Oblivion:Order of the Virtuous Blood (quest)

Quick Walkthrough
# You are approached by Ralsa Norvalo who asks you to meet her husband at Seridur's house.
# Meet Seridur, and learn about the Order of the Virtuous Blood.
# Accept your assignment, and proceed to Roland Jenseric's house.
# Travel to Roland's cabin and confront him with your intentions. Decide whether you'll kill him now, or listen to his story.
# If you chose to listen to his story, proceed to Phintias, and interrogate him.
# Learn of Memorial Cave, and fight your way through to Seridur.
# Dispatch Seridur, talk to Roland, and return to the Order for your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough
Outside Help
Once your Fame is 5 or greater, spend some time in the Temple District. A Dunmer woman, Ralsa Norvalo, will approach you to speak about a matter "of the utmost importance to the citizens of the Imperial City".  She says her husband Gilen sent her to ask you to meet him at Seridur's house. Follow the quest marker to Seridur's house, located in the Temple District.

Talk to Seridur and follow him into the cellar. He will present himself as the leader of the Order of the Virtuous Blood, an organization dedicated to hunting down and killing vampires. He will describe how he saw Roland Jenseric kill a woman a few nights before and accuse him of being a vampire. He will ask you to hunt Roland down and kill him, and suggests that you search Roland's house for clues as to his whereabouts.

Roland's House
Follow the quest marker to the accused's house and break in. As soon as you enter the house, there will be a table directly in front of you with three candles sitting in a bowl. On this table there will be a book with a small piece of paper on top, labeled "Love Letter from Relfina". Read the letter to discover that Roland has a cabin where the two lovers would meet and receive a new map marker and Journal update. (While in Roland's house, you may want to visit the basement, too, for some insights into Roland's lifestyle!) You can go back to Seridur's house and speak with him before you head off to find Roland, but he will just say that the Order cannot go with you as fighting isn't their specialty. You can alternatively proceed directly to Roland's cabin.

Travel to Roland's cabin east of the Imperial City in the Heartlands and speak with him, and he will tell you quite a different story. He claims that Seridur is the real vampire and the killer of the woman Roland loved. It is up to you to believe or dismiss his story. If you decide to attack Roland, he will continue to proclaim his innocence and will not die without a fight. After you kill him, return to Seridur to receive a 250 gold reward. Afterwards, Seridur dismisses you and the quest will be finished.

The Real Vampire
If you choose to hear Roland out, the quest continues. Roland will thank you for believing in him and refer you to Phintias, owner of the First Edition book store in the Imperial City's Market District. Talk to Phintias, and if his disposition is high enough (60+), he'll tell you Seridur comes in occasionally to buy books and that he once overheard Seridur mention Memorial Cave just outside of the Imperial City. Phintias will mark the location on your map; travel there to continue the quest.

The cave is inhabited by vampires, undead, and other leveled creatures such as timber wolves and rats. Search the cave for Seridur (you'll spot the green quest marker after you travel in a bit), killing all who stand in your way or using stealth to bypass them. There is a chance you may contract Porphyric Hemophilia, so be sure to get it cured if you want to avoid becoming a vampire yourself. Also, be sure to loot the vampire dust from any vampires you kill, and hold on to it; it will become quite valuable once this quest is completed. When you finally find Seridur he will tell you that he knew hiring you was mistake but that the other members of the Order insisted, and that he lured you to the cave in order to dispose of you. Once he finishes his rather lengthy monologue, he will attack you. His speed is extremely high and he can be a real challenge for low level characters, so use caution when confronting him. Dispose of him, loot his body, and return to Roland's cabin.

Reward
Roland will be overjoyed and decide that the Order should probably continue. He will tell you to meet him at the now-departed Seridur's house where the Order meets. The other members of the Order will apologize to you for not suspecting that Seridur was the real vampire. Roland will state that he's been made the new leader of the Order of the Virtuous Blood and reward you with the leveled Ring of Sunfire, which has Resist Disease and Reflect Spell enchantments. Roland will also make you an honorary member of the Order of the Virtuous Blood. For every portion of vampire dust you bring in, he will pay you 250 gold; this offer holds for the rest of the game (see Vampire Dust for details on which types of vampire dust actually qualify for the bonus).

Notes
Doing this quest while a vampire, even in the fourth stage of vampirism, will not make any significant difference to this quest.
Since Seridur is both an Altmer and a vampire he is extremely vulnerable to fire and will go down rather quickly if you use a decent flame spell or enchantment.
Although the Journal entry you receive upon reading the love letter states that Roland's cabin is located east of the Imperial City in the Great Forest, the letter never actually mentions the cabin's location, and the cabin is, in fact, located in the Heartlands.
If you have completed the Mages Guild quest line, you can use the Enchanted Chest to duplicate vampire dust in order to take advantage of the 250 gold reward.

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Journal Entries