Shadowmere is a hardy mount in the video games The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and is used for faster exploration and travel across the world. In Skyrim, this horse is used as an aid for travel in the quest The Cure for Madness by a character named Lucien Lachance. [Note: this quest is part of a chain of quests in the faction The Dark Brotherhood – one of the 15 joinable guilds]. Upon completion of this quest, the player is awarded the mount as their own. Shadowmere spawns out of a black pool with dark smoke and ominous bubbles outside of the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary.