Marriable Characters in Skyrim

This page is a supplement to our How to Get Married in Skyrim guide, containing a list of every man and woman available for marriage in Skyrim. The following tables are based off of user-submitted content to the wiki.

Female Characters

Character Name	Race	Location	Owned Property	Follower	Merchant	Trainer	Marriage Conditions
Aela the Huntress	Nord	Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)	Bed (Jorrvaskr)	Yes	General	Yes; in Archery	Complete the Companions Questline
Aeri	Nord	Anga’s Mill	Aeri's House	No			Work for her by chopping firewood
Anwen	Redguard	Markarth (Temple of Dibella)		No			Complete The Heart of Dibella
Avrusa Sarethi	Dark Elf	Sarethi Farm		No			Complete her favor
Borgakh the Steel Heart	Orc	Mor Khazgur	Larak's Longhouse	Yes	General		Convince her to become a Follower
Brelyna Maryon	Dark Elf	Winterhold (College of Winterhold)		Yes	General		Complete both her favors
Camilla Valerius	Imperial	Riverwood (Riverwood Traders)	Riverwood Traders	No	General		Complete The Golden Claw
Dravynea the Stoneweaver	Dark Elf	Kynesgrove (Braidwood Inn)	Bed (Braidwood Inn)	No	Wizard	Yes; in Alteration	Give Frost Salt
Ghorza gra-Bagol	Orc	Markarth (Blacksmith Shed)		No	Blacksmith	Yes; in Smithing	Complete her favor
Gilfre	Imperial	Mixwater Mill	Gilfre's House	No	Lumber		Work for her by chopping firewood
Grelka	Nord	Riften (Open Market)		No	Blacksmith	Yes; in Light Armor	Complete her favor
Iona	Nord	Riften (Honeyside)		Yes			Become Thane of the Rift
Jenassa	Dark Elf	Whiterun (Drunken Huntsman)	No Property	Yes			Hire her at least once
Jordis the Sword-Maiden	Nord	Solitude (Proudspire Manor)		Yes	General		Become Thane of Haafingar
Lydia*	Nord	Whiterun	None	Yes			Obtain Breezehome
Mjoll the Lioness	Nord	Riften	Aerin's House	Yes			Complete her favor by retrieving her sword, Grimsever
Muiri	Breton	Markarth (Hag’s Cure)	The Hag's Cure	No	Apothecary		Complete Mourning Never Comes
Njada Stonearm	Nord	Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)		Yes	General	Yes; in Block	Complete the Companions Questline
Orla	Nord	Markarth (Temple of Dibella)		No			Complete The Heart of Dibella
Ria	Imperial	Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)		Yes			Complete the Companions Questline
Senna	Breton	Markarth (Temple of Dibella)		No	General		Complete The Heart of Dibella
Shahvee	Argonian	Windhelm (Argonian Assemblage)		No			Complete her favor
Sylgja	Nord	Shor’s Stone	Sylgja's House	No	General		Complete her favor
Taarie	High Elf	Solitude (Radiant Raiments)		No	Clothes		Complete Fit for a Jarl
Temba Wide-Arm	Nord	Ivarstead		No			Complete Grin and Bear It
Uthgerd the Unbroken	Nord	Whiterun (Bannered Mare)	Uthgerd's House	Yes	General		Challenge her to a brawl and win
Viola Giordano	Imperial	Windhelm (Candlehearth Hall)	Viola Giordano's House	No			Start Revyn Sadri’s favor but then rat him out to Viola
Ysolda	Nord	Whiterun (Open Market)	Ysolda's House	No	General		Bring her one Mammoth Tusk

*As of v1.5 (4/5/12), Lydia now offers the option for marriage after you acquire the Breezehome house in Whiterun. If you are unable to get this dialogue option, make sure your game is updated with the recent patch and run the game for 15-20mins.

Male Characters

Character Name	Race	Location	Owned Property	Follower	Merchant	Trainer	Marriage Conditions
Ainethach	Breton	Karthwasten	Karthwasten Hall	No	Miner		Complete his favor
Angrenor Once-Honored	Nord	Windhelm (Candlehearth Hall)		No			Take pity and give the beggar a gold piece
Argis the Bulwark	Nord	Markarth (Vlindrel Hall)		Yes			Become Thane of the Reach
Athis	Dark Elf	Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)		Yes		Yes; One-Handed	Complete the Companions Questline
Balimund	Nord	Riften	The Scorched Hammer	No	Blacksmith	Yes; Smithing	Complete his favor
Belrand	Nord	Solitude (Winking Skeever)		Yes			Hire him at least once
Benor	Nord	Morthal		Yes			Challenge him to a brawl and win
Calder	Nord	Windhelm (Hjerim)		Yes			Become Thane of Eastmarch
Cosnach	Breton	Markarth (Silver-Blood Inn)		Yes	Drunk		Challenge him to a brawl and win
Derkeethus	Argonian	Darkwater Crossing		Yes			Find and rescue him
Erik the Slayer	Nord	Rorikstead		Yes			Complete his favor to make him a hireling
Farkas	Nord	Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)		Yes		Yes; Heavy Armory	Complete the Companions Questline
Filnjar	Nord	Shor’s Stone	Filnjar's House	No	Blacksmith		Complete Mine or Yours
Gat gro-Shargakh	Orc	Left Hand Mine/Kolskeggr Mine	Pavo's House	No			Complete Pavo Attius’s favor to liberate Kolskeggr Mine
Ghorbash the Iron Hand	Orc	Dushnikh Yal		Yes			Convince him to become a follower
Marcurio	Imperial	Riften (Bee and Barb)		Yes			Hire him at least once
Moth gro-Bagol	Orc	Markarth (Understone Keep)		No	Blacksmith		Complete his favor
Octieve San	Breton	Solitude		No			Complete his favor
Omluag	Breton	Markarth (Markarth Smelter)		No			Complete his favor
Onmund	Nord	Winterhold (College of Winterhold)		Yes			Complete his favor
Pavo Attius	Imperial	Left Hand Mine/Kolskeggr Mine		No			Complete his favor to liberate Kolskeggr Mine
Perth	Breton	Soljund’s Sinkhole		No			Complete his favor
Quintus Navale	Imperial	Windhelm (The White Phial)		No	Apothecary		Complete Repairing the Phial
Revyn Sadri	Dark Elf	Windhelm (Sadri’s Used Wares)	Sadri's Used Wares	No	General	Yes; Speechcraft	Complete his favor
Roggi Knot-Beard	Nord	Kynesgrove		Yes			Complete his favor
Romlyn Dreth	Dark Elf	Riften (Black-Briar Meadery)	Romlyn Dreth's House	No			Complete his favor
Scouts-Many-Marshes	Argonian	Windhelm (Argonian Assemblage)		No		Yes; Light armor	Complete his favor
Sondas Drenim	Dark Elf	Darkwater Crossing		No			Complete his favor
Sorex Vinius	Imperial	Solitude (Winking Skeever)		No	Rooms		Complete his favor
Stenvar	Nord	Windhelm (Candlehearth Hall)		Yes			Hire him at least once
Torvar	Nord	Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)		Yes			Complete the Companions Questline
Vilkas	Nord	Whiterun (Jorrvaskr)		Yes		Yes; Two-Handed	Complete the Companions Questline
Vorstag	Nord	Markarth (Silver-Blood Inn)	Bed (Silver-Blood Inn)	Yes			Hire him at least once
Wilhelm	Nord	Ivarstead (Vilemyr Inn)		No	Rooms		Complete Wilhelm's Specter