Oblivion:Erthor

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Erthor (RefID: 0002D743)
Location	Bleak Flats Cave
Race	Wood Elf	Gender	Male
Level	PC+2	Class	Sorcerer
RefID	0002D743	BaseID	0002D6E6
Other Information
Health	38 + (4+1)x(PC+1), PC=3-38
Magicka	113 + 7.5x(PC+1) (max=250)
Responsibility	50	Aggression	5
Essential	Until the end of the Skingrad Recommendation quest
Follower	Skingrad Recommendation
Faction(s)	Skingrad Citizen; Guild for Mages Apprentice(Apprentice )

Erthor

Erthor is a Wood Elf sorcerer and an Apprentice of the Skingrad Mages Guild. However, because of a few hazardous incidents, including one involving a scamp, Guild head Adrienne Berene instructed him to practice at Bleak Flats Cave, northwest of the city. Erthor checks in at the Skingrad Guildhall twice a week.

You will first encounter him during the Skingrad Recommendation quest, where you are tasked with rescuing him from undead creatures that have overrun his new home. Before and during this quest, he waits in the last room of Bleak Flats Cave, surrounded by zombies, without eating or sleeping, until arrive to help him. Depending on your choice, he will either follow you to the Guild Hall or make his own way there to meet Adrienne Berene. After the quest, he splits his time between the Mages Guild and the cave. He visits the guild from midnight on Morndas until 8am on Tirdas, spending his time in the Living Quarters. At all other times, he can be found in Bleak Flats Cave, where he eats for two hours daily at 6pm and sleeps for 9 hours starting at 11pm.

Erthor wears middle-class attire, consisting of a quilted doublet, tan linens, and doeskin shoes. He carries a small amount of gold and relies on a leveled set of standard conjurer spells instead of weapons.

He has made the final room of Bleak Flats Cave his home, decorating it with a Mages Guild banner, a bedroll, a chest, and a table. On the table, you will find a copy of the light armor skill book Lord Jornibret's Last Dance. His locked chest contains some gold, a 25% chance of a potion, scroll, or soul gem, and a slim 10% chance of alchemy apparatus, ingredients, or gems. Next to his chest, there is some spare clothing, including a pair of tan linens and a quilted doublet.

Related Quests

• Skingrad Recommendation: Find a missing mage to obtain a recommendation from Skingrad.

Quest-Related Events

Erthor in Bleak Flats Cave

When you finally locate Erthor in Bleak Flats Cave, he appears calm on the outside. However, speaking to him reveals why he hasn't returned to Skingrad recently:

"You... how did you get in here? Are those horrible creatures gone? I'm not going anywhere until they're gone! Horrible things!"

He is referring to the seven deranged zombies that have invaded his cave and will elaborate if you speak to him again:

"Are the creatures gone? I want to get out of here. I've been trapped for days! I don't dare move a muscle until they're all dispatched!"

Once the cave is clear, Erthor expresses his relief and asks to accompany you back to Skingrad:

"They're all gone? I can leave the cave? Oh, thank you! I'm ever so grateful! You're heading back to Skingrad, aren't you? Could I... maybe come with you? It'd be safer, I think. So, what do you say?"

Okay, follow me.

"Oh, thank you. You're just too kind."

Find your own way back.

"Oh. Well, I guess I can do that. I'll see you there, then... I hope."

He will then follow you wherever you go; if you engage in conversation he will say:

"I hope we'll get to Skingrad soon. I've had enough of the wilderness for now."

Mages Guild

"The services provided at the Arcane University are just priceless. You can create your own enchantments there!"

He will repeat this statement after the conversation:

"I can't wait to be back in Skingrad, safe and sound."

Back in Skingrad, Erthor quickly seeks out Adrienne and engages in conversation:

Erthor and Adrienne

Erthor: "Adrienne, I'm back! I was rescued!"
Adrienne: "So it would seem. You are unharmed, I presume?"
Erthor: "Well, my pride is a little wounded..."
Adrienne: "Oh, spare me. You're lucky I bothered to send someone after you at all. In the future, would you please be more careful?"
Erthor: "Erm, well... yes. I'll just pack up my supplies and be on my way, then. Thank you for sending someone to help me."

After this cold reunion, asking Adrienne about a recommendation will grant you one, completing the quest and allowing Erthor to return to his normal routine.

Rumors

The other guild members and some townsfolk will start chatting about the pros and cons of Erthor's return: "I saw Erthor earlier. Guess someone rescued him again. Hide your scrolls while you can.", "Sounds like the Skingrad branch of the guild can't even keep track of its members. How appalling.", "I heard that one of the Skingrad mages was assaulted, but I don't know the details.", "I saw that Erthor is back in town again.", "I smelled a strange odor coming from the Mages Guild yesterday. Erthor must have been doing another experiment.", and "Erthor is causing trouble at the Mages Guild again. Seems his experiments are always blowing up."

Notes

• If you delay returning to Skingrad at the end of the quest, Erthor will follow you indefinitely, allowing him to help with other quests.
• Erthor was intended to encourage you to join the Mages Guild, but since Bleak Flats Cave is inaccessible before the related quest, his dialogue is never heard: "I wouldn't have any friends if it weren't for the guild. I'm very grateful. If you want to join, you should talk to Adrienne."
• The related quest was supposed to have an easier, but more expensive, option. Sulinus Vassinus would offer to locate Erthor and bring him back for 300 gold. See this section for details. Also, after rescuing Erthor from the zombies, they were supposed to have a brief conversation before returning to Skingrad. Although this conversation was recorded, it cannot be heard in the game. (listen)