The spoiler F.A.Q. for The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal (read only if necessary)
Version 1.0 – by MannyGT
Q: “Did you was waiting for me?”
A: ****!
Q: How can I start the quest?
A: Steal or pickpocket something!
Q: I'm stuck in the Chamber of Fire. Help me?
A: Before entering that room you should see a Clairvoyance spell tome on a table. This means that is the needed spell to solve the puzzle. Take the tome and learn the spell. Now open your journal and make sure that the quest is active. Start to cast the spell near the tiny bridge in the Chamber of Fire and a magic path appears..
Q: I'm stuck in Sancre Tor. I'm in a room with two coffins just after the 4 keys puzzle. I don't know how to open the wooden door.
A: Look at the ceiling.
Q: I'm stuck at the very beginning of the "Imperial City Jail" place, what have I to do?
A: When the scene with the ghosts ends, check the prison that is in front of yours. You'll find the skeleton of Valen Dreth and a spell tome on the ground. Take it and learn the spell. This spell opens certain ways for the quest (and not only in the Imperial City Jail). Now go back to your prison and cast the spell.
Q: How can I solve the candle puzzle?
A: Click on the Gray Fox bust to get hints and check the color illumination of the candles on the table. If this isn't enough, the activations sequence is #2, #1, #4 and #3 then use the pullbar.
Q: I saw the Ayleid ruins under the Imperial City... What now?
A: Get close to the Ayleid well in the right side. Now cast the Ancient Vision spell and a magic effect appears. Click it to activate the portal.
Q: I'm in Coldharbour but I've no idea what I have to do.
A: You must escape this location, easy. There is an Imperial tower at the opposite location from your start. The entrance door of that tower needs a key.
Q: Where is the key to the Imperial looking tower in Coldharbour?
A: It is in the east side of that building (or west if you see the compass), near the beach. You'll find a cave entrance with a column and a brazier.
Q: I'm in that cave and I found a chest but there is no key!
A: Cast the Ancient Vision spell and a strongbox appears.
Q: I'm in the "Halls of the West" place and I'm facing Nocturnal with a chest and a sigil stone. What have I to do?
A: In the right side appears a portal. Enter in that portal. Now you're in a dwemer tiny dungeon with three halls that point in three different chambers. Every chamber contains a centurion and a sigil stone. Killing the centurions is not necessary. You have to sneak to open the door where the sigil stone is behind.
Collect all the three sigils and come back to the "Halls of the West". Put them in the chest and activate the sigil. Now you can continue.
Q: Those portcullis after the sigil...
A: Cast the Ancient Vision spell near the grate where the statue of Nocturnal is behind. Enter and watch on the right side, you'll find a pullbar to activate. Exit and go upstair till the end. You'll find another pullbar to activate. Come back again to activate the last pullbar. Now you can proceed.
Q: I'm on top of the elevator. I can't jump to the other side, is too far.
A: Did you got the boots that are in the tiny shrine before the elevator? If yes, equip them. If not, go down and get them.
Q: I'm stuck at the pullbars puzzle of Al Shedim. Can you help me?
A: These are the screenshots that indicate how to solve the puzzle and why.
Q: I'm at the Mausoleum. I don't know what I've to do here.
A: There is an imperial bow in front of the crypt, near the two braziers. There is also a tiny squared rug. You must stay on that rug. Now equip the Arrow of Extrication and hit the bluish disc at the opposite side. I would recommend you to make a save game before firing the arrow. You can reload the save game if you miss the disc and you're not able to find the arrow. If you successfully hit the disc a red explosion appears, the light between you and the disc moves. Just follow that light.
Q: Where are the books of Caio Umbranox?
A: Here the list:
1. It's located in "Old Way of the Thief" place, in the second cave room. When you enter that room, go to the right side, you'll find a tiny hall and then a jail door.
2. It's located in "Hidden chambers of Sancre Tor" place. It's easy to find it because a jail door is near a lever that you need to activate to continue the quest.
3. It's located in "Imperial City Jail" place, inside the inventory of Valen Dreth skeleton.
4. It's located in "Coldharbour" realm at very south-east of the island (west side of the Imperial looking tower when you’re facing that building), near the beach.
5. It's located in "Halls of the West" place, very easy to find it. It's behind a grate wall where you need to cast the Ancient Vision spell.
6. It's located in "Ancient Alik'r Temple" place, in north-west of the Alik'r desert. You'll find three spell tomes that indicates the needing spells used to solve the puzzle. Cast the Ancient Vision spell and three tiny columns appear. Each column have a symbol (flame, frost and shock). Hit them with the right spell. This makes to lower the golden wall.
Q: No, really… “Did you was waiting for me?”
A: ****!
