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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints
Locate Mercer Frey.
1 of 9: Open the nearby door and avoid its swinging mace trap, then move on to where Karliah spots Mercer Frey in the distance.
2 of 9: Move on to find another door followed by the entrance to a huge falmer-infested area. Stay near the entrance and use arrows and/or ranged spells to shoot down all the falmer you can see.
3 of 9: Go down the stairs to ground level, then edge carefully along the left side of the golden path to hopefully avoid setting off the whirling blade traps.
4 of 9: Watch out for a bear trap past the gate, then be ready to fight several falmer as you use another golden path to make your way across another huge chamber.
5 of 9: Go up the slanting stone walkway that starts near the end of the golden path to reach a door, then watch for several bear traps past it.
6 of 9: Search the room you come to (including its open side room) to find three Detect Life scrolls, then go past a gate, some bear traps, and a door to enter yet another huge falmer-occupied chamber.
7 of 9: This one also has a big dwarven centurion in it. You might want to stay back at the door and shoot the centurion with an arrow or spell to get it going, then close the door so it'll focus on attacking the nearby falmer. Whichever side wins should be weakened enough for you and your followers to finish off easily.
8 of 9: Go to the other side of the chamber and up some steps, then turn left and make your way back across the chamber on the upper walkways. Keep going along, fighting falmer and avoiding traps as you encounter them, until you reach the door to the Irkngthand Slave Pens area.
