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Your walkthrough for the Shivering Isles main quest, Rebuilding the Gatekeeper. Learn how to find Blood Liqueur, Osseous Marrow, Dermis Membrane, and Essence of Breath.

Alright, let's get this Gatekeeper rebuilt! After you've dealt with that invasion attempt on The Fringe, Sheogorath wants to beef up his defenses. He'll send you to Relmyna Verenim, who's got a… unique approach to construction. Your job is to help her out. ### Xaselm First up, you'll need to head into the ruins of Xaselm. Just follow those handy red arrows and try not to get too grossed out by the undead and Failed Experiments hanging around. When you find Relmyna in the Sanctum of Vivisection, you'll see her… uh… experimenting on some captives. You can help her out by pressing the buttons next to the cages. One will zap them with darts, another opens a trapdoor. Just a heads-up: don't shoot spells or arrows at the captives, or Relmyna will get mad and attack you, calling you a murderer! She recognizes you as the one who took down her old Gatekeeper. The conversation can get a bit long, and honestly, whether you're rude or friendly doesn't really change much. She'll eventually give you a key to the Gardens of Flesh and Bone and tell you what you need to collect: Blood Liqueur, Osseous Marrow, Dermis Membrane, and Essence of Breath. Now, if you're not cool with Relmyna's methods, you can actually talk to her about it. She'll claim Sheogorath is fine with it and that she brings the 'worthy' back to life. If you keep pushing it, she might offer you a deal: participate in her experiment, and she'll let the captives go. If you agree, she'll cast a spell called Exalted Pain on you. Be warned, this drains almost all your attributes, including health, and might even kill you or leave you with permanent damage! If you survive, you can get any damaged attributes restored at an Altar of the Nine. If you go through with it, she'll give you the Manacles of Pain, some enchanted handcuffs. ### Gardens of Flesh and Bone Time to head out to the Gardens of Flesh and Bone, located in the northwest part of The Fringe. This place is loaded with traps, so keep your eyes peeled for falling ceilings, giant thorns, and those twisted roots that pop open when you hit a green switch. It's a big dungeon, but those root blockages and the map should help guide you. Your main goal here is to find those four ingredients. The Dermis Membrane and Osseous Marrow are on the Conservatorium Corpusculum level. For the Essence of Breath, you'll need to navigate the Caverns of Susurration. This place is a maze, so save your game when you enter! Look for green-tinted gusts of wind that make an eerie breathing sound – they'll lead you towards the Essence. Just activate it once to gather everything, then again to take it. Lastly, the Blood Liqueur is in the Natatorium of Wound Bled Tears. This area is particularly nasty with more falling ceilings, so be super careful when hitting buttons to open doors. When you get to the room with the chest on the altar, check *underneath* it – there's a hidden button that opens the way forward. You'll find the Blood Liqueur by activating the spring of blood in the blood-filled room. ### Xaselm (Again) Once you've got all the ingredients, head back to Relmyna to finish building the Gatekeeper. She'll have all the necessary parts ready, and you'll get to choose which one goes where. Just follow the marker to the room with the hanging body organs. The names are pretty straightforward, so just pick the ones you want to add.