The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion/Walkthrough/Cheydinhal
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The Wayward Knight
To begin this quest you will have to have the Oblivion Gates spawned all over Cyrodiil.
Open your world map and fast travel to 'Castle Cheydinhal' once there go into the castle and talk to Count Andel Indarys, he is normally in attendance from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Talk to him about 'Oblivion Gate' and he will inform you of his son entering the Oblivion Gate and indirectly asks you to help.
The Oblivion Gate is just west of Cheydinhal. To find it get outside and open your world map, fast travel to 'Black Waterside Stables', from there go north west, you should see the Oblivion Gate icon on your compass, use this to guide you to the Oblivion Gate.
When you get near the Oblivion Gate you will get a quest update and you can see the soldiers, get near them and Amminus Gregori will approach you, ask him about 'Oblivion Gate' and then ask him about 'Farwil' and then ask him about 'Knights of the Thorn' and then ask him about 'Oblivion Gate' again. You will have collected all the information you need, end the conversation and go into the Oblivion Gate.
Right away head east and you will find a corpse of one of the Knights of the Thorn. Go south east down the path and be sure to stay on the path as it turns south west, when you are on a large stone, go to the south west edge and you can see where the path continues to the west, take this path downwards.
On the next big rock, turn south east and follow the path. It will turn east and there may be a big rock blocking the path north east, make your way past this rock and continue going north east on this path. The path will turn north and then north west, just keep following it and it will come to an end with a door on the south west wall to 'The Bowels' go in this door.
In this first room there is a hole in the floor, drop down into the hole, on this level there is another hole in the floor, drop down into this hole as well, there is another dead Knight of the Thorn here. On the south east wall is a door to 'Realm of Oblivion' go in this door.
Follow the path south east, it will eventually turn south, just keep following this path and it will turn south west, you will come across yet another dead Knight of the Thorn. North of the dead knight is a door to 'The Bowels' go in this door.
In this room there is an opening on the south wall, go in this passage and follow it into the next room. In this room there is a hole in the floor, drop down into this hole. In this room there are paths on the north east and south west walls, take either path and follow it into the next room where there is a door on the far south east wall to 'Realm of Oblivion' go in this door.
Out here Farwil and another Knight of the Thorn are standing around, Farwil will talk to you. Ask him about 'Oblivion Gate' after he's done talking end the conversation.
Look to the east and you will find an opening that leads to a bridge, take this path onto the bridge and go all the way east across the bridge to the tower, open the door 'The Chaos Stronghold'.
In this room there are doors on the east and south walls to 'Rending Halls' go through either door and follow the path upwards. You will come to a room with a door on the west wall to 'The Chaos Stronghold' go through this door.
Go west and follow the path upwards, at the top on the north east wall is a door to 'Corridors of Dark Salvation' go through this door. In this room there is a door on the north wall marked 'Citadel Hall Door' go through this door and follow the path upwards. There will be a couple doors on the south wall, you don't have to go in them, just keep on the path going west and up until you get to a door to the south marked 'Citadel Hall Door' open this door.
Inside this room is a door on the west wall to 'The Chaos Stronghold' go in this door. From here take either path north or south west until you come to the top, there will be a door on the north and west wall to 'Sigillum Sanguis' take either door.
Go up the path and you will find a couple openings on the inside wall, go through either one and you will be in a room with some spike like sets of stairs on either side, go up either set and follow the ledge to the north side where you can go up either ramp to a platform on the south wall, look north and you will see a pillar of fire holding up a black orb, this is the Sigil Stone, activate it.
Outside of the Oblivion Gate talk to Farwil, after he says his piece, ask him about 'Knights of the Thorn' and he will give you a medallion.
Now, open your world map and fast travel to 'Castle Cheydinhal'. Follow your quest marker into the castle and talk to Count Andel Indarys, he is ussually in attendance between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm. You will get to chose either a staff or sword, chose which ever suits you and this quest will be complete.
A Brush with Death
Wander around Cheydinhal long enough and you'll hear people talking about 'Rythe Lythandas' after that you can ask people about him. If it doesn't come up, ask about rumors and you'll probably get the topic. When you do, ask just about anyone about 'Rythe Lythandas' to activate this quest.
Now just follow your quest marker to find Rythe's house, go inside and find Tivela Lythandas, talk to her and ask about 'Rythe Lythandas' and then offer to help her to get the key you will need.
Follow your quest marker downstairs and into Rythe's painting room, in the south east side is an Unusual painting, activate it to go inside the painting. Once inside Rythe will approach you and talk to you, ask him about 'Thief' and then about 'Brush of Truepaint' and then finally about 'Painted Trolls' to get some Turpentine potions, these will come in handy.
This place is fairly linear, just make your way to your quest marker. Watch out for the trolls, even if you are level 1, you will be up against trolls. The Turpentine you were given deals a good deal of damage against these painted trolls, this can give you the winning edge in here.
When you get to your quest marker you'll be at the corpse of the thief, loot it and take the brush of true paint. Now follow your quest marker back to Rythe, talk to him and end the conversation right away to have him open a door out of this place.
Once you've gone through the door back to the normal world, talk to Rythe and this quest will be complete.
Corruption and Conscience
Wander around long enough and ask about rumors enough and you'll end up with the topic 'Fines' when you do, ask just about anyone about it and this quest will be activated.
Now follow your quest marker until you find Llevana Nedaren, talk to her and ask her about 'Fines'. Now follow your quest marker to find Garrus Darellium, talk to him and ask him about 'Ulrich Leland'. Now follow your quest marker to find Aldos Othran, talk to him and ask him about 'Ulrich Leland' after that follow Aldos and watch what he does.
After watching Aldos die, follow your quest marker back to Llevana, talk to her and tell her about 'Aldos Othran'. Now follow your quest marker to Garrus, talk to him and tell him about 'Ulrich Leland'.
Now you can either do things Llevana's way and have Ulrich killed, or you can do it Garrus's way and find evidence to send Ulrich to prison. To kill Ulrich read the next paragraph, to send him to prison, skip the next paragraph.
Find Ulrich and talk to him, tell him to follow you. Now just follow your quest marker to Llevana's house, go inside and watch Ulrich's bizare fate. Now follow your quest marker back to Garrus, talk to him and tell him about 'Ulrich Leland'. Skip the next paragraph.
You'll need to sneak into Ulrich's room, its inside the guard barracks marked by your quest marker. Wait outside the barracks until 2:00 pm and then go in the barracks, there should be very few guards. Break into Ulrich's room without being detected. Inside the room along the north east wall is a dresser and on that dresser is a book with a suspicious scrap of paper on it, take the scrape of paper. Now follow your quest marker to Garrus, talk to him and tell him about 'Ulrich Leland'.
After dealing with Ulrich go to Cheydinhal Bridge Inn and wait 2 hours. You will get a quest update and shortly after that Garrus will arrive. Talk to him and this quest will be complete. If you had Ulrich killed, you will get less gold.
The Renegade Shadowscale
After gaining entrance to the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary you will be able to talk to an Argonian called Teinaava, ask him about 'Lucien Lachance' and then ask about 'Shadowscale'.
You will need to complete the first run of contract based quests of the Dark Brotherhood before this quest can be activated. After completing the quests given to you by Vincinte, you can talk to Teinaava and he will ask you for some personal assistance, say 'Yes, tell me more' to activate this quest.
The camp Bogwater to the far south east corner of the game map will be marked by your quest marker now, fast travel to your nearest map marker and find your way there. Once you get there find and talk to Scar-Tail. You will be able to complete this quest 1 of 2 ways, either kill Scar-Tail or accept his offer and then take the other Argonian assassins heart back to Teinaava.
If you want to just kill Scar-Tail, then do so and then loot his corpse and take the Argonian Heart back to Teinaava, otherwise say go with Scar-Tail's plan. Follow your quest marker to find the Argonian assassin's corpse and loot it to find the Argonian Heart, then head back to Scar-Tail, by the camp fire and the tent is the hollowed out log, loot it to get your treasure.
Once you have an Argonian Heart return to Teinaava and talk to him to complete this quest.
