Darkness Returns
Quest
Darkness Returns is part of the Thieves Guild questline. You can start it by completing Blindsighted. Rewards include Nightingale Strife and Nightingale Subterfuge.
How to start
- Finish Blindsighted.
Associated locations
| Snow Veil Sanctum |
| Twilight Sepulcher |
Actors
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Karliah | - |
| Nightingale Sentinel | - |
| Nocturnal | - |
| Nystrom | - |
Objectives in order
Journal entry
With the Skeleton Key of Nocturnal safely in my possession, I'm bound for the Twilight Sepulcher to return it to its resting place.
Enter the Twilight Sepulcher
Speak to the Nightingale Sentinel
Retrieve Nystrom's JournalOptional
Journal entry
Within the Twilight Sepulcher, I happened upon the spirit of Nightingale Sentinel, the Nightingale murdered by Mercer Frey. He warned me that removing the key from its resting place has corrupted the other resident Nightingale Guardian Spirits, distorting their morality and making them incredibly hostile.
Follow the Pilgrim's Path
Return the Skeleton Key to the Ebonmere
Listen to Nocturnal
Speak to Karliah
Choose Nightingale Role
Journal entry
I've returned the Skeleton Key to its proper resting place within the Twilight Sepulcher and encountered Nocturnal herself. As a reward for my actions, she allowed me to become a true Nightingale Agent and imbued me with the appropriate ability befitting my station.
Rewards
| Location | ||
|---|---|---|
| Other Magic | Nightingale Strife | - |
| Other Magic | Nightingale Subterfuge | - |
Important items
| Location | ||
|---|---|---|
| Book | Nystrom's Journal | - |
| Miscellaneous | Skeleton Key | - |
Related quests
Map
Technical data
- Quest ID
- TG09
- Form key
- skyrim.esm:0x021555
- Source plugin
- Skyrim.esm
- Stage indexes
- 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 200