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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Game Add-Ons (DLC) Hints
Learn the hidden knowledge of "Epistolary Acumen."
1 of 12: You need to get to a stone platform on the other side of the starting area that has a book on a pedestal. There are two ways to do it, one of which is a very painful shortcut.
2 of 12: Read the "Chapter II" book to get teleported, then move down the tunnel of whirlwind papers to reach a scrye device that'll "flatten" the tunnel out.
3 of 12: There's a lurker and two seekers nearby that'll attack you after the tunnel flattens out, so be ready for that. You can either kill them, or dodge them while making your way to the next teleporter book.
4 of 12: To find it, use the scrye that's on the east side of the area, then go through the gate on the west side that the scrye opened.
5 of 12: Read the "Chapter III" book to get teleported, then crouch down and scan the room ahead to spot two seekers. Sneak-shoot the one on the right to death, then start in on the other one.
6 of 12: Go around to where you can go up a bunch of stairs, then move up to where you can enter another rotating tunnel.
7 of 12: You can stay at that end of the tunnel in order to visit two optional areas with combat and loot, or you can skip that and move down the tunnel to where a closed gate can be opened with a scrye device.
8 of 12: Watch for a seeker as you move down to the other end of the rotating tunnel, then wait until the tunnel stops next to a bridge that unfolds for you. Just past the bridge is a lurker, so charge it (or charge past it).
9 of 12: Wait if necessary for the tunnel to move to where you can get onto a platform with a scrye device, then use it and move past the gate that it opens.
10 of 12: Crouch down when you come within sight of a seeker, since there are several of them ahead. Hang back and use sneak attacks to lure them in one at a time so you won't have to fight them all at once.
11 of 12: Read the "Chapter IV" book that's at the end of their corridor, then use the nearby scrye device to extend some bridges that you can use to reach a large version of the Epistolary Acumen black book.
12 of 12: Read the book to start a conversation with Hermaeus Mora that'll get you the second word of the Bend Will shout, followed by the next objective.
