Tamriel Rebuilt:The Sorceror's Apprentices

Help choose a new master sorceror for Ebon Tower. Quest Giver: Saturius at Julianos' Tower Location(s): Old Ebonheart Reward: Springheel Charm and 250 gold OR 100 gold OR 250 gold ID: TR_m3_OE_CourtWizard

The apprentices are enchanting

Quick Walkthrough

1. Witness Tarhiel's plunge on the road running north from Seyda Neen.
2. Either:
   1. Save him.
   2. Travel to Old Ebonheart and talk to Tarhiel in the castle's Julianos' Tower (rewards Springheel Charm).
   3. Talk to Caros Cocceius in the castle's great hall for 250 gold (ends quest).
3. Or:
   1. Take the Journal of Tarhiel from under Tarhiel and (optionally) a Scroll of Icarian Flight.
   2. Unlock the Tarhiel topic by speaking to Kelkemmello or Saturius in the Ebon Tower's Julianos' Tower.
   3. Report Tarhiel's fate to Caros Cocceius in the castle's great hall, with his journal as evidence.
   4. Talk to both Kelkemmello and Saturius about Tarhiel.
   5. Speak to Caros Cocceius about a new Court Wizard and Three Challenges.
   6. Inform Kelkemmello and Saturius of the Three Challenges, then return to the Great Hall.
   7. Speak to Caros Cocceius about the first challenge, then the two contestants.
   8. Ask Caros Cocceius about the second challenge, then inform the two contestants.
   9. Either:
      • Do nothing, and speak to Caros to initiate the challenge, then speak to him again once it has completed (ends quest, rewards 100 gold).
      • Goad Kelkemmello into overreaching (requires 80+ disposition).
   10. Defeat the enemy, and talk to Caros about the third challenge.
   11. Inform Saturius of the third challenge.
   12. Either:
       1. Encourage Saturius to accept the duel without additional help.
       2. Inform Caros that the duellists are ready.
       3. Move to the Ebon Tower courtyard and speak to Caros to begin the duel.
       4. Speak to Caros once Kelkemmello has won for 250 gold (ends quest).
   13. Or:
       1. Speak to Saturius about Tarhiel's final experiment.
       2. Give Saturius a Scroll of Icarian Flight.
       3. Inform Caros that the duellists are ready.
       4. Move to the Ebon Tower courtyard and speak to Caros to begin the duel.
       5. Speak to Caros once Saturius has won for 250 gold.
       6. Talk to Saturius in the Julianos' Tower for the Springheel Charm.

Detailed Walkthrough

Tarhiel's Death

To first get the Tarhiel conversation topic, you will have to talk to one of his apprentices, Saturius and Kelkemmello in the Julianos' Tower in Ebon Tower, Old Ebonheart. Then you will have to go to Caros Cocceius in Great Hall of Ebon Tower Palace to present evidence of his death. If you don't remember who Tarhiel is, he is everybody's favorite wizard that falls to his death when you walk north from Seyda Neen at the start of the game. Unfortunately, you're going to have to present his journal as evidence and chances are you didn't pick it up or sold it at the nearest store hours ago. Check the stores you would have visited when you started the game. It could be at Arrille's Tradehouse for all you know.

Once you present the journal to Cocceius, you will have the grim deed of informing his apprentices about the death of their master. You'll quickly learn that Saturius is the nice one, albeit less skilled. What Kelkemmello has in magic abilities, he lacks in character.

The Three Trials

Return to Cocceius and he'll discuss the three trials that the apprentices will have to go through in order to choose a new master sorceror for Ebon Tower. You'll have to trek back to the Julianos' Tower again to inform the apprentices.

After informing them, you'll return to the Palace to see the two apprentices next to Cocceius. Talk to him to start the trials.

The first trial will be an enchanting challenge where the two apprentices will have to compete to perform the best enchantment on a set of robes. Kelkemmello wins this one with ease as Saturius manages to create a robe that causes fire damage on the wearer, yikes!

The second trial will be a conjuration challenge. You can let Kelkemmello win this one and have him become master if you just let it play out. Saturius tells you that he is only capable of summoning a scamp whereas Kelkemmello can summon a daedroth. Tell him to summon something more impressive (with at least 80 disposition) and he will summon a Winged Twilight that he can't control that the Palace guards will have to kill giving Saturius the win.

The third trial is a duel. You can allow Kelkemmello to win if you just let it play out but again, why would you want him winning anything? Talk to Saturius and give him a Scroll of Icarian Flight which you would have picked off Tarhiel's corpse. If you don't have one, there's one on the very top of Ebon Tower. I guess that's where he jumped from. Saturius manages to weaponize the power at reduced potency throwing Kelkemmello a few meters up in the air and falling down again causing him to forfeit.

You can talk to the new master back in Julianos' Tower to get your reward. Note that they will be higher up in the tower now from where you talked to them previously.

Alternate Path (Tarhiel Lives)

You can actually save Tarhiel by casting a slowfall or similar preventive magic during his fall. In this scenario, the wizard returns to his laboratory in the Ebon Tower, Julianos' Tower in Old Ebonheart. If you meet him there, he will ask you to keep this story in secret and will give you an amulet of fortify acrobatics (130 points for 1 second). His apprentices will have special comments about Tarhiel's return. And if you tell the burgrave that you have saved their court wizard, he will reward you with 250 septims. You have the option to inform the burgrave about Tarhiel's return without disclosing his secret as well. Aside from your first encounter in Julianos' Tower, Tarhiel will refuse to speak with you or provide services in any scenario.

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.

The Sorceror's Apprentices (TR_m3_OE_CourtWizard)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
1	Finishes quest	The Court Wizard of Old Ebonheart, Tarhiel, has not been seen for some time. If I discover anything regarding his whereabouts, I am to report directly to Lord Caros Cocceius in Ebon Tower.
2		I told Caros Cocceius that Tarhiel is dead. The two sorceror's apprentices in the Julianos' Tower, Saturius and Kelkemmello, should also be informed of his death. Apparently, a new Court Wizard is to be appointed.
3		I've informed Saturius, one of Tarhiel's apprentices, that Tarhiel is dead.
4		I've informed Kelkemmello, one of Tarhiel's apprentices, that Tarhiel is dead.
5		Both of Tarhiel's apprentices know of their master's death.
7	Finishes quest	Caros Cocceius asked me to help him conduct a series of three challenges to determine who should be the new Court Wizard. I declined.
10		Caros Cocceius asked me to help him conduct a series of three challenges to determine who should be the new Court Wizard. I accepted. He's tasked me with telling Saturius and Kelkemmello of the three trials while he prepares the first challenge.
13		Saturius has agreed to participate in the three challenges.
16		Kelkemmello has agreed to participate in the three challenges.
20		Both Saturius and Kelkemmello have agreed to participate in the three challenges.
30		Kelkemmello has won the first challenge.
40		Saturius has won the second challenge by default.
50		I gave Saturius a Scroll of Icarian Flight to use against Kelkemmello during the third challenge.
60	Finishes quest	Caros Cocceius is dead.
70	Finishes quest	Saturius is dead.
80	Finishes quest	Kelkemmello is dead.
90	Finishes quest	Caros Cocceius has called off the Three Challenges.
100	Finishes quest	Kelkemmello has won the second challenge, making him the winner of the three challenges. Caros Cocceius has declared him the new Court Wizard and rewarded me for helping to conduct the three challenges.
110		Using a modified Scroll of Icarian Flight against Kelkemmello, Saturius has won the third challenge. Caros Cocceius has declared him the new Court Wizard and rewarded me for helping to conduct the three challenges.
120	Finishes quest	Kelkemmello has won the third challenge. Caros Cocceius has declared him the new Court Wizard and rewarded me for helping to conduct the three challenges.
130	Finishes quest	Saturius has given me an enchanted amulet originally meant for Tarhiel as thanks for helping him beat Kelkemmello in the three challenges.
200		Tarhiel has returned to his tower in Old Ebonheart.
210	Finishes quest	Caros Cocceius has rewarded me for saving Tarhiel.
220	Finishes quest	Caros Cocceius has rewarded me for informing him of Tarhiel's return.