Torture Victim

Torture Victim
Basic Info
Race	Nord Elder
Level	50
Faction	Citizen
Respawn	No
Ref ID	00015D0B 00015D0F 00037D9B 0001326B
Base ID	00015D02 00015D0E 00037A28 00037A2C

"Just… just stop. And I’ll tell you where I’ve hidden my treasure."

―Torture Victim

Torture Victims are four characters who can be found in the Dawnstar Sanctuary after the relevant upgrades have been purchased. Completing the Dark Brotherhood questline will lead to the quest "Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head," which directs the Dragonborn to Delvin Mallory in Riften to upgrade the new Sanctuary. Purchasing the Torture Chamber upgrade supplies four Torture Victims. The Victims are Nords, two male and two female, one of the latter is an Elder.

Uses

• They can be used to easily level skills, as they cannot fight back or even move. Note that they are killable, and will not respawn, so healing spells are necessary to continue training on them.
  • Other Dark Brotherhood members may also attack them as well, damaging or killing them. This may occur when the Dragonborn is not around, so healing them when attacking personally does not guarantee that they will survive.
  • The skills that can be levelled are as follows: Conjuration (using Soul Trap), Destruction, Illusion, Restoration, Archery, One-Handed, Two-Handed, Pickpocket, Sneak.
• If attacked or talked to enough, the victims will eventually reveal the location of a large stash of money (1000–2000 ) within various hollowed out rocks and stumps. Each victim will reveal only one location.
  • They are resistant to paralysis.

Treasur​e locations

Young female

Travel to Merryfair Farm and head west-northwest past the millstone about twenty meters. The tree stump is a snapped-off birch, right next to another tree still standing, just below a rock outcropping.

Black-haired male

Travel to Pelagia Farm and head due west. There will be a fallen tree, and just beyond it will be a dead tree still standing. The rock is due south of the standing tree, a smaller rock between two larger ones.

Red-haired male

All four torture victims

Travel to Hollyfrost Farm and head north-northwest, crossing the river. Come ashore to the right of the ice flow with the two horkers, and proceed over the snow drift, past three pine trees on the right. Pass a smaller tree, and finally between two bushes. Just beyond is a dark gray rock to the left of a stand of pines. Be careful, as this area contains one or more leveled creatures.

Old female

Travel to the Apprentice Stone and walk the shallow waterway behind it due north. At the third tiny island, the waterway turns east, and the tree stump will be on the first tiny island with a standing tree. Mudcrabs are in the area.

Bugs

This section contains bugs related to Torture Victim. 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.

• Using the Ice Form shout on a Torture Victim will freeze them solid and cause them to fall off the wall. When they defrost, they will get up and stand around asking to be let free, even though they are no longer bound.
  • If the Wabbajack is used on a Torture Victim to turn them into something else, and they are then attacked to turn them back, it will have the same effect.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim