Online:Dathlyn

Dathlyn
Location	Outside Softloam Cavern
Race	Dark Elf	Gender	Female
Reaction	Friendly
Other Information
Faction(s)	Ebonheart Pact

Dathlyn

Dathlyn is a Dark Elf soldier of the Ebonheart Pact tasked with investigating the presence of the Daggerfall Covenant inside Softloam Cavern.

Related Quests

• Stem the Tide: Prevent a Covenant attack on Kragenmoor.

Quest-Related Events

She will be clutching to her injuries when you approach her:

"Can't quit now, stay awake, Dathy."

Speaking to her to accept the quest:

"A friendly face! Good, good. This day may not be a complete failure."

What happened?

"Damned Daggers happened. I followed a lead out of Kragenmoor, reports of Covenant soldiers near Softloam Cavern. I didn't believe it, not this far out. Was I wrong about that!"

Did you find where they're coming from?

"They've got a portal in there! Leads straight back to Covenant lands. Won't be long before they can launch an attack on the city.
Get in there and find it. Damned thing is maintained by two crystals. Destroy them and it'll pop like a soap bubble."

I'll see what I can do.

Further questions after quest starts:

"I suppose I'm lucky I made it out alive, but by the Three I'm glad you came along.
If I'd failed here, I think my captain would've had my head."

Why are you out here by yourself?

"I told you, I didn't expect to find anything. But my captain was certain the information we got from that captured Orc was good, so ... here I am. Didn't know I'd be walking into a damned nest of Daggers."

Can't they just open another portal if I close this one?

"I don't think so. I saw special boxes that they used to pack the crystals. The portal reaches all the way back to Covenant lands ... Daggerfall city, for all I know. No, I think you destroy those things and their little plan shatters to pieces."

If you have completed Zeren in Peril, you can tell her:

I was at Fort Zeren. The Covenant entered the Fort through portals there.

"I heard about that. The House Mages think those were short-range things. Troops stages into the Fort from boats offshore. For a long-range portal like this, I bet they need those crystals. And that gives us a chance."

After you return from closing the portal:

"Thank the Lord, Mother, and Wizard. You're back!
Please tell me you've got good news."

The portal is closed, and the Covenant plan stopped.

"Yes! Thank you, traveler. This means I'll get to keep my head.
I think I've regained strength enough to make it back to Kragenmoor. I'll spare you the wrath of my captain and report the news myself. Three keep you!"

If you talk to her again after completion:

"It's a good thing you showed up. I wasn't looking forward to rolling down this hill, trying to get to Kragenmoor before the Daggers."

Notes

• Despite saying she'll return to Kragenmoor, she never will.