The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online is often praised by its fans for well-designed quests. On reddit, a user shares a quest that particularly moved him and receives a lot of support from the community. Here you will find out what kind of quest it is.
The user SyFyFan93 posts a screenshot on reddit that he presumably took during the quest – with the words “Was not expecting this questline to be as touching as it was”. This means: “I didn’t expect this questline to be as touching as it was.”
And he seems not to be the only one with this view, as the post has received 997 upvotes after 3 days. Other users comment on the post:
- “Yeah I was also very touched by the story” – “Ja, ich war auch sehr berührt von der Story”, writes Ilovecrispapples
- “This one absolutely broke my heart. I especially really related to alchemy a lot, makes me tear up every time” – “Diese hat mir absolut das Herz gebrochen. Ich konnte mich besonders mit Alchemie identifizieren, es bringt mich jedes Mal zum weinen”, writes Elethia20
- “I’d say that Alchemy was the most interesting and captivating character I’ve seen in ESO so far. Absolutely brilliant casting, dialogue and superb voice acting.” – “Ich würde behaupten, dass Alchemie der interessanteste und fesselndste Charakter war, den ich bisher in ESO gesehen habe. Absolut brillantes Casting, Dialog und super Leistung der Synchronsprecher.”, writes DarkRedCape
All these praise from the reddit users made us very curious. What is this quest about and what happens in the quest that makes so many ESO hearts skip a beat? Therefore, we set out to find the quest and check it out ourselves.
Where can you find the quest?
You can find the quest in the small town of Rellenthil. It is located in the center of Auridon. The easiest way to reach it is via the Wayshrine of Russafeld. From the Wayshrine, you can reach the town by moving west.
If you cross a bridge into the town, the quest giver, an Altmer named Rinyde, will be directly on your right.
What happens in the quest? Warning Spoilers
To understand what so many ESO players love about this quest, we set out to try it ourselves and play through the quest. We want to share our experiences with you.
This is, by the way, the questline “House of Masks”. The quest giver first tasks you with finding her brother. You also learn that she seems to disagree with his current lifestyle, that she is worried about him and misses him.
Here’s how it goes on: Click on the respective block to learn more details. But be careful: Spoilers!
Step 1: Perform for Alchemy
We perform in the audition arranged by Rinyde. She gave us magical knives to juggle with. Afterwards, we are asked to speak with Alchemy.
Step 2: Talk to Alchemy
Alchemy asks us if we would like to join the House of Dreams. But we must overcome a challenge. We need to obtain a griffin feather to create a suitable mask for ourselves.
Step 3: Find a griffin feather
To do this, we go to a griffin nest and slay the griffin. Afterwards, we can take the griffin feather.
Step 4: Talk to Alchemy
Alchemy praises us and asks us to put on the mask. Afterwards, we are to meet the other hopefuls.
Step 5: Talk to Rinyde
Rinyde explains to me how I can recognize her brother. She also asks me to read her diary.
Step 6: Read Rinyde’s diary
In her diary, we learn that her brother has distanced himself from her more and more.
Step 7: Talk to Firebird
We need to speak to Firebird. He then invites us to play together.
Step 8: Perform with Firebird
We talk to him and let ourselves get into a cooperative game.
Step 9: Talk to Firebird
Now we can ask our questions.
Step 10: Talk to Cunning
We talk to her and let ourselves get into a cooperative game.
Step 11: Announce Cunning’s performance
We announce her performance and comment on it.
Step 12: Talk to Cunning
Now we can ask our questions.
Step 13: Talk to Feather Moth
We talk to him and let ourselves get into a cooperative game.
Step 14: Follow Feather Moth’s performance
We now have to adjust the drum speed to match Feather Moth’s performance.
Step 15: Talk to Feather Moth
Now we can ask our questions.
Step 16: Talk to Rinyde / Talk to Alchemy
We search for Rinyde again at the place where we last encountered her. But instead of the quest giver, Alchemy is waiting for us there. She seems to have found us out and confronts us, asking if we think we are doing the right thing.
Step 17: Guess Larydel’s identity
Alchemy asks us in turn which of the hopefuls we think is Larydel. She individually questions us about Firebird, Cunning and Feather Moth.
Step 18: Talk to Alchemy
In the end, Alchemy tells us why Larydel does not want to see his sister again. She also shares with us that she would prefer it if we did not participate in the upcoming event.
Step 19: Talk to Rinyde
We relay to her the message from Alchemy and the reason she mentioned for why her brother doesn’t want to see her again. She is shocked and believes it to be a lie. She asks me who I think her brother is. Here you can decide whether to inform her or keep her in the dark. We chose to be honest with her and told her the suspicion that Feather Moth might be her brother.
Afterwards, she wants to unmask her brother at the audition. This would inevitably lead to his exclusion and destroy his future among the hopefuls once and for all. She would be forcing him against his true will. This makes us slightly regret our previous decision.
Step 20: Fulfill a goal: – Warn Alchemy / – Lie to Alchemy
Fortunately, we found another option to thwart Rinyde’s plan. Because we have the choice to either lie to Alchemy or warn her. We decide to warn her. She is horrified and tells us that she can at least divert the magic so that someone else would be unmasked. That would be us in this case. We agree to that.
Step 21: Go on stage
We make our way to the stage for the performance of the hopefuls.
Step 22: Wait for your turn
We wait until the performance begins.
Step 23: Juggle
Go to Firebird. Use the enchanted knives with E.
Step 24: Go to your marker
Move to the pedestal where Cunning is standing.
Step 25: Cheer
Cheer there with E.
Step 26: Go to your marker
Move to Feather Moth.
Step 27: Drum
Press E to drum.
Step 28: Wait for the unmasking
During the performance, we will now be unmasked. Our face is revealed and therefore our identity is known. We are banished by the hopefuls.
Step 29: Talk to Alchemy
Alchemy inquires if Rinyde has left the city. We also learn that Alchemy is the sought-after brother Larydel.
Step 30: Talk to Rinyde
We relay to her the last message from her brother.
Overall, the quest fundamentally deals with the question of identity and also addresses the question of acceptance in this context. At the same time, Larydel’s situation thematizes the problem of having to break with one’s own past in order to truly be oneself. To do this, Larydel must sever his ties to the past and shed this part of his identity.
In the questline, you often have to choose from several options. Quests with this feature often stick in the players’ memories, as they often have to struggle with themselves. This requires the player to take on a certain responsibility, and their own principles are also called into question.
If you haven’t had enough of special quests in ESO yet, are you always looking for an extraordinary quest adventure? Then check out this article, where we report on a super bizarre and secret quest in Stonefalls.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
