Online:Fada at-Glina

Fada at-Glina is a Redguard found at Rahni'Za in Lower Craglorn. She asks for your help to find out what has happened at her school where the sword disciples have been turned into thralls.

 
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You will meet Fada near a little tent outside of the school. She asks you a favor.
:''"Will you say a prayer for those who have fallen behind the walls of Rahni'Za, the great school of blades? For the great Sword-Disciples, who have been reduced to mindless thralls?"
:What happened here?
:"Rahni'Za was once one of the great sword-schools, rivaled only by the Abbey of Blades. But a betrayer gained entry through deception and trickery. He turned the mighty Sword-Disciples into thralls of the dread Celestial Serpent."
:How did the betrayer do that?
:"The initiates of Rahni'Za prove their mastery by completing five increasingly arduous tests of strength and skill. I do not know how he did it, but the betrayer overcame the trials and killed Master Timen."
:Tell me where to find this betrayer.
:"I'd only finished the first trial when the betrayer struck, but it stands to reason that he's in the most secure part of the school-the cavern at the end of the final trial. You'll need to complete the trials in order to avenge us."
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You can then ask her whether she can tell you anything else.
:"Ask what you will. I'm still looking for the answers myself. I had only passed the first trial when these troubles struck the school. I suppose that's the reason I was able to escape when the others were lost."
:Tell me what you know about the trials.
:"The first trial is called the Trial of Fire. The initiate must find the tombs of the flame-bearers and slay the gargoyles that guard them. Then the flame-bearers can light the braziers along the path to Rahni'Za."
::What are the flame-bearers?
::"The flame-bearers are the spirits of three previous masters of the school. So devoted were they to training future Sword-Disciples, they bound their spirits here. Even in death, they teach new initiates the ways of the blade."
:::And the other trials?
:::"The second trial is the arena, where the initiate Sword-Disciple must survive the melee.
:::I was about to start this trial when the troubles struck. I don't know much about the other trials, but the initiates carried books that tell of them."
::::Why don't you have those books?
::::"The books are conferred on completion of the first trial. The school had gone to chaos and ruin before I received mine. Divines, if only I could have done something. I keep thinking that I could have saved them had I been stronger."
:Do you know why the betrayer did this?
:"I know only the strange rumors I heard from the few initiates who had not yet turned by the time I entered. The betrayer was a member of the Scaled Court, a servant of the Celestial Serpent who they say has appeared in Craglorn."
::Why would the Serpent want to attack Rahni'Za?
::"So it's true? The Serpent does walk the face of Nirn? I can't begin to fathom the motivations of such a creature. But there's a legend that Rahni'Za's founder, his name long lost to history, dedicated it to the Warrior constellation."
:::The founder of this school worshipped the Warrior?
:::"Perhaps. Like the Abbey of Blades, Rahni'Za is a place of secret arts, admitting only those brave enough and strong enough to gain entry. There are more myths than facts around it.
:::Perhaps the Serpent simply wanted to eliminate potential opposition."

When you have completed your task and return to Fada, she wonders
:"You stand before me, not wounded and defeated, but proud and courageous. You have overcome the trials! But what happened to the betrayer?"
:I defeated the betrayer, Abelazar of the Scaled Court.
:"At last. Although it does not end the suffering of my fellow Sword-Disciples, at least the Serpent's foul poison will spread no more. For my part, I will wait here until it is safe to enter, bury the dead, and see if I can carry on their legacy."

When you speak to her again after the quest, Fada reminds you:
:"The Sword-Disciples are still in thrall to the Serpent. Anything you can do to put them to rest would ease my mind."''