The Path of Dawn Path of Dawn is a quest in . After discovering that the Amulet of Kings was taken by the Mythic Dawn during the assault on Weynon Priory , Jauffre wants the Hero to meet with Baurus in Imperial City to help find the location of the Amulet of Kings . Detailed Walkthrough . Meet with Baurus at Luther Broad ' s Boarding House to get leads on the location of the Amulet of Kings . When he is first met , Baurus suspects someone is following him . Follow Baurus and the man who is spying on him . Eventually the spy must be killed . Search the spy ' s body to find " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 1 " . Baurus will talk about Tar - Meena in the Arcane University , so seek her to obtain more information on the Mythic Dawn cult . Speaking to Tar - Meena . The secret of this cult lies in the four commentaries on the Mysterium Xarxes written by Mankar Camoran . All four copies are needed and Tar - Meena gives the Hero the second volume , " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 2 " . The third volume , " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 3 " , can be obtained by persuading Phintias at the First Edition bookstore to give up his only copy if his disposition with the Hero is 80 or higher . Eventually he will sell it for 100 . Wait for the original buyer , Gwinas , to question him about his interest in the cult . A cheaper option is to wait in the bookstore until Gwinas arrives to claim the book . Follow Gwinas out of the store and talk to him about the book . Ask Gwinas about the " Mythic Dawn " and tell him that he ' s " in way over his head " . ( It may be necessary to raise his disposition before starting the conversation . ) Let him know that the cult is responsible for the murder of the Emperor . Gwinas will panic and give away the book , as well as a note with directions on how to meet " The Sponsor " . A third option is to steal the book , it is kept in a chest near Phintias with a lock so a few lockpicks may be required . A fourth option is to kill Gwinas . Follow him from the book store , let him go to sleep in his hotel room ( he lives at the Tiber Septim Hotel ) , pick his lock and kill him . Then take the book and the letter from the sponsor . The fourth volume , " Mythic Dawn Commentaries 4 " , can only be obtained from the meeting with " The Sponsor . " Meeting with The Sponsor . Go and see Baurus once the 3rd volume is obtained . He will say ' You are a hard man to track down ' no matter what . He asks the Hero to follow him into the sewers as he knows them well and he will take the lead to the Elven Gardens District , to a sewer entrance . When walking through the sewers mud crabs , rats and goblins will attack . Depending on level , Baurus can be knocked unconscious by the goblins who also are leveled , try and dispose of them quickly . Baurus heals himself outside the final room and says he will face the Sponsor alone so wait upstairs . Options . If Baurus survives , the next time the Hero will see him will be at the Cloud Ruler Temple and he ' ll provide some training that will increase the blade skill . Deciphering the four volumes . All four volumes collectively contain the clue on finding the Mythic Dawn ' s secret shrine . Tar - Meena will take a few days to decipher the information - " " Green Emperor Way Where Tower Touches Midday Sun " " . Travel to Green Emperor Way and look for the Tomb of Prince Camarril . The tomb is between the exits to Talos Plaza and Temple District - it ' s the large circular tomb there . Between 11 : 45am and 12 : 30pm , a map will glow red on the stone . Examine it and the quest will be updated . It is a map to the Mythic Dawn ' s Dagon Shrine and this will begin the next quest .