Pantea’s Flute

The Dancing Dead

While staying at the Bards College, look out for the College’s master vocalist and teacher, Pantea Ateia. She’s quite vexed about her student Larina, who stole a flute from her private collection, only to sell it to some necromancer. Pantea just received a ransom note for it. This flute has been handed down through her family for 17 generations. She impatiently orders you to find the flute and return it, posthaste. Furthermore, the flute does not make “the dead dance,” despite what her student may have told the necromancer.

Set off into the mountains east of Dawnstar and locate Hob’s Fall Cave, on a hidden path among the glaciers. Enter this series of connected snow caves. Battle skeletons along the ice tunnels and fight necromancers as you head down the tunnels to a large wooden rope bridge spanning a chasm. Follow the lanterns and torches until you reach a throne chamber where a more powerful necromancer and his cronies reside. Defeat them all before activating the pull chain by the spears blocking your exit to the east.

Head through a Soul Gem pedestal trap, up a long tunnel to the south, and into the deepest chamber where powerful necromancers and their students work on raising the dead. Defeat them all, then check the treasure chest to the altar table’s left. Inside is Pantea’s Flute. You may also wish to free Larina, who is being held captive.

• Pantea’s Flute

Quest Conclusion

Return Pantea’s Flute to Pantea Ateia back at the Bards College. She is thrilled with the return of her instrument but, alas, has no money to give you. However, she shows you a few tricks she learned playing for the Winterhold wizards. She ups all your Magic skills by a point:

• Illusion (+1)
• Conjuration (+1)
• Destruction (+1)
• Restoration (+1)
• Alteration (+1)
• Enchanting (+1)