Eventually your curiosity will drive you back to me.' What could the boy not do? 'The boy is good at sussing out secrets, but the corruptibility of children is ultimately too limited for my purposes. But those who listen at doors always wonder what is beyond them. I'd much rather it be in the hands of an ambitious and talented person such as yourself.' I don't want to help you. A piece of my power has been locked away behind it, and even my eyes cannot see past the seals. You, I expect to take a more active role.' What do you want me to do? 'First, you must open this door. I tug at the web of connections between mortals. But I forgive you for not knowing who I am. agency.' Is there someone behind the door? 'Regrettably, I cannot reach your plane so directly.

I've been waiting for someone more fit to carry out my will. He directs the Dragonborn to the locked door in the basement (the 'Old Wooden Door' or 'The Whispering Door'). After a series of disrespectful words and a few dirty secrets of Balgruuf's, Nelkir tells the Dragonborn how the Whispering Lady tells him secrets. Wherever his father is located, Nelkir is always in Dragonsreach. This completes the miscellaneous objective and begins the true quest 'The Whispering Door.' When asked about his children, he reveals he is having problems with his youngest son, Nelkir, who has taken a sudden dark turn in his personality. Initially, he is in Dragonsreach, but if the Dragonborn sided with the Stormcloaks in the Civil War, he is in the Blue Palace basement. This requires speaking with Balgruuf the Greater. Hearing a rumor about the Jarl's children at The Bannered Mare - and only at The Bannered Mare - begins a miscellaneous quest to 'Ask about Balgruuf's strange children'. something has changed.' ― Balgruuf the Greater

Beneath the whispering door