Who Gets the Totem

Who Gets the Totem is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Main
Membership	Any
Requirements	None (story-driven)
Summary	Steal the Totem of Tiber Septim from Castle Daggerfall's treasury and choose which power holds it.

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Meet Lady Lady Brisienna at the quest tavern in the named town	No
2	Find the Totem of Tiber Septim in the treasury of Castle Daggerfall	No
3	Escape Castle Daggerfall with the Totem	No
4	Choose who shall hold the Totem, and put it in their hands	No
5	Answer Nulfaga's summons at the quest dungeon	No

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome	Gold multiplier	Gear choice
Lady Lady Brisienna holds the Totem for the Emperor, and gave you the Warlock's Ring.	Scripted reward	No added gear
Queen Akorithi holds the Totem for Sentinel Map, and paid you 100,000 gold for it.	Scripted reward	No added gear
Gortwog holds the Totem for the Orcs of Orsinium Map, and gave you Chrysamere.	Scripted reward	No added gear
The Underking's agent took the Totem for his master, and gave you the Necromancer's Amulet.	Scripted reward	No added gear
King Gothryd holds the Totem for Daggerfall, and paid you 10,000 gold for your change of heart.	Scripted reward	No added gear
The King of Worms holds the Totem, and promised you the adoration of the world.	Scripted reward	No added gear
You yielded the Totem to Daggerfall's knights, and King Gothryd holds it now.	No added payment	No
King King Eadwyre took the Totem for Wayrest Map, and set his battlemages on you rather than pay.	No added payment	No
A year and a day passed, and the Totem left you for a worthier hand.	No added payment	No
You refused Lady Lady Brisienna, and the Totem was left to others.	No added payment	No
The Totem never found its holder through you.	No added payment	No

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

Possible quest foes

Foe	Group size
Knight	3
Battlemage	1

These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.

Artifact loot

Artifact	Acquisition
Necromancer's Amulet	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices
Warlock's Ring	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices
Chrysamere	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices

These are quest-script items, separate from ordinary enemy or chest drops. When the quest selects an artifact route, the listed artifacts are alternatives rather than a reward bundle.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

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