If you place the four rings on the right fingers the hand will close and a Dremora is summoned. If you go to the garbage hold (I don't know the proper English translation) under the college there is a hand of oblivion in one room. The rings of the students can be found in a chest in the Arcaneum. I assume either his dialogue is just a pointer to go find them and their minor loot, or its an unfinished quest. The items are not quest items and phinis does not change dialogue even when you have the entire set. All can be found in winterhold reasonable close to the college, all predictably dead. Skyrim:Ilas-Tei was practising illusion magic with skeevers and Skyrim:Yisra was working with improving flame cloaks in arctic conditions. He mentions Skyrim:Borvir and his twin Skyrim:Rundi were attempting to setup a meadery competing with black briar by chilling the mead with frost magic. Skyrim:Phinis Gestor mentions that 4 apprentices have gone missing, this doesn't give a quest marker. Alphabetface 01:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC) Missing Apprentices Limduhl 18:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC) They may also be hired if you murder an NPC's relative, though stealing seems to be much more common than murder for most players, so most encounters with Hired Thugs are for stealing. The merchants are rather smarter than in oblivion and morrowind and will figure out who's been stealing all their stuff - even if they can't catch you at it. Also, you need not be caught in order to have the thugs hired. It is another "consequence" of stealing, which makes sense given how prevalent coin pouches and chests with gold are in the game. One of the thugs will always be carrying a contract signed by someone you've stolen from. 76.106.74.107 17:24, 12 November 2011 (UTC) Kiira Hired Thugs are a random encounter triggered by stealing. I was freaking out! I think its just one of those random encounters things? Did you read about those? Its pretty cool, except when a fugitive and hunter interrupt my fight with an ice wolf and I die because of it. Any ideas? 216.246.234.146 16:51, 12 November 2011 (UTC) I had the same thing happen, but with the Dark Brotherhood before I joined them. Phinis himself also has nothing to say about it. This seems like it might be a bug, as my only previous interaction with Phinis was buying some conjuration spells. One of them had a contract stating that they should kill me signed by Phinis Gestor. Potential spoiler: Near winterhold, on my way to do a companions quest, I was ambushed by "Hired Thugs". 6 Eye of Magnus: Phineas Closed for Business.An impressive blend of history, linguistics, and religious scholarship, The Bible's Cutting Room Floor reveals what's missing from your Bible, who left it out, and why it is so important. Hoffman deftly brings these and other ancient scriptural texts to life, exploring how they offer new answers to some of the most fundamental and universal questions people ask about their lives. And while there are only 150 Psalms in today's Bible, there used to be many more.ĭr. The Bible introduces us to Abraham, but it doesn't include the troubling story of his early life, which explains how he came to reject idolatry to become the father of monotheism. The Book of Genesis tells us about Adam and Eve's time in the Garden of Eden, but not their saga after they get kicked out or the lessons they have for us about good and evil.
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