Oblivion:Azani Blackheart (quest)

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1 Quick Walkthrough
2 Detailed Walkthrough
3 Notes
4 Bugs
5 Journal Entries

Help Modryn prove that the Blackwood Company lied about completing a contract to kill Azani Blackheart. ^edit

Quest Giver: Modryn Oreyn at his house in Chorrol
Location(s): Leyawiin, Arpenia, Atatar
Prerequisite Quest: More Unfinished Business
Next Quest: The Fugitives or The Wandering Scholar
Reward: Sinweaver sword; advancement to Warder rank
Fame/Infamy: Fame +1
ID: FGD05Oreyn

Azani Blackheart

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Meet with Modryn Oreyn and speak about the Blackwood Company.
Travel with Oreyn to Arpenia and Atatar.
Defeat Azani Blackheart.
Return the Blackheart's ring to Oreyn.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Blackwood Company

Modryn Oreyn wants you to meet him at his house after dark to discuss the Blackwood Company.

He'll tell you how Vitellus Donton was one of fifteen men who died when the Fighters Guild tried to retrieve the sword Sinweaver from Azani Blackheart, in order to complete a contract for a mage named Argoth. The Blackwood Company then claimed that they completed the mission instead, simultaneously establishing their reputation as an alternative to the Fighters Guild and making the Fighters Guild look like incompetent cowards. However, Argoth was mysteriously killed shortly afterwards, and Sinweaver went missing, leading Modryn to doubt the Blackwood Company's story. He suspects that, despite their claims, the Blackwood Company never killed Azani, but instead made a deal with him: they paid him part of the contract money to get the sword, and then told him where he could find Argoth to take his revenge and retrieve the sword. Modryn wants to investigate the situation, including possibly killing Azani Blackheart to prove that the Blackwood Company lied.

If you accept the dangerous mission, he asks you to meet him at the Fighters Guild in Leyawiin and travel to Arpenia to find out what's going on. He'll mark Arpenia on your map.

[edit] Arpenia and Atatar

Once you arrive in Leyawiin, speak with Oreyn and he'll accompany you to Arpenia, northeast of Leyawiin in the Blackwood region. Explore a bit then talk to Modryn, who will declare that Azani Blackheart isn't there; the place is deserted. The quest advance is actually triggered by standing within 200 feet of an invisible map marker (in the northeast room, shown at M on the Arpenia map). If you are having problems advancing the quest, stand at that point for a minute, then try talking to Modryn again.

Modryn believes that Blackheart moved his base of operations to Atatar, a nearby Ayleid ruin. He suggests to search there and will lead the way himself. You can continue to explore Arpenia if you like, Modryn will wait patiently for you, but apart from a few rats and Ayleid Chests the place is empty. Follow Modryn to Atatar but do not fast travel or go ahead of him, this will cause a bug (see bugs). The location won't be marked on your map until you arrive so you must follow him (and boy is he slow! To speed things up a bit, you can attack him until he starts chasing you and yield to him once you get there).

[edit] Azani Blackheart

Once you're both inside you'll be in the lead again. Explore the area, dispatching any Bandits along the way, until you find Azani. Beware, he is a skilled nightblade and is very powerful, so make sure to be fully prepared for the battle; don't count on Oreyn for much help. Azani will be wearing Elven armor even if you are of a low level. He also carries Sinweaver, a unique sword with Drain Fatigue and Fire Damage enchantments, which you can pry from his dead hands once you've bested him. Be sure to also take his ring. The ring is required to complete the quest; the sword is not.

[edit] Modryn Oreyn

Speak with Modryn if you managed to keep him with you or return to the Chorrol Fighters Guild to speak with him. He'll need Blackheart's ring (which you found on his corpse) as proof that the killing was done by the Fighters Guild. In exchange you will gain one Fame point. Speak with Modryn again for advancement to Warder.

Following this quest you can either go to Burz gro-Khash in Cheydinhal to start the quest The Fugitives or to Azzan in Anvil to start the quest The Wandering Scholar.

[edit] Notes

Although Modryn Oreyn tells you to meet him at his house after dark, it is not necessary to wait until it gets dark to go to his house. You can talk to him about the Blackwood Company as soon as he gets back to his house, which can be immediately after he tells you to meet him at his house.
In the Atatar ruins don't forget to take the Varla Stones. You need to find switches around the levels to lift the protective cages.
At the beginning of the quest, while Modryn Oreyn is following you, he can be a useful follower and can help you complete other side quests.

[edit] Bugs

If you loot Azani's corpse and take his ring immediately after killing him, before it prompts you telling you he is dead, Oreyn will not ask for the ring and the quest cannot be completed.
- This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.
When you talk to Modryn at the Leyawiin Fighter's Guild, the Arpenia map marker is added to your map and you are able to immediately fast travel there (even if you have never been to Arpenia before).
If Modryn gets lost on the journey keep traveling until you reach Arpenia, which will allow you to fast travel to another location (Modryn should appear), get Modryn again, and fast travel back to Arpenia with him.
If you enter Atatar without Modryn (before he gets there) he may not appear inside with you. The quest can still be completed solo by retrieving the ring, exiting Atatar, allowing Modryn to enter Atatar, and speaking to him.
If you make it to Atatar and then fast travel away, Modryn will follow you, but if you lose him, he may choose to walk all the way back to Atatar on foot (you may be able to see where he is with your quest marker if it hasn't switched to the ruins themselves). He often stops to "wait" for you, in which case you'll have to fast travel to him and get him going again. Very annoying! It's probably better, at this point, to clear the ruins yourself and then go find him to complete the quest.
If you don't walk with him to Atatar then he may constantly try to lead you there for the rest of the game.
When you're in Arpenia, if you are too close to the ceiling spikes trap it is possible for Modryn to get stuck there. You can load a previously saved game or wait and see if he eventually walks out.
If you attack one of your guild members or get cast out of the fighters guild for any reason, then you WILL NOT be able to finish this quest. Mordryn Oreyn will not accept the ring from you.
If you fast travel after you reach Atatar, it is possible that Modryn will follow you and try to walk you back to Atatar. If you fast traveled into town, walk to the gate and let him exit. Then fast travel to Arpenia, continue to fast travel from place to place but the arrow has to remain green or he won't move. Meet up with him and walk to Atatar again.

[edit] Journal Entries

Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
Azani Blackheart (FGD05Oreyn)
5		Oreyn would like to speak more about duties, once I am promoted to the next rank.
10		I went to Modryn Oreyn to ask about duties, but he told me he had no "official" duties. However, he asked me to meet him at his house later tonight.
20		I met Modryn Oreyn at his house, as he requested. He told me a story about Azani Blackheart, Vitellus Donton's death, and the Blackwood Company's current involvement. He would like me to go with him now to find out what really happened.
30		I've told Oreyn that I will not accompany him in investigating how the Blackwood Company fulfilled the Azani Blackheart contract.
35		I am to meet Oreyn at the Fighters Guild in Leyawiin. From there, we will travel to Arpenia to look for Azani Blackheart.
40		We've searched the ruins of Arpenia, and the place is deserted. There are no corpses, no signs of battle. Oreyn believes that the entire story was made up by the Blackwood Company, that perhaps they paid off Azani Blackheart to move his base of operations. Oreyn suggests we search nearby Ayeleid ruins, and knows of one to the northeast.
50		Oreyn and I have found and defeated Azani Blackheart.
60		Oreyn wishes to make sure people know who truly defeated the great warrior, and recognize the lies of the Blackwood Company. Oreyn would like me to give him Azani Blackheart's Ring as proof of our accomplishments here today.
100	0	I have given the ring to Oreyn. This will allow him to prove that it was the Fighters Guild who finally defeated Azani Blackheart.

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. Where quest is the internal name of the quest, and stage is 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.