# Oblivion:Cult of Dibella

|  | Investigate a cave full of nearly naked women.

- Quest Giver: Taminwe or Marghak
- Location(s): Red Dragon Club
- Prerequisite Quest:???
- Next Quest: None
- Reward: None directly
- ID: GS26

The Statue of Dibella in her cave.

## Quick Walkthrough

1. You are sent to look for Dibella's cult
2. Find them in a cave near Bravil
3. Go look for an item in Fort Irony
4. Return and fight priestess
5. Release the women
6. Find the item in the cave

## Detailed Walkthrough

### Cult of Dibella

Depending on whether you also have the Rumple Mod active, either Taminwe or Marghak will tell you about the cults of Dibella that have been springing up around Tamriel. They don't appear to be the usual ones, where young women explore their own eroticism, but a more sininster variety that may be crossing the line into prostitution, and probably using spells to coerce the women into it.

Voluntary prostitution is the sole domain of the Guild of Prostitutes, and strictly regulated. Using drugs, spells or alcohol to obtain sex is just rape, and totally illegal. There's one of these cults in a cave near Bravil, that can be investigated without setting off any alarm to the others.

### Dibella's Cave

The cave itself is north-west of Bloodmayne cave, and south of Weynandawik. It contains a large statue of Dibella, posed the same as the one in Anvil, but less clothed, as befits an erotic cult. The priestess and acolytes aren't wearing a lot either. The acolytes' garb is just revealing, but the priestess is dressed to draw attention.

### Goblins of Fort Irony

The priestess, Alinwe, will send you on a search mission to Fort Irony to look for a silver phallus that they use in their initiation rites. The Goblins don't actually have it; she's just trying to get rid of you, but they do have some Shadowbanish Wine, if you're doing that quest.

When you return to the cave (or if you don't bother going to Fort Irony) look around the upper level, above where you entered. In one corner there's a passage to the sleeping chambers, and in the other, a rope pull will reveal a small prison cell behind a moving rock wall. There's another woman chained to the wall behind it, and she'll tell you the truth about the cult. When she does so, the others will notice, and you'll be attacked. The women all have summon daedra spells, and bound weapons. The priestess is your target, as the others are essential, and will stop fighting you when she dies.

### Initiation

With the priestess dead, Mariette, the woman you freed from the prison cell, will come and take the priestess' garment and announce that she's taking her position, too. She'll have you take the key from Alinwe's corpse, and go look in her room for the phallus.

When you return with it, she'll install it on the platform behnd the statue, for ceremonial use.

## Notes

- The priestess is an Altmer because the cults are connected to the Thalmor.
- The acolytes are other races, as they're just tools to be used. No beast races, or Orcs, as the Altmer don't consider them attractive enough for this job.
- The acolytes will tell you that the phallus is used in their initiations, but you won't actually get to witness one of those, even though they all seem eager for it.
- You may notice Mariette's figure improve somewhat when she dons the priestess garb. Illusion magic is at work, but who'd complain?
- Mariette is an Initiate, one rank higher than the Acolytes Caudillia, Tamara, Urana, and Horwen. That's why she gets to take over as priestess.

## Journal Entries

Cult of Dibella (GS26)
Stage | Finishes Quest | Journal Entry
--- | --- | ---
10 |  | I've been asked to investigate a cult of Dibella that's taken over a cave not far from Bravil. I have it marked on my map.
20 |  | Priestess Alinwe has asked me to get back the silver phallus that the goblins of Fort Irony stole from them.
30 |  | I've searched the fort, but the goblins didn't have anything like Alinwe described. I need to go back and find out the truth.
40 |  | I've found a hidden door to a small cave off the main one. They appear to be keeping someone prisoner here.
60 |  | The Priestess knows I'm on to her game. I'd better be prepared for the worst.
70 |  | The priestess is dead, and the spell on the Acolytes has been broken.
80 |  | Mariette has taken over as priestess. She'll be running things rather differently, I think. She asked me to look in Alinwe's room for the ceremonial Phallus.
90 |  | I found the phallus in a chest in Alinwe's room, along with what appears to be the acolytes' clothes. I'll take the phallus back to Mariette.
100 | 0 | I returned the phallus to Mariette. The acolytes looked pleased.

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.