The Lady of Paranoia Sheogorath sent the Hero to speak to Lady Syl , Duchess of Dementia , as part of the quest Understanding Madness . Speaking to Syl will activate this quest . Walkthrough . Lady Syl claims everyone around her is plotting to kill her and take over her throne . She sends them to Herdir , the court ' s enthusiastic torturer . Talk to Herdir and he will say to search Crucible for suspects . One will also have to " interrogate " people . Herdir will follow when going through Crucible and if asking someone about a conspiracy , they will all initially deny it . However , order Herdir to shoot them with a painful bolt of electricity and they will talk if they have any information and mention Kithlan . Find Kithlan , Lady Syl ' s steward and after a bit of electrical persuasion , he will say that Anya Herrick has been acting strange lately . If Kithlan is found asleep in bed just off the throne room , one may find Anya asleep next to him and after a bit of torture she will say that Ma ' zaddha is behind a conspiracy against Lady Syl . Ma ' zaddha can be found at his house in Crucible , across from Things Found or at Sickly Bernice ' s Taphouse . No matter how much electricity Herdir applies , Ma ' zaddha will insist the Hero is powerless without evidence . Speak to Bhisha , Sickly Bernice , or Cutter ( she will require double persuasion ) . They will reveal that Ma ' zaddha meets with a Dark Seducer named Nelrene late at night . At this point one will need to use caution to avoid being discovered . Do not speak to Nelrene or Ma ' zaddha , just stay in the shadows and follow one of them . They meet near the sewer grate in the southwest part of Crucible , just below Brithaur ' s House , at about 2 : 30 – 2 : 45 a . m . One will overhear them discussing a plot to kill Lady Syl , and wait until the conversation is finished , then confront Ma ' zaddha . No matter what is said to him , he will agree to provide a list of names of others that are involved if they meet him at his house tomorrow at midnight . Find and speak to Nelrene and if she is tortured three times she will reveal that the leader is Muurine , who will say nothing without more evidence . This step may be skipped if they got the evidence and speak to her . Returning to Ma ' zaddha ' s House at midnight , the Hero will find him dead on the floor . Search his body to find a key to his cupboard found on the second floor . It contains Nelrene ' s Ceremonial Shortsword and a crumpled note . The notes says that Ma ' zaddha tried to get Anya to murder Lady Syl with Nerlene ' s sword , but she refused , so he held onto the sword as evidence . The sword and note are enough to confront Muurine . Go back to Muurine and she will finally confess and tell them to go and tell Lady Syl , like the tattletale they are . Go back and talk to Lady Syl and she will send for Muurine and orders to meet her in the torture chamber right away . In the torture chamber , Muurine is locked in a cage and when Lady Syl enters she sentences Muurine to death with execution to be carried out immediately . Lady Syl presses a button and two statues on either side of Muurine ' s cage shower her with lightning , killing her instantly . Lady Syl then tells the Hero that they will be rewarded by sparing their life and also bestows the title of " Courtier of Dementia " and the bow Ruin ' s Edge , which casts a random spell on strike .