This page provides a guide on how to complete the “Hit the Books” quest, which is part of the Winterhold College storyline.
find the lost books¶
The first thing you should do after talking to savos about the orb is head to the arcaneum and talk to urag, the librarian. he will inform you that there may be information in one of the three tomes that was “borrowed” by another apprentice. urag can’t help you without those books, so it looks like we’re tracking down the missing books, which can be found in felglow’s castle.
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When you’re leaving the arcaneum you may run into faralda who says there’s a thalmor, ancano, who wishes to speak with you. if you don’t see faralda, ancano will look for you himself and ask what you found in saarthal. feel free to reply rudely, he’s not a particularly nice guy.
after speaking with arcanum, head outside then fast travel to felglow’s fortress. You’ll probably find that whiterun is the best place to fast travel if you haven’t explored much, but just head to the closest location to felglow keep and be on your way.
cleansing the glare keep¶
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As you get closer to the fortress you will find some mages here and a flame atronach so take care of them and go down the spiral steps to the door which is marked with a quest marker. inside, you will fight some spiders in the first room and an ice mage apprentice. the ice mage is leaning over the edge of the balcony, so if you like to sneak and shoot, you could easily knock him out the door before he notices you.
Go right this time and you’ll come to a prison full of vampires. he kills the mage guarding the jail cells and then selects his cells to free them. they will then run into the next room and attack the numerous wizards for you! They won’t go any further but they won’t attack you either.
Go past this cell to find the torture room, where you can loot various things. keep going and you will find another room with more cells. kill the mage here and you will find the quest marker is inside one of the locked cells. the newbie. Orthorn, who took the books, has been captured and you will need to unlock his cell to help him. Before you can do that, you’ll have to deal with another wizard and his two pets of his wolf.
once they’ve been taken care of, use the lever in the center of the room to open orthorn’s cell and ask for the books. he will tell you that the books have been stolen by someone called the person he calls. then he offers to help you or you can tell him to stay safe. he’s quite useful, but he’s also very susceptible to being killed by the innumerable mages in the keep, so it’s up to you whether you accept his offer or not.
Next, proceed through the door into a vinyl basement and continue down the hall until you find the training grounds for the fire mages. there are three of them so be careful if you are running. when you take them out, you can go up the steps and take out the skeletons and wizards in the hallway ahead. Pick up the Tome of Spells: Raise Zombies. the door on the right has a chest behind it. Exit this area through the door and up the stairs to the left.
Continue down the hall until you reach the next large room, where you’ll find some wizards and a wolf familiar. Head through the door and you’ll find a dining area with another mage hanging around. in this space you will be able to loot some different ingredients and small morsels of food. Follow the path straight ahead until you reach another large room. here you can fight against a frozen atronach and a mage (enemies vary depending on the level). icy atronach is not cast, so killing the mage won’t make it go away.
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kill them both and you will see 2 doors below and 3 entrances above. inside the door below (the one that is open, of course), there are only two enemies. upstairs the only door is locked so go to the west room and you will see an alchemy station and an arcane enchanter. there’s also a workbench and some mercury ingots, and more importantly, an rare gem on one of the tables that you should definitely grab.
Go back to the main room and go through the east entrance. You will find two more enemies behind the bookshelves in the center of the room. kill them and look on the tables to find a destruction skill book called “a hypothetical betrayal”. Continue down the path and in this long hallway, you will see two doors on your left and one in the back. enter the second door to find a sleeping wizard. kill her and loot her to find fellglow keep key. Go to the end of the hallway, enter the room on the right using the newly acquired key, and loot. there’s a shrine of julians here that will increase your magic by 25 for a limited time if you use it.
how to defeat the caller¶
Go back and enter the last door. kill the atronach of flames (remember to move away from him once he’s dead to avoid his fiery blast), head up the stairs and enter the ritual chamber in the keep of radiance. you will find a woman who calls herself the person she calls . after a short conversation, you will have to fight her. she can be tough if you are low level. she uses the best spells and weapons you have while using healing potions and magika to keep yourself alive if need be. she will spawn atronach enemies, but if you kill her they will despawn from her, so focus on hitting her and not her familiars conjured from her.
You can give up the fight altogether by offering to trade Orthorn for the books. obviously you will need to have orthorn with you for this. be sure to talk to her again if you want to go down this route. agree to her terms before taking a book or she will attack you.
After the fight, look for her to get the key to the Ritual Chamber of Radiance and take all three books (some of them may have fallen to the ground in the middle of the fight). h loot the place and go through the trapdoor. From here, open the door and exit the keep. fast travel to the university and locate urag. talk to him and give him the books. this ends the quest and starts the next quest in the quest line, good intentions.
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