10 Darkest Quests In Elder Scrolls History

5. The Taste Of Death - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Taste Of Death - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Take a stroll down the kinda douchey streets of Markarth--

(I always hated Markarth, does anyone else hate Markarth?)

--And you’ll likely hear some rumors that the Hall of the Dead which functions as a mausoleum has been closed. It turns out that’s because bodies were being defiled. This one gets really yucky really quickly as your investigation into the Hall will lead you to Eola, a worshipper of the Daedric Lord Namira.

She informs you she’s been eating the bodies in the crypt and then asks if you wouldn’t mind murdering some local Draugr. So you’re like, cool, no problem, I guess. She then asks you to bring a holy priest to chill with her secret cannibal coven with the intent to kill and eat him. Way less cool.

You get to choose whether you want to kill him and eat him or kill off the coven so… let me know in the comments section, I guess.

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