Prerequisites: You must be Level 20 or higher. Complete Main Quest: Dragon Rising

Intersecting Quests: None

Locations: Whiterun, Dragonsreach, Dragonsreach Jarl’s Quarters

Characters: Dagny, Farengar, Frothar, Mephala (The Webspinner), Nelkir

Objectives: Find out what’s wrong with Nelkir, Listen to the whispering door, Speak to Nelkir, Obtain the key to the whispering door, Open the whispering door, Retrieve the Ebony Blade

Murmurs at the Whispering Door

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Once you’re an experienced adventurer (and reached Level 20 or higher), and you’ve helped Jarl Balgruuf the Greater of Whiterun during Main Quest: Dragon Rising, speak to the Innkeeper at the Bannered Mare in Whiterun.

Rumor has it that the Jarl is having some trouble with his children. Ask him about this, and Balgruuf tells you Nelkir has become brooding and is prone to violence. He asks whether you could speak to him and ask why he’s acting the way he is.

Objective: Find out what’s wrong with Nelkir
Target: Nelkir, inside Dragonsreach, in Whiterun

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Nelkir is wandering somewhere inside Dragonsreach, usually near the great hall or the war room atop the steps, or in the Jarl’s quarters. When you greet Nelkir, he’s suitably petulant. Once you’ve faced the verbal abuse, Nelkir mentions that he knows more about his father than anyone thinks he does...