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Nanwen
Location Rulanyil's Fall
Race High Elf Gender Male
Health 39959
Reaction Friendly
Other Information
Condition Spirit
Nanwen

Nanwen is a High Elf spirit found in the ruins of Rulanyil's Fall.

Related Quests[edit]

Dialogue[edit]

The Dead King[edit]

Examine the body and Nanwen's spirit will rise:

Nanwen: "Freedom at last! Where in Oblivion am I? Need to find some higher ground."
Nanwen: "This … this can't be right!"
"Who are you? You weren't on the excavation team."
I'm <Character Name>. You're not an Ayleid warlord.
"I … am not trying to look like an Ayleid warlord—wait.
I'm Nanwen. A digger. Endarwe hired me to excavate Rulanyil's Fall, and I was digging out some rooms … there was a cave-in."
I see.
"I'm dead, aren't I?"
Yes.
"I was afraid of that.
There was a cave-in, and the next thing I know, I'm on a slab with a necromancer chanting over me. She didn't seem to notice, so I laid still and hoped she'd go away. She stayed for quite a long time."
Endarwe told me your remains were those of an Ayleid warlord.
"I don't understand. We were looking for an Ayleid warlord—to put in Endarwe's historical collection—but we never found one.
Please, take me to Endarwe."
I'll take you to Endarwe.
"I hate them all. The Ayleids, necromancers, the Merethic Society, Endarwe, my father; to Oblivion with all of them!"

Finish the quest and Nanwen will give Endarwe a piece of his mind:

Nanwen: "Did I hear that correctly? You passed me off as an Ayleid warlord?"
Endarwe: "Don't worry. I paid your family for the body."
Nanwen: "You paid my …. How long were you going to let people think I was a famous dead person?"
Endarwe: "You aren't getting any less dead, so somewhere around "forever," I think. Look at it this way: now you're dead and famous."
Nanwen: "You mean you're going to keep doing this? Every day?"
Endarwe: "Oh, yes. I'll have to hire a security staff, I think. We don't want any more surprise necromancers. Now go back to your body. I'll figure out what to do with you later."
Nanwen: "This is worse than Oblivion."

Nanwen will dissipate into nothingness.

Nanwen's Sword[edit]

Nanwen's spirit can be summoned by using the Nanwen's Sword memento earned in Rulanyil's Fall. He will appear and speak one of the following lines:

Nanwen: "The joke's on Endarwe. I'm bound to that sword now. Though he does still have my body—a little off-putting actually."
Nanwen: "This can't be all there is to the afterlife. Must be some way to pass onto the next plane. Some cliff I could jump off. Maybe a tiger could eat me."
Nanwen: "What's on your itinerary today, adventurer? Probably more interesting than mine."
Nanwen: "By the Divines, I had no idea death would be so boring. Literally nothing happens. Let that be a fair warning to you, adventurer!"
Nanwen: "The sayings are wrong. I don't have more appreciation for life now. I'm just slightly bitter. And bored."
Nanwen: "I wonder if my family's moved on. I just hope they're safe.I wonder if my family's moved on. I just hope they're safe."
Nanwen: "Strange that my clothes are made of the same substance as my … ghostly form."
Nanwen: "You know—sometimes I have better things to do than speak to you. Can't say what they are, but they're there!"
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