in honor of Ysgramor.

Maybe she just likes solitude, or dead/undead roomates.

There's likely a ton of nords today with blood relations to Ysgramor anyway. They were polygamists back then. And someone as legendary as him. He likely had a huge amount of wives. Rebec the Red had something like six husbands.

Wouldn't it be cool if gamesas came out with a DLC that tied it all together though - so that you had to go all over Skyrim to collect those weapons, repair them, and then finally you found out what the deal with Anska really was?

Anything more involving Ysgramor would be good.

And if you love Ysgramor you're going to love the end of the wait no spoiler can't say it sorry

I still never got my Ysgramor armor, though Nordic Carved looks somewhat like it on the chest.

I like some things left as a mystery. It adds depth and intrigue.

No more DLCs for Skyrim will be released.

You cannot fix that broken iron sword.

But there is another broken weapon you must fix to open the tomb.

Also Anska is never seen again.

Hear me, Skyrim! Hear me, Nords of Tamriel! Throw down the false Emperors and High Kings, who have laid claim to your sacred land and life! They have nothing, NOTHING to back such a claim! For I tell you, Nords of Skyrim, the bloodline of Honored Ysgrammor still walks these lands! Behold, the Sorceress Anska, rightful among the Clevermen of Old and Last Living Heir of Ysgrammor! Take up your swords and shield and hammers, ready yourselves for war! In the name of Holy Ysgrammor we shall free this land from the pretenders! Anska, the Rightful High Queen!

I wish Anska was a follower... like you found her later in the main quest or something and she helped you on a mission.