Tel Mithryn

Related Quests

• Dragonborn Main Quest: The Path of Knowledge
• Solstheim Side Quest: Azra’s Staffs
• Solstheim Side Quest: Black Book: The Hidden Twilight
• Solstheim Side Quest: Briarheart Necropsy
• Solstheim Side Quest: Experimental Subject
• Solstheim Side Quest: From the Ashes
• Solstheim Side Quest: Healing a House
• Solstheim Side Quest: Heart Stones
• Solstheim Side Quest: Lost Knowledge
• Solstheim Side Quest: Old Friends
• Solstheim Side Quest: Reluctant Steward
• Solstheim Side Quest: A New Debt
• Solstheim Side Quest: Telvanni Research
• Solstheim Side Quest: Wind and Sand
• Solstheim Regional Activity (Tel Mithryn): Eyes and Ears*
• Solstheim Regional Activity (Tel Mithryn): Elynea’s Ingredients*

Habitation: Telvanni Tower

Services

• Follower: Talvas Fathryon [DB4/7]
• Trainer (Conjuration: Master): Talvas Fathryon [DB1/1]
• Trainer (Enchanting: Master): Neloth [DB1/1]
• Trader (Apothecary): Elynea Mothren [DB3/16]
• Trader (Spell Vendor): Neloth [DB15/16]
• Trader (Spell Vendor): Talvas Fathryon [DB16/16]

Special Area

• Black Book: The Hidden Twilight

Crafting

• Arcane Enchanter
• Cooking Pot
• Cooking Spit
• Staff Enchanter

Collectibles

• Unique Item: Neloth’s Ring of Tracking [DB18/31]

Miscellaneous

• Area is locked
• Chest
• Potions aplenty
• Loose gear
• Lots o’ gold

Lore: Settlement Overview

Tel Mithryn is a Telvanni Tower along the southern coast of the island, east of the ruined Fort Frostmoth. It has a classic mushroom shape, with a disk-shaped top floor and a stalk holding it up off the ground. Currently, a section of it appears to be withered and dying. At the base of the stalk are bulbous growths that form ground-floor dwellings. The master of Tel Mithryn is Neloth, a Telvanni wizard who survived the Red Year of Vvardenfell. Neloth has been experimenting with the ash and other debris from the eruption of Red Mountain, such as Heart Stones. He has multiple goals, but all of them involve returning to Vvardenfell and becoming Archmagister, although sometimes it just looks like accumulating power for power’s sake.

Important Areas of Interest

1. Tel Mithryn Kitchen

Ulves Romoran

Ulves Romoran is Tel Mithryn’s cook and gardener. He is a surly, gruff man, who talks only a little and works very hard. It’s not that he doesn’t like you: he doesn’t like anybody.

The preparation of Neloth’s food is undertaken here. Most of the items here are owned and must be stolen if you want them.

• Crafting: Cooking pot, cooking spit
• Chest

2. Tel Mithryn Steward’s House

Varona Nelas

Varona is the steward of Tel Mithryn. Haggard and giving the constant appearance of being overburdened, in truth there isn’t much to be done as Neloth’s steward, so most of it is an act to cover her inherent laziness. Elynea takes care of the tower and Uvyn prepares the meals, so Varona’s biggest job is to procure supplies for the others. However, she makes this seem like a job that really requires ten people.

The Steward’s House has several books and a chest to steal from. If Varona (or Drovas) isn’t here, the place is locked [Novice].

• Book: Deathbrand
• Chest

3. Tel Mithryn Apothecary

Elynea Mothren

Elynea is the primary caretaker of the Tel Mithryn tower. She mostly ignores Neloth and Talvas. She would much rather just prune and water her fungi and concoct her potions and not have to deal with people. She has her own mushroom and toadstool patches and a potion-making table. A small bed sits off to one side.

• Crafting: Alchemy Lab
• Potions aplenty
• Trader (Apothecary): Elynea Mothren [DB3/16]

4. Tel Mithryn Graveyard

A small, informal cemetery overlooking the Sea of Ghosts. One of the graves is marked with the name “Ildari.” Each sarcophagus can be robbed, for a few coins. Ildari’s usually has a staff in it.

• Ash Spawn

5. Tel Mithryn Tower

Neloth

Master Neloth is a Telvanni wizard and seems to have difficultly with the concept that other people matter. He judges their health and well-being solely based on his personal comfort and needs. That said, he is no fool. He recognizes power and that power in others must be respected. At this point in his life, he has given up kidnapping women. He claims it’s because there are no suitable females in Solstheim, but the true reason is that it no longer interests him. Once you’ve kidnapped someone, you have to put up with their whining and complaining: it just isn’t worth it.

Talvas Fathryon

Neloth’s current apprentice, Talvas, is harried and somewhat put upon. At his core, he’s really too pleasant a person to be in Tel Mithryn. When first encountered, he is attempting to summon an Ash Guardian, with what could only be described as “limited” success.

Neloth’s home is the source of many quests. This towering mushroom structure, although partially withered, is still an impressive (and living) building. Ride up to the central chamber via a floating lift (use the lift, especially on the way down, to avoid an embarrassing death). Consult with Neloth (and Talvas, who moves in here after your initial outside encounter) whenever you want a new task.

Main Chamber: There’s a large number of potions, scattered items (some dwarven in nature), maps of both Skyrim and Soltheim, and books to check. Stealing isn’t encouraged, unless you wish to feel Neloth’s wrath.

Talvas’s Bedroom (north): A few cobwebs and little else.

Storage Room (east): Little more than crates and a few sacks.

Specimen Room (west): The blight that afflicts Tel Mithryn is most easily seen here; a diseased growth chokes off the western side of the main chamber. After completing Solstheim Side Quest: Healing a House, the blight is removed, and Neloth puts his new room to good use, capturing two Spriggans to assist him in his research.

Staff Enchanter Room (south): This chamber is firmly locked and can only be opened with the Staff Enchanter Key, your reward for completing Solstheim Side Quest: Reluctant Steward. Inside is an Arcane Enchanter, potions, a Black Book, and a method of easily crafting exceptionally potent staffs.

• Crafting: Arcane Enchanter (3), Staff Enchanter
• Potions aplenty
• Chest (2)
• Black Book: The Hidden Twilight
• Book: Ahzidal’s Descent
• Book: Deathbrand
• Staff Enchanter Key
• Follower: Talvas Fathryon [DB4/7]
• Trainer (Conjuration: Master): Talvas Fathryon [DB1/1]
• Trainer (Enchanting: Master): Neloth [DB1/1]
• Trader (Spell Vendor): Neloth [DB15/16]
• Trader (Spell Vendor): Talvas Fathryon [DB16/16]
• Unique Item: Neloth’s Ring of Tracking [DB18/31]