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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hints

The Assassinated Man

  • 1 of 19: Talk to Valtieri about "Contract" again to get this one.
  • 2 of 19: This unusual quest has you saving someone's life by helping him fake his death.
  • 3 of 19: Travel to Chorrol and find Francois Motierre's house near the center of town, just SE of the Mages Guild.
  • 4 of 19: For some reason, you have to pick a hard lock on the house's front door before you can get inside.
  • 5 of 19: As soon as you're inside, Motierre will talk to you about the plan.
  • 6 of 19: When he's done talking, make sure you have the Languorwine Blade equipped and ready for action.
  • 7 of 19: The best way to handle this is to slash Motierre with the special blade right after Hides-His-Heart (the assassin) appears inside the house, then run out the door.
  • 8 of 19: Hopefully, Mr. Heart won't follow you outside. Whether he does or not, you need to run straight for Chorrol's south gate (the quest marker on the local map will point you there) and leave through it.
  • 9 of 19: You'll then get a journal entry about Hides-His-Heart not being killed, and how you have to wait a day for Motierre's body to be taken to the chapel undercroft.
  • 10 of 19: You can go to the Chapel of Stendarr now and find its two doors to the undercroft, but they'll be unpickably locked until after midnight.
  • 11 of 19: So wait until midnight and then go through one of the doors.
  • 12 of 19: You'll find Motierre's body lying around on a stone slab in the undercroft's east section.
  • 13 of 19: Click on it once to administer the antidote, then again to talk to Motierre.
  • 14 of 19: He'll say that his ancestors won't take kindly to this "desecration," meaning you'll have to slash up a few zombies on the way out.
  • 15 of 19: Quickly turn and kill the one that appears nearby, then talk to Motierre and tell him to stay put while you go hunt the other two. (Or take him along to help distract the zombies while you attack them from behind.)
  • 16 of 19: After you've gotten them all, lead Motierre out of the chapel and a ways east to the Grey Mare inn.
  • 17 of 19: Speak to Motierre once you're both in the inn, then return to the Cheydinhal sanctuary and report success to Valtieri.
  • 18 of 19: You'll get a neat enchanted amulet called Cruelty's Heart and the key to the nearby well so you can get in and out of the sanctuary faster.
  • 19 of 19: NOTE: From this point on, you can talk to Valtieri any time you want to see what being a vampire is like, and he'll "convert" you without you having to go and get beat up on by hostile vampires.