The Shadowed Path cult have reportedly been taking over a number of caves and delves across Southern Cyrodiil in search of an unnamed artefact they believe will aid their dread patron’s conquest of the Imperial City, and eventually all of Cyrodiil. My first encounter with this cult was when I discovered them trying to raise a Lich at an Ayleid ruins within the Great Forest. Thankfully at Lindai their ambitions outweighed their talents.

The leaders of Vlastarus however are worried that the necromancers nefarious need for corpses to practice their foul rituals upon may soon lead them to prey upon their town. So they have asked that I venture north to Haynote Cave and cut down their numbers to thus reduce this threat.

These caverns by all accounts were once part of one of the most successful fungus-farming operations outside of Morrowind. Now however all that remains of the enterprise are the rotting wooden supports, and the foul musty stench of fungi. Though to be honest the stink could just as easily be coming from unburied rotten corpses, one must be careful where one tread when there are necromancers about.

I do what I can to cull their number, including going up against the leaders of this foul circle, the Dark Elf Theurgist Thelas, and the Imperial Bonelord Diabolist Volcatia. It is soon clear however that what this cult lacks in talent, they make up for in numbers and resources. The immediate threat to the people of Vlastarus may indeed be quelled, but it wont be so long before the towns leaders will be hiring other mercenaries to return to these caverns. In the end the only way to end the threat of the Shadowed Path cult will be to put an end to the threat of their dread patron, Molag Bal.

S.K