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Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to King Helseth in the Royal Throne room to receive your orders to investigate an assassination plot.
2. Talk to the Orc Bakh gro-Sham in the Winged Guar in the Godsreach area using the code phase uncle's farm.
3. Return to Helseth with the news that Queen Barenziah is the plot's target.
4. Travel to Barenziah's room at the top of the Imperial Cult area within the Royal Courtyard.
5. Close both doors and hide behind the screen until around 9pm the next evening.
6. Intercept and kill the three Dark Brotherhood Assassins.
7. Return to King Helseth for your reward of Helseth's Collar.

Detailed Walkthrough

King Helseth

After investigating the disturbance for Tienius Delitian, you are told to speak to King Helseth in the Royal Palace Throne room. He slothfully apoligizes for the little incident with the Dark Brotherhood as it seems that someone mentioned that you were vying for the throne. After this little bit of unpleasantness Helseth will ask you to look into another possible assassination plot. You are to meet with an Orcish informant in the Winged Guar in Godsreach by using the code phrase uncle's farm.

Winged Guar

The quickest way to the Godsreach area is through the Royal Courtyard, to the Plaza, and West to the Godsreach entrance. The Winged Guar is the Northern building in the center of the area. Bakh gro-Sham is the only Orc in the place and will respond when you mention the code phrase. Though Bakh thinks that the king is paranoid, he believes to have found a plot on the Queen Mother Barenziah's life, though he doesn't know who exactly is involved or why.

Back to Helseth

Though you didn't learn a whole lot, return to King Helseth with the information, which he says confirms what he has heard from his other informants. He now wishes for you to project the Queen from these assassins and goes on to tell you exactly how. He doesn't want to station more guards around the Queen as this would alert the assassins that we know of the plot. Also, some of the guards may even be involved in the plot so this might actually increase the danger to the Queen. Instead, you will be guarding outside the Queen's chambers hiding behind a screen and deal with the killers whenever they show up.

Queen Barenziah

The Queen's chamber can be found through the Imperial Cult area at the back of the Royal Throne room. You may speak with the Queen though she is simply 'unconcerned' about the plot to kill her (I suppose a few hundred years of living does that to you). The screen Helseth mentioned is just outside her chamber and is conviently slightly transparent so you spot anyone who tries to enter the room.

The Killers

You most likely will not encounter anyone for some time as Helseth only mentioned that you guard there tomorrow night. You also must make sure both doors are closed so as to not alert the killers. The best bet is to save and then rest for a while. You will receive a journal entry when you are in the 'correct position' to intercept the assassins. You might have to rest a few hours for the killers to appear (they came in around 9 pm for me). There are three Dark Brotherhood assassins who have a good deal of hitpoints but don't hit very hard and are not magic resistant, so taking them out shouldn't be very difficult. You'll receive another journal entry when you kill them all.

Return to Helseth

Return back to the King to report your success in protecting the Queen. You are rewarded with Helseth's Collar (a nice Constant Effect Amulet, Fortify Sneak 10 pts, Security 10 pts, and Speed 5 pts) and an offer for further service to your king.