Skyrim:The Savior of Selveni Nethri

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Help a necromancer escape from Southfringe Sanctum. Quest Giver: Selveni Nethri Location(s): Southfringe Sanctum Reward: None ID: dunSouthfringeQST Suggested Level: 6

"Please, cut me down!"

Quick Walkthrough

1. Find Selveni Nethri trapped in webs in Southfringe Sanctum and cut her down.
2. Help her escape the cave.

Detailed Walkthrough

Caught in a Web

When exploring Southfringe Sanctum you will find a Dunmer conjurer named Selveni Nethri trapped in a spider's web. Obviously she is frantic to escape and pleads with you to cut her down.

A Cursed Necromancer

Apparently Selveni's dealings as a necromancer resulted in her daughter being taken from her and sent to the orphanage in Riften. Selveni had gone to Riften to see if she could get her daughter out, but learned her daughter had already been moved. When she returned to the coven, Bashnag accused her of trying to sell him out to the Thalmor. She was cursed and chased off. Because of the curse she has been weakened and can't cast a spell to save her life. She isn't able to escape the Sanctum until the way out is safe, and she is desperate to locate her missing daughter.

Clear the Way

You have probably already faced the many resident frostbite spiders on your way in. While it isn't necessary to kill Bashnag and all his fellow spellswords to ensure her safety, the quest will fail if Selveni dies before escaping. Let her know when the way out is clear. She will thank you and move along the path in the spider area to get out of the cave by herself. When she has exited the cave, the quest will be completed. There is no follow-up to this quest, as Selveni's daughter does not appear anywhere in Skyrim and Selveni herself disappears for good once she is out of your sight.

Notes

• There are numerous internal references that show many changes to this quest. Originally, it took place in Boulderfall Cave (which is also referred to as Boulderfall Pass), and Selveni was to be a werewolf, rather than a necromancer.
  • An unused message internally known as dunSouthfringeQuestObjective also refers to this, it reads: "Help Selvani [sic] Nethri escape Boulderfall Pass." The name of this particular message "Pack Animals", might've originally been the name of the quest (as it isn't actually named in the final game's files), and seemingly referred to Selveni's lycanthropy.

Bugs

• She may refuse to move after being cut down.
  • Try talking to her until she moves. This might continue past any meaningful conversation, but she should eventually move.
• In many cases, Selveni can get stuck near the entrance. Some things that can be tried to unstick her are:
  • Talk to her.
  • Use your equipment, spell, or shout to get her unstuck, such as Unrelenting Force, a Paralysis spell, or blocks.
  • Use the wait feature for one hour.
  • Leaving and reentering the location may also work. In that case, she will disappear from the cave, and the journal will update the quest as completed. You may be forced to go back to Southfringe Sanctum after a long time roaming other places to solve this quest with this method, though.
  • Hitting her with an arrow may also help push her towards the entrance. However, do not use a powerful bow and arrow combination or you will risk killing her.
• Selveni may even escape but the quest journal indicates that it never completed.

Quest Stages

The Savior of Selveni Nethri (dunSouthfringeQST)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
100	Finishes quest
200	Fails quest
Unknown		Objective 1: Help Selveni Nethri escape the cave.

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0, 10, 15, 50.

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage dunSouthfringeQST stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest dunSouthfringeQST.