Tamriel Rebuilt:Skeleton Wizard

You see two corpses, but one's still standing...

Quest Giver:	Saylenus Ramaril
Location(s):	On the road south of Veranzaris, Roth Roryn
Reward:	Saylenus' Advanced Shadowform spell (Chameleon 50-75% for 60 secs on Self)
Disposition:	+5 (Saylenus Ramaril)
ID:	TR_m4_wil_SkeletonWizard, TR_m4_wil_SkeletonWizardB, TR_m4_wil_SkeletonWizardC

Saylenus Ramaril has some explaining to do

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Saylenus Ramaril about Clivius Corruvian.
2. Return with a shovel to Saylenus.
3. Ensure that Saylenus survives his encounter with the patrolmen.
4. After Clivius' burial, speak to Saylenus about illusion experiment.
5. Bring 3x Potions of Dispel to Saylenus.

Detailed Walkthrough

On a road overlooking the daedric ruin of Veranzaris, just west of Bal Foyen, stands a skeleton, alongside a corpse and a cart. The skeleton will assure you that "there's a perfectly good explanation for this" as you approach. It transpires that the skeleton, named Saylenus Ramaril, is the victim of an illusion experiment gone wrong. Ask him about Clivius Corruvian, the dead man by his feet, and he will explain that the elderly gentleman died of a heart attack as Saylenus tried to flag him down.

This has somewhat put Saylenus off making further public appearances. He requests instead that you help him bury Clivius, firstly by finding a shovel if you do not have one. A shovel can be bought in Bal Foyen, which is along the road to the east - one of the local traders will have one.

Shovel acquired, return to Saylenus. You'll find two Hlaalu patrolmen have surrounded him - and will order you to stand back while they deal with the skeletal "horror". Speak to them about the illusion experiment. You'll have two options here, or three if you have three dispel potions in your inventory.

1. "No, he's a person. He's just partly invisible." (hidden Debate check)

2. "Go ahead." (initiates combat)

3. "Just wait a moment. I have potions that will cure him." (available only with 3x potions of dispel)

Option 1 is a Debate check. This check measures your Speechcraft and Intelligence, with Luck providing a small bonus. It also is effected by your levels of fatigue (so attempt the conversation with full fatigue in order to have the best chance of success), and the subject's disposition towards you - higher is better. If you fail the check, the guards will attack Saylenus. You'll need to ensure they die, or else fail the quest. If you succeed, they will back off, averting catastrophe.

Option 2 simply allows the guards to initiate combat with Saylenus. Again, if you do not wish to fail the quest, you'll need to ensure that he survives the combat.

Option 3 will induce the guards to stand back, allowing you to speak with Saylenus and supply him with the potions.

Regardless of how the encounter is resolved, speak to Saylenus about Clivius Corruvian to bury the man (assuming you brought the shovel). Then, if you have not already cured his condition, talk to him about his illusion experiment. He'll ask you to obtain three potions of Dispel for him. Again, you can find these in Bal Foyen - try the alchemist or apothecary stores, and remember that you can sleep for a day to reset their inventory.

Once you have secured the potions, bring them to Saylenus, who will drink them to turn visible once more. Grateful, he will reward you by teaching you a powerful Chameleon spell.

Notes

• In the current release, Saylenus only asks you for three potions of cure dispel after the guard encounter, meaning there is no way to predict their need.

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.

Skeleton Wizard (TR_m4_wil_SkeletonWizard)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
5	Finishes quest	On the road in Roth Roryn I encountered a skeletal being who introduced himself as Saylenus Ramaril. Apparently, he is not an undead monster but rather a wizard who has turned himself invisible save for his skeleton. Next to him lies the body of one Clivius Corruvian.
10		There are two Hlaalu patrolmen poised to attack Saylenus Ramaril -- thinking that he is an undead monster.
15		The Hlaalu patrolmen are dead.
20		The patrolmen agreed to leave Saylenus Ramaril be.
50	Finishes quest	Saylenus Ramaril is dead.
100	Finishes quest	Saylenus Ramaril thanked me for helping him. He taught me an advanced chameleon spell as a reward.
Skeleton Wizard (TR_m4_wil_SkeletonWizardB)
10		Saylenus Ramaril asked me to help him bury Clivius Corruvian. In order to dig a grave, we will need a shovel. He said I can probably buy one in Bal Foyen or "loan" one from one of the nearby plantations.
100		Clivius Corruvian has been buried.
Skeleton Wizard (TR_m4_wil_SkeletonWizardC)
10		Saylenus Ramaril thinks that a potion of dispel might be able to help to cure his chronic partial invisibility which appeared after his illusion experiment. He said such potions can be bought in Bal Foyen. Ramaril asked me to bring him at least three of them.
100		Saylenus Ramaril is no longer partially invisible.