Oblivion:Erthor

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Erthor (RefID: 0002D743)
Location	Bleak Flats Cave
Race	Bosmer	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)
Respons.	50	Aggress.	5
Essential	Until the end of the Skingrad Recommendation quest
Follower	Skingrad Recommendation
Faction(s)	Skingrad Citizen; Mages Guild (ApprenticeApprentice )

Erthor in the Skingrad Guild Hall

Erthor, a Bosmer sorcerer, is an Apprentice of the Skingrad Mages Guild. However, his questionable work ethic posed a nuisance to the Guild, and he was banished to Bleak Flats Cave, northwest of the city, by Guild head Adrienne Berene. You will first meet him during the Skingrad Recommendation quest, when you are sent to rescue him from undead creatures that have overrun his new home.

Both before and during the related quest, he will wait in the last room of Bleak Flats Cave, surrounded by zombies and not even eating or sleeping, until you come to his rescue. Depending on your choice, he will then either follow you to the Guild Hall or make his own way there to meet up with Adrienne Berene. After the related quest is over, he divides his time between the Mages Guild and the cave. He devotes the time from midnight on Morndas to 8am on Tirdas to visiting the guild, spending his weekly sojourn in the Living Quarters. At all other times he can be found in Bleak Flats Cave where he will eat for two hours every day at 6pm and sleep for 9 hours beginning at 11pm.

He's very enthusiastic about the Arcane University and its advantages: "The services provided at the Arcane University are just priceless. You can create your own enchantments there!"

He wears middle-class attire consisting of a quilted doublet, tan linens and a pair of doeskin shoes. He also carries a small amount of gold. He carries no weapons, relying instead on a leveled set of standard conjurer spells.

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

When you first arrive at the guild hall and ask Adrienne Berene about a recommendation, she will mention Erthor and task you to find him: "He's... well, he's an interesting fellow. Sullinus Vassinus can tell you more about him, if you wish to know." When you ask Sulinus Vassinus what happened, he will fill you in on the details: "A nice enough guy, I suppose, but there was that awful scamp incident last year. That's when Adrienne told him he needed to practice somewhere else. 'Somewhere else' meaning somewhere far away. So he settled down in Bleak Flats cave. Did all of his work there, and came back to town twice a week to check in. Hasn't been around lately, though." However, Sulinus can't recall where the cave is located, so you'll have to ask Druja, who will give you even more information on the 'episode' with Adrienne: "It's just northwest of Skingrad. Here, see it on the map? That's where Erthor wound up, after Adrienne told him he couldn’t practice in the guild hall anymore."

[edit] Related Quests

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

[edit] Notes

• If you delay returning to Skingrad at the end of the Skingrad Recommendation, Erthor will follow you indefinitely, allowing him to help with other quests.