Oblivion:Ayleid Guardian

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Ayleid Guardian (RefID: 00014F1F)
Location	Hall of Epochs, Imperial Sewer System
Race	Altmer	Gender	Female
Level	PC+0	Class	Elven Statue
RefID	00014F1F	BaseID	00014F16
Other Information
Health	8.8×PC + 26.8 (PC=5-29)	Magicka	1.5×PC + 123.5 (PC=1-83)
Respons.	0	Aggress.	100

These two Ayleid Guardians appear in the Thieves Guild quest The Ultimate Heist.

They attack on sight after the door to the Imperial Palace is unlocked, unless the player is sneaking when approaching. After the Ayleid Guardian are defeated, their bodies cannot be searched and their weapons crumble to dust if the player tries to pick them up.

Ayleid Guardian (RefID: 00014F1E)
Location	Hall of Epochs, Imperial Sewer System
Race	Altmer	Gender	Male
Level	PC+0	Class	Elven Statue
RefID	00014F1E	BaseID	00014F17
Other Information
Health	8.8×PC + 26.8 (PC=5-29)	Magicka	1.5×PC + 123.5 (PC=1-83)
Respons.	0	Aggress.	100

[edit] Related Quests

• The Ultimate Heist: Steal an Elder Scroll for the Gray Fox, and for glory!

[edit] Notes

• In the quest; if you awaken the guardians, but do not kill them, they will follow you into the barracks. As soon as they do, you will receive a bounty of 500 gold, even if you are invisible.

• There is a trick so you actually can get the weapons from both Ayleid Guardians. You'll need to make yourself invisible for at least 30 seconds before the killing blow. Proceed to where the guardians spawn. It's best to get only one guard at a time to notice you there. Damage the guardian enough until it only has a sliver of health, then activate your invisibility. The guardian will move around for about 20 seconds and then sheath its weapon. Sneak up behind it and kill it in one hit. Make sure you're very close to it because you only have a few seconds in which you can choose to loot it. On the corpse is the Ayleid weapon, but you can't loot its armor. Rinse and repeat for the other guardian. Note that the Ayleid Mace and Sword are merely Elven weapons with special names. Also, if you ever drop them, they will "disintegrate" as in the quest, even if you've already beaten it. You can store them safely in chests or barrels, however. Doing this will also get you noticed by the Dark Brotherhood, as you are killing someone who made no move to kill you.

• You can also get their weapons by using the Skull of Corruption on them and killing the clone ^{[verification needed — Post originally had "but the clone will be a normal sized human" on it - not quite sure what this means; needs checking]}

• By using a Charm spell, you can yield to them and ask them about rumours; they appear to be treated as Altmer ^{[verification needed — Is this true? Their Agg. is 100...]}.