Oblivion:Knights of the Nine

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Knights of the Nine is an official mod released by Bethesda for Oblivion. KotN, as it is often abbreviated, is substantially larger than most of the other mods.

Umaril, an ancient Ayleid king, has been released from Oblivion and seeks revenge against the gods who bound him. The player will be able to find the lost relics of the nine divines, reestablish the disbanded Knights of the Nine faction, defeat Umaril and his minions, the Aurorans, and discover a unique set of armor and weapons.

Contents 1 Quests 2 Places 3 FAQs 4 Items 5 Factions 6 Creatures and NPCs 6.1 Your Knights of the Nine 6.2 Other NPCs 6.3 Creatures 7 Notes 8 Bugs 9 Release Info 10 Editing the Plug-in 11 Installation Issues 12 See Also

[edit] Quests

Unlike most of the official mods, this mod adds multiple quests. Also, a quest is not immediately added to your list of current quests when you first install the mod. The new quests are:

• Pilgrimage: Complete the Pilgrimage of the Nine Divines to show that you are worthy.
• The Shrine of the Crusader: Retrieve the Helm of the Crusader from Pelinal's lost shrine.
• Priory of the Nine: Retrieve the Cuirass of the Crusader from the Priory of the Nine. The following four quests must be completed before Priory of the Nine is considered complete:
  • Nature's Fury: Retrieve the Boots of the Crusader from the Shrine of Kynareth.
  • The Path of the Righteous: Retrieve the Mace of Zenithar from the Chapel of Zenithar in Leyawiin.
  • Wisdom of the Ages: Retrieve the Shield of the Crusader from Fort Bulwark.
  • Stendarr's Mercy: Retrieve the Gauntlets of the Crusader from the Chapel of Stendarr in Chorrol.
• The Faithful Squire: Retrieve the Greaves of the Crusader from Lathon.
• The Sword of the Crusader: Retrieve the Sword of the Crusader and reconsecrate it.
• The Blessing of Talos: Obtain the ninth relic: The Blessing of Talos.
• Umaril the Unfeathered: Defeat Umaril and kill him for good, in both the physical and spiritual planes.

[edit] Places

The following places will all appear in Tamriel after you install the mod. All of them can be discovered without starting any of the mod-related quests. However, access to the interiors may be prevented until the appropriate quest has been started.

• Fort Bulwark — A medium fort northeast of Leyawiin containing conjurers (plugin-specific). (map)
• Garlas Malatar — A medium Ayleid ruin northwest of Anvil containing Aurorans (plug-in specific). (map)
• Grove of Trials — An outdoor area west of the Imperial City on the edge of the Great Forest containing one unique bear (plugin-specific). (map)
• Kynareth's Grotto — A small cave west of the Imperial City (plugin-specific). (map)
• Lord Vlindrel's Tower — A tower (no dungeon) southwest of Chorrol (plugin-specific). (map)
• Priory of the Nine — A chapel and priory located southeast of Skingrad (plugin-specific). (map)
• Shrine of Kynareth — An outdoors shrine west of the Imperial City (plugin-specific). (map)
• Vanua — A medium Ayleid Ruin southeast of the Imperial City containing undead (plugin-specific). (map)

Also, some changes are made to existing places:

• The Chapel of Anvil is ruined.
• Gauntlets of the Crusader appear in a corner of the Chapel of Stendarr in Chorrol.
• Lord Vlindrel's tomb and wraith are added to Underpall Cave.

[edit] FAQs

A list of frequently-asked questions and their answers can be found here.

[edit] Items

Several new items, many of them leveled, are added to the game with this mod. The new items page provides a complete list of these items and their statistics.

[edit] Factions

Two new factions are added with this mod:

Nine Divines

• This faction actually exists before the mod, but previously could not be joined by the player
• When you begin Pilgrimage, you are given the rank of "Pilgrim" in this faction

Knights of the Nine

• As you progress through the quests, your rank in the Knights of the Nine faction changes.
• The possible ranks are "Knight Errant", "Knight Commander" and "Divine Crusader"

[edit] Creatures and NPCs

[edit] Your Knights of the Nine

At different points, people will arrive at the Priory of the Nine to join.

• Areldur, from the Chapel of Stendarr in Chorrol, is found reading and wants to join the Priory of the Nine.
• Brothers Geimund & Gukimir are found sparring in the practice room and request to become Knights of the Nine.
• Sir Thedret, who has escaped from Fort Bulwark, is found in the dining room and requests to become a Knight of the Nine.
• Sergius Turrianus is found in the basement. He says he heard from his friend, Sir Thedret, that you would need a blacksmith. He will not join you in combat.
• Avita Vesnia, from the shrine to Kynareth, is found in the sleeping area and asks to become a Knight of the Nine.
• Lathon, a companion of Sir Roderic, is found in the entrance. He reveals some plot points, and requests to become a Knight of the Nine.
• Brellin appears in the chapel and requests to become a Knight of the Nine.
• Carodus Oholin, from the Chapel of Zenithar in Leyawiin, is found in the dining room and asks to become a Knight of the Nine.

If any of these knights die during the final quest or after Knights of the Nine has been completed, the named knight is replaced by an anonymous "Knight of the Nine". These knights are not as powerful as the named ones and do not cast magic.

After the questline is complete, you can ask any of your Knights to follow you, one at a time. There is a known bug caused by asking a knight follow you before they have actually joined the faction; see the bugs section for details.

[edit] Other NPCs

Amragor Aron Verethi Beem-Kiurz Eris Senim Esbern Inius Colus Jesper Kellen

Kinther Pelinal Whitestrake Selene Duronia Sir Amiel Sir Berich (Lord Vlindrel) Sir Caius Sir Casimir Sir Gregory

Sir Henrik Sir Juncan Sir Ralvas Sir Roderic Sir Torolf Stanet The Prophet

[edit] Creatures

• Aurorans
• Umaril the Unfeathered
• Forest Guardian
• Lord Berich Vlindrel

[edit] Notes

• This plug-in seemingly is intended for the Crusader class, or similar types with emphasis on heavy combat and restoration magic.
• It's best to begin this plug-in with a new character, because the loot will last a lifetime (see below).
• The character involved must be and remain a verified saint. Otherwise, you don't get to use the loot. On the other hand, your deeds will probably be remembered in the lore of future Elder Scrolls games.
• Once you have completed this quest, access to the Restoration Master Trainer Oleta becomes unavailable as some key characters perish during this quest.
• The whole point of the plug-in is to acquire a full set of armor and weapons (the Relics). These Relics have powers far beyond their base stats (be sure to read the Items section above). In summary:
  • Advantages of Relics
    • All are good items for their basic stats.
    • The Relics can be leveled up to keep pace with your character, so you really never need to replace them. Besides, this avoids the embarrassment of selling these holy artifacts once you've outgrown them. This is done on the display stand in the basement of the Priory of the Nine.
    • The display stand also fully repairs and recharges the Relics, so you don't have to spend any money on that, either.
    • The above features remove much of the money-grubbing pressure from your character, allowing you to just have fun without worrying about getting every last arrow back to town to sell.
    • The Relics give you a bunch of Lesser Powers that allow you to act like a real saint. You can buff and heal others at a ridiculously low magicka cost, for instance.
    • Completion of the quest line (as in acquiring all the relics) makes you a faction head with your own guild hall (Priory of the Nine) and private army of NPCs who will fight with you (1 at a time). Part of the deal is your own chapel with functioning altar. You also get a smith to repair non-Relic items, although he charges normal rates for this.
    • Wearing the Relics gives your character a huge boost in the restoration skill.
  • Disadvantages to the Relics
    • You can only equip the Relics if your Infamy is 1 or less. If your Infamy ever reaches 2 or more, you must repeat the Pilgrimage to a Wayshrine of every deity. This resets your Infamy to 0, allowing you to use the Relics again.
    • Items and effects that temporarily increase your Infamy have the same effect. For example, the relics will not equip when the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal is equipped.

[edit] Bugs

• It is possible for one of the Knights of the Nine to be stuck permanently following your character if you ask them to follow you at the wrong point in time. Since the knights subject to this bug will also be essential when the bug is triggered, it is impossible to ever get rid of them. The bug occurs if you do the following:
  1. Complete the entire quest line (up to the point where Umaril is killed) without recruiting all nine knights.
  2. During Sir Thedret's speech at the end of the Umaril the Unfeathered quest, you approach an unrecruited knight, and at that time simultaneously recruit the knight and ask him to follow you.

To avoid this problem, be sure to recruit the knights either before or after Thedret's speech, and do not ask a knight to follow you immediately after recruiting them.

Once the bug has been triggered, it is not normally possible (other than using the Console) to make the NPC stop following you.

• On Xbox 360, one option is to disable the entire Knights of the Nine mod, load your saved game and resave it, then re-enable the mod. Before doing this, make sure to remove any items stored in the Priory or other locations added by KotN. You will lose all items added by KotN, and you will need to redo the KotN questline from the start.
• On the PS3, If you have not done the Daedra Quest Molag Bal then you can simply complete that quest while he is following you and he will disappear. ^{[verification needed -- Does this always work? Does it also apply to other versions? Can you get another follower from the priory afterwards?]}
• This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Official Mods Patch.

• Sometimes a piece of the Crusader Relics will not appear on the stand when you put it on the stand for recharge and repair. If this happens, you can fix the problem by just dropping the item on the ground and picking it up again.

[edit] Release Info

On November 21, 2006, at 11:25 PM EST, Knights of the Nine was released in the Game Downloads section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, after facing some uploading errors by Bethesda and Microsoft all day.

The Knights of the Nine is the eighth official mod by Bethesda for Oblivion. After some minor delays, it is was released on December 5th as a downloadable version for PC users, and is the second most expensive official mod for Oblivion at $9.99. In comparison, the 3rd most expensive official mod, Mehrunes Razor, is priced at $2.99. The most expensive official mod is Shivering Isles, priced at $30,-

In addition to download, there are several other options for obtaining Knights of the Nine:

• It is included with the original release of Oblivion in the PS3 version of the game.
• PC users can purchase a boxed version of Knights of the Nine from retail outlets for $19.99. This boxed version also includes all other previously released Official Mods (but not Shivering Isles and the Fighter's Stronghold).
• The GOTY (Game of the Year) edition of Oblivion (available for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3) includes both 'Shivering Isles' and 'Knights of the Nine' (but does not include any other Official Mods).
• The Xbox 360 retail disc of 'Shivering Isles' also includes 'Knights of the Nine'.

[edit] Editing the Plug-in

To edit the plug-in in the construction set, make a backup of it, open it in a hex editor and change the second line from "0C 00 00 00 80 3F" to "0C 00 CD CC 4C 3F".

[edit] Installation Issues

• Some have reported problems getting the plug-ins to install with the installer used by Bethesda for the Official mods. See Installation Issues for help.

[edit] See Also

• Oblivion Downloads: Knights of the Nine – The official download page for the mod.