The Forgemaster’s Fingers

Blood-Kin, or Bloodbath

During your travels, you may chance upon an Orc stronghold. If the location is listed above, you should be able to enter the place without being attacked (unless you strike first). However, when you approach one of the Orcs, he isn’t welcome to your kind. He lives by the Code of Malacath, and outsiders have no place here. Answer that you’re a traveler (you must keep your answers as pleasant as possible), and he tells you to stay out; you’re not Blood-Kin. Politely ask how you can convince him to let you in, and he mentions whispers that he’s heard regarding a pair of enchanted gauntlets, hidden away in a deep, dark dungeon. They are called the Forgemaster’s Fingers. Return these to the Chief, and he’ll decide whether you’re worthy to be Blood-Kin to the Orcs.

Set off to the random location where the Forgemaster’s Fingers are said to be kept, and battle through (or sneak past) the enemies guarding the Fingers, which are usually kept in a large treasure chest.

• Forgemaster’s Fingers

Quest Conclusion

Return to the same Orc stronghold that you visited previously and locate the Chief, who may or may not have given you this quest to begin with. However, be sure the stronghold is the one from which you received the quest. Approach the Chief, and he’s amazed that you managed to acquire this item. He welcomes you as a Blood-Kin, and the Orcs in the other strongholds know of your friendship with the Orcs, too.

Postquest Activities

From this point on, as long as you remain civil, you can trade and train with any of the Orcs in the strongholds throughout Skyrim.