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Nepheli Loux Questline
Nepheli Loux is one of the many NPCs you'll encounter that has a side quest to complete in Elden Ring. For this part of our Elden Ring guide, you'll find details of where to find her, how to begin her questline, as well as the outcomes of any choices you make along the way.
First Encounter at Stormveil Castle
You'll first encounter Nepheli Loux in Stormveil Castle, just before the battle with Godrick the Grafted. You can find her just before the Secluded Cell, in a room to the right as you make your way through the barricades and Warhawks, just before the Golden Sapling. Be extra sure that none of the footsoldiers in this area follow you into this room, as they may easily aggro or kill her in such a confined space.
Speak to Nepheli and she'll explain that Sir Gideon Ofnir is her foster father and she's been sent to slay Godrick the Grafted. Exhaust her dialogue here and head to the Godrick fight to find her summons sign on the ground near the golden fog leading to his boss arena. Note that summoning her is optional; it has no bearing on her quest, and if you choose to summon her and she dies, she will remain alive in your world.
First Encounter at the Roundtable Hold
After defeating Godrick, Nepehli can be found at Roundtable Hold. To get her to spawn in this location, you must exhaust Sir Gideon Ofnir's dialogue while he is standing in his initial spot near the Roundtable Hold Site of Grace.
Upon doing so and reloading the area, Gideon will have moved into his study and Nepheli will appear in the alcove just past the door to his room. She'll give you an Arsenal Charm. Exhaust her dialogue then reload the area to find she's taken her leave.
At the Village of the Albinaurics
Continue through your game until you reach Liurnia of the Lakes, then head to the southwest shoreline of the lake until you reach the Village of the Albinaurics. The entrance will be identifiable by the lake becoming a poisonous swamp, and the large number of crabs patrolling the area. As usual, be sure none of these follow you on the path up to the village, as they may accidentally aggro or kill Nepheli.
You will find her here, crouched under the stone bridge just before the village, staring at a pile of corpses on the ground. Speak to her here and exhaust her dialogue to get her to return to Roundtable Hold.
Second Encounter at the Roundtable Hold
Return to the Rountable Hold and head down the stairs near Master Hewg to find Nepheli crouching on the ground. At this point, she will simply ask to be left alone; you will be unable to progress her quest further until you have visited the Chapel of Anticipation to retrieve the Stormhawk King Spirit Ashes.
If you have no interest in progressing her questline, this is also the location in which you may give her Seluvis's Potion, as outlined below.
Seluvis's Potion
When you begin the Ranni the Witch Questline, you can unlock a location in Renna's Rise called Seluvis's Tower. When you visit Seluvis in his tower, he will ask you to take a potion and give it to Nepheli Loux, which marks the beginning of the Seluvis Questline. Travel back to the Roundtable Hold and you'll find Nepheli downstairs. To continue this quest, you must speak to Gideon, wherein a new dialogue option will appear, allowing you to choose to tell him about the potion or not. During this discussion, he'll offer you the choice of giving him the potion to dispose of, or doing as Seluvis wishes and giving it to Nepheli.
If you choose the former, you will still be able to complete Seluvis' quest, but you will save Nepheli from her fate of becoming a summonable puppet Spirit Ash.
You can return to Seluvis, however, and as Gideon hints when he disposes of the potion, tell Seluvis that you've given the potion to Nepheli as he requested. This should unlock the ability to learn incantations from Seluvis.
After the Chapel of Anticipation
Assuming you did not give Nepheli the potion, you can get her to move to her final location by giving her the Stormhawk King Spirit Ashes. To do so, you will need to return to the very starting area of the game. You can do this one of two ways: As part of the White-Faced Varre Questline, or by using an Imbued Stonesword Key on the sending gates labeled "The Precipice of Anticipation" in the Four Belfries. Either way, defeat the Grafted Scion here to open up the area for exploration and grab the ashes before heading back to the Roundtable Hold. These Ashes can be found at the very top of the chapel, in a chest behind a previously locked door.
Return to Nepheli and give her the Spirit Ashes to unlock new dialogue and prompt her to move to her final location. Before continuing on, reload the Roundtable Hold area and return to where she was sitting to retrieve 2 x Stormhawk Axes.
Second Encounter at Stormveil Castle
To get Nepheli to move back to Stormveil Castle, you'll need to have progressed the Kenneth Haight Questline to the point where Kenneth Haight has returned to his fort in Limgrave and said that he will search for a new leader. If both Kenneth's and Nepheli's conditions are met, you will be able to find them in the throne room in Stormveil Castle (just beyond the Godrick the Grafted Site of Grace).
Speak to Nepheli here and she'll thank you for your help and tell you that she's left her foster father Gideon. Keep talking to her and she'll give you an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone. She says that if you become Elden Lord, she will lighten the burden. At this point, her quest is officially at an end.