Board Thread:Oblivion/@comment-2.126.201.216-20131012204105/@comment-24108253-20131101182220

I'm a bit confused by your question. Once you take the sigil stone the gate is closed, permanently. So whatever you do, make sure you loot and take EVERYTHING you want before you grab that stone because it will close after you do.

One thing I didn't really like about Oblivion was that basically all of the gates are the same. Climb all the way to the top, kill every man woman and child during the process, take the stone, repeat...