Oblivion:Breaking the Siege of Kvatch

You must help defeat the Daedra invaders and end the siege of Kvatch. Quest Giver: Savlian Matius at the main gate of Kvatch Location(s): Kvatch, Kvatch Oblivion World Next Quest: The Battle for Castle Kvatch Concurrent Quest: Find the Heir Reward: 1 Sigil Stone Fame/Infamy: Fame +1 ID: MS48

The forbidding and dangerous landscape inside the Kvatch Oblivion World

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Savlian Matius.
2. Enter Oblivion. Head for the Blood Feast (the Sigil Keep) and make your way up.
3. Take the walkway to the Reapers Sprawl to find the prisoner. Kill his keeper to get the Sigil Keep Key.
4. Walk back to the Blood Feast, get to the top, and activate the Sigil Stone. The gate will close and you'll find yourself back in Kvatch.
5. Help Savlian clear out the Daedra in the plaza in front of the chapel so the survivors inside can be rescued.
6. Talk to Martin and tell him to follow you to Weynon Priory.

Detailed Walkthrough

On Oblivion

The Oblivion Gate in front of Kvatch

As noted in Find the Heir, Martin will not escape with you unless everyone else in the Chapel of Akatosh can leave safely, but the guard will not let anyone out until Savlian Matius gives the order. Savlian is too busy killing the Daedra outside the Oblivion Gate to aid in your quest, so your only choice is to offer to help him close it. Tell him you want to help, get ready for battle, and activate the gate.

After entering the gate, you will find yourself in the Deadlands, Mehrunes Dagon's Plane of Oblivion, and specifically the Kvatch Oblivion World. See the place page for a full walkthrough, including optional areas.

As the War Gates on the bridge in front of you are closed, head instead to the southwest. You will immediately come across Ilend Vonius fighting a number of Daedra, though at higher levels he may die before you manage to reach him. After the battle, Ilend will tell you he was sent in with a few other soldiers to close the Oblivion Gate. The only other survivor from the assault was taken as a prisoner to the large tower visible in the distance behind the War Gates.

At this point, you can ask Ilend for help or you can send him back to Kvatch and try to close the Oblivion Gate by yourself. If you ask him for help, he will become a follower and will back up your attacks with his sword and shield, while also healing himself relatively quickly. However, make sure Ilend doesn't fall into the lava, especially if you knock a creature into it.

Climbing the Tower

Your destination is the largest tower (the Sigil Keep) at the far northern end of the world, so continue heading north along the path hugging the western side of the island. After battling past a number of Daedra, turn right after finding some Fleshy Pods and take the western path straight to the main tower, ignoring the satellite towers. This route should allow you to avoid enemies and bypass any land mine traps.

Enter the Sigil Keep of this world, known as The Blood Feast. After battling past two Daedra, take either of the doors leading to the Rending Halls, where you will find two more enemies and doors taking you back to the second level of The Blood Feast. Make your way up the tower and use either of the two doors leading to the Corridors of Dark Salvation. After dispatching another two enemies, you'll find that two of the three doors nearby are locked, so instead use the third door, which leads you outside to a bridge connecting The Blood Feast to the satellite tower Reapers Sprawl.

Menien Goneld inside his cage

At the top of Reapers Sprawl you will find Menien Goneld, the sole other survivor mentioned by Ilend Vonius, locked in a cage and guarded by a Dremora Sigil Keeper. The Dremora will say: "You should not be here, mortal. Your blood is forfeit, your flesh is mine!" before attacking you. Kill the Sigil Keeper to loot his key. Menien will provide you with some crucial information to guide your next steps: you must travel to the top of The Blood Feast, find the Sigil Stone and remove it, thus closing the Gate.

Head back to the Sigil Keep and use your newly-acquired key to open the northern door. After negotiating a Citadel spike trap and another enemy, take the nearby door to the fifth level of The Blood Feast. Dispatch a Dremora Mage, then use the Runed Portal to teleport to the sixth level. Keep climbing until you reach the highest level, guarded by two more enemies, and use either door to enter the final zone: the Sigillum Sanguis.

Climb up the ramps to the higher level, where you will face two Dremora, one of which boss-level. Hovering in the middle of a pillar of light is a glowing sphere: this is the sigil stone that holds open the gate to Oblivion. Activate it and the tower will start to collapse around you, before you will be teleported back to outside Kvatch.

Back in Kvatch

The ruins that await when you enter the city of Kvatch

Now that you're back at Kvatch, with a destroyed Oblivion Gate behind you, return to Savlian and report your success. He'll say that he knew you could do it, and suggest that now would be a good time to mount a counter-attack on the remaining Daedra. When you're ready, follow him and the other soldiers into the city and help him fight off the five enemies occupying the main plaza in front of the chapel. If you told Ilend to leave, he will join his fellow guardsmen in the counterattack. Once the enemies are all dead, Savlian will walk to the chapel to make sure the civilians inside are alright. At this point, you can either escort Martin to Weynon Priory (provided you have started Find the Heir) or help Savlian reclaim Kvatch in an optional quest.

Notes

• You do not need to have delivered the amulet before doing this quest. However, other Oblivion Gates won't open until you do so. You will also be unable to start Find the Heir and progress with the rest of the main questline.
• An achievement will be unlocked upon closing the Oblivion Gate.

Journal Entries

Breaking the Siege of Kvatch (MS48)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
0		(Set when Hirtel speaks to player)
5		(Set when player first speaks to Savlian Matius)
8		Savlian Matius asked me to help close the Oblivion Gate outside the ruins of Kvatch. He sent some of his men into it, but they never came back. I should let him know when I'm ready to help.
10		I have agreed to help Savlian Matius of the Kvatch Town Guard and his men as they attempt to reach some survivors trapped in the Chapel of Akatosh inside the city. He is willing to lead his guardsmen back into the city to attempt a rescue, but the enemy have opened an Oblivion Gate across the entry to the city. then I need to go into the Oblivion Gate and figure out how to close it.
20		Ilend Vonius, one of the Kvatch Guardsmen who entered the Oblivion Gate to try to close it, told me that at least one other survivor of the assault on the Gate has been taken to the large tower within Oblivion. I should search for him there. (This will appear in your journal if you have not told Savlian Matius you will try to close the Oblivion Gate) or At least one survivor of the assault on the Oblivion Gate has been taken to the large tower within Oblivion. I need to search for him there. (This will appear in your journal if you told Savlian Matius you will try to close the Oblivion Gate)
25		(Player asked Ilend to come along)
30		I found the prisoner in Oblivion. He told me I need to reach the top of the largest tower and look for the Sigil Stone. But I will need the Sigil Keeper's key to gain entry into the Sigil Keep.
40		I have the key to the Sigil Keep. then Now I must reach the Sigil Stone and remove it from the Sigil Keep to close the Oblivion Gate that it anchors.
50		I have closed the Gate by taking the Sigil Stone that anchors it within Oblivion. I should tell Savlian Matius that the way into Kvatch is now open. (This stage adds an achievement if you are playing on a console)
60		Savlian Matius of the Kvatch Town Guard has asked me to aid him as he and his men attempt to re-take the city of Kvatch. They're pushing in now; I'll need to follow closely and make sure Savlian survives.
70		I have entered the ruined city of Kvatch with Savlian Matius and his men. We must clear the southern plaza before the survivors in the Chapel can be rescued.
80		I have helped Savlian Matius and his men retake the southern plaza. I should talk to him about our next move.
90		It is now safe for the survivors of the attack on Kvatch to leave the Chapel for safety in the camp south of the city. Savlian has asked me to help him further. I should let him know when I am ready.
200	Finishes quest	Savlian Matius has been killed. (This quest is marked as finished once the refugees reach the encampment. This Journal Entry does not appear in-game as Savlian Matius cannot be killed.)

Notes

• 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 random order.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• It is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage MS48 stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages. See SetStage for more information.

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