Morrowind:Mystery of the Dwarves

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1 Quick Walkthrough
2 Detailed Walkthrough
3 Notes
4 Quest Stages

Discover what really happened to the Dwemer.^edit

Quest Giver: Trebonius Artorius at the Mages Guild in Vivec
Location(s): Vivec, Ald'ruhn, Gnisis, Bethamez, Nchuleftingth, Mzuleft, Balmora, Tel Fyr
Prerequisite Quest: None
Next Quest: Kill the Telvanni Councilors
Reward: None
Disposition: +25 Disposition
Reputation Gain: +20 Mages Guild Faction Reputation,
+1 Reputation
ID: MG_Dwarves
Required Rank: None

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[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Talk to Trebonius Artorius at the Mages Guild in Vivec for duties.
Collect the three books: Hanging Gardens of Wasten Coridale, The Egg of Time, and Divine Metaphysics....
Speak to Edwinna Elbert in Ald'ruhn.
Speak to Hasphat Antabolis in Balmora.
Speak to Baladas Demnevanni in Gnisis.
Speak to Divayth Fyr in Tel Fyr.
Speak to Yagrum Bagarn in the Corprusarium.
Return to Trebonius Artorius with the information.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Duties

Trebonius Artorius in the Vivec Mages Guild will first ask you to investigate the disappearance of the Dwemer (also known as Dwarves). He doesn't seem to have a good idea on how to do this, and he doesn't even seem to care very much about how you do this, though he suggests to speak with Edwinna Elbert at the Ald'ruhn guildhall.

[edit] Gathering the Books

In previous Mages Guild quests (Nchuleftingth Expedition, Scarab Plans in Mzuleft, and Bethamez) you may (and should have) picked up three different books related to the Dwemer: Hanging Gardens of Wasten Coridale, The Egg of Time, and Divine Metaphysics.... You may have also already talked with Hasphat Antabolis (bottom of the Balmora Fighters Guild) or Senilias Cadiusus in Nchuleftingth who mention that Hanging Gardens of Wasten Coridale may be a key to deciphering the other two books. Since this book is in Aldmeris, you still need to find someone who can read it.

[edit] Finding a Translator

Since you've done so many Dwemer-related quests for Edwinna, she's the logical starting point for anything further Dwemer-related. She will point you to a fellow scholar, Hasphat Antabolis, though neither one of them can fully understand the three texts. It seems Aldmeris is over their heads. They don't mention anyone by name but Baladas Demnevanni in Gnisis, Arvs-Drelen is the next stop – he's also something of a historian and he's more familiar with Aldmeris. Baladas will give you enough information to report back to Trebonius to finish the quest, but if you want a more complete story, you need someone even older. Possibly the oldest character in Morrowind is in Tel Fyr. Speak with Divayth Fyr and he'll mention that he has the last living Dwemer, by the name of Yagrum Bagarn, living in his Corprusarium. Yagrum, of course, can understand the books written in Aldmeris and will offer overviews of them along with his own theories.

[edit] Return to Trebonius

Although you don't get any definitive, conclusive answers from Yagrum, speaking with him about the books (you must have them in inventory for them to appear as conversation topics) constitutes successful completion of the quest. Trebonius will be shocked that someone actually completed one of his missions, and he'll try to play it off like he's not way in over his head. His Disposition will increase, and you'll get +1 Reputation.

[edit] Notes

Of course you can take a shortcut and speak to Yagrum Bagarn straight away once you have the three books.

[edit] Quest Stages

These Codes can be used along with the Journal Console Command and Quest ID given above the chart(s) to update the quest to a certain point.

MG_Dwarves
Index	Journal Entry
10	Arch-Mage Trebonius asked me to find out what happened to the Dwarves. Unfortunately, he didn't give me much information to go on. I'm not sure if he was serious.
70	I was able to get the Dwemer books "The Egg of Time" and "Divine Metaphysics Adapted to the Meanest of Intellects" translated. "Divine Metaphysics" seems to be a treatise explaining how to create a new god through sorcery. "The Egg of Time" seems to be a refutation of the idea that linking to a divine source of power can be dangerous if interrupted. Though "The Egg of Time" refutes this idea, perhaps the author was wrong, and this is what happened to the Dwarves.
100	Arch-Mage Trebonius was pleased when I showed him the three Dwemer books. He said this was sufficient and thanked me for solving the mystery of the disappearance of the Dwarves.