Prerequisites: None

Intersecting Quests: Side Quest: The Wolf Queen Awakened, Daedric Quest: The Mind of Madness

Locations: Solitude, Blue Palace, Wolfskull Cave, Wolfskull Ruins

Characters: Falk Firebeard, Jarl Elisif the Fair, Sybille Stentor, Varnius Junius

Enemies: Draugr, Necromancer, Necromancer Leader, Potema the Wolf Queen, Skeleton

Objectives: Clear out Wolfskull Cave, Speak to Falk Firebeard

Malevolence Stirring

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While you’re in the spectacular city of Solitude, visit the Blue Palace, where Jarl Elisif the Fair is holding court. While listening to those seeking an audience with the Jarl, you may wish to strike up a conversation with Falk Firebeard, the Jarl’s steward and manager of the housecarls. You can chat about General Tullius and Elisif’s decisions regarding the war. Now wait for a man named Varnius Junius—a representative of the serfs of Haafingar Hold—to speak before the Jarl. He seems frightened and speaks of “unnatural magic,” strange noises, and lights emanating from a place known as Wolfskull Cave. The Jarl promises to keep her population safe, but Court Wizard Sybille Stentor thinks this is just superstitious hokum. Falk agrees that a show of strength isn’t necessary, but someone should investigate the cave system just to be safe.

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Now speak with Falk Firebeard, asking him if he needs help with Wolfskull Cave. Falk was initially going to dismiss this as fanciful talk from an overly imaginative populous, but he agrees to pay you if you’ll clear out the cave. You can also ask him about the cave’s sordid past, when it was used for necromantic rituals. Nowadays, Falk reckons the place has a few brigands lurking inside...