Elder Scrolls 4: Shivering Isles Walkthrough

Simply go outside and fast travel back to the city and claim your cheese! Uh wait, you only get Haskill. Summon him twice to please your lord, and then  talk about whatever you need with them both.

Your goal is simple, you must please both the Dukes to move along.

But first, head into town and heal your supplies and whatever.

When you’re ready, let’s go with the lady of Dementia first.

The Lady of Paranoia

Dang! Wowza! Mercy me, I do believe she gives me the vapors.. uh sorry. Did you see those things? Freaking bring down a battleship… solve world hunger…

The lady asks you to go talk with the local torturer, Herdir. Be assertive with him (the first choices) and get into detective mode. It’s pretty simple, just press T and push time forward to about seven at night. That’s when the royal subjects return. Find Kithlan, the Black (or Redguard as they prefer) and send your new partner in crime to torture him twice (call him a liar). He’ll spill the beans and you can chase down Anya, who should be nearby; she wears the big dress (I guess you could have gone to her first).

**The two servants are usually with the lady in the morning too, in case you  find her at night, or something.**

With the new arrow on compass, go to Crucible and chase down a catman. At  night, you can find him and a few other colorful characters on the top of a  roof in the corner of Crucible. This “fight club” or whatever it is, is the  perfect spot to torture bad kitties. You’ll learn that you now need evidence to fit the crime.

Turn the clock to daytime if need be then take your buddy over to Cutter’s  little shop in Crucible. Torture the poor thing twice. She spills the beans  and your next update is made. Afterward, make sure to get her to like you again if you want her to make good deals with you later. Send your pal back to the  castle.

Now move the clock to around midnight. Check your map of the town and locate Hirrus’ house in Crucible. Directly in the back is a sewer drain and a ramp. The hot conversation takes place near the ramp. If you don’t want to risk being spotted, then don’t go down the ramp and make sure your sneaking, and make sure your approaching from the north (Ma’zaddha’s house). Simply sneak to the rail near the ramp and stop. The conversation will run and you just remain a stone. It will end and you need to talk with the cat immediately. The rest of the quest is simple.

Go to the doors of his house and make a day pass by. Now go inside to discover the shocking twist! Check the body and take the keys. Now go up to his bedroom and check the cupboard. Take both items and follow your arrow to Nelrene; she is the back of Syl’s throne room. Another twist!

Back in Crucible, make it morning and enter Muurine’s house to confront her. Now back to the lady of Double-D sized… Go to the castle, talk to Syl,  follow her to the prison, and watch the conclusion to this episode of CSI: Shivering Isles.

Reward: Ruin’s Edge

**And toss the useless sword or whatever.**

And now to part two of Understanding Madness.

Addiction

This quest is actually longer than the last one, and the last one took quite a bit of work.

Go meet Thadon of the House of Mania, usually in the Halcyon Conservatory in the back. If he ain’t there, make it daytime. Speak to him and after you pick up the quest, talk with Wide-Eye who may be in the garden as well; just go find her in the house of Mania if not. She has much to talk about, and when  you are only left with the Felldew topic, make her like you more until she reveals what Felldew really is. Interesting.

Ready to head into the wild and begin a trek to the other side of the isles, the side you would not have ventured into if you have been following me. If you have wandered into the Mania realm and can fast travel near the location, do so. Otherwise you’ll have to hoof it to the tree-dungeon, and you can do that yourself.

The area around the tree is swarming with monsters of all type, but guarding  the door of the dungeon is an Elytra that glows green. When you kill it, it  will have Felldew. This stuff is how you enter the dungeon, but I have a plan. I was actually surprised it worked, so I would not be surprised if it does not work for you. The premise is that the game has to provide you with Felldew, because some idiots might get it and drop it on the ground or something. So the game will keep sending out these green bugs so that no matter what, you  can always continue the quest. But everyone likes to cheat, and I did not have fun the first time I played this quest. So here is the plot.

After you kill the first Elytra you can go inside, but your buzz will not last and you will have to keep finding the green goo. The problem is, the stuff is  rather hard to come by at times. And if you don’t get enough to keep you  balanced you will start to suffer for it; your strength and many other stats  will fall, but mainly you will not be able to hold all your stuff. So basically all you have to do is keep killing the respawning bugs before you go inside. I know, it’s a whimpy plan, but it will make things that much easier.

The bugs will need a little bit of time between slayings in order to pop up. It doesn’t take too long, so you can just wait around and do whatever. I touch the door every now and then, just in case that might hurry things up, but you can do whatever. I say get at least five and no more than ten. When your ready, take a hit and go inside.

Again, I am not fond of this mission, so I will ask you to run and not fight. The dungeon is just too long to start having at every bug, and they will not follow you into each section. There are four twisting and confusing sections  to the place. I will outline a path for each one. Please use your map of each section to help me out here; I know your map will mostly be clouded, but you will have some of the area around you on that map. (it’s in you’re quest box if you were wondering)

**First time I’ve done maps like these (sorry, I know they’re bad), and I  hope they show up on the net looking right.**

**AND I CAN NOT STRESS IT ENOUGH! DON’T TAKE THE FELLDEW UNLESS YOU ARE   STARTING TO SUFFER!! If you take it when you’re fine, it will work   against you, at least I think. Plus, you’ll make it last longer.**

**Grab all the loot you run across on your path. Those little green things   that spew gas.**

Dunroot Burrow

Not too tough here. Go up and follow the path, and then you will be up to the place above your last path; that is where the (=) go over your path below. A  good tactic while running is to summon a beefy monster that will distract the bugs as you high tail it. Again, I say just run the path I lay out and skip  all fighting; the bugs are quite strong. But if you want to fight, just wait.

O's are entrance
X's are exit
Xloot!x means the chest is not easy to get to

				X
			       XXX________
				X	  \
					   l
					   l
					   l
					   l
					 __l
				        l
				        l
				        l
					l
	 ________________________	l
	l			 l	l
	l_____			 l	l
	      \			 l _____l___ (loot!)
	       \		===
		l	       l l
		l	       l l
		l______________l l
		   Xloot!X	 l
			 ________l
			l
			l
			l
		 _______l
		l
		l
		l
		l
		l
		l
		l
		l
		O
	       OOO
		O

++++++++ Kelp Fen ++++++++

Lots of ways to get lost in here. Where the paths cross on my weak map, you’ll go under the walkway and then spiral up to take that walkway. Just don’t take any of the middle routes.

O's are entrance
X's are exit

							O
						------ OOO
						l	O
						l
						l
					       /
					  ____/
					 /
					/
				       /
				      l
				      l
				      l
			 ____________===____________
			l	 _____l		    l
			l	l		    l
			l	l		    l
			l	l		    l
			l	l___________________l
			l
			l
			l
			l___________________
					    l
					    l
					    l___
						l
						l
						l
						X
					       XXX
						X

+++++++++++++ Drone Tunnels +++++++++++++

Straight forward here. But do go take the two loot chests I highlight.

O's are entrance
X's are exit

						O
			       		       OOO
						O
			     (loot!)		l
		    (wrong way)  _______________l
				l
				l
				l
				l
	   (wrong way)   _______l
			l
			l
			l
			l
			l
	    (wrong way) l (loot!)
			l
			l
			l
			l
		   _____l
		 X/
		XXX
		 X

+++++++++++++ Bramble Halls +++++++++++++

Easy path to follow here. One place where you must enter a pit and that is pretty much it.

O's are entrance
X's are exit

				O
			       OOO
				O
				l
				l
		 _______________l
		l
		l
		l		  ______
		l		X/	l
  (wrong way) - l	       XXX	l - (wrong way)
		l		X	l
		l			l
		l			l
		l			l
		--------		l - (wrong way)
			\		l
			 \		l 
			  l     ________l
			  l    /
			  l   /
			  l  /
			  l--

Okay, we’re still in the same quest now. You will now be at the end of the  dungeon and in the quarters of the Chalice. Go up the stairs after you are healed and ready for a three-way brawl with a bunch of fellow junkies. Kill them quickly, though they are a bit stronger than it would seem. Up the steps is the prize and you will be cleaned of your addiction when you grab it. Be sure to grab all the lose Felldew to sell later.

Now you have a choice: go back and explore, or move on with the game. If you  got two of the bigger chests then you might consider the trip a success. There is not much more in the dungeon, and if you left all the bugs inside then I would not go back in. Up to you. If you choose to leave then take the doors that lead outside, but be quiet so to not grab the attention of the enemy at the crystal. Just fast travel to the palace.

Find Thadon, give him the cup and Finish the rest of Understanding Madness.

Go to Sheogorath and pick up your next assignment.