Online:Sacred Prey, Hunt Profane

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Stop the mammoth poachers at Treehenge. Zone: Malabal Tor Quest Giver: Aniaste Location(s): Treehenge Reward: Low Leveled Gold XP Gain: Low ID: 4229

An Altmer doing research in Treehenge found some cultists poaching mammoths at the shrine.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Aniaste.
2. Retrieve the carved mammoth tusks.
3. Find Vanendil.
4. Obtain the ceremonial carving knife.
5. Destroy the knife and the tusks.
6. Talk to Vanendil.

Detailed Walkthrough

The researcher Aniaste was trying to stop the Worm Cult from poaching the mammoths in Treehenge, but was attacked by the cultists and severely wounded.

"To think, all of our research … ruined! It's all those savage cultists' fault!"

Are you hurt?

"Never mind me! It was a balance, a sacred trust. The Worm Cult came and broke that trust with the mammoths, and now ….
We were simply observers! But they struck, destroying countless documents …."

The cultists attacked you? Or the mammoths?

"The cultists! Aren't you listening? No time! Take whatever ivory you can find to Vanendil. And my notes - he'll want them. The cultists took so many carvings for their own purposes. Got to retrieve them somehow.
The poison … my time has come."

I can take these, but … is there anything I can do to help you?

Aniaste then falls dead, leaving it up to you to take the ivory to Vanendil.

Kill and loot Worm Cultists in the area until you have collected six Carved Mammoth Tusks. Then seek out Vanendil and give him the ivory, as well as telling him the news of Aniaste's death. He asks you to retrieve the Ceremonial Carving Knife from the Worm Cultists' camp to stop their dark rituals. After doing so, place the ivory and the knife in the fire pit nearby Vanendil, freeing three ghostly mammoth spirits which appear around you. Vanendil is enraptured by these mammoths, and happily gives you your reward.

"Fascinating. You see them, don't you?
This will make a marvelous addition to my studies."

You mean the ghostly mammoths, I expect?

"Indeed! Well, perhaps my time is not yet at an end here. I cannot leave such a phenomenon undocumented.
Thank you for your aid in uncovering these creatures. Their suffering is regrettable, but I will see to it that it is not forgotten."

Notes

• While the icon of the ceremonial carving knife depicts an intricate-looking knife (as well as the description stating it being bloody), the model of the knife is actually a simple knife with no blood on it.

Bugs

• Two objective markers overlap each other during the objective to burn the carving knife in the fire pit. ^?

Quest Stages

Sacred Prey, Hunt Profane
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	Before she was killed by the Worm Cult's poison, Aniaste asked for my help in recovering the ivory they took. Objective: Retrieve the Carved Mammoth Tusks from the Cultists: 0/6
	Aniaste mentioned another Altmer in the area, whom she was doing research for. I should seek him out. Objective: Talk to Vanendil
	Vanendil has been tracking the actions of the Worm Cult, and wants to stop them before they destroy the sanctity of the shrine. He's asked me to retrieve one of their ceremonial carving knives, in order to appease the mammoth spirits. Objective: Take the Ceremonial Carving Knife from the Camp
	I've taken the ceremonial knife. To begin its destruction, I'll need to place the tusks I retrieved earlier into the fire pit near Vanendil. Objective: Put the Ivory in the fire pit
	The ivory has been placed, and the fire is ready. I need to add the ceremonial knife now. The fire should be hot enough to destroy the ivory and the knife in order to free the mammoth spirits. Objective: Throw the Knife in the Fire Pit
Finishes quest	I've destroyed the ivory carvings and attracted the attention of the mammoth spirits. There's no telling if they understand, but perhaps Vanendil has more insight into their reaction. Objective: Talk to Vanendil

Notes

* Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the game and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.

• 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.