Shivering:Essential NPCs

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This page contains a complete list of all NPCs who at some point during gameplay are "essential." What it means is that they cannot be killed - if you try, they'll merely be knocked unconscious. You can tell if an NPC is essential in-game, because their talk-icon will be a crown, instead of the standard talk icon. Most of these NPCs become killable later in the game. "*" by a NPC means that the information is not always backed by hard evidence and is under further investigation. "**" means that the location of the NPC is only valid during or after the associated quest which is the first time they appear in the game.

Name	Found	Becomes Killable
Amiable Fanriene	New Sheoth Bliss, Amiable Fanriene's House	When Falling Awake is complete
Aurig Desha	Passwall**	During Retaking The Fringe
Brithaur	New Sheoth Crucible, Brithaur's House	When the quest of the same name is begun
Cutter	New Sheoth Crucible, Cutter's Weapons	never
Dumag gro-Bonk	New Sheoth Bliss, The Missing Pauldron	never
Earil	New Sheoth Crucible, Earil's Mysteries	never
Grakendo Udico	Passwall**	During Retaking The Fringe
Gundlar	New Sheoth Palace, House of Mania	never
Haskill	New Sheoth Palace, Palace of Sheogorath	never
Herdir	New Sheoth Palace, House of Dementia	never
Jayred Ice-Veins	Passwall, Jayred Ice-Veins' House	When he hands over the Gatekeeper Bone Arrows
Kiliban Nyrandil	Xedilian	never
Kithlan	New Sheoth Palace, House of Dementia	never
Nanette Don	Passwall, Nanette's House	never
Nelrene	New Sheoth Palace, Palace of Sheogorath	never
Pyke	Hale, Zoe Malene's House	When To Help A Hero is completed
Relmyna Verenim	Passwall, The Wastrel's Purse, Xaselm**	When Rebuilding the Gatekeeper is completed
Shelden	Passwall, Shelden's House, Xeddefen**	If he is escorted out of Xeddefen during Retaking The Fringe, then he will always be essential. If he is told to find his own way out, however, he will lose his essential status.
Sheogorath	New Sheoth Palace, Palace of Sheogorath	never
Syl	New Sheoth Palace, House of Dementia	When either Ritual of Dementia or The Roots of Madness are begun, depending on your allegiance
Thadon	New Sheoth Palace, House of Mania	When either Ritual of Mania or The Roots of Madness are begun, depending on your allegiance