The Welkynar Knight
An elven knight wants a painting stolen back from the Thalmor. The job goes wrong in all the most interesting ways.
- Questline: New Quests – The Welkynar Knight
- Given by: Nirenoore
- Needs level 20
- Reward: Winged Hussar armor and weapon crafting, plus a chest reward that depends on your choices
- Where: Whiterun Hold
How to start
Travel between cities until a courier hands you a note asking for a secret meeting at the Bannered Mare in Whiterun.
Objectives
- Meet the stranger who sent the note.
- Steal the painting from the Thalmor headquarters in Solitude.
- Go back to Nirenoore.
- Have a drink with Nirenoore.
- Escape from the Thalmor prison.
- Optionally, recover your belongings.
- Rescue Nirenoore.
- Recover the painting again.
- Talk to Nirenoore.
- Follow Nirenoore.
- Talk to Nirenoore.
- Recover Nirenoore's belongings.
- Talk to Nirenoore.
Can be missed
Reporting Nirenoore to the Thalmor fails the quest, and careless early answers can send her away from Skyrim for good.