Cursed book idea

[zprospero]

An excellent point. I'm still trying to crack that.

I thought that Sorkvild might have been the one who
told Valen about Solstheim, or at least how Nords felt about
necromancers. The Ordinators probably knew about Sorkvild,
as well known he was in Dagon Fel. He also would have surely
known about Valen's spell, and the shield, and perhaps deduced
what had happened.

Also, the disappearance of the Ordinator was supposed to
have tipped of the Temple. Or, it is possible they may have
consulted Vivec. Either would likely have resulted in them sending
people to his last known associates and gone back to the Dwemer
ruin to find Valen's corpse.

This was the part of the story I was having the most trouble
with. Perhaps a better line would be something like:

"The Temple had sent agents to what was meant to be my tomb,
when they discovered my body missing, they knew I must have
been responsible for the Ordinator's disappearance. They spoke
with Sorkvild, who promptly ratted me out, explaining the method
I had confided with him, and suggesting, from our joint experiments,
that I would likely travel to Solstheim, because he had told me that
it was an excellent place for necromancers because of how the Nords
felt about such things."

This would make it so they know he's still alive, and how Sorkvild
learns of the events, and helps them find Valen.

Also, I didn't do it, because I was worried it might interfere with
the lore, but I left it open that the 'someone' who might have
came and killed some of the smugglers might have been the
Nerevarine, and that the unnamed ruin could have be Arkngthand,
the place where the Dwemer puzzle box was. I remember exploring
the deep ore passage and thinking that there had to be a secret room
down there somewhere, there wasn't as far as I know, but still.