Shivering:Symbols of Office

Quick Walkthrough
#Watch Sheogorath become Jyggalag.
#Learn about the Staff of Sheogorath.
#Enter Knifepoint Hollow and talk to Dyus.
#Retrieve the Branch from Milchar.
#Retrieve Ciirta's eye.
#Return to Dyus for the crafting.
#Return to Sheogorath's Palace to empower the staff in the Font of Madness.

Detailed Walkthrough
thumb|Sheogorath transforms
Transformation
Speak with Sheogorath to learn that you are too late and the Madgod's time has run out. After providing some additional, brief explanation as to the cycle of the Greymarch, Sheogorath completes his transformation into Jyggalag and vanishes, subsequently destroying his staff of office.

Speak with Haskill, who will inform you that you are to assume the role of Sheogorath in his absence. You are tasked with traveling to the great library of Jyggalag in Knifepoint Hollow to restore the Staff of Sheogorath. You are also given a crystal shard with which to breach the final room.

Speak softly...
thumb|right|Unlocking the remnants of Jyggalag's library
Travel to Knifepoint Hollow and enter. The first zone of the ruin is populated only by a single leveled enemy. There is a second zone, but it is not necessary to explore it. Proceed to the crystal-covered door at the end of the passage and activate it. Within is a seated Imperial man named Dyus.

Dyus informs you that you must rebuild the staff by bringing him two items: The Eye of Ciirta and a Branch of the Tree of Shades. The eye, and the person it is attached to, is located in The Howling Halls, while the Branch is found in the Grove of Reflection, nested deep in the ruins of Milchar. There is no specific order in which you must collect the components.

The Trial of Reflection
Retrieving the Branch of the Tree of Shades entails the longer of the two tasks. Travel to Milchar, Nexus and reach the door to the Grove of Reflection. After entering, head right and fall down the hole and approach the obelisk in center of the Grove. The obelisk should activate automatically once you are in close proximity, spawning a thick cloud of smoke that will eventually coalesce into a humanoid form; a shadowy doppelganger of yourself.

This Corrupted Clone is hostile and is equipped with duplicates of all of your equipment, potions and spells. Kill it, through whatever means necessary, and claim its weapon, Shadowrend, as well as a Branch from the Tree of Shades. See the tips section if you are having difficulty defeating your clone.

The Liturgy of Vision
To retrieve the Eye of Ciirta, travel to The Howling Halls and make your way through the first zone, either killing or avoiding the Apostles you encounter. If you are wearing a set of apostle robes the other Apostles will ignore you, because as they will sometimes say, "with all the new recruits, it is hard to be certain who is who". Upon entering the second zone, there are three methods of completing this quest.

The first is a brute force method and entails simply killing everyone inside the Howling Halls, including Ciirta. Claim the Eye from her corpse and return to Dyus.
thumb|right|An eye for an eye
The second is more subtle. Navigate through the second zone through whatever means necessary until you encounter an Apostle named Ra'kheran. The Khajiit apostle approaches you with a deal: supply him and his two associates with daggers and they will assist you in killing Ciirta in the final zone. How you obtain the daggers is inconsequential to him, although you must exercise caution to avoid killing his accomplices; they can be distinguished from other Apostles, as they are unarmed. Two daggers can also be found sitting in the open.

After giving Ra'kheran the daggers, he will group with his fellow conspirators and proceed to the Antechamber, Ciirta's personal quarters. Ra'kheran will  exchange some dialogue with Ciirta and then attack her and her lieutenant with the aid of his accomplices. Once Ciirta is dead, claim the Eye from her corpse and return to Dyus.

The third option involves stealing an apostle robe, using it simply walk up and talk to Ciirta, she will ask you what you are doing there since you don't have the light in your heart, carry on the conversation and she will decide to attack you, after you have killed her you are still free to walk around, or leave as you wish.

...and carry a big stick
Return to Knifepoint Hollow with both items and speak once more with Dyus. He will forge the two disparate entities into a new Staff of Sheogorath and inform you that you must return to Sheogorath's Palace to imbue the new Staff in the Font of Madness.

Tips
Fighting the Corrupted Clone may be difficult, especially if you have optimized your character in some way to either be immune to some form of damage, or invisible.
If you are wearing items that make you invisible, equip an item that detects life.
You may wish to drop any items with Chameleon, Reflect Damage/Spells and other Resist enchantments, as well as any potions and poisons you may have. You can also drop your weapons and armor before approaching the Obelisk, although you may have difficulty retrieving your equipment. 
Your clone will not fight back if attacked by a summoned creature. You can cast invisibility on yourself and watch your summoned creature kill your clone.
If your character is immune to magic via 100% magic resistance and immune to physical attacks via 100+ pts of reflect damage, there are a very limited number of ways to defeat your clone.
Use a bow: reflect damage only works with melee attacks; use poisons, though make sure to apply them after the battle has started. Make sure to remove any poison-resistance items you have. This method will probably not work for Argonians. 
Just stand there: if you have 100pt+ of damage reflection and your clone attacks you with a melee weapon, all the damage will reflect back and kill it for you.
Using Triple Damage Poisons is another effective way of dealing with your clone.

Notes
You cannot loot your Clone's corpse, although it will drop any weapon and shield it has equipped at the time of its death.
The Clone can be resurrected using the Staff of Worms or the Risen Flesh spell, making an excellent companion.
Your clone may sometimes equip both Shadowrend, a two-handed weapon, and a shield at the same time. This is the only time in the game when an enemy may do this.
While you are traveling through Milchar, it may be a good idea to collect the items needed for The Coming Storm, and The Ghosts of The Hill of Suicides quests.
Your clone will shout various lines depending on the factions you are in.
Upon successfully completing the quest, a trophy book, The Prophetic Deduction, Vol 34,857, will appear in an alcove in Sheogorath's Palace. It is not a real book, however, and cannot be read.
This quest is referenced during Put A Fork In It, a quest added by the Staff of Sheogorath Creation for Skyrim.

Bugs
 
The Branch can be added via the console using the command  , immediately updating the quest to reflect that the player has it.
 
This can happen if the player has Bound Weapon spells; the clone may cast one and thus unequip Shadowrend. Silence your clone to ensure that you can obtain Shadowrend.  If your clone has already bound a weapon, cast Dispel to unbind it, or wait for the spell to expire before killing your clone.
This can also happen if you have weapons more powerful than Shadowrend. Drop your weapons prior to the clone appearing and then pick them up afterwards to avoid this.
This can also happen if you have a one-handed weapon and a shield; your clone is likely to equip the shield to protect itself as it is nearing death.
If you are playing on the PC, use   to enable your clone's body to be activated, then search it and take the weapon.
 
 
 
This can be fixed by leaving the Antechamber and waiting until Ra'kheran enters before entering yourself.
 

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