The Magister Makes a Move

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The Magister Makes a Move
Quest Giver	Sun-in-Shadow Eoki (See Trivia)
Location	Sadrith Mora Tel Aruhn Tel Naga Zalkin-Sul Egg Mine Mzanchend
Region	Vvardenfell
Prerequisite	Objections and Obstacles
Next Quest	The Heart of a Telvanni
Faction	House Telvanni
Reward	Magister's Exquisite Gloves
Gold Reward	Lvl 3–15: ((PC×8)+49)×1.0 Lvl 16+: ((PC×4)+105)×1.0

The Magister Makes a Move is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind.

Background

My ambitious companion, Sun-in-Shadow, succeeded in replacing Magister Gothren's Mouth, Ralasa Delvi. But even success carries risk in Sadrith Mora. Rumor has it that Magister Gothren leaves no slight unpunished.

Objectives

1. Go to Sun-in-Shadow's House
2. Examine House
   1. Collect items – Sun-in-Shadow's To Do List
   2. Collect items – Page from Sun-in-Shadow's Journal
   3. Examine House – talk to Florinna Avau
3. Talk to Arith Sendrul
4. Talk to Magister Gothren (Hints: Go to Tel Aruhn)
5. Steal Magister Otheri's Journal
6. Talk to Arith Sendrul in Sadrith Mora
7. Talk to Magister Gothren's projection
8. Travel to Zalkin-Sul
9. Talk to Lothnarth
10. Enter Mine
11. Talk to Lothnarth in the mysterious chamber
12. Find Tools to release the prisms
13. Find Technical Documents
14. Return to Lothnarth
15. Take the Dwarven Prism
16. Escape the Mine
17. Return to Gothren in Tel Aruhn
18. Talk to Sun-in-Shadow again

Walkthrough

This quest is fairly straightforward, as mostly it involves finding items and talking to characters.

The step involving stealing the Magister's research notes is relatively easy—there is no trespassing area, unlike previous quests—it is simply a matter of trying again if the Vestige is seen.

Talk to Arith, and then Magister Gothren, who will send you to Zalkin-Sul Egg Mine. There, talk to Lothnarth, who will warn you about Otheri's guards, the mine's Foremen. Proceed through the mine (be aware that being spotted will increase your bounty, until you have reached the mysterious chamber.

Talk to Lothnarth again, and proceed to be given a choice: he will tell you what he knows, in return for any notes found inside about its creation, or alternatively, you can give him 198 to cut out his silent partner.

Choosing the former option, he will inform you that certain parts were taken by Otheri and placed inside the Dwemer ruins: the Crank, Gear, pistons, and handles.

Inside Mzanchend, fight through the Dwarven Automatons to find the prism tools (and research notes if not bribed).

Head back to Lothnarth, and give him the notes. Wait for him to leave, and place the items to unlock the Dwarven Prism. Keesu will then arrive and inform you that the mine is collapsing. Escape, avoiding the Rockfalls. Note that since the Dwarven Tonal Prism has now been removed, the Kwama are now hostile.

Reward

• Magister's Exquisite Gloves
• 73–302

Trivia

• Sun-in-Shadow starts this quest, unless you stop talking to her after completing the previous quest, even though she has dialogue. However, this quest can also be started from Eoki, either from speaking to him beforehand, or abandoning this quest and restarting it.

Bugs

This section contains bugs related to The Magister Makes a Move. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following: Please reload an old save to confirm if the bug is still happening. If the bug is still occurring, please post the bug report with the appropriate system template  360  /  XB1  ,  PS3  /  PS4  ,  PC  /  MAC  ,  NX  /  PS5  ,  XS  , depending on which platform(s) the bug has been encountered on. Be descriptive when listing the bug and fixes, but avoid having conversations in the description and/or using first-person anecdotes: such discussions belong on the appropriate forum board.

•  PC   Sometimes, the character will not appear. This is a known issue if starting the quest from Sun-in-Shadow. One solution is to abandon the quest and restart it by talking to Eoki instead.