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The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles Hints
The Roots of Madness
1 of 10: You're referred to Haskill for an explanation on the font's failure, so talk to him about it.
2 of 10: He'll say that you need to enter the Fountainhead dungeon and fix whatever the forces of Order have done to corrupt the pools of Mania and Dementia.
3 of 10: Find the door to the Fountainhead in the back of the tree behind Sheo's throne and go through it.
4 of 10: Move forward a bit and watch as a tame gnarl opens a crystal-sealed door.
5 of 10: The next thing to do is explore around the Fountainhead's passages, seeing what all you can do to clean the place up.
6 of 10: Once the place is all cleaned up (or as cleaned up as you care to make it), find the doors to the Mania and Dementia pools. Those are the areas you *have* to clean up for this quest.
7 of 10: The door to the Pool of Mania is just west of the western small pool room, and the Pool of Dementia door is just east of the NE small pool room.
8 of 10: You can do those two pool areas in either order. Hints for each are below.
