Ring in Darkness

Ring in Darkness
Quest Giver	Lalatia Varian
Location	Ebonheart Nammu
Next Quest	Boots of the Apostle
Faction	Imperial Cult
Reward	Ring of the Wind
Reputation	+10 (Imperial Cult) +1/+3 Reputation
Disposition	+10 (Lalatia Varian)
Type	Faction
Quest ID	IC25_JonHawker IC25_JonHawker_free

Main article: Imperial Cult Quests

Ring in Darkness is an Imperial Cult quest available in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The quest is given by Lalatia Varian in the Imperial Cult Chapel located within Ebonheart.

Background

The Oracle, Lalatia, has had a vision and of a ring in darkness and needs someone to locate it, to help her unravel the meaning of her vision. She advises speaking with a Dunmer Scout or Dunmer Savant.

Quick walkthrough

1. speak with Lalatia Verian
2. ask a dunmer savant or scout about the vision
3. go to Nammu and retrieve the ring
4. return to Lalatia Verian

Detailed walkthrough

Upon speaking to Lalatia Verian, she will tell the nerevarine that she has had a vision regarding the location of the Ring of the Wind. she will say "I have seen the wind upon a dark elf's hand. I have seen fire gleam upon a Dwarf's face. I have seen darkness on a ring of water. I have heard no name whispered in the mouth of stone." She will request that the Nerevarine seek the help of a dunmer savant or scout to discern where the ring is. There is one in the Foreign Quarter Lower Waistworks. Once the Nerevarine speaks to one about the ring, they will tell you that the prophecy most likely refers to Nammu, a cave to the west of Tel Aruhn. the ring is in the possession of the wizard there, Galmis Dren, who is hostile. once you've defeated him, take the ring from his body and return to Lalatia Veran.

Reward

• Ring of the Wind

Journal

Journal Entry
IC25_JonHawker
Oracle Lalatia Varian had a vision of the Ring in Darkness. She saw the Ring of the Wind, a legendary treasure of Elsweyr. "I have seen the wind upon a dark elf's hand. I have seen fire gleam upon a Dwarf's face. I have seen darkness on a ring of water. I have heard no name whispered in the mouth of stone." The Oracle bid me retrieve the Ring in Darkness. I must ask Dark Elven savants and scouts about the meaning of the Oracle's vision. Quest accepted
A Dunmer scout told me that Nammu, or 'no-name,' is a cavern in the wildlands of Sunna Guradan, somewhat west of the tower of Tel Aruhn. In the cavern is a great high chamber, flooded, with a central spire rising from the water. The water around the bottom of the spire might be the ring of water in darkness from the Oracle's vision.
Since Canctunian Ponius cannot redeem his 1000-drake pledge because an East Empire Company clerk has embezzled funds, I offered to track down the clerk and recover the gold. If I can track this Mossanon down and recover the missing 3000 gold, Canctunian Ponius will immediately redeem his 1000-drake pledge to the Imperial cult.
A Dunmer savant told me that Nammu, or 'no-name,' is a cavern in the wildlands of Sunna Guradan, somewhat west of the tower of Tel Aruhn. In the cavern is a great high chamber, flooded, with a central spire rising from the water. The water around the bottom of the spire might be the ring of water in darkness from the Oracle's vision.
I retrieved the Ring of the Wind from Galmis Dren and brought it to Lalatia Varian. She praised me, and said that I was meant to keep the ring myself, and that I should use it in the service of the Nine. Quest completed
IC25_JonHawker_free
I found a Redguard trader in Nammu named Jon Hawker. He had been taken prisoner by a battlemage named Galmis Dren, to be sold as a slave. He had prayed to the Nine for aid, and thought I was the answer to his prayers. He asked for a Divine Intervention scroll, so he could escape, but I didn't have any. He suggested that he had some Divine Intervention scrolls when he was captured, and that they might be around somewhere.
I found a Redguard trader in Nammu named Jon Hawker. He had been taken prisoner by a battlemage named Galmis Dren, to be sold as a slave. He had prayed to the Nine for aid, and thought I was the answer to his prayers. I gave him a Divine Intervention scroll and he disappeared, but he gave me two gifts. It is strange -- such valuable gifts. How did he hide them from Galmis Dren?