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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints
Return to the Bards College.
1 of 8: Go back up the stairwell, then watch for a couple of draugr on your way back to the magically sealed door you passed earlier.
2 of 8: The ghost will unseal the door and run forward to a large puzzle-lock door, which you'll need to open.
3 of 8: Move past the door to find a huge chamber where the ghost is waiting for you. Soon after you move up to it, draugr will start attacking.
4 of 8: Move back to the chamber's entrance and kill draugr as they come after you, or run around to keep from being trapped. (The entry gate closed behind you.) Note that the ghost is impervious to all attacks, both yours and the draugrs', so try to stay behind him while casting spells.
5 of 8: After the first wave of draugr is defeated, there'll be a second wave, followed by a powerful draugr scourge lord named King Olaf One-Eye.
6 of 8: After One-Eye goes down, loot him to get a key, then follow the ghost to the door that the key opens. (Before you leave, move up to the nearby Word Wall to get a word for the Whirlwind Sprint shout.)
7 of 8: Past the door, use the lever to open a passage that leads to a spot near the exit.
8 of 8: Return to the Bards College in Solitude and tell Viarmo you have the verse to get the next objective.
