Skyrim:Through a Glass, Darkly

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Confront the darkness within yourself to obtain a powerful weapon. Quest Giver: Automatically added when trying to take Shadowrend Location(s): Geyser northwest of the Atronach Stone Reward: Shadowrend ID: BGSSSE018_ShadowrendQuest Added by: Shadowrend

A strange anomaly has appeared in Eastmarch

Quick Walkthrough

1. Travel to the specified geyser pool in Eastmarch.
2. Attempt to take Shadowrend and defeat your summoned Shadow.
3. Take either the greatsword or the battleaxe version of Shadowrend.

Detailed Walkthrough

Inner Darkness

The Shadow

Once you've installed the Shadowrend Creation, you will receive this quest. The journal entry will inform you that an inner voice is drawing you to a geyser pool in Eastmarch in order to confront the darkness within yourself. The geyser can be found near the Atronach Stone, to the northeast of it. Stand with the Atronach Stone at your back and walk toward a trio of pine trees in the water. Continue past the leftmost tree. The pool contains skeletal remains which have stained the water black, and will only begin to froth when you approach.

Above this anomaly, a weapon will appear. It is Shadowrend, a shadow weapon from the ruins of Milchar in the Shivering Isles. Shadowrend is both a greatsword and a battleaxe, and it will proceed to cycle between each version, with the weapon warping in and out of existence until you attempt to take it. Touching the weapon will summon a Shadow enemy named "[player]'s Shadow". It is a shadowy clone of the player character, meaning it will wear your equipment and know all of your spells, powers, and shouts.

Defeat the Shadow and claim Shadowrend from its remains to complete the quest. Whichever version of the weapon you didn't select will reappear above the pool, where it will hang in the air indefinitely. You can return to the pool any time in order to switch between the two versions of Shadowrend. Each version is a powerful Daedric weapon in its own right, with a 15% weakness to magic enchantment.

Notes

• Shadowrend originally appeared in the Shivering Isles expansion for TES IV: Oblivion. Elder Scolls Online features an unrelated clannfear and item set.
• The Shadow may choose to instead attack nearby bandits.
• The name of this quest is a Biblical phrase from 1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV).

Quest Stages

Through a Glass, Darkly (BGSSSE018_ShadowrendQuest)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
5		An inner voice is telling me I must confront a darkness within myself. I am drawn toward a geyser pool in Eastmarch. Perhaps answers lie there. Objective : Go to Eastmarch Geysers
10		The weapon I attempted to take has pulled something from within me - a dark shadow of myself. I must defeat this doppelganger. Objective : Defeat your Shadow
15		I have defeated my shadow and feel at peace. I should retrieve the weapon from its remains. Objective : Retrieve Shadowrend
20	Finishes quest	I have discovered and defeated my shadow doppelganger, and have obtained the weapon Shadowrend.

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0.

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage BGSSSE018_ShadowrendQuest stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest BGSSSE018_ShadowrendQuest.