I finished the first guy, chugged a restore health potion and met the rest on the stairs. My critters caught between this didn’t last long but it was enough. The Flame Atronarch sat at the bottom of the stairs blasting the rest with fire while I did this. I then took on the guy at the top of the stairs and killed him after first casting some bound armor spells. I planted a Flame Atronarch at the bottom of the stairs, then blocked them with as many critters as I could summon using some restore magica potions along the way. This was just barely high enough to take them all out with a well-planned battle. That mission gave me a chance to fight lots of cliff racers and I was lvl 3 or 4 when I got back. I used this to enchant an imperial broadsword with 1-52 fire damage in a 15-foot radius, then finished a few more minor jobs then a long mission to collect some guild dues. I took the opportunity to take the other real soul gems she had sitting there including a grand soul gem with a winged twilight in it. In the second one you are asked to plant a fake soul gem in a desk of one of the fellow members in the mage guild while she is away. In my game I joined the mage guild and completed a couple quests for them. It may be a tough fight for a low level thief type though. Not only do you get one of the better fights in the game, but you get the ring of Khajiit as well.

Or you can do the quest for the guards out at the fort and KILL EVERYONE in the bar and be thanked for it

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