Oblivion:Tooth-in-the-Sea

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Tooth-in-the-Sea (RefID: 0003C166)
Location	In the sea north of Bravil
Race	Argonian	Gender	Male
Level	25	Class	Mage
RefID	0003C166	BaseID	0003C165
Services
Available	6am-6pm every day
Training	Alteration, Master
Other Information
Health	123	Magicka	120
Respons.	50	Aggress.	5
Faction(s)	None

Tooth-in-the-Sea under water near Bravil

Tooth-in-the-Sea is an Argonian Mage and the Master Alteration Trainer. As the advanced-level trainers will tell you, he lives, as his name implies, in the sea. You can find his night camp on the coast north of Bravil, directly east of Flooded Mine.

Every day, when he wakes up at 6am, he heads straight east into Niben Bay, dives down and spends the next twelve hours under water. He surfaces at 6pm and walks directly up to the camp, lights his campfire to dry up and lies down on his sleeping mat, without having eaten, for twelve hours of sleep. He will only offer training when he's awake.

He wears the standard mage's robe along with a matching hood and carries a leveled amount of gold.

When you have received the necessary references to approach Tooth-in-the-Sea for master training, he will put your water breathing abilities to the test: "Well, here we are. If you wish to learn what I know about Alteration, then you must stay here with me for a full three hours. How you manage to do this is up to you; do not wander off, or I shall consider this test of your ability failed. Are you prepared to begin now?" After three long hours under water, he will be the one approaching you: "You have passed your test. Well done. I shall be more than happy to train you in the skill of Alteration from now on."

[edit] Alteration Master Training

The two advanced trainers who can give you the master training reference necessary to start this quest are Abhuki and Athragar.

Before he will train you, Tooth-in-the-Sea requires that you stay underwater with him at the bottom of Niben Bay for three hours. Note that this is three in-game hours, which is about six minutes in player time. He will only begin the test if you talk to him before 1pm. You cannot wander too far from Tooth-in-the-Sea for the duration of the test. You can use Water Breathing spells or potions to survive, or you can wear any item with a Water Breathing enchantment. Three such items that can be easily obtained are Fin Gleam, the Jewel of the Rumare, and Nistor's Boots. You cannot use Water Walking.

Argonians are exempt from this requirement.

[edit] Notes

• His location in the water is marked on the map, although he will move around slightly from that location.

[edit] Quest Stages

Alteration Training (TrainingAlteration)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		To learn more about Alteration, I must find Tooth-in-the-Sea, who lives north of Bravil, near Niben Bay.
20		Tooth-in-the-Sea has told me I must prove myself; I need to meet him out in Niben Bay during the day.
30		I must remain with Tooth-in-the-Sea for three consecutive hours if I am to prove myself worthy of his training.
100	0	Tooth-in-the-Sea has agreed to teach me what he knows about Alteration magic.
200	0	Tooth-in-the-Sea is dead, making it impossible to further my training in the skill of Alteration.

Notes

• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in random order.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage quest stage. Where quest is the internal name of the quest, and stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages. See SetStage for more information.