Toying With The Dead Toying With The Dead is a quest available in . Background . After becoming a member of the Thieves Guild , the Dragonborn can ask Vekel the Man , the bartender at the Ragged Flagon in Riften , if he has any work that needs doing . He reveals that he has a client with particular tastes in literature that can only be sated with the writings of a madman . Walkthrough . The trek through Yngvild ' s caves and tunnels is rather straightforward . The Dragonborn will fight many leveled draugr and Yngvild Ghost s along the way . Yngvild . Follow the tunnel to the first chamber . There will be two draugr in the passageway on the far side . At the fork in the tunnel , go left where a Yngvild Ghost is standing in front of a table with " Arondil ' s Journal , Part 1 " upon it . In the room to the left , there is another Yngvild Ghost as well as a draugr and a small amount of loot in Burial Urn s . Returning to the fork , the rightmost path ( the one with ice for walls ) leads to a small chamber with a single Yngvild Ghost and two dead and half - buried draugr which can be easily skipped . Follow the remaining path to another fork where a single draugr is waiting . The lefthand path leads to an Yngvild Ghost as well as a seeming dead - end which contains the secret door through which the Dragonborn will eventually exit the dungeon . Taking the righthand path , the Dragonborn finds themselves at the top of a tall chamber . Straight ahead is a gap which can be jumped and leads to an Adept - locked leveled chest . There are two draugr down the zig - zagging path to the left . Another chest containing gold and some lockpicks sits at the bottom of the chamber . Following the tunnel out of the chamber , " Arondil ' s Journal , Part 2 " can be found on a table in an alcove straight ahead when the path turns right . An Yngvild Ghost and a draugr wait on the path just beyond the alcove in a small chamber . " Arondil ' s Journal , Part 3 " sits on a table in an alcove just beyond that chamber and right before the door to the Yngvild Throne Room . Yngvild Throne Room . Inside a large cavern , Arondil sits next to his Yngvild Ghost bodyguard . If the Dragonborn has a high sneak skill or invisibility , they can steal the Greater Soul Gem on the pedestal behind Arondil , which triggers Arondil ' s bodyguard to go berserk and attack Arondil . The bodyguard usually kills Arondil unless Arondil has a Staff of Fireball or another similarly powerful weapon . Finish off the victor regardless . Loot Arondil ' s body for Arondil ' s Key , some gold , a staff ( possibly the one needed for the quest " Arniel ' s Endeavor " ) and necromancer robes . The alteration skill book , Reality & Other Falsehoods , sits next a Greater Soul Gem on the table left of the throne . In the bedroom behind the throne , the Dragonborn will find a Stone of Barenziah sitting on the table by " Arondil ' s Journal , Part 4 " . A Grand Staff of Charming is leaning against a leveled chest , and one final Yngvild Ghost is sleeping in the Red Mountain Flower - covered bed . To exit the level , head down a tunnel to the east , where there is a gate that can be opened by activating the lever on the wall to the right . Through the gate are the bodies of three females , a Nord , a Breton , and a Redguard , none of which have any significant loot . Open the iron door on the right either by picking the Master Lock or with Arondil ' s Key and head up the spiral staircase to a the door back to Yngvild . There is an apprentice - level locked chest immediately to the right back in Yngvild . Down the passage lies a secret door that opens by means of the lever beside it . Follow the path to the exit . Return to Vekel the Man in the Ragged Flagon to claim the reward .