Oblivion:Skaleel

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Skaleel

Skaleel, an Argonian mage, is a member of the Mages Guild who is currently running a research project at Vahtacen. She will be your contact from Irlav Jarol and will send you to Denel once you arrive.

She lives a very simple life: between 11pm and 6am she sleeps on a bedroll in the first large chamber of Vahtacen and will then spend the rest of the day wandering around it. She and Denel have also set up a table where copies of The Wild Elves and Jarol's book on the Ayleids, Magic from the Sky can be found.

She wears middle-class attire consisting of a russet felt outfit and a pair of matching shoes. She also carries a leveled amount of gold and a torch. She doesn't wield any weapons, relying instead on a set of leveled spells from all of the magical schools.

When you meet her for the first time, Skaleel will tell you that she is far from happy with the whole situation in Vahtacen: "This place has been nothing but trouble, as far as I’m concerned. Since we disposed of the creatures that had taken up residence here, it’s been nothing but a fight to figure out how the place works." She also feels ignored by Irlav Jarol, the very person who sent her down into the ruin to explore: "Irlav sent you, did he? Figures. He can't be bothered to come check on his own project, so he sends someone who knows nothing about it. And this is supposed to help?" She will end every conversation with a depressing remark: "What a waste of my talents..." After you have solved the puzzle, it's a different matter: "That’s fantastic! Not only can I tell Irlav, we’re back on track, but I can happily say we did it without his help!"

Further into the ruin, her associate Denel is getting more than a bit tired of her bickering: "Skaleel might have a book that would be useful, but she’s been sulking over the way Irlav’s been treating her" and ”I’ve given up trying to deal with her for now."

[edit] Related Quests

• Vahtacen's Secret: Find out how the mages are faring at the excavation of Vahtacen.