There are two sides of madness, but you’re only one person and lord Sheogorath allows you to take over one of these. One of the turning points in the Shivering Isles expansion of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is choosing to side with either Mania or Dementia.
Once this is over and you talk with Sheogorath again, the achievement will unlock. Oblivion: How To Become The Duke Of Mania And Dementia In Shivering Isles. A second later, the Duke of Thadon enters the room and a lengthy discussion takes place. The ritual is completed and you talk with Sheogorath. Now you can head back to the Sacellum Arden-Sul and activate the heart at the altar in the middle. Eventually you will get to Syl, kill her, take the heart from her corpse and exit the tunnels. Doing this will open up a hole in the wall and you can continue along the path. On the left side, there is an urn with one of those green rectangular buttons that you need to activate. The doorway out of this room is blocked and it took me an age to work out how to progress. Eventually you will get to an area where the marker turns green, go down into a circular room and kill the Seducers. Make your way through the tunnels killing enemies as you go they should all be a breeze with the lower difficulty. You can activate the statue to reveal a hidden path underground. You then leave the room and turn to your left. This isn't Syl and you are informed of this shortly. Go there and find a body on the bed (you may have to fight a couple of Seducers along the way). Once you have spoken to both, the marker should lead to Syl's private quarters. If they won't tell you anything, then bribe them to increase their disposition and ask again. First of all, you need to find Syl's aides Kithlan and Anya Herrick. The achievement unlocks upon completion of the Ritual of Dementia quest.įor this, you have to kill Syl and take her heart. I managed to make the mistake of overwriting my save and had to go back a long way.
I found the best thing to do was save over your old game and then when the decision had been made, create a new save so that when you next saved, that new save would be the one you overwrote and not the save before the decision. However, before you provide Sheogorath with a decision, make sure to save so that you can reload the save after completing the quest as you can only choose one. You need to speak to both of them before speaking with Sheogorath again. Go and speak to the two other men in the Sacellum and they will tell you how to become leader of either Mania or Dementia. As I have said in my previous solutions, make sure the difficulty is turned right down to make it easier for you and remember to save regularly.Īfter lighting the flame, speak with Sheogorath and he will tell you about becoming a duke/duchess of a realm.