Oblivion:A Brotherhood Betrayed
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[edit] Quick Walkthrough
- Learn from townspeople about rumors of a vampire.
- Talk to a local investigator and widow about murders related to the vampire rumors.
- Ask around about the whereabouts of Dralas. Many point to Olav's Tap & Tack.
- After attempting futilely to speak to Dralas, talk to Olav to be given a key to Dralas' room.
- Search his room to find a diary, which should be brought back to Carius.
- Carius points you toward Boreal Stone Cave. Travel there quickly, as you only have one day to do this.
- Kill Raynil, and take his keys to recover the Mundane Amulet from the waterlogged chest.
- Take the amulet back to Erline to reveal its true nature; you may keep the amulet as your reward.
[edit] Detailed Walkthrough
[edit] Rumors of a Vampire
There is a rumor in Bruma about Raynil Dralas, who claims that he is a vampire hunter. You also learn that he has already killed a vampire in town, a villager named Bradon Lirrian.
[edit] Lirrians' House
Head to Lirrians' house, which is located just behind the right side of the Chapel of Talos. Inside you will find two guards and Lirrians' wife. After some persuasion (minimum disposition 70), the investigator, Carius Runellius, will tell you that several bodies with bite marks in their necks were found recently. Luckily, a Dunmer vampire hunter, Raynil Dralas, turned up and found the vampire, who turned out to be Bradon Lirrian. The guards investigated his claim, and it seems the villagers have only seen Bradon out at night. Furthermore, a body was discovered in the basement of his house. After you talk to Carius, a conversation with the widow, Erline Lirrian, reveals that the body may have been planted there by someone, and Bradon had to work during the night, which explains why he had to sleep during the day. She implores you to clear her husband's good name.
[edit] Olav's Tap & Tack
Townsfolk will then tell you that Dralas is staying at Olav's Tap and Tack. At the Tap and Tack you may find Dralas there having a drink by himself. Any attempt to approach him will result in being rebuffed. Speaking with Olav, though, proves to be much more fruitful. With a little persuasion, Olav tells you that he knew Bradon and had actually seen him during the daytime, thus lending credence to the fact that he was not a vampire. He then gives you the key to Dralas' room in the hopes you will find something to clear Bradon's name (if you cannot persuade Olav to raise his disposition at least to 70, try bribing him or picking his pocket for the key.)
Searching the room will result in finding a diary called Gelebourne's Journal behind a chest of drawers, which details how Bradon, Raynil, and a man named Gelebourne were part of an adventuring group. It gives their account of how they explored some ruins and found a magical amulet which they then hid in a cave near Bruma. It becomes obvious that Raynil has been killing off his partners in order to keep the treasure for himself. (Don't forget to take the diary with you!)
[edit] Boreal Stone Cave
Return to Lirrian's house and speak with Carius. He will accept your evidence and tell you to meet him at the Olav's Tap and Tack in one hour after he informs the guards. Carius will tell you that he had Dralas followed and he was seen heading west towards Boreal Stone Cave, which seems to match the description of the cave the amulet was hidden in. Carius then asks you to catch Dralas, stating that you have but one day to do so. He'll mark the location on your map. Travel to the cave quickly, and inside you'll find Raynil, who will refuse to surrender. Dispense justice upon him, take the three keys from his corpse and recover the artifact, a Mundane Amulet, from the "waterlogged chest" nearby. There are also some other chests nearby and very little else in this cave.
Return to Bruma and speak with Erline to have the mundane amulet's true nature revealed. The leveled amulet Phylactery of Litheness is your reward.
Unlike other quests, you actually have a time limit in this quest. If you do not go to the cave within 24 hours after Carius tells you to go there, Raynil will escape to Morrowind and you'll receive no reward.
[edit] Notes
- You have to "take" Gelebourne's journal. If you just read it (this updates the quest) and speak with Carius, he'll demand "more revelations in your investigation".
- Though not necessary to pursue the initial investigation, you can dive into the cellar and look at the dead beggar the guards found there. The body, like Bradon's, will eventually be removed by the time you return with the journal in hand.
- When you meet Raynil in the cave, just run back to Bruma after speaking to him. Near the gate you can jump on a boulder or run round in circles then the guards will kill him.
- If you haven't traveled north of Bruma previously you may encounter several Bandits on the way to the cave. It's possible to run and keep running to avoid them so you can make it to the cave in less than a day.
- If you have already discovered the Bruma Caverns then your compass will point you toward that path to get to Boreal Stone Cave.
- The word Erline says to activate the amulet is "Brotherhood."
- If you have a bounty on your head, instead of talking to you about the case, Carius Runellius will try to arrest you instead. Resisting arrest will result in both Carius Runellius and Erline attacking you. If Erline is dead you can't complete this quest.
- If your game crashes to desktop when you're waiting for Carius Runellius, you can skip this part with
setstage ms11 90and continue with the quest. - Attempting to activate Bradon's body will inform that "Repeated tampering with Bradon's corpse is a crime and will alert the authorities." Activate it again and you will acquire a bounty of 100 septims, regardless of whether or not you have been seen.
[edit] Bugs
- Carius will sometimes fail to appear at Olav's Tap and Tack. If this happens, go straight to Boreal stone Cave and confront Raynil there. The cave is west of Applewatch. (One cause of this seems to be heading straight to Lirrian's House)
[edit] Journal Entries
- Notes
- Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
- Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in random order.
- If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
- On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering
setstage quest stage. Wherequestis the internal name of the quest, andstageis the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages. See SetStage for more information.


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