Oblivion:Peryite

Quick Walkthrough
# Upon locating the Shrine, you'll notice that Peryite's worshippers are frozen in a sleep-like state. You must be at least level 10 to begin this quest.
# Speak with the Daedric Prince, who will inform you that their souls are trapped in Oblivion, where you must go and free them.
# Tell Peryite when you are ready and he will send you to Oblivion, to locate and free the five trapped souls of his followers.
# When all five souls have been freed, Peryite will open a portal back to Cyrodiil for you.
# Return and speak with Peryite once more to receive Spell Breaker, an enchanted shield.

Detailed Walkthrough
Locating the Shrine of Peryite
thumb|The frozen worshippers
Peryite's Shrine is located on the south bank of the Silverfish River, about where it begins to turn to the north (close to where the R at the start of 'River' is on the paper map). No one will give directions to it, so it must be found.

You must be level 10 to begin this quest. There are five worshippers here, but none are moving. If you try to speak to any of them, it appears they are unconscious. Activate the statue, and Peryite will speak to you. His followers have performed a risky magical ritual in an attempt to be closer to him. Now their souls are trapped in Oblivion while their bodies remain here in the physical world. Peryite wants you to go to his realm of Oblivion and rescue the souls of his worshippers from their folly.
:"This one moves! A welcome change. So, mortal, you have found my shrine, and you have seen my followers. They are an embarrassment to me. The fools cast a spell in the hopes of summoning me to them. It was prideful and foolish, and it has had its consequences. My followers are trapped between worlds; their bodies here on this plane, their souls in Oblivion. I would have you reunite the bodies and the souls. I will transport you to the plane of Oblivion in which they are trapped. Find their souls. When all are collected, I will return you here. Return to me when you are prepared."

The Task at Hand
thumb|right|The portal back to Cyrodiil
Peryite will transport you to the Realm of Peryite when you are ready, and will open a portal back once you have rescued all five souls. The quest itself is a pretty straightforward Oblivion crawl. The layout and terrain appear just like the other Oblivion realms, with the usual foes to face. There is no Sigil Stone here, though. The island is shaped like a doughnut, it is large and circular with no middle to cross. Each soul is near a raging bonfire with no fuel source, but the smoke trails give you pretty good pointers as to where they are.

Returning to the Shrine
Recover all five souls, then go back to where you started and use the gateway to return to the shrine in Cyrodiil. Peryite will reward you with Spell Breaker, a heavy armor shield with constant 30% spell reflection.
:"You have returned my followers, mortal. The natural order is restored, and for this, I thank you. Perhaps they have learned the folly of attempting to touch a Daedra Prince. Take this, with my blessing. May it bring you order."

Notes
All five worshippers are immobile essential NPCs who regenerate life every time they are close to death. Before you complete the quest, this is a perfect place to train any of your skills. Back one or more into a corner and hack/cast away at them (note, though, that you will not be able to recover your arrows from them and that casting destruction type spells, like shock or flare, will cause them to fall over and stand back up, possibly out of place from where they were standing before). There is no one near to report your actions as a crime, they won't die, they won't fight back and they won't even move.
If you attack the worshippers excessively, your game may become unstable due to all the unreported, zero-bounty assaults. This can result in crashes when saving the game, or even when fast-traveling (due to auto-saves before traveling). It is recommended that you keep an alternative save slot prior to entering the area. Legally resolving a crime clears out all the "unreported" crimes which are overloading the engine. Simply commit a crime that is reported (steal a worthless item and get caught, or punch a guard) and then pay the fine to fix the issue. It is probably safest to do this periodically instead of waiting for your game to become unstable, because once your game starts to crash it may be too late to recover.
22px In the German version of the game, the text of Quest Stage 80 is translated in a somewhat misleading way. It says that Peryite has opened a portal in front of you, and does not contain the information on heading back to the entry point. The quest marker shows the position of the portal correctly, however.

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