"Build your House stronghold, Rethan Manor, in three phases."

―Quest Description

OverviewEdit

• Quest Giver: Dondos Driler in Balmora
• Locations: Balmora, Odai Plateau, Rethan Manor, Ebonheart, Vivec City, Shurdan-Raplay Egg Mine, Gnisis, Sadrith Mora, Tel Aruhn, Moonmoth Legion Fort, Zainsipilu
• Reward: Your own stronghold
• Reputation: +1
• ID: HH_Stronghold
• Required Rank: Kinsman

Quick walkthroughEdit

Phase OneEdit

1. Talk to Dondos Driler at the Hlaalu Manor in Balmora to start the process.
2. Travel to Ebonheart to receive the Construction Contract from Duke Vedam Dren.
3. Travel to Vivec City to buy the Rethan Manor Land Deed from Baren Alen at the Hlaalu Treasury.
4. Return to Dondos Driler with the deed and contract and the construction will begin.
5. After a few days, talk to Driler again, who will ask to check on the stronghold progress.
6. Talk to foreman on the Odai Plateau, Durbul gro-Rush, and return to Dondos with the news.
7. The first phase should be finished after a few more days.

Phase TwoEdit

1. Talk to Dondos Driler at the Hlaalu Council Manor in Balmora about the second phase.
2. Cure the kwama queen at Shurdan-Raplay Egg Mine.
3. Recruit some miners from Gnisis and Tel Aruhn for the mine.
4. Return to Dondos to start the construction.
5. The second phase should be finished after a few days.

Phase ThreeEdit

1. Talk to Dondos Driler at the Hlaalu Council Manor in Balmora about the third phase.
2. Recruit a guard from Balmora Fighters Guild or the Imperial Legion at Moonmoth Legion Fort.
3. Meet with the guard at Rethan Manor and deal with the bandits at Zainsipilu.
4. Return to Dondos to start the construction.
5. The third phase should be finished after a few days.

Detailed walkthroughEdit

Phase OneEdit

Once the Nerevarine reaches the rank of Kinsman in House Hlaalu, any councilor or quest giver will tell whom to contact to start the construction of the Hero's very own stronghold. Talk to Dondos Driler at the Hlaalu Manor in Balmora. He says that a Construction Contract is required and a land deed in order to start the building.

Travel to see Duke Vedam Dren in the Grand Council Chambers in Ebonheart to receive the contract. The land deed can be bought from Baren Alen at the Hlaalu Treasury in Vivec City. Return to Dondos Driler with the deed and contract and the construction will begin.

In a few days, the Nerevarine will be prompted by an entry in the journal to talk with Driler. He'll provide the directions to the stronghold and ask the Nerevarine to check on its progress. The foreman on site, Durbul gro-Rush, will say that work should be finished within the week. Return to Dondos with the news.

After a few days, another journal entry will appear to inform the Nerevarine that the first phase of the stronghold has been finished.

Phase TwoEdit

Once the first phase of the stronghold is completed, return to Dondos in Balmora. He will say that the Nerevarine needs to improve business near the stronghold by restoring the nearby Shurdan-Raplay Egg Mine, just across the river. The mine can be restored by curing the Kwama Queen and hiring some miners.

To cure the queen, simply cast a Cure Blight spell or scroll on her. Getting the Vivec's Touch spell from the Vivec Ashmask in the Gnisis temple is also an option.

As for the miners, talk to Dondos again and he'll suggest recruiting an unemployed miner. That would be either Ilasour Tansumiran, found in his cave dwelling home north of the Temple in Gnisis, or Llaals Ores at the Slave Market of Tel Aruhn. Llaals is now a slave in the Underground; talk to Savile Imayn to learn that curing the Kwama Queen is needed to secure his release. Whichever one is chosen, return to Dondos afterwards. Note that neither miner will actually go to the mine.

Upon curing the Queen and hiring one of the miners, return to Dondos to start the second phase of the stronghold. The Nerevarine should receive another journal entry one week later, when the second phase of construction is complete.

Phase ThreeEdit

Once the second phase of the stronghold is finished and the Nerevarine has reached the rank of House Father, it is now possible to begin the third and final phase of construction. Return to Balmora and speak with Dondos, who will explain that the Nerevarine needs to get rid of the bandits in the area of the stronghold. To do that the Nerevarine will need to hire a guard, and Dondos suggests speaking with the Balmora Fighters Guild or the Imperial Legion at Moonmoth Legion Fort to do so.

The fort will have no one to spare, but speaking with Flaenia Amiulusus at the Balmora Fighters Guild will get the Hero a guard named Fjorgeir for 1000 gold.

Once he is hired, travel to the stronghold to meet him and talk to him about the bandits. Apparently the bandits are hiding out in the cave of Zainsipilu. Kill the leader of the bandits, Maros Gimayn. Killing the other seven bandits is optional.

Return to Driler to begin the third phase of construction. Another journal entry should be received in three days when the last phase of construction is complete.

NotesEdit

• After the first phase of construction, if you skip directly to the task of recruiting miners, and choose to recruit Ilasour Tansumiran in Gnisis, you will then be able to go back to Dondos and initiate the construction's second phase without ever having actually cured the queen.

Journal entriesEdit