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As was mentioned by jh and MIF, Azrua's Star is a reusable soul gem. All you need is a Soul Trap spell (or an item enchantment) and go to town on enemies right after using it. Then refill your item, rinse repeat.

DO NOT use Azura's Star for that. It is WAY too useful to be wasted on that quest.


Yeah, you can use his house. No real reason not too. But go back and check the tomb, there is a weapon and some armor hidden behind some of the sarcophagi.

It is safe to assume that. And yes, the are called The Blades, so no worries there. Definitely check out the Dark Brotherhood. Some of the quests might involve killing a member of the other quilds, but usually, if you can kill them without being detected (poison apple, one hit kill), no one will know it was you and there is no penalty. Plus, you get the most badass horse during the questline.


Something I do to raise my magic skills is getting cheap, Low MP cost spells, and constantly cast them as I wander around the wilderness. Things like Starlight, bound dagger (put the dagger away to recast), etc. That way you can raise those skills while doing nothing but walking.

-as you raise magic skills, spells cost less in MP. You will see some spells for sell that require skill 75 and cost like 5000 MP when you first start out.

-work on raising the Destruction skill. It will come in handy later. Also, the Weakness spells are awesome when followed by a spell of that type.

- find the items for Alchemy, ingredients, and start making potions. Not only can you sell the ones you don't want for money, some are extremely useful. I normally keep a couple of poisons (to put on weapons), health, and magicka restorers, and sell pretty much everything else.

- Don't forget to go through Oblivion gates. True, most gates take a while to close, but you get a Stone afterwards that will give mundane weapons,armor,items an enchantment (I think you need to be able to use the enchantment altar at the Mage Academy). And once you beat the main quest, those gates are gone for good.

-Rasing Sneak is easy to do, and great for a thief. Go to a town, find a nook somewhere near a gate with a guard, and sneak walk against the wall. It will need to be somewhere close, but where they don't have a direct line of sight. Usually easiest to do in the Imperial City.

If you get stuck or want some help somewhere, don't be afraid to ask...I love this game and love to help people out in it.