I was walking through the mountains on the southeastern side of Skyrim when I saw something weird on the snow
Looks like it leads somewhere.
Yeah, it goes up on this ridge. Wonder what happened?
It was a Frost Troll. That was a nasty fight. Guess we know what left those bloodstains.
I followed it up onto the ridge...
...there was a flag, a strongbox, a helmet...
...and a dead body. Poor guy.
And over there's Stendarr's Beacon.
Maybe this guy was a Vigilant who ran away from the order with some money? Perhaps he was trying to get into Cyrodiil.