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Quick WalkthroughEdit
- Meet Azandar in Cipher's Midden
- Acquire a book containing a Daedric summoning ritual
- Gather the materials needed for the ritual
- Summon Tem at the Altar of the One Who Knows
- Ask Tem for the whereabouts of Azandar's former collaborator Martina Abor
- Find and search Martina's Sanctum in The Underweave
- Meet Azandar in his Cipher's Midden lodgings to scry for a Frayed Fate
- Find and seal a Frayed Fate in Fathoms Drift
- Talk to Azandar back in his Cipher's Midden lodgings
Detailed WalkthroughEdit
Learning a Summoning RitualEdit
As you approach Cipher's Midden, you will see and hear a Redguard man dispel a green orb. He will call you over and introduce himself as the arcanist Azandar al-Cybiades. Speak with him to begin the quest. He will explain that while attempting to create a relic called the Fateweaver Key, something went amiss and caused his fate to fray. He needs assistance tracking down a former associate who might be able to help him solve the problem.
Meet Azandar in the center of Cipher's Midden and talk to him to learn what's next. In order to find his former collaborator, Martina Abor, he will need to summon a particular Watcher. In order to summon the Watcher, he will need to acquire a book containing the research notes of Cipher elder Nelqueriel.
Azandar will perform a ritual to locate the book. Unfortunately, that particular book has been inhabited by a Tomeshell. When you reach for it, the Tomeshell will fly off. You will need to chase it down until it dives into another stack of books. You can then take and read Predestination and Paradox: A Treatise to learn the ingredients for the summoning ritual.
Azandar will instruct you to gather the Expunged Tomedust and Seeker Talon while he collects the Black Ichor. The tomedust can be found inside the Expungatory, inside the Ciphers Repository in Cipher's Midden. Though not part of the quest, Nelqueriel can be found here and she will explain more about the expungatory, if asked. On the floor are four piles of interactable dust called Expunged Sigilis Tomedust, Expunged Runeform Tomedust, Expunged Arcanum Tomedust, and Expunged Daedric Tomedust. The latter is the one you're after. When you are looking for expunged tomedust to help Azandar summon Tem and you uncover a pile, you will hear ancient text speaking:
- Ancient Text: "Incoming tides … endless … endless …"
- Ancient Text: "And Fire rained down…"
- Ancient Text: "… above the moon of Masser …."
- Ancient Text: "… beyond sweet Oblivion, ensnared within the runes of my dark love …."
To find the talon, head southwest from Cipher's Midden. Stuck in one of the resin plants will be a Seeker's Talon. Interact with the Embedded Seeker Talon to collect it.
Summoning TemEdit
Once you have gathered the ingredients, meet Azandar at the Altar of the One Who Knows to perform the summoning ritual. He will be shooing off another Frayed Fate as you approach. Speak to him to receive the Black Ichor and learn your role in the ritual.
As Azandar recites the incantation and mentions each of the ritual offering ingredients, you will need to place them on the altars surrounding the dais. First, place the tomedust on the left altar; next, place the talon on the center altar; finally, place the ichor on the right altar.
During the ritual, the Watcher Tem, the Omen of Destiny, will appear in the center of the dais. He will be reluctant to answer Azandar's question directly, but he agrees to speak with you. Tem tells you Martina's location and warns you about Azandar's hubris and folly. After Tem departs, you can speak to Azandar to learn more about Martina and his research.
Martina's SanctumEdit
You will meet Azandar in a public dungeon called The Underweave where he will be your follower. He will tell you that the Fateweaver Key is synergizing with something in Martina's Sanctum and pulling him toward the east. Head east until you reach the Heart of the Underweave. Azandar will use magic to open the sealed door to Martina's Sanctum.
Inside, you will find the body of Martina Abor surrounded by an active magic circle. Azandar needs a moment and asks you to search the area. You can interact with a Mysterious Experiment and read The Never-Woven, which contains Martina's research notes and mentions her fate fraying just like Azandar's fate. Then you can search Martina's Body to collect Strange Fragments.
Once you have completed your search, speak to Azandar. He is interested in the part of Martina's research that discussed scrying for Frayed Fates. You can question him further about Martina if you so choose. He then asks you to meet him back in his rooms at Cipher's Midden.
In Azandar's Lodgings, you will notice that Azandar has set up four beacons around the room. He wants to attempt Martina's method for scrying for Frayed Fates. He gives you The Fateweaver Key and instructs you to activate the Scrying Beacons. A portal appears in the center of the four beacons and shows Azandar the location of one of his Frayed Fates. Speak to him after the portal disappears to learn that the location is "a sinkhole in reality, a graveyard for ships from across the realms" to the north.
Fathoms DriftEdit
Meet Azandar outside the delve Fathoms Drift. He will be in the middle of dispelling another Frayed Fate. He will then tell you to use the Fateweaver Key to lead you to the Frayed Fate that you scried previously and smooth it back into the universe. Follow him into the delve and look for green orbs of light with which you interact to untie a Fate Thread.
Eventually, you will reach the door to Fathoms Drift Wreckage. Inside, Azandar will run up a ramp to the deck of a wrecked ship. There you will see a ghostly figure swabbing the deck and complaining about his lot in life. The figure looks suspiciously like Azandar. As you watch, a red figure appears behind the ghostly one and appears to kill and absorb it, after which it makes exultant comments.
Azandar will summon two runeforms, one on either side of the red figure. He instructs you to use the Fateweaver Key to activate the Fatebinding Rune Alpha and the Fatebinding Rune Zeta. Doing so, you seal the Frayed Fate. Azandar shares that he is concerned that a Frayed Fate has grown in strength and become adversarial. He asks you to meet him back at his room.
When you arrive at his lodgings in Cipher's Midden, he is excited about the new discoveries the two of you made. He claims you make a great research duo together and offers continued collaboration as a companion upon quest completion.
Quest StagesEdit
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| Azandar believes a Daedric creature will know where to find his former associate. To summon the Daedra he needs a tome in the eastern part of Cipher's Midden. I should meet him there.
Objective: Meet Azandar at the Center of Cipher's Midden
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| I should speak to Azandar about how he intends to find one book in these stacks.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| Azandar said he'll cast a spell that should find the tome he's looking for. I need to stay close to the old arcanist.
Objective: Find the Book with Azandar
Objective Hint: Grab the Book from the Stack
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| The book Azandar sought has been claimed by a tomeshell. I need to chase after it if I'm going to get it for him.
Objective: Chase the Tomeshell
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| The tomeshell dove into another pile of books, but seems to have shed the book it was using. I should grab it for Azandar.
Objective: Take the Book
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| We acquired the book, no thanks to that tomeshell. Time to talk to Azandar about the contents of the book.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| Thanks to the tome we know we need a Seeker talon and expunged tomedust to summon Tem. Azandar's marked my map. I should be able to find a Seeker talon in a nearby plant, and the tomedust at the Cipher's Midden expungatory.
Objective: Find a Seeker Talon
Objective: Search for Tomedust from a Daedric Spell
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| I gathered the Seeker talon and the expunged tomedust. Time to meet up with Azandar at the ritual altar he mentioned.
Objective: Meet Azandar at the Ritual Altar
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| Azandar managed to banish another one of those frayed fates as I approached. Time to find out what we need to do in order to talk to this Tem.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| I need to assist Azandar with this summoning ritual. I should stand ready as he begins the incantations.
Objective: Wait for Azandar to Begin the Ritual
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| First need to find the tomedust I acquired from the Cipher's Midden expungatory.
Objective: Present Expunged Tomedust
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| Next I need to present the Seeker talon into the ritual mix.
Objective: Offer Seeker's Talon
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| Finally, I should pour out the black ichor Azandar procured to completed the summoning ritual.
Objective: Pour Ichor in the Font
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| The ritual worked! Tem, the Omen of Destiny, has been summoned to our ritual site. Time to ask the Watcher where we can find Martina Abor.
Objective: Talk to Tem, the Omen of Destiny
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| Tem told us that Martina Abor has a lab of some kind at the Underweave. Azandar wants me to meet him there.
Objective: Meet Azandar in the Underweave
Optional Step: Talk to Azandar
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| We made our way to the place called the Underweave. I should talk to Azandar about what we need to do here.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| We need to find the Heart of the Underweave, where the entrance to Martina's sanctum can be found.
Objective: Find Martina's Sanctum in the Underweave's Heart
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| We made it into Martina's sanctum. I should search the room for clues as to what happened here.
Objective: Search Martina's Sanctum
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| We found Martina's research, even if it wasn't the way Azandar wanted. I should talk to him about what we need to do next.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| To find the fates frayed from Azandar's fateline, we have to try Martina's scrying technique. The arcanist asked that I meet him at his chambers at Cipher's Midden.
Objective: Meet Azandar in His Cipher's Midden Chambers
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| With Martina's research and Azandar's resources, we might be able to find a way forward in his studies. I should ask him what our next step will be.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| Now that the key has been modified, Azandar believes we can use it to track down frayed fates and return them to the flow of the universe. He wants my assistance scrying for one of these fates.
Objective: Help Azandar With A Fate Scrying Ritual
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| Our scrying ritual pointed at a strange nexus of dead ships called Fathoms Drift. I should meet up with Azandar near the entrance.
Objective: Meet Azandar Near Fathoms Drift
Optional Step: Talk to Azandar
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| I should talk to Azandar about what we need to do here.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| Azandar told me the Fateweaver Key should reveal threads which lead to the frayed fate we're seeking. I just need to follow them through the drift to find our way.
Objective: Search for a Frayed Fate in Fathom's Drift
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| We found the Frayed Fate identified by the scrying ritual. We should observe it.
Objective: Observe Azandar's Frayed Fate
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| Something appeared and seemingly absorbed Azandar's frayed fate. The arcanist wants me to use the Fateweaver Key on the runes he cast.
Objective: Help Azandar Seal the Frayed Fate
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| A lot just happened. I should talk to Azandar and see what he thinks of this situation.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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| Azandar is fascinated and somewhat unnerved by the appearance of this adversarial fate. He wants to meet back in Cipher's Midden, giving him time to collect his thoughts.
Objective: Meet Azandar in His Cipher's Midden Chambers
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| I should talk to Azandar about the unexpected appearance of this adversary.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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Traveling with Azandar has been very interesting. He proposed continuing our collaboration and wants to adventure alongside me. I should speak to him one more time about his notion.
Objective: Talk to Azandar
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- 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 any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
