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How can I get into the keep?
1 of 7: The main door requires a key, so look a bit SW of it for a door that leads to the keep's dungeon.
2 of 7: Move along the dungeon's waterlogged passage, watching for two bear traps, until you come to a room with a mage and his pet frostbite spiders. Lure the spiders back into the passage for easy disposal, then run up the stairs and get the mage.
3 of 7: Start down the passage past the mage, and turn left at the dart trap's pressure plate. Stay back and hit the magic rune that's on the floor ahead with Flames or some other spell to detonate it.
4 of 7: In the jail area, sprint over to the other door and use the four levers to the right of it to open the cells. That'll release some captive vampires who'll help you fight the mages in the room past the jail.
5 of 7: Move on to the next jail area, where a mage will release two wolves to attack you. Finish them off, then use the central lever in the middle of the room to release Orthorn. (Note that you can refuse his help when he talks to you, but it's probably better to accept him as a temporary follower.)
6 of 7: Go through a wooden door and along the passage to reach a room where some mages are practicing their spells. After killing them off, move on to find a crypt area with necromancers and their animated skeletons.
7 of 7: At the other end of the crypt area is an unlocked door that leads into the keep.
