Pantea's Flute (Quest)

After you become a full member of the Bard's College, various faculty members will ask you for help with quests.

Overview

 * Prerequisites: Complete Tending the Flames
 * Quest Giver: Pantea Ateia
 * Reward: Increase each magic skill by one.

Initiating
Talking to Pantea Ateia will prompt her to tell you about a foolish student named Larina who stole Pantea's Flute and sold it to a bunch of Necromancers. Since the flute had been passed down through sixteen generations, Pantea asks you to find it and bring it back to her.

Hob's Fall Cave
The quest leads to Hob's Fall Cave east of Frostflow Lighthouse in the Winterhold province. In the first room, take the ice tunnel to the left and take out the Necromancers at the desk so that you can loot the chest and take the Soul Gem you find on a desk. Continue to a suspension bridge and peer over the edge to the Necromancer camp below. Wipe them out by sniping with sneak and a bow or leap down to bring some melee fighting to them. The loot includes another Unusual Gem and the Restoration Skill Book "The Exodus".

Finding the flute
Cross the bridge and follow the path to encounter Necromancers in the next room. Look on the Arcane Enchanter for the Enchanting Skill Book "Enchanter's Primer". Pull the dangling chain to open the way, but be cautious of the traps. The final room room has three Necromancers to fight, but contains a chest with the Flute, a shelf with a black soul gem, and a locked cage with a dead Redguard.

Reward
Return the flute to Pantea at the Bard College and receive her grateful thanks. Instead of gold, she teaches you a few tricks she learned while playing for the mages in Winterhold.

This turns out to be a one-point increase in each of the magic skills (6 points total) which is probably worth more than gold.


 * +1 Alteration
 * +1 Conjuration
 * +1 Destruction
 * +1 Illusion
 * +1 Restoration
 * +1 Enchanting

Bugs

 * After completing quest the item is stuck in your inventory (PS3/PC/XBOX360).
 * If the player finds Pantea's flute before having spoken to her, the option to return it to her does not appear. PC players can use this console command to advance the quest: setstage bardscollegeflute 40