Skyrim:Ildari Sarothril

Ildari Sarothril; (RefID: xx019B87); (lore page)
Added by	Dragonborn
Location	Highpoint Tower
Other Information
Health	350-825
Magicka	230-610
Stamina	50
Primary Skills	Conjuration, Restoration, Alteration, Destruction
Perks	Impact, Atromancy, Regeneration, Respite, Muffled Movement, Light Foot, Stability, Augmented Shock, Augmented Frost, Summoner, Recovery, Magic Resistance
Class Details	CombatMageConjurer
Essential	Yes, until the quest Old Friends
Voice Type	FemaleDarkElf
Faction(s)	DLC2AshSpawnFaction; WarlockFaction; Ash Guardian Faction

Ildari Sarothril

Ildari Sarothril is a Dark Elf conjurer residing at Highpoint Tower. She is a former apprentice of Neloth, but now bears a grudge against him. Ildari is the one responsible for the ash spawn attacks on Tel Mithryn, as well as the withering of the tower. She wears Telvanni robes with a heartstone necklace, and she carries a Dwarven dagger and a Staff of Lightning Bolts.

She can be a powerful opponent in battle, using the Destruction spells Ice Storm and Thunderbolt against you, and she can also conjure a flame, frost, or storm atronach depending on her level. She improves her armor rating with the Alteration spells Stoneflesh, Ironflesh, and Ebonyflesh, all of which are strengthened by her Mage Armor perks. She also uses the Restoration spells Lesser Ward, Steadfast Ward, and Greater Ward, as well as Fast Healing.

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She will shout out to taunt you:

"You've gone far enough. Neloth is a fool to think he could send some low life to finish me off."

"Ugh! The heart stone protects me!"

"So Neloth is afraid to face me himself!"

"Pawn of Neloth!"

She is immune to all forms of paralysis.
There is no other way to kill Ildari other than to rip her Heartstone out, as asked to by Neloth. As soon as she is put into the bleedout state, she becomes immune to all other forms of damage (melee weapons, archery, magic and unarmed attacks, as well as Shouts) other than choosing the option to "Rip Heart Out".

Her Telvanni robes can be looted from her corpse. Neloth wears a set as well, but this is the only player-obtainable version of them.
- The Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch, version 2.0.9, fixes this bug.
Upon putting Ildari in Bleedout, the player is given a perk that enables the prompt to "Rip Heart Out", and that adds a multiplier of 0.01 to the magnitude of Illusion effects on the player. This persists until the perk is removed upon killing Ildari. This notably makes the Ring of Khajiit and Ring of the Wind very weak. ^?
- The perk can be removed via player.removeperk 0403d597, it will be reacquired when Ildari is next put into Bleedout.
When given the prompt to "Rip Heart Out", Ildari might die at the beginning of the long animation rather than at the end, so you end up holding no one's shoulder and not ripping out any visible heart, all while Ildari is dead on the floor.