A Daedra's Best Friend
Follow Barbas to his master's shrine in Haemar's Shame, fetch the Rueful Axe from Rimerock Burrow for Clavicus Vile and decide what to do with it.
- Questline: Daedric Quests – Daedric Princes
- Given by: Lod
- Needs level 10
- Reward: Masque of Clavicus Vile
- Where: Haemar's Shame
How to start
From level 10, a guard at Falkreath's gate asks whether you have seen a dog. Speak to Lod the blacksmith, then meet the dog Barbas on the road outside town.
Can be missed
Keeping the Rueful Axe by killing Barbas ends the quest without the Masque, and the axe does not count toward Oblivion Walker. Hand the axe back to get the artifact.
Collectibles from this quest
- Masque of Clavicus Vile: Hand the Rueful Axe back to Clavicus Vile at the end of A Daedra's Best Friend.
- The Rueful Axe – Battleaxe: Fetched from Rimerock Burrow for Clavicus Vile. Kill Barbas with it when the Prince offers, and it is yours.