Online:Phantom Guilt

Quick Walkthrough
#Find the skeleton and his journal.
#Find out where the amulet came from.
#Get the amulet destroyed.

Detailed Walkthrough
Disturbing Findings
When you explore the wilderness, you can find a skeleton gibbeted to a tree and can interact with it:
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You should now head a few steps to the north of the skeleton; there you find Bordaunt Virelande's Journal revealing the tragedy of an aspiring young hero finding an cursed amulet, about how he started to hear voices in his head, and about how in the end he considered himself a monster. After finishing the disturbing story, a voice whispers "Murderer..."

The Source of the Curse
thumb|right|Goldfolly's lovely cemeterythumb|right|Another victim's grave
You need to get rid of the curse before it drives you mad. The one who cursed the amulet might be able to lift the curse, so using the clues from the journal you need to find the man Bordaunt got the amulet from, and who is now buried near Goldfolly. So head to the cemetery south of Goldfolly to look for further clues. On one of the tombstones there is an epitaph:
:"Lesahanar, Beloved of Azabesh." "His laugh filled the forest. Gone, but never forgotten."
While reading the epitaph Azabesh, Lesahanar's widow, approaches the grave.
:''"What brings you to my husband's grave? I don't think we've ever met."
:No. I heard he died suddenly. What happened?
:"My husband was a guard for a merchant caravan. One day he found a magic amulet on a dead man laying in the road. Almost overnight he became despondent, and when he spoke he would only talk about the bandits he had killed while defending the caravan."
:Was there anything that helped him?
:"No, nothing worked. I even paid to have the origin of the amulet divined and learned it was crafted in Cormount. Surprisingly my husband volunteered to go, but he was found dead not far from town the next day and the amulet was gone."
:I found the amulet.
:"If you have the amulet, I suggest you find a way to be rid of it as soon as possible before you lose the will to even try."

Leave and travel to Cormount. Talk to the merchants in Cormount to find the jeweler. Any one of them will direct you to them:

:Do you know where I can find a jeweler in Cormount?
:"There's really only Rondrin, but he's been retired for a while now."''

The Amulet's Destruction
Find and talk to Rondrin in his house, which is on the west side of town:
:''"If you are looking for custom jewelry, you should know I'm retired."
:Did you make this amulet?
:"My amulet! Tell me, did it do its work? Did the Argonian suffer?"
:What Argonian?
:"The brigand who killed my son! It took all my resources to make that amulet and track him down. You see, I am not a strong or violent man, but I do know my craft. That amulet is my masterpiece."
:How does it work?
:"It magnifies the guilt of taking a life, slowly overwhelming the wearer with grief until he takes his own life. It's a little bit of poetry, if I do say so myself. Although it's been so long, I was beginning to doubt it worked."
:I didn't find it on an Argonian.
:"What? That can't be! You're lying. The Argonian sent you, didn't he? He's not dead at all, is he?"
:I found this journal near the amulet.
:"This... this isn't right. This person obviously did not deserve to die. What have I done? Give me the amulet. I made it impossible to give away, but I created it, so you should be able to give it to me."
:Here, take it.
:"I thank you for bringing me closure on my son's killer. I know what I have to do now."
:What do you mean?
:"It's my turn to wear the amulet now. If anyone is guilty, if anyone deserves it, it's me."

At this point you can choose to let him suffer for what he did or talk him out of killing himself.

 

If you chose the first option you get another choice:

 

If you persuaded him to live, watch him destroy the amulet, then talk to him again to finish the quest:

:"It is done. No one shall ever suffer at the hands of this accursed creation again."
:Are you going to be all right?
:"I don't know that I deserve to be forgiven for what I've done, but I do know that no one else should suffer for my folly. Thank you and please take this for your troubles."''

Regardless of your choice, your reward is the  .
 

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