| Wind and Sandbox (RefID: ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Blind Cliff Cave | ||
| Species | Hagraven | Soul | Common |
| Level | 20 | Type | Monsters |
| RefID | BaseID | ||
| Drops | |||
| Hagraven Claws, Hagraven Feathers, Ingredients, Soul Gems | |||
| Other Information | |||
| Health | 571 | Magicka | 264 |
| Stamina | 50 | ||
| Primary Skills | Destruction, Restoration, Sneak, Alteration | ||
| Faction(s) | Player Ally Faction | ||
Melka is a non-hostile hagraven found locked up in a cage inside Blind Cliff Bastion. She will ask you to release her so she can get revenge on the other hagraven, Petra, who locked her up there and stole her tower from her. After talking to her, the miscellaneous quest The Affairs of Hagravens will be started. If you decide to release her, you will have to guide her through the tower; she will tell you how to avoid and turn off traps, and seems eager for you to like her tower. If she is still alive when Petra is killed, she will give you her prized staff, Eye of Melka. She will then stay in the area Petra was killed in. Alternatively, you can choose to kill her instead to obtain the staff.
Like other hagravens, Melka knows the spells Fast Healing and Close Wounds. However, while other hagravens use spells that cause fire damage, Melka utilizes frost damage spells: Frostbite, Ice Spike, and Ice Storm.
As you enter the bastion, she can be heard lamenting, "Who enters? Will nobody save poor Melka?" Upon approaching her, she'll say, "Pretty, pretty flesh. Let me out!" You can ask her what she is doing here, and she'll explain, "Petra! Evil Petra put me here, stole my tower. Hate her, chew her bones! Let me out, kind, kind meat." You can ask her what you get if you free her. She'll answer, "Ah, I have a pretty staff. Help me find Petra, wring her neck, pluck her eyes. Take my prize staff, I just want my tower back!"
Another option is to ask her why you would release her, and she'll tell you, "Because, because you are such a nice Breton, yes!" if you are a human or elf, or "Because you are such a very nice Orc?" if you are an Argonian or Khajiit. Replying that she got your race wrong will have her matter-of-factly remark, "Oh. Yes. You all look the same." If she did get your race right, you can instead argue, saying, "That isn't a very good reason." She will grow impatient: "Reason, reason, reason. Your kind and their reasons."
If Petra is already dead, you can also mention this to her and she'll be surprised: "What? That flower-chewer's died? Then let me out. My tower!"
Regardless of your dialogue options, once she is out of her cage, Melka can be found saying, "Do you like my pretty tower?", "Petra! Petra! Curse her eyes!", "Such a kind nibble you are.", and "We go up, yes? Always up.", "You, meat! Come, come.", and "Don't leave poor Melka to die."
She will press the button on the center and tell you an interesting tip: "Press only middle button! Clever trick, yes? Nobody ever thinks of the middle."
"Careful here, there's a trick to this. Trick is to not bleed to death. Ah, and there's a lever, too."
"Ah, my parlor. No finer place to boil eyes, no..."
"Yes, kind morsel. Let us go up, and mind Melka on the way."
Once you and Melka encounter Petra, Melka will scream, frothing with rage, "Petra, you traitorous grouse! Die!" She'll say, "I spit on you, dead sister." upon Petra's death.
After Petra lies dead and Melka reclaims her tower, you can now tell her that she has her tower back and you expect a reward. She'll reply, "Yes, yes. My staff, take it. Kill something pretty with it." She'll give you the Eye of Melka, a staff that can cast Fireball. You can also ask her what she will do now, and she'll explain, "Live in my tower, roost in my home. Mix pretty poisons and collect shiny eyeballs, yes."
Related Quests
Notes
- She mentions that she likes to mix "pretty poisons" and collect eyeballs.
- She will refer to you as "meat", "morsel", and "nibble", suggesting that she eats humanoids.
- Melka is the "sister" of Petra. You discover this after Petra is killed when she says "I spit on you, dead sister." However, it is unclear whether this relationship is determined by blood or due to the fact that they shared a coven.