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Quest Giver: Any Bartender in Skyrim

Objectives

1. Speak to Falion in Morthal.
2. Find and Fill a Black Soul Gem
3. Bring the Black Soul Gem to Falion.
4. Meet Falion at the Summoning Circle at Dawn (5/6 AM).
5. Watch Falion Perform the Ritual.
6. Speak to Falion.

Walkthrough

Before speaking to anyone, make sure a Stage 4 vampire is not started or everyone will attack. To remedy Stage 4, wait until night and drink the blood of a sleeping person. (With the Dawnguard DLC package you need not worry about this)

At any point after becoming a vampire, speak to any bartender in Skyrim and hear a rumor that Falion in Morthal has been doing experiments with the all sorts of undead, Draugr, vampires, and the like, beginning the quest Rising at Dawn.

Travel to Morthal, north of Whiterun and find Falion's House. It's the second house past the Blacksmith. After 6pm, go in and speak to Falion, and he will recognize the Dragonborn as a vampire. Ask him what he knows about curing vampirism and he will say he can perform a ritual to remove the curse, but he will need a filled black soul gem first.(Make sure to use a human soul to fill the gem otherwise Falion won't recognize it as being filled)

If a black soul gem is lacking, Falion has one for sale, but that can prove to be a bit cost prohibitive for some. Another good way to acquire one is to travel to the Fort Snowhawk, west of Morthal as it's full of Necromancers, who frequently carry black soul gems. Once a soul gem is acquired from one necromancer, simply cast Soul trap on another necromancer to fill it up to make Fort Snowhawk the one stop shop.

Return to Morthal and speak with Falion, giving him the filled black soul gem. He will tell the Dragonborn to meet him at dawn (between 5 and 6 AM) at the summoning circle, which is located to the North of town.  Go there and meet him as he instructed, then watch him perform the ritual. Make sure to feed first, otherwise Falion will not have trust enough to help. The screen will fade to black, and when vision returns, the Dragonborn will no longer be a vampire.

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