Skyrim:The Cursed Tribe

Quick Walkthrough
# (Optional) Hear rumors that something is happening in Largashbur.
# Help the Orcs of Largashbur repel a giant attack.
# Speak to Atub.
# Bring a bowl of troll fat and a daedra heart to Atub.
# Observe Atub's ritual.
# Speak with Chief Yamarz.
# Meet Yamarz at Fallowstone Cave.
# Protect Yamarz as he journeys to the Giant's Grove.
# Defeat the giant.
# Take Shagrol's Hammer back to Largashbur.
# Place Shagrol's Hammer on the shrine in Largashbur.
# Collect your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough
Giant Attack
thumb|right|A giant attacking the Orcs at Largashbur
The Orc camp is located in The Rift southwest of Riften. As you approach the town for the first time, a giant will be actively attacking the Orcs at the gate. It's advisable to hurry in and help distract the giant, as it will kill unnamed Orcs left and right and may kill potential followers such as Ugor. After defeating the giant, Ugor and a caster named Atub will begin bickering. Atub will apologize to you and explain that their tribe and leader have been cursed. She has a ritual that may be able to remove it, but needs a bowl of troll fat and a daedra heart to perform it. She'll ask you to retrieve them. Details on where to find them are provided on their individual pages, however the closest place to get both items is in the Jorrvaskr Living Quarters in Whiterun.
 

Malacath's Ritual
thumb|right|"Now, we begin the ritual..."
After you bring the ingredients to Atub, she will enter Largashbur Longhouse and speak with Chief Yamarz about performing the ritual. The Chief isn't thrilled about the ritual, but ultimately agrees to follow her out to the altar. Atub successfully reaches Malacath, whose disembodied voice berates Yamarz for his weakness, abhorring Yamarz for being so weak that even giants openly attack his stronghold. Malacath demands that he kill the giant's leader and return with his club as an offering. Yamarz is irked and demands your assistance in his task, promising lots of gold for helping him.
 

Hammer Time
thumb|right|''"I'll lead the way, but you'd better back me up."''
Yamarz will run off towards Fallowstone Cave. If you fast travel there you'll meet him at the entrance and avoid the long trek. He leads the way through the cave, which is remarkably spacious, but rather straight forward. Bears and trolls dwell in the cave and pose some threat, but the giant in the huge main chamber should be far enough away to be avoided entirely. Yamarz will charge down several ledges following the flow of a stream to a pool on the lowest level. He will continue to follow the stream deeper into the cave out of the main chamber and into a smaller cavern occupied by a second giant that can't be so easily avoided. Continue down the tunnel to the southeast as it wends it's way around to a final small chamber littered with bones, likely from the predation of the two bears that make it their home. After dealing with them, follow the quest marker up the path to the left and out to Giant's Grove.
 

Yamarz's Fork
Once in the grove, Yamarz will offer to pay you even more gold if you kill the giant yourself and let him take credit. Either way, you're left fighting the giant in a very small area.
 
After defeating the giant, the only way out is back via Fallowstone - only this time you get to the entrance via a long ledge. Just after you enter back into the cave, take the tunnel almost immediately to your left, and follow the ledge round to the left, past the locked chest (unlock and loot, if you've not done so already). Keep going until you see the waterfall ahead of you, then jump down and cross the stream just in front of the waterfall, then follow the route back to the cave entrance.

Claiming Volendrung
thumb|right|A gift from Malacath
Once you return, speak with Atub and tell her of Yamarz's fate. Malacath will speak once more, naming Gularzob the new chief. He will command you to place Shagrol's Hammer on the shrine, where it transforms into the fearsome Volendrung, the Hammer of Might. Make sure you take it from the shrine where it rests in the skull's antlers.

Notes
If you leave the area without picking up Volendrung, it will be lying on the ground behind the altar upon your return. 
Fallowstone Cave can be visited and cleared prior to this quest. Accepting this quest turns it into a giant-themed zone.
After you complete this quest, you will become Blood-Kin to the Orcs if you were not already.
 
 

Bugs
 
Workaround: Proceed west from the gate along the stronghold's wall and turn left at the end. You can jump over the wall from the slanted support poles between the wall and the adjacent rocky mountain base. The NPCs will then behave as if the gate had been unlocked. Speak to Atub to initiate the quest. She is usually located atop the guard tower next to the gate.
If you arrive at Largashbur before level 9, the giant will not be attacking. If you then fast-travel there later with a follower, ready to fight the giant, you may be able to save Ugor if you kill the giant fast enough.
 
 If you notice this happening before the giant dies, use the Console and select the giant, then type  , hit Enter, then type  . This should reset the giant and get him to attack.
 
 
 
 
Once your follower's health is depleted and they run off, the quest will continue as usual, and your follower should return the first time you fast travel after the giant is defeated.
 
To fix this, fast travel between Fallowstone Cave and Giant's Grove (to launch the loading screen) and this time around you should be able to search the giant to find the quest item.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quest Stages