Oblivion: Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Return to the Island


  • Quest Giver: Diablita or Angeline
  • Location(s): Arborwatch
  • Prerequisite Quest: None
  • Reward: None
  • ID: DD03
Serpents_Wake
The Serpent's Wake at Anvil


Quick Walkthrough

  1. Talk to Varulae in Anvil
  2. Travel to the Island
  3. Meet the Argonians
  4. Find the tunnel
  5. Bury the parents
  6. Return to Anvil

Detailed Walkthrough

Arborwatch

Sleeping at Arborwatch 4 times will make the girls homesick for the Island where they grew up. They left when the floor of the volcano crater collapsed, taking their home and parents, and the only source of fresh water, with it. But they never found their parents' bodies, presumed buried under the rubble at the bottom of the crater. They'd like to go back and see if they can find and bury their parents.

Anvil

The choices of port for a ship to the Island are Anvil, and the Imperial Waterfront where they arrived. Anvil is the one you need this time. If you've already cleared the ghosts from the Serpent's Wake, and a week has elapsed for cleanup, Verulae will hire her ship to you for the voyage. This time it has a smaller (but live) crew of three, so there's bunk space for your party.

Like the Bloated Float, the ship will sail when you sleep, and it will take two days to get there. The first time you wake, it will be waiting for a high tide to take it over the reefs to get into the bay, and the second time, you'll wake up anchored at the Island. You'll be taken to the jetty on the beach by rowboat, and one of the crew will wait in the hut to take you back.

Argonians

There's a hulk near the entrance to the bay that's home to an Argonian couple, Kaleen, and Sand-in-his-Ears. They live off the clams, crabs and fish in the bay, plus a few fruits that grow wild on the Island. But recently a pack of Slaughterfish has arrived in the bay and killed, or driven out, all the other fish. They have no weapons, and can't deal with the Slaughterfish temselves. If you help them, they hint that they have some useful infomation for you.

Tunnel

Your reward for killing the Slaughterfish is to be led under the bay to the submerged entrance to a lava tunnel that leads to the base of the volcano. In a chamber at the end, you find parts of the house, and three skeletons, one of which has a horned skull. This was Diablita's mother Diabla, and the other two were Angeline's mother Angela, and their father Jak'l.

In a jewelry box nearby, you'll find some treasures for the girls and a note Reading the note will advance the quest, and after talking to Diablita, you'll be moved out to where you've just buried the remains, overlooking the bay.

Notes

Journal Entries

Subterranean Homesick Blues (DD03)
Stage Finishes Quest Journal Entry
10 The people in Anvil suggest I talk to Varulae, who owns the Serpent's Wake.
20 Varulae has agreed to give us passage to the island
30 We've arrived at the island.
80 Sand-in-his-Ears has brought us to the entrance to a tunnel. He says that it leads to the bottom of the volcano, but he hasn't been in there since the cave-in, so we don't know what to expect.
90 We found three skeletons under the rubble at the bottom of the crater. Diablita identified her mother's by the horns on the skull, so we're pretty certain the other two are Angela and Jak'l.
100 0Yes We buried the remains of the sisters' parents overlooking the bay. The girls are sad, but happy they've seen their father and mothers get proper graves.
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