A Scroll For Anska
Quest Giver	Anska
Location	High Gate Ruins
Prerequisite	None
Next Quest	None
Reward	Spell Tome: Conjure Flaming Familiar, shout: Storm Call
Type	Side Quest

It is given to the Dragonborn by Anska, who is located in High Gate Ruins.

Contents 1 Background 2 Journal entries 3 Objectives 4 Quick walkthrough 5 Detailed walkthrough 5.1 High Gate Ruins (Interior) 5.2 High Gate Ruins Catacombs 6 Trivia 7 Bugs 8 Behind the scenes 9 Appearances 10 References

BackgroundEdit

Upon entering High Gate Ruins the Dragonborn will encounter Anska. She states that she has been searching for the tomb of Dragon Priest Vokun for a few years and believes that the scroll, which links her bloodline back to Ysgramor himself, is located in the ruins. She will then request the Dragonborn to retrieve her scroll.

Journal entriesEdit

• Find Anska's scroll and return it to her for a reward.
• Help Anska retrieve the scroll from High Gate Ruins.
• I have the scroll, I should return it to Anska for my reward.
• High Gate Ruins is clear and Anska has rewarded me with a powerful new fire spell.

If Anska dies, even if the quest has been completed, another entry will be added.

• I have failed to protect Anska, now I'll never know what her scroll was for.

ObjectivesEdit

• Find Anska's scroll.
• Help Anska retrieve her scroll.
• Return the scroll to Anska.

Quick walkthroughEdit

• Meet and talk to Anska in High Gate Ruins, and agree to help her.
• Protect Anska while fighting through the ruins.
• Defeat Vokun.
• Retrieve Anska's scroll.

Detailed walkthroughEdit

High Gate Ruins (Interior)Edit

After accepting the quest, Anska will begin to follow the Dragonborn. She mostly relies on her spells, so she will tend to keep her distance from enemies throughout the ruin. The ruin is mostly inhabited by Draugr, and almost all of them are leveled.

Puzzle Solution: Look up and to the south. Note the sequence of Hawk, Whale, Fox, Snake. The northern ceiling has the same sequence, but the third carving has fallen to the ground. Now match up the pedestals (which also contain a specific animal carving), and activate the lever of the Hawk, Whale, Fox, and Snake pedestals to match the ceiling order. There are two Hawk pedestals; it doesn’t matter which one is activated first. If the puzzle is solved successfully, the grating swings open. Descend the spiral stairs, and enter the door to High Gate Ruins Catacombs.

High Gate Ruins CatacombsEdit

There are more traps (and leveled Draugr) as progress into the ruins is made, so beware of pressure plates and trip-wires. Head through the altar room, then down the long hallway to a second altar room, where three levers must be activated.

Puzzle Solution: Pull the lever in the center of the room. The next is in the right alcove. Fight the Draugr guarding it, activate the lever, and face a second foe in the left alcove before activating the lever behind it.

The second lever opens the portcullis allowing entry into Vokun’s Throne Room. Upon entering, the Dragon Priest Vokun will awaken, and it will be necessary to defeat him. Utilizing the columns in the room to avoid his attacks will be helpful. After defeating Vokun, it will be possible to acquire his mask. The mask must be picked up there, otherwise it will become impossible to fill the Dragon Priest Shrine at Labyrinthian. Go behind his coffin to find a room containing the Sealed Scroll for Anska on the table and a Word Wall, containing a word for the Storm Call shout.

Exit the chamber via the north door at the end of the narrow corridor to end up in High Gate Ruins (Interior). Locate Anska, and hand the scroll to her. She is most grateful and provides a reward of a Conjure Flaming Familiar tome, completing the quest.

TriviaEdit

• To avoid Anska being killed by high-level enemies, don't accept the quest right away. Go through the tomb and kill everyone. After reaching the throne room and killing Vokun, she will appear. Pick up the scroll off the table to start the quest. Then simply turn around and hand her the scroll to complete the quest.
• Anska, because of her eagerness to reach the scroll, is extremely "pushy." If following behind, she will frequently nudge the Dragonborn forward, possibly triggering traps.
• Pick up the scroll before going anywhere near the dragon shout. The process of learning the dragon shout may blow the scroll to an unreachable location (see Bugs).
• After the quest is completed, if Anska is asked what the scroll says, she will say it's encrypted and that it will take time to read it. Her dialog will never change. She can be killed, but the scroll will disappear (this could possibly be a glitch, or she was programmed this way)
• The scroll that Anska is looking for belongs to the Dragon Priest Vokun.

BugsEdit

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The quest must be completed the first time the dungeon is entered, as it's not possible to return later. The dragon priest does not respawn, and the only way to open the gates on either side of his tomb is to kill him. They close after leaving the dungeon for the first time.  360   An exception may occur where it's possible to leave the dungeon completely without getting the scroll (assuming Anska had grabbed it herself), go home, drop off some items then fast-travel back to the dungeon, and still find all the doors open. Return quickly to the throne room, and the scroll will still be on the table. It is possible to re-enter the dungeon through the back entrance to Vokun´s Throne room. It's necessary to have a Follower other than Anska to succeed. Climb on top of the ruins on the opposite side of the back entrance to Vokun´s Throne room. Then jump down on the little square surface, which is level with the opposite side. Then use Whirlwind Sprint (use the full shout if to be sure). Wait by the gate, the Follower should come to the other side of the gate. Then ask him/her to pull the chain, and entry will be possible. If being accompanied by a follower, sometimes the follower will get hit with Anska's attacks, causing the follower to attack her. This can fixed by using Healing Hands to heal the follower until he or she is back to full strength, at which point the attacks will stop.  PS3   If Anska is killed after picking up the scroll or the scroll is picked up after killing Anska, it will be locked to the inventory with no known fix for removing it It's possible (though rare) that Vokun could get stuck in a corner or in-between the pillars.  360   The scroll may not be on the table but may be inaccessible due to a second location where it can spawn; behind the dragon shout wall - this bug is a possible result of acquiring the dragon shout beforehand Another glitch is where Anska will not speak to the Dragonborn upon entering High Gate Ruins. This does not need to hinder progress through the dungeon. After defeating Vokun, she may appear moments later. Upon speaking to her the Dragonborn will have 2 options, neither of which start the quest. If the player checks the journal, the quest will not be there. Because of this, the quest is unable to be completed, (since it technically does not exist) causing Anska to follow until she dies. If she dies, the joural record states, "Quest Failed: A Scroll For Anska," which means the quest was failed even though it was never started. Fix: If Anska's Sealed Scroll is picked up at the end of the dungeon, the quest will begin at the point that the Dragonborn must return the scroll. Speaking to Anska then will give the option to return the scroll and complete the quest. Though Anska not speaking to the Dragonborn upon entry is a glitch, it does not render the quest impossible to complete. In fact, it may be easier to complete the quest since there is no risk of Anska being killed. If Mjoll the Lioness is following the Dragonborn and is told to leave, she will go back to Riften, and Aerin will appear in High Gate Ruins and act as though he's still in Riften. (Reloading solves this.) (Unknown if this is a glitch or if Aerin just comes to get her.)

Behind the scenesEdit

• Unless otherwise stated, the information above was obtained from in-game play or from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Creation Kit.^[1]

AppearancesEdit

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)

ReferencesEdit

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