# Evergloam: Origin of the Nightingales

Clean up a tomb in Skyrim

- Quest Giver: Nocturnal
- Location(s): Evergloam Castle.
- Prerequisite Quest: The Sentinel Painting.
- Next Quest:
- Reward: see Reward
- ID: EV07

Nocturnal's Shrine in the Twilight Sepulchre

## Quick Walkthrough

1. Nocturnal summons you to Evergloam
2. Meet Dralsi
3. Take the portal to Skyrim
4. Clear a tomb
5. Profit!

## Detailed Walkthrough

### Dralsi

The quest starts when Amusei finds you in the Thieves Guild Headquarters, as usual. He tells you Nocturnal has someone she'd like you to meet. So you go to Evergloam again, and meet Dralsi, the daughter of Queen Barenziah and "the Nightingale", the Bard that Jagar Tharn sent to seduce the her into revealing the location of the Staff of Chaos.

Dralsi is the Guildmaster of the Skyrim Thieves Guild, and she's been helping Nocturnal construct a new shrine in Skyrim, deep underground in an old Nord sepulchre. They haven't yet dug out the entrance, so the only way in and out is through a portal in the castle basement. Her two companions in this endeavour, Dro'Shala and Marcel Lemain, have been slain by an undead called Ogrim the Restless, who Dralsi describes as a draugr, a mummified skeletal creature with armor and a magical weapon.

### Visit the Twilight Sepulchre

You travel through the portal and arrive in the area where Dralsi and the rest of the Nightingale Trinity were working. A large door leads to the second zone, where you find that Ogrim has raised more undead to assist him. There are bones undead throughout the zone, and the door to Ogrim's tomb is locked. The key is in a chest elsewhere in the zone. Kill all the undead minions, and fid the key to the final zone.

Ogrim is alone in his mausoleum behind the door, but he is a levelled enemy with a health-draining axe and not to be underestimated. Kill him and return to Evergloam to meet the ghosts of Dralsi's companions, who will thank you for avenging them.

### Reward.

Nocturnal will reward you by making you a member of the Nightingales, to replace one of the two ghosts. If you succeeded in Rescuing Cyndil from the deadlands in EV02, she'll be the third.

## Notes

- Dralsi becomes the mother of Karliah, who will be one of the Nightingales in Skyrim (TES V).
- Ogrim is just an armored skeleton, as draugr and shouts aren't available in Oblivion (TES IV).

## Journal Entries

To the Bat Cave! (EV03)
Stage | Finishes Quest | Journal Entry
--- | --- | ---
10 |  | Amusei tells me Nocturnal would like me to come to Evergloam again. There's someone she wants me to meet.
20 |  | Nocturnal has introduced me to Dralsi, the daughter of Queen Barenziah and the Nightingale. She's been working for Nocturnal in Skyrim, and is in process of creating a shrine to her. But they're having problems with an undead Nord called Ogrim the Restless. He's already slain her two companions.
30 |  | There's yet another portal in the basement that leads to the Twilight Sepulchre. Apparently it's in Skyrim, but there's no way out until they finish digging out the entrance. We need to deal with Ogrim first, as Nocturnal doesn't want him to get out!
40 |  | We've arrived in the Twilight Sepulchre. Dralsi has warned me that there may be a lot of undead, that Ogrim has raised to guard him.
60 |  | The door to Ogrim's tomb is locked. I hope we can find a key somewhere in these catacombs.
80 |  | I found a key in a chest that looks like it will fit the door to Ogrim's tomb.
90 |  | Ogrim is dead. Now Dralsi can complete the shrine to Nocturnal.
100 | 0 | Nocturnal has rewarded me by making me one of the Nightingales. I wonder what kind of trouble that gets me into!

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.