Daggerfall:Who Gets the Totem

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Let the bidding begin.edit Quest Giver: Lady Brisienna Location(s): Random Tavern, Wayrest and Castle Daggerfall, Daggerfall Prerequisite Quest: Orcish Treaty, Lysandus' Revenge, and Lich's Soul Next Quest: Journey to Aetherius Reward: 100,000 gold, Fame, Necromancer's Amulet, Warlock's Ring, Nothing ID: S0000008 Suggested Spells: Levitate, Recall, and Water Breathing Required Level: 14

The Totem of Tiber Septim

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

1. Meet with Lady Brisienna
2. Go to Castle Daggerfall and find the Totem in the Treasury
3. Give it to one of the powers in the Iliac Bay

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

After you have completed the Lysandus' Revenge, Soul of a Lich, and Orcish Emancipation quests, Lady Brisienna sends you a letter. Gothryd has stolen the Totem from Woodborne and has placed it in Castle Daggerfalls Treasury. Gee, I wonder how he knew Woodborne had it? Brisienna asks you to get it and bring it to her.

At the same time, five other people are deciding what to do about you: the Underking, Gortwog, King Eadwyre, Queen Akorithi, and the King of Worms. If they like you, they will send you letters promising vast fortunes if you give them the Totem. If they don't like you, they will send thugs to steal the Totem once you get out of Castle Daggerfall.

Finding the Totem

To find the totem: Take the left door beside the King and Queen. Follow that path to large room. Take the other door out of that room. Go thru the next smaller room. You are on a ledge looking at a tower with a walkway connected to a wall with a door. The easiest way to get there is to cast levitate. Go thru that door and turn left. Follow this ledge around the sunken room. Pass thru the door. Take the door on the left. This is the treasure room. Walk down the ramps until you are right above the water. The actual treasury is hanging from the ceiling. Jump in the water. There are 2 openings on each wall. Look for a door. It should be on the right of the wall. Take the left opening. Follow that underwater and enter the room. Turn the wheel in that room. Go back out and now go through the door on the right. In that room there are 3 chains. Pull the one in the middle. You will be teleported to the top of the room. Look down and you will see the top of the treasure cage. Levitate down to the top and pull the lever you find there. That will open two of the blue-barred rooms. One of those will have the totem in it.

The Totem itself will speak to you when you pick it up. It warns you that only someone of the blood of Tiber Septim may wield it, and it lists those people as the Underking, Gortwog, King Eadwyre, Queen Akorithi, and the King of Worms, plus King Gothryd and the Emperor, Uriel Septim. You have one year and one day to decide who you will give the Totem to. Otherwise, it will abandon you for a new owner.

After you got the Totem, you will eventually get a letter from each major faction in the Iliac Bay, except Gothryd (bug?). They all promise you a great reward, if you bring the Totem to them. Decide who should get the Totem. Basically, you are deciding which faction will win the game. Your reputation with that group will soar. You will get following reward depending upon who is given the Totem:

• Akorithi: 100,000 gold
• Eadwyre: He promises you a reward in gold but actually will send his assassins after you.
• Gortwog: Apparently it was intended that he should give you a (random?) artifact, but due a bug in the game, even with the latest patch, you will get absolutely nothing.
• Gothryd: 100,000 gold
• King of Worms: Fame
• Lady Brisienna: Warlock's Ring
• Underking: Necromancer's Amulet

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