Ascending Doubt is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls Online. It is part of the prologue for the The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle DLC.
Background[]
I received a letter from Lady Arabelle Davaux, asking me to meet her agent, Jakarn, in Elden Root, Wayrest, or Mournhold, depending on my alliance. She wants me to assist him in a matter of great importance to all of the alliances.
Objectives[]
- Talk to Jakarn
- Meet Jakarn's Contact
- Talk to Tarazka
- Talk to Jakarn
- Enter Khartag Point
- Search for the Ascendant Order Hideout
- (Optional) Talk to Jakarn
- Enter the Ascendant Order Hideout
- Search the Ascendant Order Hideout
- Talk to Guild Scholar Valessea
- Search the Hideout for the Medallions
- Talk to Guild Scholar Valessea
- Meet Jakarn at Sareloth Grotto
- Search Sareloth Grotto
- Use Valessea's Shell to Find the Medallions x5
- Talk to Jakarn
- Travel to Lady Arabelle's Camp
- Talk to Lady Arabelle
Walkthrough[]
Upon purchasing the quest from the crown store, you will get a Letter from Lady Arabelle asking you to meet with her contact in your alliance's capital, which is Mournhold for members of the Ebonheart Pact, Wayrest for members of the Daggerfall Covenant or Elden Root for members of the Aldmeri Dominion.
Head there and speak with Lady Arabelle's contact, Jakarn. Jakarn will tell you that he was sent on a mission to get a set of medallions from someone named Valessea, but when he got to her place, he found that the place was ransacked, Valessea was gone, and so were the medallions. He has since found a contact that might know something about these events, and will ask you if you wish to travel there together.
Hop into Jakarn's cart and make your way to western Vvardenfell; just east of Khartag Point. Jakarn's contact is a Khajiit named Tarazka; speak with him and he will tell you that Valessea has been kidnapped by a group called the Ascendant Order, a group opposed to the Three Banners War. He saw them head into Khartag Point, and then through an opening covered by vines. Talk to Jakarn about all this and he will agree to head into Khartag Point together.
Head inside. You can talk to Jakarn once there, but he will not say anything of note. Your goal is to look for the lantern Tarazka left behind at the cave entrance they took Valessea through; a cave covered in vines. You will find several indications that Valessea has been here, but beware of all the Camonna Tong crooks you will have to fight on your way. You will find the entrance to the secret tunnel in the center room, south of the water.
Head into the Ascendant Order Hideout. After progressing a bit, you will hear Valessea call out for help. Follow the voice into the cavern to the east, and you will find her there. Talk to her and she will tell you that the medallions were invitations she made on behalf of Lady Arabelle, and that they would allow access to a certain location. The Ascendant Order burst into her workshop just when she had finished them, and took both her and the medallions here. They are led by someone called the Ascendant Champion, but Valessea does not know anything about this person, nor about the group's goals.
Head back through the main cave and start looking for the medallions. In the center of the cave, you will find a note titled Ascendant Champion's Orders, that indicates the medallions were taken to the Sareloth Grotto using one of the boats at the end of the cavern; tell Valessea this and she will give you an enchanted shell that will help you track the medallions once you are in Sareloth Grotto.
Head to the south of the cavern and use the boats there to travel to Sareloth Grotto. The boat will not take you all the way; you will land northwest of Salothan's Council. Head east of here and you will find the grotto at the base of the mountains. Talk to Jakarn before you enter; he will remind you of the shell that Valessea gave you, and that the medallions will glow if you concentrate on the shell. With that, head inside and start looking. At the entrance to the big room, Jakarn will tell you to use the shell; doing so will reveal one of the shells is in a chest across from you.
There are four more medallions throughout the cave. One of them can be found to the east, by the water. Head south from there to the southeastern corner of the room to find the third medallion. For the fourth medallion, you need to head west into the hallway. The fifth and final medallion is all the way in the southernmost room of the cave, with all the water. You will have to fight off a massive Coral Crab before you can get to it, but once you have it, your business in this grotto is done. Speak with Jakarn and he will tell you the location of Lady Arabelle's Camp, and will tell you to take the medallions there.
The cave's southern exit will bring you just east of Vassir-Didanat Mine; Lady Arabelle's camp is just east of Vivec City. Head there and speak with the lady; she will explain that the medallions were meant to facilitate peace talks in the three banners war. They were to allow the delegates entrance into a secret location where the talks would take place. At this point, the quest will finish and the next one, "A King's Retreat," will start.
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