A Lasting Winter A Lasting Winter is a quest available in . Walkthrough . This quest can be obtained directly by speaking to Brelor at the Falinesti Winter Site in Grahtwood ; alternatively , the Vestige may encounter Brelor as part of the Fit to Rule quest , when Queen Ayrenn asks them to retrieve three items she needs . Brelor tells the Vestige that a commander from the Aldmeri Dominion has come to the site and pressed the Falinesti Faithful , a group of pilgrims that reside at the site , into service . General Endare has been forcing the Faithful to dig so that she might find an artifact known as Rajhin ' s Mantle , with the unintended side effect of releasing a host of frost trolls into the forest . When questioned , Brelor reveals that the site used to be home to the Walking City of Falinesti , although he is unsure why that would mean that the mantle of the trickster god Rajhin would reside there . Regardless , Brelor asks the Vestige to accompany him to the three Welkynd stones around the site so that he might learn why the mantle is there and , potentially , what happened to the now - disappeared Falinesti . The Vestige agrees with the promise to protect him from any frost trolls they encounter along the way . As each Welkynd stone is activated , the pair learn of the history between an ancient elven resident of Falinesti , Nairume , and a khajiit identified as the Lord . Upon meeting , the Lord fell in love with Nairume on account of her verbal brilliance , but she rejected him on the principle that she was happily married , sending him away . In reaction to this rejection , the Lord casts a curse on Nairume and her husband to give Nairume ' s sleep to her partner , cursing him to endless sleep while she has to remain perpetually awake . When this fails to convince Nairume to fall in love with the Lord , he summons her to an underground frozen prison and binds her there , revealing himself to be a Shadow of Rajhin . When speaking with Brelor , he will tell the Vestige to seek out Cirtor in the camp of the Falinesti Faithful . Once there , Cirtor explains to the Vestiage that he approached Endare with a request to treat the Faithful more kindly than she had done at first ; in return , he would convince them to help her dig freely . She accepted and the Faithful continued to work for her in an attempt to uncover Rajhin ' s Mantle . After breaching the first chamber , she sent the workers back to their camp and a short while late , the frost trolls appeared , wiping out the remaining Aldmeri guards on the surface . Cirtor directs the Vestige down into the centre of the excavation , although he does not know which of the three caves Endare went into . Following these directions , the Vestige eventually fights their way into the central cave and encounters a manifestation of Nairume made of ice , who begs to speak with them . She tells them that she is still alive in her prison , and that General Endare has already travelled into the inner sanctum in search of the Mantle . Nairume reveals that she ' d allowed Endare to pass because she was so pleased to see another person after so long in isolation , but once they ' d got inside , the General had ignored her entirely . In irritation , Nairume is willing to allow the Vestige into the inner sanctum on the promise that when they retrieve the Mantle , they will use it to free Nairume from her prison . Agreeing to this deal convinces Nairume to lower the ice barrier she had put in place in front of her prison and allows the Vestige to enter into her ice - covered chamber , where the can speak face to face . Nairume explains the situation further , confirming the previously seen story of her being imprisoned there by Rajhin ' s Shadow long , long ago and explaining that while she cannot leave her chamber , she can project her ice form for a short distance outside . She also gives the Vestige her wedding ring , the one thing that matters to her in that place , and tells them to proceed into inner chamber ; if they need her aid , they can point the ring towards enemies and she will freeze them in place for a short time . Past the inner door , the Vestige will encounter ice glyph traps , skeletons , and gargoyles that try to prevent them from moving forward . After these barriers are overcome , the Vestige makes it to the final room of the cave and encounters General Endare , who has already obtained the Mantle and is feeling the psychological effects it has over living beings . The Vestige can speak with Endare and either intimidate her into giving up the Mantle willingly or triggering a fight if they cannot convince her to part with it . If a fight does break out , Endare splits herself into two shadows that can attack the Vestige at the same time ; to win the fight , the Vestige has to kill both shadows before a new one can be created . Whether obtained willingly or by force , the Vestige can leave the caves with Rajhin ' s Mantle and return to Nairume ' s chamber , which is now starting to melt . Upon speaking with the Vestige , Nairume reveals that the way to break her curse is to place the Mantle into the fire in the centre of the room , although she reassures that it will not harm the artifact in any way . When the Vestige does so , it does break Nairume ' s curse , but it also causes an apparition of the Lord to appear . It warns Nairume that unless she begs his forgiveness , she will never be able to find her city , Falinesti , which he has stolen from the world , accounting for its disappearance . Warning given , the apparition then dissolves and Nairume asks the Vestige what she is supposed to do in a world that she has not been free in for more than an era . The Vestige directs her towards Brelor , who is the most likely person to be able to help her find Falinesti , and then watches as she leaves the prison . With this done , the Vestige can return to Brelor for a reward and the quest is completed .