Legacy of the Dragonborn
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Legacy of the Dragonborn
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A quest to rebuild the The Hand of Glory.

This quest can be started regardless if you join the Dark Brotherhood during With Friends Like These... or not. However, if you decide to destroy the Dark Brotherhood, you must be careful to not kill everyone inside before finishing the quest, since Greigor will die alongside the others and the quest will fail. Greigor does not care whether you join the Brotherhood or not and will give the quest regardless.

If you move the sanctuary to Dawnstar after Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head, Greigor will be moved as well and the quest can still be completed.

Walkthrough

Once you get to the Sanctuary Greigor will be sleeping in a bed. Talk to him to start the quest.

Roggvirs coffin

Locate the Essence of the Executed.

In order to get the required item you will need to pay Roggvir's corpse a visit. This can easily be done during the quest Return to Grace.

Locate the Hanged Man's Hand

Hanged mans hand2
Glacial Cave Solstheim-worldmap

Travel to the Glacial Cave on the northern shore of Solstheim, the hand can be found on a makeshift pedestal.

Once both these items are acquired the quest will progress:

Return to Greigor

Return to the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary and talk to Greigor.

Create the Hand of Glory

"Use" the cooking pot to melt the fat to a candle. If simply using the pot does not create the hand, you might need to move your crosshair to look a bit lower than the Use Cooking Pot in order for the "Create Hand of Glory" prompt behind it to show.

Show Greigor the Hand of Glory

Talk once again to Greigor.

Kill Greigor

Kill him to send him to the Void's embrace and the quest will finish. The Hand of Glory is now yours. As it is his own request, no one will mind you for killing a Dark Brother, not even Sithis.

Breaking the curse

Using the hand will put a curse on you. Read the journal on his end table to start Breaking the Curse.

Quest Stages

The Hand of Glory (DBM_HandofGloryQuest)
Stage Journal Entry
0 [Startup Stage]
5 [If you haven't witnessed Roggvir's execution]
I have met Greigor of the Dark Brotherhood who has told me of the Hand of Glory and how I can obtain it. I should venture to the Glacial Cave on Solstheim to find the hanged man's hand and find the fat from someone wrongfully executed and return to Greigor.

[If you have witnessed Roggvir's execution]
I have met Greigor of the Dark Brotherhood who has told me of the Hand of Glory and how I can obtain it. I should venture to the Glacial Cave on Solstheim to find the hanged man's hand and find the fat from someone wrongfully executed and return to Greigor. I believe Roggvir who was executed in Solitude would be a good bet.

Objective 6: Locate the Hanged Man's Hand
Objective 7: Locate the Essence of the Executed

6 [Hanged man's hand found first]
I have met Greigor of the Dark Brotherhood who has told me of the Hand of Glory and how I can obtain it. I have found the Hanged Man's Hand, I must now try to find the Essence of someone who was wrongly executed. Solitude should be a good place to look.
7 [Essence of Roggvir found first]
I have met Greigor of the Dark Brotherhood who has told me of the Hand of Glory and how I can obtain it. I have found the Essence of Roggvir. I should now travel to Solstheim to location [sic!] the Hanged Man's Hand in Glacial Cave.
10 I have met Greigor of the Dark Brotherhood who has told me of the Hand of Glory and how I can obtain it. I have found the Hanged Man's Hand and the Essence of Roggvir, who was wrongly executed. I should return to Greigor for the next steps.

Objective 10: Return to Greigor

15 Greigor has explained how to reconstruct the Hand of Glory. I should use his cooking pot to make a candle from the fat and attach it to the hanged man's hand.

Objective 15: Create the Hand of Glory

20 I've created the Hand of Glory. The flame glows bright and casts an eerie glow all around me. I can feel the powers promised to me, surging through me. I should show Greigor so he knows he is finally free of it.

Objective : Show Greigor the Hand of Glory

25 Greigor seems relieved to be free of the Hand of Glory, and has requested that I help him find his eternal peace and end his life.

Objective 25: Kill Greigor

30 I have sent Greigor on to his eternal rest in the Night Mother's embrace as he wished and am now the bearer of the Hand of Glory. It is powerful but I can feel it draining my life force ever so slowly. I should be cautious while using it.

[Completes quest]

50 [if Greigor is killed during Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!]
Greigor at the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary has been killed, and the secrets of the Hand of Glory have died with him.
[fails quest]
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