Project Tamriel:Cyrodiil/Into Ugly Obscurity

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Delve into an Ayleid stronghold, and unlock terrible secrets...
Quest Giver: Bucynarel
Location(s): Garlas Agea, Cita
Reward: 800 gold, up to 3800 gold
Ayleid Curved Long Blade
Scroll of Polychrome Refraction
OR
Varla Stone of Mental Exegesis
Disposition: +30 or +40 or -35 (Bucynarel)
Reputation Gain: (?)
ID: PC_m1_SC_GarlasAgea
PC_m1_SC_GarlasAgeaAuroran
PC_m1_SC_GarlasAgeaNotes
   

Quick Walkthrough[edit]

  1. Talk to Bucynarel at the bottom of Garlas Agea, Cita.
  2. Retrieve the Varla Stone and keystone from Garlas Agea, Nagaseli.
  3. Return to Bucynarel for your reward, or keep the Varla Stone (ends quest).
  4. Retrieve the next keystone from Garlas Agea, Dorahame.
  5. Return to Bucynarel for your next reward.
  6. Read the notes of a dead scholar in the library.
  7. Defeat Racha, Lord of Ugly Obscurity, in Garlas Agea, Aransel.
  8. Return to Bucynarel for your final reward.

Detailed Walkthrough[edit]

Quest Stages[edit]

The following Journal ID and Index codes can be used with the Journal console command to manually update the quest to a certain point.

Into Ugly Obscurity (PC_m1_SC_GarlasAgea)
Index Finishes Quest Journal Entry
10 I was hired by Bucynarel, an archaeologist from the Imperial Archaeological Society, to help with the Society's expedition into the ruins of Garlas Agea. Bucynarel gave me a keystone that unlocks the lowest section of Garlas Agea and said that she will pay me once I recover another keystone and the ruin's varla stone.
20 Bucynarel paid me for the varla stone I recovered from the depths of Garlas Agea.
30 Finishes quest☑ I refused to give Bucynarel the varla stone I agreed to retrieve in Garlas Agea. She was very upset with me.
40 Finishes quest☑ Bucynarel paid me for the keystone I found in the Nagaseli section of Garlas Agea. She asked if I wanted to help explore Garlas Agea further, but I refused.
50 Bucynarel paid me for the keystone I found in the Nagaseli section of Garlas Agea. I agreed to help her further explore Garlas Agea by finding a keystone in the section of the ruins called 'Dorahame'.
60 Restarts quest I returned to Bucynarel and agreed to help her explore Garlas Agea by recovering a keystone from the section of the ruin called 'Dorahame'.
70 Finishes quest☑ Bucynarel paid me for the keystone that I found in the Nedic Stand. She asked if I wanted to help the expedition further by clearing the final section of the ruins, but I refused.
80 Bucynarel paid me for the keystone that I found in the Nedic Stand. I agreed to further help the expedition by clearing the final section of the ruins, called 'Malatu Mallari'.
90 Restarts quest I returned to Bucynarel and agreed to help the expedition further by clearing the final section of the ruins, called 'Malatu Mallari'.
100 Finishes quest☑ Bucynarel thanked me for my assistance in clearing the ruins of Garlas Agea and paid me two thousand and five hundred septims for my work.
110 Finishes quest☑ Bucynarel is dead.
120 Finishes quest☑ Bucynarel was horrified by my killing of one of the other excavators and told me to leave Garlas Agea immediately.
Into Ugly Obscurity (PC_m1_SC_GarlasAgeaAuroran)
10 A scroll in Garlas Agea gave me the ability to summon the Auroran Nacarat. Nacarat is bound by contract to the scroll and can be summoned at any time through it.
Into Ugly Obscurity (PC_m1_SC_GarlasAgeaNotes)
10 I've discovered the notes of a long-dead archaeologist in the library of Garlas Agea. Apparently, the incantation written in the notebook can be used to open a sealed door deeper in the ruin.