SirSilverscreen Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Who is Barenziah? What is the importance of his crown? Is there any other pieces of attire that one can find of his? Barenziah was a Thane of Skyrim, a mage-knight known for his golden armor. Jewels were implanted each piece, but the crown was most well known because of the magical and extremely rare stones placed in the wings. Some time after his death, his armor was separated by each of the major cities of Skyrim and placed on display in his honor. The Stones of Barenziah and the Crown are only a piece of the puzzle. The entire set of Barenziah items consists of six pieces: The crown, the armor, the gloves, the grieves, the staff and the sword. Each item is found in a unique location within Skyrim, none of them are found by chance. The whole quest begins with the Crown. The crown is obtained from the No Stone Unturned questline as usual. Upon completion of the quest, you can either bargain for it, steal it, or (if you completed the Thieves Guild questline) just take it. When you have at least half of the stones, you'll be delivered a letter requesting a visit to Whiterun. A new NPC in Whiterun will comment on the gems (or be impressed that you've got the whole crown) and tell you the tale of the greatest thane in Skyrim. After the lengthy conversation with said NPC, she'll tell you where each piece is located. The armor is in Solitude, the grieves are in Windhelm, the staff is with the College of Winterhold, Markarth keeps the sword, and finally Falkreath guards the gloves. The helmet was entrusted to Riften, so it was appropriate that it was reassembled there. One must become the thane of each location (or join the College for the Staff). Once that's done, speak to the NPC guarding the piece and they'll give you the key to the display case that the armor is in as well as a Book of Barenziah, which details each part of his life (for the Staff, you "borrow" it for "research"). Of course, if you don't want to go through all that trouble, you could just steal it. However, there is still one more piece of the puzzle. Barenziah's armor was said to be enchanted, but all the pieces you get are just normal gold armor. Kinda weak gold armor at that since its stats are equivalent to Ebony armor. If you take all the pieces back to the NPC in Whiterun (all at once. Doing it one at a time just has her congratulate you on obtaining it), she'll have one of two reactions. If you gained the pieces by becoming thane of each city, she'll lead you to her basement which is a huge magical room, something akin to the Archmage quarters in Winterhold. There, she'll reveal herself to be the ancestor of Barenziah, and happily restore the insanely powerful enchantments and stats to the Barenziah armor. She'll also be available for marriage and/or a follower, giving you an extremely powerful partner for the rest of the game. If you stole any of the pieces, she'll become angry and attack you for dishonoring the armor that you hold. Beating her gains access her basement and an enchanting table specifically for enchanting the armor. However, the armor's enchantments are only a quarter of the power you'd get from her doing it, and you've officially killed off the bloodline of incredibly powerful mage-knights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you can tell, this is a mod that would require a lot of work. Work I don't have the time, skill, or knowledge to do. I just saw potential in extending the Barenziah questline with a lore-friendly story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDestroyerOfTime Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 "Barenziah was a Thane of Skyrim, a mage-knight known for his golden armor." Actually, Barenziah was a Dunmer queen who you can meet in Morrowind's expansion Tribunal. So, your statement of"I just saw potential in extending the Barenziah questline with a lore-friendly story." Is 100% false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtull1127 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 The quest sounds like a fun idea I hope it gets made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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