Under Siege (Online)

Under Siege is a quest available in .
==Background==
 A contingent of Shornhelm Guard soldiers was on patrol when it was attacked by House Montclair troops. The Guard survivors have taken refuge in an old tower on Hinault Farm, where they continue to be under seige by Montclair's forces.
==Objectives==
# Collect healing supplies: 0/4
#Talk to Lieutenant Fairfax
#Give Heloise the healing supplies
# Meet Heloise Menoit outside
#Talk to Heloise Menoit
#Knock on the Hinault Farmhouse door
#Talk to Heloise Menoit
#Collect the Weapons
#*Collect a Two-Handed Sword
#*Collect Swords: 0/2
#*Collect a Bow
#*Collect Daggers: 0/2
#Go to the Hinault Farmhouse
#Talk to Heloise Menoit
#Collect Gennove's Ashes
#Find the Hinault Family
#*Find Jowan Hinault
#*Find Marrec Hinault
#*Find Mayla Hinault
#*Find Melita Hinault
#Talk to Lieutenant Fairfax
# Talk to Jowan Hinault
#Follow Heloise Outside
#Find Heloise Menoit
#Talk to Lieutenant Fairfax
#Quest Completed
==General Walkthrough==
While near the Hinault Farm, a wounded Shornhelm Guard soldier approaches the Vestige. The wounded soldier asks the Vestige to gather healing supplies and return to Lieutenant Fairfax in the old tower nearby. There are 4 healing supplies the Vestige needs to collect.
After collecting the healing supplies and traveling to the old tower, Lieutenant Fairfax waits to speak with the Vestige. grants the Vestige entry with orders to get the supplies to Heloise. Upon entering the old tower, the Vestige gives Heloise Menoit, a healer, the supplies. She then asks the Vestige to accompany her to check on the Hinault family, the owners of the farm. The Vestige agrees to accompany her and meets her outside the tower. 
Heloise leads the way to the Hinault Farmhouse door. After knocking on the door, a man, answers telling the Vestige they have locked themselves inside and refuse to open the door unless the Vestige brings them weapons to defend themselves. Heloise reveals the man to be Gennove Hinault, and tells the Vestige she saw some soldiers tossing weapons into the barn and believes the weapons Gennove asked for will be there. She comments that she can smell fresh blood and decides to return to the tower to get her healing kit.
The Vestige enters the barn, finding two of the weapons on the first floor. The Vestige then locates the remaining weapons upstairs. Upon returning to the Hinault Farmhouse, the Vestige finds the door unlocked. Entering, Heloise is found examining the corpse of Gennove, with the rest of the family nowhere to be seen. After asking Heloise what happened, she explains the front door was unlocked when she returned. She tasks the Vestige with finding the rest of the family, warning that sometimes the dead return as bloodfiends. If any of the Hinaults are found dead, the bodies will need to be burnt and the ashes collected for the family. 
The remaining four members of the Hinault family can be found hiding among the farm. Jowan Hinault and his sister Mayla Hinault are found alive and the Vestige sends them back to the Shornhelm Guard camp at the old tower. Unfortunately, Marrec Hinault and his mother Melita Hinault have already become bloodfiends. After defeating them, the Vestige uses the torch to burn the bodies and collect the ashes. 
After finding the surviving members of the Hinault family, the Vestige returns to the old tower to speak with Fairfax. He sends the Vestige inside to check on the Hinaults. The Vestige tells Jowan that his mother and younger brother were both dead, but gives him the ashes that were collected. While speaking to Jowan, Heloise enters and the two Hinaults accuse her of being the monster, the bloodfiend, that killed their father. Heloise denies the accusations and flees from the tower. 
The Vestige pursues Heloise outside the tower, but finds she has disappeared. The Vestige follows a trail of items Heloise dropped while fleeing, the book Healing Herbs of Northwest Tamriel, a healing kit, a backpack containing papers with Heloise's name upon them, and a paper is found titled Healer Heloise's Notes. The Vestige finds Heloise inside a nearby burned building. Speaking with her, she admits to attacking Gennove and tells the Vestige she was injured by a bloodfiend during the Montclair attack. 
The Vestige is then presented with a choice to either kill her or let her go. If the Vestige chooses to kill her, Heloise will beg the Vestige to reconsider, saying that she does not want to die. However, she will understand this is the only safe path, and reveal the poison she has made. She will ask the Vestige to tell Fairfax that she is sorry. She then drinks the poison, dying instantly. The Vestige returns to the tower tell Fairfax what has happened. 
If the Vestige chooses to let her go, Heloise states she will go far away, that she will survive on animals. She confesses to a fondness between her and Fairfax, and asks the Vestige to tell him not to come looking for her. The Vestige returns to the tower to tell Fairfax what has happened. He will reveal that he knew something was wrong, but promises to find her once the fight with the Montclair's is over. 
==Reward==
*Heloise's Staff of Necropotence
*146–664 
==Journal==
Journal Entry
I need to gather healing supplies to help the Shornhelm Guard soldiers taking refuge in the old tower. The supplies should be in the carts abandoned along the roads around Hinault Farm.
*Objective: Collect Healing Supplies: 0/4
I gathered the healing supplies. Now I should bring them to Liuetenant Fairfax at the old tower.
*Objective: Talk to Liuetenant Fairfax
Lieutenant Fairfax has given me permission to enter the tower. Now I should enter the tower and give the healing supplies to Heloise.
*Objective: Give Heloise the Healing Supplies
Heloise asked me to accompany her to check on the Hinault family. She wants me to wait for her outside while she finishes tending to the wounded soldiers.
*Objective: Meet Heloise Menoit Outside
Heloise is ready to go check on the Hinault family. I should talk to her and let her know we're good to go.
*Objective: Talk to Heloise Menoit
Heloise has led me to the Hinault Farmhouse. She wants me to knock on the door and see if the family is inside.
*Objective: Knock on the Hinault Farmhouse Door
The Hinault family is barricaded inside their farmhouse. They refuse to open the door until I bring them weapons they can use to defend themselves. Heloise seems to have an idea. I should talk to her
*Objective: Talk to Heloise Menoit
The Hinaults refuse to leave the safety of their farmhouse without any weapons to defend themselves with. Gennove Hinault gave me a list of specific weapons he wants me to gather. Heloise suggested I can find the weapons in the barn.
*Objective: Collect a Two-Handed Sword
*Objective: Collect Swords: 0/2
*Objective: Collect a Bow
*Objective: Collect Daggers: 0/2
I collected all the weapons Gennove Hinault asked for. I should return to the farmhouse so I can give them to him.
*Objective: Go to the Hinault Farmhouse
I found Heloise inside the Hinault Farmhouse, examining the corpse of Gennove Hinault. The rest of the family is nowhere to be seen. I should talk to her and find out what happened."
*Objective: Talk to Heloise Menoit
Heloise has asked me to burn Gennove's body and collect his ashes. She says something odd has been happening to the dead and wants to make sure none of the Hinaults come back as bloodfiends.
*Objective: Collect Gennove's Ashes
Four members of the Hinault family are unaccounted for: the mother, two sons, and a daughter. Heloise has asked me to find them and, if necessary, burn their dead bodies and collect their ashes.
*Objective: Find Jowan Hinault
*Objective: Find Marrec Hinault
*Objective: Find Mayla Hinault
*Objective: Find Melita Hinault
I saved what members of the Hinault family I could and dispatched those that had become bloodfiends. Now I should return to the tower and talk to Lieutenant Fairfax.
*Objective: Talk to Lieutenant Fairfax
Lieutenant Fairfax asked me to go into the tower and reassure Jowan Hinault and his sister. He said they were pretty shaken up when they arrived and could probably benefit from a friendly face.
*Objective: Talk to Jowan Hinault
Jowan and Mayla accused Heloise Menoit of being the bloodfiend that attacked their family. Heloise denied it and fled from the tower. I should pursue her and learn the truth of the matter.
*Objective: Follow Heloise Outside
By the time I got outside, Heloise Menoit ran past Lieutenant Fairfax and disappeared. I need to track her down.
*Objective: Find Heloise Menoit
I need to tell Lieutenant Fairfax what happened to Heloise.
*Objective: Talk to Lieutenant Fairfax
Quest completed
==Trivia==
* If Heloise is allowed to live, she can later be find at Ravenwatch Castle in the Library. The members of House Ravenwatch have taught her how to control her urges.
* If Heloise is allowed to live, she can be found attending the coronation of the new Rivenspire ruler, where she reunites with Lieutenant Fairfax.
*Prior to Update 5, there were a few issues with this quest. This updated fixed the following: 
**Removed a duplicate copy of Heloise's Notes.
**You will no longer wield weapons and torches in the same hand.
**Fixed an issue so only one copy of "Healing Herbs of Northwest Tamriel" will show up while on the quest.
**The corpses of Marrec and Melita will now turn to ash when burned.
Category:Online: Rivenspire Quests