Tamriel Rebuilt:Ghost in a Gem

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Resolve a necromantic dilemma. Quest Giver: Valkreia Krex Location(s): Old Ebonheart Prerequisite Quest: To Catch a Cold Reward: Enchanted Silver Weapon of your choice OR 5 Greater Soul Gems OR 5 Greater Soul Gems and the Debilitating Touch spell. Disposition: +5 Disposition for Valkreia (Hastophos route only) Reputation Gain: +5 Mages Guild (Hastophos route only) ID: TR_m3_MG_OE_GhostGem

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Valkreia Krex in the Old Ebonheart Mages Guild about Missa Rhyle.
2. Travel to Ghand, near Oran Plantation, and kill Vohur.
3. Find Missa Rhyle's gem in Ghand's ritual chamber.
4. Return to Valkreia Krex.
5. Talk to Zissicheeiva in the Mages Guild Basement and/or Hastophos Velifer in his Old Ebonheart house.
6. Follow either Valkreia (5 Gr Soul Gems), Zissicheeiva (Enchanted Silver Weapon) or Hastophos's suggested course of action (5 Gr Soul Gems and Debilitating Touch).
7. Return to Valkreia.

Notes

• If the player has previously arranged for necromancy to be banned in Old Ebonheart (as part of the Temple quest Outlandish Heresy), then Hastophos Velifer will (ever so slightly smugly) request that the player make arrangements to pay the 5000 gold fine before he provides any help whatsoever. His fee is otherwise 60 septims.
• Missa, while unable to speak after leaving Ghand, does hear what is said about her fate, and this may affect how she reacts to the player when her soul is freed.

Quest Stages

The following Journal ID and Index codes can be used with the Journal console command to manually update the quest to a certain point.

Ghost in a Gem (TR_m3_MG_OE_GhostGem)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		An apprentice of the Mages Guild, Missa Rhyle, has gone missing after being sent to investigate the cavern of Ghand. I am to go to Ghand in search of Missa Rhyle and return with either Missa, or tidings regarding her fate.
20		It turns out that Vohur, the supposedly dead necromancer who inhabited Ghand, wasn't dead after all. He attacked me when I entered the cave. After I killed him, I was contacted by Missa Rhyle, apparently telepathically. She told me that she is trapped somewhere in Ghand.
30		I found Missa Rhyle. Vohur had killed her and trapped her soul inside of a soul gem. She was rather distraught at the realization. I should report back to Valkreia Krex with the soul gem.
40		Valkreia Krex was horrified at the news of Missa's fate. She wants to smash the soul gem, but suggested that I first consult Zissicheeiva in the Mages Guild, and then perhaps Hastophos Velifer, a necromancer living nearby.
50		Zissicheeiva suggested that what's left of Missa Rhyle's soul be used to enchant "something useful and beautiful" rather than "go to waste".
60		Hastophos Velifer offered to set Missa's spirit free from the soul gem. He needs a black rose, one moonmoth wing, some black lichen, and some gravedust in order to conduct the necessary ritual.
70		Zissicheeiva has enchanted a silver weapon using Missa Rhyle's soul.
80		Hastophos Velifer has set Missa's spirit free from the soul gem.
100	Finishes quest	I have destroyed the soul gem containing Missa Rhyle's soul. Valkreia Krex has rewarded me for my efforts.
110	Finishes quest	Valkreia Krex has destroyed the soul gem containing Missa Rhyle's soul. Though Valkreia wasn't happy that I refused to destroy the gem myself, she rewarded me nonetheless.
120	Finishes quest	Valkreia Krex seemed unhappy that I let Zissicheeiva use Missa Rhyle's soul for enchanting purposes. She let me keep the enchanted weapon as my reward.
130	Finishes quest	Valkreia Krex was pleased to hear that Missa was set free from the soul gem. For my efforts, she taught me a spell.

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