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Quick WalkthroughEdit
- Investigate the first and second gates.
- Follow the trail.
- Pursue the stranger.
- Find Vazbi.
- Enter the caves and speak with Silhu-jo.
- Defeat Hulzar.
- Speak with Vazbi back at S'rendarr's Cradle.
Detailed WalkthroughEdit
S'rendarr's Cradle is in need of assistance. It appears they are going through a drought—no water flows through the aqueduct. Vazbi insists that she needs to investigate why S'rendarr's Cradle has no water, much to the chagrin of her mentor and adopted father, Silhu-jo. When you agree to assist Vazbi in investigating the aqueduct, she informs you that your first task will be to guide her to the first sluice gate to make sure there's nothing wrong with it.
Beginning the InvestigationEdit
Head to the first gate, located directly south of S'rendarr's Cradle. Investigate the aqueduct's sluice gate. It is open and dry. Vazbi is going to take a moment to study the gate while you clear the way. The second gate lies southeast of the first, past swaths of thirsty, grumpy senche-lions. Vazbi catches up when you arrive at the gate. The second gate is also dry, as expected. However, Vazbi notices something strange on the platform. Investigate the Torn Habit and speak with Vazbi. She recognizes it. It's a piece torn from a S'rendarr's Cradle adept's robes. This is an old version of the uniform, one that is no longer worn by the adepts of the Cradle. It looks torn, as if used to dress a wound, and is covered in blood. Vazbi speculates that it could be a warning of sorts, or a clue. She suggests you search the base of S'rendarr's Cradles aqueducts, as someone who is gravely injured may have rested in the structure's shadow.
Investigate the area not far northeast, just under the aqueduct. You'll find a bloody habit here. The blood on the cloth is more spotty. Vazbi reckons it could be from a sore. Head north down the hill. The place is crawling with ogres ... and they don't look too well. A little ways down the hill likes a weathered cameo. The picture is cracked, and Vazbi deduces that it was not dropped by accident. Continue your search by moving west. A crumpled nursery rhyme lies in the grass. The poem is quite odd. It looks like it was written for the adepts, and comes off as though it was written by whoever stopped the water's flow. It speaks of the Knahaten Flu, and "the sweet cat who survived the disease". Someone holds a grudge against S'rendarr's Cradle that hearkens back to when the adepts were treating flu victims.
Head further west. You'll find a swaddling cloth on the side of the road. Vazbi recognizes the pattern on the cloth. Travel northwest into the canyon to search for your next clue. A scarred coin lies in the sand. Vazbi identifies it as a Death Coin. Vazbi calls you over to talk. She admits she hasn't been entirely truthful. She believes that she is the reason there is a drought. Every year on her birthday, someone leaves gifts outside the cloisters, like the nursery rhyme, coin and cameo you found. Days after the aqueduct ran dry, the gift giver left a jug of cold water outside Vazbi's door. The trail of gifts you found today lead to the canyon, Baan Dar's Litter: a dangerous, forbidden place. Old ghosts haunt the place, moaning and howling curses in the night. Vazbi believes the two of you have no choice; the last sluice gate is within the canyon, and so is the one you're pursuing.
Baan Dar's LitterEdit
Head northeast into the canyon. Baan Dar's Litter is thick with harpies. When you cross beneath a rope bridge, Vazbi spies someone in the distance. Pursue them east. They are wearing rags, and run northeast when you approach. You'll need to chase them through a section of the canyon lined with harpy nests. You'll spot another Khajiit, who has a staff. They run further into the canyon. Chase them to the southeast, past a cluster of giant wasp nests with a wasp queen. Vazbi decides you should split up as you pass beneath the wasp nests, seeking to corner the one you're chasing. Pursue the stranger south.
You'll find yourself at a cliff with caverns dotting its face. There are several people atop the cliff, including a Khajiit named Hulzar, who calls Vazbi his daughter. He commands his people to take Vazbi to their camp at the Baan Dar Gate, and orders others to kill you. Hulzar says something about setting S'rendarr's Cradle aflame. You'll need to fend off three waves of flu-scarred Stricken Lunatics. They don't have much health, and attack with their claws, so you shouldn't have many issues fighting them. Once the coast is clear, head east to find Vazbi. You'll find Silhu-jo kneeling behind a boulder, who beckons you over. Speak with Silhu-jo.
Silhu-jo Tells AllEdit
He admits that he followed you and Vazbi as you investigated the aqueduct. He may not be Vazbi's biological father, but he loves her as any father would love their daughter. He doesn't have time to elaborate on why he thinks someone would want to burn the Cradle to the ground, but he does inform you that there is a cavern deep within the Litter that ascends to the Baan Dar Gate. He believes you will find Vazbi and the aqueduct blockage there. Head north towards that cavern. The place is crawling with flu-scarred Khajiit, so be wary.
As you make your way down, Silhu-jo will start to ramble: he believes the people who kidnapped Vazbi are the Stricken, Khajiit who were ravaged by the flu, but not killed by it. The Stricken were cast out by society. They came to S'rendarr's Cradle for healing once, but King Hemakar would have none of it. His vizier came to the Cradle with a legion of war-cats, vowing to raze the adeptorium to destroy all traces of the Knahaten Flu. Vazbi's parents brought her to the Cradle during this period in time. They were seemingly near death, but Vazbi was healthy and vibrant.
Baan Dar CavernsEdit
The Stricken Lunatics and Maniacs located closer to the cave have more health than the ones who ambushed you. Enter the cave and make your way east then south through the tunnel. Silhu-jo asks to speak with you before you exit to the Baan Dar Span. Vazbi's father hates Silhu-jo. Silhu-jo believes that his death will save Vazbi and the adeptorium.
Follow him into the Upper Baan Dar Caverns. Silhu-jo sees Vazbi and asks if she is unharmed. Hulzar throws a spell at him, gravely injuring the adept before running out of the caves. As Vazbi fruitlessly attempts to heal her mentor's wounds, speak with her. She says that Hulzar wields horrible magic. He grew jealous of Silhu-jo as he watched Vazbi grow up from afar. Now, he plans on razing the adeptorium - and with the aqueduct blocked, there will be no water with which to quench the blaze.
Vazbi blames herself for everything that has transpired— going far as to wishing that she were never born—, and asks that if you can find a way to spare Hulzar, that you do so.
Restoring Water to S'rendarr's CradleEdit
Enter Baan Dar's Overlook and confront Hulzar. Unfortunately for Vazbi, you have no choice but to kill him. Hulzar wields flame and healing magic, and will summon Stricken Agitators during battle. Once Hulzar is dead, head southwest up the hill and open the Baan Dar Gate, returning water to the Cradle.
Travel northwest and return to S'rendarr's Cradle and speak with Vazbi in the northern section of the adeptorium. Silhu-jo has died, and his corpse lays on an altar. There are healers tending the grounds. Vazbi has experienced great loss today, and has a personal decision to make. The people of Elsweyr believe that S'rendarr's Cradle worked miracles to stave off the Knahaten Flu, but that notion is wrong. She's not sure whether she should stay at the Cradle and continue in her path to become a healer, or leave.
If you convince her to leave, she will live on the streets of Rimmen, aiding the sick whenever she can. If you convince her to stay, she gathers the healers and informs them that the adepts of S'rendarr's Cradle will begin a wholesale effort to help the Stricken of Baan Dar's Litter, to heal the wounds the adepts created eighteen years ago.
Quest StagesEdit
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| I should seek out Vazbi, a young adept who seems intent on resolving the water crisis at S'rendarr's Cradle.
Objective: Talk to Vazbi
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Vazbi asked me to meet her at an aqueduct gate, not far from S'rendarr's Cradle.
Objective: Go to the First Gate
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| I should examine the aqueduct gate to see if I can discover what's stopped the flow of water to S'rendarr's Cradle.
Objective: Examine the First Gate
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| Vazbi asked me to meet her at a second span of the aqueduct, further along the line.
Objective: Go to the Second Gate
Optional Step: Talk to Vazbi
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| I should examine the second aqueduct gate. Hopefully, I can discover what stopped the flow of water to S'rendarr's Cradle.
Objective: Examine the Second Gate
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| Vazbi found a torn adept's habit at the site of the second aqueduct gate. I should examine it.
Objective: Examine the Torn Habit
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| Vazbi seems troubled. I should speak to her about the torn habit we found.
Objective: Talk to Vazbi
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| Someone used the habit Vazbi and I found to dress a wound. It's unclear how it arrived in the wilderness, but Vazbi wants to find the robe's owner and see if they need help.
Objective: Find the Injured Stranger
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| We followed a trail of mysterious items to Baan Dar's Litter, a dangerous and thoroughly forbidden canyon. Vazbi wants to talk before proceeding.
Objective: Talk to Vazbi
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| After speaking with Vazbi, she's ready to proceed. We should enter Baan Dar's Litter and continue our search for the injured stranger.
Objective: Enter Baan Dar's Litter
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| I should continue looking for this injured stranger in Baan Dar's Litter.
Objective: Find the Injured Stranger
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| Vazbi caught a glimpse of someone she doesn't recognize, wearing the robes of a S'rendarr's Cradle healer. It may be the stranger we've been tracking. We should try to catch up and ask this person if they know anything about the water crisis.
Objective: Follow the Stranger
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| A group of plague-scarred Khajiit attacked me. I must fight my way through this ambush.
Objective: Survive the Stricken Ambush
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| The Stricken's leader, Hulzar, took Vazbi deeper into Baan Dar's Litter. I should pursue them.
Objective: Find Vazbi
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| I found Silhu-jo, Vazbi's superior, looking for us in Baan Dar's Litter. I should let him know what's happened to Vazbi.
Objective: Talk to Silhu-jo
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| Silhu-jo says he has a plan to free Vazbi from the Stricken. He needs me to escort him to the Baan Dar Span—the Stricken's main encampment.
Objective: Reach the Baan Dar Gate
(After you reach the caves:)
Optional Step: Talk to Silhu-jo
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| Silhu-jo wants to talk to me before we enter the Baan Dar Span. I should see what he wants.
Objective: Talk to Silhu-jo
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| Silhu-jo is appealing to Hulzar and the Stricken to release Vazbi and abandon their plan to destroy the adeptorium. I should catch up.
Objective: Follow Silhu-jo
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| I should talk to Vazbi and make sure she's unharmed after being kidnapped by Hulzar.
Objective: Talk to Vazbi
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| Hulzar, clearly driven by grief and rage, killed Silhu-jo and fled. I need to kill him before he destroys S'rendarr's Cradle.
Objective: Kill Hulzar
Optional Step: Talk to Vazbi
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| I should open the sluice gate and return the flow of water to the adeptorium.
Objective: Open the Baan Dar Gate
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| I should return to the adeptorium now that the flow of water has been restored.
Objective: Go to S'rendarr's Cradle
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| After all she went through in Baan Dar's Litter, Vazbi is struggling with a crisis of faith. I should see if there's anything I can do to help her.
Objective: Talk to Vazbi
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I convinced Vazbi to remain at S'rendarr's Cradle. I should speak with her to conclude our business.
Objective: Talk to Vazbi
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I convinced Vazbi to leave S'rendarr's Cradle. I should speak with her to conclude our business.
Objective: Talk to Vazbi
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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.