kiliban ~ sheogorathean quests
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kossaithis is summary of event choices in immersive madness mod for morrowind . given no mod wiki or canon basis for choices , make sense to lay out everything here play by play .
kiliban , after defeat of dagoth ur , would seek out ... people , and places - somewhere where status of nerevarine was virtually meaningless .
would eventually come upon zaintiraris , shrine to sheogorath near molag mar . here kiliban express wishes to join in worship - to which highmost priest cidamet alazard very happily accept , and give position to kiliban . indeed , in this oddball place , new worshippers begin with rank of highest importance , and demote through time .
probably some other small side quests to find somewhere along way - not actually travel out to all sheogorath shrines yet - but that is at least good amount done .
do really wish there was still more main quest here , and real systems to better roleplay worship , but know hopes and dreams sort of escape bounds of what is possible in morrowind . lack of dreams aside , just very fun to go to these places and know that worshippers regard as friend , and actually - oddly - have seizure representation .
kiliban , after defeat of dagoth ur , would seek out ... people , and places - somewhere where status of nerevarine was virtually meaningless .
would eventually come upon zaintiraris , shrine to sheogorath near molag mar . here kiliban express wishes to join in worship - to which highmost priest cidamet alazard very happily accept , and give position to kiliban . indeed , in this oddball place , new worshippers begin with rank of highest importance , and demote through time .
first act of highmost priest kiliban was to meet champion of molag bal in contest . staring contest . see , happen to find conflict with one another , and worshippers of molag bal demand challenge - but let those of sheogorath choose what kind . very annoy to seriously agree to this , but actually did ! first one to break eye contact or draw weapons would lose , and earn swift death .
before kiliban set off to esutanamus near tel mora , would speak with other members of zaintiraris , and learn of tunengore , haki , and burzob gra-sharbag's plights . more on that after . kiliban arrive to this shrine of molag bal , and challenge arvs olmag . after very intense battle , arvs would sneeze , for which compatriots kill and very reluctantly accept kiliban win .
upon return , kiliban was not just yet ready for demotion . would then help haki - strange rock outside apparently very cruelly badmouth haki , and haki is sick of this . kiliban look for this rock , and with sheogorathean staff , smash to pieces . cidamet then enter strange trance , where plead kiliban to destroy knights of order found near suran .
kiliban ask around suran , and find would be on road to pelagiad . there , kiliban ask what this is about - knights of order ? well , yes but no , kind of sort of , but maybe not really - turn out this is just one of many names for group , and not actually jyggalagge knights of order . ( sure , jyggalagge can be adjectival form now . )
anyway , kiliban try to help with name situation , and maybe use some magic to persuade - yes , this group is not knights of order , but knights of fresh cheese helmet ! group accept new name with embarrassment - how did no one really notice that somehow wear cheese for helmets on accident ? - and kiliban part back for zaintiraris .
cidamet was in much better shape now , happy to hear situation resolve . next task was to protect gambolpuddy , so to prevent house of four corners ritual interfere . of course ... kossai player error , already steal and hoard away gambolpuddy before mod installation entirely , so this quest did not work right - have to dig into construction set and fix up with commands , and unable to recount how this should go . oops ! will just say kiliban boast this was already under control , or something .
back to haki , kiliban find that haki now complain of puddle give smack talk . would put this off to deal with later - next task from cidamet was to deliver very large kwama egg to mistress therana in tel branora . kiliban easily do so , but unfortunately , egg would then eat next visitor to halls and disappear entirely .
then , another worshipper call for kiliban personally - priestess ulani of maelkashishi , west of maar gan . even after death of dagoth ur , there is still some trouble with one last dagoth dreamer , in subdun south of gnisis . this dreamer interfere with worshippers of sheogorath especially , as if try to sever from prince . though ulani hope for peaceful resolution , this dreamer did not care to hear plea at all , and fight back violently . dead now .
kiliban return to zaintiraris , and take care of puddle for haki . then haki complain of cliff racers - not that cliff racers talk , but simply annoy with screeches . except , well , these particular cliff racers do talk , and happen to be responsible for both rock and puddle incidents before ! needless to say , kiliban happily deal with both , and return feathers to haki as proof .
kiliban reach major demotion now : king of mournhold . yep ! but not official official yet - need to actually go to mournhold and take position . as kiliban did so , feet would carry right into throne room - and just before any danger , sheogorath personally cloak guards in confusion . yes indeed , all of guards feel certain that what kiliban say about identity as king of mournhold is truth ! kiliban learn what take to be king , until eventually former king hlaalu helseth of mournhold return . no way , kiliban is king hlaalu helseth of mournhold now , fair and not so square !
no one else agree unfortunately , and throw kiliban into sewers , where now encounter dead body of cidamet alazard , as well as other former new-kings . yes , guards complain that this seem to be regular occurrence , madmen who each make claim to throne and somehow always slip by . fortunately , seem sheogorath love this game of cat and mouse .
finally , now at rank of rippling haruspex , kiliban would get to choose new highmost priest from one of three captives : imperial guard , former household slave , and breton from hammerfell who look suspiciously like todd howard . would interview each one , and choose imperial guard for sweetest irony .
this is where main quest line of mod sadly end , though rippling haruspex is likely not actual lowest rank in-universe . after all this , would then take on base game sheogorath quest - kill giant bull netch with nothing more than fork - and then start to tie up loose ends of zaintiraris side quests :
burzob gra-sharbag have trouble with bulfim gra-shugarz in maelkashishi , and insist that bulfim is dirty thief who steal buttocks . this quest was also glitchy for kossai , unfortunately , so have to cheat things through . regardless , bulfim do have item which apparently is buttocks of burzob - bring back , and burzob will ask for confirmation and purification of these buttocks . after both rituals , burzob will happily … wear buttocks again …? and remove greaves .
as for tunengore , tunengore survive horrible burns , but now lament inability to hear fire . must find spell to light tunengore on fire once again ... yes , tunengore will be fine . base game spells do nothing - will need something special from shrine of ihinipalit in vivec , st delyn , which tunengore enjoy . after this … is where stuck . no wiki , construction set is hard to understand , not sure what to do next ! so uh . oops .
before kiliban set off to esutanamus near tel mora , would speak with other members of zaintiraris , and learn of tunengore , haki , and burzob gra-sharbag's plights . more on that after . kiliban arrive to this shrine of molag bal , and challenge arvs olmag . after very intense battle , arvs would sneeze , for which compatriots kill and very reluctantly accept kiliban win .
upon return , kiliban was not just yet ready for demotion . would then help haki - strange rock outside apparently very cruelly badmouth haki , and haki is sick of this . kiliban look for this rock , and with sheogorathean staff , smash to pieces . cidamet then enter strange trance , where plead kiliban to destroy knights of order found near suran .
kiliban ask around suran , and find would be on road to pelagiad . there , kiliban ask what this is about - knights of order ? well , yes but no , kind of sort of , but maybe not really - turn out this is just one of many names for group , and not actually jyggalagge knights of order . ( sure , jyggalagge can be adjectival form now . )
anyway , kiliban try to help with name situation , and maybe use some magic to persuade - yes , this group is not knights of order , but knights of fresh cheese helmet ! group accept new name with embarrassment - how did no one really notice that somehow wear cheese for helmets on accident ? - and kiliban part back for zaintiraris .
cidamet was in much better shape now , happy to hear situation resolve . next task was to protect gambolpuddy , so to prevent house of four corners ritual interfere . of course ... kossai player error , already steal and hoard away gambolpuddy before mod installation entirely , so this quest did not work right - have to dig into construction set and fix up with commands , and unable to recount how this should go . oops ! will just say kiliban boast this was already under control , or something .
back to haki , kiliban find that haki now complain of puddle give smack talk . would put this off to deal with later - next task from cidamet was to deliver very large kwama egg to mistress therana in tel branora . kiliban easily do so , but unfortunately , egg would then eat next visitor to halls and disappear entirely .
then , another worshipper call for kiliban personally - priestess ulani of maelkashishi , west of maar gan . even after death of dagoth ur , there is still some trouble with one last dagoth dreamer , in subdun south of gnisis . this dreamer interfere with worshippers of sheogorath especially , as if try to sever from prince . though ulani hope for peaceful resolution , this dreamer did not care to hear plea at all , and fight back violently . dead now .
kiliban return to zaintiraris , and take care of puddle for haki . then haki complain of cliff racers - not that cliff racers talk , but simply annoy with screeches . except , well , these particular cliff racers do talk , and happen to be responsible for both rock and puddle incidents before ! needless to say , kiliban happily deal with both , and return feathers to haki as proof .
kiliban reach major demotion now : king of mournhold . yep ! but not official official yet - need to actually go to mournhold and take position . as kiliban did so , feet would carry right into throne room - and just before any danger , sheogorath personally cloak guards in confusion . yes indeed , all of guards feel certain that what kiliban say about identity as king of mournhold is truth ! kiliban learn what take to be king , until eventually former king hlaalu helseth of mournhold return . no way , kiliban is king hlaalu helseth of mournhold now , fair and not so square !
no one else agree unfortunately , and throw kiliban into sewers , where now encounter dead body of cidamet alazard , as well as other former new-kings . yes , guards complain that this seem to be regular occurrence , madmen who each make claim to throne and somehow always slip by . fortunately , seem sheogorath love this game of cat and mouse .
finally , now at rank of rippling haruspex , kiliban would get to choose new highmost priest from one of three captives : imperial guard , former household slave , and breton from hammerfell who look suspiciously like todd howard . would interview each one , and choose imperial guard for sweetest irony .
this is where main quest line of mod sadly end , though rippling haruspex is likely not actual lowest rank in-universe . after all this , would then take on base game sheogorath quest - kill giant bull netch with nothing more than fork - and then start to tie up loose ends of zaintiraris side quests :
burzob gra-sharbag have trouble with bulfim gra-shugarz in maelkashishi , and insist that bulfim is dirty thief who steal buttocks . this quest was also glitchy for kossai , unfortunately , so have to cheat things through . regardless , bulfim do have item which apparently is buttocks of burzob - bring back , and burzob will ask for confirmation and purification of these buttocks . after both rituals , burzob will happily … wear buttocks again …? and remove greaves .
as for tunengore , tunengore survive horrible burns , but now lament inability to hear fire . must find spell to light tunengore on fire once again ... yes , tunengore will be fine . base game spells do nothing - will need something special from shrine of ihinipalit in vivec , st delyn , which tunengore enjoy . after this … is where stuck . no wiki , construction set is hard to understand , not sure what to do next ! so uh . oops .
probably some other small side quests to find somewhere along way - not actually travel out to all sheogorath shrines yet - but that is at least good amount done .
do really wish there was still more main quest here , and real systems to better roleplay worship , but know hopes and dreams sort of escape bounds of what is possible in morrowind . lack of dreams aside , just very fun to go to these places and know that worshippers regard as friend , and actually - oddly - have seizure representation .
