Online:Engling

Engling
Location	Skald's Retreat
Race	Nord	Gender	Female
Reaction	Friendly

Engling

Engling is a Nord bard found at the Skald's Retreat. Along with her fellow performers, she'll initially be only a vision of her true self. Complete the quest and return her and the whole island to normal.

The vision of Engling

Related Quests

• Song of Awakening: Find out why the sky has turned a nightmarish purple.

Quest-Related Events

As you approach the isle between the bridges, her vision will approach exclaiming:

"No! Please! I can't take it anymore!"

Stop and speak to her, to which she beg you to find out what's happening to her after noticing something odd to her during a performance. She will ask you to find Sage Odana:

"No, another monster! I'd almost escaped. Don't hurt me!"

I'm not going to hurt you! Snap out of it.

"What? Who … who are you? The last thing I remember, I was performing. I'd just reached the crescendo, and then the sky … Shor's bones, the sky!"

What happened?

"I don't know. And I can feel my mind slipping away. Please, help me. Find my mentor, the great Sage Odana. She was at my performance. If anyone knows what's happening, she will. Hurry!"

I'll speak with the sage.

You can ask her further questions about Skald's Retreat:

"What were we talking about? Please, Mistress. Don't hurt me."

Can you tell me about this place? / Sure. Can you tell me about this place?

"Of course, Mistress. As you know, we bards call it Skald's Retreat. The greatest talespinners in Skyrim gather here. And, of course, we have loremaster Brugar as well. Keeps a library of ancient stories and artifacts."

I'm not your Mistress.

"I hear your challenge, Mistress, and I heed your call. It was my honor to weave the song for you."

Song?

"Yes, the song. The ancient song, the ancient tune. Your whispers in the night. They inspired me so. But I know you don't wish me to speak of it."

When you find Sage Odana, you will find Engling's unconscious body alongside several other unconscious skalds. You will find out that Engling unwittingly sang a song that trapped the skalds in an eternal slumber in Quagmire.

Later in the quest, as you defeat Vaermina's minions, and Maraamur sings the "Song of Sinmur", she'll be awake and will come running to confirm that the spell has been undone:

Engling : "It worked, friend. Come on and see!"

You will follow her back to the stage where everyone is celebrating their freedom from Vaermina:

"Kyne's breath! You've done it."

Just good to see you all awake.

"Aye! And I'll be lucky if Odana doesn't toss me in the lake tonight. Still, don't doubt it for a minute, my friend. The song of this day will be sung from every tavern in Skyrim."

After the quest:

"I had no idea I was in Vaermina's thrall. She'll never touch my mind again, my friend."