Skyrim Mod:Saints and Seducers/The Roots of Madness

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Stop the Exile plot once and for all. Quest Giver: Staada Location(s): Doors of Denial, Borogove, Grove of Insanity, Flesh Laboratory, Root Nexus Prerequisite Quest: The Isle of Madness Reward: Staada's Helmet, Spell Tome: Conjure Staada, Permanent access to the Shivering Isles ID: EC_SS_MQ102 Suggested Level: 25

Quick WalkthroughEdit

1. Bring Staada an artifact originating from the Shivering Isles.
2. (Optional) Retrieve Nerveshatter.
3. (Optional) Talk to Dylora.
4. (Optional) Burn the Grove of Insanity and frame the Priests.
5. (Optional) Burn the laboratory and frame the Apostles.
6. Return to Staada with a Shivering Isles artifact.
7. Smash the amber barrier.
8. Defeat Thoron.
9. Talk to Staada.

Detailed WalkthroughEdit

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Quest StagesEdit

The Roots of Madness (EC_SS_MQ102)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
52		Dylora revealed to us that Thoron is hiding in the Root Nexus, behind an amber barrier. Staada has sent me to retrieve a weapon that can break through it. Objective 49: Find an artifact originating from the Shivering Isles Objective 50: (Optional) Retrieve Nerveshatter Objective 53: (Optional) Talk to Dylora
54		Objective 54: (Optional) Burn the Grove of Insanity.
55		Objective 55: (Optional) Burn the laboratory
56		Objective 56: (Optional) Steal a Soul Tomato from the Grove of Insanity
57		Objective 57: (Optional) Steal a Void Essence from the laboratory
58		Objective 58: (Optional) Frame the Priests for burning the Grove of Insanity
59		Objective 59: (Optional) Frame the Apostles for burning the laboratory
64		Dylora revealed to us that Thoron is hiding in the Root Nexus, behind an amber barrier. I retrieved a weapon that can break through it. Objective 65: Return to Staada
66		Objective 66: Destroy the barrier
67		Objective 67: Enter the Nexus
70		Objective 70: Defeat Thoron
90		Objective 90: Talk to Staada
100	Finishes quest	Dylora revealed to us that Thoron is hiding in the Root Nexus. We broke through his amber barrier and confronted him. After we defeated him, he disappeared into the Well of Inversion and created copies of Staada and Dylora to fight me. I defeated him again, and he called out to his master before being turned into a crystal. I told Staada about what transpired, she thanked me and told me I was welcome to return to the Asylum at my leisure.

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 65, 71, 72, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 86, 88, 89, 95.