

If you choose to keep it, it goes to its normal weight of 45 pounds, but otherwise functions the same. If you choose to give the sword to Clavicus Vile, you'll get the Masque. Once you have the sword, go back to the shrine.

In any event, if you want the sword, you'll have to take her down however you can. Or you can use a good enchanted bow to pepper her with arrows while you try to stay out of range of that sword. For example, you can cast a good "Resist Poison" effect on yourself and then run around the poison gas traps in the ruins while she takes damage and you don't, and then you can lead her into the spike trap if you're far enough ahead to get away with it. No, the key to winning against Umbra is to get in a massive first strike and then use every trick in the book to keep yourself alive while you whittle her down the rest of the way. Of course you're going to choose to fight, right? Well, you will if you're honorable or a real sucker for punishment because as soon as you opt for combat, she pulls out her sword and goes to town on you. Umbra offers you a choice: leave and live or fight and die. There's a floor-drops-into-spikes trap in one room and a poison gas trap in another. You'll not come across much more than critters and traps until you get to Umbra herself.

The ruins are fairly small as Ayleid ruins go. If his disposition is 60 or better, he'll tell you about an apprentice, named Lenwin, who found the sword, started calling herself Umbra and then took off to be a fighter.

When you get to Pell's Gate (it's just off the road on the way from the Imperial City to Bravil), you'll need to talk to Irroke the Wide. About the time you get to Pell's Gate, you'll hear a voice telling you that getting Umbra for Vile is not a good idea. He gives you a dog figurine and sends you on your way. Umbra (you may remember it from Morrowind) is permanently in Vindasel, an Ayleid ruin southeast of the Waterfront District on the Red Ring Road (you've probably been jumped by a Conjurer while passing by).Ĭlavicus Vile tells you that he wants the sword, Umbra, and that you should start looking in Pell's Gate. I say "sort of" on the minimum level because you can collect the quest object any time you'd like. Instead, just collect Umbra and take it to Vile without starting the quest. This quest is almost totally wacked unless you have installed the patch, so if you haven't installed it, don't take it.
