The Path of Dawn

Background
After discovering that the Amulet of Kings was taken by the Mythic Dawn during the assault on Weynon Priory, Jauffre wants the Hero to meet with Baurus in Imperial City to help find the location of the Amulet of Kings.

Walkthrough
Meet up with Baurus at Luther Broad's Boarding House to get leads on the location of the Amulet of Kings. When first meeting up with him, Baurus suspects someone is following him. Follow Baurus and the man who is spying on him and eventually he must be killed.

Search the spy's body to find Mythic Dawn Commentaries 1. Baurus will talk about Tar-Meena in the Arcane University, so seek her up to obtain more information on the Mythic Dawn cult.

Speaking to Tar-Meena
The secret of this cult lies within the four commentaries on the Mysterium Xarxes written by Mankar Camoran. All four copies are needed and Tar-Meena gives the Hero the second volume, Mythic Dawn Commentaries 2.

The third volume, Mythic Dawn Commentaries 3, can be obtained from persuading Phintias at the First Edition bookstore to give up his only copy if his disposition with the Hero is 80 or higher. Eventually he will sell it for 100. Wait for the original buyer, Gwinas, to question him about his interest in the cult.

A cheaper option is to wait in the bookstore until Gwinas arrives to claim the book. Follow Gwinas out of the store and talk to him about the book. Ask Gwinas about the "Mythic Dawn" and tell him that he's "in way over his head". (One may want to raise his disposition before starting the conversation.) Let him know that the cult is responsible for the murder of the Emperor. Gwinas will panic and give away the book, as well as a note with directions on how to meet "The Sponsor".

A Third option is to steal the book, it is kept in a chest near Phintias with a lock so a few lockpicks will be required for this method.

A fourth option is to kill Gwinas. Follow him from the book store, let him go to sleep in his hotel room (he lives at the Tiber Septim Hotel), pick his lock and kill him. Then take the book and the letter from the sponsor.

The fourth volume, Mythic Dawn Commentaries 4, can only be obtained from the meeting with "The Sponsor."

Meeting with The Sponsor
Go and see Baurus once the 3rd volume is obtained. He will say 'You are a hard man to track down' no matter what. He asks to follow him into the sewers as he knows them well and he will take the lead to the Elven Gardens District, to a sewer entrance.

When walking through the sewers mud crabs, rats and goblins will attack. Depending on level, Baurus can be knocked unconscious by the goblins who also are leveled up, try and dispose of them quickly. Baurus heals himself outside the final room and says he will face the Sponsor alone so wait upstairs.

A variety of options

 * Insist on facing the Sponsor alone and Baurus goes upstairs. Once sitting down on the chair at the table the Sponsor walks in and talks about the cult. After a moment two other cult members walk in upstairs and see Baurus. A fight ensues. The first cult member has a good ring on him and if Baurus lives he says he will meet at Cloud Ruler Temple.


 * Instead choose to go upstairs while Baurus sits across from the Sponsor. This method grants more of a "surprise attack" option, as the two guards approaches. The same fight will ensue.


 * Choose to go upstairs while Baurus sits across from the Sponsor. Immediately after going into the room jump down and stealth in the shadows, the cult will eventually recognize Baurus, run down, and kill him. After they do that the Sponsor just stands there, free to be pick pocketed of the book and ring.


 * Pick-pocket the book from the sponsor. If doing this, Baurus will call off the meeting early and both leave un-harmed.

If Baurus survives, next time the Hero will see him he'll be at the Cloud Ruler Temple and he'll provide some training that will increase the blade skill.

Deciphering the four volumes
All four volumes collectively contain the clue on finding the Mythic Dawn's secret shrine. Tar-Meena will take a few days to decipher the information - "Green Emperor Way Where Tower Touches Midday Sun" (or one can solve it by looking at the first letter in each paragraph in all four volumes).

Travel to Green Emperor Way and look for the Tomb of Prince Camarril. The tomb is between the exits to Talos Plaza and Temple District - it's the large circular tomb there. Between 11:45am and 12:30pm, a map will glow red on the stone. Examine it and the quest will be updated. It is a map to the Mythic Dawn's Dagon Shrine and this will begin the next quest.