Breaking the Shackle

Breaking the Shackle is a quest available in .
==Objectives==
#Talk to Vanus Galerion.
#Find the Great Shackle's power source.
##(Optional) Rescue imprisoned allies.
#Reverse the energy flow in the magicka conduits.
#Enter the Great Mooring.
#Defend Vanus while he destroys the Shackle.
#Return to the Hollow City.
#Enter the Mages Guildhall and talk to Vanus.
==Walkthrough==
After finishing Vanus Unleashed, Vanus Galerion will ask for your help taking down The Great Shackle. Vanus theorises that disrupting the energy source used to power the device will destroy it and thus save Nirn from certain destruction. 
Follow Vanus across the bridge. He will then use his magic to unseal the entrance to the great shackle, so that you can proceed inside. Head inside and down the stairs, then proceed ahead through the corridor. You will be facing many dremora along the way. Head around the corner and north into the power chamber. There, Vanus will rush towards a pedestal that seems similar to the things that trapped him in the black forge. Examine it and you will accidentally reverse the energy flow, drawing power away from the shackle. 
Vanus will then tell you to go and do this to the other conduits powering the device. Head through the passage up north. Once you enter this passage, you will hear the voice of Sage Tirora begging for help. Proceed on, but watch out for the steam traps. Tirora will be in a cage in the room up north; freeing her is optional. The room to the south also holds a prisoner, Treva. Freeing him is also optional. either way, continue through the passageway and fight your way through many daedra. You will eventually have circled around to the central room and can now enter from the east to reach the top floor. Head up the stairs and activate all the magicka conduits to reverse the flow of energy, then head west. You will have to jump down a ledge here; use the pipes to break your fall. 
At the end of the hallway, you will find Vanus, Cadwell and the people you saved. Head through the door to the Mooring, where the Great Shackle itself is located. Vanus will start a spell to destroy the shackle; defend him from the hordes of daedra while he is doing this. Cadwell and the people you saved will help you with this. After the Shackle is destroyed, Vanus will think victory over Molag Bal has been achieved, but Cadwell will inform him of the Planar Vortex caused by the Great Shackle, which is gradually sucking Nirn into Coldharbour. Vanus will then create a portal back to the Hollow City; head through and speak to him to finish the quest. 
==Reward==
*Galerion's Spare Staff
*1 Skill Point
*91–377 
==Appearances==
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Category:Online: Coldharbour Quests