North from Seyda Neen, there is an unique encounter in which a Bosmer wizard named Tarhiel will fall from the sky and crash in front of the player, dying from the impact. He holds three Scrolls of Icarian Flight, which temporarily boost the Acrobatics skill by 1000 points, for just 7 seconds. His journal, which mentions him testing them out as an experiment, lies next to his body.

"Icarian" refers to the greek mythological figure Icarus, who shared a similar fate. Whereas Icarus flew too close to the sun and fell as a result, Tarhiel forgot to take the landing from great heights into account. It is, however, possible to save him by casting a large-area Slowfall spell, but his only dialogue is "I don't want to talk about it", suggesting he is too embarrassed by his failure.

The name "Tarhiel" is also a reference, to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, and his game id (agronian guy) refers to North Carolina's top Agronomy program.