- Location : Tel Vos/Just outside Balmora
Involves minor glitch House Telvanni : Kill Raynasa Rethan. Issued by
Master Aryon House Hlaalu : Being member of house hlaalu
Way around: To avoid this, complete the quest to kill Raynasa Rethan
first, and then you can use the glitch to join House Hlaalu. This way
you get to complete the House Telvanni quest, and Raynasa's stronghold
will be empty, allowing you to take possession of it.
- Location : Tel Vos/Gnisis/Morag Tong Hall
Morag Tong: Grandmaster writ for Baladas Demevanni. Issued by any MT
quest giver. House Telvanni : Convince Baladas to join the house.
Issued by Master Aryon
Fighters Guild : Kill Telvanni Agents. Issued by Eydis Fire-Eye
House Redoran : Halt mining operation. Issued by Garisa Llethri
This is the quest that caused me to start from scratch. When you
travel to the Caldera Ebony mines, DO NOT FREE ANY OF THE SLAVES just
to be safe. You can free some, but there is one slave in Slave Shack
1 called Dahleena, who is a female Khajit. She must still be in that
shack later, in order for you to complete a house redoran quest given
by Garisa Llethri. Note: It is still possible to complete the quest
if you have already freed Dahleena. You can kill the two men in
charge, but you will not get a reward.
Playing as a high elf, I had advanced to the rank of wizard in House
Telvanni. I then learned that I needed a mouth to advance further.
Once I had my mouth, i automatically advanced to Master, without
asking. Once you have the rank of Master in House Telvanni, you
cannot advance any further, which meant I could not become
Arch-Magister. To avoid this, you MUST get a mouth when you are still
a spellwright. That way, you will advance automatically to Wizard,
and then you can ask whoever your sponsor is about advancement, and
they will tell you about the opportunity to become the new
Arch-magister.
Another glitch, mentioned earlier, by killing Orvas Dren (Duke's
brother) and then talking to Vedam Dren about "Commona Tong", he will
make you a member of House Hlaalu, regardless of what other house you
are in. However, if you are a member, a character named Raynasa
Rethan, who should be in the Hlaalu stronghold just outside Balmora,
will not be there and this causes you to be unable to complete a quest
from Master Aryon that requires you to kill her.
It's actually possible to be a member of House Hlaalu and one other
house at the same time. If you join House Telvanni or House Redoran
first, then slay Orvas Dren or convince him to allow you to become
Hlaalu Hortator (you will do this for the Main Quest), you'll be able
to speak with Duke Vedam Dren about the Camonna Tong, and receive the
message, Yes, I heard that you were the Hortator of House Hlaalu. You
could not hold that rank if Orvas Dren did not wish it. Since you
already have some agreement with Orvas Dren, I will name you the new
Grandmaster of House Hlaalu. This is followed by a raise in Hlaalu
rank, which can be repeated for more free promotions. If you check
then, you'll see that you are a Retainer in House Hlaalu and can do
the quests, although some conflict, like e.g. Odirniran/Telvanni at
Odirniran, where being in both Telvanni and Hlaalu you'll have to kill
everyone there; also Rethan Manor will appear and it is required that
you kill the owner of it. It is, however, impossible to join both
House Redoran and House Telvanni without cheating or modding. You can
acquire two strongholds, but Vedam Dren won't issue you another
contract, so you'll have to steal it from him then unbuild the Hlaalu
stronghold via the console: set stronghold to 0 [edit]Notes
PC Only This bug is fixed by the Morrowind Patch Project. When
enabled, the topic Camonna Tong is not available when speaking to
Vedam Dren. To avoid some confusion, you need to have heard of the
topic Camonna Tong before this is possible. To access this, talk to
Larrius Varro at Moonmoth Legion Fort and he will give you a quest
looking for bad people. Then speak to most commoners about bad people
and they will mention the name of the crime syndicate. Then you should
be able to speak to the Duke. Every time you click on the Camonna Tong
topic, you jump two ranks in the House Hlaalu.
Best Answer
I believe you're talking about bypassing the fourth and fifth trials (the second trial is being immune to disease).
There is a way to bypass these hunks of the main quest, but it's not time, it's level and reputation:
Essentially, there's no need to go prove yourself to the various tribes and houses because you're already widely known and powerful enough that they're already willing to acknowledge you as Horator and Nerevarine.