Tamriel Rebuilt:Defiling with Holiness

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Ancestor ghosts are unnerved by an shrine to Arkay.

Quest Giver:	Ganalis Droryn
Location(s):	Sadrathim
Reward:	Blue Pearl OR Blue Pearl and Kagouti Hide Boots OR 1x Scroll of Changing Idioms OR 1x Scroll of Changing Idioms, 1x Scroll of Impatient Signatures, 1x Scroll of Clerical Requisitions
Disposition:	+10/20/30 (Ganalis Droryn), potentially +2/5 (Muran Samarys)
ID:	TR_m7_Sdr_DefilingwithHoliness

 

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Ganalis Droryn in Sadrathim about spiritual guidance.
   • Either:
     1. Talk to Zhirasha at the town's Chapel of Stendarr.
     2. Speak with Ganalis about the Droryn ancestral tomb for the Key to Droryn Ancestral Tomb, and directions.
     3. Travel to the Droryn Ancestral Tomb.
        • Either speak to one of the Droryn Ancestor Ghosts and stress Ganalis' intent to protect them.
        • Or speak to Fervayn Droryn and offer him Hackle-Lo Leaf.
     4. Return to Ganalis (rewards Blue Pearl, or Blue Pearl and Kagouti Hide Boots).
   • Or:
     1. Talk to Muran Samarys in Ald Iuval's temple.
     2. (Optional) Obtain a copy of Almalexia Speaks to Children.
     3. Warn Ganalis of the Arkay priesthood's opinions on undead.
     4. Speak to Muran once more (rewards 1 or 3 magic scrolls).

Detailed Walkthrough

On entering Sadrathim, you can find Ganalis Droryn overlooking the water. Speak to him, and he'll express his recent distraction, and request spiritual guidance. The issue at hand seems to be his recent installation of a shrine to Arkay in his family's ancestral tomb. He believes that cracks in the shrine indicate that his family are offended. Ganalis asks that you seek out an answer to how he should handle this problem, and will note two temples that might be able to advise. These are the Chapel of Stendarr in Sadrathim (speak to Zhirasha) and the temple in Ald Iuval (speak to Muran Samarys). You can talk to both priests if you wish, and each priest unlocks a different route to complete the quest.

Siding with the Imperial Cult

Zhirasha suggests speaking directly with Ganalis' ancestors at the Droryn Ancestral Tomb, in the hope of convincing them to let the shrine stay. He promises a reward if you succeed. Return to Ganalis and ask him about the Droryn ancestral tomb. He'll provide directions and a key. He'll also make mention of an ornery ancestor named Fervayn Droryn, who he believes can be placated with hackle-lo.

To get to the tomb, follow the road north out of town, crossing the bridge over the river, and then immediately turning right onto a dirt track. Follow the track until reaching Ishal-Mull Egg Mine, and then turn left. The track you're on now will go north initially, before turning east. As it turns east, look for the tomb entrance in the northern side of the hill on your right.

You'll be attacked by undead inside. You can kill these, but do be careful not to slay the ghosts, as that will fail the quest. You can speak to any of the passive Droryn Ancestor Ghost within. These can be placated simply by telling them that Ganalis only wishes to help protect the tomb. You'll get a greater reward if you speak to the named ghost in the furthest section of the tomb however. This one - Fervayn Droryn - requires a hackle-lo leaf. On receiving it, he will accept Ganalis' conversion.

Return to Ganalis for a reward - a Blue Pearl if you convinced the generic Droryn Ancestral Ghosts, and a Blue Pearl alongside Kagouti Hide Boots if you convinced Fervayn.

Siding with the Tribunal Temple

Muran Samarys at the temple in Ald Iuval asks that you inform Ganalis of Arkay's traditional opposition to undead, such as his ancestor ghosts. He also recommends that you read to him from a title called Almalexia Speaks to Children. Once such copy can be bought at Template:TR3Elar Fandas' book store in Bal Foyen.

You don't need the book to convince Ganalis to rethink his Arkay shrine though. Just speaking to him is enough. If you do have the book however, reading from it causes Ganalis to convert back to the Temple faith. This gains you more magical scrolls when you next speak to Muran Samarys.

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.

Defiling with Holiness (TR_m7_Sdr_DefilingwithHoliness)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Ganalis Droryn, a fisherman in Sadrathim, told me that the ghosts of his ancestors keep vandalizing the shrine of Arkay that he placed in their ancestral tomb. He asked me to find spiritual guidance on the matter from either a priest of the Imperial Cult in Sadrathim or the Temple in Ald Iuval.
20		Zhirasha recommended that I try to talk to the spirits in the Droryn ancestral tomb and convince them to allow their descendant to place the shrine there.
30		Ganalis Droryn gave me directions and a key to the Droryn ancestral tomb.
40		Muran Samarys told me that western priests of Arkay are vehemently against Dunmeri ancestor worship. He promised me a reward if I am able to get Ganalis Droryn to stop worshiping the Nine Divines. He said that the book "Almalexia Speaks to Children" is a text that he might find especially persuasive.
50		I convinced the Ganalis Droryn's ancestors to allow him to place a shrine to Arkay in their tomb.
60		I gave Fervayn Droryn some hackle-lo and convinced him to accept his descendant's worship of the Nine Divines. He said the other spirits wouldn't disturb the shrine to Arkay anymore.
70		I told Ganalis Droryn that priests of Arkay would want to banish the spirits in his family's ancestral tomb. He said that he wouldn't worship Arkay anymore, but he will still pray to the other eight Divines.
80		I told Ganalis Droryn that priests of Arkay would want to destroy his ancestors and read him passages from "Almalexia Speaks to Children". He said that he would stop praying to the Nine Divines.
100	Finishes quest	Ganalis Droryn thanked me for convincing his ancestors to leave the shrine to Arkay alone. He was disappointed that they did not accept his conversion.
110	Finishes quest	Ganalis Droryn thanked me for convincing his ancestors to accept his worship of the Nine Divines. He thanked me and gave me a pair of boots and a pearl.
120	Finishes quest	Muran Samarys gave me an enchanted scroll for convincing Ganalis Droryn to stop worshiping Arkay. He was disappointed that Droryn still worships the Nine Divines.
130	Finishes quest	Muran Samarys gave me some enchanted scrolls for convincing Ganalis Droryn to stop worshiping the Nine Divines.
140	Finishes quest	Ganalis Droryn was infuriated when I told him I killed one of the ghosts in his family's ancestral tomb.
150	Finishes quest	Ganalis Droryn is dead.